2008 Woodie Awards
McGill graduate coaches QMJHL franchise set to move to Montreal
After mixed success in past incarnations, junior hockey is coming back to Montreal. n September, the St. John's Fog Devils will find a new home at the Verdun Auditorium as the Montreal Juniors-or, in French, Le Junior de Montreal. The current coach and general manager of the Fog Devils, Real Paiement, is a former McGill student who played defence for the hockey Redmen from 1983-85 and also served as an assistant coach for the team during his time on campus.
While this space has been used to occasionally criticize the NHL-very deservingly we must point out-credit must be given to the usually-horrendous Bettman administration when they manage to secure an increasingly rare, league-improving venture. As so diligently chronicled by every professional or recreational sports expert in Canada, the NHL in the last decade, aided by its ludicrous expansion, has become a dismal failure, if not a complete farce, in the United States and fostered a nation-wide sense of disinterest among Americans towards hockey.
Despite last minute injuries the McGill Redmen cheerleading squad managed to pull off a respectable showing at a National Cheerleaders Association's (NCA) U.S. Championship this Saturday in New York City. With a score of 6.63 out of a possible 11, McGill did not perform to the best of their abilities but returned as U.
Which feat is more impressive: Tiger's five or the Rockets' 22?
Clearly the Houston Rockets' streak of 22 straight victories is impressive especially given that they are only the second team in NBA history to rattle off such a lengthy streak and they have done so in the exceedingly difficult Western Conference while missing their All-Star centre Yao Ming for the last 10 games.
Men's Hockey-CIS National Tournament; Thursday-Sunday, Student Sports Network and Rogers Sportsnet The Redmen play on Friday at 7 p.m. (streaming video at www.ssncanada.ca) and Saturday at 8 p.m. on Rogers Sportsnet. If they qualify, the gold medal game will be broadcast on Sportsnet at 8 p.
