Category Archives: Sports
Maple Leafs trade goalie Jhonas Enroth to Ducks for seventh round pick
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs traded goaltender Jhonas Enroth to the Anaheim Ducks early Wednesday morning for a seventh round draft pick in next year’s NHL draft. Enroth signed as a free ag...
Jan 10, 2017
Mikkel Boedker's hat trick powers San Jose Sharks past Edmonton Oilers 5-3
EDMONTON - It’s not all that often that a player can double their goal total for the season in a game halfway through the campaign, but that is what Mikkel Boedker accomplished on Tuesday. Boedk...
Jan 10, 2017
Jarnkrok's OT winner leads Predators over Canucks, 2-1
NASHVILLE - The Nashville Predators were overdue for an overtime win, and they got one in dramatic fashion. Calle Jarnkrok scored a short-handed goal with 1.5 seconds remaining in overtime to lift the...
Jan 10, 2017
DeMar DeRozan scores 41 as Raptors come back for a 114-106 win over Celtics
TORONTO - The Boston Celtics brought a brand of hard-nosed, playoff-style basketball to Air Canada Centre on Tuesday night. DeMar DeRozan and the Toronto Raptors were more than up for the challenge. D...
Jan 10, 2017
Canadian bull rider Ty Pozzobon dead at 25
MERRITT, B.C. - Canadian bull rider Ty Pozzobon of Merritt, B.C., has died at age 25. No cause of death was given by Pro Rodeo Canada in a statement posted on its website, saying only that Pozzobon...
Jan 10, 2017
Bell scores OT winner for Canada in women's world under-18 hockey
ZLIN, Czech Republic - Team captain Ashton Bell scored the overtime winner for Canada in a 1-0 victory over the United States at the women’s world under-18 hockey championship Tuesday. Canada ca...
Jan 10, 2017
Calgary Stampeders keep their coaching staff intact for 2017 season
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders coaching staff will remain the same in 2017. The Stampeders announced Tuesday all 10 coaches will return, led by Dave Dickenson as head coach for a second straight yea...
Jan 10, 2017
Maple Leafs get Curtis McElhinney to lighten No. 1 Andersen's load
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs hope they’ve found an answer to their uncertain backup goaltender position, scooping up 33-year-old Curtis McElhinney off waivers from the Columbus Blue Jackets...
Jan 10, 2017
Rising stars Matthews, Laine among players named to NHL all-star rosters
Some may be surprised by his swift shot to stardom, but 19-year-old Auston Matthews is most certainly not. The Maple Leafs centre added all-star honours to a rookie NHL season which has already includ...
Jan 10, 2017
Messi statue in Argentina vandalized; torso, head sliced off
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A statue in Buenos Aires of Barcelona and Argentina star Lionel Messi has been vandalized, with the head, torso and arms all being removed - leaving only the legs and a socce...
Jan 10, 2017
