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Utah Hockey Club beats tight timeline to construct practice facility, renovate Delta Center | Sports

KEARNS, Utah (AP) — Bill Armstrong stood in the Utah Hockey Club locker room at a temporary practice facility as players came and went from a space that didn’t exist not that long ago. The quick transformation to meet NHL standards is difficult even for the team’s general manager to grasp, and it’s a testament to the commitment management has made since acquiring the then-Arizona Coyotes in April. New owners Ryan and Ashley Smith could’ve scraped something together to get by while a permanent practice facility is being constructed. But even with a tight timeline, they opted to go all-in, even on a building the club probably won’t use for even a year. “It’s been as much as I could’ve asked for as a player,” defenseman Sean Durzi said. “They put up a facility for one season for us — and it’s world class — in five months. If that doesn’t scream commitment and all-in and everything that they want us to succeed, I don’t know what does.” The temporary facility at the Utah Olympic Oval, where many winter Olympians train, was the most pressing and perhaps most difficult undertaking. It was not, however, the only one as the club

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USU AD Diana Sabau talks Pac-12 move, future of USU in new conference | Sports

LOGAN — Utah State made a historic move this week, receiving and accepting an invite into the Pac-12 Conference, a league that dates back more than 100 years with plenty of tradition. It won’t be the same “Conference of Champions” without the old guard, teams like USC, UCLA and Oregon among most of the others. But it will likely be a step up for the Aggies. USU Director of Athletics, Diana Sabau, joined the Full Court Press on 106.9 The FAN to discuss the what she called a “monumental moment for Utah State” and for Cache Valley. “We have had a lot of emails and phone calls and outreach from community members and investors and donors that are prideful,” Sabau said “We have so much pride here in the valley and they’re so excited to be a part of the Pac-12. And just what that means for recruiting and for the future of our athletics program.” The move required Utah State to be vigilant and be ready for dominoes to begin falling in this latest round of conference re-alignment. According to Sabau, the move earlier this month by Boise State, San Diego State, Fresno State and Colorado State to join Oregon

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