Category Archives: Sports
Jannik Hansen scores twice as Vancouver Canucks down Winnipeg Jets 4-1
VANCOUVER - Jannik Hansen’s job is pretty simple once Henrik and Daniel Sedin start buzzing - find an opening and wait for something special. “Whenever they get the puck you let them do th...
Dec 20, 2016
Senators beat Blackhawks 4-3 for 3rd straight win
CHICAGO - Mike Condon was 10 years old the last time Ottawa got a win in Chicago. Yup, it had been that long. Condon made 23 saves, Derick Brassard and Tom Pyatt scored 10 seconds apart during Ottawa&...
Dec 20, 2016
Jagr ties for 2nd in career points, Panthers beat Sabres
SUNRISE, Fla. - Jaromir Jagr isn’t even thinking about retiring. Jagr had three assists to pull into a tie for second place on the NHL’s career points list, Aleksander Barkov and Vincent T...
Dec 20, 2016
Jeff Petry's goal and two assists lifts Canadiens over Ducks 5-1
MONTREAL - With Andrei Markov nursing an upper-body injury and Shea Weber in a scoring slump, the Montreal Canadiens needed a defenceman to step up. It turned out to be Jeff Petry, who scored a goal a...
Dec 20, 2016
Lowry has 23 points, Raptors beat Nets 116-104 in last home game of 2016
TORONTO - While the Raptors were busy running roughshod over the Brooklyn Nets during the fourth quarter Tuesday night, Toronto’s top scorer DeMar DeRozan rested elbows-on-knees on the bench. It...
Dec 20, 2016
Sabres sending Nylander to play for Sweden at world juniors
BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Buffalo Sabres are sending top prospect Alexander Nylander to play for Sweden in the world junior hockey championships next week. The Sabres selected Nylander with the eighth overa...
Dec 20, 2016
Judge denies ex-NFL star's bid to delay double murder trial
BOSTON - A man who survived a deadly 2012 drive-by shooting in Boston identified former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez in court on Tuesday as the one who pulled the trigger. The judge presi...
Dec 20, 2016
Canada defenceman Chabot looking to impress at world junior tournament
OTTAWA - Thomas Chabot is hopeful this visit to Canadian Tire Centre will go much better than his last one. The 19-year-old will get a chance to impress the Ottawa Senators, his future employers, when...
Dec 20, 2016
Ex-nanny for Penguins player gets 5-year federal sentence
PITTSBURGH - The former nanny of Pittsburgh Penguins player Chris Kunitz was sentenced Tuesday to five years in federal prison for setting fire to her rental residence and then filing fraudulent insur...
Dec 20, 2016
Filion, McClure O'Brien Award finalists as harness racing's top drivers
TORONTO - Once again, Sylvain Filion is a finalist for the O’Brien Award as Canada’s top harness-racing driver. The Milton, Ont., resident won the award in 2012, ’14 and 2015 and is ...
Dec 20, 2016