March 29th, 2024

National Sports

Sports scoreboard for Wednesday, March 20, 2024

By The Canadian Press on March 20th, 2024

Wednesday’s Scoreboard NHL Toronto 7 Washington 3 Arizona 2 Dallas 5. Minnesota 0 Los Angeles 6 — PWHL Boston 1 Toronto 2 Ottawa 3 New York 0 — AHL San Jose 6, San Diego 4 Lehigh Valley 3, Springfield 1 Rochester 6, Hartford 5 Grand Rapids 4, Manitoba 1 Rockford 4, Chicago 3 Bakersfield 3, ... Read More »

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Fraser’s 26 saves leads Otters to 5-0 shutout of Firebirds in the OHL

By The Canadian Press on March 20th, 2024

Ethan Fraser’s 26 saves paced the Erie Otters to a 5-0 shutout of the Flint Firebirds in the Ontario Hockey League on Wednesday. Dylan Edwards scored twice and Sam Alfano, Kaleb Smith and Martin Misiak contributed singe goals for Erie. Firebirds goaltender Nathan Day stopped 24 of 29 shots in the loss. In other OHL ... Read More »

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Zonnon leads Huskies to 7-3 win over Foreurs with a pair of goals in the QMJHL

By The Canadian Press on March 20th, 2024

Bill Zonnon scored twice for the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in a 7-4 win over the Val-d’Or Foreurs in the Quebec Maritime Junior Hockey League on Wednesday. The Huskies (45-15-1-5) had already locked up the West Division with two games remaining in their regular season. Mathis Perron, Alex Carr, François-James Buteau, Leighton Carruthers and Antonin Verreault also ... Read More »

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Matthews scores twice to reach 57 this season, Leafs rout Capitals 7-3 despite Ovechkin’s 2 goals

By Stephen Whyno, The Associated Press on March 20th, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) – Auston Matthews still gets excited about facing Alex Ovechkin, one of his favorite players growing up. And even with Ovechkin authoring a vintage performance, Matthews found a way to steal the spotlight. Matthews scored his NHL-leading 56th and 57th goals of the season and matched his career high with five points, leading ... Read More »

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Ottawa extends New York’s league-high losing streak to seven games with 3-0 victory in PWHL

By The Associated Press on March 20th, 2024

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) – Captain Brianne Jenner had a goal and an assist to help Ottawa extended New York’s league-high losing streak to seven games with a 3-0 victory Wednesday in the Professional Women’s Hockey League. Ottawa (6-0-6-6) moved ahead of Boston for fourth place and the final playoff spot – with six games to ... Read More »

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Matthews scores twice to reach 57 goals this season, Maple Leafs rout Capitals 7-3

By Stephen Whyno, The Associated Press on March 20th, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) – Auston Matthews scored his NHL-leading 56th and 57th goals of the season and matched his career high with five points, leading the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 7-3 rout of the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night despite Alex Ovechkin moving closer to Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin scored goals 844 and 845 of his ... Read More »

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Toronto rattles off 11th straight PWHL win, beats Boston 2-1

By Mike Stephens, The Canadian Press on March 20th, 2024

Toronto won its 11th straight PWHL game Wednesday when it extended that streak with a 2-1 win over visiting Boston. Toronto (10-3-0-5) topped the PWHL standings three points ahead of Minnesota in the new six-team women’s professional hockey league. Renata Fast scored a goal and teammate Natalie Spooner provided the game-winner in the second period. ... Read More »

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Short-handed, reeling Raptors drop eighth in a row with blowout loss to Kings

By Abdulhamid Ibrahim, The Canadian Press on March 20th, 2024

TORONTO – Domantas Sabonis had a 13-point, 17-rebound, 10-assist triple-double as the Sacramento Kings handed the Toronto Raptors their eighth straight loss, 123-89, on Wednesday. De’Aaron Fox scored a game-high 20 points for Sacramento (40-28), which has won four of its last five games. Malik Monk added 17 points off the bench. Gary Trent Jr. ... Read More »

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Two-win day puts Homan at 8-0 and in a playoff spot in women’s world curling

By Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press on March 20th, 2024

SYDNEY, N.S. – Canada’s team has embraced the grind of an unforgiving schedule at the world women’s curling championship. The wins keep on coming no matter when the Ottawa-based foursome is playing. Rachel Homan skipped the host side to a 7-2 victory over Japan’s Miyu Ueno in the morning and a 9-5 win over Turkey’s ... Read More »

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Yankees’ Judge has RBI double in return from abdominal injury and Stanton hits 3 home runs

By Mark Didtler, The Associated Press on March 20th, 2024

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Aaron Judge had an RBI double in his first at-bat in Wednesday night’s game against Pittsburgh after sitting out nine days with an abdominal injury, and fellow New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton hit three home runs with eight RBIs in a 12-0 win over the Pirates. Judge hadn’t played since ... Read More »

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