Hockey
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Hawks women’s hockey heads to OUA finals
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The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women’s hockey team didn’t have to wait long for a chance at revenge on the Windsor Lancers. 10 days after the Lancers spoiled the Hawks’ shot at an undefeated record with an overtime win in the final game of the regular season, the teams met in last weekend’s Ontario University…
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Behind the Hawk: Rick Osborne
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Behind the winning women’s Golden Hawks hockey team stands a pillar of coaching in Laurier Athletics. Since 2004, Rick Osborne has led the Laurier women’s hockey team to 143 regular season victories, eventually helping them win the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championship six years in a row. With Osborne’s lead, the Hawks have also won…
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Students take to the street in celebration
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After the men’s hockey team claimed gold in the final event of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, hundreds of students gathered on Mid-Campus Drive and University Avenue to celebrate. “I honestly feel so proud, it was such an intense game,” said second-year sociology student Courtney Ervick. “I was so stoked that we actually won and I…
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Hawks can’t finish perfect season
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The team playing spoiler may have changed, but the result remained the same as the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women’s hockey team saw their drive for perfection end in the final game of the regular season for the second year in a row. The Windsor Lancers took over the role the York Lions played last…
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WLU men’s hockey eliminated in first round
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If at the beginning of the year you had said that the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s hockey team would be booted out of the first round of the playoffs by the Guelph Gryphons, you would have been branded insane. Although the Gryphons’ coaching staff reloaded the program by adding seven Canadian Hockey League veterans,…
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Lancers shock Hawks in regular season finale
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Last year it was the York Lions, this year it was the Windsor Lancers. For the second straight season, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women’s hockey team had their perfect season spoiled in the final game of the year, as they suffered their only defeat of the campaign, falling 2-1 in over time to the…
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Hawks women’s hockey one game from perfection
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After wins over the Queen’s Gaels and the UOIT Ridgebacks on the weekend, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women’s hockey team find themselves on the verge of an undefeated season. Sitting at 26-0, the Hawks will play their final game of the regular season this afternoon against the Windsor Lancers. If the purple and gold…
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Laurier men’s hockey upsets Lakehead
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Solid defensive play and a 40-save performance by Laurier net-minder Jeff MacDougald gave the men’s hockey Hawks a confidence boosting 4-2 victory Friday evening over the visiting number eight nationally ranked Lakehead Thunderwolves. The odds seemed heavily stacked in favour of Lakehead who are loaded with talent up and down their line-up. From former Calgary…
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Will Team Canada win gold?
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Yes: Brenden Decker When Feb. 28, 2010 rolls around, we will see the Canadian men’s hockey team sporting new gold medals around their necks. Obviously this is easier said than done, but considering everything, it becomes clear that Canada has the best shot to win gold in Vancouver. Before we look at 2010, let’s take…
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Hawks on ice struggles continue
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“I don’t think they beat us; I think we beat ourselves and I think we’ve been beating ourselves for a few games now.” That was what team captain Jean-Michel Rizk had to say after the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks’ men’s hockey team’s 4-3 loss to cross-town rivals the Waterloo Warriors on Saturday night. The Hawks…
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