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WINNIPEG — What a year it was for Manitoba Bisons‘ Venla Hovi.
Fresh off a bronze medal win for Team Finland at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, the University of Manitoba hockey forward returned to her local rink and helped propel the team to a national championship win.
It’s a pretty big deal to capture a national women’s hockey championship. Doing it for the first time in the program’s history? Even bigger.
To celebrate the accomplishments this season of the University of Manitoba Bisons, a celebratory breakfast will be held Friday in UMSU University Centre.
WINNIPEG — It’s never happened before, but on Sunday, the Manitoba Bisons slid into the history books. The women’s hockey team hoisted a national championship trophy for the first time in the program’s 21-year history.
Twenty-four hours later, the feeling is still sinking in.
By The Canadian Press
LONDON, Ont. – The top-ranked Manitoba Bisons have won their first U Sports women’s hockey title.
Lauren Taraschuk stopped all 20 shots she faced as Manitoba blanked the Western Mustangs 2-0 on Sunday in the championship.
By Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press
The University of Manitoba women’s hockey team knows what it is to go the distance and then some.
The Bisons won a conference playoff game in quadruple overtime en route to the Canadian university women’s hockey championship starting Thursday in London, Ont.
Six University of Manitoba business students are trading in their beds for a tent and some cardboard this week in an effort to raise funds and awareness for homeless Winnipeggers.
The annual 5 Days for the Homeless campaign consists of participants sleeping outside of the U of M’s University Centre from March 12-16.
WINNIPEG — A biologist at CancerCare Manitoba and the University of Manitoba has been awarded the first Terry Fox New Investigator award in the province.
Dr. Sachin Katyal is the recipient of the $450,000 grant for his “quick-toclinic” personalized medicine approach to better treat patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).
By Austin Frame, Bison Sports
WINNIPEG – The No. 1 University of Manitoba Bisons were crowned the champions of Canada West for the third time in the history of the program after a 5-2 win over the No. 8 University of Saskatchewan Huskies in game two of the Canada West Finals of women’s hockey on Saturday night in front of a nearly sold-out crowd of 860 at Wayne Fleming Arena in Winnipeg.
“To do it at home finally is so special for this group. It’s been a long time since we have had one, and all the hard work for the last 4 or 5 years for this group paid off,” said Bisons Head Coach and Canada West Coach of the year Jon Rempel after the win.
WINNIPEG — After a thrilling quadruple overtime and tiring seven periods of hockey last Sunday, the Manitoba Bison women’s hockey squad isn’t letting up when they head into the Canada West Final this weekend.
The No. 1-ranked Herd host a best-of-three playoff series Friday and Saturday against their prairie rivals the Saskatchewan Huskies.
By Alyssa Etsell, Bison Sports
WINNIPEG – The No. 1 University of Manitoba Bisons are going to the Canada West women’s hockey conference finals after Jordyn Zacharias scored in quadruple overtime, ending the semi-final series against the No. 2 University of Alberta Pandas 1-0 on Sunday night (Feb. 25) at Wayne Fleming Arena. This was the second longest game in Canada West history.
Venla Hovi fed Zacharias a slap pass with six-and-a-half minutes left in 4OT, and the puck soared into the back of the net.
