Hockey
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Brantford Homecoming spoiled with 4-2 loss for Hawks
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The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s hockey team opened their season Saturday afternoon against the Windsor Lancers, in front of an enthusiastic crowd during Homecoming at the Laurier Brantford campus. The Hawks did not walk away with the win, dropping a 4-2 decision, but they are a confident team loaded with a ton of new…
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Women’s hockey team splits opening weekend
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A powerful and heavily offensive first period helped lift the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women’s hockey team to a 5-2 win over the Windsor Lancers in their home opener on Friday. Four goals under a five-minute span helped to secure a big lead for the Hawks, who remained untouched. Despite a less than stellar second…
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‘Bigger, faster and stronger’
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Rewind to Feb. 24, 2013. The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women’s hockey team was eliminated in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) semifinals by the Western Mustangs and failed to advance to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) championships for the first time since 2002-03. Nevertheless, head coach Rick Osborne and the revamped women’s hockey program —…
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Athletes inducted into Laurier Hall of Fame
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It’s something Brian Devlin will never forget. Being part of the 2005 Vanier Cup football team for Wilfrid Laurier University is forever etched into his mind. Being the kicker that won the Vanier Cup for Laurier is there too. And by being inducted into Laurier’s Hall of Fame Friday night, he’s forever etched into Laurier’s…
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Sports in brief
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Women’s rugby blown out by Guelph The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women’s rugby team took a beating Saturday night as the No.1 nationally ranked Guelph Gryphons defeated the Hawks 110-0 at University Stadium. Guelph led 41-0 after the first half and would not let up, as they scored an additional 69 points in the second…
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Osborne: ‘I wasn’t expecting that’
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After losing iconic goaltender Liz Knox following the 2010-11 women’s hockey season, head coach Rick Osborne sought out a replacement. He tried to find something that would work between the pipes, and through conditioning and intense discipline, he thought he found a system that would work with second-year goaltender Erika Thunder. However, following the 2012-13…
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Lester finishes career in style
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To finish off her career as a Laurier Golden Hawk, women’s hockey captain Fiona Lester added something else to her list of accomplishments. Earlier in the month, Lester was named to the 2013 Capital One Academic All-America College Division at-large first team for the second time in her tenure as a student athlete at Laurier.…
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Paying tribute to Laurier’s best
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Player of the Year: Max Allin — Men’s basketball Allin is an all-around player with impressive talent and strong leadership. He posted impressive numbers in his fourth year with the men’s basketball team, capturing the CIS scoring title with 23.2 points per game, finishing third in the nation for total points with 441 and eighth…
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Winter Hawks in review
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Women’s curling It was hard for this year’s squad not to be compared to Laura Crocker and her rink, but Carly Howard skipped Laurier’s team to an impressive transition year. Despite not qualifying for the playoffs at this year’s OUA championship, they finished with a 3-3 record, while winning the UOIT Ridgebacks bonspiel. There were…
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Laurier’s ‘Oustanding’ woman
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Olympian and TV personality Kelly Vanderbeek stood in front of nearly 250 people March 21 with one main message. Be bold, use your community and don’t be afraid to fail. At this year’s annual Outstanding Women of Laurier (OWL) Award luncheon, Vanderbeek delivered the keynote speech on the importance of utilizing the community surrounding people…
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