One week after the Huskie women’s basketball team won gold at nationals, USask’s men’s hockey and men’s volleyball teams both won bronze-medal games at the national championships in Ottawa and Brandon, Man., over the weekend.

After winning their opening game, the Canada West conference champion Huskies men’s hockey team bounced back from a tough loss in Saturday’s semifinals to the Concordia University Stingers to knock off the Toronto Metropolitan University Bold 4-1 in Sunday’s bronze-medal game at this year’s University Cup championship in Ottawa.

“For sure, it’s an accomplishment just to get here,” Huskies head coach Brandin Cote told the Saskatoon StarPhoenix. “It’s a real tough road for every conference to come out of it. We were lucky to do that. We’re proud of that. We’re proud of our performance here. We had a tough one (semifinal loss) against Concordia, but it was so tight. They’re a great team; anything can happen. I’m proud of our guys’ effort, to be able to come and get ready to play, and get this one (bronze) done.”

It was the Huskies’ first medal at nationals since 2017 when they finished second in the country.