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Tkachuk's OT winner lifts Senators past Penguins 5-4, snap two-game skid

OTTAWA - Brady Tkachuk scored the game-winning goal 25 seconds into overtime and the Ottawa Senators snapped a two-game skid, defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 Wednesday night. Alex DeBrincat, Tim...

Jan 18, 2023

Spruce Kings’ Jordan Fairlie looking to raise $20,000 during mental health campaign

...PRINCE GEORGE- Prince George Spruce Kings goaltender Jordan Fairlie has had a phenomenal season on the ice. However, the 20-year-old from Fort St.John is looking to also make a massive impact off t...

Jan 18, 2023

Maurice saw tough days ahead with retooled Panthers: 'It was going to be a challenge'

Paul Maurice expected some growing pains. Hired to lead the Florida Panthers - a team coming off its best-ever regular-season, but a disappointing playoff performance - the veteran head coach also kne...

Jan 18, 2023

Vancouver FC adds to roster by signing Lebanese international Gabriel Bitar

Midfielder/forward Gabriel Bitar is the seventh player to sign with expansion Vancouver FC ahead of the 2023 Canadian Premier League season. The 24-year-old from Ottawa spent last year with now-defunc...

Jan 18, 2023

Predators forward McCarron reinstated by NHL/NHLPA assistance program

TORONTO - Nashville Predators forward Michael McCarron has been returned to available status after receiving care from the NHL and NHL Players' Association's player assistance program. McCarron entere...

Jan 18, 2023

Spruce Kings set for Triple-Header Weekend against Smoke Eaters

PRINCE GEORGE - The Trail Smoke Eaters will be visiting the Kopar Memorial Arena from January 27th to 29th for triple header BCHL action.On Friday, January 27th at 7:00 PM, CKPG presents Not a School ...

Jan 18, 2023

Canada's Washington has grown into one of the NCAA's top scorers in her fifth season

For the three weeks in December that Canadian Keishana Washington led the NCAA in scoring, the congratulatory messages poured in. To the point it became overwhelming. "It was a lot of messages from fa...

Jan 18, 2023

Canadian freestyle skier Rachael Karker skies for joy post-Beijing

CALGARY - What Rachael Karker wants to do in her first season after winning an Olympic medal is unwind and ski. The Canadian earned halfpipe bronze in her Olympic debut last year in Beijing behind cha...

Jan 18, 2023

Injured Montreal Canadiens forward Juraj Slafkovsky out three months

MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens say forward Juraj Slafkovsky will be out three months with a lower-body injury. Montreal provided an injury update on several players Wednesday, a day after placing f...

Jan 18, 2023

Canada's Adam Hadwin and Brooke Henderson enter first golf tournaments of 2023

Two of the biggest names in Canadian golf will return to competitive play on Thursday. Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C., is in the field for the American Express, his first PGA Tour event in 2023. Broo...

Jan 18, 2023