VANCOUVER - Eleanor Harvey made history when she stepped onto the podium in Paris. Winning bronze in individual women's foil - Canada's first Olympic fencing medal - was only the beginning. Since the 2024 Games, Harvey has medalled in four of the six tournaments she's competed in, and captured Canada's first World Cup ...

LOS ANGELES - Zach Hyman knows people started counting the Oilers out after Edmonton stumbled to start this season's playoff campaign. The team didn't give up and, on Tuesday, that persistence was rewarded with a 3-1 win over the L.A. Kings in Game 5. Edmonton now holds a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series and can ad...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mattias Janmark scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-1 Tuesday night for their third consecutive victory and a 3-2 lead in their first-round series. Evander Kane and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also scored and Calvin Pickard made 20 saves for t...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mattias Janmark scored the tiebreaking goal at 7:12 of the third period, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-1 Tuesday night for their third consecutive victory and a 3-2 lead in their first-round series. Evander Kane and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also scored and Calvin Pickard made 20 sav...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Sebastian Aho hammered a one-timer past Jacob Markstrom at 4:17 of the second overtime period to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New Jersey Devils 5-4 on Tuesday night to clinch their first-round NHL playoff series in five games. Aho's goal off a feed from Shayne Gostisbehere came with the Hu...

TORONTO - It was a fun night for Carly Jackson. The 27-year-old third-string goaltender from Amherst, N.S., made 25 saves in her first-ever start - and first time entering a PWHL game - in the Toronto Sceptres' 2-1 shootout victory on Tuesday night over the New York Sirens. Jackson stopped all four shots in the shootou...

TORONTO - For a team in true must-win mode, the Ottawa Senators showed no signs of desperation on Tuesday night. They didn't need to. A structured game, quality goaltending and timely offence helped the Senators to a 4-0 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 5 to send the first-round series back to the nation's capi...

TORONTO - The Senators won't go away in the Battle of Ontario. Linus Ullmark made 27 saves for the first playoff shutout of his career as Ottawa edged the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-0 on Tuesday to cut the deficit in the teams' first-round matchup to 3-2. Thomas Chabot and Dylan Cozens gave the Senators a 2-0 lead before Ti...

TORONTO - Natalie Spooner scored the shootout winner to help the Toronto Sceptres snap a two-game skid with a 2-1 victory over the New York Sirens on Tuesday in the Professional Women's Hockey League. Daryl Watts scored in regulation for Toronto (12-3-5-9), which now sits three points ahead of the Boston Fleet for seco...

TORONTO - Wilyer Abreu's three-run blast capped a four-run inning as Boston's big bats carried the Red Sox to a 10-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday. Rafael Devers crushed a 422-foot home run to the second deck in right field to lead off the third inning for Boston (17-14) before Abreu's home run scored Alex ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Florida defenceman Aaron Ekblad has been suspended for two games for elbowing Lightning forward Brandon Hagel in the head midway through Game 4 of the Panthers' first-round playoff series against Tampa Bay. The NHL's Department of Player Safety announced its ruling after a phone hearing with Ekblad earl...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps are close to reaching the summit of the CONCACAF Champions Cup but face a difficult last climb to reach the final. The Whitecaps lead Inter Miami 2-0 heading into the deciding game of their two-leg series Wednesday night at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale. The Whitecaps have a huge ...

TORONTO - Receiver Damien Alford has been taken first overall by the Calgary Stampeders in the CFL draft. More coming. The Canadian Press

MONTREAL - Nick Suzuki leads quietly, but his presence is loudest when the Montreal Canadiens need him most. "When our group needs a push or a big moment, he comes through," teammate Alex Newhook said. "He takes it upon himself." The Canadiens will turn to their captain for a spark Wednesday night a...

LONDON (AP) - Ousmane Dembele's early goal gave Paris Saint-Germain a 1-0 win over Arsenal on Tuesday in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal. Dembele opened the scoring in the fourth minute after he was left all alone in the Arsenal area and was picked out by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for a first-time finish ...

