Of the 29 hockey players eligible for the CCAA Hall of Fame, none have entered. A two-time NHL training camp attendee was named a tournament all star or the tournament MVP at every nationals he competed at and a CCAA All Canadian in every season he played.

In each of his three seasons with the NAIT Ooks from the fall of 1982 through the spring of 1985, Cleo Rowein received the highest honours of netminders that he competed against. He was an ACAC All Conference first team selection at his position in 1983, 1984 and 1985. In addition, he was honoured as the best goaltender at nationals with a CCAA Tournament All Star selection in 1984. (A forward was sekected CCAA Tournament Most Valuable Player in 1984.)

In his final two seasons with the Ooks, he received the highest honours of all players he laced up the skates against in national and international events. He was named the Most Valuable Player at the Viking Cup in 1984 and the CCAA National Championship in 1985. In a similar vein, he was named NAIT's Male Intercollegiate Athlete of the Year encompassing all sports on campus in 1984 and 1985.

The Macklin, Saskatchewan native was between the pipes for consequential conquests including a 5-3 victory over the eventual CIAU champion York University in the finale of the 1984 Altjahres Cup in Adelboden, Switzerland and a 9-2 triumph over the Victoriaville College Vulkins in the finale of the 1985 CCAA National Hockey Championship at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.

Wins in big games were only a piece of the puzzle. Rowein was in the crease for over half of the contests in a 52 game winning streak versus ACAC rivals in the regular season and the post season. When he was between the pipes, he won every regular season & post season game at home in his last two campaigns & on the road in his final campaign.

Not only did the three time CCAA All Canadian lead the Ooks to victory in provincial, national and international competition, he led the ACAC in statistical categories. In his first two seasons, he was the regular season save percentage and regular season goals against average leader. In his final two seasons, he was the regular season wins leader.

Rowein was a member of five conference champions (two as a player and three as an assistant coach) and three national champions (one as a player and two as an assistant coach).

As for the 31 CCAA Hall of Fame inductees to participate in team sports (basketball, hockey, soccer and/or volleyball), only four were named a first team tournament all star or the tournament most valuable player at every nationals they participated in & were selected a CCAA All Canadian in every season they donned a member institution's colours.

Hall of fame induction is overdue for Cleo Rowein.

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