DeKalb | Both club hockey teams will have a chance to get back in the win column this weekend, but this time one of them will have a home ice advantage.This weekend the Div. II team will have its home opener against the University of Missouri.“This...
DeKalb | Both club hockey teams have sharpened their skates and are ready for a new season.Last season, the Div. II club hockey team finished with a 19-10-1 record. Its season ended with its first trip to the American Collegiate Hockey Association regional...
After a stretch of five games away from its home rink, NIU's D-II men's hockey team returned home this weekend to face Iowa. The Huskies (7-8-2) lost 7-5 Friday night against the Hawkeyes, (7-6-3) NIU got off to a 4-1 start after the first 20 minutes...
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...
It was a rough winter break for hockey. After winning three in a row pre-break, the team hit a skid during the month away from classes. Playing only five games during the span, the Huskies (15-13-4) lost all five. It began in mid-December, with two losses...
DeKALB | With MACHA Gold division leading Illinois State University losing on Friday night, NIU had the perfect chance to climb atop the leaderboard if it could sweep a struggling Missouri team this past weekend. The Huskies (8-6-2 overall, 5-3 MACHA...
After losing a close game to Robert Morris University-Springfield 3-2 on Friday, NIU avenged its loss to the Ice Eagles by beating them on Saturday, 7-5. NIU took both meetings from RMU last season. The Huskies (7-5-2) put over 50 shots on goal against...
In college sports, freshmen athletes are usually relegated to roles similar to those of rookies in professional sports. The veteran players take advantage of the newcomers in several ways. Most tasks that these newbies face are harmless, such as carrying...
NIU hockey made the nine-hour bus trip to Kansas University worthwhile this past weekend, as it picked up a pair of victories over its division rival. The victories give the Huskies four straight, with all of those games being against MACHA Gold division...
A regulation size hockey net is four feet tall by six feet wide. Not many goaltenders have trouble standing taller than the goal, but few are able to cover the width of the crease when they go down to block shots. This is not a problem for NIU sophomore...
After going winless since opening weekend, the NIU hockey team got back into the win column by sweeping Missouri State University in two games. The Ice Bears (6-4-0) beat NIU in both of their meetings last season. "They were a very good team," NIU head...
NIU hockey lost both of its weekend games to the Saint Louis University Billikens, 7-5 and 7-4. The games began divisional play for the Huskies in the Gold division of the Mid-America Collegiate Hockey Association. The Huskies (2-4-2) have been out of...
