PRINCE GEORGE -- A third-period barrage was not sustained by the Prince George Cougars on Saturday (April 27) at CN Centre. The Portland Winterhawks tallied three goals in the third stanza en route to a 5-3 victory over the Cats in Game 2 of the best-of-seven Western Conference final, which is tied at one name apiece. ...

PRINCE GEORGE -- Joshua Ravensbergen is quickly becoming a local hero.The 17-year-old goaltender was magnificent for the Prince George Cougars in a 5-0 win over the Portland Winterhawks in Game 1 of the WHL Western Conference final on Friday (April 26) at CN Centre.He stopped 33 shots to secure his third shutout of the...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Portland Winterhawks took to the CN Centre Ice Friday morning getting ready to play the first game of the Western Conference Finals. Portland has yet to lose a game so far this playoffs sweeping both their previous opponents in the Victoria Royals and Everett Silvertips. Now comes their toughest tas...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars will host away game watch parties at CN Centre next week. They'll take place Monday and Wednesday for Games 3 and 4 in Portland. If Game 5 of the Western Conference Final is necessary, another watch party will take place next Thursday. The CN Centre concession and bars will als...

SEATTLE (AP) - The Seattle Kraken fired coach Dave Hakstol on Monday after the third-year franchise took a significant step back following a playoff appearance in their second season. Hakstol was a finalist for the Jack Adams Award as coach of the year last season as Seattle finished with 100 points and reached the Wes...

CALGARY - Canadian linebacker Charlie Moore retired Monday following three seasons with the Calgary Stampeders. Calgary selected Moore in the third round of the 2021 CFL draft. The former Calgary Dino appeared in 45 regular-season games with the Stampeders, registering 32 special-teams tackles and two blocked punts. M...

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed forward Nikita Grebyonkin to a three-year, entry-level contract, the NHL club announced Monday. The contract, which comes into effect immediately, carries an average annual value of US$875,000. The 21-year-old recently helped Metallurg Magnitogorsk win the Kontinental Hocke...

TORONTO - Auston Matthews will be alongside his teammates in Boston. Whether the Maple Leafs sniper is on the ice with Toronto facing elimination is a massive question mark. Matthews didn't practise today as the Leafs prepared for tomorrow's must-win Game 5 down 3-1 in their first-round playoffs series against the Br...

MADRID - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the fourth round of the Madrid Open tennis tournament Monday in a walkover after Czech opponent Jakub Mensik retired. Auger-Aliassime was up 6-1, 1-0 through a brisk 35 minutes when Mensik conceded after being broken on the first game of the second set. The 23-year-...

Major League Baseball plans to modify its Nike uniforms by the start of the 2025 season following complaints this spring from players and fans, according to a report from ESPN. The changes will include restoring larger lettering on the nameplates and correcting for mismatched gray tops and bottoms, pants that are somet...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Tributes continue to pour in for Bob Cole as his family has confirmed a funeral will be held for the legendary broadcaster Friday in St. John's, N.L. Wayne Gretzky says it was Cole's passion for the game of hockey that made him a great one. Gretzky shared his memories of Cole on Hockey Night in Canad...

NEW YORK - Connor Hellebuyck of the Winnipeg Jets, Thatcher Demko of the Vancouver Canucks and Sergei Bobrovsky of the Florida Panthers are the finalists for this season's Vezina Trophy. The trophy is awarded each year to the NHL's top goaltender in the regular season. Hellebuyck posted a 37-19-4 record with a 2.39 goa...

Coach Jon Cooper of the Tampa Bay Lightning moved into the NHL's top 10 for all-time playoff wins with 87 following Saturday's 6-3 win over the Florida Panthers. Cooper is two wins shy of tying Glen Sather at No. 9, and three shy of tying Mike Babcock. In order to tie Babcock this year, the Bolts will have to win their...

