Category Archives: Sports

Canucks, Di Giuseppe agree on two-year, two-way contract extension
VANCOUVER - Phillip Di Giuseppe has agreed to a two-year, two-way contract extension with the Vancouver Canucks, the team announced Sunday. The 29-year-old winger has split time between both the Canuc...
Mar 12, 2023

Manitoba's Dunstone beats Wild Card 1's Bottcher in Brier semifinal
LONDON, Ont. - Manitoba's Matt Dunstone is moving on to the Tim Hortons Brier final. He beat Wild Card 1's Brendan Bottcher 7-5 in semifinal play Sunday afternoon at Budweiser Gardens. Bottcher was li...
Mar 12, 2023

Maple Leafs forward Tavares fined by NHL for slashing incident
Toronto Maple Leafs forward John Tavares has been fined US$5,000, the NHL's Department of Player Safety announced Sunday. Tavares was issued the fine for slashing Edmonton Oilers defenceman Vincent De...
Mar 12, 2023

Canada wins three medals on final day of short track speedskating world championships
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Canada earned three bronze medals on the final day of the short track speedskating world championships on Sunday. Steven Dubois claimed his second medal of the competition ...
Mar 12, 2023

Canada's Howden, Gairns earn World Cup ski cross bronze medals
VEYSONNAZ, Switzerland - Canada's Reece Howden and Tiana Gairns both earned bronze medals in World Cup ski cross action on Sunday. Howden of Cultus Lake, B.C., finished behind Japan's Ryo Sugai and Sw...
Mar 12, 2023

Kuzmenko scores twice as Vancouver Canucks trounce Ottawa Senators 5-2
VANCOUVER - Andrei Kuzmenko scored twice as the Vancouver Canucks extended their win streak with a 5-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. J.T. Miller and Nils Aman each recorded a goal and ...
Mar 11, 2023

Nashville hands Montreal third straight shutout loss
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Jacob Shaffelburg scored a first-half goal and Joe Willis made it stand up without having to make a save as Nashville SC blanked CF Montreal 2-0 on Saturday night. Shaffelburg ...
Mar 11, 2023

Andreescu bounces Stearns at Indian Wells after shaky start
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Bianca Andreescu got off to a shaky start against Peyton Stearns in her women's singles match Saturday at the BNP Paribas Open, but the Canadian eventually found her groove en r...
Mar 11, 2023

Mark Scheifele scores in OT, Jets tip Panthers 5-4
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Mark Scheifele scored his second goal of the game at 4:31 of overtime to give the Winnipeg Jets a 5-4 victory over Florida on Saturday night, ending the Panthers' winning streak a...
Mar 11, 2023

Devils add to Canadiens' misery with 3-1 win
MONTREAL - The New Jersey Devils scored two first-period goals and held on to a 3-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. Nathan Bastian and Nico Hischier scored for New Jersey. Tomas Tatar add...
Mar 11, 2023