Category Archives: Sports
Oilers hire four-time Stanley Cup champion Coffey as skills development coach
EDMONTON - The Oilers have hired former Edmonton star and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Paul Coffey as a skills development coach. The team announced the hiring Sunday in a release. Coffey, who played ...
Jan 21, 2018
US hockey GM dies unexpectedly at Colorado Springs home
Longtime USA Hockey executive and U.S. Olympic men’s hockey general manager Jim Johannson died unexpectedly Sunday at age 53, shocking the sport less than three weeks before the start of the Pye...
Jan 21, 2018
Saturday's Games
Saturday’s Games NHL Edmonton 5 Vancouver 2 Winnipeg 2 Calgary 1 (SO) Boston 4 Montreal 1 Toronto 4 Ottawa 3 Philadelphia 3 New Jersey 1 Dallas 7 Buffalo 1 Colorado 3 N.Y. Rangers 1 Carolina 3 D...
Jan 20, 2018
Jesse Puljujarvi's three-point effort leads Oilers over Canucks
EDMONTON - Jesse Puljujarvi’s decision to spend his time off playing with Edmonton kids on an outdoor rink seems to have paid off. Puljujarvi had a career best three points with a goal and two a...
Jan 20, 2018
Wiggins scores 29 as Wolves rally past Raptors 115-109
MINNEAPOLIS - There was no Jimmy Butler, practically no Karl-Anthony Towns in the first half, and the visiting Toronto Raptors were shooting 54 per cent. These are the types of games the Minnesota Tim...
Jan 20, 2018
Carrick caps third-period comeback, Maple Leafs beat Senators 4-3
OTTAWA - Veteran Patrick Marleau didn’t have to score to spark Toronto’s comeback. Connor Carrick scored the winner as the Leafs erased a two-goal deficit in the third period to defeat the...
Jan 20, 2018
Pastrnak scores twice as Bruins extend point streak to 16, beat Habs 4-1
Montreal Canadiens coach Claude Julien’s first taste of action against his former team didn’t go well at all. The Boston Bruins, who were led by Julien to a Stanley Cup in 2011 but who fir...
Jan 20, 2018
Blue Bombers sign veteran quarterback Darian Durant to one-year deal
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers added veteran depth to the quarterback position by signing Darian Durant to a one-year contract on Saturday night. Durant, a 12-year CFL veteran, is expected to pl...
Jan 20, 2018
Jordyn Huitema scores three goals, Canada qualifies for semis at U-20 championship
COUVA, Trinidad And Tobago - Jordyn Huitema scored three times as Canada beat host Trinidad and Tobago 4-1 on Saturday at the CONCACAF women’s under-20 championship, securing the Canadians a spo...
Jan 20, 2018
No quarter a given: Djokovic, Thiem out; Chung, Sandgren in
MELBOURNE, Australia - Six-time champion Novak Djokovic was stunned in straight sets by Hyeon Chung not long after Tennys Sandgren upset No. 5 Dominic Thiem at the Australian Open. The season-opening ...
Jan 20, 2018
