University of Alberta Golden Bears, representing Canada and gold medal winners at Jaca 1981 FISU World University GamesLake Placid has a storied history with the sport of ice hockey as the home to the Miracle on Ice, when in 1980 the United States men’s Olympic team defeated the powerful Soviet Union on their way to […]
With the Trentino 2013 Winter Universiade attracting a record number of participants, the 11-day competition comes down to a marquee event before the student-athletes, and Northern Italian citizens who put on a tremendous Games take a final bow during the closing ceremonies. For the men’s ice hockey final golden competitors of Canada and […]
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 […]
