Abigail Barrett
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Golden Hawks goaltender, Cohen Myers on the start of the women’s hockey season
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“It felt amazing… for the first game it almost didn’t even feel real. It was definitely great and exciting to get back on the ice this year” said Cohen Myers, the veteran goaltender for the Laurier Golden Hawks women’s varsity hockey team. Myers, a fifth-year sociology major has been in the Golden Hawks system since…
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Highlighting some of the bigger moments in sports for women this past year
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With International Women’s Day on Mar. 8, it is a good time to examine some of the great progress being made for women’s athletics in North America. Women sports have made great strides in the past decade, and so has the representation. This past year was especially important as women made some ground-breaking moves…
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Two-time Women’s Hockey MVP Cohen Myers on this past year and her time with Laurier
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It has been a massive adjustment for student-athletes across all sports this past year. With university competition absent, student-athletes have had to tweak their routines and get accustomed to restrictions that have eliminated the opportunity to practice or play. Fourth-year women’s hockey goalie Cohen Myers has been one of the busiest goalies in the OUA…
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Training in the time of COVID-19: Women’s hockey’s return to training on campus
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Increasing COVID-19 restrictions and the cancelation of all sports by the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) has left student-athletes unable to properly train on campus. With the cancellation of both Fall and Winter sports, the OUA has outlined a phased comeback for on-campus training that allows members to create their own program following provincial and school…
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Women’s Hockey announces eight recruits as part of 2020 recruiting class:
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Eight new skaters have committed to join head coach Kelly Paton and the Laurier Women’s Hockey program for the next season. The 2020-2021 recruiting class is headlined by local athletes and features a good mix of three forwards, four defensemen and one goaltender. Coach Paton is entering her third season behind the bench of the…
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Coach Paton remains optimistic despite winless home season
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Heading into their final two home games of the season this past weekend, Coach Kelly Paton and her players were still in search of their first home win. In 10 previous games at the Waterloo Memorial Recreational Complex, the Golden Hawks team could not get a win, losing several tightly contested games. Laurier entered this…
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Women’s hockey team splits weekend games
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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 team members 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…
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Laurier women’s hockey team in a bit of a slump
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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 Paton believed that her team…
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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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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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