This season, Robert Morris has had to go on a Covid 19 pause, due to positive cases among their tier one personnel and played multiple games within short segments. As Head Coach Derek Schooley said, the nature of this season forced this group to divide their season into seven game segments. The Colonials won the West Pod of Atlantic Hockey, and have positioned themselves to only have to face the best of the East Pod in the Atlantic Hockey Association Final, should they get past Niagara, and their opponent in the semifinals. If the Colonials can win the conference tournament, then there is a chance that Atlantic Hockey could have two teams in the NCAA Tournament this year.

Part of the reason this team is rolling along is due to the great support it has received from its administration. Assistant Coach Mike Corbett detailed some of what the Colonials were given, saying, “the best thing for us has been the support of our administration through this pandemic.” Throughout the pandemic, the administration of Robert Morris has made life easier for the Colonials to, as best as they can stay healthy, and then while the program was paused the administration did even more. Corbett appreciates the continuity that the administration has provided for the Colonials during this season.

As Corbett noted about his administration more than once during this interview, money was not any object in finding solutions during their quarantine, and that money was no object in figuring things out for the administration. They went so far as to bring workout gear to players’ homes to facilitate Zoom workouts during their quarantine. As Corbett said of these efforts “that’s what they do at Robert Morris.” The group quarantined together as they went through it, and were able to minimize the effect of their pause as much as possible during this hectic year.

We will have more stories in the offseason about the work of administrations to help their hockey teams stay compliant with all of the increased rules and regulations around the pandemic, and how different programs got support during their pauses, if they had them. This pandemic has affected every team in college athletics in some form or fashion, and we will work to bring more stories of how it has affected as many teams as possible to life this offseason.

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