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Bombers’ Brady Oliveira named CFL’s outstanding player, top Canadian
By Dan Ralph, The Canadian Press on November 14th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Brady Oliveira stole the show at the CFL awards banquet. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers running back captured the George Reed Most Outstanding Player honour and was named top Canadian for a second straight year Thursday night. Oliveira led the West Division to four of the seven top individual awards. Oliveira and the Bombers ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bombers running back Oliveira named CFL’s outstanding player
By The Canadian Press on November 14th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Running back Brady Oliveira of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers is the CFLs outstanding player. Oliveira received the honour Thursday night at the CFL’s awards banquet. Earlier, the five-foot-10, 222-pound Oliveira was also named the CFL’s outstanding Canadian for a second straight year. Voting for the George Reed most outstanding player award was conducted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blue Bombers star Oliveira named CFL’s outstanding Canadian for second straight year
By The Canadian Press on November 14th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Running back Brady Oliveira of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers was named the CFL’s top Canadian for a second straight year Thursday night. Oliveira was honoured during the CFL’s awards banquet. Voting for the award was conducted by the Football Reporters of Canada and nine CFL head coaches. Oliveira, 27, of Winnipeg, rushed for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nurse scores OT winner for Oilers as McDavid reaches 1,000-point mark for career
By Shane Jones, The Canadian Press on November 14th, 2024
EDMONTON – Darnell Nurse had two goals and an assist, Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist to reach the 1,000-point mark in his career and the Edmonton Oilers won their third game in a row with a 3-2 overtime victory over the Nashville Predators on Thursday. McDavid made a backhand pass to Nurse ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alouettes Jason Maas captures CFL’s coach of the year honour
By The Canadian Press on November 14th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Jason Maas of the Montreal Alouettes captured the Annis Stukus Trophy on Thursday night as the CFL’s coach of the year. Maas was honoured during the CFL’s awards banquet. Voting for the award was conducted by the Football Reporters of Canada and nine CFL head coaches. Maas guided Montreal (league-best 12-5-1 record) to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!QMJHL Roundup: Mael Lavigne’s heroics lead Tigres to 4-3 win over Cataractes
By The Canadian Press on November 14th, 2024
SHAWINIGAN, Que. – Mael Lavigne capped a two-goal effort with the game-winning score with 3:28 left in the third period as the Victoriaville Tigres edged the Shawinigan Cataractes 4-3 on Thursday in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action. Lavigne also scored the game-tying goal 5:01 into the third period. Olivier Houde and Olivier Laverdière provided ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Senators fail to close out strong effort in OT loss to Flyers
By Adam Beauchemin, The Canadian Press on November 14th, 2024
OTTAWA – It was a tough way to go out for the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night. The Senators held a two-goal lead late but ultimately failed to extend their win streak to three games, falling 5-4 to the Philadelphia Flyers in overtime. “We’ve been playing well here for three games. You hate to lose ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kaprizov leads Wild to 3-0 win over Canadiens with assist and empty-net goal
By Patrick Donnelly, The Associated Press on November 14th, 2024
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Kirill Kaprizov had an empty-net goal and an assist, Filip Gustavsson made 19 saves for his first shutout of the season and the Minnesota Wild beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-0 on Thursday night. Matt Boldy and Marco Rossi also scored. Boldy opened the scoring in the second period when he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!OHL Roundup: Spitfires’ early flurry fuels 5-3 win over Battalion
By The Canadian Press on November 14th, 2024
NORTH BAY, Ont. – Ryan Abraham had a goal and two assists as the Windsor Spitfires defeated the North Bay Battalion 5-3 on Thursday in Ontario Hockey League action. Carter Hicks, Ethan Belchetz, Anthony Cristoforo and Liam Greentree also scored for Windsor (14-4-1), which went up 5-0 by 1:07 of the second period. Joey Costanzo ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Edmonton Elks linebacker Anderson named CFL’s top rookie
By The Canadian Press on November 14th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Edmonton Elks linebacker Nick Anderson was named the CFL’s top rookie Thursday night. Anderson was honoured at the CFL awards banquet. Voting for the award was conducted by the Football Reporters of Canada and nine CFL head coaches. The five-foot-11, 242-pound Anderson finished tied with teammate Nyles Morgan in defensive tackles (111) and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Argos returner Grant named CFL’s top special-teams player
By The Canadian Press on November 14th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Toronto Argonauts returner Janarion Grant claimed the CFL’s top special-teams player award Thursday night. Grant was honoured at the CFL awards banquet. Voting for the award was conducted by the Football Reporters of Canada and nine CFL head coaches. The five-foot-nine, 157-pound Grant led the CFL in punt-returns yards (career-high 989), average (14.8 ... Read More »
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