Category Archives: Canadian Press
Torey Krug scores overtime winner to lift Bruins over Senators 2-1
OTTAWA - Mike McKenna made a career-high 42 saves Sunday, but a 43rd eluded him and Boston Bruins came away with a 2-1 win over the Ottawa Senators in overtime. Torey Krug scored 3:07 into the extra f...
Dec 09, 2018
Jacobs scores in final end to down Koe 5-4, capture first Canada Cup
ESTEVAN, Sask. - Brad Jacobs has won the Canada Cup. The Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., skip defeated 2015 champion Kevin Koe of Calgary 5-4 in the men’s final Sunday. Jacobs was the runner-up at the 2...
Dec 09, 2018
Boeser's hat trick leads Canucks over Blues 6-1
ST. LOUIS - Brock Boeser didn’t need much help during a breakout 2017-18 season. Now he’s getting plenty from another star rookie in Elias Pettersson. Boeser scored his second career hat t...
Dec 09, 2018
Josh Morrissey helps Winnipeg Jets rout Philadelphia Flyers 7-1
WINNIPEG - Josh Morrissey didn’t allow a two-game absence affect his play on Sunday. Morrissey returned from a lower-body injury to score the early winner and added two assists as the Winnipeg J...
Dec 09, 2018
Copa Libertadores saga ends as River Plate wins in Madrid
Madrid turned into Buenos Aires for a night Sunday, with tens of thousands of Argentine fans transforming Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu into a stadium of their own. River Plate fans were the o...
Dec 09, 2018
Equalization formula a hot topic as finance ministers meet
OTTAWA - For the first time in a decade Ontario will not receive an equalization transfer from Ottawa, prompting the province’s finance minister to join calls for the federal government to revie...
Dec 09, 2018
Former Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland dies at 90
ROSEAU, Minn. - Former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland, a farmer from northern Minnesota who was tasked with selling President Jimmy Carter’s unpopular Soviet Union grain embargo to othe...
Dec 09, 2018
Maple Leafs forward Hyman suspended two games for hit on Bruins' McAvoy
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Zach Hyman was suspended two games by the NHL on Sunday for interference following his hit on Boston Bruins defenceman Charlie McAvoy a night earlier. Hyman had a hearing w...
Dec 09, 2018
Impact get veteran striker Maximiliano Urruti in trade with FC Dallas for cash
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact acquired Argentine striker Maximiliano Urruti from FC Dallas on Sunday, in exchange for US$75,000 in targeted allocation money and a first-round pick in the 2019 MLS Sup...
Dec 09, 2018
Whitecaps get goalkeeper MacMath in trade with Rapids for midfielder Mezquida
VANCOUVER - Goalkeeper Zac MacMath was acquired by the Vancouver Whitecaps on Sunday in a trade with Colorado Rapids for midfielder Nicolas Mezquida and US$100,000 of targeted allocation money. MacMat...
Dec 09, 2018