Sports

<p>The St. Thomas University women’s hockey team give back to their community each year by supporting the Brendon Oreto Hockey School. This is year 23 for the women’s team. Hockey can be about more than just putting pucks past your opponent’s goalie. Teams can make it their mission to donate their time and effort to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>From Sept. 12 to 14, the St. Thomas University men’s volleyball team travelled west for a series of exhibition games.  During the trip, the team played four games. One of those games was against the Lethbridge Polytechnic Kodiaks from Alberta and the other three were against the College of the Rockies (COTR) Avalanche from Cranbrook, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Pickleball has rapidly grown over the last few years. In Fredericton, there have been six new courts opened.   The fast-paced game, combining elements of tennis, badminton and ping pong has already taken over the STU campus. Professor Don Bosse holds a pickleball club for any Bachelor of Education students as part of their wellness program. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>As a new season of sports at St. Thomas University begins, new Tommies arrive in town hoping to leave their athletic mark on the university. Aimee O’Neill, a fifth-year transfer from St. Mary’s University, wants to pursue STU’s Master of Social Work program and continue playing hockey. “I know that they&#8217;re a great team from [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The 2023 season ended on a sour note for St. Thomas University’s soccer teams as the squads lost in the semifinals of the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association (ACAA) playoffs, denying them a spot in Nationals.   Fast forward to a new season and the teams are focused on the 2024 ACAA season.   “Last year, we had [&hellip;]</p>

<p>What can you do with a kinesiology degree? If you put that exact question into Google, the following options will come up first: dietitian, physical therapist, exercise physiologist, chiropractor, personal trainer.  All noble professions, but you’ll have to do a deeper dive to find the McGill Ice Hockey Research group, a program that studies the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On March 17, the University of New Brunswick (UNB) REDS took on the Université de Québec à Trois-Rivieres (UQTR) Patriotes in the 2024 U SPORTS men’s hockey national championship final. UNB had won their last 42 straight regular season, playoff and Nationals games.  UNB defeated UQTR 4-0 thanks to a three-point performance from Atlantic University [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Say what you will about athletes writing books, but if it says &#8217;11x All-star, Olympic World Champion, 4x league MVP&#8217; on the cover, it’s probably not worth reading.  Maybe that’s generalizing a bit too much, maybe there are exceptions, but I think I’m onto something here.  The first autobiography I ever read was 99: Stories [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This past year, the five winter sports teams at St. Thomas University fought hard on the court and the ice, hoping to take home championships in their respective sports. A Spin-O-Rama of a Season   After finishing 8-18-2 in 2022-23, head coach Peter Murphy decided to restock the team for the season. Murphy brought in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>To play or not to play? It’s a decision parents and athletes face as sports swing from winter programs to the spring and summer seasons. Year-round play allows athletes to stay sharp and improve skills while continuing to play the sport they love, but is considerably time-consuming and comes at a high cost.  While parents [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Two days into the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men&#8217;s basketball tournament and not one of the over 22 million brackets filled out on ESPN are perfect. You read that right, not a single one. Only in March. March Madness has arrived. After the round of 64 in the men’s tournament, my bracket is [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Irish culture may boom during the month of March, but for many, it is a constant interest and pursuit to preserve the culture, including in sport.  Gearoíd Ó Treasaigh is originally from Galway, Ireland and has a two-year contract as a professor at St. Thomas. He has spearheaded the revival of the STU Irish Society, which [&hellip;]</p>

<p>More than a decade after leaving St. Thomas with a journalism degree and experience as The Aquinian’s news editor, Karissa Donkin is finally fulfilling a career dream of becoming a hockey reporter.  “It was surreal,” Donkin said of the recent Toronto-Montreal PWHL game that broke the attendance record for a women’s hockey game. She added [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Enthusiastic crowds lifted Team New Brunswick to personal best performances and a total of 23 medals at the 2024 Winter Special Olympics, which recently wrapped up in Calgary. “Everybody in the crowd, like all family, friends who came in the stadium, it’s a really cool feeling,” said Emma Stone, the program director for Team New [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This year marked Caitlyn Steeves&#8217; first as a Tommie and she did not disappoint on the pitch. Named by head coach David Itoafa as a rookie to watch out for in a September article, Steeves was a standout player for STU and looks to improve on that performance next year.   Related: &#8216;This team can win [&hellip;]</p>

<p>For current, retired and aspiring journalists, the communications field is a constantly evolving one. This past summer, the federal government passed Bill C-18, the Online News Act, which was an attempt to promote compensation for journalists whose media was being shared on platforms such as Google and Meta. The response from Meta means that in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This past January, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Playing Rules Oversight Panel met to discuss the potential of changing several new rules around women’s volleyball. In late February, the panel officially approved new rules, which included allowing one of the most controversial rules in the sport to be changed — the double touch rule.   [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In a thrilling display of skill and resilience, the St. Thomas University men&#8217;s volleyball team secured victory in the 2024 Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association (ACAA) Championships, earning them a coveted spot in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) National Championships.  &#8220;It&#8217;s nice to see that the hard work paid off,&#8221; said Brenton Romanchuk, second-year outside [&hellip;]</p>

<p>What do Venus and Serena Williams, Devin and Jason McCourty and Henrik and Daniel Sedin all have in common? Not only are they siblings, but each pair of siblings has played alongside one another at one time throughout their professional careers.   This family dynamic can have its ups and downs, but it’s not just professional [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In just its first year of existence, the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) has already broken the attendance record for a women’s hockey game. On Feb. 16, 19,285 eager fans took in the Battle on Bay Street which saw PWHL Toronto blank PWHL Montréal 3-0 in front of the home crowd. For comparison, the previous [&hellip;]</p>