DeKALB — Bob Dylan once said anything worth doing takes time.This sums up the first half of NIU’s first season at the American Collegiate Hockey Association’s D1 level. The team’s record currently sits at 3-12 and 3-5 in Midwest College Hockey...
First-year forward Rodahn Evans keeps his eyes on the action Sept. 27 during NIU's 3-2 loss to Western Michigan University at the Canlan Ice Center in West Dundee.
DeKALB — In the offseason, the hockey team made the jump from the American Collegiate Hockey Association’s division two rank to the newly formed Midwest College Hockey.MHC is still backed by the ACHA, but it is a division one league. This is the first...
There are new faces behind the bench for the DII ice hockey team with Head Coach Mike Rucinski taking the reigns in an attempt to strengthen the program.“With the connections and name [Ruscinski] has made for himself over his many years of coaching,...
American Collegiate Hockey Association announces new Midwest College Hockey Conference. DeKALB — The ice hockey team was promoted to the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division I Thursday, starting 2019-20.“This has been three years in the...
The Division II men’s hockey team split a pair of games with the University of Iowa Hawkeyes on the road over the weekend to kick off their season. Both games were decided by a razor-thin margin, the first being dropped by a single goal in regulation...
Hockey is giving back to the community.For the first time, the NIU hockey program has teamed up with Susan G. Komen Passionately Pink to raise money to find a cure for breast cancer. The fundraiser will be held during the Div. II hockey games versus the...
Over the past eight years one thing has remained constant in the NIU hockey program; Ian Kalanges. Kalanges, who played for the Huskies from 2004 to 2009 and has been the hockey club general manager since 2009, and will graduate in May with a masters...
Men's rugby ready to start season After going 6-0 last year in regular season play and 1-1 in the playoffs, the NIU men's rugby team is ready to start its 2011 season.The Huskies return 12 of 15 players from last season, giving them a chance for another...
