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Peters joins Babcock with Wings

trevor.kenney — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:24:05 +0000

Former ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Pronghorns men's hockey coaches are reuniting in the National Hockey League.

Bill Peters, a Horns coach from 2002 to 2005, will serve as an assistant coach with Mike Babcock after the Detroit Red Wings announced his appointment on Friday. Babcock coached the Horns in 1994, guiding the team to its only ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Cup title.

The two were linked previously as Peters was Babcock's assistant coach with the Western Hockey League's Spokane Chiefs. Peters joined Babcock's Spokane staff during the 1996-97 season and returned to the same post in 1999 – Babcock's final season with the Chiefs – where he stayed until joining the Horns.

Peters spent three seasons with the Horns from 2002 through 2005, guiding the team to a 17-59-8 record and one post-season appearance. In 2005 he returned to the Chiefs, eventually leading Spokane to a Memorial Cup title in 2008, the same season that Babcock and the Red Wings won the Stanley Cup.

Most recently, Peters was the head coach with the Rockford IceHogs in the American Hockey League. He was the longest tenured coach in IceHogs history, spending three seasons behind the bench while compiling a record of 122-97-7-14. The Three Hills, Alta. native guided the Hogs to a winning season during every campaign he coached in Rockford.

Horns' trio helps Canada to gold

trevor.kenney — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:05:10 +0000

Former ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Pronghorns women's rugby standout Ashley Patzer, along with current Horns Brittany Orr and Kelsey Willoughby, helped Canada to a third straight gold medal in international women's sevens rugby action this past weekend.

Patzer scored a pair of tries and added two conversions in Canada's 29-10 victory over Samurai International in the final of the Amsterdam Sevens Tournament. The victory capped off a run of three consecutive tournament wins for the sevens team as they also won events in Las Vegas and Hong Kong.

Orr played a big role in the Canadian team's semifinal victory over the host Netherlands team. She pitched the ball to a sprinting Arielle Dubisette-Borrice to produce an overtime try as Canada prevailed 26-19 in extra time. Patzer also had a try in that victory.

For a full recap of the tournament, visit this link.

Campus Kudos - November

trevor.kenney — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:02:12 +0000

Denton Fredrickson (Art) is part of an exhibition entitled 'sciencefictionsciencefair' at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa, Ont., alongside Brian McKenna and Robyn Moody. On display from Nov. 6 to Jan. 3, the exhibition also includes a collaboration with Glen MacKinnon (Art). 'sciencefictionsciencefair' will also travel to the Tom Thomson Art Gallery in Owen Sound, Ont., and the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery.

Former ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Pronghorns thrower Jim Steacy (BASc '09) has been named as an award finalist for the Athletics Canada Field Athlete of the Year category as well as the Best ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Athlete of the Year classification. Athletics Canada will announce award winners Nov. 14 in Vancouver.

Chai Duncan (Art Technician) and collaborator Leila Armstrong have an exhibition entitled 12 Point Buck in the Southern Alberta Art Gallery's storefront gallery until Nov. 22.

Git 'er Done by Corinne Thiessen Hepher (BFA, New Media '08) appeared at the Southern Alberta Film Festival. This 10-minute documentary explores what it means to be a "Redneck" and offers new insight into an old stereotype.

Ron Chambers's (Theatre & Dramatic Arts) first film, Apocalyptic Hero, was selected for presentation at the Southern Alberta Film Festival. Apocalyptic Hero looks at a young boy's life after his grandmother dies. He sets out to ensure his own survival as well as a girl he has chosen to save when the apocalypse comes.

Blaine Hendsbee (Music) sings the role of Sellem (the auctioneer) in Igor Stravinsky's neoclassical operatic masterpiece, The Rake's Progress, presented by Pacific Opera Victoria in the Royal Theatre, Victoria. Performances are Nov. 12, 14, 17, 19 and 21.

Connolly lands at Keyano

trevor.kenney — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:09:45 +0000

Former ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Pronghorns men's basketball head coach Mike Connolly will be back patrolling the sidelines this season, heading up the Keyano College Huskies.

Connolly was hired as the Huskies new head coach late last week, returning to the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference where he previously had great success with the Medicine Hat College Rattlers. Connolly, who spent seven years at the helm of the Pronghorns program, won a pair of ACAC bronze medals while with Medicine Hat College and was a two-time coach of the year at the college level.

"We welcome coach Connolly to Fort McMurray as we prepare to compete in the ACAC in September 2010," says Wade Kolmel, Huskies Athletic Director at Keyano College, on the school's athletics website. "On our campus coach Connolly will fulfill our Adult Program Coordinator responsibilities and will continue our commitment to growing the sport and recreation offerings within the Syncrude Sport & Wellness Centre."

Keyano College basketball is making its debut in the ACAC North Division this season after winning both men's and women's championships last season in the Alberta Colleges Athletic League.

"Coach Connolly brings a wealth of experience to our basketball program and we feel he will make an immediate impact in our community," adds Kolmel. "Whenever you attract a leader in their chosen field, to a new program such as ours, an athletic director cannot help but be excited for the future of their department, not to mention the future of the basketball team."

Former Horn coach heads to Wisconsin

trevor.kenney — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:47:41 +0000

Former ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Pronghorns women's hockey coach, Rob Morgan, has been chosen to build a new women's hockey program at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin.

Morgan, the 2000-01 Canada West coach of the year following his one season behind the Pronghorns bench, heads to St. Norbert after a six-year stint as associate head coach at Dartmouth College. While there, he helped lead the Big Green to the NCAA Tournament in each of the last three seasons as they compiled a 128-53-18 record.

A graduate of the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Alberta in 1992, Morgan earned his master's degree from the U of L and coached the Pronghorns to a fourth-place finish in the Canada West standings in 2000-01. The Horns compiled a 4-5-3 regular season record before finishing second in a three-team West semifinal playoff series with ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Alberta and ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of British Columbia. Overall, the Horns were 16-11-3 on the season.

Morgan left the U of L to take over head coaching duties at North Country Community College in Saranac Lake, N.Y. before assuming the position at Dartmouth.

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