03.01.19March 2, 2019 TEAM ALBERTA ADVANCES TO GOLD MEDAL MATCH IN WOMEN’S HOCKEYNews, Team Alberta A few days after suffering a disappointing loss against British Columbia in preliminary action, Team Alberta bounced back today and scored a huge 2-1 overtime victory in the semi-finals, advancing to the gold medal game. The first two periods of fast and intense hockey remained scoreless. Team Alberta scored the...Read More
03.01.19March 2, 2019 JUDO TEAMS EARNS GOLD AND BRONZE MEDALS IN TEAM EVENTSNews, Team Alberta The Alberta Judo team made history today by winning the gold medal in the women’s team event, the first time it earns a gold medal in the event. Before today’s competition, Ontario and Quebec were the only provinces in Canada to have earned the gold medal in the team events....Read More
03.01.19March 2, 2019 ALBERTA SNOWBOARDERS RIDE TO THREE MEDALS IN HALFPIPENews, Team Alberta The snowboard events concluded at the Canada Winter Games, with the snowboarders traveling to Calgary for the presentation of the halfpipe contest. Dropping in the SuperPipe at WinSport Canada, Team Alberta dominated the event winning a total of three of six medals awarded. Kamilla Kozuback, 14, of Calgary, AB won...Read More
03.01.19March 2, 2019 MOST SUCCESSFUL CANADA WINTER GAMES FOR TEAM ALBERTANews, Team Alberta (March 01, 2019 - Red Deer, AB) Team Alberta earned five medals on Friday at the 2019 Canada Winter Games, surpassing the all-time mark of earned medals for the province in Canada Winter Games history. Alberta is now sitting at 93 medals, 34 gold medals, 32 silver medals, and 27...Read More
02.28.19March 2, 2019 TEAM ALBERTA ADVANCES TO SEMIFINALS IN WOMEN’S HOCKEY WITH BIG WIN AGAINST MANITOBANews, Team Alberta Team Alberta faced off against Manitoba in quarterfinals action at the Downtown Arena in Red Deer. Televised on TSN across the country, the game was fast pace right from the beginning. The first period was fast and furious on both sides of the ice, but impressive goaltending prevented a single...Read More
02.28.19March 2, 2019 SQUASH TEAM TO PLAY FOR TEAM EVENT BRONZE MEDALS ON SATURDAYNews, Team Alberta Both of Alberta squash teams finished their team events with a 4-1 record, finishing in the second position of the preliminary round. They each faced Ontario at the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre in what proved to be very exciting and close matches throughout the evening. In the semifinals...Read More
02.28.19March 2, 2019 AARON COX WINS SILVER MEDAL IN ARCHERYNews, Team Alberta At the Westerner Park, the recurve and compound competition took place in Archery, and Aaron Cox, 19 of Devon, AB shot his arrows to a silver medal position. Cox is a returning athlete from the 2015 Canada Winter Games, where he had placed in the fourth position in the individual...Read More
02.28.19March 2, 2019 SAMUEL HENDRY EARNS BRONZE IN CROSS-COUNTRY SKIINGNews, Team Alberta After a day of rest, Team Alberta was back on snow in the cross-country skiing events at the 2019 Canada Winter Games with both the women’s 10km and men’s 15km mass start events. Samuel Hendry, 19, of Canmore, AB skied his way to the bronze medal, stopping the clock at...Read More
02.28.19March 2, 2019 ALBERTA SNOWBOARDERS EARNS TWO MEDALS IN SLOPESTYLENews, Team Alberta On snow at Canyon Ski Resort, the snowboard team competed in the slopestyle event. Alberta had three boarders advance to the final, in each the men and the women events. The women of Team Alberta rode the gold and bronze medals, with Kianah Hyatt-Sikora, 16, of Calgary, AB taking home...Read More
02.28.19March 2, 2019 FIGURE SKATERS ADD THREE MEDALS FOR TEAM ALBERTANews, Team Alberta The long routine was featured today to close out the Figure Skating competitions at the Gary W Harris Canada Games Centre, and Alberta earned an additional three medals, two gold medals, and one bronze medal. Skating in the Singles Novice Men event, Matthew Newnham, 16, of St. Albert, AB, came...Read More