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Bedard leads Canadian juniors past Finland 5-3 in final tune-up test

HALIFAX - After a couple easy tune-up tests, Canada had to battle from start to finish on Friday night to defeat Finland 5-3 in the final exhibition game ahead of the world junior men's hockey champio...

Dec 23, 2022

Ovechkin scores 801st goal, ties Howe for 2nd overall

WASHINGTON (AP) - Alex Ovechkin has tied Gordie Howe for second on the NHL career goals list. Ovechkin scored his 801st goal during the first period of the Washington Capitals' game against the Winnip...

Dec 23, 2022

Blue Jays acquire Varsho from Diamondbacks for Moreno and Gurriel Jr.

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired outfielder Daulton Varsho from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr., and catcher Gabriel Moreno. Varsho hit 27 homers a...

Dec 23, 2022

Canada set to begin quest for 20th gold medal at world juniors

Connor Bedard sees the reminder every time he's back home. His gold medal from the last world junior hockey championship - a tournament that was moved to the summer and almost didn't happen because of...

Dec 23, 2022

Some hockey fans say excitement for world juniors comes with tough conversations

HALIFAX - Some Nova Scotia hockey fans say their excitement for the world junior hockey championship is accompanied this year by tough conversations about Hockey Canada's handling of sexual assault al...

Dec 23, 2022

Snowboarder Sebastien Toutant enjoying life as TikToker, break from competition

Sebastien Toutant loves expressing himself on his snowboard, finding new ways to perform tricks on slopestyle and big air courses around the world. But after the Beijing Olympics in February, he resol...

Dec 23, 2022

Some intriguing moves in an interesting off-season for the Toronto Blue Jays

TORONTO - The off-season started shortly after the playoffs began for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2022. Now it's up to general manager Ross Atkins to make the necessary changes to ensure the team has a p...

Dec 23, 2022

Pettersson nets shootout winner, scores two others as Canucks top Kraken 6-5

VANCOUVER - Elias Pettersson scored the winner, along with two goals in regulation as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Seattle Kraken 6-5 in a shootout Thursday night to end a three-game home losing...

Dec 22, 2022

Kempe strikes in OT, Kings top Flames after giving away lead

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Adrian Kempe scored in overtime, Pheonix Copley made 27 saves to win his fourth straight start, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Calgary Flames 4-3 on Thursday night. The Kings ha...

Dec 22, 2022

Johansson nets OT winner to lift Capitals past Senators 3-2

OTTAWA - Marcus Johansson scored the game-winning goal 2:04 into overtime to lead the Washington Capitals to a 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators Thursday night. Evgeny Kuznetsov and Sonny Milano also s...

Dec 22, 2022