Category Archives: Sports
World Juniors: Stancl, Hradec, Mastalirsky's hat tricks help Czechia rout Kazakhstan
Jakub Stancl and Vojtech Hradec each had three goals and two assists as Czechia thumped Kazakhstan 14-2 on Saturday at the world junior hockey championship. Stancl now leads the international tourname...
Dec 28, 2024
'Let's not panic': Canada picks up the pieces after ugly Latvia loss at world juniors
OTTAWA - Peter Anholt tried to keep things light as he emerged from one of the elevators at Canada's hotel. The temperature had been turned way up on the veteran hockey executive and the country's und...
Dec 28, 2024
Dobes gets shutout in NHL debut, Canadiens blank Panthers 4-0
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Jakub Dobes stopped 34 shots in his NHL debut, Kirby Dach had his first two-goal game in nearly two years, and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Florida Panthers 4-0 on Saturday. Do...
Dec 28, 2024
Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson out for Canucks vs. Kraken
VANCOUVER - Captain Quinn Hughes and centre Elias Pettersson both were out of the Vancouver Canucks' lineup against the Seattle Kraken on Saturday afternoon. Neither player attended the Canucks' first...
Dec 28, 2024
Italian skier Brignone wins World Cup GS, gets 1st victory for her team in Austrian event since 2002
SEMMERING, Austria (AP) - Federica Brignone held on to her opening-run lead at a women's World Cup giant slalom on Saturday, becoming the first Italian winner of the Semmering event in 22 years. Brign...
Dec 28, 2024
Red Sox sign Dodgers World Series clincher Walker Buehler to one-year deal
BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Red Sox announced Saturday that they signed right-hander Walker Buehler, a two-time All-Star who was on the mound when the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the World Series this f...
Dec 28, 2024
Canada's Cameron Alexander earns men's downhill World Cup bronze on 2026 Olympic course
Canada's Cameron Alexander earned World Cup bronze in men's downhill on Saturday at the host venue for the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics. This is the North Vancouver, B.C., native's fourth caree...
Dec 28, 2024
Chase is back on: Alex Ovechkin set to return for Capitals against Maple Leafs
TORONTO - The record chase is back on. Alex Ovechkin will return to the Washington Capitals' lineup Saturday against the Toronto Maple Leafs, sitting 26 goals away from Wayne Gretzky's career mark of ...
Dec 28, 2024
ESPN reports that Panthers to put Canadian Hubbard on season-ending IR
It appears Canadian Chuba Hubbard's breakout 2024 season is over. ESPN reports that the Carolina Panthers are putting the star running back on season-ending injured reserve with calf and knee injuries...
Dec 28, 2024
Top Canadian defensive prospect Matthew Schaefer out for rest of world juniors
OTTAWA - Canadian defenceman Matthew Schaefer will miss the rest of the world junior hockey championship. Schaefer was injured early in the first period of Canada's 3-2 shootout loss to Latvia last ni...
Dec 28, 2024