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Huskies hockey teams fend off third period scares

by on January 11, 2012 in Sports

It wasn’t pretty but it worked. The Huskies women’s hockey team was forced to down the visiting Lethbridge Pronghorns 4-3 in overtime Jan. 7 after blowing a 3-0 lead in the third period.

Meanwhile, The Lethbridge Pronghorns continued to trouble the first-place Huskies men’s hockey team last weekend as the Dogs found themselves scrambling for what should have been a guaranteed win. Earlier this year, a game between the ’Horns and the Huskies was postponed after two periods due to ice resurfacing problems. Saskatchewan had led 3-0 in that game.

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Huskies hockey teams set for key match-ups

by on January 4, 2012 in Sports

The Huskies men’s hockey team will have to kick old habits if it wants to land a spot in the national playoffs. According to head coach Dave Adolph, the team hasn’t performed very well in the second half of the last two regular seasons. “This year our goal is making sure our finish is better than our start,” says Adolph.

Meanwhile, the Huskies women’s hockey head coach Steve Kook doesn’t want to downplay this weekend’s first-place games against the Lethbridge Pronghorns, but he believes the Dogs will have at least four more first-place weekends this season.

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Despite first period snooze, Dogs hockey win two against Bisons

by on November 9, 2011 in Sports

A quick nap nearly cost the Huskies men’s hockey team their second loss of the season this past weekend at Rutherford Rink.

Although they did come out with a 5-4 overtime win and 2-1 victory against the Manitoba Bisons on Nov. 4 and 5, respectively, the Bisons’ strong attack forced Saskatchewan to stay on its toes.

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Flinton scores first goal of university career as Huskies make history

by on November 2, 2011 in Sports

Julia Flinton’s first-ever goal in her university hockey career will go down in history.

Her overtime winner from just inside the blue line against the University of Alberta Pandas marked the first time ever that the University of Saskatchewan Huskies women’s hockey team swept Alberta in a weekend series at home.

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Experts debate how to properly neutralize concussions in youth hockey

by on October 30, 2011 in Sports

In January of last year, Sidney Crosby — the undeniable face of the NHL — was concussed during a hockey game, calling athlete safety in hockey into question.

Rising concerns about concussions among children playing in youth hockey leagues has led to some ideas for reform — chiefly, raising the checking age.

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Huskies men’s hockey redeems surprising loss to Pronghorns

by on October 28, 2011 in Sports

The Huskies men’s hockey team was caught off guard this past weekend at the Credit Union Centre as the Dogs suffered a surprising loss to the Lethbridge Pronghorns Oct. 21 and were forced to redeem it with an overtime victory on the next night.

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Huskies men’s hockey team’s top scorers out in full force against the Cougars

by on October 20, 2011 in Sports

The Huskies men’s hockey team scored 10 goals in two games to down the Regina Cougars twice this past weekend.

The home-and-home series saw the Dogs win 5-2 in Regina on Oct. 14 and 5-4 the next night in Saskatoon.

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Zamboni puts damper on Huskies in Lethbridge

by on October 6, 2011 in Sports

The only thing that could stop the Huskies men’s hockey team in Lethbridge this past weekend was the Zamboni.

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New university hockey arena is still in the works

by on September 15, 2011 in Sports

U of S President MacKinnon had three major initiatives when he took office 12 years ago ”” to reopen the College Building, to build more residences and to build a new hockey arena. The College building was reopened in 2005 and the first of two new residences just opened this summer, but campus has yet to start construction on a new rink.

Fortunately, an arena with two ice surfaces is part of the university’s College Quarter master plan and has become a top priority for the president’s office.

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Huskies 2011-12 season preview: Hockey

Huskies 2011-12 season preview: Hockey

by on September 7, 2011 in Sports

The University of Saskatchewan Huskies compete within the Canada West Universities Athletic Association conference as part of Canadian Interuniversity Sport. In order to win a CIS championship, which is top honours in the country’s university athletics, teams must qualify and win their conference’s playoffs, and win the CIS playoffs — the only exception in qualifying [...]

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