By Jimmy Brooks, News Staff
This fall, head basketball coach Bill Coen will welcome five new members to his team. To nobody’s surprise, these incoming players will tower over most Northeastern students at an average height over 6-foot-4.
New Huskies include point guard...
By Anthony Gulizia, News Staff
The chance that 6-foot-7-inch, 240-pound defenseman Jamie Oleksiak would go unnoticed by NHL teams was slim-to-none.
And when the Huskies’ looming blueliner was drafted by the Dallas Stars as the 14th overall pick in the first round of the NHL Draft June 24, it wasn’t a question of if he would leave – it was a matter of when – especially after coach Greg Cronin parted ways with the team
Jim Madigan has come home. Though in all reality, he never left.
In a press conference Tuesday, Madigan was officially named the men's ice hockey coach at Northeastern University. He becomes the program's 10th head coach, and the second alumnus to coach the team (Madigan graduated in 1985).
By Anthony Gulizia, News Staff
The much-anticipated search for a new hockey coach concluded today as Director of Athletics Peter Roby announced Northeastern alumnus and three-time Beanpot champion Jim Madigan will fill the vacant position.
The announcement will be made official in a press conference today at 12:30 p.m. in Matthews Arena.
By James Brooks, News Staff
Northeastern Athletic Director Peter Roby has thrown womens’ hockey head coach Dave Flint’s old contract in the paper shredder. He wants nothing but to forget about the old piece of paper that had Flint signed through the 2012-13 season.
Roby...
By Alex Faust, News Staff
Amid the vertigo-inducing headlines of conference realignment and the black hole of news related to Northeastern’s head coaching search, there was some welcome news on the Northeastern hockey front – but it wasn’t on the men’s side.
Northeastern...
By James Brooks, News Staff
Volleyball
Head coach Ken Nichols
Featured Student Athlete: Jasmine Marta, junior from Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada
Head coach Ken Nichols and the volleyball squad will welcome back nine players this year, as well as one walk-on. Aside from...
By Kathryn Uggerholt, News Staff
New faces, new coaches and a set of 27 games are on the horizon for the Northeastern Women’s Volleyball team after finishing last season with an impressive 18-10 record.
It will be a very different team from last season, with the...
By: Jimmy Brooks, News Staff
According to head coach Joe Wilhelm, former Husky rower Jen Forbes has qualified for the U-23 national team that will compete at the world rowing championships later this summer.
“The US U23 [roster of] eight was officially announced yesterday,”...
By Alex Faust, News Staff
Although Athletic Director Peter Roby was out of town last week, he still managed to make a news splash on his official Twitter, comforting Northeastern hockey fanatics.
The tweet, which read: “Search for new hockey coach is going well....
By Katie Zigelman, News Staff
Northeastern became one of 41 schools nationwide to receive the US Olympic Achievement Award June 17 at a convention in Orlando, Fla.
This award was created this year by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA),...
By Patrick McHugh, News Staff
Two years before the official start of the athletic year, five Northeastern teams earned a major victory courtesy of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).
The CAA held its annual meetings in Richmond, Va., in June, and the league announced...
