By Shane Jones, The Canadian Press on January 28th, 2023
EDMONTON – Tyson Barrie scored a pair of goals as the Edmonton Oilers headed into their all-star break hiatus on a winning note, coming away with a 7-3 victory over the lowly Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night. Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid and Zach Hyman each had a goal and two assists, and Evander Kane and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Erik GarcÃa Gundersen, The Associated Press on January 28th, 2023
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Precious Achiuwa scored 27 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in place of the injured OG Anunoby to lead the Toronto Raptors to a 123-105 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday night. Pascal Siakam scored 24 points and Gary Trent Jr. added 19 against his former team for the Raptors, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By The Canadian Press on January 28th, 2023
VICTORIA – Jake Poole had a goal and assist, Braden Holt made 35 saves and the Victoria Royals upset the visiting Kamloops Blazers 3-2 in Western Hockey League action on Saturday. Teydon Trembecky and Matthew Hodson also scored for the Royals (14-26-3-0), who led 1-0 after the first period and took a 2-0 lead into ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By The Canadian Press on January 28th, 2023
HAMILTON – Cole Brown scored at 3:50 of overtime as the Hamilton Bulldogs edged the visiting Ottawa 67’s 5-4 in Ontario Hockey League action on Saturday. Sahil Panwar scored twice for the Bulldogs (20-20-4-0), while Marek Vanacker and Nick Lardis netted singles. Brad Gardiner, Pavel Mintyukov, Luca Pinelli and Logan Morrison all scored for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Jim Bender, The Canadian Press on January 28th, 2023
WINNIPEG – Forward Noah Cates scored a goal and added an assist to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-0 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday night. Kieffer Bellows, Owen Tippett and Tony DeAngelo also scored for Philadelphia. Rasmus Ristolainen chipped in with two assists. Carter Hart made 40 saves to earn his first ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By The Canadian Press on January 28th, 2023
SHERBROOKE, Que. – Joshua Roy scored twice, Jakub Brabenec chipped in with two assists and the Sherbrooke Phoenix defeated the visiting Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 5-1 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action on Saturday. Justin Gill, Milo Roelens and David Spacek also scored for the Phoenix (30-12-2-2), who led 2-0 after the first period and 4-0 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Lisa Wallace, The Canadian Press on January 28th, 2023
OTTAWA – Claude Giroux scored twice and added an assist as the Ottawa Senators beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-0 Saturday night. With the win the Senators (23-23-3) are riding a three-game winning streak. Ottawa was coming off a 6-2 win over Toronto on Friday night. The Senators are now 6-2-0 in their last eight at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Bernie Wilson, The Associated Press on January 28th, 2023
SAN DIEGO (AP) – Southern California native Max Homa came from five shots off the lead to win the Farmers Insurance Open by two strokes over Keegan Bradley on Saturday at Torrey Pines, where Jon Rahm imploded early and missed a shot at winning his third straight start and moving to No. 1 in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By The Canadian Press on January 28th, 2023
GOTEBORG – Les Supremes of St-Leonard, Que., won the bronze medal Saturday at the Leon Lurje Trophy synchronized skating competition, the second stop on the ISU Challenger Series. Teams from Finland were first and second, with the Rockettes finishing first with 238.35 points and Marigold Ice Unity second at 229.05. Les Supremes, posted the second-best ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By The Canadian Press on January 28th, 2023
LEIRIA, Portugal – Canadian international Stephen Eustaquio scored from distance to help FC Porto hoist the Portuguese League Cup with a 2-0 win over Sporting Lisbon on Saturday. Taking a layoff from a teammate outside the Sporting penalty box, Eustaquio hammered a right-footed shot that a diving Adan, Sporting’s Spanish goalkeeper, got his hands to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By The Canadian Press on January 28th, 2023
BOSTON – Lucia Stafford opened her track and field season by smashing the Canadian indoor record in the 1,000 metres on Saturday. The 24-year-old from London, Ont., ran two minutes 33.75 seconds to win the Boston University Terrier Classic, lowering the previous mark of 2:37.04 set by Jenna Westaway in 2019. Stafford’s time is the ... Read More »
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