Category Archives: Sports
As 'Patriots Day' opens, officer's family seeks recognition
BOSTON - The mayor and others are pressing for recognition for a police officer who died a year after being wounded in a confrontation with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, because the new Mark W...
Dec 20, 2016
Donskoi has first multi-goal game, Sharks beat Flames 4-1
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Joonas Donskoi forgot the feeling of scoring and once he got it back, he wanted to continue it. Donskoi scored twice and the San Jose Sharks beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 Tuesday nigh...
Dec 20, 2016
Scores and Schedule
Tuesday’s Games NHL N.Y. Islanders 4 Boston 2 Nashville 5 New Jersey 1 Columbus 3 Los Angeles 2 (SO) Pittsburgh 7 N.Y. Rangers 2 Florida 4 Buffalo 3 (SO) Montreal 5 Anaheim 1 Tampa Bay 4 Detroit...
Dec 20, 2016
Tuesday's Games
Tuesday’s Games NHL N.Y. Islanders 4 Boston 2 Nashville 5 New Jersey 1 Columbus 3 Los Angeles 2 (SO) Pittsburgh 7 N.Y. Rangers 2 Florida 4 Buffalo 3 (SO) Montreal 5 Anaheim 1 Tampa Bay 4 Detroit...
Dec 20, 2016
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
