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'You’re fighting for them’: Inside the 2018-19 Queen’s Men’s Hockey season, part one

Written on January 25, 2022. Posted in Hockey, Sports.

“Ask those guys what it’s like to lose this game because you’re never going to get it back.” Those were the words Queen’s men’s hockey head coach Brett Gibson said to his younger players before the 2018-19 OUA Championship game—better known as the Queen’s Cup. Graeme Brown, a fifth-year member of...

Queen’s professor breaks down the advantage of small towns over bigger cities for producing athletic talent

Written on January 21, 2022. Posted in Sports.

For boys in youth hockey, the chances of playing in an NHL game are one in 1000. If you were born and raised in a small town rather than a big city, however, these defying odds could waver in your favour. Jean Côté, a Queen’s Kinesiology professor, can explain why. If you were born in a U.S town...

Season Preview: Men’s and Women’s Hockey

Written on October 26, 2021. Posted in Hockey, Sports.

After a season canceled by the pandemic, both the women’s and men’s hockey teams are ready to return to the Kingston Memorial Centre for the start of the 2021-22 campaign. Ahead of the women’s regular season opener against the Nipissing Lakers at the Memorial Centre on Nov. 5 and the men’s opener...

Jaden Lindo hired by the Pittsburgh Penguins as manager of Community Hockey Program

Written on September 10, 2021. Posted in Hockey, Sports.

Jaden Lindo’s impact on the game of hockey has transcended varsity sports and reached the National Hockey League. The former Gaels hockey forward, who graduated from Queen’s last spring, was hired by the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation as the Manager of Community Hockey Programs on Aug. 31. He will...

Queen’s law students participate in U of T’s Hockey Arbitration Competition of Canada

Written on March 19, 2021. Posted in Sports.

The University of Toronto’s Sports and Entertainment Law Society (SELS) held its ninth-annual “Hockey Arbitration Competition of Canada” (HACC) on March 13 over Zoom. Six students from the Queen’s Faculty of Law participated. The competition, which was attended by 26 different teams from across Canada...

Hockey Helps the Homeless raises more than $30,000 for Kingston Youth Shelter

Written on March 13, 2020. Posted in News.

Queen’s Hockey Helps the Homeless raised more than $30,000 for the Kingston Youth Shelter at its annual tournament on Feb. 28. Andrew Worling (ArtSci ’21), co-chair of Queen’s Hockey Helps the Homeless, called the event a success in an interview with The Journal. “It has been our smoothest-run...

A hockey fan’s open letter to Don Cherry

Written on November 22, 2019. Posted in Lifestyle, Pop Culture.

Dear Don Cherry, It was a shame it had to come to an end like this. But now that the smoke has blown over a little, it’s time to ask how I, a hockey fan, will remember you. As long as I (and many hockey fans) can remember, you were the face of the Canadian institution called Hockey Night in Canada....

We need to analyze why Don Cherry wasn’t cancelled a long time ago

Written on November 22, 2019. Posted in Opinions.

Anyone who’s had the displeasure of spending their Saturday nights from October to April watching the Toronto Maple Leafs lose on Hockey Night in Canada knows that if you can get through the first period without throwing the remote at the television, you see something special. After a beer commercial...

NHL’s lack of domestic violence policy sets dangerous precedent

Written on October 19, 2018. Posted in Editorials.

The National Hockey League’s (NHL) lack of domestic violence policy sets a poor example for youth and sports fans worldwide. Although Nashville Predators forward Austin Watson pleaded no contest to a domestic assault charge in July, he’ll be back on the ice sooner than anticipated. Watson was...

Gibson named to Canada’s U17 National Team

Written on June 26, 2017. Posted in Sports.

After spending over a decade building the men’s hockey program from the ground up, Brett Gibson has become one of the most respected coaches at the university level. Nationally, Hockey Canada has noticed Gibson, giving him opportunities he used to dream of. Now a frequent face in all-star teams, Gibson...

Queen’s grad finds success in NHL

Written on August 2, 2016. Posted in Sports.

As a defenceman on the men’s hockey team at Queen’s, the possibility of bringing the Stanley Cup home to Oshawa was a long shot for Ryan van Asten. Nine years after graduating Queen’s — with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in 2003 and again in 2005 with a Bachelor of Physical Education — he’s won...

Men’s hockey stars at charity event

Written on July 28, 2015. Posted in Sports.

On a hot summer day in Kingston, members of Queen’s men’s hockey team found a way to give back to their community. Players Darcy Greenaway, Kevin Bailie, Spencer Abraham, Warren Steele and Eric Chevrier, as well as assistant coach Tony Cimallero all partook in the second annual Brass Pub Charity...

Skating across the pond

Written on March 20, 2015. Posted in Sports.

When Molly Maclellan tells people she plays hockey, she now has to clarify that her sport occurs on ice. The former Queen’s women’s hockey player is currently on a yearlong exchange at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland — and she’s suiting up for the school’s co-ed varsity team. Maclellan played...

QJ Sports: Taylor vs. Tyler

Written on October 6, 2014. Posted in Lifestyle.

With the National Hockey League season just around the corner, there’s always interest of who the stars of tomorrow will be. Many eyes have been on 17-year-old Canadian Connor McDavid, while others focus on American Jack Eichel as two of the top teenage prospects going forward. McDavid has been hyped...

