National Sports
Calgary Wild name Lydia Bedford the women’s pro soccer’s team’s first head coach
By The Canadian Press on January 3rd, 2025
CALGARY – The Calgary Wild women’s pro soccer team has named Lydia Bedford the team’s first head coach. The Wild are part of the six-team Northern Super League starting its inaugural season in April. Bedford was manager of Leicester City’s women’s team and also a former assistant manager of Arsenal’s women. The 37-year-old from England ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Raptors swingman Barrett downgraded to doubtful for game against visiting Magic
By The Canadian Press on January 3rd, 2025
TORONTO – The Toronto Raptors have yet to play their projected starting lineup this season, and it appears that trend will continue in tonight’s game against the visiting Orlando Magic. The Raptors downgraded swingman RJ Barrett’s status to doubtful hours before tipoff at Scotiabank Arena. Barrett, from Mississauga, Ont., missed Toronto’s last two games with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Maple Leafs sign veteran defenceman Philippe Myers to two-year extension
By The Canadian Press on January 3rd, 2025
TORONTO – The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenceman Philippe Myers to a two-year contract extension, the NHL team announced Friday. The contract carries an average annual value of US850,000. The 27-year-old from Moncton, N.B., has two assists over 11 games for the Maple Leafs this season while averaging 17:08 of ice time. Myers has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pedal away: Charlottetown proposes ‘bike bus’ to get students to bicycle to school
By The Canadian Press on January 3rd, 2025
CHARLOTTETOWN – Anna Keenan likes to keep up with public transit trends. The City of Charlottetown’s sustainable transportation officer said she learned on Instagram of a new way students are travelling to school: a bike bus. Instead of getting picked up by a yellow school bus, students in some cities across the world – including ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Barrett’s return could make Raptors’ lineup whole for first time since last March
By The Canadian Press on January 3rd, 2025
TORONTO – The Toronto Raptors could – finally – be getting their actual starting lineup on the court. Swingman RJ Barrett of Mississauga, Ont., was listed as questionable ahead of the Raptors game against the Orlando Magic tonight. Barrett missed Toronto’s last two games with an undisclosed illness. If he returns, it means that head ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WHL Roundup: Winterhawks soar to big 5-2 win over Chiefs
By The Canadian Press on January 3rd, 2025
PORTLAND, Maine – Two goals from Jordan Duguay lifted the Portland Winterhawks to a decisive 5-2 victory over the Spokane Chiefs in Western Hockey League play on Thursday. Duguay opened the scoring early in the second period, then gave the Winterhawks (21-13-2) a 2-1 lead less than four minutes later. Joel Plante, Diego Buttazzoni and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!J.T. Miller scores in shootout as Canucks beat Kraken 4-3
By Shane Lantz, The Associated Press on January 2nd, 2025
SEATTLE (AP) – J.T. Miller scored in the shootout and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Seattle Kraken 4-3 on Thursday night. Connor Garland, Tyler Myers and Max Sasson scored in regulation for the Canucks. Thatcher Demko started and stopped 11 of 12 shots before leaving with back spasms in the second period. Kevin Lankinen came ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kochetkov, Slavin power Hurricanes to 3-1 victory over Panthers
By The Associated Press on January 2nd, 2025
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) – Jaccob Slavin scored the go-ahead goal to lift the Carolina Hurricanes over the Florida Panthers 3-1 on Thursday night. Florida’s Anton Lundell tied it at the beginning of the second before Slavin got one past Sergei Bobrovsky with about seven minutes left in the third. Pyotr Kochetkov made 26 saves, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Utah Hockey Club’s Crouse snaps scoring skid with big performance against Flames
By Darren Haynes, The Canadian Press on January 2nd, 2025
CALGARY – Thanks to a big night for big man Lawson Crouse, a pair of droughts ended on Thursday. Crouse snapped a 14-game goalless skid with two tallies and Utah ended a five-game winless streak with a 5-3 comeback victory over the Calgary Flames. “It felt good, obviously,” said Crouse, who played his junior hockey ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sports scoreboard for Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025
By The Canadian Press on January 2nd, 2025
Thursday’s Scoreboard World Junior Hockey Championship At Ottawa Quarterfinals Czechia 4 Canada 3 Sweden 3 Latvia 2 United States 7 Switzerland 2 Finland 5 Slovakia 3 Relegation Game Germany 4 Kazakhstan 3 — NHL Toronto 2 N.Y. Islanders 1 Anaheim 4 Winnipeg 3, OT Dallas 4 Ottawa 2 Utah 5 Calgary 3 Vancouver 4 Seattle ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘It sucks’: Canada crashes out of world juniors for second straight year
By Joshua Clipperton, The Canadian Press on January 2nd, 2025
OTTAWA – Canada was buzzing. The ice was tilted. A dramatic comeback victory felt inevitable. A team previously unable to click offensively appeared to have finally unlocked some cohesion. Then the group’s other issue – penalties – bubbled to the surface one final time at the world junior hockey championship. And Hockey Canada is now ... Read More »
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