In their first playoff appearance since 2009, the UBC Thunderbirds men’s hockey team split the first two games of their best-of-three quarterfinal against the Calgary Dinos before dropping the rubber match by a score of 3-2 Sunday afternoon at Father David Bauer Arena in Calgary.

The last month has arguably been the most crucial—and yet the most difficult—of the season for the Thunderbirds. In the span of three weeks, UBC split their series against top-seeded Alberta, squandered two separate 2-0 leads against second-ranked Manitoba, and dropped both games against third-seeded Saskatchewan this past weekend. Their record during that time is 1-5.

The UBC Thunderbirds men’s hockey team fought all the way back from a 3-0 first period deficit, but gave up a heart-wrenching late third period tally to lose to the Saskatchewan Huskies 5-4 Friday night at Doug Mitchell Arena. “I give our guys credit,” said UBC head coach Milan Dragicevic. “For the last 40 minutes, [...]

The UBC women’s hockey dropped to 1-19-2. They have struggled all season trying to adapt to a new coach and and a new culture.

Canada’s three largest research agencies have jointly created the Panel on Responsible Conduct of Research, in part to introduce a new process that would make public the names of academics who have committed serious misconduct.

Friday night at Doug Mitchell arena, UBC Thunderbirds goaltender Jordan White stopped 40 of 41 shots en route to a tight 2-1 UBC victory over the dominating Manitoba Bisons.

Justin McCrae, now captain of the UBC Thunderbirds hockey team, took that next step out of midget when he was only 15 years old. He was uprooted from his hometown in Cochrane to play for the Saskatoon Blades and the Spokane Chiefs in the WHL for the next five years.

UBC’s road to respect began this weekend with a season-opening double header against the Calgary Dinos at Doug Mitchell Arena. On Friday, it was the Dinos who found an extra offensive push as they eked out a 5-4 shootout victory over the Thunderbirds and their struggling special teams play.

If the final score isn’t indicative of the level of play UBC can reach, their third period efforts were. In the last frame, the Thunderbirds out-hustled and out-scored the Dinos to erase a 3-1 deficit and all but stole the game, if not for an ineffectual power play.

Six months after a disappointing end to their playoff hopes, the UBC Thunderbirds men’s hockey team crushed the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) Trojans 5-0 Saturday night, sweeping both games in the first exhibition series of the new season.