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Kraken acquire Tatar from Avalanche for 2024 5th-round pick
By The Associated Press on December 15th, 2023
DENVER (AP) – The Seattle Kraken acquired forward Tomas Tatar from the Colorado Avalanche on Friday for a fifth-round pick in the 2024 NHL entry draft. Tatar had a goal and eight assists in 27 games for Central Division-leading Colorado this season. He signed a one-year deal with the team in September. The 33-year-old Tatar, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Senators’ Tarasenko sits out against Stars to attend to family matter
By The Associated Press on December 15th, 2023
DALLAS (AP) – Ottawa Senators forward Vladimir Tarasenko sat out Friday night against the Dallas Stars to attend to a family matter, missing what would have been his 700th NHL game. The team announced the move a few hours before game time. The 32-year-old Tarasenko has six goals and 13 assists in 24 games this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Max Langenhan claims gold in men’s luge singles, Canadians round out top 20
By Nick Wells, The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2023
WHISTLER, B.C. – Germany’s Max Langenhan struck gold in the men’s singles race at the Eberspacher Luge World Cup stop at the Whistler Sliding Centre on Friday. Langenhan finished his race in one minute, 40.093 seconds. Jonas Mueller of Austria (1:40.348) and Latvia’s Kristers Aparjods (1:40.572) earned silver and bronze, respectively. Langenhan sits atop the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canucks acquire defenceman Cicek, 2024 pick from Sharks for centre Studnicka
By The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Canucks have acquired defenceman Nick Cicek and a 2024 sixth-round draft pick from the San Jose Sharks. In exchange, the Sharks received forward Jack Studnicka. Cicek, 23, has appeared in 18 games with the American Hockey League’s San Jose Barracuda this season, registering three points (one goal, two assists). The six-foot-three, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-sign offensive linemen Brandon Kemp, Jakub Szott
By The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2023
HAMILTON – The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have re-signed offensive linemen Brandon Kemp and Jakub Szott, the team announced Friday. Kemp, a 26-year-old from Atlanta, started in 10 games for the Ticats this year and earned a CFL honour roll nomination while playing left tackle in Week 12 against the B.C. Lions. The six-foot-seven, 310-pound Kemp had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!After 6 years together, Angels move on from Shohei Ohtani’s departure for the Dodgers
By Greg Beacham, The Associated Press on December 15th, 2023
LOS ANGELES (AP) – When Shohei Ohtani decided to move 30 miles up the I-5 freeway to the Dodgers, he left several massive holes in the Los Angeles Angels. In the heart of their lineup. At the top of their starting rotation. And in the coffers of a franchise that reaped huge financial benefits from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eustaquio diplomatically disagrees with Herdman’s assessment of Canadian men
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2023
Canada midfielder Stephen Eustaquio says he did not see any of the selfishness in the national team that former coach John Herdman referenced in a podcast earlier in the week. With the players boycotting a planned Vancouver friendly with Panama in June 2022 over the lack of movement in labour talks with Canada Soccer, Herdman ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Boudreau named head coach for Canada’s Spengler Cup squad
By The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2023
CALGARY – Veteran NHL coach Bruce Boudreau will make his international coaching debut as Canada’s bench boss for the upcoming Spengler Cup. Hockey Canada made the announcement on Friday. Larry Mitchell and Jeff Tomlinson, both with EHC Kloten in Switzerland, and Jim Playfair, associate coach with the Western Hockey League’s Prince George Cougars, were named ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hockey player, 11, dies days after getting hit in the neck by puck in Quebec
By The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2023
SAINT-EUSTACHE, Que. – An 11-year-old boy has died after getting hit in the neck by a puck during a junior hockey league practice near Montreal earlier this week, police confirmed Friday. The incident occurred at around 7 p.m. Tuesday, when police and ambulance services responded to a 911 call at the Walter-Buswell arena in St-Eustache. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cavalry FC to shift February Champions Cup game to Vancouver Island to escape cold
By The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2023
CALGARY – Cavalry FC is moving its first-round CONCACAF Champions Cup game in February to Starlight Stadium in Langford, B.C., to escape the Alberta cold. The Calgary-based team, which qualified for CONCACAF’s elite club championship by finishing first in the Canadian Premier League regular season, hosts MLS side Orlando City SC in the opening round ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Halifax youth basketball association bans fans from games to curb abusive behaviour
By The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2023
HALIFAX – A youth basketball association in Halifax has banned all spectators from games this weekend in a bid to stop the antics of abusive fans. Chris Lerette, the league’s manager, recently sent a letter to parents describing how too many spectators and coaches are berating officials, mistreating custodians and screaming at players on opposing ... Read More »
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