Northeastern Huskies | |
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University | Northeastern University |
Conference |
Colonial Athletic Association Hockey East |
NCAA | Division I |
Athletic director | Peter Roby |
Location | Boston, Massachusetts |
Varsity teams | 17 |
Basketball arena | Matthews Arena |
Ice hockey arena | Matthews Arena |
Baseball stadium | Friedman Diamond |
Soccer stadium | Parsons Field |
Natatorium | Barletta Natatorium |
Other arenas | Cabot Center |
Mascot | Paws |
Nickname | Huskies |
Fight song | All Hail Northeastern |
Colors | Red and Black |
Website | gonu |
The Northeastern Huskies are the athletic teams representing Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. They compete in thirteen varsity team sports: men's and women's hockey (in Hockey East); men's baseball, men's and women's basketball, women's field hockey and volleyball, swimming, and men's and women's soccer (in the Colonial Athletic Association), and men's and women's rowing, track and cross-country.
The NU mascot is Paws. The school colors are red and black with white trim. The fight song, "All Hail, Northeastern," was composed by Charles A. Pethybridge, Class of 1932.
While Northeastern has won numerous conference championships there has only been one man ever crowned NCAA Champion. Boris Djerassi won the 1975 NCAA Championship in the hammer throw.
Principal athletic facilities include Matthews Arena, the world's oldest indoor ice hockey arena (capacity: 4,666 for hockey, 5,250 for basketball), Parsons Field (3,000 for baseball), Cabot Center (1,800 for basketball and volleyball), Barletta Natatorium (500), the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center (3,500) and the Henderson Boathouse.
The Northeastern University Athletic Department sponsors the following sports:
Men's athletic teams
Women's athletic teams
The men's ice hockey program has existed since 1929 and played as an independent NCAA Division I team until joining the ECAC in 1961. Northeastern is a founding member of the Hockey East athletic conference, which the team joined in 1984. The Huskies' men's hockey team has generally met with mediocre success. The Huskies had their most success in the 1980s, when the team won the prestigious Beanpot tournament four times (the only times Northeastern has captured the Beanpot) and was the runner-up twice. Its best season came in 1982, when the Huskies finished 25-9-2 and made it to the NCAA Frozen Four. They also won the Hockey East championship in 1988 and 2016 and made appearances in the NCAA hockey tournament in 1988, 1994, 2009, and 2016.