You can call this year's men's hockey team a lot of things. You can call them over-achievers, a Cinderella team or even just plain lucky. But if you do, be prepared to be wrong. The Badgers, in similar fashion to the Western series of two weeks ago, stamped their ticket to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) national championships with a Ryan Del Monte overtime winner in the deciding game.
The Brock men's basketball team picked an awful time to play their worst game of the season this Saturday, and fell behind to a Western team quickly making a name for themselves as this year's postseason Cinderella. "I give Western a lot of credit," said head coach Ken Murray, justifiably frustrated after the loss.
The Brock men's wrestling team quietly earned their 10th straight Canadian Interuniversity Sports championship at the University of Calgary over the weekend. The Badgers' success begins at the top with head coach Marty Calder. Calder was a member of the Brock wrestling team from 1986-92.
"Hey Murray, your dad can't help you shoot." It was not the first time the then-19-year-old winger heard it, and it definitely would not be the last, but it may have been the only time an opposing team's crowd took the time and liberty to paint it in big bold letters on a sign for everyone to see.
In what could have easily passed off as a road-side pickup game, had it not been for the wig-toting trumpeteer and sellout crowd of over 3,000 fans, the Niagara Ice Dogs abused the Erie Otters to the tune of 10-5. It was a wild and often disorganized affair but the home town team came away on top although it was their second game - 500 kilometres apart - on consecutive nights.
Since the first recorded trade deadline day in the 1983-84 National Hockey League season, hockey fans across Canada have been marking their calenders and taking time off work or school to sit by their TV's and be the first to hear about the next trade. Throughout the past 25 years there have been blockbuster trades including some of the biggest names in the NHL, including Mike Gartner, Chris Chelios, Ray Bourque, Teemu Selanne, Pavel Bure, Mark Recchi, Peter Forsberg and Ryan Smyth.
Brock News: Men's hockey captain Ryan Del Monte and women's wrestler Michelle Fazzari were named the Henley Honda Male and Female Athletes of the Week. Del Monte led the Badgers to a 2-1 series win over the nationally-ranked Lakehead Thunderwolves in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) semi-finals earning Brock's first berth in the Canadian Interuniversity Sports (CIS) national championship.
