National Sports
Physical, imposing and in mid-season form, striker Offor is making a mark in Montreal
By Elias Grigoriadis, The Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2023
MONTREAL – Physical, imposing and in mid-season form, striker Chinonso Offor is beginning to make a name for himself at CF Montreal after spending five months on loan in Belgium. The Nigerian has come off the bench in all four of Montreal’s games this Major League Soccer season and has established himself as a force ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McDavid hits 60-goal mark with OT winner as Oilers hand Coyotes 4-3 loss
By Shane Jones, The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
EDMONTON – Connor McDavid hit the 60-goal mark with his second of the night 1:31 into overtime and the Edmonton Oilers took a 4-3 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Wednesday. Moments after hitting the post, McDavid went upstairs on Coyotes goalie Connor Ingram, making him the fastest player to reach the mark (72 games) ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wednesday’s sports scoreboard for March 22, 2023
By The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
Wednesday’s Scoreboard NHL Edmonton 4 Arizona 3 (OT) Pittsburgh 5 Colorado 2 — AHL Bridgeport 5 Laval 3 Milwaukee 2 Toronto 1 (SO) Rockford 4 Manitoba 3 (SO) Bakersfield 3 Abbotsford 1 Grand Rapids 6 Chicago 3 Texas 6 Coachella Valley 1 Ontario 4 Tucson 0 Colorado 3 San Jose 2 — NBA Indiana 118 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WHL Roundup: Blazers hold off Thunderbirds’ comeback effort, claim 6-5 victory
By The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Caedan Bankier scored the game-winning goal with 6:17 left in the third period as the Kamloops Blazers held off a Seattle comeback effort and edged the Thunderbirds 6-5 on Wednesday. Dylan Sydor, Logan Stankoven, Ryan Hofer, Fraser Minten and Olen Zellweger also scored for Kamloops (48-12-4-2), which got 44 saves from Matthew ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!QMJHL Roundup: Phoenix take 4-3 OT victory, snap Olympiques’ 21-game winning streak
By The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
SHERBROOKE, Que. – Joshua Roy scored the game-winning goal 51 seconds into overtime as the Sherbrooke Phoenix survived a late comeback effort from the Gatineau Olympiques for a 4-3 victory on Wednesday. The Phoenix snapped the Olympiques’ 21-game winning streak in a battle between the two best teams in the Western Conference. Justin Gill, Jacob ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Andrew Nembhard posts double-double as Pacers top Raptors 118-114
By John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
TORONTO – Even though Pascal Siakam and Fred VanVleet each had a double-double the Toronto Raptors came out flat against a conference rival. Siakam led all scorers with 31 points and added 10 rebounds as the undermanned Raptors fell to the Indiana Pacers 118-114 on Wednesday. VanVleet scored 28 and dished out 11 assists but ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!OHL Roundup: West-leading Windsor Spitfires cruise past Guelph Storm 4-1
By The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
WINDSOR, Ont. – Matthew Maggio and Alex Christopoulos each had a goal and an assist as the Windsor Spitfires topped the Guelph Storm 4-1 on Wednesday. Maggio’s two-point effort added to his OHL-leading totals of 52 goals and 109 points this season. Shane Wright and Aidan Castle contributed the others for Western Conference-leading Windsor (43-17-4-2). ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Nembhard posts double-double as Pacers top Raptors 118-114
By John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
TORONTO – Pascal Siakam led all scorers with 31 points but the Toronto Raptors still fell to the Indiana Pacers 118-114 on Wednesday. Siakam had a double-double with 10 rebounds and added seven assists as Toronto (35-38) saw its seven-game home winning streak snapped. Fred VanVleet scored 28 and had 11 assists for the Raptors ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Henderson, Leblanc at LPGA Drive On Championship, first full-field event of 2023
By John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
Canada’s Brooke Henderson is in one of the featured groups at the LPGA’s Drive On Championship. The native of Smiths Falls, Ont., is paired with American star Nelly Korda and South Korea’s Jin Young Ko, currently ranked No. 1 on the LPGA Tour. Maude-Aimee Leblanc of Sherbrooke, Que., is also in the field at Superstition ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Andreescu defeats Raducanu, Fernandez tops Tsurenko in Miami
By The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
MIAMI – Bianca Andreescu and Leylah Fernandez completed a first-round sweep for Canadians in the women’s singles draw at the Miami Open with wins on Wednesday. Andreescu, from Mississauga, Ont., defeated Britain’s Emma Raducanu 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 in a matchup of former U.S. Open champions, and Fernandez, of Laval, Que., downed Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko 6-4, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘He’s a unicorn’: Canucks star defenceman Hughes continues to grow his game
By Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
VANCOUVER – There’s little Quinn Hughes does on the ice that shocks his Vancouver Canucks teammates anymore. At 23 years old, the American defenceman has already smashed records, and he appears poised to continue elevating his game. “Everything that he does, from the way that he plays in a game to practice, he’s one of ... Read More »
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