Hockey
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Women’s hockey sweeps series
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Wilfrid Laurier’s women’s hockey team swept their way to the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) semifinals Saturday afternoon with a 3-2 victory over the Waterloo Warriors. The Hawks took the series 2-0 and move on to the next round. Laurier found the board first, ten minutes into the game as Tammy Freiburger beat Rebecca Bouwhuis to…
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Hawks score four unanswered in double OT win
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In a crazy come-from-behind 4-3 win, the fifth-seeded Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s hockey team took game one of their Ontario University Athletics (OUA) quarterfinal Thursday night against the fourth-seeded Guelph Gryphons. After being down 3-0 going into the third period, the Hawks scored three unanswered goals before Trent Hawke sealed the Gryphons’ fate just…
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Women’s hockey up 1-0 in quarterfinal
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Devon Skeats explained it best. “As soon as playoff season comes around it’s honestly like a second Christmas for me,” she said. “I just get this hype and energy and it prevails for me. I’m excited it’s that time of year again.” The fourth-year power forward recorded two goals and added an assist Wednesday night…
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Prepping for the ‘real season’
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Women’s: For the Laurier women’s hockey team, repeating as Ontario University Athletics (OUA) champions is just a stepping stone towards their ultimate goal of a national title. The Hawks faced a more competitive conference this year, needing a win in the final regular season game over the Queen’s Gaels to clinch home ice advantage. Head…
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Brooker hits 50 goals
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After a short drought, third-year forward Laura Brooker scored the 50th goal of her Golden Hawk career last Saturday against the Brock Badgers. The women’s hockey team defeated the Badgers 8-0, allowing merely 18 shots against second-year goaltender Erika Thunder. Brooker scored 5:48 into the second period to put the Hawks ahead of the Badgers…
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Laurier widens gap in playoff hunt
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After a tough fight through the season and a bitter 6-4 loss to the University of Waterloo on Friday, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s hockey team managed to defeat the Bro ck Badgers 4-2 on Saturday, moving closer to clinching a playoff berth. “We knew [Brock was] in a real dog fight to make…
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Daniels reflects on CIS decision
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In the month of January, Laurier Golden Hawks fourth-year goaltender Ryan Daniels did it all. He turned aside over 340 shots, upsetting and shutting out the No. 2— now No. 3 — ranked Western Mustangs and led the team to a solid 6-2 record since the winter break- all in a month’s work. Without Daniels…
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Hawks beat fatigue in shootout win
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The No. 3-ranked Laurier women’s hockey team played into overtime twice this weekend, dropping a 5-4 decision to the York Lions on Saturday night before topping the UOIT Ridgebacks 2-1 in a shootout the following night. “Right now we are kind of overloading physically off the ice so it has been a real grind,” said…
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Brooker chases milestone
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Laura Brooker has known she’s been under pressure since before the statistic was mentioned a few weeks back. “She’s just feeling the weight of the world, and it’s going to come from within her, she’s going to work out of it,” head coach Rick Osborne said. Since Jan. 13, Brooker has been chasing the 50th…
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Hawks start road to post-season
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“It was special.” Fourth-year netminder Ryan Daniels described Thursday’s win against the No. 2 Western Mustangs as a momentum builder for the Wilfrid Laurier men’s hockey team. In a game that featured a shutout from Daniels and two goals from second-year Tyler Stothers, the Hawks completed the first task on their to-do list to make…
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