Athletics

The Lakers men’s hockey team is proud to announce that the eighth annual celebration of Canada's armed forces, Military Appreciation Night, is scheduled for November 18 at 7:15 p.m. at Memorial Gardens with the Lakers taking on the RMC Paladins.

Varsity rowing has arrived at Nipissing University. Perhaps the most iconic of all university sports, rowing conjures images of Ivy-league crews and historic Oxford versus Cambridge races. Now with varsity status, Nipissing’s rowing team takes its place among the traditional university powers in the sport, provincially and nationally.

Less than a month after finding out Lakers head coach Toivo Koivukoski will lead Team Canada into the World Universiade Games for 2017 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, the news broke that two Lakers student-athletes will be joining him.

Jenni Sundin has taken the gold medal in the 63kg category at the Ontario Weightlifting Association’s Scholastic Challenge. Sundin, an international student in Nipissing’s Bachelor of Physical Health and Education, also managed to qualify for the Swedish Nationals in May, based on her performance.

Nipissing Lakers women's hockey team head coach Darren Turcotte will be back in his office this week with something new hanging around his neck.