In their strongest weekend of the 2018-19 season, the women’s hockey team (11-7-0-0) defeated the nationally-ranked sixth Western Mustangs (11-3-0-4) 5-2 and the Windsor Lancers (0-14-2-2) 2-1.
Five of Queen’s six winter varsity teams were on the road this weekend, with men’s hockey and both volleyball teams splitting their games, while men’s and women’s basketball faltered in a pair of games in Ottawa.
The beginning of the semester saw both hockey teams on the road for a pair of matchups. While the men’s team found good fortune away from home, the women weren’t quite as lucky.
In December, Queen’s forward Slater Doggett laced up and featured for the U Sports All-Stars in a three-game series against Canada’s World Junior Prospects.
After his starting and backup goaltenders left the program this summer, men’s hockey Head Coach Brett Gibson faced a problem: he only had one goalie going into the season, and hadn’t recruited at all for another.
This weekend, three past and present Gaels qualified for the World Cross Country Championships, and Ryan Bechmanis was named football’s interim head coach