{"id":53319,"date":"2013-10-09T09:05:43","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T14:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=53319"},"modified":"2020-08-24T20:50:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T01:50:31","slug":"air-force-confirmed-to-play-in-anchorage-tournament-despite-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2013\/10\/09\/air-force-confirmed-to-play-in-anchorage-tournament-despite-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force confirmed to play in Anchorage tournament despite shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Air Force will take part in this weekend&#8217;s Kendall Hockey Classic in Anchorage, Alaska, after the host school worked out the Falcons&#8217; travel accommodations during the government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/card-airforce.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"152\" \/>All Air Force intercollegiate events have been postponed by the shutdown, but Alaska-Anchorage confirmed late Tuesday that the Falcons would indeed travel to Anchorage for the tournament. Air Force is scheduled to play Alaska on Friday and Alaska-Anchorage on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite the government shutdown, we are pleased to announce that we have worked with the Air Force Academy to accommodate their travel to Alaska,&#8221; Alaska-Anchorage athletic director Keith Hackett said in a news release. &#8220;Thanks also to the hard work of our staff and the assistance of our terrific corporate partners at Alaska Airlines, we will be able to provide a first-class experience for both our own student-athletes and those from the visiting teams.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Air Force football team&#8217;s nationally televised game at Navy last week was in jeopardy until <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ncaaf\/2013\/10\/04\/usaa-air-force-navy-service-academy-football\/2924795\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">United States Automobile Association paid $230,000 for the Falcons&#8217; trip, USA Today reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Quinnipiac is also playing in the tournament in Anchorage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air Force will take part in this weekend&#8217;s Kendall Hockey Classic in Anchorage, Alaska, after the host school worked out the Falcons&#8217; travel accommodations during the government shutdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":121245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Air Force confirmed to play in Anchorage tournament despite shutdown - College Hockey | USCHO.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Air Force will take part in this weekend&#039;s Kendall Hockey Classic in Anchorage, Alaska, after the host school worked out the Falcons&#039; travel accommodations during the government shutdown.\" \/>\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\/53319\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Air Force confirmed to play in Anchorage tournament despite shutdown - College Hockey | USCHO.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Air Force will take part in this weekend&#039;s Kendall Hockey Classic in Anchorage, Alaska, after the host school worked out the Falcons&#039; travel accommodations during the government shutdown.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53319\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"College Hockey | USCHO.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialUSCHO\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-10-09T14:05:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-08-25T01:50:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/card-airforce.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"249\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"151\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Todd D. 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