Wilfrid Laurier University Women's Ice Hockey

OsborneUpon his arrival as Head Coach of the Women's Hockey team in 2004, Rick Osborne established the Golden Hawks as a dominant force in the OUA. Osborne, who in the 2012/2013 season surpassed the 200 career win mark as Head Coach of the Golden Hawks, has lead the Women's Hockey team to eight OUA Championships in ten seasons, helping to create a Golden Hawks Women's Hockey dynasty in the OUA. In those years he has also seen the team win one gold and two silver medals at the CIS championships. Osborne is a five time winner of the OUA Coach of the Year award. Rick won a gold medal as head coach of Team Ontario U-18 at the 1995 Canada Winter Games in Grande Prairie, Alberta and also coached Tier II Junior at the Royal Bank Cup with the Milton Merchant in 1997-1998 in Nanaimo, BC. He has worked many Team Canada Evaluation camps, served as Team Canada scout on Wally Kozak's staff and was a founding member of the National Women's Hockey League.