As recently as 'a month or six weeks ago, we thought we were going to announce hockey,' the athletic director said, but 'there have been a few things that have popped up at the 11th hour.' [podcast id="3588"] CHAMPAIGN — The University of Illinois remains on track to add a Division I men's hockey program, with athletic director Josh Whitman saying Tuesday the school has "come close on multiple occasions" to making it official. During his end-of-year roundtable with the media, Whitman discussed at length the future of college hockey in Champaign-Urbana. read more