For Riley Hughes, ice skating is a habit as natural as breathing. “I don’t remember exactly how old I was when I started playing organized hockey or the exact age when I started skating,” said Riley, a senior forward and alternate captain on the men’s ice hockey team....

Paws isn’t just a one-man show — at Northeastern, the mascot team is composed of students who wear the suit and others who accompany them during games, acting as their right-hand man. Paws has been seen alongside the Northeastern University Police Department dog Cooper, in...

If you ask Justin Hryckowian what he likes to do off the ice, the answer is simple: more hockey. “Honestly, I like getting my work done at the rink … I spend a lot of time here, and by the time I get out of here, I kind of just like to lay low,” said Hryckowian, a sophomore...

This article was produced as part of an initiative we’re calling Ask the News in which Northeastern University community members can submit questions to us and, if it seems like we can put together a story based on it, we look into the answers. This article was written in response...

On Nov. 13, in a Sunday afternoon match on home court, the Huskies (13-12, 10-6 CAA) defeated the College of William & Mary (11-13, 6-10 CAA) 3-1 to complete the weekend sweep over the Virginia university and close out the regular season. Northeastern defeated the Tribe 3-0...

On the evening of Nov. 10, Ell Hall was abuzz with the chatter of former classmates and teammates reminiscing about their athletic careers and awaiting their induction into the Northeastern Athletics Hall of Fame.  The 2022 honorees included J.J. Barea, men’s basketball;...

Coming off a three-game winning streak, the No. 15 Northeastern men's hockey team (6-3-3, 5-3-2 HE) tied crosstown rival Boston College (3-4-2, 3-3-1 HE) in an intense battle fought to the final buzzer last Friday. After 65 minutes of play with a 4-4 game, the Huskies secured...

The third-seeded Northeastern women’s soccer team (10-6-4, 5-2-2 CAA) was defeated 1-2 by eighth-seeded Hofstra University (10-7-4, 3-4-2 CAA) in the second overtime of the CAA Championship Nov. 5 in front of packed stands at Parsons Field. This was the Hofstra Pride’s fifth...

The Northeastern men’s hockey team (6-2-2, 5-2-1 HE) skated away with a dominant 6-2 victory over the University of New Hampshire, or UNH, Wildcats (3-6-1, 0-6-1 HE) Nov.4 . Led by a career-first hat trick from sophomore forward Justin Hryckowian and a momentous 100th career...

The Northeastern men's and women's rowing teams competed at the Head of the Charles Regatta Oct. 23. The men’s A boat, stroked by graduate student Rhett Burns, finished fourth collegiately and sixth overall with a time of 13:42.881, and the women’s A boat, stroked by Iris...

After scoring the game-winning goal in overtime in his first collegiate game, freshman defenseman Vinny Borgesi became a newcomer to watch. The 18-year-old stepped onto the ice this fall for the Huskies fresh off a two-year stint with the Tri-City Storm of the United States Hockey...

Hockey has always been an important part of Taze Thompson’s life.  “I was in skates before I could even walk,” Thompson told The News. A sophomore forward on the women’s ice hockey team and Harvard University transfer, Thompson has been an instrumental part of...