Cougars on the Rise in 2021
By Zach Worden, Sports Editor With U Sports cancelling fall championship sports in 2020, Canadian university sports fans must look to 2021 for their next chance to see student-athletes suiting up. Dual term sports...
Tagged: hockey
A student guide to a day in Banff
By Blaise Kemna, Contributor Here’s the scenario: you’re heading to Banff for a day trip with a bunch of your friends. It’s been a while since you’ve made it to the mountains, so there’s pressure...
Cougar Corner: Playoff season is near
By Dan Khavkin, Sports Editor The end of the 2019/2020 varsity season is near. Three out of the six remaining Mount Royal Cougars varsity clubs have their eyes set on playoffs while two narrowly missed out and one is...
History made at the 2020 Crowchild Classic
By Dan Khavkin, Sports Editor The ultimate cross-town showdown did not disappoint. This year’s edition of 2020 Crowchild Classic proved to be a classic once again. Men’s game The men’s hockey clubs opened the...
MRU women’s hockey front and centre in 2020 Crowchild Classic
By Dan Khavkin, Sports Editor Girls, the floor is yours. For the first time in the eight years since the creation of the Crowchild Classic, the Mount Royal Cougars and Calgary Dinos women’s hockey teams...
Top 10 Flames players of the decade
By Nathan Woolridge, News Editor 10. Jiri Hudler Czech-born Jiri Hudler joined the Flames during the 2012-13 season and solidified himself as a veteran winger on the line with young guns Johnny Gaudreau and...
MRU Cougars end of term report card
By Dan Khavkin, Sports Editor Men’s Soccer: A+ This one’s a no brainer for the boys in blue representing MRU. Mount Royal’s men’s soccer squad enjoyed the most legendary campaign in the history of...
Cougar Hockey vet Watson talks racism and Bill Peters
By Dan Khavkin, Sports Editor Third-year Cougars hockey player Jamal Watson had little doubt about the kind of comment former Calgary Flames head coach Bill Peters said to Akim Aliu ten years ago in the Rockford...
Flames struggle to score goals in the first quarter of the season
By Nathan Woolridge, News Editor During a recent and short road trip to the desert, the Calgary Flames were shutout 3-0 to the Arizona Coyotes and 6-0 to the Las Vegas Golden Knights —...
MRU Men’s Hockey set to get over the hump
By Dan Khavkin, Sports Editor This should be the year. With five consecutive trips to the Canada West semi-finals teasing Cougars head coach Bert Gilling and his past MRU squads year in and year...
