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History of Cyclone Hockey History of Cyclone Hockey
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1980s
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While the 70s were the “Golden Age” of Cyclone Hockey playing in front of sizable crowds at Hilton Coliseum, the 80s were a decade of significant on-ice success. Iowa State won Central States Collegiate Hockey League regular season championship six times (‘80, ‘81, ‘86, ‘87, ‘88, and ‘89) and the tournament title six times (‘80, ‘81, ‘84, ‘85, ‘87, and ‘89). Incredibly, Iowa State appeared in the championship game of the CSCHL Tournament every year from 1984 to 1989.
The Cyclones continued to play some games at Hilton, but more and more of Iowa State’s home games were contested at the CACC, which served as the team’s fulltime practice facility.
Amenities at the CACC were added as the decade moved on. A locker room was added for the Cyclones in 1982, showers were installed in that locker room in 1985, and a locker room for visiting teams was constructed that same year.
Additionally, the major college club hockey teams were organizing a national tournament by the 80s, and Iowa State was beginning to establish itself as one of the elite club teams in the nation by the end of the decade.
1990s
Cyclone Hockey’s building success in the 1980s carried through right into the 90s. Iowa State’s consecutive appearances in the CSCHL Tournament championship game went up to ten seasons (‘84 through ‘93) and the Cyclones competed in eight of the ten CSCHL finals during the decade, winning the Easton Cup in ‘90, ‘91, and ‘97. Iowa State took the CSCHL regular season title in ‘90 and ‘91 and shared it with Michigan-Dearborn in ‘92.
Beginning with the 1993-94 season, the CSCHL established an East and West Division, with Iowa State playing in the latter. The Cyclones took the West Division from ‘94 to ‘97, when the CSCHL merged back to one division.
Of bigger note, Iowa State was a charter member of the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) in the spring of 1991 and the Cyclones won the inaugural ACHA Men’s Division 1 national championship in 1992. In ‘96 and ‘97, the Cyclones finished runner-up at nationals to CSCHL-rival Ohio.
During the decade, Cyclones Bill Ward (‘94), Doug Borud (‘97), and Rob Howitt (‘98) all received the ACHA Player of the Year Award.
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