I heard WIU was suspended by the school for off ice incidents. Anyone else know if there is any truth to this rumor? Also if this is true any games they won do they now become losses?

True. There will be no forfeits.

Are they playing next semester or not?

Nope they are done

Anybody hear what the off ice incidents were for WIU? Doesn't really look like they have any meaningful games left on their schedule anyways, maybe vs. Bradley. Anybody got any early playoff predictions?

My prediction...all of their league games become forfeits or simply won't count in the standings. That is the fairest way to handle it since they still had league games.

I wonder what happened.

As far as the WIU season, I think they obviously forfeit the rest of their games, 2 of the last 3 teams that they were to play against are completely out of playoff contention anyways, so it really wouldn't effect any playoff spot / positioning too much if at all. I don't think the league should go back & make them forfeit any games that they have won, this would change the standings slightly, that is my early thought on the whole ordeal. Dont know what the "off ice incidents" were so, my thoughts may or may not change on the having to forfeit previous games.

One more thing re: WIU , it's a shame that something happened that they had to cancel the rest of their season, they were right in the middle of the playoff chase in the Silver South. if I recall right they only won a game or two 2 years ago, so up until now they were doing a pretty decent job of moving that program forward.

The reason WIU was suspend by the school is that the coaches were drinking on a bus trip and left beer cans on the bus. The bus company then charged and extra fee for the clean up of the beer cans. The sport club director(who is a real hard ***) saw the extra charge and called the bus company to find out why the teams account was charged extra fees and found out about the beer cans. So the sport club director pulled the plug on their season. Its sucks that this team finally starts to turn the program around, has rink that 80 miles away and the season ends for something dumb like this.

Wow, that's crazy! Like I said earlier tough way to end a season, program seems to have come a long way the past 2 seasons & was right in the middle of the playoff mix in the Silver South this year.

The school made the right call. Let this be a wake up call to any one out there that thinks it can't happen to their "club." In the end this is just a club sport amongst many club sports and no school right now needs any chances of getting bad publicity.

What is there stopping them from continuing to play? Honestly? This is a club team. Maybe they wouldn't be under the umbrella of the university at all but I doubt they would really miss the small amount of funding the university probably gave them if any at all. Just take the logos off the jerseys and move on right? Call the team the Ice Dogs of Western Illinois and run with it.

That being said if there was a cleaning fee, either the coach got tanked and vomited on something or the entire team was going to town and trashed the bus. I don't believe that simple story for a second. But I still support your fight. I think its BS they can cancel your season.

"What is there stopping them from continuing to play? Honestly? This is a club team. Maybe they wouldn't be under the umbrella of the university at all but I doubt they would really miss the small amount of funding the university probably gave them if any at all. Just take the logos off the jerseys and move on right? Call the team the Ice Dogs of Western Illinois and run with it."

...That's not how it works. The ACHA is for clubs or varsity teams that are affiliated with the school they represent. If anything, good luck getting the school to properly release the eligibility transcripts required by the ACHA. I can see it now. "screw you club sports director, we will just play anyway. By the way, we still need proof of grades and transcripts for the league, thanks."

"That being said if there was a cleaning fee, either the coach got tanked and vomited on something or the entire team was going to town and trashed the bus. I don't believe that simple story for a second. "

You can not believe it all day long by the fact is leaving just one beer can on a bus can be a HUGE problem, at least in Illinois. When you reserve a bus there are two different "licenses" for the trip. One is no alcohol and one is with alcohol. There are rules and provisions depending on with route you go. So if they had a beer can on the bus and the cleaning crew found it they are required to alert the people upstairs at the bus company. They then issue the fee. It is more about having the beer than the cleaning part. I hope this clarifies things for you. If not ask away and I will see if I can answer. Basically if you want to be treated like adults then you have to act like adults.

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The charge added was not a cleaning fee. The Assistant Coach approached the terribly lost bus driver with a beer in hand. The coaches cleaned up everything. Not that is justification but just simply crushing the speculations that Western Illinois University Ice Hockey Club got "trashed" on the bus. That makes it seem like it was a belligerent party. This was most definitely not the case.

We as a program are striving for success. As the club President, I can say no student drank alcohol on the charter bus. This setback from non students is practically crippling the growth and progress of the organization. Let's look at the facts though... I should not have let the coaches have a few beers.
The Athletic Director at the very beginning of the year said the school will NOT put the coaches under a contract. So when it comes to things like this, If the grown man wants to have a beer he is going to have a beer. But it is still a university event. There should not be alcohol on the bus at any point in time.
The club is participating in many community service events and other volunteering events in a plea to get the season back on track. (If) Next season is eligible for WIU we are going to do things differently. We are working on re-structuring the organization from the ground up to keep the club's forward progress. We apologize for the inconveniences we have caused. We hope to be competitive and orderly for seasons to come.