Too late for change

Written on May 27, 2014. Posted in Sports.

Starting this year, Ontario hockey programs will be better represented at the national level — a change that should have happened already. Last month, the CIS announced a restructuring of the annual men’s and women’s hockey national championships. Both tournaments have been increased to eight teams...

Attendance woes reach new lows

Written on October 10, 2013. Posted in Sports.

Our apathetic student body hinders athletics programs at Queen’s. After last Saturday’s Homecoming football game, it may look like the student body cares, but don’t let ticket lines at the ARC fool you into thinking the attendance had anything to do with the sport. If it wasn’t Homecoming, the student...

Respect for Ryp

Written on October 8, 2013. Posted in Editorials.

There’s an argument to be made for removing fighting from hockey, but using Rick Rypien’s death to further that position is shameful. Rypien played in 119 games with the Vancouver Canucks during his NHL career, serving as a fourth-line forward. As a hard-nosed physical player, a part of his job description...

Woman denied spot in men’s hockey league, claims gender discrimination

Written on September 17, 2013. Posted in News.

After playing on men’s hockey teams her whole life, Kassandra Sticklee, ArtSci ’14, no longer has the option to play on her usual type of team. When attempting to sign up to play for the League of Unextraordinary Gentlemen (LUG) with her male friends, she said she was denied, allegedly because of...

A town, a game, a legacy

Written on July 28, 2013. Posted in Sports.

Jay McClement is the poster boy for Kingston’s NHLers. The Limestone City is known for raising a decorated crop of hockey stars through the years — names like Gilmour, Muller, Linseman and the incomparable Don Cherry. Lately, the city’s NHL players have been a grittier bunch: a dependable, if not...

National sport brings pride, not worries

Written on February 1, 2013. Posted in Editorials.

Hockey’s positive ability to unite Canadians shouldn’t be decried — in fact, it should be celebrated. A recent column published in The Globe and Mail by Lawrence Martin laments Canada’s total obsession and focus on the sport. While Martin believes hockey has become too important to Canadians, his...

Rivalries alive on ice

Written on January 22, 2013. Posted in Sports.

This weekend’s marquee matchup didn’t feature the Queen’s Gaels or Western Mustangs. Instead, Queen’s Commerce took on Ivey School of Business last Friday in front of 300 heckling Queen’s fans at the Memorial Centre — a round robin fixture in the annual Cure Cancer Classic (CCC). Post-game, Ivey team...

Last year’s lessons strengthen Gaels

Written on October 12, 2012. Posted in Sports.

Men One way to beat the injury bug is by forming a large roster. The men’s hockey team took precautionary measures in the off-season to ensure last season’s injury plague doesn’t creep into 2013. Gaels head coach Brett Gibson added 12 rookie players to form a 29-man roster — 15 forwards, 10 defencemen...

Fans turn to Frontenacs

Written on September 25, 2012. Posted in Sports.

The Kingston Frontenacs offered local hockey fans something to cheer about last Friday in a time of hardship. The home opener at the K-Rock Centre ended in a 3-1 victory over the Barrie Colts, in vintage OHL fashion. Colossal hits, a fast pace and a few tussles represent what’s now considered the...

Western connection

Written on June 25, 2012. Posted in Sports.

It’s no coincidence that the men’s hockey program has a Western Canadian core. Men’s hockey coach Brett Gibson’s player recruiting strategy looks westward to avoid the cluster of Ontario’s 18 other university hockey programs, all competing for top players. Ten of the team’s 26 players in 2011-12 hail...

No plans for arena

Written on April 5, 2012. Posted in Sports.

The men’s and women’s hockey teams are still waiting for their arena. In the spring of 2007, the 55-year old Jock Harty Arena, located at the corner of Division and Union Streets, was torn down. Since then, the hockey teams have played home games everywhere from Napanee to Strathcona to the Memorial...

Local hockey team can’t draw students

Written on March 16, 2012. Posted in Sports.

On Jan. 27, over 100 loud and drunken Queen’s Sports Industry Conference delegates filled up a corner of the K-Rock Centre, cheering on the Ontario Hockey League’s Kingston Frontenacs and taunting the visiting Oshawa Generals. By the second period, students had spread out across the crowd to start...

Rivalry renewed in Gananoque

Written on September 16, 2011. Posted in Sports.

The men’s hockey team will start their preseason Friday by resuming a 125-year-old rivalry with the Royal Military College Paladins. They’ll compete in the sixth annual Lou Jeffries Memorial game at the Lou Jeffries Gananoque Recreation Centre. The two teams played their first game in 1886. They face...

Robbing opportunities

Written on March 25, 2011. Posted in Sports.

After the women’s hockey team came from behind to win the OUA banner over the Guelph Gryphons on March 4, forward Kelsey Thomson said something that stuck with me. Thomson was asked to comment on the trend of overtimes as each game except one in the OUA playoffs went to extra time. “It just shows...

Sports – CIS Hockey Sunday

Written on March 15, 2011. Posted in Lifestyle.

The 2011 CIS Women’s Hockey Championships are over. The Gaels clinched the bronze medal in the dying minutes of the third period to win the final game of a season that has been called “miraculous” and a “Cinderella story.” The Queen’s Journal has been proud to have...

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