Ice Hockey

Sunday evening started with festive chants of “USA! USA!” at sold-out Herb Brooks Arena but ended with a joyous rendition of O Canada! In the final event in Lake Placid, Canada topped the United States 7-2 to capture its fifth FISU World University Games men’s hockey title, the nation’s first since Trentino 2013. The triumph […]

Representing Canada in women’s hockey at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games is Madison Willan, a third-year forward and science student at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton. “Obviously, it’s a huge honour. You know, every time that you put on the maple leaf, it’s a privilege to be here. There are many […]

The 1980 Rink was buzzing Saturday night in anticipation of the women’s ice hockey final of the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games. Canada and Japan were squaring off after winning their respective semifinals against the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Canadians went on to dominate the gold-medal affair by a score of 5-0. […]

One of the most distinguishable traditions in American collegiate athletics is having a music ensemble to pump the crowd up. At Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York, the Pep Band, as it is known, is one of the foremost traditions, and with the FISU World University Games in town, they spared no expense. The band […]

Photo courtesy Electric Umbrella/University of Saskatchewan Huskie Athletics Coming from Europe, it may seem a bit out of the way to get to Lake Placid, New York by first heading through western Canada. However, the U25 Ukrainian men’s ice hockey team that will compete at the upcoming Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games has […]

University of Alberta Golden Bears, representing Canada and gold medal winners at Jaca 1981 FISU World University GamesLake Placid has a storied history with the sport of ice hockey as the home to the Miracle on Ice, when in 1980 the United States men’s Olympic team defeated the powerful Soviet Union on their way to […]

  With the Trentino 2013 Winter Universiade attracting a record number of participants, the 11-day competition comes down to a marquee event before the student-athletes, and Northern Italian citizens who put on a tremendous Games take a final bow during the closing ceremonies.   For the men’s ice hockey final golden competitors of Canada and […]