Lakehead Thunderwolves
Encyclopedia
The Lakehead Thunderwolves are the varsity athletic teams that represent Lakehead University
in Thunder Bay
, Ontario
, Canada
in Canadian Interuniversity Sport
. Varsity team
s include men's hockey
, men's and women's track
, women's volleyball
, men's and women's basketball
, Nordic skiing
, cross country running and men's and women's wrestling
.
conference and CIS-CCUNC national team championships in both 2005 and 2006. The women's and men's team four-peated for the OUA Championships in 2008 while the women won their fifth consecutive CIS-CCUNC national championship. The men's wrestling team is ranked in the CIS Top 10 each year and the women's team is ranked in the North American Top 15.
Their men's hockey program, started in 2001-02, annually leads the CIS in attendance with minor pro attendance numbers (3000 per game) and has become one of the better programs in CIS men's hockey. The team won the OUA Queen's Cup conference championship in 2005-06, defeating the McGill Redmen
in the one-game final, and subsequently placed second at the CIS National Championships in Edmonton, Alberta. In each of its seven seasons, the hockey team has won at least one playoff round and has gone 14-2 on home ice in the playoffs. The Thunderwolves have qualified for the CIS National Championship twice in seven seasons of play. They hosted the CIS National Championships in 2009 and 2010. It has an intense, and at times brutally violent, rivalry with the University of Western Ontario
Mustangs.
Men's and women's basketball, women's volleyball, track, and cross country
have had varying degrees of success, and most of these programs have shown improvement over the past couple seasons.
station CILU-FM
. Men's away hockey games are carried by commercial station Rock94
.
There goalies for 2011 2012 are Alex Dupuis and Jeff Bosch.
Lakehead University
Lakehead University is a public research university in Thunder Bay, and Orillia, Ontario, Canada.Lakehead University, shortened to 'Lakehead U', or 'LU', is non-denominational and provincially supported. It has undergraduate and graduate programs and a medical school.The school has more than 45,000...
in Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay
-In Canada:Thunder Bay is the name of three places in the province of Ontario, Canada along Lake Superior:*Thunder Bay District, Ontario, a district in Northwestern Ontario*Thunder Bay, a city in Thunder Bay District*Thunder Bay, Unorganized, Ontario...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
in Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree granting universities in the country. Its equivalent body for organized sports at colleges in Canada is The Canadian Colleges Athletic Association...
. Varsity team
Varsity team
In the United States and Canada, varsity sports teams are the principal athletic teams representing a college, university, high school or other secondary school. Such teams compete against the principal athletic teams at other colleges/universities, or in the case of secondary schools, against...
s include men's hockey
Hockey
Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
, men's and women's track
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, women's volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, men's and women's basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, Nordic skiing
Nordic skiing
Nordic skiing is a winter sport that encompasses all types of skiing where the heel of the boot cannot be fixed to the ski, as opposed to Alpine skiing....
, cross country running and men's and women's wrestling
Amateur wrestling
Amateur wrestling is the most widespread form of sport wrestling. There are two international wrestling styles performed in the Olympic Games under the supervision of FILA : Greco-Roman and freestyle. Freestyle is possibly derived from the English Lancashire style...
.
Sports activities
The Lakehead Thunderwolves are perennial powers in the OUA and CIS in Nordic Skiing and wrestling. The women's and men's Nordic ski teams won both the OUAOntario University Athletics
Ontario University Athletics is a regional membership association for Canadian universities which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providing contact information, schedules, results, and releases about those programs and events to the public...
conference and CIS-CCUNC national team championships in both 2005 and 2006. The women's and men's team four-peated for the OUA Championships in 2008 while the women won their fifth consecutive CIS-CCUNC national championship. The men's wrestling team is ranked in the CIS Top 10 each year and the women's team is ranked in the North American Top 15.
Their men's hockey program, started in 2001-02, annually leads the CIS in attendance with minor pro attendance numbers (3000 per game) and has become one of the better programs in CIS men's hockey. The team won the OUA Queen's Cup conference championship in 2005-06, defeating the McGill Redmen
McGill Redmen
The McGill Redmen CIS football team is one of the oldest in all of Canada, having begun organized competition in 1898. The team has appeared in three Vanier Cup national championships, in 1969, 1973 and 1987, with the Redmen finally winning the title in the 1987 game...
in the one-game final, and subsequently placed second at the CIS National Championships in Edmonton, Alberta. In each of its seven seasons, the hockey team has won at least one playoff round and has gone 14-2 on home ice in the playoffs. The Thunderwolves have qualified for the CIS National Championship twice in seven seasons of play. They hosted the CIS National Championships in 2009 and 2010. It has an intense, and at times brutally violent, rivalry with the University of Western Ontario
University of Western Ontario
The University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus covers of land, with the Thames River cutting through the eastern portion of the main campus. Western administers its programs through 12 different faculties and...
Mustangs.
Men's and women's basketball, women's volleyball, track, and cross country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
have had varying degrees of success, and most of these programs have shown improvement over the past couple seasons.
Broadcasts
Lakehead broadcasts many games with live video webcasts which can be accessed off Lakehead's two athletic sites. All sports are broadast except Nordic skiing. Basketball is carried live on campus radioCampus radio
Campus radio is a type of radio station that is run by the students of a college, university or other educational institution. Programming may be exclusively by students, or may include programmers from the wider community in which the radio station is based...
station CILU-FM
CILU-FM
CILU-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 102.7 FM in Thunder Bay, Ontario. It is the campus radio station of the city's Lakehead University....
. Men's away hockey games are carried by commercial station Rock94
CJSD-FM
CJSD-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 94.3 FM in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The station broadcasts an active rock format branded as Rock 94.-History:...
.
There goalies for 2011 2012 are Alex Dupuis and Jeff Bosch.