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Stars deny Golden Knights a Stanley Cup repeat, oust Vegas 2-1 in Game 7
By Stephen Hawkins, The Associated Press on May 5th, 2024
DALLAS (AP) – Radek Faksa made a promise to his 2 1/2-year-old son when they were playing together before the Dallas Stars took the ice for Game 7. Faksa did indeed score in his return to the lineup after missing four games because of an undisclosed injury. His go-ahead goal came on a backhander 44 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian men’s 4 x 100 relay team second to U.S. in World Athletic Relays
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2024
NASSAU, Bahamas – The Canadian men’s 4 x 100 relay team finished second to the United States in the World Athletic Relays on Sunday. Brendon Rodney, Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake and Andre De Grasse posted a time of 37.89 seconds behind the Americans in 37.40 in the final. Japan was third in 38.10. The first ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sports scoreboard for Sunday, May 5, 2024
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2024
Sunday’s Games (All times Eastern) NHL Playoffs Second Round NY Rangers 4 Carolina 3 (Rangers lead second-round series 1-0) First Round Vegas 1 Dallas 2 (Dallas wins first-round series 4-3) — AHL Playoffs Division Semifinals Grand Rapids 4 Rockford 2 (Grand Rapids leads series 3-1) Coachella Valley 4 Calgary 3 OT (Series tied 1-1) Abbotsford ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stars beat defending Stanley Cup champ Golden Knights 2-1 in Game 7
By Stephen Hawkins, The Associated Press on May 5th, 2024
DALLAS (AP) – Radek Faksa broke a tie in his return to the Dallas lineup, 20-year-old Wyatt Johnston scored in another Game 7 and the Stars beat the defending Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights 2-1 on Sunday night to wrap up the first-round series. After being out with an undisclosed injury since leaving the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oilers, Canucks start NHL playoff series Wednesday in Vancouver
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2024
NEW YORK – The second-round NHL playoff series between the Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks opens Wednesday in Vancouver. The Oilers and Canucks are the two Canadian clubs among eight remaining in Stanley Cup playoff contention. Game 2 is Friday in Vancouver’s Rogers Arena followed by the third and fourth games of the best-of-seven affair ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dallas Stars beat defending Stanley Cup champ Golden Knights 2-1 in Game 7
By Stephen Hawkins, The Associated Press on May 5th, 2024
DALLAS (AP) – Radek Faksa broke a tie in his return to the Dallas lineup, 20-year-old Wyatt Johnston scored in another Game 7 and the Stars beat the defending Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights 2-1 on Sunday night to wrap up the first-round series. After being out with an undisclosed injury since leaving the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Spooner leads Toronto to 5-2 win over Ottawa in PWHL regular-season finale
By Abdulhamid Ibrahim, The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2024
TORONTO – Natalie Spooner scored twice in Toronto’s 5-2 win over Ottawa in the Professional Women’s Hockey League regular-season finale Sunday. Ottawa’s playoff hopes in the PWHL’s inaugural season were crushed by the loss as the club needed a regulation win to reach the post-season. Spooner scored a go-ahead goal for Toronto with 5:43 left ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Zibanejad scores twice for Rangers in 4-3 win over Hurricanes in Game 1 of series
By Vin A. Cherwoo, The Associated Press on May 5th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Mika Zibanejad had two goals and an assist, Artemi Panarin also scored and the New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Sunday in Game 1 of their second-round series. Vincent Trocheck had a goal and an assist, and Chris Kreider had two assists as the Rangers, playing for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WHL: Warriors edge Blades 4-3 in OT to force Game 7 in Eastern Conference final
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2024
MOOSE JAW, Sask. – Lynden Lakovic scored the overtime winner for the Moose Jaw Warriors in a 4-3 win Sunday over the Saskatoon Blades, and forced a Game 7 in their Western Hockey League playoff series. Lakovic scored at 2:57 of OT to push the Eastern Conference final to a seventh game Tuesday in Saskatoon. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Taylor Pendrith wins Byron Nelson for first PGA Tour victory
By Schuyler Dixon, The Associated Press on May 5th, 2024
McKINNEY, Texas (AP) – Taylor Pendrith tried his best to ignore Ben Kohles’ final-hole meltdown, focusing on the eagle putt that the Canadian thought he might have to make even to force a playoff as he walked toward the 18th green. Several stunning minutes later, a 3-footer for birdie gave Pendrith his first PGA Tour ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Taylor Pendrith earns first PGA Tour win at Byron Nelson
By Schuyler Dixon, The Associated Press on May 5th, 2024
McKINNEY, Texas (AP) – Canada’s Taylor Pendrith took advantage of Ben Kohles’ final-hole meltdown to win the CJ Cup Byron Nelson on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title. Kohles overtook Pendrith of Richmond Hill, Ont., with birdies on Nos. 16 and 17 for a one-shot lead, then bogeyed the 18th after hitting his second ... Read More »
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