Bears and Pandas Hockey teams have been reinstated by Canada West for the 2020/21 season thanks to support from alumni.
A decision still to be made by October 8 regarding the overall playing of the 2020-21 season by Canada West.
More details here:
The entire Golden Bears and Pandas family stands behind Nicole Palladino and her family, and everyone is rooting for her as she begins her road to recovery.
The support already shown from the community has been tremendous.
Once a sister Panda, always a sister Panda! 🐼⚽❤️
COACHING MILESTONE 🚨🚨
Congrats to
@PandasHockey
head coach Howie Draper, who has become the first women’s hockey coach in the
@USPORTSca
era to win 600 career games!
@UACoachDraper
now owns a 600-160-11 record in 23 years with the Pandas.
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Tonight’s Pandas Hockey game against the University of Calgary has been postponed.
We are grateful for the safety of the team and we ask that you please respect the student-athletes’ and staff’s privacy at this time.
More details are available here:
🐼🏒 BREAKING: First-year
@PandasHockey
forward Madison Willan has been named the
@USPORTSca
Rookie of the Year!
Willan led all rookies with 25 points this season. She is also the first Panda to win this award since Danielle Bourgeois in 2000.
📝:
GBH 🐻🏒
TREVOR COX IN OVERTIME!!!! What a comeback!! The Golden Bears advance to the U SPORTS Final with a 3-2 win over Saskatchewan!
National Final scheduled for 11:00 a.m. tomorrow morning vs StFX
#GreenandGold
🟩🟨 A big welcome back to Edmonton for former Golden Bear
@DerekAllenRyan
.
Derek spent four years with
@GBHKY
from 2007-2011 and was named
@UAlberta
Male Athlete of the Year in his final season.
Glad to have you back “home”! 🐻🏒
Congrats to
@GBHKY
forward Noah Philp, who has signed a one-year deal with the
@EdmontonOilers
! 🏒 ✍️
Philp spent three years with the Golden Bears, recording 38 points in 36 career
@CanadaWest
games, and led the Bears to a 2022 CW Championship.
GBF FINAL
BEARS WIN! 29-26 the final for
@UABearsFootball
over
@umbisons
.
Daniel Bubelenyi with the 30 yard reception with 6 seconds left to clinch the win!
Clare Drake to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday.
A new banner will be unveiled in Clare Drake Arena Saturday at 5pm prior to the
@GBHKY
game, highlighting Drake’s career accomplishments, including his
@HockeyHallFame
induction
#DrakeHHOF
After 26 years of leading the
@PandasHockey
program, Howie Draper will add a new chapter to his coaching career. Draper was named the head coach of the
@thepwhlofficial
New York franchise on Friday.
@PWHL_NewYork
📝:
𝐅𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐈𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑
MADISON WILLAN - PANDAS HOCKEY
Madison was named U SPORTS Rookie of the Year while leading all rookies in Canada West with 25 points in 28 games (including six game winning goals).
#BeTheRoar
#GreenandGold
GBF🐻🏈
BEARS WIN! BEARS WIN!
For the third-straight week,
@UABearsFootball
beats a
@USPORTSca
nationally ranked opponent! 19-17 final score over Saskatchewan!
Alberta now owns sole possession of second place in
@CanadaWest
with a 3-1 record.
#BeTheRoar
𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 | 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗡
Golden Bears Volleyball are U SPORTS Champions!!!!
4-set win over Trinity Western to claim their 9th title in program history.
STATS:
The
@GBHKY
program has announced a record-breaking recruit class, as 14
@TheWHL
graduates are set to join the defending
@CanadaWest
champions.
This years class combined for 642 goals, 1,759 points and 137 goalie wins in 3,589 WHL games.
📰:
Golden Bears and Pandas Athletics regret to announce that we have made a difficult decision to suspend Canada West participation in men’s and women’s hockey, basketball and volleyball for the 2020/2021 season for financial reasons.
STORY:
BREAKING | GBF 🐻🏈
The
@UABearsFootball
program has made an addition to their staff, naming Tom Higgins their new Defensive Coordinator!
Higgins joins the Bears with over 30 years of coaching experience, having won both a Vanier Cup and Grey Cup.
📝:
GBH🐻🏒 | BREAKING
Golden Bears forward
@lukephilp
has signed a two-year entry level contract with the
@NHLFlames
!
Philp won back-to-back
@CanadaWest
Player of the Year Awards, and the 2019
@USPORTSca
Player of the Year Award.
📰:
“As a kid, I dreamed of playing for the Golden Bears. I never dreamed about playing in the
@NHL
. This is so special for my family.”
Congrats to Jay, the entire Bouwmeester family, and the
@StLouisBlues
on winning the 2019
@StanleyCup
!
@GBHKY
The Bears are BACK!! 🐻🏒
@GBHKY
will return to action this weekend, as they take on the
@HockeyCanada
World Junior Team at their selection camp in Red Deer. 🇨🇦
Both games on Saturday and Sunday night will be broadcast nationally on
@TSN_Sports
.
Congratulations to former
@UAlberta
Athletic Director, and Paralympic Pioneer Bob Steadward, who was promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada on Wednesday!
