Hockey
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Laurier women’s hockey team announces Kelly Paton as new head coach
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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…
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Rookie Anthony Sorrentino is a reason for hope for the Hawks
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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…
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Hawks give Rick Osborne a victory in his final home game
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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…
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Recapping an exciting regular season for the Golden Hawks
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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…
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Overcoming the rookie transition
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As young children we first experience the difference between winning and losing, learning that competitive sports is a zero sum game. For every game that is won, there must be a team that loses. The Wilfrid Laurier University women’s hockey team has been on the wrong end of this equation for more than their fair…
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A sixth consecutive loss puts the Hawks in a bind
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The Laurier Men’s Hockey team has had a rocky ending to their season as with only two games left the team is on a six-game losing streak. They are still 14-14-4 overall and 13-10-3 in conference play, but have recently come off losses from Toronto, Western, Guelph and Waterloo and have gone scoreless in…
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Struggles continue for Laurier as Hawks lose 4th straight game
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The Wilfrid Laurier University men’s hockey team had their losing streak extended to four games on Saturday, Jan. 27, falling to the Guelph Gryphons by a score of 5-3. Just over a week after Guelph’s 5-0 Frosty Mug victory against the Golden Hawks, Laurier was looking for redemption on home ice. The Gryphons struck first,…
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Golden Hawks hit speed bump on the road to the playoffs
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The Wilfrid Laurier University men’s hockey team was in Guelph on Thursday night to play in their second consecutive Frosty Mug game against the Guelph Gryphons. Laurier fell to the Gryphons 2-1 in last year’s contest, and the Golden Hawk team was looking to spoil Guelph’s festivities as well as to extend their own…
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The lone bright spot in a tough season
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It has been another tough season for the Laurier Golden Hawks women’s hockey team this year. Following last year’s 3-21 season, the team has only become younger. With young teams, struggles are to be expected as they grow together and learn to win. Having started out the season 0-5, there would come a change…
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Rick Osborne retires after 15 years of coaching
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The Wilfrid Laurier women’s hockey head coach, Rick Osborne, has announced his retirement after an extraordinary 15-year career. Osborne will continue the 2017-18 season behind the Hawks’ bench and will retire at the end of the year. For Osborne, retirement is something that he had been contemplating since the conclusion of last year. “What I…
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