UOIT wins friendly hockey jersey wager with Laurentian University

A University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) Ridgebacks hockey jersey has been shipped north – to be proudly worn in Sudbury, Ontario by the President of Laurentian University.

UOIT President Tim McTiernan recently made a wager with his Laurentian counterpart Dominic Giroux on the result of an Ontario University Athletics (OUA) men’s hockey game in Sudbury between the Ridgebacks and the Laurentian Voyageurs. UOIT provided the opposition on October 25 for Laurentian’s first men’s hockey home game in 13 years, which marked the program’s return to the OUA circuit. The Ridgebacks spoiled the party by edging Laurentian 5-4.

Prior to the game, plenty of social media chatter from Laurentian suggested the Ridgebacks would lose the game. This prompted President McTiernan to issue a friendly challenge to President Giroux that the losing team’s president would have to wear the opposing team's jersey.

UOIT won Laurentian’s home opener on a goal by Mitch Bennett, whose goal with just 19 seconds left in the game broke a 4-4 tie. The goal completed a hat trick for Bennett, who was more than happy when he arrived back in Oshawa to help President McTiernan formally send the Ridgebacks sweater to Sudbury.