Hockey
Wayne Gretzky’s false Canadiana
March 27, 2025By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer Wayne Gretzky’s name is synonymous with the sport of hockey. His number “99” is retired across the National Hockey League — the only number retired for all 32 teams — and even wearing the two digits in a beer league game gets you chirped (I’ve seen it). In his 1,487 career NHL games, Gretzky scored 2,857 points, and still leads the league in all-time points. For reference, the second-place on that list is Czech legend Jaromir Jagr, who scored 936 less points in 246 more games than “The Great One.” Gretzky has been in recent…
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Canada falls to Czechia in WJC quarterfinals again
January 30, 2025By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer For the second year in a row, team Canada fell in the International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship quarterfinals to Czechia. Though Canada holds the record for most tournament titles with 20, the team…
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Rogers Arena sells out as women’s hockey takes over Vancouver
January 27, 2025By: Hayley Palmer, SFU Student On January 8, the top women in the world faced off in front of a sold-out Vancouver crowd. The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) kicked off its first season last year and is made up…
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BC’s major sports teams for beginners
November 26, 2024By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Editor’s note: stats are taken from November 22, 2024. Vancouver Canucks After a remarkable playoff run in the last season, the Vancouver Canucks got off to a shaky start by losing their first three games…
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Remembering Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau
November 19, 2024By: Izzy Cheung, Sports Editor with contributions from Kaja Antic, Sports Writer Content warning: mentions of death by drunk driving. On August 30, 2024, purple Gatorade nearly sold out in Calgary. The drink isn’t an athlete’s typical choice, as most…
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A Red Leafs mid-semester recap
November 6, 2024By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Editor’s note: this article has been printed with stats from as early as November 1, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. Volleyball The women’s volleyball team has seen a lot of success this season. With a current…
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Catching up on the 2024–25 Vancouver Canucks
October 17, 2024By: Izzy Cheung, Sports Editor The Vancouver Canucks stunned their fans at multiple points last season, from starting their season with an 8–1 win against a division rival in the Edmonton Oilers, to winning the Pacific Division at the end…
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Indigenous athletes of past and present
October 2, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer Ethan Bear — Hockey In 2020, Bear became the first NHL player to wear a jersey with Cree syllabics on the nameplate. Bear, who is from the Ochapowace Nation in Kisiskâciwan (Saskatchewan), was playing for…
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The Rundown
March 19, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer February 15: Caitlin Clark sets NCAA women’s all-time scoring record Clark scored 49 points in the Iowa Hawkeyes’ 106–89 defeat of the Michigan Wolverines. She took less than three minutes to score the eight points…
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Black excellence in sports as told through media
February 15, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Content warning: anti-Black racism and enslavement. Films and Documentaries Remember the Titans (2000) Where to watch: Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+ Based on a true story in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971, Black football coach…
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