Hockey
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Two wins puts Hawks No. 5 in country
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It certainly wasn’t the way they drew it up, but the Laurier Golden Hawks women’s hockey team came away with four crucial points this past weekend. Following two come-from-behind wins, one of which ended in overtime, the Hawks improved their record 8-1-1, putting them in a tie with the Queen’s Gaels atop the Ontario University…
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Men’s hockey falls to Gryphons
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Less than 24 hours after their first win of the season in which came thanks to a late-game comeback against the Windsor Lancers, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s hockey team looked to make it two in a row as they hosted the Guelph Gryphons Saturday evening. However, an early Gryphons lead made things tough…
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Women’s hockey 5-1-0 despite inconsistency
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Something’s missing. Stepping into Waterloo Recreational Complex Thursday night, there was no doubt there was a game being played. It was the same atmosphere and the purple and gold were still skating feverishly from one end of the ice to the other. They even won their fourth straight game. But it just wasn’t the same…
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NHL players to Europe means bad news for Lockout
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Another year, another NHL lockout. It seems like only yesterday that the 2004-05 NHL lockout was taking place and hockey fans all over North America were hungry for their beloved sport. The lockout basically comes as a result of the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) tentatively reached at the end of the previous…
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Men’s hockey opens preseason with 4-2 loss
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After a long wait, hockey was welcomed back to Wilfrid Laurier University on Friday night, as the Golden Hawks men’s hockey team dropped a home exhibition game to the Windsor Lancers 4-2. The following night, the Hawks 5-1 to the Guelph Gryphons in Brantford. The game was slated to start at 7:30 p.m., but was…
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New season, another search for victory
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Leadership. Dynasty. Success. Revenge. You don’t have to question the fight that will come out of the Wilfrid Laurier University women’s hockey team this year, because it’s the same as it is every year. After finishing fourth in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) national championship last year in Edmonton, the Hawks are looking to rekindle…
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Hockey captain honoured
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Fiona Lester didn’t expect anything more after her year of glamour. With her second Ontario University Athletics’ (OUA) championship and being the recipient of Laurier’s Luke Fusco Academic Athletic Achievement Award this year, the last thing Lester believed would happen: to be named to the 2012 Capitol One Academic All-America College Division first team. “It was…
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From a team divided to a national dynasty
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It wasn’t in the plan, and it wasn’t prefaced with countless interviews or polished hockey history. But when Rick Osborne stepped behind the Wilfrid Laurier University women’s hockey bench, it was evident that there was an immediate impact on an already burdened squad. “I had a job with guy’s hockey lined up; kind of an…
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Hawks finish in fourth at CIS tourney
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It was a team they were chomping at the bit to play, but a game they wanted nothing to do with. And it all equated to the finest display of moxie that the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks could muster. Though, the end result was tragically the same as last year’s. A fourth-place finish in the…
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Golden Hawks falter against McGill in bronze showdown
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EDMONTON, Alta – The effort, the spunk and the moxie were all present, but for the second year in a row, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks’ women’s hockey team just missed the podium, finishing in fourth at the national championships. Their opponent, probably the strongest to ever play in a bronze medal match up; McGill…
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