By Colin Gaumont Another record-breaking season for the Ooks men’s hockey team sitting atop the ACAC standings with a 21-3 record and 42 points on the season. Forward Jake Mykitiuk is leading the way with 50 points on the season and forward Jared Legien is leading the...
Captain’s Corner: Women Head to Playoffs
By Colin Gaumont NAIT’s women’s hockey team is headed back to the playoffs. Ooks currently sit in third place with a 12-9-1 record. With 25 points on the season that puts them in a first round matchup with Red Deer College in the playoffs. Captain Brittney Savard is...
For The Love of The Game
By Adrian St. Onge NAIT Radio and Television student Cassidy Shandro has an intense love for hockey that is rooted in family tradition. “I’ve been playing hockey since I could walk. It really took hold with my brothers and my dad when I was three. I have very fond...
Ooks Midseason Update
By Zachary Flynn Women’s Basketball Finishing the first half of their season with a 6-6 record, the team is looking to find more consistency in 2020. “There are moments of brilliance and moments where we’re brilliantly awful,” said head coach Todd Warnick. The team...
Captain Brings WHL Experience
By Madison Gummow Captain of the NAIT Ooks men’s hockey team may have four years of ACAC experience under his belt, but he also has years of experience from his time in the WHL. Colton Waltz spent three and a half years playing for the Brandon Wheat Kings and finished...
Live Your Dash: Olivia Davis
By Colin Gaumont The Ooks’ backup goalie is used to making saves for others. But when life threw a shot at her in 2013, she had to make a save for herself. At the age of 13, Davis was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, a type of cancer in the blood. Davis...
Ooks Shoot for Greatness
By Orrin Farries The Ooks men’s hockey team posted a nearly-perfect preseason, going 4-1 and scoring 20 goals, followed up with an opening weekend series sweep of the SAIT Trojans scoring 7 goals across the 2 contests. This Ooks squad is oozing goal-scoring potential,...
Ook Starts Campaign for TBI
By Zachary Flynn The NAIT Ooks starting goaltender is returning for a fifth and final year and doing it all for charity. Brendan Jensen begins a campaign called Jenner’s Saves where he will be donating $2 for every save he makes in the regular season. All donations...
NAIT vs. SAIT Game-Day Takeover
By Zachary Flynn NAITSA is working with NAIT Athletics to get more students to Ook games. This semester, they host their first NAITSA Game Day Takeover where they hope to pack the stands at the NAIT vs. SAIT men’s hockey game on Saturday, October 12. Students are...
Ooks finish season with silver
After finishing the regular season in first place, the Ooks women’s hockey team placed silver in the ACAC final.