Hockey
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Two more wins has women’s hockey ranked No. 2 in Canada
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Erika Thunder is playing like anything but a rookie. Thunder led the Golden Hawks’ women’s hockey team to victory Saturday night against the visiting University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) Ridgebacks by a score of 4-1. Thunder stopped 17 of 18 shots for the victory while four different Hawks recorded goals. “In the first…
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Hawks split weekend with Lakehead
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The Wilfrid Laurier University’s men’s hockey team welcomed the nationally eighth-ranked Lakehead Thunderwolves this weekend for a two-game set. The Thunderwolves (7-3-0), led by Ontario University Athletics’ leading scorer Matt Caria would provide a tough test for the Hawks, who were fresh off their first win of the year against Waterloo. On Friday night, the…
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Rainsberry leads Hawks to victory
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The Golden Hawks are soaring high. The women’s hockey team glided over the OUIT Ridgebacks 3-1 to open their season at home last Saturday night. Playing a fully aggressive game, the Golden Hawks (6-0-0) piled on over 16 minutes in penalties, but held the visiting Ridgebacks (2-6-0) to one goal. “I think it was really good…
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Hockey Hawks back in the win column
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The Golden Hawks men’s hockey team finally solved their losing habits Sunday night. After dropping their first five games of the sea- son, the Wilfrid Laurier University Hawks (1-5-0) got their first win, a 4-2 victory over cross-town rivals the Waterloo Warriors. “This was an all around team effort. We’ve struggled with putting 60 minutes…
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Stumbling out of the gate
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A leftover bitter taste from their 1-3 pre-season record had the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks’ men’s hockey team (0-2-0) pumped and ready to go for their season opening game against the Nipissing Lakers on Oct. 7 at the Waterloo Memorial Recreational Complex. But it couldn’t save them from their first defeat, a 5-4 loss to…
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A new day dawns for men’s hockey
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As the Laurier men’s hockey team prepares to take to the ice for their first regular season game on Oct. 7, head coach Greg Puhalski is still unsure what his final line-up will look like. “At this stage in the season we’re still in the process of figuring out who we’re going to be,” said…
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Keeping a short memory
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In most situations, if a team wins seven straight championships and then gets upset to have their victory streak snapped, they don’t tend to get a vibe of disrespect from their followers heading into next season. However, in the very competitive world of Ontario University Athletics (OUA), specifically women’s hockey, that is exactly what can…
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Ten stories to watch for the 2011-12 NHL season
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The weather grows colder and that means one thing, hockey is back. Here are ten things that should grab your attention this NHL season: Winnipeg Jets The Jets are back! But this isn’t any old expansion team coming north. Winnipeg is inheriting a young, exciting core: led by Andrew Ladd, Evander Kane and Dustin Byfuglien.…
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NHL deaths attract the wrong attention
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It’s been a summer many won’t choose to remember. After three untimely deaths involving players from the National Hockey League separated by mere months, the hockey-crazed media have surely not experienced a typical summer off-season. Starting with the death of New York Rangers’ enforcer Derek Boogaard in May, resulting from an accidental but lethal mixture…
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Following a giant’s footsteps
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It was Sunday, January 23, and one of Wilfrid Laurier University’s most decorated and acclaimed athletes ever to don the Golden Hawk crest had just flown the coop to play for Canada at the 2011 Winter Universiade (a mini-Olympics for university athletes). Liz Knox, Laurier’s women’s hockey starting goaltender for as long as any current…
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