MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University hockey program on Friday announced the cancellation of its Dec. 11-12 non-conference series at Minnesota State University-Mankato due to recent COVID-19 testing results. Data privacy precludes further comment on the issue and any additional ...
MARQUETTE — The Mining Journal will join Northern Michigan University and an athlete’s group there to conduct the annual Teddy Bear Toss in a pandemic-minded way on Saturday afternoon. The Journal’s Cheer Club, NMU and the university’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee will hold the ...
MARQUETTE — One of the few Northern Michigan University sports to hold competition this fall, the Wildcats’ eSports team defeated Olivet Nazarene University on Nov. 21 to improve to 3-1 this season. NMU defeated the Illinois-based university 2-0 in a CSL League of Legends match, according ...
"For the first time, we’re gonna have good players not playing and that’s a luxury for a coach to have, because ... ice time is the greatest currency there is." — Grant Potulny, head coach, NMU hockey --------------------- MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University hockey ...
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Several other WCHA teams have joined Northern Michigan University in calling off some of their early-season hockey games due to coronavirus positive tests within teams. A count on the WCHA composite schedule at www.wcha.com shows a dozen games have been canceled or ...
MARQUETTE — After months of waiting and wondering when and if it will have a season this fall, it turns out the Northern Michigan University hockey team will have to wait a little longer for the games to be begin. The Wildcats’ season opener was scheduled for Wednesday at home against Lake ...
By Journal Sports Staff MARQUETTE — The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has put the basics of a schedule for its men’s and women’s basketball teams this winter. There will be a number of differences from a typical season. The league won’t begin league play until a ...
MARQUETTE — The newest sports team at Northern Michigan University earned its first victory on Nov. 14 as the Wildcats’ eSports team defeated Pittsburg State (Kansas) 2-0. After a defeat to Grand Valley State three days earlier, these Wildcats coached by William Garetto-Balmer won ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University men’s basketball coach Matt Majkrzak has welcomed five recruits who recently signed national letters of intent to play and attend NMU. Three of the new players are from Wisconsin, with another from the Lower Peninsula and one from ...
"There’s a reward for trying to do all the things the right way and that’s you get to keep playing." — Grant Potulny, NMU head hockey coach, on athletes following pandemic protocols ------------------ MARQUETTE — To say it’s been an up-and-down year for the Northern Michigan ...
MARQUETTE — A pair of Northern Michigan University men’s swimmers medaled at the pandemic-inspired Collegiate Virtual 5000 that replaced the annual Open Water National Championships usually held in September. Senior Ondrej Zach won gold in the virtual event, completing the 5,000-meter ...
MARQUETTE — A point guard and a forward from Wisconsin were recently announced as signing national letters of intent by Northern Michigan University women’s basketball coach Troy Mattson. CJ Romero is a point guard from Brookfield and Alyssa Nimz is a forward from Pewaukee. “Both CJ ...
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — The Men’s League of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association will celebrate seven decades of history this season, the league announced on Thursday. Starting in December, the league will announce a series of All-Decade Teams along with a Coach and Player of the Decade ...
MARQUETTE — Junior forward Griffin Loughran of the Northern Michigan University hockey team has built quite a reputation in the WCHA. Not only an instigator in games as he readily admits, he was also the leading scorer in league games last season with 32 points. That made it a no-brainer ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University and Michigan Tech hockey teams were the only ones involved in differences between the preseason WCHA polls conducted for media members and the league’s coaches. NMU was tabbed fourth and MTU fifth in the media poll released Monday, while those ...
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Before it even starts, this upcoming hockey season can already be called unique, and arguably the most difficult ever to deal with. WCHA commissioner Bill Robertson agreed with that idea during Wednesday’s league media day Zoom meeting and said the WCHA is doing ...
"It’s kind of the old adage like, ‘Life is gonna happen, it’s how you react to it.’ I think our guys have done a great job of that." — Grant Potulny, head coach, NMU hockey --------------- MARQUETTE — As it was for pretty much every college hockey program, 2020 has provided ...
NMU hockey schedule --------------------- Revised & announced Wednesday Game times to be announced except as noted HOME GAMES/SERIES IN BOLD AND ALL CAPITALS * WCHA game/series --------------------- Wed., Nov. 25 LAKE SUPERIOR ST. Fri., Nov. 27 MICHIGAN ...
"Northern Michigan will always be a special place to me and one where memories, friendships and experiences will last a lifetime." — Mike Santorelli, former player, NMU hockey ------------------- MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University will induct five individuals and a team into its ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University has chosen a head coach for the fall 2021 inaugural season of its women’s wrestling program. Celso “Tony” DeAnda was chosen after several stints of coaching women’s programs and serving as an assistant coach for the women’s wrestling ...