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Hawks bounced in OUA quarterfinal
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GUELPH, Ont. — The game had everything. In game three of the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) West quarterfinal, the Guelph Gryphons and the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks left everything out on the ice. There were end-to-end rushes, questionable refereeing, physical hitting, precise goaltending, misconducts, a last-minute tying goal and an overtime winner. With the fifth-seeded…
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Last rock sinks women’s curling
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GUELPH, Ont. — For the first time in three years, the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) women’s curling championship will not see Wilfrid Laurier on the podium. Sunday afternoon featured two games with a lot on the line. The McMaster Marauders (4-1) were playing the undefeated Brock Badgers (5-0) for an opportunity to play a tiebreaker…
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Gryphons come from behind to force game three
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They were just “standing around.” The fifth-seeded Wilfrid Laurier men’s hockey team came into game two of their best-of-three Ontario University Athletics (OUA) West quarterfinal against the Guelph Gryphons with a win in their hands and a chance to close out the series. But as head coach Greg Puhalski said, his team was just standing…
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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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Men’s basketball finishes fourth in OUA West
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After a 2-5 start to the season before the winter break, the Wilfrid Laurier men’s basketball team finished fourth in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) West division and will host the Brock Badgers in the first round of the playoffs. The Hawks finished the season with a dominating 102-84 victory over the Western Mustangs Saturday…
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Hillis helps Hawks to final home win
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With less than 15 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the Wilfrid Laurier women’s basketball team sat a point behind the visiting Western Mustangs, 58-57. Fifth-year guard Amber Hillis stole the ball at the top of Laurier’s key, went down the court and finished with a layup — with only 12.1 seconds left on the…
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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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You know what yanks my cord…
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…clichés. Honestly, we’ve become so lazy when we put words together that nearly everything we say is some type of phrase that has been overused to its deathbed. Daily, I hear hockey players make generic comments about how they’re putting “110 per cent” into their game or professors use lame phrases to make it through…
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Final stretch for Hawks before playoffs
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With two crucial games remaining for both the men’s and women’s basketball teams, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks set their sights on the playoff route. “We want to be playing great basketball going into the playoffs,” women’s head coach Paul Falco said. “The playoff games are single elimination so whatever teams are playing the best…
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