By Еvan Osentоn
Imagine you’re a hunter and you haven’t had much luck lately. Your confidence wavers as other hunters boast of their gory accomplishments. One day, you spot a bobcat through your binoculars. Ooh, a bobcat! Sure would look good stuffed and mounted in your den, wouldn’t it? Killing this magnificent beast sure would make you feel… Continue reading Men’s Hockey
By Еvan Osentоn
One has to feel some pity for Felis concolor, the common cougar found across much of Western North America. Nearly eradicated in the 19th century by hunters and farmers, its comeback in the mid-to-late 20th century was marred by the emerging double meaning of "cougar" as any sexually lecherous middle-aged bar-going human being.It is thus… Continue reading Men’s Hockey
By Еvan Osentоn
"We shit the bed."So said an anonymous Dino hockey player last week in reference to the team’s Jan. 11–12 series against the University of British Columbia; a series that saw them drop two games to one of the worst programs in the country. While purely metaphorical, the description of the hockeysaurs as nocturnally incontinent is… Continue reading Dinos may let Bears skate away with it
By Еvan Osentоn
Perhaps the Dinos were still suffering from a Christmas hangover, their veins lethargic with Wild Turkey and their stomachs slowly leaching stuffing into sweet, nutritious chyme. And perhaps they took their opponents for the conference doormat they’re so often dubbed. Either way, the men’s hockeysaurs dropped two in a row to the lowly University of… Continue reading Men’s Hockey
By Еvan Osentоn
Call the SPCA! A group of sled dogs were abused at Father David Bauer Arena last weekend.The University of Saskatchewan Huskies came into Calgary sporting a 8-4-2 record and a number five ranking nationally–reason enough to be cocky. But the Dogs whimpered all the way back to their flatland home after the Dinos handed them… Continue reading Men’s Hockey
By Еvan Osentоn
J.L. Granatstein argues in his seminal book Who Killed Canadian History? that we are a nation woefully ignorant of our past. His contention seems to ring true in every Nov. 11 Globe and Mail, traditionally bursting with statistics suggesting Canadian youth can not differentiate John A. McDonald from Ronald McDonald. Unfortunately, Granatstein’s analysis, which begins… Continue reading A history forgotten long ago
By Еvan Osentоn
You may not have heard of Scott Rideout, but hockey players all over Western Canada spit, curse and gnash their teeth at the mention of his name. Rideout, the Dino’s fifth-year goaltender, is having the best season of his Canadian Inter-unversity Sport career in this, his final year of eligibility. But don’t suggest this to… Continue reading Making a name for himself
By Еvan Osentоn
Here’s a metaphor that will fill your heart with gladness: The Dino men’s hockey team is like a passenger train barreling through the Rockies. Oh, they look good, don’t they? Shiny, fast, smooth, so powerful. They’re off to the national championship in their shiny train. Choo choo! And then, out of nowhere, a bear runs… Continue reading Guba extinguishes fiery Dinos
By Еvan Osentоn
Good news and bad news, Dino hockey fans. The good news is the University of Alberta Golden Bears lost to the University of Saskatchewan Huskies on Sunday night, bringing an end to their 11-game [8-0-3] unbeaten streak and enabling the Dinos to make up precious, precious ground on their northern rivals. The bad news is… Continue reading Apparently, winning isn’t everything
By Еvan Osentоn
It could be that AC/DC frontman Angus Young was referring to the University of Calgary men’s hockey team when he sang, "[They’re] TNT, [they’re] dynamite, TNT, and [they’ll] win the fight, [they’re] TNT, [they’re] the power-load, TNT, just watch [them] explode." Doubt it? Consider the evidence. The Dinos’ weekend series Nov. 2 and 3 against… Continue reading Men’s hockey goodness