Led by defensemen Ryan Pottruff, Canada’s student-athlete standouts take on Russia in the Harbin 2009 Winter Universiade ice hockey final. If it feels a bit like deja vu all over again in 2009, it might be because the two countries matched up with gold on the line in the previous event edition in Torino. […]
As a 26-year-old economics and personal management student, entrepreneur and new father, Ján Zlocha of Slovakia captained the silver medal Slovak ice hockey team at the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade. Today through our #ThrowbakThursday athlete series, he looks back at his team’s performance at the Games. He also spoke with us after and gave […]
The home country wrapped up a very successful edition of the Universiade in Siberia, by defeating Slovakia 2-1 and winning gold in the men’s ice-hockey final KRASNOYARSK, 12 March – The Russian flag waved high for the last time at the Winter Universiade 2019, as the men’s ice hockey team defeated Slovakia 2-1 in […]
KRASNOYARSK — This past week the heart of Siberia has been the place for international university hockey players to showcase their early season skills as the upcoming Winter Universiade 2019 host city put on the Student Hockey Challenge Cup. The event is not only a premiere ice hockey tournament — it is also an important […]
International Student Hockey Challenge underway in Krasnoyarsk With 150 days left to go until the start of the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade the Crystal Ice Arena and Pervomaysky Ice Arena were thrown open for an international student team tournament, the ‘Student Hockey Challenge’. If the opening games are anything to go by, these two venues […]
ST. GALLEN – With a little more than two years to go until the Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade, Swiss University Sports is going all in on the ice rink. For the first time in the history of the Universiade, two Swiss ice hockey teams, men and women, will be sent to the multi-sport event. The […]
KRASNOYARSK – A cooperation agreement has been signed between the Executive Directorate of the 2019 Winter Universiade and the Student Hockey League as part of the preparation process for the event, which will take place in 2019, as Konstantin Gureev, Adviser Director General of the Executive Directorate of the Winter Universiade 2019, […]
ALMATY – Today, 7 February, host Kazakhstan and Russia have qualified for the final of the men’s ice hockey tournament at the 28th Winter Universiade in Kazakhstan. It will be a repeat of the 2015 WU final, two years ago in Granada which was won by Russia. Men’s Semi-Finals RUS vs CAN […]
