You can play the game hard and also be respectful of differences is the message Normand Hector wants to send at Hockey Canada's second Beyond The Boards summit. Hector is Thursday's keynote speaker kicking off a two-day summit in Ottawa about unhealthy outcomes in hockey culture. Hector is a gay, Black man from Saint J...

VANCOUVER - Vancouver Canucks defenceman Erik Brannstrom offered forward Jonathan Lekkerimaki some advice as the two walked to the rink for the Swedish rookie's first NHL game Tuesday night. "I just told him to have fun," said Brannstrom. "It's only hockey. He's played so many games in his life. Just kee...

NEW YORK (AP) - Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor each scored twice, Connor Hellebuyck made 33 saves, and the Winnipeg Jets won their seventh straight, 6-3 over the New York Rangers on Tuesday night. Gabriel Vilardi and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for the Jets, who have now won 15 of their first 16 National Hockey L...

EDMONTON - Connor McDavid is just one point away from writing yet another illustrious chapter in his already storied career. McDavid had a goal and three assists, including setting up Leon Draisaitl's overtime winner, as the Edmonton Oilers won their second straight game, defeating the New York Islanders 4-3 on Tuesday...

VANCOUVER - Elias Pettersson, celebrating his 26th birthday, tied the game on the power play early in the second period and assisted on Erik Brannstrom's goal in the third as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Calgary Flames 3-1 Tuesday night. Pius Suter also scored for the Canucks (8-3-3). J.T. Miller had two assists....

EDMONTON - Leon Draisaitl had a pair of goals, including the overtime winner, and Connor McDavid had a goal and three assists to move just one point shy of 1,000 for his career as the Edmonton Oilers won their second straight game by defeating the New York Islanders 4-3 on Tuesday. McDavid was able to feed the puck to ...

TORONTO - Craig Berube felt pretty good about his team heading into Tuesday. Those emotions quickly melted away for the Maple Leafs head coach. Berube did what he could behind the bench - including putting his sluggish lines in a blender - but nothing stuck in Toronto's ugly 3-0 loss to the Ottawa Senators. "It wa...

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 23 points to lead the Milwaukee Bucks past the Toronto Raptors 99-85 on Tuesday night in an NBA Cup game between teams that entered with the two worst records in the league. Bobby Portis added 17 points off the bench for Milwaukee (3-8). Brook Lopez scored 13 points while A...

NEW YORK (AP) - Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor each scored twice, Connor Hellebuyck made 33 saves, and the Winnipeg Jets won their seventh straight, 6-3 over the New York Rangers on Tuesday night. Gabriel Vilardi and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for the Jets, who have now won 15 of their first 16 National Hockey L...

TORONTO - Linus Ullmark made 26 saves for his first shutout of the season as the Ottawa Senators blanked the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0 on Tuesday. Josh Norris, Tim Stutzle and Michael Amadio scored for Ottawa (8-7-0). Artem Zub added two assists. Ullmark's shutout was the ninth of his career. Anthony Stolarz stopped 37 s...

VANCOUVER - CFL players will have more than just money to consider when they hit free agency in February. President Solomon Elimimian said Tuesday the CFL Players' Association will publicly unveil its first-ever team report cards next month. Elimimian added the results of the survey, which was conducted among union mem...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes believe they're in a great spot at quarterback, but there's one problem: they can't pay both Cody Fajardo and Davis Alexander what they're worth. "You can't pay starting quarterback money to two quarterbacks," Alouettes general manager Danny Maciocia said Tuesday at Olympic S...

Immanuel Quickley is hurt once again. The Toronto Raptors announced on Tuesday that their starting point guard has a partial ligament tear in his left elbow. Quickley's ulnar collateral ligament will be re-evaluated in a week. He was hurt during the fourth quarter of Toronto's 123-103 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on ...

WINNIPEG - Team Reid Carruthers has started the search for a new second after Derek Samagalski's decision to step back from the Winnipeg-based rink. Carruthers, vice Catlin Schneider, Samagalski and lead Connor Njegovan were in their first season together as a foursome. Schneider joined the team last spring after the d...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Charge have some tough decisions ahead, and general manager Mike Hirshfeld is prepared to make them. The team gathered Tuesday the first day of training camp in preparation for the Professional Women's Hockey League's second season. While there were many familiar faces, there are a number of new add...

VANCOUVER - A bitter taste lingers for the Vancouver Whitecaps as another Major League Soccer season comes to an end. The 'Caps were ousted from the playoffs Friday by Los Angeles FC when Vancouver dropped the decisive game of the best-of-three first-round playoff series 1-0 in California. It was the second year in a r...

OTTAWA - The federal privacy watchdog has opened an investigation into the World Anti-Doping Agency's handling of biological samples collected from athletes. The office of privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne says the investigation will examine whether the collection, use and disclosure practices of the organization ...

Findings from the independent report by Sonia Regenbogen into the drone-spying scandal involving the Canadian women's soccer team at the Paris Olympics: - Two of the women's national team coaches directed, approved and condoned the actions taken by a third member of the women's national team coaching staff to film prac...

Bev Priestman is out as coach of the Canadian women's soccer team following an independent report into the Olympic drone-spying scandal. More coming. The Canadian Press

GATINEAU, Que. - Canada's privacy commissioner is launching an investigation into the World Anti-Doping Agency. The move comes after Philippe Dufresne's office received a complaint about the Montreal-based agency's handling of biological samples collected from athletes. In a release, the office says the investigation w...

SALEM, N.J. (AP) - The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, as they were cycling on a rural New Jersey road briefly appeared in court Tuesday, where the judge extended the window for prosecutors to seek an indictment. The brief hearing, in which the judge granted prose...

Former Rugby Canada chair Sally Dennis is seeking a seat on World Rugby's executive board. There are 13 candidates running for the six available positions with Dennis running against Samoa's Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi and Uruguay's Sebastian Pineyrua for the non-high-performance union position. The election is set fo...

NEW YORK - Former Detroit Red Wings and Edmonton Oilers general manager Ken Holland has joined the NHL's hockey operations department as a consultant. The league announced the new role for the Hockey Hall of Famer in a release Tuesday. Holland spent 27 years as an NHL general manager, including 22 in Detroit. He helped...

VANCOUVER - CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie has some friendly advice for his successor: Surround yourself with good people and be open-minded. Ambrosie held his final state of the league address Tuesday after announcing last month he planned to retire in 2025 once a new commissioner is hired. The 61-year-old Winnipeg n...

VANCOUVER - Mike O'Shea and Ryan Dinwiddie are together again at the Grey Cup. Winnipeg faces Toronto in the CFL championship game Sunday at B.C. Place Stadium, the second meeting in three years between the two teams after the Argonauts edged the Blue Bombers 24-23 in the 2022 game. Winnipeg is making its fifth straigh...

TORONTO - Reigning PWHL MVP and scoring champ Natalie Spooner will miss the start of the regular season for the Toronto Sceptres, general manager Gina Kingsbury announced Tuesday on the first day of training camp. The 33-year-old Spooner had knee surgery on her left anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) after she was checke...

SALEM, N.J. (AP) - The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, as they were cycling on a rural New Jersey road briefly appeared in court Tuesday, where the judge extended the window for prosecutors to seek an indictment. The brief hearing, in which the judge granted prose...

Former CFL commissioner Mark Cohon is joining the new Northern Super League as chair of its board of directors. Cohon succeeded Tom Wright as CFL commissioner in 2007, signing a three-year contract extension in 2012. He stepped down in January 2015 ahead of his contract expiration in April 2015. "Mark brings a lot...