Golden Gaels men’s hockey knows well that you don’t win many hockey games when you don’t score. The team’s offensive futility continued this weekend when the Gaels managed just one goal in a pair of weekend games. The team has netted just 18 goals in 9 games this season. On Friday, Queen’s laced up their skates for the first of two battles against McGill, continuing the historic Kill McGill rivalry.
You know things are going well for your team when even your fiercest rival goes home without a point. The Golden Gaels women’s hockey team extended their unbeaten streak this past weekend with a pair of victories over the U of T Varsity Blues. The streak is now at eight games following 2-1 and 4-3 wins on Saturday and Sunday respectively.
There is only one place to start with this topic: Slapshot. This 1970s cult favourite has one of the most memorable casts of characters in all of film, and it goes well beyond the famous Hanson brothers.

Solid show at CIS

November 18, 2005
The Queen’s cross country team wrapped up their season with a strong performance at the CIS championships Nov. 11 to 13 at Dalhousie University. Racing on a course along the shore in cool and clear running conditions, the men’s team earned a sixth-place standing while the women placed 12th in fields of 15 and 18 teams respectively.

Basketball kicks off

November 18, 2005
Both the Queen’s men’s and women’s basketball teams were first-round playoff favourites, playing host to the U of T and York underdogs, respectively.

Journal Athletes of the Week

November 11, 2005
Amanda Digel came very close to not even playing volleyball this year. Still, the fourth-year nursing student returned to the court and helped Queen’s split their weekend games against Brock and Ottawa. In the 3-1 victory over Brock, Digel had 16 kills.
Volleyball put on a good show this weekend with both the men’s and women’s teams victorious in regular season OUA play. With their defeat of the Waterloo Warriors, the men claimed their third straight win of the season, improving their record to 4-1. Saturday’s match against Waterloo capped off a good weekend for the men, who had already come out on top after a hard-fought five-setter against Laurier on Friday.
Terrell Owens is the most “me-first” athlete in professional sports. There, I said it. And while professional sports is full of them, I stand by my assertion. Owens has put himself back in the spotlight. “It just shows a lack of class they have.”

Rugby fourth

November 11, 2005
The men’s rugby team ended their season on a disappointing note last Saturday at Fletcher’s Field in Markham, falling to the Brock Badgers by a score of 23-13 in the OUA bronze medal game. It was a frustrating day for the Gaels, who had ample possession but struggled to string together multiple phases of offence in the open field.

Soccer wins bronze

November 11, 2005
Fifty-six days after their season opener against Western on Sept. 10, Golden Gaels women’s soccer lost their first game in OUA play. That one loss, however, came after what was arguably their most important game of the season.
On Sunday the men’s rugby team bowed out to the Western Mustangs in the OUA semifinal, for the third consecutive season. In a typically hard-fought match between the two sides, Queen’s fell by a score of 34-0.

Journal Athletes of the Week

November 4, 2005
Faye Pang, a third-year Commerce student, finished her 2005 women’s lacrosse campaign with a flurry of goals last weekend. In the OUA semifinal, the Golden Gaels defeated the Laurier Golden Hawks handily 11-4, with three of those goals netted by Pang.

Cross country hosts OUAs

November 4, 2005
The Queen’s cross country team had a strong performance this past weekend in the OUA championships. Queen’s hosted the event this year, and both the men’s and women’s teams were able to perform well on their home course.
As the NBA season officially opened this week, debate was still vibrant over one of the NBA’s newest initiatives—the dress code. The new guidelines call for “business casual” attire to be worn by a team member “whenever they are engaged in team or league business”.

Rowing for seconds

November 4, 2005
Golden Gaels rowing lived up to high expectations this past weekend, bringing home several medals and finishing second in both the men’s and women’s overall standings at the OUA Championships hosted by Trent.

Lacrosse wins silver

November 4, 2005
After finishing the regular season with a perfect 9-0-1 record, the women’s lacrosse team found themselves a goal away from a provincial title at the OUA championships in Waterloo last weekend.
After losing their first three games of the season by a single goal each, the Queen’s men’s hockey team continued their campaign at home this weekend with two more close contests, falling 5-3 to the Guelph Gryphons on Friday and squeaking out a 3-2 overtime win against the Laurier Golden Hawks on Saturday.

Field hockey fourth in OUA

November 1, 2005
End of season momentum wasn’t quite enough for the Queen’s women’s field hockey team at Saturday’s OUA finals. The Gaels finished the regular season at 7-3-4, and had high expectations going into the finals in Ottawa—they were hoping to move on to the national finals in Vancouver, B.C.
The Gaels triumphed 3-1 in a penalty shootout over the Western Mustangs following a 1-1 tie after regulation and extra time. This was yet another installment of what has become one of the hottest and most hard-fought rivalries in CIS soccer. The two teams had already faced each other twice earlier this season, following last year’s clashes in both the OUA final and a CIS championship round robin—won by Western and Queen’s, respectively.
After starting the year with two losses, women’s hockey has bounced back in impressive form winning four games on the trot.
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