DENVER (AP) - Valeri Nichushkin recorded his first career hat trick, netminder Alexandar Georgiev turned in another strong showing and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-1 in Game 4 on Sunday to move a win away from advancing in the NHL playoffs. Artturi Lehkonen and Cale Makar also scored for the Avalanch...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hannah Green won LPGA Tour's JM Eagle LA Championship for the second straight year Sunday, holing out twice from off the greens in a pivotal back-nine stretch at challenging Whilshire Country Club. A year after making a 25-foot birdie on the final hole of regulation and winning on the second hole of ...

LOS ANGELES - The Edmonton Oilers are adding depth for the playoffs by recalling goaltender Jack Campbell and defenceman Philip Broberg from the American Hockey League's Bakersfield Condors. Campbell and Broberg join the Oilers amid their first-round series against the Los Angeles Kings after Bakersfield lost 3-1 to th...

DULUTH, Ga. (AP) - Stephen Ames celebrated his 60th birthday with a successful title defense in the Mitsubishi Electric Classic, closing with a 5-under 67 on Sunday for his eighth PGA Tour Champions victory. A stroke behind Paul Broadhurst after matching the tournament record Saturday with a 64, Ames had two eagles in ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans team event Sunday, beating Chad Ramey and Martin Trainer with a par on the first hole of a playoff. Trainer pushed a six-foot par putt to the right of the cup to end it, with Lowry and McIlroy sharing a smiling embrace on the green. T...

CARSON, Calif. - Captain Sophie de Goede scored 18 points, including two tries, as Canada thumped the U.S. 50-7 Sunday in the opening match of Pacific Four Series rugby tournament. Claire Gallagher scored two tries while Tyson Beukeboom, Laetitia Royer, Maddie Grant and Julia Omokhuale added singles for Canada, which l...

DALLAS (AP) - Paul George and James Harden each scored 33 points while playing key fourth-quarter roles to help the Los Angeles Clippers hold on after blowing a 31-point lead and beat the Dallas Mavericks 116-111 on Sunday, evening the first-round series at 2-2. The Clippers won again without Kawhi Leonard, who missed ...

DENVER - Winnipeg Jets forward Vladislav Namestnikov left Sunday's game against the Colorado Avalanche after taking a slapshot to the side of the head. Nate Schmidt fired a shot from the point that was tipped before it hit Namestnikov in the slot midway through the third period. The Avalanche led 4-1 at the time. Names...

TORONTO - Alejandro Kirk went 3 for 3 at the plate and hit his first home run of the season to lead the Toronto Blue Jays past the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 on Sunday to snap a five-game losing skid. Daulton Varsho and Isiah Kiner-Falefa had back-to-back groundouts in the second inning to score runners for Toronto (14-15...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Jalen Brunson scored a career playoff-high 47 points, added 10 assists and the New York Knicks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 97-92 on Sunday to take a 3-1 lead in their first-round playoff series. OG Anunoby added 16 points and 14 rebounds, and took on some of the defensive assignment against Joel Emb...

Oilers captain Connor McDavid took a big hit from Kings forward Quinton Byfield along the boards. Edmonton winger Zach Hyman steamrolled Los Angeles centre Philip Danault in the same series. Back east, the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning have been running into each other at ...

NASHVILLE - Multiple reports say rookie goalie Arturs Silovs will be in net for the Vancouver Canucks when they face the Nashville Predators in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series today. The 23-year-old Latvian will be backed up by 24-year-old Belarusian netminder Nikita Tolopilo, who has never played an NHL ga...

BERLIN (AP) - Darmstadt was relegated from the Bundesliga on Sunday with a 1-0 loss at home to fellow promoted side Heidenheim. Darmstadt, which finished runner-up behind second-division champion Heidenheim last year, remained bottom of the Bundesliga with just 17 points from 31 rounds. It can't catch Mainz (28 points)...

Candace Parker always said she'd know when it would be time to retire. That day came Sunday. The three-time WNBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist announced on social media that her career was over after 16 seasons. "The competitor in me always wants 1 more, but it's time," Parker wrote in an Instag...

Los Angeles Kings goalie David Rittich will start in net against the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series Sunday. Rittich replaces Cam Talbot in the crease with the Kings down 2-1 to the Oilers in the series. Talbot started all three games so far. The 36-year-old has a .861 save percentage and ...