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...
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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 —...
Perfect 10: Cougars women’s volleyball catch fire early on
By Dan Khavkin, Sports Editor No Mount Royal Cougars varsity program has started a season 10-0 since joining USPORTS in 2012… until this year. The MRU women’s volleyball program caught fire early in the...
Newly appointed MRU Cougars women’s basketball coach ready for tasks at hand
By Sajan Jabbal, Staff Writer & Dan Khavkin, Sports Editor Mount Royal Athletics hired newly appointed women’s basketball coach Robyn Fleckenstein on Aug.1 this past summer. Fleckenstein brings in a loaded resumé into her...
Top five 2019 MRU men soccer moments
By Daniel Khavkin, Sports Editor 5. Second 5-0 beating, first ever MRU MSOC hat-trick In late September, the Cougars faced their first test of adversity… having their perfect 5-0-0 run snapped while also suffering...
MRU Cougars set for playoffs after historic season
By Daniel Khavkin, Sports Editor Summer’s weather has turned grey and with fall in full swing, it’s that time when the Mount Royal men’s soccer squad rev up for their fifth consecutive playoff appearance....
Q&A with MRU Cougars MSOC superstar Justin Anderson-Louch
By Dan Khavkin, Sports Editor Fourth-year MRU Cougar superstar Justin Anderson-Louch recently came back from a 392 day hiatus after tearing his ACL on opening day in September of 2018. Anderson-Louch sat down with...
Cougar Corner: MRU athletics off and running
By Dan Khavkin, Sports Editor Men’s hockey Mount Royal’s men’s hockey squad opens its 2019-20 Canada West campaign hoping to build off of last year’s success. “I think our group is excited to get the...
