VANCOUVER - The Edmonton Oilers are through to the Western Conference final after beating the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 in Game 7 of their second-round playoff series tonight. Vancouver has been eliminated from the NHL playoffs with the loss. More coming. The Canadian Press

FRISCO, Texas (AP) - Pete DeBoer has gotten used to deep runs in the NHL playoffs, even though he never takes them for granted. The only thing that could make that any better for the veteran coach would be to win it all. With the Dallas Stars in the Western Conference Final for the second year in a row since he became...

REGINA - It may have only been a pre-season game, but the Corey Mace era in Saskatchewan started on a positive note Monday with a 25-12 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Mace, hired as the Roughriders' head coach on Nov. 30, 2023 after assistant coaching stints with the Calgary Stampeders and Toronto Argonauts, u...

Vancouver Whitecaps coach Vanni Sartini isn't expecting any of his players to look past Tuesday's cup tie against visiting Cavalry FC, even with a crowd of more than 50,000 expected Saturday for a high-profile league date with Inter Miami at B.C. Place Stadium. For one, the Canadian Championship comes with good memorie...

TORONTO - Minnesota goalie Maddie Rooney, Minnesota forward Taylor Heise and Boston forward Susanna Tapani were named the Professional Women's Hockey League three stars of the week. First star Rooney backstopped Minnesota to three straight wins over Toronto in their PWHL semifinal series, helping her team reach the fin...

TORONTO - Danny Jansen enjoyed a three-hit, five-RBI outing that included a two-run homer, and starter Jose Berrios won for the first time in a month as the Toronto Blue Jays hammered the Chicago White Sox 9-3 in the three-game series opener on Monday. Daulton Varsho also smacked a two-run homer as the Blue Jays (21-25...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky court has postponed pro golfer Scottie Scheffler's appearance on charges he injured a police officer and disobeyed commands outside the gates of Valhalla Golf Club as the venue hosted this year's PGA Championship. Scheffler, who was handcuffed and briefly jailed on Friday, had been due...

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Defending champion Christa Deguchi settled for silver at the world judo championships Monday. The 28-year-old from Lethbridge, Alta., fell to Mimi Huh of South Korea in the women's 57-kilogram division final. Ranked No. 1 in the world, Deguchi earned her fourth career medal at the worl...

Semi-pro CS Saint-Laurent won Toronto FC's respect in the first leg of their Canadian Championship quarterfinal despite the 3-0 score in the MLS club's favour. And Toronto coach John Herdman expects the Ligue1 Quebec champion to "play with no fear" Tuesday in the return game at BMO Field. "They've exper...

Toronto FC, continuing to winnow its roster, has waived forward Jordan Perruzza. The move comes 13 days after the MLS team parted ways with fellow Canadian striker Au Akinola via a mutual termination of his contract. Toronto also waived veteran forward Adama Diomande in late February. According to the MLS Players Assoc...