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Evason named Canada coach, Huska among assistants for world hockey championship

CALGARY - Columbus Blue Jackets head coach Dean Evason will lead Canada's staff at the upcoming world hockey championship. Hockey Canada announced Canada's coaching staff for the tournament on Wednesd...

Apr 30, 2025

A legacy of hope and laughter for Gaudreau brothers as family, friends and hockey community grieves

WESTVILLE, N.J. (AP) - The family called him John. It wasn't until John Gaudreau played for Boston College that he picked up the "Johnny Hockey" nickname that followed him through 11 seasons in the NH...

Apr 30, 2025

Carolina Hurricanes reach 3-year, $9.5 million extension with forward Taylor Hall

The Carolina Hurricanes have reached a three-year, $9.5 million extension with forward Taylor Hall through the 2027-28 season. The team announced the signing Wednesday, a day after the Hurricanes clos...

Apr 30, 2025

Peterman, Gallant thump Finland 13-2 at world mixed doubles curling championship

FREDERICTON - Canada's Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant closed in on a playoff spot at the world mixed doubles curling championship with a 13-2 rout of Finland in Wednesday's early draw. Canada scor...

Apr 30, 2025

Carrier a game-time decision with Canadiens facing elimination in Game 5

ARLINGTON - Alexandre Carrier will be a game-time decision with the Montreal Canadiens facing elimination in Game 5 against the Washington Capitals on Wednesday. Head coach Martin St. Louis said "a co...

Apr 30, 2025

Leafs still in Battle of Ontario driver's seat, but past playoff failures loom large

TORONTO - Auston Matthews stood in a sombre, all-too-familiar-feeling locker room. The Maple Leafs captain said all the right things to a wall of cameras flanked by reporters moments after his team wa...

Apr 30, 2025

Hockey players' sexual assault trial shown security, phone videos

LONDON - A young woman prosecutors allege was sexually assaulted by five hockey players in June 2018 said it was "all consensual" in a cellphone video recorded near the end of the encounter. The video...

Apr 30, 2025

Canadian Dante Leon goes after submission grappling world title in Bangkok

Seventeen years after being introduced to Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Canadian Dante Leon goes after a world title Friday. The 29-year-old from Harrow, Ont., who now calls Toledo, Ohio, home, faces American ...

Apr 30, 2025

MacKinnon in the mix for second straight Lindsay Award along with Makar, Kucherov

TORONTO - Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon is in the mix for a second straight Ted Lindsay award. The NHL Players' Association on Wednesday announced the finalists for the award given annual...

Apr 30, 2025

Seattle joins Vancouver into PWHL, second expansion franchise revealed

TORONTO - Seattle joins Vancouver as the Professional Women's Hockey League's expansion teams next season. The PWHL confirmed Wednesday the addition of another West Coast team a week after announcing ...

Apr 30, 2025