Category Archives: Sports
Stalock beats Senators for first win with Wild
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Alex Stalock won his first NHL start in over a year, Nino Niederreiter had two goals and the Minnesota Wild beat the Ottawa Senators 5-1 on Thursday night to end a four-game skid. St...
Mar 30, 2017
Byron scores twice, Canadiens beat Panthers to clinch playoff spot
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens are back in the playoffs. After a massive collapse left them out of the NHL post-season last year, the Canadiens clinched a playoff spot with a 6-2 blowout victory ov...
Mar 30, 2017
Former Expo Raines excited by report Montreal ready to bring baseball back
MONTREAL - Tim Raines remembers when the Expos were as hot a ticket as the Canadiens and sees no reason baseball should not return to Montreal. The former Expos outfielder, who was voted into the Base...
Mar 30, 2017
Senators star defenceman Karlsson out with injury after blocking shot
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Ottawa star defenceman Erik Karlsson missed the Senators’ game Thursday at Minnesota, ending the Norris Trophy candidate’s streak of 324 consecutive games. Karlsson was h...
Mar 30, 2017
A team-by-team look at the women's world hockey championship field
PLYMOUTH, Mich. - A team-by-team look at countries competing in the 2017 women’s world hockey championship March 31 to April 7 in Plymouth, Mich. United States The 2017 hosts have won of six of ...
Mar 30, 2017
Roughriders defensive back Tevaughn Campbell to try hand at rugby sevens
TORONTO - Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive back Tevaughn Campbell is headed to the Hong Kong Sevens with the Canadian rugby sevens team. Coach Damian McGrath calls the trip a “watching brief,&...
Mar 30, 2017
Whitecaps deal promising forward Manneh to Crew for Tchani, allocation money
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have traded promising striker Kekuta Manneh to Columbus in exchange for midfielder Tony Tchani and US$300,000 in allocation money. Vancouver will also get a first-r...
Mar 30, 2017
Toronto FC looks to pile up points at home, starting with Sporting Kansas City
TORONTO - Unbeaten in three road games, Toronto FC can lay down an early-season marker with five of its next six at home. It’s an opportunity for strikers Jozy Altidore and Sebastian Giovinco to...
Mar 30, 2017
Impact defender Oyongo stranded after Cameroon forgets his plane ticket
MONTREAL - A mix-up that left defender Ambroise Oyongo stranded in Brussels for an extra day may cost the Montreal Impact a key starter for a game Saturday against the Chicago Fire. The Cameroon natio...
Mar 30, 2017
Canada readies for reassembled U.S. at women's world hockey championship
PLYMOUTH, Mich. - Canada will open the women’s world hockey championship against a U.S. team either drained from the drama of recent days or empowered by winning concessions from their own feder...
Mar 30, 2017
