rugby

A hockey player skating away from the camera with his name plate written in Cree syllabics.
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Indigenous athletes of past and present

Kaja Antic October 2, 2024

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 the Edmonton Oilers at the time, and later went on to play 61 games for the Vancouver Canucks in the 2022–23 season. Bear scored three goals during this time, with a memorable one coming in a January 15, 2023 win against the Carolina Hurricanes. This came mere minutes after the public learned of the passing of Algonquin Canucks legend, Gino Odjick. In the offseason, Bear…

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Minnesota Wild’s hat trick scorers Joel Eriksson Ek and Kirill Kaprizov smiling after the hockey game.
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The Rundown

Kaja Antic March 19, 2024

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 needed to surpass Kelsey Plum’s…

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Illustration of a character connecting the words “connect the” and “lingo” with a pencil.
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Connect the Lingo

Isabella Urbani January 27, 2022

A ____________ is worth 6 points       32 points, 12 rebounds, 12 assists  When a player enters an opponent’s blue line before the puck does    NFL Championship Trophy Its rules are thought to have originated in Montreal Five players on the…

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For Talor Mykle-Winkler and Soroush Jafary, SFU rugby is like family

Craig Wright March 17, 2017

  With SFU’s prowess as Canada’s NCAA team well-documented, it can be easy to forget that a number of different university sports teams call Burnaby mountain home. One such group of athletes, SFU rugby, is looking to make their mark…

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