Zachary Kubusch
Better or worse: The NHL Trade Deadline

Better or worse: The NHL Trade Deadline

Every year around the NHL Trade Deadline teams choose to either sell their players to build for the future or trade their future for players to help them win now. The Edmonton Oilers are one of those teams in ‘win now’ mode. Because of this, General Manager Ken...

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The unexpected history of NAIT’s mascot

The unexpected history of NAIT’s mascot

When you’re taking classes at NAIT you’re an Ook, and once you leave NAIT you’ll be an Ook forever. You may have heard the phrase Ook For Life before, but do you know what the Ook actually signifies? You might say that the Ook is an owl, which is not wrong, but our...

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Oilers burning orange and blue

Oilers burning orange and blue

There’s no doubt a club will have a good season when they have the two highest-scoring players in the game on one team. Everybody and their mom knows that Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl are the best Oilers, but the team offers much more than those guys. The Oilers...

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NAIT Coach named ACAC Badminton Coach of the Year

NAIT Coach named ACAC Badminton Coach of the Year

Alan Chow, Head Coach for the NAIT Ooks Badminton team has been named ACAC Badminton Coach of the year. This is his second year of coaching for the team. During his first, he coached multiple athletes into the CCAA Nationals “Last year was my first year and we had a...

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Former Ook signs first professional contract

Former Ook signs first professional contract

Former Ook men’s hockey player, Nick Leyer, has signed his first professional contract for Kalix HC of HockeyEttan. Kalix is located in Sweden–it’s the team located the closest to Finland. HockeyEttan is built into four geographically split groups and serves as the...

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The many reasons to love sports

The many reasons to love sports

You can’t deny how insanely popular sports are throughout the world. Whether you're in Canada, Russia or Brazil, sports are a huge part of a country's culture and sometimes identity. Hockey is the staple sport of Canada and has been for many, many years. Lacrosse may...

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