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Toronto Raptors fire head coach Nick Nurse after disappointing season
By The Canadian Press on April 21st, 2023
TORONTO – Four years after helping deliver the first championship in franchise history, Nick Nurse is paying the price for a rocky season for the Toronto Raptors. The Raptors announced Friday they had fired the head coach after five seasons. Toronto failed to make the playoffs this season after finishing ninth in the Eastern Conference ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto FC travels to Philadelphia looking to better execute on offence
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on April 21st, 2023
Toronto FC visits the Philadelphia Union on Saturday in a matchup of MLS teams that are not where they want to be – in ninth and 10th place in the Eastern Conference, respectively. With a league-high six draws already under its belt, Toronto (1-1-6) needs to turn ties into wins. And Philadelphia (2-4-2) is searching ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto Raptors fire head coach Nick Nurse
By The Canadian Press on April 21st, 2023
TORONTO – The Toronto Raptors have fired head coach Nick Nurse, the team announced on Friday. Nurse joined the Raptors organization in 2013 as an assistant coach before being named the ninth head coach in team history in June 2018. He guided the Raptors to their first NBA title the following year. Toronto defeated the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Elon Musk’s Twitter drops government-funded media labels
By Barbara Ortutay, The Associated Press on April 21st, 2023
Twitter has removed labels describing global media organizations as government-funded or state-affiliated, a move that comes after the Elon Musk-owned platform started stripping blue verification checkmarks from accounts that don’t pay a monthly fee. Among those no longer labeled was National Public Radio in the U.S., which announced last week that it would stop using ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Fun place to play:’ Las Vegas’ Whitecloud ready to take on Jets in home province
By Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press on April 21st, 2023
Thousands of kilometres from the Las Vegas desert landscape, members from Sioux Valley Dakota Nation in southwestern Manitoba donned Vegas Golden Knights jerseys as they watched the team battle the Winnipeg Jets during the series-opener Tuesday evening. The game was projected onto two large screens set up in the nation’s community hall. Hockey fans across ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CF Montreal looking to end homestand with win against Red Bulls
By Elias Grigoriadis, The Canadian Press on April 21st, 2023
MONTREAL – With their three-game homestand coming to a close, CF Montreal are looking to build some momentum heading into a match against New York Red Bulls on Saturday evening. Amid a worst-ever start to a season for Montreal (1-6-1), a Canadian Championship win against third-division Vaughan Azzurri this Tuesday has only done so much ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stone scores twice as Golden Knights stars shine in 5-2 win over Jets to even series
By Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press on April 21st, 2023
LAS VEGAS – The Winnipeg Jets did a great job of shutting down the Golden Knights’ big guns for the first four periods of their first-round series. The Vegas stars finally started to deliver in the second period of Game 2 on Thursday and never looked back in a 5-2 win that evened the first-round ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WHL: Blazers complete series sweep over Winterhawks, advance to West finals
By The Canadian Press on April 21st, 2023
PORTLAND, Ore. – Olen Zellweger had a hat trick and three assists, Matthew Seminoff added a hat trick of his own with one assist and the Kamloops Blazers swept their second-round playoff series against the Portland Winterhawks with a 10-4 win on Thursday. Logan Stankoven, with two goals, Kyle Masters and Caedan Bankier provided the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Thursday’s scoreboard for April 20, 2023
By The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
Thursday’s Scoreboard NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Toronto 7 Tampa Bay 2 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1) N.Y. Rangers 5 New Jersey 1 (Rangers lead best-of-seven series 2-0) Colorado 3 Seattle 2 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1) Vegas 5 Winnipeg 2 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1) — AHL Calder Cup Playoffs Charlotte 5 Lehigh Valley 4 (2OT) (Best-of-three series ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stephenson scores winner as Golden Knights tie series with 5-2 victory over Jets
By Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
LAS VEGAS – Vegas forward Chandler Stephenson scored the game-winning goal early in the third period and Mark Stone added two late goals as the Golden Knights beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-2 on Thursday night. The victory gave Vegas a split of the first two games in the first-round NHL playoff series at T-Mobile Arena. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toews scores winner, Avs rally to tie series with Kraken
By Pat Graham, The Associated Press on April 20th, 2023
DENVER (AP) – Devon Toews scored with 7:01 remaining to complete Colorado’s rally from two goals down as the Avalanche beat the Seattle Kraken 3-2 on Thursday night to even their first-round series at a game apiece. Trailing 2-0 in the second period, Artturi Lehkonen and Valeri Nichushkin scored 48 seconds apart to tie the ... Read More »
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