Category Archives: Sports
Bad blood to end regular season carries over into Ducks-Flames playoff series
CALGARY - Their playoff series doesn’t start until Thursday, but Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving has already countered with a shot across the bow of the Anaheim Ducks. Treliving ca...
Apr 10, 2017
Ottawa Senators set to face Boston Bruins in opening round of NHL playoffs
OTTAWA - Pierre Dorion always knew the Ottawa Senators were a playoff team. Hired as Ottawa’s GM after the franchise missed the NHL post-season last year, Dorion has seen a transformation of sor...
Apr 10, 2017
Coach Julien looks for scoring balance in demoting Galchenyuk to fourth line
BROSSARD, Que. - Five years into his NHL career, Alex Galchenyuk was supposed to be the high-scoring centre on the Montreal Canadiens top line. Instead, the 23-year-old is slated begin the NHL playoff...
Apr 10, 2017
Canadian receiver Nate Coehoorn retires after six seasons with Edmonton Eskimos
EDMONTON - Canadian receiver Nate Coehoorn retired Monday after six seasons with the Edmonton Eskimos. Coehoorn played in 91 career regular-season games with Edmonton, registering 211 catches for 2,37...
Apr 10, 2017
Awards time! McDavid deserves first MVP, Karlsson another Norris, Matthews for Calder
If he didn’t catch Sidney Crosby as the best player in hockey, then Connor McDavid certainly made it close. McDavid’s ascension defined the 2016-17 NHL regular season, but he was hardly al...
Apr 10, 2017
Bad blood to end regular season carries over into Ducks-Flames playoff series
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames and Anaheim Ducks don’t start their NHL playoff series until Thursday but a war of words has already begun. Flames general manager Brad Treliving called Ducks GM Bob...
Apr 10, 2017
CP Picks: No likely Canadian Cup winner, but first-round victories possible
A year after Canadian teams were shut out of the NHL playoffs, five are poised to battle for the Stanley Cup in 2017. And while it’s unlikely any of them will hoist the trophy, a few might just ...
Apr 10, 2017
Injuries and experience viewed the keys as Oilers face Sharks in NHL playoffs
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers return to the NHL playoffs Wednesday against the battled-hardened Western Conference-champion San Jose Sharks in a series expected to turn on experience -and injuries. C...
Apr 10, 2017
Veteran long-track speedskater Anastasia Bucsis announces her retirement
CALGARY - Long-track speedskater Anastasia Bucsis, a two-time Olympian, retired Monday. The 27-year-old Calgary native competed at both the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games as well as the 2014 Winter Olymp...
Apr 10, 2017
Canucks fire head coach Willie Desjardins after three seasons in charge
VANCOUVER - Willie Desjardins seemed to sense he was on borrowed time in the waning weeks of a second consecutive lost season with Vancouver Canucks. The club’s head coach was increasingly candi...
Apr 10, 2017