College Hockey News: Northeastern Placed on 3 Years Probation

According to College Hockey News, Northeastern was placed on three years of probation. Per the blog post by CHN, "The NCAA action does not include a post-season ban for any teams; it does not require the university to vacate any records; and it does not place a restriction on competition or student-athlete participation."

Basically, this is a slap on the wrist for Northeastern. If Northeastern had lost a scholarship or two, this probation might have mattered.

College Hockey News -- The NCAA's Committee on Infractions has imposed a penalty of three years probation to the Northeastern athletic department, in part due to actions that took place during the tenure of previous head coach Greg Cronin.

Cronin and then-assistant coach Albie O'Connell were suspended in February 2011 when the school discovered improper telephone and text message contacts with recruits.

They were reinstated one month later.

Northeastern, which was on probation at the time for infractions by its men's basketball team, self-reported the incident to the NCAA. In June of that year, Cronin stepped down and took a position as assistant coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. He's now an assistant with the New York Islanders.

Violations also included track & field - probation is for the athletic dept. not specfiically the current hockey program
— College Hockey News (@chnews) October 9, 2014

Northeastern Placed on 3 Years Probation ... Violations Go Back to 2009 Under Greg Cronin - http://t.co/tk9a71O0U3 @Northeastern MHKY
— College Hockey News (@chnews) October 9, 2014