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Images are of an earlier-season game against TWU. Photos courtesy of James Maclennan. Kadyn Chabot scored twice and Myles Gauld and Vincent Scott each had three-point nights in the second of two straight offensive explosions. Kadyn Chabot scored twice the day after...
Images are of an earlier-season game against TWU. Photos courtesy of James Maclennan. Kadyn Chabot breaks single season goal record A third period three-goal surge wasn’t enough for the Trinity Western Spartans to overcome a seven goal explosion by the MacEwan...
Photo courtesy of Connor Hood. Sports in October, and what they tell us about these squads. October has come to an end, and many Griffins games have come and gone, with some seasons coming to an end and others just beginning. This month in review will catch you up...
Lindsey Johnson. Photo courtesy of Rebecca Chelmick. How mindset drives performance in the net. MacEwan University’s men’s and women’s hockey programs have found themselves backed by stellar performances between the pipes this season. Goaltenders Eric Ward...
Alyssa and Addison Piekema. Photo supplied by Addison and Alyssa. Being known as a pair most of their lives, the sisters are now taking the opportunity of university-level sports to express themselves as individuals. This fall, twin sisters Addison and Alyssa...
Halifax Eurekas of the Coloured Hockey League, Nova Scotia – Creative Commons Sports and politics are more intertwined than you want to think. Amanda Lou To me, sports have always represented the status quo, the white, upper-middle class masculine hegemony of the...
Photo: Grace Mwasalla stands ready to take on the action by the Cougars. Alexia Pang/The Griff. The mental toll that stems from a lack of crowd support. Home advantage is supposed to mean something. The familiar space, the comfort of your locker room, and the roar...
Photo supplied by MacEwan Athletics. MacEwan’s newest women’s hockey goalie prepares to start a new hockey season in Canada after an NCAA stint. A new face is making waves for the MacEwan Griffins women’s hockey team, and she hasn’t even seen the puck drop in the...
Griffins soccer season is well underway Ian Smyth Photo by Norman Bo It’s been a rocky month for the MacEwan Griffins. With only soccer underway, all eyes were on arguably MacEwan’s most prestigious program. And results have been slightly underwhelming. The...
Here’s what you need to know about MacEwan’s teams this year Ian Smyth Photo by James Maclellan Soccer may be in full swing, but all of MacEwan’s other sports squads are gearing up to start a new season in October. Let’s do a quick overview of where our school’s...
Recap of the Griffins’ weekend of Sept. 15 Ian Smyth Photo of Grace Mwasalla by James Maclennan It was a weekend of polar opposites for the Griffins' soccer squads. Women’s soccer had a massive bounce-back weekend, while the men suffered a pair of rough losses....
A disappointing weekend for MacEwan. Ian Smyth It was a disappointing weekend for Griffins soccer, as the women’s and men’s teams went a collective 0-1-3. This Calgary swing is the first time the women’s team has lost back-to-back regular-season games since...
This week in MacEwan Sports. Ian Smyth It was a successful weekend for the Griffins soccer squads. MacEwan’s men took on the cross-town rival U of A Golden Bears and came out of the match with a 2-2 draw. After a Calgary stint which saw the Griffins struggling to...
Amelia Russo #6, Photo provided by James Maclennan Best in the business retool for 25-26 Women’s: The Griffins’ women’s soccer team looks to run it back after a disappointing first-round exit last season. With a 10-1-3 record (good for 2nd in Canada West’s Prairie...
New MacEwan men’s basketball coach David Kapinga. Amanda Erickson/The Griff A new era of Griffins basketball has arrived. The 50th anniversary of the MacEwan Griffins is already shaping up to be a big year; new logo, refurbished gym, and for the men’s basketball...