In what has been a tough season for the Golden Hawks, Coach Paton finally believes the team is hitting their stride. Two big upsets in two weeks have the girls on the team feeling great as they return home for the final stretch of the season. With two road wins against two nationally-ranked programs in the last two weeks, the […]
Coach Puhalski and his Golden Hawks men’s hockey team have started the new year with a bang! Laurier came out of this weekend’s games with two dominating home wins, and have won six of their past seven games dating back to the end of 2019. On Friday night against their rivals, the Western Mustangs, Laurier was able to win on […]
After starting the season with five straight losses, the Golden Hawks women’s hockey team has picked up points in four of their last six games including their first two wins of the season in that span. Coming off of two wins in a span of three games, Head coach Kelly Patton believed that her team had been playing an improved […]
Laurier’s women’s hockey team is still in search of their first win of the season after two home losses this weekend. A 5-3 loss against Nipissing on Friday night as well as a 2-0 loss to Laurentian on Saturday afternoon has Coach Patton’s team sitting at the bottom of the OUA with a 0-0-1-3 record. The first four games of […]
On May 15, 2019, former Laurier women’s hockey coach Rick Osborne was awarded the OUA’s John McManus award, an honour that recognizes a retired OUA coach who has exemplified sportsmanship and service to the greatest extent during their tenure coaching in university sport. Osborne took over the women’s hockey team midway through the 2003-2004 season, and in his time as […]
Long time Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawk goaltender Colin Furlong has joined HC Pustertal Wolfe, a professional European hockey team that’s part of the Alps Hockey League. Furlong signed a professional contract with the Italian side earlier this summer after spending four years with the Golden Hawks. For Furlong, playing at a professional level was always the ultimate goal ever since […]
A new era has dawned upon us for Wilfrid Laurier University’s women’s hockey. Kelly Paton will be the Golden Hawks’ new head coach and manager of women’s hockey operations taking over as the successor to Rick Osborne, who held the position for 15 years. Despite the struggles of the last two years, having finished last in the OUA both seasons, […]
The last couple of years, the Laurier Golden Hawks men’s hockey team has been on a bit of a come up. After missing the playoffs for the previous few years, they have managed to be able to not only make the playoffs but also get home-ice advantage. While they have had early exits, there is hope, especially with new faces. […]
Goodbyes aren’t always easy and if you make an impact on someone’s life, they shouldn’t be. That’s the case when it comes to women’s hockey coach Rick Osborne, who has been with the team since 2003, as he coached his last home game for the Golden Hawks on Saturday. Osborne has won nine OUA championships and even won a CIS […]
The Wilfrid Laurier University men’s hockey team found themselves playing with purpose in their final game of the regular season, as a 4-1 win over Lakehead on Feb. 10 secured the fourth seed in the western conference and home ice advantage in the first round of playoffs. Following their victory in Thunder Bay on Saturday evening, the Golden Hawks settled […]
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