Roller Hockey Club

The Roller Hockey Club at Virginia Tech is an in-house roller hockey league at Virginia Tech organized and officiated by Virginia Tech students. The RHCVT isn't an official "club sport" or "intramural sport" and Virginia Tech does not run the league in any way. We've strived to keep it that way in order to keep season dues low and the amount of games you play high. Instead, RHCVT is an independent student organization run by Virginia Tech students. It is not exclusive to Virginia Tech students either, for many co-ed VT grad students, Radford students, and local Blacksburg and Christiansburg residents of all ages can take part. Our players' hockey skills range from beginner to expert, and there are no tryouts, just a draft.

 

In the spring of 2008, the Virginia Tech Athletic Department tore down our roller hockey rink to make room for the new $22 million basketball facility. After three years of negotiating, the Athletic Department, as well as the Rec Sports Department, finally funded the construction of a new rink in between the basketball practice facility and the tennis courts on Washington Street. Construction on the project began in July, 2011. They extended an existing concrete pad and fenced it in for us. They also reconnected the lights facing the rink so we could play at night. We raised enough money to buy boards and were able to re-start the league in October 2011. The new rink has been named 'Rovito Rink' in honor of Tom Rovito, a former RHCVT member who passed away recently.  $1,650 was contributed in his name for the new boards.