National Sports
Bashynska, Beaumont earn world junior ice dancing bronze
By The Canadian Press on March 4th, 2023
CALGARY – Nadiia Bashynska and Peter Beaumont of Ajax, Ont., capped a successful season with the bronze medal in ice dancing on Saturday to conclude the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Bashynska and Beaumont moved from fourth after the rhythm dance to win the bronze with the third-best free dance. They totalled 169.13 points ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jon Jones returns to win UFC heavyweight title in 1st round
By Mark Anderson, The Associated Press on March 4th, 2023
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Jon Jones ended a three-year sabbatical from the UFC, moved up to its highest weight class and emphatically won the heavyweight belt Saturday night with a first-round submission over Ciryl Gane. The 35-year-old Jones took Gane to the mat just a little more into the round, and won with a guillotine ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sports scoreboard for Saturday, March 4, 2023
By The Canadian Press on March 4th, 2023
Saturday’s Games NHL Minnesota 3 Calgary 0 Vancouver 4 Toronto 1 Winnipeg 7 Edmonton 5 Ottawa 5 Columbus 2 N.Y. Islanders 4 Detroit 1 Buffalo 5 Tampa Bay 3 Boston 4 N.Y. Rangers 2 Dallas 7 Colorado 3 Florida 4 Pittsburgh 1 Washington 8 San Jose 3 Nashville 3 Chicago 1 Los Angeles 4 St. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wild win 3-0 on the road as fans boo fading Flames
By Darren Haynes, The Canadian Press on March 4th, 2023
CALGARY – Filip Gustavsson continued his excellent goaltending with 31 saves to backstop the surging Minnesota Wild to a 3-0 shutout of the Calgary Flames on Saturday night. Gustavsson improves to 6-0-2 in his last eight starts having yielded only 11 goals over that span and posting a sparkling .956 save percentage. Joel Eriksson Ek ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WHL roundup: Geekie nets hat trick, ICE plow past Wheaties 8-3
By The Canadian Press on March 4th, 2023
BRANDON, Man. – Conor Geekie scored three goals as the Winnipeg ICE plowed past the Brandon Wheat Kings 8-3 in Western Hockey League action on Saturday night. Ty Nash, Ben Zloty, Connor McClennon, Zach Benson and Easton Armstrong also scored for the Eastern Conference-leading ICE (49-9-1-0), who outshot the Wheaties 33-28. Calder Anderson, Nolan Flamand ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Urruti, Stuver rally Austin to 1-0 victory over Montreal
By The Associated Press on March 4th, 2023
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Maximiliano Urruti scored a goal in the 88th minute and Brad Stuver delivered a clean sheet to rally Austin FC to a 1-0 Major League Soccer victory over CF Montreal on Saturday night. Jon Gallagher had an assist on Urruti’s game-winner for Austin (1-1-0). Sebastián Driussi saw his five-match goal streak ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian teams out of rugby sevens medal hunt
By Jim Morris, The Canadian Press on March 4th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The Canadian men’s and women’s teams experienced a roller-coaster ride Saturday that left them out of the medal hunt at the HSBC Canada Sevens Tournament despite posting a couple impressive wins. The women used a 31-7 win over Brazil to reach the quarterfinals then showed a determined effort in a 10-5 loss to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!OHL roundup: Visiting Sting stun Spitfires with 9-6 victory
By The Canadian Press on March 4th, 2023
WINDSOR, Ont. – Christian Kyrou scored twice as the visiting Sarnia Sting defeated the Windsor Spitfires 9-6 in Ontario Hockey League action on Saturday night. Nolan Burke and Sasha Pastujov also scored twice, while Ty Voit, Nolan Dillingham and Cooper Way netted singles for the Sting (34-17-5-3). Rodwin Dionicio scored three goals for the Spitfires ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rossetto helps Atlanta United earn 1-1 draw with Toronto
By The Associated Press on March 4th, 2023
ATLANTA (AP) – Matheus Rossetto scored the equalizer in the second half and Atlanta United earned a 1-1 draw with Toronto FC on Saturday night. Rossetto scored the tying goal in the 60th minute for Atlanta United (1-0-1), which improved to 3-0-4 all-time in Major League Soccer regular-season home matches against Toronto. New striker Giorgos ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Maple Leafs goalie Matt Murray returns from injury against Canucks
By The Canadian Press on March 4th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Matt Murray returned to the Maple Leafs net on Saturday, starting as Toronto faced off against the Canucks in Vancouver. A nagging ankle injury took the 28-year-old goaltender out of the lineup in mid January, and he has missed 17 games since leaving midway through Toronto’s 5-4 win over the Florida Panthers on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Morrissey helps Jets soar past Oilers 7-5
By Jim Bender, The Canadian Press on March 4th, 2023
WINNIPEG – Defenceman Josh Morrissey scored two goals and added an assist to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 7-5 victory over the Edmonton Oilers before a sold-out crowd of 15,324 at Canada Life Centre on Saturday. Mark Scheifele, Adam Lowry, Kyle Copabianco, Morgan Barron and Dylan DeMelon, into an empty net, also scored for ... Read More »
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