New Haven hockey team to retire co-captain’s jersey

The decision

The University of New Haven men’s ice hockey team will retire the jersey of a senior co-captain who was killed in a crash. Retiring a jersey removes it from future use by the team and recognizes the player’s place in the program.

What is known

The player was a senior and one of the team’s co-captains. The crash resulted in the player’s death. The team’s decision connects the jersey retirement to that loss.

Ceremony details

The team has not identified the player’s name, jersey number or the date and location of a retirement ceremony in the information available here. Those details would establish when the jersey will be retired and how the University of New Haven plans to mark the occasion.

The University of New Haven men’s ice hockey team is the institution involved in the decision. No election or government action is connected to the announcement.