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CHSR News – October 28th, 2024 – UNB Reds fall short In final, but qualify for Nationals in Atlantic University Sport Playoffs

The University of New Brunswick Reds fell just short of completing a trifecta of upsets as they hosted the Atlantic University Sport men’s soccer playoffs this past weekend at their home field the BMO Centre. UNB knocked off the second-ranked Memorial Sea-Hawks 3-2 in their semi-final on Friday, just a day after upsetting the third-ranked

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CHSR News – October 10th, 2024 – UNB Women’s Hockey tapped to host 2027 Nationals

In the short time since returning to the ice in 2018, after going defunct in 2008, the University of New Brunswick women’s hockey program has seen a steady rise and lots of success. Going into this season three-time defending Atlantic University Sport Champions. UNB is no stranger when it comes to success in hockey on

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CHSR News – October 4th, 2024 – UNB Men’s Hockey Enters Rob Hennigar Era

After 24 seasons and 9 national championships, the UNB Reds Men’s hockey team enter the post Gardiner MacDougall under new head coach Rob Hennigar.  Hennigar played under MacDougall from 2004 to 2008 and was his associate coach for the past decade. Johnny James sat down with him to talk about his history with the program

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STU Lunchbox 2024 EP04: “Anatomy of a Champion”

With his team primed for the ACAA championship tournament on the weekend, Ben Dool talked to his Tommie teammates, coaches, fans, and trainers to find out what separates a collection of good players from a championship team. (The Tommies lost in overtime to Mount St. Vincent in the final Sunday, March 3.)

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Overtime – November 29th, 2019 – Hockey Is For Everyone?

Warning: There is a heavy amount of content discussed in this episode that deals with acts of racism, physical and psychological abuse, and the trauma caused by it. Please proceed with caution while listening to this episode if subjects of this nature are triggering to you in any way.   Disclaimer: The resignation of Bill

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Overtime – November 22nd, 2019 – 2019 Grey Cup Preview w/ Braydon Stachel

We were joined Friday for a special preview episode of the 107th Grey Cup between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Our special guest was Braydon Stachel, former social correspondent for the CFL and current producer of TSN’s Krown Gridiron Nation Podcast. Braydon also manages the Canadian Football League subreddit r/CFL, currently the

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The Lunchbox: Interview: Martin Parnell for Right To Play

It’s a kid’s right to play. This is something that many people take for granted. Yet, in many parts of the world, sports and energetic play are not available, often through poverty. Martin Parnell saw that first hand, on a bike tour through Africa. “I can help,” he said to himself, and set out to

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STU Lunchbox: Love In The Digital Age + Canadian Pride In Sport

Another edition of the STU Lunchbox! This week, Desiree Joseph brings us a half-hour appropriate for the upcoming Valentine’s Day: Love In The Digital Age. And Michael Bourgeois brings another timely discussion of nationalism and the Olympics: Canadian Pride In Sport. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | More

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