Category Archives: Sports
Trio of power-play goals lifts Canucks to 4-2 victory over Oilers
VANCOUVER - Brock Boeser put up a trio of power-play points to lead the Vancouver Canucks to a 4-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday. The right-winger had a goal and helped set up both Alex Edler...
Dec 16, 2018
Nuggets beat Raptors 95-86 in matchup of conference leaders
DENVER - Nikola Jokic scored 26 points, Jamal Murray had 15 of his 19 in the fourth quarter and the banged-up Denver Nuggets rallied past the equally banged-up Toronto Raptors 95-86 on Sunday night in...
Dec 16, 2018

Scheifele scores in OT as Jets top league-leading Lightning 5-4
WINNIPEG - Mark Scheifele was in a joking mood after setting up the tying goal and scoring the winner 4:18 into overtime as the Winnipeg Jets defeated the league-leading Tampa Bay Lightning 5-4 on Sun...
Dec 16, 2018
Meaghan Benfeito, Francois Imbeau-Dulac top field at winter nationals
VICTORIA - Meaghan Benfeito survived a mistake on her final dive to win the women’s 10-metre event, and Francois Imbeau-Dulac’s consistency’s carried him to victory in the men’...
Dec 16, 2018
Ottawa's Homan edges Winnipeg's Einarson 4-1 to win second career National title
CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH, N.L. - Rachel Homan has captured her second career National title. The Ottawa skip edged Winnipeg’s Kerri Einarson 4-1 in the final Sunday at the fourth stop on the Grand S...
Dec 16, 2018

Tkachuk gets 1st goal in hometown, leads Flames over Blues
ST. LOUIS - Matthew Tkachuk spent his childhood dreaming of scoring an NHL goal in his hometown. It became reality Sunday. Tkachuk got his first goal in the city where his dad was a star, Johnny Gaudr...
Dec 16, 2018

Oilers goalie Mikko Koskinen excelling in return to NHL after time in Europe
VANCOUVER - Mikko Koskinen always knew he’d return to the NHL. The six-foot-seven Finnish goalie was taken 31st overall by the New York Islanders in the 2009 draft but logged just four games wit...
Dec 16, 2018
Ottawa's Isabelle Weidemann wins long-track speedskating silver at World Cup
HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - Ottawa’s Isabelle Weidemann won a silver medal in the women’s 3,000 metres on Sunday at the long-track speedskating World Cup in Heerenveen, Netherlands. It was h...
Dec 16, 2018
Man United's season hits new low with 3-1 loss to Liverpool
Jose Mourinho chose his words carefully, and they proved to be as candid as they were concerning for Manchester United as its worst start to a Premier League season hit a new low. “Liverpool,...
Dec 16, 2018

Canada's Kim McRae finishes seventh at luge World Cup in Lake Placid, N.Y.
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - Canada’s Kim McRae finished in seventh place at the luge World Cup in Lake Placid, N.Y. on Sunday morning. Competing in a condensed three-race schedule in the post-Olympic ye...
Dec 16, 2018