{"id":14280,"date":"2026-02-06T20:13:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T20:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/?p=14280"},"modified":"2026-02-06T20:13:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T20:13:02","slug":"auggie-alum-officiates-at-milan-cortina-olympic-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/2026\/02\/06\/auggie-alum-officiates-at-milan-cortina-olympic-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Auggie alum officiates at Milan Cortina Olympic Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most individuals are participating in the 2026 Winter Olympics as spectators from the comfort of their own couches. However, Auggie alum Sarah Buckner \u201816 will be on the ice in Milan as a women\u2019s hockey official.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Buckner, a Duluth, Minnesota, native, played both women\u2019s hockey and softball during her time at Augsburg. She started officiating at the adult amateur level and has gained acclaim as an official on the collegiate, professional, and international levels post graduation. According to a <\/span>NCAA article<\/span><\/a>, Buckner has officiated for every professional women’s hockey league, including the current Professional Women’s Hockey League, along with international tournaments.<\/span><\/p>\n

Buckner is one of 10 linespersons and 22 total women’s hockey officials working at the Winter Olympics, which take place February 5-19. The women\u2019s hockey events start with pool play from February 5-10, quarterfinals on February 13-14, semifinals on February 16, and finals on February 19.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Read the <\/span>full NCAA article<\/span><\/a> to learn more about Sarah Buckner\u2019s Olympic journey.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most individuals are participating in the 2026 Winter Olympics as spectators from the comfort of their own couches. However, Auggie alum Sarah Buckner \u201816 will be on the ice in Milan as a women\u2019s hockey official.\u00a0 Buckner, a Duluth, Minnesota, native, played both women\u2019s hockey and softball during her time at Augsburg. She started officiating <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14281,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[241],"tags":[12,137,243,247,59],"class_list":["post-14280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-alumni","tag-athletics","tag-kudos","tag-student-athlete","tag-womens-hockey"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14282,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14280\/revisions\/14282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}