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Lightning strikes twice: Tampa Bay repeats as Cup champion
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - It only took scoring once for the Tampa Bay Lightning to strike twice and repeat as Stanley Cup champions. Backstopped by their playoff MVP goaltender and the only two Tampa Bay pla...
Jul 07, 2021

Lightning strikes twice: Tampa Bay repeats as Cup champion
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - It only took scoring once for the Tampa Bay Lightning to strike twice and repeat as Stanley Cup champions. Backstopped by their playoff MVP goaltender and the only two Tampa Bay pla...
Jul 07, 2021

Bolts pull plug on Habs 1-0 to finally end Montreal's unlikely Stanley Cup campaign
TAMPA, Fla. - The Montreal Canadiens have come up short in their against-all-odds campaign to end Canada's 28-year Stanley Cup drought. The Tampa Bay Lightning successfully defended as Cup champions W...
Jul 07, 2021

Vasilevskiy wins Conn Smythe Trophy as NHL playoff MVP
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - When Andrei Vasilevskiy was thrust into action during the 2015 Stanley Cup Final with starting goaltender Ben Bishop injured, he was a shy, unknown quantity at the beginning of his ...
Jul 07, 2021

Lightning strikes twice: Tampa Bay repeats as Cup champion
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - It only took scoring once for the Tampa Bay Lightning to strike twice and repeat as Stanley Cup champions. Backstopped by their playoff MVP goaltender and the only two Tampa Bay pla...
Jul 07, 2021

Toye, Quioto score top help Montreal beat NYCFC 2-1
ORLANDO, Fla. - Romell Quioto and Mason Toye scored to help Montreal beat New York City FC 2-1 on Wednesday night at Exploria Stadium. Montreal (5-3-4) is unbeaten, with three wins, in its last five g...
Jul 07, 2021

Global COVID-19 deaths hit 4 million amid rush to vaccinate
The global death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 4 million Wednesday as the crisis increasingly becomes a race between the vaccine and the highly contagious delta variant. The tally of lives lost over the...
Jul 07, 2021

Toronto FC game at New England delayed by bad weather in the area
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Toronto FC's game at New England Revolution was delayed nearly 90 minutes by bad weather on Wednesday. Kickoff at Gillette Stadium was scheduled for 7 p.m. ET but was pushed back t...
Jul 07, 2021

Green party layoffs leave Annamie Paul's office without staffers as turmoil drags on
OTTAWA - Green party layoffs are leaving leader Annamie Paul without staff in her office as a feud goes on. Three sources affected by the cuts, who were granted anonymity because they were not authori...
Jul 07, 2021

Former Montrealer among deceased in Florida condo collapse; three Canadians missing
MONTREAL - The first Canadian victim identified in the collapse of a South Florida condominium is a former Montrealer. Ingrid "Itty" Ainsworth, 66, died in the collapse in late June along with her hus...
Jul 07, 2021