National Sports
Flyers open NHL campaign with 3-2 shootout win over Canucks
By Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press on October 11th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Morgan Frost scored in the fifth round of the shootout and the Philadelphia Flyers opened their season with a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Friday. Tyson Forester and Cam York had goals for the Flyers (1-0-0) in regulation, while Samuel Ersson stopped 24 of the 26 shots he faced. Teddy Blueger ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gravel made 31 saves as Saint John blanks Sherbrooke in QMJHL action
By The Canadian Press on October 11th, 2024
ST. JOHN, N.B. – Charles-Édward Gravel made 31 saves for the shutout as Saint John downed Sherbrooke 3-0 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action Friday night. Eriks Mateiko, Elliot Dubé and Olivier Groulx tallied for Saint John. ISLANDERS 4 TIGRES 2 CHARLOTTETOWN – William Shields scored twice as the Charlottetown Islanders defeated the Victoriaville ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Scheifele scores late in third, adds OT winner in Jets’ 2-1 win over Blackhawks
By Jim Bender, The Canadian Press on October 11th, 2024
WINNIPEG – Not only did Mark Scheifele win the game for the Winnipeg Jets, he recorded a significant milestone in doing so. The Winnipeg Jets assistant captain scored his 299th career NHL goal with 1:04 left in regulation to tie the game 1-1. Scheifele added his 300th goal just 38 seconds into overtime to give ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Smith hat trick powers Attack past the IceDogs in Ontario Hockey League action
By The Canadian Press on October 11th, 2024
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – Konnor Smith scored a hat trick as the Owen Sound Attack downed the Niagara Icedogs 6-4 in Ontario Hockey League play on Friday night. Jake Crawford added two goals for Owen Sound. GENERALS 4 STING 3 SARNIA – Colby Barlow’s shootout goal was the difference as the Oshawa Generals defeated the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Argonauts top Blue Bombers 14-11 to end Winnipeg’s eight-game win streak
By Judy Owen, The Canadian Press on October 11th, 2024
WINNIPEG – Toronto defenders sacked Winnipeg quarterback Zach Collaros seven times to help the Argonauts earn a 14-11 victory Friday that secured a playoff spot and denied the Blue Bombers’ attempt to clinch first place in the CFL West Division. Toronto’s victory (9-7) eliminated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats from post-season play and moved the Argonauts into ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Scheifele scores late in third, adds OT winner to give Jets a 2-1 win over Blackhawks
By Jim Bender, The Canadian Press on October 11th, 2024
Winnipeg’s Mark Scheifele scored two late goals, the second in overtime, to salvage a 2-1 victory for the Jets over the Chicago Blackhawks. The Jets’ home-opener was played before 14,564 fans at Canada Life Centre on Friday night ““ just short of a sellout on the same night the Winnipeg Blue Bombers sold out their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Yamamoto outduels Darvish in historic matchup as Dodgers beat Padres 2-0 to reach NLCS
By Beth Harris, The Associated Press on October 11th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Yoshinobu Yamamoto outdueled Yu Darvish in a historic playoff matchup of Japanese-born starters, and the Los Angeles Dodgers got home runs from Kiké Hernández and Teoscar Hernández to beat the San Diego Padres 2-0 on Friday night and advance to the National League Championship Series. Yamamoto allowed two hits over five ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Boucher has 22 points for Raptors in 113-95 pre-season loss to Wizards
By The Canadian Press on October 11th, 2024
WASHINGTON – Chris Boucher scored 22 points for the Toronto Raptors in a 113-95 pre-season loss to the Washington Wizards on Friday night. Boucher, who grew up in Montreal, added seven rebounds. Scottie Barnes had 16 points and eight rebounds for Toronto. Kyle Kuzma led the hometown Wizards with 22 points. The Raptors fell to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stephan Jaeger chips in twice and shoots 63 to lead Black Desert Championship
By The Associated Press on October 11th, 2024
IVINS, Utah (AP) – Stephan Jaeger made up for a three-putt from 10 feet by chipping in for birdie on consecutive holes Friday for an 8-under 63 that gave him a one-shot lead before the second round was suspended by darkness at the inaugural Black Desert Championship. The PGA Tour’s return to Utah for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stampeders look to avoid going winless versus Elks, finish woeful season strong
By Laurence Heinen, The Canadian Press on October 11th, 2024
CALGARY – Not much has gone right for the Calgary Stampeders this season, but head coach Dave Dickenson wants a strong finish from his team. Since defeating the Toronto Argonauts 27-23 on Aug. 4, the Stampeders (4-10-1) have been mired in a woeful 0-6-1 stretch that has seen them fall out of the CFL playoff ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Halifax port disruption sinks Senators’ gravy boat giveaway promotion
By The Canadian Press on October 11th, 2024
OTTAWA – A disruption at the Halifax port has left the Ottawa Senators’ gravy boat giveaway stranded, forcing a last-minute change in plans for fans this Thanksgiving. The Senators were looking to distribute specialty gravy boats to the first 10,000 fans that arrived at Canadian Tire Centre for Ottawa’s game against the Los Angeles Kings ... Read More »
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