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Canadiens' Ivan Demidov focused on winning ahead of matchup with Alex Ovechkin
BROSSARD - Ivan Demidov is excited to face off against Alex Ovechkin - but more importantly, he wants to win. The 19-year-old Russian is focused on helping the Montreal Canadiens upset the top-seeded ...
Apr 20, 2025
New Brunswick group hopes to foster pride in basketball's Canadian roots
ST. STEPHEN - The rise in patriotism prompted by a hostile U.S. president is renewing focus on everything Canada has given the world, and a small New Brunswick mill town wants people to know the sport...
Apr 20, 2025
JD Vance meets Pope Francis on Easter Sunday after flap over migration
VATICAN CITY (AP) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance met briefly with Pope Francis on Easter Sunday as the pontiff recovers from pneumonia. Vance's motorcade entered Vatican City through a side gate and p...
Apr 20, 2025
Canada's Watts cleared to play in women's world hockey championship final
ESK BUDJOVICE - Canadian women's hockey team forward Daryl Watts has been cleared to play the world championship final. Watts was give a five-minute major and a game misconduct for an illegal check to...
Apr 20, 2025
Nathan MacKinnon scores 2, assists on another as Avalanche open NHL playoffs with 5-1 win over Stars
DALLAS (AP) - Nathan MacKinnon took a stick to the face, had a part in both of Colorado's strange goals in the second period and capped his night with an empty-netter for his 50th career playoff goal....
Apr 19, 2025
NHL roundup: Visiting Avalanche beat Stars 5-1 in Game 1 of playoffs
DALLAS (AP) - Nathan MacKinnon had a part in both of Colorado's strange goals in the second period before adding an empty-netter late as the Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 5-1 in the opener of their ...
Apr 19, 2025
CF Montreal doing 'a lot right,' just not scoring
MONTREAL - CF Montreal could not capitalize on a late red card, settling for a scoreless draw against Orlando City SC at Stade Saputo on Saturday night. This was just Montreal's (0-6-3) third point of...
Apr 19, 2025
Toronto FC defeats 10-man Real Salt Lake 1-0 for first win of MLS season
SANDY - Theo Corbeanu scored his first Major League Soccer goal as Toronto FC defeated 10-man Real Salt Lake 1-0 Saturday for its first win of the season. The victory was also TFC's first in Utah sinc...
Apr 19, 2025
MacKinnon scores twice as Avalanche open playoffs with 5-1 win over Stars
DALLAS (AP) - Nathan MacKinnon had a part in both of Colorado's strange goals in the second period before adding an empty-netter late as the Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 5-1 in the opener of their ...
Apr 19, 2025
Takaoka has two saves for Whitecaps in 0-0 tie with St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Yohei Takaoka made two saves for Vancouver on Saturday night to help the Whitecaps play St. Louis City to a 0-0 tie. Vancouver (6-1-2) has allowed just one goal during its current fou...
Apr 19, 2025