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Canucks beat Ducks in OT for seventh straight win under Boudreau

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - J.T. Miller scored 26 seconds into overtime and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Anaheim Ducks 2-1 Wednesday night for their seventh straight win since Bruce Boudreau took over be...

Dec 29, 2021

Tarasenko leads St. Louis Blues past Edmonton Oilers in first game since layoff

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and two assists as the St. Louis Blues beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-2 on Wednesday night. Brandon Saad, Robert Thomas and Jordan Kyrou also scored in St. L...

Dec 29, 2021

Manchester City strengthens grip on EPL title by taking 8-point lead

Manchester City's grip on its Premier League title hasn't been this strong all season. A 1-0 win at Brentford on Wednesday, coupled with Chelsea conceding a stoppage-time goal to draw 1-1 against Brig...

Dec 29, 2021

Canada's bobsled team places 13 team members in COVID-19 protocols

SIGULDA, Latvia - Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton has placed 10 of its athletes and three staff members into COVID-19 protocols. A spokesman from the national sport organization confirmed the outbreak on We...

Dec 29, 2021

Canucks forwards Boeser, Di Giuseppe added to NHL's COVID protocol

Vancouver Canucks forwards Brock Boeser and Phillip Di Giuseppe and a member of the team's support staff have been added to the NHL's COVID-19 protocol list hours before the team was scheduled to retu...

Dec 29, 2021

Plenty of Canadian content on display in February UFC cards

Featherweight (Mean) Hakeem Dawodu is one of four Canadians lined up for a UFC Fight Night card Feb. 5 in Las Vegas. Middleweight Marc-Andre (PowerBar) Barriault, flyweight Malcolm (X) Gordon and bant...

Dec 29, 2021

Reports: World junior hockey championship cancelled due to COVID-19 cases

The world junior hockey championship in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alta., has been cancelled according to multiple reports. Reporter Chris Peters of the Daily Faceoff first reported that the International...

Dec 29, 2021

Saleh rejoins Jets after clearing COVID-19 protocols

NEW YORK (AP) - New York Jets coach Robert Saleh cleared COVID-19 protocols and returned to the facility Wednesday to run practice for the first time since testing positive for the coronavirus last we...

Dec 29, 2021

IIHF suspends Sweden defenceman Loof one game for illegal hit at world juniors

The International Ice Hockey Federation has suspended Sweden defenceman Leo Loof one game for a check to the head of Slovakia defenceman Simon Nemec. The incident occurred in the third period of Swede...

Dec 29, 2021

Lamar Jackson expected to practice for Ravens

The Baltimore Ravens were expecting Lamar Jackson back at practice Wednesday after the star quarterback missed two games with an ankle injury. Coach John Harbaugh said Jackson would likely practice on...

Dec 29, 2021