Category Archives: Sports
Flames score four times in second period, hold on to beat Kings 4-3
Calgary coach Glen Gulutzan held a players meeting Thursday morning, asking his team to not panic when they fall behind in games. On Thursday night, they got a chance to practise what he preached and ...
Jan 4, 2018
Canadiens send goalie Al Montoya to Oilers for 2018 conditional fourth-round pick
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens have sent goaltender Al Montoya to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for a conditional fourth-round pick in 2018. Montreal announced the deal Thursday night shortly aft...
Jan 4, 2018
Harvey stops 26 shots for shutout in Huskies' 3-0 win over Tigres
VICTORIAVILLE, Que. - Samuel Harvey stopped 26 shots to lead the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies to a 3-0 win over the Victoriaville Tigres in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action Thursday night. Alexis Ars...
Jan 4, 2018
Byron scores in shootout, Canadiens beat Lightning to snap winless skid
MONTREAL - It had been more than a month since Max Pacioretty scored a goal and, when he finally got one, it was in the midst of a goaltending duel. Montreal’s Carey Price and Tampa Bay’s ...
Jan 4, 2018
A hairy shootout win for the Leafs as Thornton's beard takes a beating in Toronto
TORONTO - Nazem Kadri was an assist short of a bizarre Gordie Howe hat trick Thursday night in a 3-2 Leafs shootout win over the San Jose Sharks that saw the Toronto centre rip out part of Joe Thornto...
Jan 4, 2018
Bloemen kicks off Olympic long-track speedskating trials with 5k victory
CALGARY - Ted-Jan Bloemen may be the world-record holder in the men’s 5,000 metres, but the speedskater still had to earn the right to race it at the upcoming Winter Olympics. The 31-year-old fr...
Jan 4, 2018
In small breakthrough, Koreas will meet for talks on Tuesday
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The rival Koreas will sit down for their first formal talks in more than two years next week to find ways to co-operate on the Winter Olympics in the South and to improve t...
Jan 4, 2018
San Jose veteran Joe Thornton loses part of beard in fight with Toronto's Kadri
TORONTO - Joe Thornton’s mountain-man beard was an early casualty Thursday night as the San Jose Sharks visited the Toronto Maple Leafs. It was a frigid -26 C with the wind chill outside but it ...
Jan 4, 2018
Steen, Jonsson Fjallby score short-handed goals to lead Sweden past U.S. 4-2.
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Oskar Steen and Axel Jonsson Fjallby helped put Sweden in position for its first world junior hockey gold medal in six years. Steen and Jonsson Fjallby scored short-handed goals in the...
Jan 4, 2018
IIHF acknowledges oversaturation of world junior in Toronto-Buffalo corridor
BUFFALO, N.Y. - International Ice Hockey Federation president Rene Fasel admitted that the Toronto-Buffalo corridor has probably had its fill of junior hockey. It’s the third time in four years ...
Jan 4, 2018
