Ice Hockey

    ALMATY – Today, 7 February, host Kazakhstan and Russia have qualified for the final of the men’s ice hockey tournament at the 28th Winter Universiade in Kazakhstan. It will be a repeat of the 2015 WU final, two years ago in Granada which was won by Russia.   Men’s Semi-Finals RUS vs CAN […]

    ALMATY – Today, 8 February, Russia and Kazakhstan faced-off for the gold medal game, while Canada took on Czech Republic for the bronze. Prior to the start of the 28th World Winter Universiade, both finalists were considered to be contenders of this ice hockey tournament. At the previous Winter Universiade in 2015, in […]

  ALMATY – The most anticipated games of today, 6 February were without doubt the medal games of the women’s tournament. USA faced-off against China for the bronze, while Canada and Russia played for gold, a repeat of the previous edition.   Women’s Bronze Medal Game   CHN vs USA   The bronze medal game […]

    ALMATY — When Canadian university teams — Calgary and Alberta — went head to head in women’s hockey on 21 January, it began what would be an International rivalry because just one week later, one player from each team would meet up again in Almaty, Kazakhstan.   University of Calgary’s Sasha Vafina suited […]

  Men’s Classifications Round KOR vs GBR Great Britain made history today here in Almaty. It won its first game at the Winter Universiade. Team GB beat Korea in the classification round. It was Charnock who netted the puck in a powerplay five minutes into the first period. In the second period Team GB widened […]

      ALMATY – While the preliminary round has ended, teams are moving to the next phase in the competition.   Men’s Quarterfinals In the men’s tournament, eight teams qualified for the quarter finals, i.e. Russia, Japan, Canada, Latvia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Swede and host Kazakhstan. Two quarterfinals were played today.   RUS vs […]