Lasting five overtime periods (six hours and 47 minutes), the TMU Bold and Mount Royal Cougars played the longest game in Canadian university men’s hockey history.
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The men’s hockey national championships get underway on Thursday. Can the UNB Reds win a third straight U Cup, or will the host Gee-Gees pull off an opening round upset at TD Place? Fulcrum editor-in-chief Andrew Wilimek breaks down each entrant to the tournament.
For the fourth time this season, capital rivals faced off — this time to punch a ticket to the national finals.
The Gee-Gees men’s basketball team enters the national championships on a 19-game heater, dead set to bring home the program’s first national championship in Vancouver.
U SPORTS is pushing back after the NCAA loosened eligibility requirements; league now set to allow players who played one or two years professionally to join a team with no redshirt period.
Women’s championship hopes die at the hands of the UBC Thunderbirds on Friday; Sunday their medal hopes are quashed by Rachel Cullum from Queen’s.
The Gee-Gees swimming team has concluded their 2023-24 season at the USports National Championships in Pointe-Claire, QC.
The Gee-Gees men’s hockey team used a hot power-play to sweep the series against OTU, winning 8-0 on Feb.17.
The Fulcrum sat down with 2022 U SPORTS Player of the Year and Gee-Gees women’s soccer program goal-scoring record holder to talk about last season and her career in general.
U SPORTS drops grade requirements for scholarships and eligibility
Veillette set the University of Montreal record for goals in a year with 26 in 2022-23
In the bronze medal matchup, the Gee-Gees defeated Guelph to secure their seventh consecutive U Sports medal.
Gee-Gees fall sports teams had one notable thing in common, their playoff run was ended by Queen’s. Was it some sort of royal curse? Maybe?
The Women’s rugby team dominated their quarter-final match at the USports women’s rugby national championship against St. Francis Xavier with a 40-12 victory.
With the anniversary mark quickly approaching, the Fulcrum sat down with Varsity Athletics director, Sue Hylland, to discuss how the department is using their down-time as the 2021 winter semester kicks off.
There have been plenty of obstacles throughout 2020. Through all of it, what has the University of Ottawa’s Varsity Athletics been up to?
On Sept. 14, 2020, the Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) announced the cancellation of all sanctioned sports programming for the fall semester.
Led by fourth-year political science student Stephen Evans, the Gee-Gees won a gold and a bronze at nationals.
“This award is a true reflection of my uOttawa Men’s Hockey players. They are the ones doing all the work and sacrifices. It’s not about X’s and O’s, it’s all about them playing hard every night and believing in themselves.’’ — Patrick Grandmaitre, Gee-Gees head men’s hockey coach.
“I’m so proud of the school—they’ve stepped up, they did travel well, we had a whole section there that was hugely supportive and we felt it. I couldn’t be more proud.”— Andy Sparks, Gee-Gees head women’s basketball coach.
“We’re going to see this team again. We don’t take this lightly—we’re going to use this as motivation.” —Angela Ribarich, Gee-Gees centre.
Adding to the list of accolades for the Gee-Gees women’s soccer team, the Ottawa Sports Awards committee has selected head coach Steve Johnson for male coach of the year.
“It gives our university more profile and visibility—it gives our students, teachers, and employees here a chance to engage in something that is unique. Hosting is something we want to do more of.” — Sue Hylland, U of O sports services director.
The victory puts the golden cherry on top of what was a near-flawless season.
U Sports now has a new women’s rugby champion.
