"It almost reminded me of arriving in Marquette five years ago as a freshman. It was a huge culture shock." — Naba Echols, former NMU men’s basketball player, on adjusting to playing as a pro in Croatia --------------------- SINJ, Croatia — This year 2020 hasn’t been easy for many ...
MARQUETTE — Who is the real Griffin Loughran? Well, it depends who you ask. The Northern Michigan University junior hockey player is one of the best forwards in the WCHA and arguably, all of college hockey. At the same time, if you did a poll of opposing teams and fan bases, he’s ...
EDINA, Minnesota — The Central Collegiate Hockey Association unveiled a new logo on Tuesday in preparation for its reintroduction to college hockey in just about a year. The CCHA will return to college hockey when seven Midwestern members of the current Western Collegiate Hockey Association ...
"It’s allowed us to kind of get back to the fundamentals and work on stuff that you don’t get to work on at the beginning of the year." — Joe Nardi, NMU hockey senior captain, on not being able to practice due to the coronavirus pandemic ---------------------- MARQUETTE — The ...
By Journal Sports Staff MARQUETTE — With just about every team at Northern Michigan University taking off the fall season when it comes to intercollegiate competition, the Wildcats swimming and diving teams came as close as any team would with its annual intrasquad meet, the Green and Gold ...
MARQUETTE — Former Northern Michigan University defenseman Phil Beaulieu was a team captain, All-American and WCHA Defensive Player of the Year during his four years in Marquette. Now, he can add professional hockey player to his resume after he signed a two-way contract with the American ...
"If my dad had been soft or easy ... he would have caved in ... and I never would have played college football." — Steve Mariucci, ex-NFL head coach and current NFL Network analyst, on his father Ray coaxing Steve to remain at NMU ------------ MARQUETTE — A pair of Northern ...
The best in sports photography from The Mining Journal for the 2019 fall season in Northern Michigan University football
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Justin Florek has come home to play hockey. Well, not entirely home, as the Marquette native and former Northern Michigan University player won’t be returning to the Upper Peninsula, but he will be lacing up his skates in the U.S. this winter. After spending the last ...
The best in sports photography from The Mining Journal for last fall’s volleyball season at Northern Michigan University
MARQUETTE — The WCHA made separate announcements about its men’s and women’s ice hockey leagues on Thursday, but both state that the start of their seasons will be delayed this fall. This was in conjunction with a statement also made Thursday by the Hockey Commissioners Association, ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University Athletics Department has announced the newest inductees to the NMU Sports Hall of Fame. This year’s inductees to the NMU Sports Hall of Fame include Mark Beaufait, Dawn Donaldson, Michael Santorelli, Matthew Wonders, Marissa (Dellangelo) ...
READING, Pa. — Northern Michigan University forward Luke Voltin is now a member of hockey royalty. Well, technically Reading Royalty, as the senior signed a contract with the ECHL franchise Monday. The Royals are the the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers’ minor league affiliate. Voltin had the ...
MARQUETTE — An award-winning documentary about the 1975 national championship football team from Northern Michigan University is scheduled to stream online at the 2020 Dances with Films Festival in California next week. Normally the film festival shows 14 documentaries at the TCL Chinese ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska-Anchorage is dropping its men’s hockey, men’s and women’s skiing and women’s gymnastics programs because of significant reductions in state funding. The programs will shut down in the 2021-22 academic year. The Seawolves play with the Northern ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan and Michigan Tech universities have announced that their main sports league, the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, has suspended all its sports competition until Jan. 1 due to the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. The 12 schools that make up the ...
MARQUETTE — Head coach Matt Majkrzak and the Northern Michigan University men’s basketball program recently hired a new assistant coach. Joining former Wildcats player Naba Echols as an assistant coach is Charlie Wallrapp, who coached the past two seasons at NAIA member Clarke University ...
MARQUETTE — A half-dozen Northern Michigan University men’s basketball players and their overall team recently earned academic awards from the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The six were named to the 2019-20 NABC Honors Court, while the Wildcats also earned Team Academic ...
The best in sports photography from The Mining Journal for the fall 2019 Northern Michigan University men’s soccer season
MARQUETTE — The Campus Recreation center located within the PEIF — officially known as the Physical Education Instructional Facility — at Northern Michigan University will reopen with limited capacity and amenities on Monday. As part of Phase I of their reopening plan, only individuals ...