National Sports
Calgary Flames sign first-round pick Matthew Coronato to entry-level contract
By The Canadian Press on March 26th, 2023
CALGARY – The Calgary Flames have signed first-round draft pick Matthew Coronato to a three-year, entry-level contract. The 20-year-old from Greenlawn, N.Y., just capped his second season at Harvard, where he scored 20 goals and had 16 assists in 34 games. The Flames made Coronato the 13th overall pick in the 2021 NHL entry draft. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto Six beat Minnesota Whitecaps 4-3 in overtime to win PHF Isobel Cup
By The Canadian Press on March 26th, 2023
TEMPE, Ariz. – The Minnesota Whitecaps turned heads when they swept the powerful Boston Pride in the Premier Hockey Federation playoffs. And they really captured the Toronto Six’s undivided attention when they went ahead 3-2 early in the third period of the Isobel Cup championship game at Mullett Arena on Sunday night. But the Six, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Boutier beats Hall in playoff to claim 3rd LPGA victory, Canadian Szeryk finishes four shots back
By The Associated Press on March 26th, 2023
GOLD CANYON, Ariz. (AP) – Celine Boutier beat Georgia Hall with a birdie on the first playoff hole Sunday to win the LPGA Drive on Championship. Boutier forced a playoff by making a testy birdie putt at the par-5 18th to close out a 4-under 68, matching Hall (65) at 20-under 268 in the LPGA’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!OHL roundup: Sting unleash offence to beat IceDogs 10-4
By The Canadian Press on March 26th, 2023
SAINT CATHARINES, Ont. – Sasha Pastujov had two goals and two assists to power the Sarnia Sting to a 10-4 win over the Niagara IceDogs in Ontario Hockey League action Sunday. Zach Filak and Easton Wainwright also had two goals for the Sting (41-18-5-4), while Christian Kyrou, Ethan Ritchie, Cooper Way and Sandis Vilmanis registered ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Elias Pettersson’s 2 goals lifts Canucks over Blackhawks 4-2
By Tim Cronin, The Associated Press on March 26th, 2023
CHICAGO (AP) – Elias Pettersson scored twice, Phillip Di Giuseppe scored, Brock Boeser got an empty-netter, and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 on Sunday night. The Canucks won their third straight and sent the Blackhawks to their fifth straight defeat. The Blackhawks celebrated Pride night, honouring the city’s gay community, without the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tavares scores twice, Maple Leafs edge Predators 3-2
By Jim Diamond, The Associated Press on March 26th, 2023
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – John Tavares scored two goals and added an assist, Joseph Woll made 22 saves and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Nashville Predators 3-2 on Sunday night. Alexander Kerfoot also scored for Toronto, which has won two of its last three. The Maple Leafs are seven points ahead of the Tampa ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Anunoby, VanVleet power Raptors to 114-104 win over Wizards
By Abdulhamid Ibrahim, The Canadian Press on March 26th, 2023
TORONTO – O.G. Anunoby scored a game-high 29 points, Fred VanVleet added 28 and the Toronto Raptors pulled out a 114-104 victory over the Washington Wizards on Sunday. Anunoby scored 18 of his points in the first quarter, setting a new career-high for points in a single frame. Pascal Siakam had 19 points and 11 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jones, Laing win national mixed curling doubles title
By The Canadian Press on March 26th, 2023
SUDBURY, Ont. – Jennifer Jones didn’t talk about her clutch deuce, the $40,000 winner’s cheque or a trip next month to the world mixed curling doubles championship in Gangneung, South Korea. Instead, moments after she and Brent Laing won the Canadian mixed doubles curling championship at Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex, Jones was thrilled to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sam Burns wins final Match Play in rout over Cameron Young
By Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press on March 26th, 2023
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The final hours of the last WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play turned into a dud for everyone but Sam Burns. Burns went on a tear Sunday afternoon in the championship match with eight birdies on his final 10 holes and enough help from Cameron Young for a 6-and-5 victory. It was the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wallace uses late birdie run to capture 1st PGA Tour title
By The Associated Press on March 26th, 2023
PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic (AP) – Matt Wallace of England was hugging his caddie again Sunday, not to make good from an argument but to celebrate his first PGA Tour title at the Corales Punta Cana Championship. Wallace ran off four straight birdies down the stretch on the Corales course at Punta Cana and closed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WHL roundup: Daigle’s late goal lifts Oil Kings to 2-1 win over Hitmen
By The Canadian Press on March 26th, 2023
CALGARY – Loick Daigle scored with 27 seconds left in the third period and Logan Cunningham stopped 32 shots as the visiting Edmonton Oil Kings surprised the Calgary Hitmen 2-1 in the lone Western Hockey League game Sunday. Marshall Finnie opened the scoring at 12:45 of the first, giving the last-place Oil Kings (10-54-4-0) a ... Read More »
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