Rob Cowie was elected to the Northeastern University Hall of Fame for excellence in the sport of ice hockey.
Cowie, Class of '91, left NU with the Huskies' defensive scoring records and an All-American certificate to enjoy 13-year career in professional hockey. He came to the Huskies from the St. Mike's Junior "B" Buzzers where he was voted the team's MVP in 1987. A 1986 graduate of Saint Michaels College Boys School in North York, Ontario he also played baseball, basketball, and volleyball.
His freshman season of 1987-88 was a spectacular one for Northeastern. The Huskies finished 21-13-3, won the Beanpot and the Hockey East Tournament, and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. As a rookie he was the team's top scoring defensemen with seven goals and eight assists for 15 points.
In Cowie's sophomore year, his scoring talents blossomed with seven goals and 34 assists for 41 points. His talents earned him accolades such as All-New England and All-Hockey East. That year, NU was third in Hockey East with an 18-16-2 record but was upset in the league playoffs.
NU was 16-19-2 in Cowie's third season and NU was again eliminated from the league playoffs. Cowie had his best scoring season with 14 goals and 31 assists for 45 points. The awards again piled in, All-New England, All-Hockey East and most importantly All-America.
His senior year of 1990-'91 he was elected captain but the Huskies struggled to an 8-25-2 record. Cowie had another strong year with 18 goals and 23 assists for 41 points. For the third-straight year he was voted All-New England and All-Hockey East. His career totals of 46 goals and 96 assists for 142 points made him the 12th-leading scorer in NU history and the second highest for defensemen. His 18 goals that season were the best ever by an NU blueliner, as was his career 46 goals.
Cowie closed out his Northeastern career by being selected the 1991 recipient of the Herb Gallagher Award as NU's finest senior male scholar-athlete. A steady Dean's List student with a double Accounting Major plus All-America honors is a combination hard to beat.
He went on to have a long and distinguished career in professional hockey. After three years of toiling in the AHL, he joined the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL for the seasons of 1994-95 and 1995-96. From 1999 to 2004 he played in Europe with stops in Switzerland, Germany, Italy and Finland.
