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Montreal, Boston look to add another layer to historic rivalry in PWHL playoffs

MONTREAL - Hockey star Marie-Philip Poulin is motivated by the opportunity to compete in the playoffs, no matter the opponent. The fact Montreal will face off against a team from Boston in the Profess...

May 8, 2024

Rookie receiver Kevin Mital aiming for consistency with Toronto Argonauts

It didn't take Kevin Mital long to realize he's a professional football player now. The former Laval star was on the field Wednesday when the Toronto Argonauts opened rookie camp at the University of ...

May 8, 2024

Rookie goalie Arturs Silovs to start for Canucks in Game 1 vs. Oilers

VANCOUVER - Rookie goalie Arturs Silovs will start in net for the Canucks as Vancouver kicks off a second-round series against the Edmonton Oilers tonight. Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet says he also...

May 8, 2024

Matthews, MacKinnon, Kucherov named finalists for Ted Lindsay Award

Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews has been named as one of the finalists for the Ted Lindsay Award. Tampa Bay winger Nikita Kucherov and Colorado centre Nathan MacKinnon were also named final...

May 8, 2024

Hamilton Tiger-Cats to add Mike Walker, Bernie Custis to Wall of Honour

HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will add Canadian Football Hall of Famers Mike Walker and Bernie Custis to the team's Wall of Honour this season. The two will be honoured Oct. 4 at halftime of the ...

May 8, 2024

Two Canadians named to match officials panel for Paris Olympics rugby sevens

Canadians Moe Chaudhry and Maggie Cogger-Orr are among 23 match officials selected to work the rugby sevens competition at this summer's Paris Olympics. Chaudhry, a native of Mississauga, Ont., has wo...

May 8, 2024

Canada's Denis Shapovalov bounced in first round of Italian Open

ROME - Canada's Denis Shapovalov was ousted in the first round of the Italian Open on Wednesday, falling 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (4) to Luciano Darderi of Italy. The 25-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., st...

May 8, 2024

Five things to know about the NHL playoffs

The Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers are set to clash on Wednesday after a two-game slate on Tuesday that saw an overtime and double overtime game. Here are five things to know entering Wednesday...

May 8, 2024

Canucks' run prompts riot reflections. Can fans be trusted not to repeat history?

VANCOUVER - Simon Coutts remembers being "heckled" by passersby in 2011 as he boarded up his bike shop on Vancouver's Robson Street before the Canucks' Game 7 Stanley Cup loss to the Boston Bruins, th...

May 8, 2024

Wood scores 11:03 in OT as Avalanche finish off 3-goal comeback to beat Stars 4-3 to open 2nd round

DALLAS (AP) - Miles Wood scored on a backhander 11:03 into overtime and the Colorado Avalanche, after trailing by three goals in the first period, beat the top-seeded Dallas Stars 4-3 on Tuesday night...

May 7, 2024