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Source: Toronto Wolfpack coach Brian McDermott gets new five-year contract

TORONTO - Fresh from signing All Blacks star Sonny Bill Williams, the Toronto Wolfpack have given head coach Brian McDermott a new five-year contract, a person familiar with the decision told The Cana...

Nov 26, 2019

Long time coming: Grey Cup parade to take over downtown Winnipeg today

Winnipeggers are expected to crowd the downtown streets today to celebrate the end of a Grey Cup drought that lasted almost three decades. The city will be hosting a parade this afternoon after t...

Nov 26, 2019

McDavid scores 2 to lead Oilers past Vegas, 4-2

LAS VEGAS - Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl are slowly showing rest of the league there is no better scoring tandem in the NHL. On Saturday night, Edmonton's dynamic duo taught the Vegas Golden Knig...

Nov 25, 2019

Flames say they're investigating alleged racial slur by coach

The Calgary Flames say they are looking into recent allegations made by a former NHL player that head coach Bill Peters used a racial slur against him 10 years ago. Defenceman Akim Aliu...

Nov 25, 2019

Barrie leads Maple Leafs past Avalanche 5-3

DENVER - A quick goal by Colorado got Tyson Barrie's homecoming off to a rough start, but Toronto's dominating stretch helped him celebrate in his return to Denver. Barrie had a goal and an assist dur...

Nov 25, 2019

Andrew Copp's late goal lifts Winnipeg Jets over Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3

WINNIPEG - Coach Paul Maurice was thankful it was the Winnipeg Jets who capitalized on a mistake. Andrew Copp scored with 1:54 left in the third period to lift the Jets to a 4-3 victory over the Colum...

Nov 25, 2019

Raptors beat Sixers 101-96 and hold Embiid scoreless for first time in NBA career

TORONTO - Pascal Siakam had 25 points to lead the Toronto Raptors to a 101-96 victory over Philadelphia on Monday, while holding 76ers centre Joel Embiid to zero points for the first time in his ...

Nov 25, 2019

Bjorkstrand lifts Blue Jackets to 1-0 win over Senators

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Oliver Bjorkstrand scored 21 seconds into the third period and Joonas Korpisalo earned his second career shutout, lifting the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 1-0 victory over the Ottawa Se...

Nov 25, 2019

Guentzel scores in OT, Penguins beat Flames 3-2

PITTSBURGH - Jake Guentzel beat David Rittich on a rush 4:04 into overtime to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins over the Calgary Flames 3-2 on Monday night. Jared McCann scored his ninth goal and Alex Galc...

Nov 25, 2019

Domi says Habs have to be more ruthless after Rangers rally past Canadiens 6-5

MONTREAL - Max Domi says a lack of killer instinct led to Montreal's total collapse. The Canadiens blew a four-goal lead and the New York Rangers stormed all the way back to win 6-5 on Saturday night....

Nov 25, 2019