International athletes limited in Canadian team participation
As Canada’s population continues to rise, you can expect the number of immigrants entering the country to rise with it. A country commonly known to accept people from away as its own, Canada has become one of the world’s most prominent examples of multiculturalism. But Canada’s multiculturalism is beginning to cause a problem in Canadian [...]
Tom Coolen has coached a lot of teams in his 58 years. His career has spanned seven countries and 25 years. He’s spent thousands of hours in rinks with teenagers in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, to grizzled pros in Europe. And he knows how to win. During the 1992-93 season, he led the [...]
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An exciting Atlantic Colleges Athletic Association final between the Mount Saint Vincent Mystics and the St. Thomas University Tommies took place Sunday afternoon, with the Tommies upsetting the favored Mystics 70-63 in overtime. “In the back of my mind, I was still thinking this just puts us into overtime, we still have work to do,” [...]
Continue reading …Second-straight ACAA championship win ‘mind-blowing’ for STU women’s basketball coach
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It was the fifth straight year the Mount Saint Vincent Mystics and St. Thomas University lady Tommies met in the deciding game for the Atlantic Colleges Athletic Association for women’s basketball. Tommies coach, Fred Connors, played everyone in the earlier games of the tournament, giving the starters more time to rest for that final game. [...]
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The Women’s Tommies welcomed the University of New Brunswick Saint John to the South Gym on Wednesday for their last home game of the season. The Sea Wolves sat at .500 on the season, but were no match for the Tommies, who ran away comfortable winners, 75-45. The Tommies got off to a hot [...]
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While some people scope out Boxing Day sales or ring in the New Year, Eric Bissonnette will be coaching on the world stage. The men’s hockey assistant coach was recently named head coach of Team Atlantic at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. Bissonnette and his team will leave for Windsor, Ont. on Dec. 26. The [...]
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The St. Thomas Tommies let one slip away in Friday night’s edition of the Battle of the Hill. The University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds led an inspired comeback in the third period erasing a 3-0 deficit with four shorthanded goals beating the Tommies 5-3. The loss marks the 28th straight for the Tommies who [...]
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Two athletic sections of St. Thomas University ecently made a huge step forward. After their second consecutive title in the ACAA division, STU women’s rugby team has been officially placed in the Atlantic University Sport (AUS). This conference is part of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) which involves teams from all over the country. Joining [...]
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With great power comes great responsibility. And as The Hockey News writes every year, there’s a handful of people in hockey with as much power and influence as Sidney Crosby. In the post-Michael Jordan “Republicans buy sneakers, too” world, athletes rarely use their voice for anything other than collecting cheques from corporate America. (For the [...]
Continue reading …This has been the year of the college football controversy in America. Thankfully, we’ve spent as much time discovering these “scandals” (The tattoo five at Ohio State, Jim Tressel, Reggie Bush, USC’s stripped national title, Nevin Shaprio, Cecil Newton, Stanley McClover, Josh Luchs, Willie Lyles) as deconstructing the silliness of them (Taylor Branch in The [...]
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It was called “Marshall’s Corner,” a section of bleachers in the home rink of the Brookfield Midget AAA hockey team, and it was Justin Marshall’s territory. When teams came to visit, he made sure they wouldn’t have an easy time. He heckled players about their skills and their mothers. He was the seventh man. He’d [...]
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