Abigail Barrett
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Hawks impress in tough loss against Brock
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The Wilfrid Laurier University women’s hockey team took on the nationally ranked Brock Badgers at home on Thursday night in their second match up against a nationally ranked team this season. Brock opened up the scoring five minutes into the game, taking the lead early in the first, but Laurier’s Emily Woodhouse answered with one…
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Golden Hawks get first home victory of the season
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The Wilfrid Laurier University women’s hockey team picked up their first win at home on Sunday night against the York Lions, winning the game 4-2 after losing to the Lion’s on the road last weekend. The game started off with a goal from York after only 11 minutes of play, putting Laurier in a deficit…
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Hawks fall short in Battle of Waterloo
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The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women’s hockey team faced off against the Waterloo Warriors on Saturday night after a rough start to the season, going scoreless in both of their first two games. The game got off to a quick start in favour of the Warriors as they scored just 56 seconds into the game, leaving Laurier in a deficit before the…
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Laurier’s not so secret weapon, Emily Woodhouse, had a strong first year with the purple and gold
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For a women’s hockey program that has experienced so much success in the past thirteen years, a season such as this past one seems uncharacteristic. Since head coach Rick Osborne first stepped behind the Laurier bench in 2003, the team has won an astounding nine OUA titles, including a stretch of seven in a row…
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Golden Hawks take down Warriors in the battle of Waterloo
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The Golden Hawks headed just down the road on Saturday to face off against their neighbours in the Battle of Waterloo, The Waterloo Warriors. In a bit of a one sided match for the Warriors, the Hawks managed to come out victorious with a 2-1 victory. The game started out with a fast pace, as…
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Women’s hockey off to a slow start at WLU
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The Laurier women’s hockey team has gotten off to a rough start in their 2016-17 season, winning just one of their first seven games. Coach Rick Osborne addressed his team’s poor play. “We just haven’t played well enough yet,” he said. “We haven’t been able to play back-to-back games well. We seem to lose our…
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The torn identity of an immigrant
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Migrating to Canada from a tropical, third-world country, in my first-year of university, I found myself in what some would call a mid-identity crisis. Whenever it came up that I was not Canadian or that I didn’t know how to skate or ski, there was always one lingering question: where was I from? For me,…
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Newest additions to women’s hockey announced
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The announcement of the Wilfrid Laurier women’s hockey recruiting class has kept many on the edge of their seats. Coach Rick Osborne wisely sought the new addition of the committed six players to the Golden Hawks for the upcoming 2016-17 season. With a smaller coaching staff than in previous years, coach Osborne has been unyielding…
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Women’s hockey eliminated from OUA semifinals
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Laurier loses best-of-three series 2-0 to top seeded Guelph
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An ‘elite team in learning mode’
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Smith sparks Hawks to three-game winning streak en route to the final stretch before playoffs
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