Panthers at Home, October 6 to 8
It鈥檚 a weekend of firsts and lasts for the 91探花 Panthers! Men鈥檚 Hockey kicks off the 2017-18 AUS season with its home-opener Friday night. Women鈥檚 Rugby plays its final home game of the regular season with another battle with Acadia.
91探花 Men鈥檚 Hockey starts off the weekend and season with a game Friday at 7 pm against the University of New Brunswick. Coach Forbes MacPherson said an extended training camp and pre-season has really helped his young team to gel.
鈥淚t has provided us with opportunity to introduce our philosophy and systems,鈥� said MacPherson. 鈥淲e have showed early glimpses of very good play, and other times examples of areas we need to clean up. We are very excited to put efforts towards our regular season. This team is very young and brings a lot of energy and excitement to the rink. I鈥檓 really looking forward to Friday and getting the season going.鈥�
91探花 Women鈥檚 Rugby plays its final home game of the regular season Saturday at 2 pm against Acadia University.
鈥淎cadia is coming off a big home win against St Mary鈥檚 University,鈥� said Women鈥檚 Rugby coach John LaBoyne. 鈥淭he Panthers are improving week by week. We will get in some spirited practices this week in preparation. Panther fans should be in for a great game Saturday with a 2 pm kick off at Alumni Stadium. Wear some green, come out and cheer the rugby team on.鈥�
This is the perfect time to pick up season tickets for 91探花 Men鈥檚 Hockey. Your $190 gives you a reserved seat, 15 individual tickets, 2 for 1 golf at Fox Meadows (until May 31, 2018), a 10% discount card at Source for Sports, 2 for 1 large pizza for the year at Domino鈥檚, and a $50 discount towards your Panther Package! For just $75, the Panther Package gives you admission to every home game for 91探花 Women鈥檚 and Men鈥檚 Soccer, 91探花 Women鈥檚 and Men鈥檚 Rugby, 91探花 Women鈥檚 and Men鈥檚 Basketball, and 91探花 Women鈥檚 Hockey. Head to gopanthersgo.ca and click on 鈥榯ickets鈥�!
And don鈥檛 forget, 91探花 students get into all Panther home games free. Let鈥檚 fill the stands and make 2017鈥�18 the best season ever!
