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Stuart Skinner calms Oilers’ crease: ‘Pretty crazy evolution’
By Joshua Clipperton, The Canadian Press on February 22nd, 2023
Connor McDavid has known Stuart Skinner a long time. Before the game’s bright lights – before he’d even been picked by a junior club – the goaltender was grinding away as a teenager beside McDavid at one of the gruelling fitness camps held by former NHLer Gary Roberts. McDavid would be on the biggest stage ... Read More »
1 responseCanada’s Fernandez and American partner Mattek-Sands advance in doubles at Dubai
By The Canadian Press on February 22nd, 2023
DUBAI CITY, United Arab Emirates – Canada’s Leylah Fernandez and American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands advanced to the women’s doubles quarterfinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships with a 3-6, 6-1, 13-11 win over Xu Yifan and Aliaksandra Sasnovich on Wednesday. Fernandez and Mattek-Sands won 76.7 per cent of first-serve points and broke China’s Xu and Belarus’s ... Read More »
1 responseBaseball Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins to have statue erected in Chatham, Ont.
By The Canadian Press on February 22nd, 2023
CHATHAM, Ont. – Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Ferguson Jenkins will be honoured by his hometown with a new statue. The city of Chatham-Kent in southwestern Ontario will unveil a nine-foot tall bronze figure of Jenkins on June 10. It will be an exact replica of a statue made of Jenkins that sits outside of ... Read More »
1 responseQuebec legislature holds hearings today on violent, sexual hazing in hockey
By The Canadian Press on February 22nd, 2023
Quebec’s legislature is holding hearings today on violence in hockey hazing rituals and the possibility that similar practices exist in other sports. The legislature is studying the issue after a recent Ontario court decision revealed disturbing details of sexual assault and torture suffered by teenage hockey players in Canada’s three major junior hockey leagues. Witnesses ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WHL Roundup: Thunderbirds extend win streak to eight games, top Royals 8-0
By The Canadian Press on February 21st, 2023
VICTORIA – Nico Myatovic had a hat trick, Scott Ratzlaff earned a 21-save shutout and the Seattle Thunderbirds scored an eighth straight victory, topping the Victoria Royals 8-0 on Tuesday. Brad Lambert scored twice, while Nolan Allan added a goal and three assists for Seattle (43-9-1-1). Reid Schaefer and Mekai Sanders contributed the others. Braden ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Einarson sprints into Hearts playoffs; Manitoba, Northern Ontario on the cusp
By Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press on February 21st, 2023
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Speeding into playoffs at the Canadian women’s curling championship is a Kerri Einarson specialty. A sixth straight win at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts on Tuesday launched the three-time defending champion into the championship round well before the conclusion of pool play Thursday. “When you’re just playing loose and relaxed, it kind ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sports scoreboard for Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023
By The Canadian Press on February 21st, 2023
Tuesday’s Scoreboard NHL Montreal 5 New Jersey 2 Toronto 6 Buffalo 3 Nashville 5 Vancouver 4 (SO) Edmonton 4 Philadelphia 2 Tampa Bay 6 Anaheim 1 Detroit 3 Washington 1 Carolina 4 St. Louis 1 Minnesota 2 Los Angeles 1 Chicago 3 Vegas 2 (SO) — AHL Chicago 4 Iowa 1 Bakersfield 3 San Diego ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McDavid hits 800-point milestone in Oilers’ 4-2 comeback win over Flyers
By Shane Jones, The Canadian Press on February 21st, 2023
EDMONTON – Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist to cross the 800-point mark as the Edmonton Oilers snapped a four-game skid with a 4-2 comeback victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday. Leon Draisaitl added a goal and two assists and Tyson Barrie also scored for the Oilers (31-19-8), who have gone 10-2-5 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Matt Duchene scores in shootout, Predators beat Canucks 5-4
By Teresa M. Walker, The Associated Press on February 21st, 2023
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Matt Duchene scored the only goal in the shootout as the Nashville Predators held off the Vancouver Canucks 5-4 on Tuesday night. Vancouver tied it twice when trailing by two goals, the last with two goals about 50 seconds apart in the final 1:06 of regulation. Conor Garland made it a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New addition O’Reilly sparks Leafs in 6-3 win over Sabres
By John Wawrow, The Associated Press on February 21st, 2023
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – Newly acquired center Ryan O’Reilly scored twice on Toronto’s first two shots on net and added an empty-net goal in the Maple Leafs’ 6-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night. Playing his third game in four nights since being traded to Toronto by St. Louis, O’Reilly scored 37 seconds ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montembeault makes 37 saves as Canadiens stun Devils 5-2
By Tom Canavan, The Associated Press on February 21st, 2023
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Sam Montembeault stopped three breakaways and made 37 saves as the Montreal Canadiens stunned the Devils 5-2 on Tuesday night, snapping New Jersey’s six-game home winning streak. Defenseman Johnathan Kovacevic and Nick Suzuki scored in a 1:13 span in the second period to put Montreal ahead. Justin Barron, Rem Pitlick and ... Read More »
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