The UIC University Archives is pleased to announce that the records of the
UIC Hockey Program are now available for research. The University of
Illinois at Chicago Circle, as it was then called, first fielded a varsity
hockey team in 1966. UICC competed in the Midwest Intercollegiate Hockey
League — composed of Illinois colleges — and won back-to-back league
titles in 1968 and 1969. In 1970, the UIC hockey team left the local
league and began competing against other independent college-division
teams from Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. Left wing Clive
Wang was UICC’s first All-American in 1970. In 1982 the UIC Flames hockey
team joined the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, an NCAA Division I
conference, and played games at the UIC Pavilion. Although the hockey
team finished within the top five several times, the program was
discontinued in 1996.
The records of the Hockey Program include media guides, player
biographies, statistics and game summaries as well as photographs. A
guide to the collection is available online at:
www.uic.edu/depts/lib/specialcoll/services/lhsc/ead/003-05-01-03f.html.
For more information, Ask A Librarian.
