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Blue Jackets blow 5-goal lead in 3rd, rebound to beat Maple Leafs 6-5 in OT
By The Associated Press on December 14th, 2023
TORONTO (AP) – Kent Johnson scored his second goal of the game at 3:26 of overtime to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 6-5 victory over Toronto on Thursday night after the Maple Leafs overcame a five-goal deficit in the third period. Patrik Laine, Justin Danforth, Yegor Chinakhov and Johnny Gaudreau also scored for Columbus ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hilary Knight scores OT winner, United States beats Canada 3-2 in Rivalry Series
By The Canadian Press on December 14th, 2023
KITCHENER, Ont. – Captain Hilary Knight scored the overtime winner as the United States women’s national hockey team improved to 3-0 in its Rivalry Series with a 3-2 win over Canada on Thursday. Knight, who also produced an assist, scored on the power play with a one-timer past Canada goalie Ann-Renée Desbiens 28 seconds into ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blue Jackets hold off late Maple Leafs comeback effort to take 6-5 OT win
By Abdulhamid Ibrahim, The Canadian Press on December 14th, 2023
TORONTO – Kent Johnson capped a two-goal effort with the overtime winner as the Columbus Blue Jackets held off a late Toronto comeback to top the Maple Leafs 6-5 on Thursday. Patrik Laine, Justin Danforth, Yegor Chinakhov and Johnny Gaudreau also scored for Columbus (10-16-5). Elvis Merzlikins made 43 saves. The Blue Jackets came in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bianca Andreescu says her back isn’t ready for the Australian Open
By The Canadian Press on December 14th, 2023
MONTREAL – Bianca Andreescu says she won’t play in next month’s Australian Open because of a nagging back injury. The 2019 U.S. Open champion from Mississauga, Ont., has been dealing with a stress fracture in her back since the summer. Her last tournament was the National Bank Open in Montreal in August. Andreescu wasn’t able ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Homan remains undefeated in curling’s Masters with win over Hasselborg
By The Canadian Press on December 14th, 2023
SASKATOON – Ottawa’s Rachel Homan remained perfect at the Grand Slam of Curling’s WFG Masters with a 7-5 win over Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg in Draw 10 action on Thursday. Homan had the hammer coming into the eighth and final end down 5-4, and responded with a three-point end to improve to 3-0, good for top ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In first news conference with Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani dodges questions on Tommy John surgery
By Beth Harris, The Associated Press on December 14th, 2023
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Shohei Ohtani opened his first news conference with the Los Angeles Dodgers by dodging questions about whether he had a second Tommy John surgery. “It was a procedure. I’m not sure what it was called,” Ohtani said Thursday. Speaking to media for the first time since Aug. 9, he also refused ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian quarterback Kurtis Rourke transfers to Indiana for last year of college
By The Canadian Press on December 14th, 2023
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Canadian quarterback Kurtis Rourke has transferred to Indiana University for his final year of college eligibility. Rourke, from Oakville, Ont., spent the past five years at Ohio University and led the Bobcats to 8-3 records in each of the last two seasons. Rourke was the Mid-American Conference’s most valuable player in 2022 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Baby it’s cold outside, so let’s play some CONCACAF Champions Cup soccer
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on December 14th, 2023
Forge FC coach Bobby Smyrniotis has one thought when it comes to hosting Mexico’s Chivas Guadalajara in February at Hamilton’s Tim Hortons Field. “To be honest, the colder the better,” he said cheerfully. The Canadian Premier League champion was paired with Chivas in Wednesday night’s draw for the first round of the 27-team CONCACAF Champions ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hopeful Canadian Olympic first-timers get a taste of the pre-Paris spotlight
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on December 14th, 2023
MONTREAL – Canadian athletes who hope to make their Olympic debuts in Paris 2024 are getting a taste of the spotlight they’ll face when they compete on one of the world’s biggest sporting stages. In a downtown Montreal hotel on Thursday, athletes were shepherded from room to room for nearly 12 hours of back-to-back interviews ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!QMJHL changes name to better represent its six Maritime teams
By The Canadian Press on December 14th, 2023
POINTE-CLAIRE, Que. – The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is changing its name to better represent its sizable contingent of Maritime-based teams. The league announced Thursday it will be known as the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (la Ligue de hockey junior Maritimes Québec in French). An English version of the league’s logo was also ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Huge part of my life:’ Luongo reflects as Canucks add goaltender to Ring of Honour
By Nick Wells, The Canadian Press on December 14th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Roberto Luongo says his time with the Vancouver Canucks was career-defining. Luongo spent parts of eight seasons with the Canadian franchise after being acquired in 2006 as part of a package deal with the Florida Panthers. “It was the most important stretch of my career,” he said during a Thursday morning media availability. ... Read More »
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