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Every game’s important for the Kodiaks
By Dale Woodard on September 16th, 2021
No bad games. As they head into their abbreviated Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference season, the Lethbridge College Kodiaks men’s soccer team is fully aware one off-day on the pitch could prove detrimental. After losing their 2020 ACAC season to the COVID-19 pandemic, the defending champion Kodiaks start their shortened regular season six-game sprint Friday when ... Read More »
1 responseKodiaks enjoying lots of roster options
By Dale Woodard on September 16th, 2021
The Lethbridge College Kodiaks women’s soccer team likes their options. What’s better, there are many. After a year away in 2020 thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kodiaks open the 2021 Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference season on the road Friday as they head to Red Deer to take on the Queens. They’re back at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rams move up in the Football Alberta rankings, Cougars crack the top-10
By Lethbridge Herald on September 14th, 2021
With their win over Calgary St. Francis Friday, the LCI Rams football team has jumped up two spots in the Football Alberta Tier I rankings. Meanwhile in the Tier II rankings, the Catholic Central High School Cougars have earned their first top-10 ranking after defeating Okotoks Foothills Friday night. The Rams downed St. Francis 21-6 ... Read More »
1 responseCanes crank the intensity in intra-squad game
By Dale Woodard on September 14th, 2021
The fight was on for roster spots as the Lethbridge Hurricanes hosted their annual Red vs. White intra-squad game. Perhaps not literally, but the heat was noticeably cranked up as the Canes iced their annual, training camp-ending game Sunday afternoon at the Enmax Centre. At times, the Red vs. White game had a few players ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prairie Baseball Academy salutes the past with Alumni Weekend
By Dale Woodard on September 14th, 2021
The view has changed slightly for Lukas Ankermann and Nathan Fulcher. As the Prairie Baseball Academy held its Alumni Weekend at Spitz Stadium and Lloyd Nolan Yard, the duo found themselves not on the diamond, but in the upper concourse of Spitz Stadium in viewer mode. Both Ankermann and Fulcher’s time at the PBA is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Horns women’s soccer goes 0-2 on the road
By Lethbridge Herald on September 14th, 2021
The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women’s soccer team went 0-2 to kick off the Canada West season. The Horns fell 3-1 to the Mount Royal Cougars Saturday and were blanked 2-0 by the Alberta Pandas Sunday in Edmonton. On Saturday in Calgary, Lucy Mundy scored in the 46th minute to cut the Cougars lead to ... Read More »
1 responseCotton and Nash gear up for NHL rookie camps
By Dale Woodard on September 14th, 2021
Alex Cotton has the Motor City on his mind. Actually, it’s Traverse City, but close enough. As the Lethbridge Hurricanes wrapped up training camp Sunday afternoon with their Red vs. White Intra-squad game at the Enmax Centre, the veteran defenceman who suited up for Team White was already gearing up another camp. This one will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rams come up big in early-season test vs. St. Francis
By Dale Woodard on September 11th, 2021
It was a measuring stick for the LCI Rams. They measured up. The Rams downed Calgary St Francis 21-6 in non-league play Friday night at the University of Lethbridge Stadium to improve to 2-1 on the season. Facing St. Francis in the Calgary squad’s first game of the year, LCI scored on their first possession ... Read More »
1 responseCanes defenceman gearing up for a full WHL campaign
By Dale Woodard on September 11th, 2021
Through no fault of his own, Logan McCutcheon’s rookie season in the Western Hockey League was a shortened one. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic that wiped out the first half of the 2020-21 season, the blue-liner from Saskatoon and his Canes teammates were limited to 24 games in the 2021 portion of the season, their ... Read More »
1 responseHurricanes camp a learning experience for prospect
By Dale Woodard on September 11th, 2021
Aiden Ziprick’s first Western Hockey League training camp has been an eye-opener on a number of levels. First and foremost, the Canes training camp has given the defenceman from Russell, Man. a firsthand look at major junior-calibre talent. There are other important glimpses as well for Ziprick, who the Hurricanes selected in the seventh round ... Read More »
2 responsesHurricanes prospect getting settled in
By Dale Woodard on September 10th, 2021
On the opening day of the Lethbridge Hurricanes camp, Noah Chadwick has already ticked a few items off his list. A first trip to Lethbridge was one of those items. Still, by Thursday afternoon at the Enmax Centre, the 16-year-old defenceman the Canes drafted in the second round and 38th overall in the 2020 WHL ... Read More »
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