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Flames pick Samuel Honzek 16th overall at NHL draft

NASHVILLE - The Calgary Flames selected Samuel Honzek with the No. 16 pick in the 2023 NHL draft Wednesday. Honzek, a six-foot-three, 195-pound forward, had 56 points (23, 33) in 43 games with the Wes...

Jun 28, 2023

Canucks select Tom Willander 11th overall at NHL draft

NASHVILLE - The Vancouver Canucks selected Tom Willander with the No. 11 pick in the 2023 NHL draft Wednesday. Willander, a six-foot-one, 180-pound defenceman, had 25 points (four goals, 21 assists) i...

Jun 28, 2023

Canadiens select David Reinbacher with No. 5 pick at NHL draft

NASHVILLE - The Montreal Canadiens selected David Reinbacher with the fifth-overall pick at the 2023 NHL draft Wednesday. The six-foot-two, 194-pound defenceman from Austria, had 22 points (three goal...

Jun 28, 2023

Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff talks Dubois trade; buyout an option for Wheeler

NASHVILLE - Kevin Cheveldayoff acquired Pierre-Luc Dubois in hopes the star centre would be with Winnipeg Jets for the rest of his career. When it became apparent that was no longer in the cards, the ...

Jun 28, 2023

Fernandez eliminated at Bad Homburg Open with loss to Blinkova

BAD HOMBURG, Germany - Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., was eliminated from the Bad Homburg Open tennis tournament Wednesday with a 7-5, 6-2 second-round loss to Russia's Anna Blinkova. Blinkova, seed...

Jun 28, 2023

Canada's Zhao advances to third round of Wimbledon qualifying with win over Rus

LONDON - Carol Zhao of Richmond Hill, Ont., moved one step closer to qualifying for the first Grand Slam main draw of her career with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 second-round win over Arantxa Rus of the Netherlan...

Jun 28, 2023

Canada's Myles Creighton ready for next step at Latinoamerica Tour finale

Myles Creighton is poised to take the next step of his career. The product of Digby, N.S., is headed into the Bupa Tour Championship on Thursday atop the Totalplay Cup rankings, the points list for th...

Jun 28, 2023

CFL issues maximum fine against Chris Edwards of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

TORONTO - The CFL issued a maximum fine against Hamilton defensive back Chris Edwards on Wednesday for his actions following the Tiger-Cats' 38-12 loss to the Montreal Alouettes last week. After the g...

Jun 28, 2023

Devils re-sign forward Timo Meier to 8-year, $70M contract

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The New Jersey Devils secured another piece from last year's team, re-signing forward Timo Meier to an eight-year, $70.4 million contract through the 2030-31 NHL season. General ma...

Jun 28, 2023

Canada's Penny Oleksiak hopes to return at 2024 Paris Olympics

TORONTO - Penny Oleksiak says she still plans to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The 22-year-old seven-time Olympic medalist withdrew from the world swimming championships on June 1 due to injury....

Jun 28, 2023