Steadward spent over 50 years working in the world of sports for athletes with disabilities.
🚨COACHING MILESTONE🚨
With the
@PandasVB
win tonight, head coach Laurie Eisler has become the first coach in
@UAlberta
history to win 8️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ career games!
@Lcbeisler
is also the second WVB coach in
@USPORTSca
history to win 800 games.
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BREAKING| GBH🐻🏒
Golden Bears goalie
@Chunko_31
has signed a two-year contract with the AHL’s
@sjbarracuda
!
Sawchenko was named a
@CanadaWest
All-Star in 2019 after going 16-2-0, setting a new single season record with 5 shutouts.
📰:
WHKY 🐼🏒| AWARDS
Congrats to first-year
@PandasHockey
forward Madison Willan, who was named the
@CanadaWest
Rookie of the Year!
Willan led all Canada West rookies with 11 goals and 25 points in 28 games this season.
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The University of Alberta community mourns the loss of legendary hockey coach Clare Drake, who influenced generations of hockey players and coaches.
#UAlberta
Len Vickery has been the Head Coach of the University of Alberta Golden Bears Soccer program for 34 years. With over 550 games under his belt, here's a look at the last game, as well as the legacy, of the legendary Golden Bears Soccer Coach!!
@Durham76
We are incredibly proud of our Pandas Hockey team and all they have accomplished this season.
Our hearts go out to all the student-athletes for their dedication to their craft.
Get home safe, and stay safe everyone!
Once a Panda, always a Panda.
#Phamily
𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐃𝐀 𝐖𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐒 🐻🏈
The best in the west were recognized on Thursday, with a pair of Bears picking up
@CanadaWest
hardware.
Player of the Year - Matthew Peterson
Coach of the Year - Chris Morris
Recruiting class announced for 2018-19 and 2019-20
@PandasHockey
seasons.
Three recruits will wear the Evergreen and Gold this upcoming season, while another six have committed to the University of Alberta starting in 2019.
#GreenandGold
The
@PandasHockey
program has announced their two newest recruits!
Jadynn Morden and Hayleigh Craig will join the 13-time
@CanadaWest
champions for the 2020/2021 season.
Both Craig and Morden are also products of the
@LloydSteelers
#BeTheRoar
🔗:
PROFILE: Serge Lajoie added to
#UAlberta
Sports Wall of Fame
With six championship rings to his credit with Golden Bears Hockey and NAIT Ooks, Serge Lajoie stands as one of the most decorated and accomplished Golden Bears hockey alumni ever.
STORY:
A truly impressive morning as we recognized our record 162 Academic All-Canadians.
#UAlberta
is the first school in Canada to reach 3,000 all-time Academic All-Canadians.
#GreenandGold
#BeTheRoar
@USPORTSca
PHOTOS:
STORY:
"Values such as humility, generosity, continual learning, hard work and respect, will be with us and hopefully passed on to those that we have the fortune of working beside."
Clare Drake's lasting impact on countless individuals:
ICYMI: Another banner is going up in the Clare Drake Arena rafters, and the Big Green Machine just got bigger!
@GBHKY
won their 16th National Championship over the weekend.
GBS🐻⚽️
RECORD BROKEN!!
With his goal in the 25th minute, third-year striker Ajeej Sarkaria has set the Golden Bears program scoring record with his 45th career point!
Sarkaria has 28 goals and 17 assists in 30 career
@CanadaWest
games
U SPORTS Rookie of the Year 🇨🇦
Canada West ROTY ✔️
Third in
@CanadaWest
with 25 points in 28 games.
Madison Willan did it all in her first year with
@PandasHockey
! Her dominate season also had Madison win the 2020 UofA Female Rookie of the Year! ⬇️
𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒
For the 4th time in the past six years, Pandas Curling are National Champions!!
An incredible performance as they stole 5 in the 2nd end and 2 in the third. Elbow bumps after 6 ends!
#GreenandGOLD
#ChaseTheGlory
#CaughtTheGlory
HISTORY MADE!
Fifth-year
@UofABearsBball
guard Tyus Jefferson is the first male in
@CanadaWest
history to win the Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year awards!
Jefferson helped lead the Bears to a 16-0 regular season record this season.
Fourth-year
@GBHKY
captain Clayton Kirichenko has been named the 2022
@CanadaWest
Defenceman of the Year! The former
@tigershockey
D-Man finished with 18 points in 20 games this season.
Kirichenko is the 23rd Bear to win the Mervyn "Red" Dutton Trophy.
🇨🇦🐼🏒
Third-year
@PandasHockey
goalie Kirsten Chamberlin has been named to the
@HockeyCanada
national development roster!
Chamberlin will compete for a chance to wear the Maple Leaf in a three-game series against the United States in mid-August.
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WBB 🐼🏀 | MAJOR AWARD
Congrats to
@pandasbball
head coach Scott Edwards, who was named the
@CanadaWest
Coach of the Year!
This is third time
@UAPandasCoach
has been named the Coach of the Year. Edwards led the Pandas to a 16-4 record this season.
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