{"id":142224,"date":"2023-08-21T17:00:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T22:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=142224"},"modified":"2023-08-21T17:00:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T22:00:30","slug":"minnesota-duluth-blueliner-francis-announces-cancer-relapse-will-miss-first-half-of-23-24-college-hockey-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2023\/08\/21\/minnesota-duluth-blueliner-francis-announces-cancer-relapse-will-miss-first-half-of-23-24-college-hockey-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Duluth blueliner Francis announces cancer relapse, will miss first half of &#8217;23-24 college hockey season"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_142225\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142225\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/francis_tcn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-142225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/francis_tcn-1024x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/francis_tcn-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/francis_tcn-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/francis_tcn-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/francis_tcn-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/francis_tcn-696x459.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/francis_tcn-1068x704.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/francis_tcn-637x420.jpg 637w, https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/francis_tcn.jpg 1176w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-142225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Will Francis has skated in 33 games the past two seasons for UMD (photo: Terry Cartie Norton).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Minnesota Duluth junior defenseman Will Francis announced today that his cancer has returned and he&#8217;ll miss the first half of the upcoming 2023-24 season.<\/p>\n<p>He plans on returning to the team in January.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A statement from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UMDMensHockey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UMDMensHockey<\/a> junior defenseman Will Francis. <\/p>\n<p>At this time, Will is not available for any further comment. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WAld9QyRxC\">pic.twitter.com\/WAld9QyRxC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UMD Athletics (@UMDBulldogs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UMDBulldogs\/status\/1693727053416116553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In two years at UMD, Francis has played 33 games, recording one assist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minnesota Duluth junior defenseman Will Francis announced today that his cancer has returned and he&#8217;ll miss the first half of the upcoming 2023-24 season. He plans on returning to the team in January. A statement from @UMDMensHockey junior defenseman Will Francis. At this time, Will is not available for any further comment. pic.twitter.com\/WAld9QyRxC &mdash; UMD [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":142225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[812],"coauthors":[901],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Minnesota Duluth blueliner Francis announces cancer relapse, will miss first half of &#039;23-24 college hockey season - College Hockey | USCHO.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Minnesota Duluth junior defenseman Will Francis announced today that his cancer has returned and he&#039;ll miss the first half of the upcoming 2023-24 season.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142224\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Minnesota Duluth blueliner Francis announces cancer relapse, will miss first half of &#039;23-24 college hockey season - 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