Friday’s Scoreboard NHL Edmonton 5, Anaheim 3 Minnesota 3, Pittsburgh 2 N.Y. Rangers 4, Chicago 3 — AHL San Diego 5, Calgary 0 Toronto 6, Laval 1 Grand Rapids 4, Manitoba 3 Utica 2, Belleville 0 Colorado 3, Abbotsford 1 Hartford 4, Bridgeport 1 Charlotte 4, Cleveland 3 (OT) Hershey 3, Providence 1 Syracuse 3, ... Read More »
NEW YORK (AP) – Tommy Hilfiger threw himself a welcome home party Friday night at Grand Central’s Oyster Bar with Questlove as his DJ and Jon Batiste serenading Anna Wintour on his melodica while a bevy of global celebrities looked on. Turning the iconic restaurant into “The Tommy” club for a night, Hilfiger called his ... Read More »
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The tributes that poured in following Wayne Kramer’s death last week came from musicians praising the MC5 guitarist’s contributions to rock music, as well as from prison reform advocates who extolled his legacy of bringing music to incarcerated people. Kramer, who died Feb. 2 at age 75 of pancreatic cancer, influenced ... Read More »
The Medicine Hat Tigers never settled in at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Friday. The Tigers scored first before allowing four unanswered goals in a 6-2 loss to the Calgary Hitmen. Shane Smith opened the scoring with his 25th of the season. Tomas Mrsic and Matt Paranych had the helpers on his first period marker. Calgary ... Read More »
OSHAWA, Ont. – Oliver Peer and Connor Clattenburg each scored twice as the Flint Firebirds hammered the Oshawa Generals 7-2 Jimmy Lombardi, Nathan Aspinall and Simon Slavicek also chipped in with a goal apiece Flint. Firebirds netminder Nathan Day stopped 30 of 32 shots. Rasmus Kumpulainen scored twice for Oshawa. Generals starter Noah Bender stopped ... Read More »
TORONTO – There’s going to be games when the Toronto Raptors have to learn on the job. Veteran centre Jakob Poeltl is eager to be part of those lessons. Immanuel Quickley led with 25 points as the Raptors held off the Houston Rockets 107-104 on Friday as Toronto welcomed back former star Fred VanVleet. The ... Read More »
DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. – Ethan Gauthier knocked in the game-winning goal at 19:40 in the third period as the Voltigeurs edged the Cataractes to stay top of the QMJHL Western Conference standings. Ethan Gauthier and Renaud Poulin had the goals for Drummondville. Voltigeurs goaltender Louis-Félix Charrois saved 18 of 19 shots in the win. Tristan Roy ... Read More »
REGINA – Goals from Natalie Spooner, Emily Clark and Sarah Nurse in the third period, along with 27 saves from Emerance Maschmeyer, gave Canada a 3-0 victory over the United States in Game 6 of the Rivalry Series on Friday night in Regina. The victory squares the series at three games each heading into Game ... Read More »
TORONTO – Immanuel Quickley dominated with 25 points as the Toronto Raptors held off the Houston Rockets 107-104 on Friday and welcomed back former star Fred VanVleet. RJ Barrett of Mississauga, Ont., had 21 points and a season-high seven assists as Toronto (19-33) won back-to-back games. Scottie Barnes and Jakob Poeltl each had a double-double. ... Read More »
LAS VEGAS – Canadian Eddie (Spaghetti) Brahimir and American Branden (The Butcher) Bordeaux settled for a majority draw Friday in their middleweight rematch at “Power Slap 6.” The contest at the Durango Casino & Resort went all three rounds with the judges scoring the contest 28-28, 28-28, 29-27. The brainchild of UFC president Dana White, ... Read More »
VANCOUVER – Organizers of the Vancouver Chinatown Lunar New Year parade have changed course and rescinded their rejection of two progressive and LGBTQ+ groups that they previously barred from participating. Organizing committee spokesman Frank Huang says letters have been sent to the groups Chinatown Together and Lunar New Year For All, approving their participation in ... Read More »