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Sports scoreboard for Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024
By The Canadian Press on October 17th, 2024
Thursday’s Scoreboard NHL Los Angeles 4 Montreal 1 New Jersey 3 Ottawa 1 Vancouver 3 Florida 2 (OT) Edmonton 4 Nashville 2 Columbus 6 Buffalo 4 Washington 3 Dallas 2 Tampa Bay 4 Vegas 3 N.Y. Rangers 5 Detroit 2 St. Louis 1 N.Y. Islanders 0 (OT) Chicago 4 San Jose 2 Seattle 6 Philadelphia ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!QMJHL Roundup: Titan squeeze past Sagueneens 3-2 in shootout
By The Canadian Press on October 17th, 2024
BATHURST, N.B. – Louis-Francois Belanger scored the shootout winner to lead the Acadie-Bathurst Titan to a 3-2 victory over the Chicoutimi Saguenéens on Thursday in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action. Dawson Sharkey scored twice in regulation for Acadie-Bathurst (8-3-0). Joshua Fleming stopped 23 shots. Emmanuel Vermette and Thomas Desruisseaux replied for Chicoutimi (4-2-2-2). Raphael ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!OHL Roundup: Icedogs earn 5-4 OT comeback win fuelled by big third period
By The Canadian Press on October 17th, 2024
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Jack Brauti scored the game-winning goal 37 seconds into overtime to lead the Niagara Icedogs to a 5-4 win over the Ottawa 67’s on Thursday in Ontario Hockey League action. Kevin He, with two goals, Ivan Galiyanov and Max Crete provided the rest of the offence for Niagara (6-1-0). Charlie Robertson ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Senators looking to take learning experience from loss to Devils
By Lisa Wallace, The Canadian Press on October 17th, 2024
OTTAWA – Travis Green might not have liked the end result, but he’s counting on his team learning from the effort. Green’s Ottawa Senators were handed a 3-1 loss by the New Jersey Devils Thursday night in a game that highlighted the importance of sticking with things. “I thought both teams played pretty well,” said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadiens’ Matheson exits in loss to Kings, Hutson logs big minutes
By Daniel Rainbird, The Canadian Press on October 17th, 2024
MONTREAL – The Montreal Canadiens fell 4-1 to the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday. They also lost their top minute-muncher in the process. Matheson logged 7:35 in ice time during the first period but did not return for the second because of an upper-body injury. When or how Matheson sustained the injury was not clear. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kulak scores twice and McDavid gets first goal of season as Oilers beat Predators 4-2
By Jim Diamond, The Associated Press on October 17th, 2024
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Brett Kulak scored twice and Connor McDavid added his first goal of the season to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-2 victory over the reeling Nashville Predators on Thursday night. Jeff Skinner also scored and Calvin Pickard made 25 saves for the defending Western Conference champion Oilers, who have won ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Dabrowski, New Zealand’s Routliffe out of Japan Women’s Open after walkover
By The Canadian Press on October 17th, 2024
OSAKA, Japan – Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe are out of the Japan Women’s Open tennis tournament. Spain’s Cristina Bucsa and Romania’s Monica Niculescu advanced to the final on Thursday by way of walkover. The fourth seeds were supposed to play the top-seeded Dabrowski and Routliffe in the semifinals. Bucsa and Niculescu ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dubreuil wins fifth straight 500m title at Canadian long track championships
By The Canadian Press on October 17th, 2024
QUEBEC – Laurent Dubreuil won his fifth straight men’s 500-metre speedskating national title on the opening day of the Canadian long track championships on Thursday. The Lévis, Que., native, also the reigning world championship silver medallist, topped the podium with a time of 34.721 seconds. Calgary’s Yankun Zhao (35.039) earned silver, while Anders Johnson of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Miller scores winner in OT, Vancouver tops Florida 3-2
By Tim Reynolds, The Associated Press on October 17th, 2024
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) – J.T. Miller scored 2:09 into overtime and the Vancouver Canucks got their first win of the season, beating the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Thursday night. Teddy Blueger and Quinn Hughes had goals for Vancouver (1-1-2), with Kevin Lankinen stopping 26 shots. Anton Lundell got his fourth goal in the last three ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Taylor Pendrith shoots 61 in first start since the Presidents Cup and leads in Las Vegas
By The Associated Press on October 17th, 2024
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Taylor Pendrith took two weeks off after the Presidents Cup and didn’t miss a beat, matching his career-low on the PGA Tour with a 10-under 61 that gave him a three-shot lead in the Shriners Children’s Open on Thursday. Pendrith missed only one fairway and one green at the TPC Summerlin, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rittich stops 25 shots, Los Angeles Kings beat Montreal Canadiens 4-1
By Daniel Rainbird, The Canadian Press on October 17th, 2024
MONTREAL – David Rittich bounced back with 25 saves in a 4-1 Los Angeles Kings victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night. Alex Laferriere scored the go-ahead goal early in the second period and Mikey Anderson produced the equalizer for Los Angeles (2-1-2) after Montreal took a 1-0 lead in the first. Andreas Englund ... Read More »
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