Athletics

Management student Jennifer Heil wins Canada's first medal -- a gold -- of the Turin Olympics, spurring the Canadian team to its best ever showing.

The Mac men's lumberjacks prove to be rotten hosts when they leave the competition in their sawdust at the 47th annual McGill Woodsmen Competition at Macdonald Campus.

Redmen goalie Mathieu Poitras gets invited to try out for the NHL's Anaheim Ducks.

Hitting the high balls of summer.

Hot off the heels of McGill's successful Olympics participation, we take a look at all of our winning-streak athletes. There's plenty of brain to go with the brawn.

In honour of International Women's Day, we focus upon McGill's dedicated crew of female student-athletes.

Hockey is Canada's passion — but it's a dangerous sport, even when you are wearing all your safety gear. David Pearsall is a McGill researcher who is studying helmets to fine-tune their protective properties for all players.

After the world's obsession with gold medal counts during the Torino Olympics, McGill BCom student Laura Ruhnke gives a refreshing firsthand account of what it was like to play for the Swiss national women's hockey team at the Games.

We will take them on the bookshelves, we will take them on the hockey rink.

Peter Smith says that what makes a successful coach is a successful team. He should know - as McGill's winningest coach, Smith has recorded over 100 victories with the women's hockey team.