User:Wwuicehockey/WWU Vikings Hockey

WWU Vikings Hockey The Western Washington University Vikings Hockey Team is a collegiate ice hockey team based out of Bellingham, WA. They compete in Division 2 of the American Collegiate Hockey Association. They are a club team which means the club is ran by students of Western Washington University. The team was created in 1980 and joined the ACHA in 1997. They play their home games at the Bellingham Sportsplex.

Prior to the 2008-09 season the Vikings hired John Dougan, an alumni of the Ohio State Buckeyes Hockey program, to be the Head Coach of a young Viking team.

In the 2009-10 campaign they finished with the best win percentage in the Nation with 22 wins, 1 loss, and 1 shootout loss. Also Captain Jeff Bulger finished the season second overall in points with 97 in 22 games. First overall was Utah State's Brendan MacDonald who had 105 points in 34 games.

The Hockey team has been part of charity events in the Bellingham, WA area since the inaugural season. Most recently the boys were participants in Relay for Life on Westerns campus in 2010.