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Sports scoreboard for Monday, Dec. 30, 2024
By The Canadian Press on December 30th, 2024
Monday’s Scoreboard World Junior Hockey Championship Preliminary Round at Ottawa Slovakia 5 Kazakhstan 4 (OT) Latvia 4 Germany 3 (OT) — Spengler Cup Semifinals at Davos, Switzerland Straubing 4 Canada 2 Fribourg 4 Davos 2 — NHL Winnipeg 3 Nashville 0 Florida 5 N.Y. Rangers 3 Seattle 5 Utah 2 — PWHL Montreal 3 Boston ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jets having fun soaring to new heights on special teams
By Judy Owen, The Canadian Press on December 30th, 2024
WINNIPEG – There were a lot of reasons for the Winnipeg Jets to be happy after they blanked the Nashville Predators 3-0 for their fourth consecutive win on Monday. Connor Hellebuyck made 22 saves to record his fifth shutout of the season and 42nd of his career. Gabriel Vilardi scored twice on the power play ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WHL roundup: Shipley helps Wheat Kings beat Broncos 3-1
By The Canadian Press on December 30th, 2024
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. – Luke Shipley scored a short-handed goal and added an assist as the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings squeezed past the Swift Current Broncos 3-1 in Western Hockey League action on Monday night at the InnovationPlex. Joby Baumuller and Marcus Nguyen also scored for the Wheat Kings (17-10-3-2), who were outshot 32-20 by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘A lesson in penalty killing’: Solid PK helps Victoire climb to top of PWHL standings
By Daniel Rainbird, The Canadian Press on December 30th, 2024
LAVAL, Que. – The Montreal Victoire’s power play may be struggling, but their penalty kill is helping them win games and move up the standings. Montreal thwarted the Boston Fleet’s power play five times – including a five-minute major to start the third period – en route to a 3-1 win on Monday night in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NHL roundup: Jesper Boqvist scores twice, Panthers beat Rangers 5-3
By The Associated Press on December 30th, 2024
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) – Jesper Boqvist scored twice, including the go-ahead goal in the third, and the Florida Panthers beat the New York Rangers 5-3 on Monday night. Eetu Luostarinen, Aleksander Barkov and Mackie Samoskevich also scored for Florida, and Uvis Balinskis had two assists. Sergei Bobrovsky made 33 saves. Florida took a 3-2 lead ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Charge, Sceptres make four-player trade
By The Canadian Press on December 30th, 2024
TORONTO – Two teams trying to find their stride in the Professional Women’s Hockey League have made a major trade. The Ottawa Charge and Toronto Sceptres, tied for fifth in the six-team league with identical two-win, three-loss and one overtime loss records, pulled off a four-player swap on Monday. The Charge acquired forward Victoria Bach ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vilardi, Hellebuyck lift Jets to 3-0 win over Predators
By Judy Owen, The Canadian Press on December 30th, 2024
WINNIPEG – Gabriel Vilardi scored a pair of power-play goals 62 seconds apart in the third period to help the Winnipeg Jets extend their winning streak to four games with a 3-0 victory over the Nashville Predators on Monday. Connor Hellebuyck made 22 saves for his fifth shutout of the season and 42nd of his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Victoire beat Fleet 3-1 for fourth straight win, move to top of PWHL standings
By The Canadian Press on December 30th, 2024
LAVAL, Que. – Claire Dalton had a goal and an assist as the Montreal Victoire defeated the Boston Fleet 3-1 on Monday night in the Professional Women’s Hockey League. Anna Wilgren and Kristin O’Neill also scored, while Ann-Renée Desbiens stopped 18 shots for Montreal (3-2-0-1) before a sellout crowd of 10,172 at Place Bell. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!OHL roundup: Bennett nets shutout as Attack trim Storm 1-0
By The Canadian Press on December 30th, 2024
OWEN SOUND, Ont. – Mason Wray scored in the second period and Trenten Bennett made 37 saves to post the shutout as the Owen Sound Attack edged the visiting Guelph Storm 1-0 in Ontario Hockey League action on Monday night at Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. Wray scored at 18:34 of the second period and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!QMJHL roundup: Remparts rally from behind to beat Armada 5-3
By The Canadian Press on December 30th, 2024
BOISBRIAND, Que. – Justin Cote had two goals and an assist and the visiting Quebec Remparts erased a 3-1 deficit to post a 5-3 win over the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Monday night. Mathias Loiselle scored twice, including an empty-netter, for the Remparts (13-17-1-2). Benjamin Vigneault added a single, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bedard takes centre stage when Blackhawks face Blues in Winter Classic
By Jay Cohen, The Associated Press on December 30th, 2024
CHICAGO (AP) – Connor Bedard practised with the Chicago Blackhawks right in the middle of Wrigley Field. He skated with his parents and his sister. The moment was not lost on the 19-year-old centre. “It’s one of the coolest experiences of my life so far,” Bedard said, “and obviously the game hasn’t even started yet. ... Read More »
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