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Claiming a spot in the ACHA Final Four for the third time in program history, only the Minot State Beavers stood between the men’s D1 Flames and their first trip to the national title game in program history. While Liberty exhibited a gutsy performance on the ice, forcing the tournament’s No. 1 seed to an overtime period, the Beavers would […]

They’ve done it again. For the fifth time in as many years, the Flames’ Women’s D1 Hockey team is ACHA National Champions. On the afternoon of Monday, March 20, the Lady Flames entered the ice against the Minot State Beavers, vying for the privilege of hoisting the trophy and calling themselves back-to-back-to-back-to-back ACHA National champions. Exactly two hours and four […]

In their final game of the ACHA championship and their final game of the season, the Flames Men’s D2 Hockey team fell to the Northeastern Huskies 1-0. It was a game in which neither team could gain anything from winning except for pride. “I mean, it’s a tough one to get up for,” Flames Head Coach Ben Hughes said. “knowing […]

For the typical sports lover, a gameday consists of good food, good company and watching one’s favorite team engage in battle. For men’s d1 hockey team manager Christian Conroy, however, gameday couldn’t look more different. When Conroy wakes up on the day of a game, there’s a checklist he needs to achieve. This list typically consists of tasks such as […]

After an electrifying victory over a Big East opponent in the first round of the NIT, the Flames men’s basketball team traveled to Madison, Wisconsin, for a matchup with the Big 10’s Wisconsin Badgers. In a thrilling and heart-pounding forty minutes, the Flames fell to the Badgers 75-71 and were eliminated from the NIT. “I have a great deal of […]

Last year, March 13 was the night the Flames’ national tournament campaign came to a disheartening end, losing in the ACHA Quarterfinal round to the University of Nevada-Las Vegas Rebels. Much has changed since those two battled for a berth in the Final Four. Yet, just over one year later, the Flames and Rebels would find themselves meeting on quarterfinal […]

In game two of ACHA National Championship pool play, the Liberty Flames D2 Hockey team shut out the Utah State Aggies 5-0. Sadly, even with that bounce-back victory, the Flames weren’t able to advance to the Final Four of the tournament. After their loss to Iowa to open pool play, and Iowa’s victory over Northeastern the next day, the Flames, […]

No win in the ACHA National Tournament comes easy. This sentiment rang true for the Lady Flames on March 18 as they engaged in an intense battle with the No. 10 Miami Redhawks, managing to pull away in the final minutes with a 3-1 victory. Entering the tournament as the No. 1 seed in women’s D1, it was anticipated that […]

After a season of ebbs and flows, the No. 5 Liberty Flames men’s D1 hockey team finally took the ice March 18 at the ACHA National Tournament in Marlborough, Massachusetts. While Liberty hadn’t seen game action since Feb. 25, the product on the ice didn’t suggest it, as the team put an impressive 7-2 route of the Pittsburgh Panthers on […]

In its quest for the 2023 ACHA National title, the Liberty men’s D2 team dropped game one of pool play to the Iowa Hawkeyes 3-2. An immense flurry of shots on goal from the Flames proved insufficient to get by Iowa’s star sophomore goaltender, Justin Howard. In the first period, both teams seemed content to stare down the other and […]

A Flames season with high expectations found a disappointing result March 5 in Kennesaw, Georgia, vanquishing Liberty’s dreams of a conference title and NCAA Tournament berth. The ASUN Final letdown, however, was not the end of the story for this team. Liberty received its first bid in program history to the National Invitational Tournament, and that meant its time on […]

A cloud of smoke around the finish line cleared to reveal William Byron’s No. 24 car parked following the conclusion of Sunday’s race at Phoenix Raceway. Byron’s burnouts celebrated his second consecutive victory, just four races into the season. Sunday’s Phoenix finish resembled the Las Vegas race just a week prior. On lap two, Byron passed teammate Kyle Larson and […]

Liberty Arena has seen its fair share of dedicated Flames fans this basketball season. The semifinal battle between Liberty and Eastern Kentucky March 2 brought a record breaking 4,043 fans to watch the Flames, one of which was J.J. McCracken. McCracken, however, is not your ordinary Liberty basketball enthusiast. The screech he emits from among the crowd is one he […]