OTTAWA - A year after falling just short of a playoff berth in the Professional Women's Hickey League's inaugural season, the Ottawa Charge have a chance to redeem themselves. The Charge (12-1-4-11) need just one point to clinch their first-ever playoff spot when they host the Minnesota Frost (8-5-4-11) Wednesday night...

WINNIPEG - Gabriel Vilardi doesn't expect to swoop in and save the day for the struggling Winnipeg Jets. He does, though, hope to "make a big impact" for the team when he returns from injury in Wednesday's critical Game 5 playoff match against the St. Louis Blues. "I'm not going to be Superman or anythin...

VANCOUVER - Rick Tocchet will not return as the Vancouver Canucks head coach next season. The Canucks announced the news on Wednesday, saying Tocchet has chosen to step away after discussions with the team and management. Tocchet had a 108-65-27 record after taking over the Vancouver bench on Jan. 22, 2023, and his con...

FREDERICTON - Canada's Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant rebounded with an 11-6 win over South Korea in Tuesday's afternoon draw at the world mixed doubles curling championship. The duo from Chestermere, Alta., improved to 5-1, tied for second place in its 10-team round-robin pool with Sweden's Anna Hasselborg and Osk...

Toronto FC and CF Montreal, who meet Wednesday in the preliminary round of the Telus Canadian Championship, have had some memorable encounters in the past. A look at some of their on-field clashes: - Montreal won the 2014 Canadian Championship final with Brazilian midfielder Felipe scoring in the 91st minute for a 1-0 ...

TORONTO - Toronto FC and CF Montreal have won the Telus Canadian Championship a combined 13 times but only have one MLS victory between them in 20 outings this year. The two rivals meet in the cup competition Wednesday, hoping to kick-start their season. Both have struggled out of the gate in league play, with Toronto ...

LOS ANGELES - The Edmonton Oilers will once again start Calvin Pickard in net for Game 5 against the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday. Head coach Kris Knoblauch confirmed the move after morning skate, saying the 33-year-old goalie has made key saves for Edmonton at important moments in the series. Pickard replaced Stuart S...

Boston University sophomore Aiden Celebrini has no regrets over the decision he reached at 16 to maintain his college eligibility by skipping a chance to play for the Western Hockey League's Saskatoon Blades. And it makes no difference that college hockey wasn't on his radar growing up in North Vancouver and regularly ...

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays activated outfielder Daulton Varsho off the 10-day injured list Tuesday ahead of a game against the visiting Boston Red Sox. Varsho started the season on the injured list as he continued to recover from a right shoulder procedure in September. He recently completed a rehab assignment wit...

TORONTO - Australian punter Fraser Masin was the first player taken Tuesday in the CFL's global draft. The Calgary Stampeders took Masin, who played collegiately at Ole Miss, with the top selection, not a surprise given they lost veteran Australian punter Cody Grace to the Edmonton Elks this off-season. Grace spent fou...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens say defenceman Alexandre Carrier is day-to-day with an undisclosed injury, putting him in doubt for Game 5 of the team's NHL first-round playoff series with the Washington Capitals. The Canadiens updated Carrier's status Tuesday. He joins a growing list of injured Canadiens with goalte...

NEW YORK - Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes is a finalist for this season's Norris Trophy, the NHL announced Tuesday. Hughes won the league's top defenceman award last season and is looking to become the first repeat winner since Detroit's Nicklas Lidstrom claimed three in a row from 2005-06 through 2007-08. Cale...

TORONTO - Auston Matthews is good to go for Game 5 of the Battle of Ontario. The Toronto Maple Leafs captain was on the ice for Tuesday's optional morning skate, less than 24 hours after skipping practice for rest purposes following Sunday's team day off. The 27-year-old, who missed time with an upper-body injury in th...