Pick-up hockey for a cause

This weekend the Kinsmen Arena at the Cataraqui Centre will welcome eight different university business school teams to compete in the Cure Cancer Classic hockey tournament.

Queen’s, UBC, McGill, Western, Guelph, Laurier, Brock and Carleton will compete. The event is hosted annually by the Queen’s School of Business to raise money for cancer research and attendance is free.

— Lauri Kytömaa

O’Donnell to represent Queen’s in East-West Shrine Bowl

Gaels offensive lineman Matthew O’Donnell will be traveling down to the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida to play for Team West this coming weekend.

The event is used to exhibit eligible players for the NFL draft. O’Donnell will be playing under the former head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, Wade Phillips.

— Lauri Kytömaa

Medals for Queen’s Fencing team

The Queen’s fencing team attended the Carleton Invitational last weekend and medaled in both Men’s Sabre and Women’s Épeé. Scott Bowman, Frank Beaucage-Gauvreau and Greg Nonato brought home gold in the Men’s Sabre A on the Saturday with the Men’s Épeé A finishing in eighth.

The final day of the event saw Laura Bartha, Janice Lao, Sarah Kim and Nora Magyarody fenced to a bronze medal in the Women’s Épeé A. The Women’s Sabre A placed fourth.

Both the men and women will be competing in the OUA Championships on Feb. 5 and 6.

—Kate Bascom