Category Archives: Sports
Flames catch fire on power play in 4-2 win over Coyotes
GLENDALE, Ariz. - A trip to the desert didn’t cool the Calgary Flames scorching power-play unit, and the penalty kill had a good night, too. Kris Versteeg put Calgary ahead with its third power-...
Dec 19, 2016
After Maroon's emotional equalizer, Oilers beat Blues in OT
ST. LOUIS - Patrick Maroon scored an emotional goal to tie it, and then Ryan Nugent-Hopkins won it for Edmonton in overtime. Nugent-Hopkins scored 2:55 into OT after taking a pass from Connor McDavid,...
Dec 19, 2016

Randy Carlyle says win in Toronto return was bigger for Ducks than him
TORONTO - Randy Carlyle wasn’t exactly sentimental after winning his first game back in Toronto. “I think a lot of people have made a bigger deal out of it (than I have),” Carlyle sa...
Dec 19, 2016

Marie-Philip Poulin lifts Canada to 3-2 overtime win over the United States
SARNIA, Ont. - Captain Marie-Philip Poulin and the rest of Canada’s women’s national hockey team sent a message to the United States. Poulin scored just 42 seconds into overtime as Canada ...
Dec 19, 2016

Jost, Raddysh each score two as Canada downs Finland 5-0 in exhibition
MONTREAL - There was no stopping Canada when Tyson Jost and his teammates stormed out of the gate. Jost scored the first of his two first-period goals only 11 seconds into the game as Canada cruised t...
Dec 19, 2016

Red Wings-Hurricanes game postponed due to ice issues
RALEIGH, N.C. - A scheduled game between the Carolina Hurricanes and Detroit Red Wings was postponed Monday night because of unplayable ice. A Freon leak in the cooling system at PNC Arena was discove...
Dec 19, 2016
Man sentenced in attacks in Alaska's Iditarod race
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - A 27-year-old man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to charges connected with a snowmobile attack on two mushers competing in Alaska’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in ...
Dec 19, 2016

Tortorella taking time to smell the roses after resurrection from scrap heap
VANCOUVER - Standing in the same hallway where one of the defining - and ugly - moments of his brief and tumultuous time with the Vancouver Canucks took place, John Tortorella seems more relaxed, if o...
Dec 19, 2016
Raptors' DeRozan named Eastern Conference player of the week again
Toronto’s DeMar DeRozan has earned Eastern Conference player of the week honours for the second time this season. DeRozan led the NBA last week averaging 31.5 points on 60.5 per cent shooting in...
Dec 19, 2016
University of Saskatchewan head football coach Towriss stepping down
SASKATOON - Brian Towriss is stepping down after 33 years as the University of Saskatchewan’s head football coach. Towriss, 60, a native of Moose Jaw, Sask., was a defensive lineman with the Hus...
Dec 19, 2016