Eastern hockey moves back to ACHA

As Eastern Washington University's hockey team turns 20, the program will be returning to its roots.

After spending the past seven seasons in the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League with very limited success, and against schools few had ever heard of, the Eagles will now be part of the expanded Pac-8 Hockey League for the 2018-19 season.

As one can presume from its name, the five-year-old league, now with 12 schools, has some familiar names like Washington, Washington State and UCLA which will regularly appear in the University Recreation Center next fall and winter.

The Eagles' new...