Alumni couple pledges $1M toward UMaine hockey arena renovations

Alumni couple pledges $1M toward UMaine hockey arena renovations

The $50 million Harold Alfond Arena renovation got another boost on Wednesday with the announcement that University of Maine alumni David and Nancy Hunt have pledged $1 million toward the ongoing upgrades at the school’s hockey arena in Orono. “Both Nancy and I wanted to give back to the college, where we first met each other, and to the hockey program, which is near and dear to our hearts,” David Hunt, a former UMaine hockey player, said in a p…

David ('84) and Nancy ('82) Hunt Pledge $1 Million to Support Ice Hockey Capital Project - University of Maine Athletics

ORONO, Maine – UMaine Athletics has received a pledge of $1 million to support the Athletics Facilities Master Plan, part of the University of Maine System Transforms campaign. The generous pledge, made by David ('84) and Nancy Auger ('82) Hunt, will support the capital project at Harold Alfond Arena and provide naming rights to the Hunt Family for the main entrance to the Shawn Walsh Hockey Center.