Are neck guards coming to CIS hockey? By Tanya Quaglia Lance Writer December 10, 2008 In light of the recent neck injury to goaltender Kurt Jory of the Brock Badgers, a common question has been whether or not Canadian Interuniversity Sport should make it mandatory for all players to wear neck guards as a safety precaution.
 Jory received a slice to his neck from a skate blade during a game against the Lancers men’s hockey team on Nov. 29 at Windsor Arena.
Luckily, due to the swift action by the medical staff at the arena and the doctors at Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital, Jory will make a full recovery from what could have been a very serious, and possibly fatal, injury.
The issue of mandating neck guards was also brought up last year, after Richard Zednik from the NHL’s Florida Panthers sliced his neck on former teammate Olli Jokinen’s skate during a game versus the Sabres last February. >> | December won't be a holiday breeze for men's basketball By Michal Tellos
Sports Editor December 10, 2008 Just because there aren’t any games in December doesn’t mean it’s time to relax. At least certainly not with the Lancers men’s basketball team.
The team ended the fall semester portion of the OUA season with a 5-3 record, and a sixth place ranking in Canada. This is cause for both disappointment and encouragement for Head Coach Chris Oliver.
“Disappointed and encouraged all at the same time. Integrating so many talented players is a challenge and I thought we’d have some inconsistencies and we have. We are still in a perfect position to compete for a league, provincial and national championship,” he said.
“The one thing I learned beyond all else is that we can beat anyone in the country. We just need to do it on an every game basis.” >>  | | Campus Kiss | | Alisa Wulff has been everywhere, and now she's making a splash for the Lancers By Clarissa Guyton
Lance Writer December 10, 2008 Michigan State lost an integral part of their women’s basketball team when hoops star Alisa Wulff came back home to Canada. The move from MSU at the end of the 2003-04 season established a new backbone in the Lancer’s already dominant women’s basketball team.
Alisa Barbara Wulff was born on June 4, 1984 to parents Nancy and the late Tom Wulff.
She grew up in Pickering, Ont. with her parents and sister, Jenna. Wulff’s athletic abilities are hereditary as both her parents were athletes during their college years. Her mother was a swimmer and volleyball player and her father was a football and hockey player.
Growing up in Pickering, Wulff attended Pine Ridge Secondary School where she led her school’s basketball team to the district playoffs.
This swing position player stands at six-feet one-inch tall and plays the small forward and point-guard positions. She finished the 2007-2008 season with the Michigan State Spartans by scoring a career-high 103 points and hitting a career-best 25 three-pointers. >> |
