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Lehkonen, Rantanen's two-goal efforts lead Avalanche to 4-1 win over Flames

CALGARY - Artturi Lehkonen and Mikko Rantanen scored two goals apiece to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 4-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night. Nathan MacKinnon had a pair of assists...

Jan 18, 2023

Lightning's Steven Stamkos scores 500th NHL goal against Canucks

VANCOUVER - Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos has scored his 500th regular-season NHL goal. The 32-year-old centre took a slick pass from Alex Killorn and put a backdoor tap in past Vancouver...

Jan 18, 2023

Tkachuk's OT winner lifts Senators past Penguins 5-4, snap two-game skid

OTTAWA - Brady Tkachuk scored the game-winning goal 25 seconds into overtime and the Ottawa Senators snapped a two-game skid, defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 Wednesday night. Alex DeBrincat, Tim...

Jan 18, 2023

Maurice saw tough days ahead with retooled Panthers: 'It was going to be a challenge'

Paul Maurice expected some growing pains. Hired to lead the Florida Panthers - a team coming off its best-ever regular-season, but a disappointing playoff performance - the veteran head coach also kne...

Jan 18, 2023

Vancouver FC adds to roster by signing Lebanese international Gabriel Bitar

Midfielder/forward Gabriel Bitar is the seventh player to sign with expansion Vancouver FC ahead of the 2023 Canadian Premier League season. The 24-year-old from Ottawa spent last year with now-defunc...

Jan 18, 2023

Predators forward McCarron reinstated by NHL/NHLPA assistance program

TORONTO - Nashville Predators forward Michael McCarron has been returned to available status after receiving care from the NHL and NHL Players' Association's player assistance program. McCarron entere...

Jan 18, 2023

Injured Montreal Canadiens forward Juraj Slafkovsky out three months

MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens say forward Juraj Slafkovsky will be out three months with a lower-body injury. Montreal provided an injury update on several players Wednesday, a day after placing f...

Jan 18, 2023

Canada's Washington has grown into one of the NCAA's top scorers in her fifth season

For the three weeks in December that Canadian Keishana Washington led the NCAA in scoring, the congratulatory messages poured in. To the point it became overwhelming. "It was a lot of messages from fa...

Jan 18, 2023

Canadian freestyle skier Rachael Karker skies for joy post-Beijing

CALGARY - What Rachael Karker wants to do in her first season after winning an Olympic medal is unwind and ski. The Canadian earned halfpipe bronze in her Olympic debut last year in Beijing behind cha...

Jan 18, 2023

Canada's Adam Hadwin and Brooke Henderson enter first golf tournaments of 2023

Two of the biggest names in Canadian golf will return to competitive play on Thursday. Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C., is in the field for the American Express, his first PGA Tour event in 2023. Broo...

Jan 18, 2023