Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Gees didn’t fall easily in the shootout—it took Concordia nine attempts before left-winger Veronique Laramee-Paquette got a shot past Gees goaltender Cassie Seguin.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter winning an emotional game against crosstown rivals the Carleton University Ravens on Oct. 26, the University of Ottawa men’s hockey team lost their second game of the weekend to the Université du Québec à Trois Rivières (UQTR) Patriotes 3-2.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHoney typically does not make it past our perfectly steeped tea or peanut butter sandwich, but this smooth sugar-substitute is worthy of a little more attention.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile the Gees solidified their reputation as the Canadian team to beat—heading into the playoffs by continuing their undefeated streak—they had to settle for a 0-0 tie against a determined Kingston squad.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Schwarzenegger might be a little too [much] muscle for some parts of the sport! He’s just too buff for us.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe goal of the varsity recognition program is to increase the national recognition of the university through student-athlete success. The program committee claims this recognition will benefit the university by increasing national visibility and attracting top-quality professors, students, and student-athletes.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn arguably their most crucial home game of the regular season, the Gee-Gees football team kept playoff hopes alive by shutting out the University of Waterloo Warriors 61-0.
Reading Time: 9 minutes“I’m very comfortable with my personality and my sexuality,” he would tell me later. “No subject is taboo to me.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Oct. 13, the U of O men’s hockey team schooled the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Patriotes (UQTR) in front of a packed crowd on their home ice.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you want to work in the sports industry, you’re going to need more than a degree.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSunday’s cold, wet weather didn’t seem to put a damper on the Gee-Gees’ spirit.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is an annual project for the softball team, who pick a new social cause to promote each season.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Fill in the blank: My teammates would say I am the most likely to _______________.
Ruin a serious moment.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCheck out how your teams fared over the Thanksgiving long weekend, and when you can catch their next home game.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe world of sports all about winning. When teams lose games, people lose jobs—that’s just the business.
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’m not suggesting you go to Morisset and run up and down the giant, echoing staircase. I’m talking about the public library.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you just can’t imagine winter without the game, check out the Gee-Gees hockey teams for your puck fix this season.
Reading Time: 3 minutesYou may have heard of it as the “lemonade diet”, but no matter what it’s called, I have one word to sum it up—gross.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBut if you’re sensitive to their pungency, here’s a fun way to sneak radishes into a sweet fruit smoothie.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor the first time since 2007, the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees women’s soccer team has been named the number one team in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport soccer rankings.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“It’s just an awesome feeling to start off the season this way,” she said. “I’ve played this tournament five years now, and we’ve never even come close to being this solid at the beginning of the year. It’s an ideal situation: you start the year with a win, you end it with a win.”
Reading Time: 3 minutes“I think that this move will do nothing but put us in a better position to win on all sides of the ball.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen we are above water and get to breathe, we have to make it all look easy and as if we are having the time of our lives while performing.
Reading Time: 3 minutesI trained. Trained! Me, the girl whose co-worker asked incredulously, “Wait—you’re athletic?” as I explained to him I was running a 5K while simultaneously using my teeth to rip into a tub of Ben & Jerry’s.
Reading Time: 5 minutesLoved, hated, and feared, “bad boy” professional athletes have popped up in sports history more times than we can count.
