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...
By Riley Neilson It has been a rough two years for the Edmonton Oil Kings. It looked like the sky was the limit after making it to the 2019 Eastern Conference Final and losing 4-2 in a hard-fought six-game series against the eventual Western Hockey League champs, the...
A former ACAC player of the year is taking the reins on the women’s hockey team this coming 2021-2022 season. After having several encounters with coaching and running his own goalie development business, Brendan Jensen is ready to finally hold the position of head...
By Adel Ahmed Dropping the gloves to fight has been a part of hockey since the game was first introduced. Fighting was something that teams would take pride in and was prominent throughout the early 90’s. Teams would have enforcers on their roster to protect players...
By Zachary Flynn “This was my kind of victory lap this year to play one more season while I was out on practicum but I’ll be graduating in April so it’ll be time to move onto the real world, I guess,” said 3rd-year player men’s volleyball player, Jonathan Shapka. The...
By Colin Gaumont The world outside has changed, as has life at NAIT, but for Scott Fellnermayr, 2020 has marked a change for the best as he takes the helm as the head coach of our men’s hockey team. The leaves are turning, the winds of change are blowing, and this...
By Orrin Farries The father-son sport legacy is a substantial oddity. Dell Curry and Stephen Curry, Bill Walton and Luke Walton, Archie Manning and Eli (and Peyton) Manning, to name a few. These pro sports dads would of course bring their child up in the culture of...
By Orrin Farries “This is the way [it] ends, not with a bang, but a whimper.” These words by T.S. Eliot ring ever true for Tim Fragle’s dominant 2019-2020 men’s hockey team. The ACAC men’s hockey season concluded without a champion due to the ACAC shutting down all...
By Paige Gordon Goalie Jordan Papirny played in the Western Hockey League for four seasons–three with the Brandon Wheat Kings and one with the Swift Current Broncos, before joining the Ooks. When junior hockey came to an end, Papirny had to decide what the next step...
By Sara Gouda College is a tough transition for anyone. With a new campus and different courses, meeting deadlines and managing a new atmosphere can be overwhelming. Add to that a heavy commitment to a varsity team and that’s when the real challenge begins. These two...
