National Sports
Zuccarello scores in shootout to give Wild 2-1 win against Canucks
By Brian Hall, The Associated Press on December 16th, 2023
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Mats Zuccarello scored in the shootout and the Minnesota Wild beat the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 on Saturday. Frederick Gaudreau scored in regulation and Filip Gustavsson made 35 saves for Minnesota, which won its third in a row and is now 7-2 under coach John Hynes. Teddy Blueger scored for Vancouver, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Germany sweeps women’s singles at luge World Cup; Canada’s Susko places ninth
By Nick Wells, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2023
WHISTLER, B.C. – Julia Taubitz led a German podium sweep in the women’s singles at the 2023 Eberspacher Luge World Cup circuit stop at the Whistler Sliding Centre on Saturday. Taubitz grabbed gold with a time of one minute and 18.066 seconds. Anna Berreiter (1:18.177) and Merle Fraebel (1:18.179) earned silver and bronze, respectively. Canadians ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury earns World Cup bronze in men’s dual moguls
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2023
HUEZ, France – Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury claimed his fifth World Cup medal of the season with bronze in men’s dual moguls action on Saturday. The Deux-Montagnes, Que., native placed behind two Swedes in Rasmus Stegfeldt and reigning Olympic champion Walter Wallberg, who earned silver and gold, respectively. Kingsbury edged Toronto’s Louis-David Chalifoux in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Eliot Grondin claims World Cup bronze in snowboard cross
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2023
BREUIL-CERVINIA, Italy – Canada’s Eliot Grondin earned bronze on Saturday in World Cup men’s snowboard cross action in Italy. The Sainte-Marie, Que., native finished behind Australia’s Adam Lambert, who grabbed silver, and Austria’s Alessandro Haemmerle, the reigning Olympic champion, who took gold. It was the second World Cup competition of the season for the 22-year-old ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dubois leads four-medal day for Canada at short track speedskating World Cup
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2023
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of – Steven Dubois earned his first gold of the season to lead a four-medal day for Canada at a short track speedskating World Cup stop in South Korea on Saturday. The Terrebonne, Que., native won the men’s 1,000 metres, narrowly edging South Korea’s Hwang Dae-heon. Dubois crossed the line in one ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NHL roundup: Bruins bear down in shootout to beat Islanders 5-4
By The Associated Press on December 15th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – David Pastrnak scored in the third round of a shootout to give the Boston Bruins a 5-4 National Hockey League victory over the New York Islanders on Friday night. Pastrnak, Morgan Geekie, James van Reimsdyk and Mason Lohrei scored in regulation, with Lohrei tying it with 3:09 left on a bank ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WHL roundup: Blazers upset Warriors with 5-3 road win
By The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2023
MOOSE JAW, Sask. – The Kamloops Blazers, who hosted and played in the 2023 Memorial Cup, have had a rough followup to that Western Hockey League feel-good story. The Blazers, last in the B.C. Division this season with 19 points, rolled the clock back to better days on Friday by upsetting the Moose Jaw Warriors ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sports scoreboard for Friday, Dec. 15, 2023
By The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2023
Friday’s Scoreboard NHL Dallas 5 Ottawa 4 Buffalo 5 Vegas 2 N.Y. Rangers 5 Anaheim 1 Boston 5 N.Y. Islanders 4 (SO) Nashville 6 Carolina 5 (OT) Arizona 1 San Jose 0 — AHL Toronto 8 Providence 2 Laval 4 Lehigh Valley 3 San Jose 3 Calgary 0 Tucson 5 Abbotsford 0 Milwaukee 5 Manitoba ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stars erase two-goal deficit to rally past Senators 5-4
By The Associated Press on December 15th, 2023
DALLAS (AP) – Miro Heiskanen and Matt Duchene scored 44 seconds apart in the third period, and Dallas beat the short-handed Ottawa Senators 5-4 on Friday night after Stars goalie Jake Oettinger departed with a lower-body injury. Joe Pavelski, Esa Lindell and Thomas Harley also scored for Dallas, which trailed 4-2 midway through the second. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Heiskanen and Duchene rally Stars past Senators after Oettinger departs with lower-body injury
By The Associated Press on December 15th, 2023
DALLAS (AP) – Miro Heiskanen and Matt Duchene scored 44 seconds apart in the third period, and Dallas beat the short-handed Ottawa Senators 5-4 on Friday night after Stars goalie Jake Oettinger departed with a lower-body injury. Joe Pavelski, Esa Lindell and Thomas Harley also scored for Dallas, which trailed 4-2 midway through the second. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!OHL roundup: Generals scorch Steelheads in impressive 7-3 road win
By The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2023
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Stuart Rolofs and Connor Lockhart each scored twice as the visiting Oshawa Generals defeated the Mississauga Steelheads 7-3 in Ontario Hockey League action on Friday. Matthew Buckley, Tristan Delisle and Luca D’Amato also scored for the struggling Generals (13-12-3-1), who trailed 2-1 after the first period but led 4-3 heading into the ... Read More »
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