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Packed bars, busy downtown streets expected in Toronto as Maple Leafs take on Florida
By The Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2023
TORONTO – Excited hockey fans are expected to pack bars and the streets around Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena today as the Maple Leafs begin their second-round NHL playoff series against the Florida Panthers. It’s the first time in 19 years that the team has advanced past the first round of the playoffs, ramping up the adrenaline ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Monday’s sports scoreboard for May 1, 2023
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2023
Monday’s Games NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs New Jersey 4 N.Y. Rangers 0 (New Jersey wins best-of-seven series 4-3) — NBA Playoffs Philadelphia 119 Boston 115 (Philadelphia leads best-of-seven series 1-0) Denver 97 Phoenix 87 (Denver leads best of-seven series 2-0) — MLB Interleague Houston 7 San Francisco 3 American League Boston 6 Toronto 5 Cleveland ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Devils blank Rangers in Game 7, face Canes in second round
By Tom Canavan, The Associated Press on May 1st, 2023
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Unexpected hero Akira Schmid rebounded from his only bad game and made 31 saves in Game 7 to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 4-0 victory over the New York Rangers on Monday night in an entertaining first-round playoff series. Michael McLeod and Tomas Tatar scored second-period goals in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Verdugo homers for 3rd walk-off hit; Red Sox beat Blue Jays
By Ken Powtak, The Associated Press on May 1st, 2023
BOSTON (AP) – Alex Verdugo belted a leadoff homer in the ninth inning against Jordan Romano for his third walk-off hit this season, and the Boston Red Sox beat Toronto 6-5 on Monday night to end a nine-game losing streak to the Blue Jays. Emmanuel Valdez hit his first major league home run, a two-run ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jays Springer scratched versus Red Sox with illness
By The Associated Press on May 1st, 2023
BOSTON (AP) – Toronto Blue Jays right fielder George Springer was a late scratch from the lineup Monday night against the Boston Red Sox because of illness. The change was announced after the Blue Jays completed batting practice. Springer had been set to bat leadoff. He was replaced in the lineup by Cavan Biggio, who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Next Hurdle: Leafs prepare for Panthers after finally winning a first-round series
By Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2023
TORONTO – The Presidents’ Trophy winners are out. The reigning Stanley Cup champions have gone home too. The NHL post-season has taken some unexpected turns ahead of the second round and for the first time in nearly two decades, the Maple Leafs are still in the thick of things. Not only that, some sportsbooks have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Flexible Alouettes can usher in new identity with early-round picks at CFL Draft
By Daniel Rainbird, The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2023
Montreal Alouettes general manager Danny Maciocia says the difference in his job entering the 2023 CFL draft compared to free agency is night and day thanks to new ownership. “First of all, I’m sleeping much better. I don’t think I’ve slept really well for the last two years,” Maciocia told reporters at Olympic Stadium on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SFU football players, alumni in court asking for axed program’s rebirth.
By Nick Wells, The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2023
VANCOUVER – The lawyer representing players and alumni of Simon Fraser University’s football team asked a judge to grant an injunction that would require the university to attempt to bring back the axed program. The university announced the dissolution of the football program on April 4 after a Texas-based athletic conference said it would not ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa Redblacks have four picks within first 17 selections of CFL draft
By Dan Ralph, The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2023
TORONTO – Shawn Burke will have plenty of options in the CFL draft Tuesday. The Ottawa Redblacks’ general manager owns four of the first 17 picks, including the first and 10th selections. Burke could upgrade his Canadian talent now, and for the future, with any of the seven blue-chip Canucks who were either selected in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Winnipeg Jets sign forward Nikita Chibrikov to three-year, entry-level contract
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2023
WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Jets have signed forward Nikita Chibrikov to a three-year, entry-level contract worth US$925,000 a year at the NHL level. The 20-year-old Chibrikov had a goal and an assist in 31 games last season with Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League. The Moscow native has two goals and two assists in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!BCHL breaks away from Hockey Canada, says move gives U18 players more options
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2023
BURNABY, B.C. – The British Columbia Hockey League is breaking away from Hockey Canada, a move the league says will provide more options for players under 18 years old that are looking to compete in college hockey in the United States. The BCHL, a junior A league with 17 teams in B.C. and one in ... Read More »
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