National Sports
QMJHL Roundup: Lacerte’s two-goal effort leads Cataractes to 4-2 win over Armada
By The Canadian Press on January 5th, 2023
BOISBRIAND, Que. – Félix Lacerte scored twice as the Shawinigan Cataractes defeated the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 4-2 on Thursday. Charles-Olivier Villeneuve and Leo Braillard also scored for Shawinigan (18-17-1-2). Rémi Delafontaine stopped 28-of-30 shots. Jonathan Fauchon and Vincent Desjardins replied for Blainville-Boisbriand (13-21-2-2). Charles-Édward Gravel made 26 saves. The Cataractes jumped out to a 4-0 lead, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!OHL Roundup: Colts hand 67’s first OT loss of season behind Cholach’s winner
By The Canadian Press on January 5th, 2023
BARRIE, Ont. – Artur Cholach scored the game-winning goal with 16 seconds left in overtime as the Barrie Colts edged the Ottawa 67’s 3-2 on Thursday. Ethan Cardwell and Beau Jelsma also scored for Barrie (18-9-4-2), which has won eight of its last 11 contests. Anson Thornton stopped 35 shots. Chris Barlas and Caden Kelly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sports scoreboard for Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023
By The Canadian Press on January 5th, 2023
Thursday’s Scoreboard World Junior Hockey Championship At Halifax Gold-Medal Game Canada 3 Czechia 2 (OT) Bronze-Medal Game United States 8 Sweden 7 (OT) — NHL N.Y. Rangers 4 Montreal 1 Seattle 5 Toronto 1 Edmonton 4 N.Y. Islanders 2 Vancouver 4 Colorado 2 Philadelphia 6 Arizona 2 Nashville 5 Carolina 3 St. Louis 5 New ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vancouver Canucks snap skid with 4-2 win over struggling Colorado Avalanche
By Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press on January 5th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Andrei Kuzmenko scored twice and his Vancouver Canucks got a much-needed win Thursday, edging the Colorado Avalanche 4-2. Brock Boeser and J.T. Miller each added a goal for the Canucks (17-18-3), who snapped a three-game losing skid and won their first game of 2023. Elias Pettersson and Oliver Ekman-Larsson both contributed a pair ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Fernandez falls in straight sets at ASB Classic quarterfinals
By The Canadian Press on January 5th, 2023
AUCKLAND, New Zealand – Canada’s Leylah Annie Fernandez fell 4-6, 2-6 to Belgium’s Ysaline Bonaventure in the quarterfinals of the ASB Classic tennis tournament Thursday. Fernandez, the third seed in the event, hit three aces but committed four double faults in the match. The Laval, Que., native also went 1-for-6 on break point opportunities and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oilers snap two-game skid with 4-2 victory over Islanders
By Shane Jones, The Canadian Press on January 5th, 2023
EDMONTON – Leon Draisaitl had a goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers snapped a two-game losing skid with a 4-2 victory over the New York Islanders on Thursday. Kailer Yamamoto, Dylan Holloway and Zach Hyman also scored for the Oilers (21-17-2), who ended a five-game home losing streak. Connor McDavid and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rahm shares lead at Kapalua amid more low scoring on Maui
By Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press on January 5th, 2023
KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) – Jon Rahm is starting to get used to low scoring on the Plantation Course at Kapalua. He can only hope this start leads to a better finish in the Sentry Tournament of Champions. One year after he was 33-under par and still finished second, Rahm birdied three of his last four ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rangers hand Canadiens seventh straight loss with 4-1 victory
By Elias Grigoriadis, The Canadian Press on January 5th, 2023
MONTREAL – Filip Chytil scored two goals as the New York Rangers defeated Montreal 4-1 to send the Canadiens to their seventh straight loss on Thursday night. Chris Kreider and Braden Schneider also scored for the Rangers (22-12-6), who have won three in a row. Jaroslav Halak had 17 saves in the win. Joel Armia ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guenther scores in OT, Canada beats Czechia for 20th world junior gold
By Joshua Clipperton, The Canadian Press on January 5th, 2023
HALIFAX – Canada got the revenge it desperately carved – and is golden again at the world junior hockey championship. Dylan Guenther scored his second goal of the night at 6:22 of overtime as the tournament hosts survived a blown 2-0 lead in the third period to defeat Czechia 3-2 in the final of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vince Dunn’s three-point performance powers Kraken past Maple Leafs 5-1
By John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press on January 5th, 2023
TORONTO – Vince Dunn scored the eventual winner and added two assists to lead the Seattle Kraken past the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 on Thursday. Jared McCann had a goal and an assist as Seattle (21-12-4) won its third straight. Eeli Tolvanen opened the scoring for the Kraken on the power play, with Matty Beniers ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada falls 4-3 to Finns in tuneup for women’s world under-18 hockey championship
By The Canadian Press on January 5th, 2023
UPPLANDS VASBY, Sweden – Canada’s under-18 women’s hockey team lost 4-3 to Finland in Thursday’s exhibition game ahead of the world championship. Canada opens defence of its gold medal Sunday against Finns in Oestersund, Sweden. The Canadians outshot Finland 40-11 in Thursday’s tuneup, but were outscored 3-2 in the third period at Renew Arena. Eloise ... Read More »
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