PORTLAND - It's do or die for the Prince George Cougars for the rest of the Western Hockey League (WHL) Western Conference Finals. The Cougars were put on the brink of elimination Wednesday (May 1) night, falling to the Portland Winterhawks on the road in game four by a score of 5-2. They now trail the best-of-seven se...

CALGARY - Prince George Cougars goalie Joshua Ravensbergen has been named the WHL's Rookie of the Month for April.This is a first for Ravensbergen, though he was named Goalie of the Month for November.The 17-year-old went 6-2-0-0 through March with a 2.10 goals-against average, a .930 save percentage and a league-leadi...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings have announced two player commitments for next season.Will Moore is a 5'11" 185 pound forward who hails from Westfield, Indiana. He spent the past two seasons with the Johnstown Tomahawks of the North American Hockey League (NAHL). In 94 NAHL games, Moore had 28 goals...

PRINCE GEORGE - Update: Just hours after being named WHL Coach of the Year, Mark Lamb has also won the Lloyd Saunders Trophy, given annually to the WHL Executive of the Year.This is the first time Lamb has been awarded the trophy and its the first time a Cougars executive has won the award.Lamb and his staff have worke...

TORONTO - A judo athlete who trains in Toronto has been named to the Olympic refugee team for the Paris Games. Nigara Shaheen was among 36 athletes from 11 different countries introduced by the International Olympic Committee on Thursday. The IOC first entered a refugee team in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio to represen...

DALLAS (AP) - Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin was briefly down on the ice with a bloody nose and a bit dazed after taking a shot to the face from Alex Pietrangelo. That big backhanded swing from Pietrangelo while the two were together against the board was certainly retaliation for the Vegas Golden Knights against Se...

PORTLAND - It's do or die for the Prince George Cougars for the rest of the Western Hockey League (WHL) Western Conference Finals. The Cougars were put on the brink of elimination Wednesday (May 1) night, falling to the Portland Winterhawks on the road in game four by a score of 5-2. They now trail the best-of-seven se...

The Edmonton Oilers are, so far, the only Canadian team to punch their ticket to the second round of the NHL playoffs. The Vancouver Canucks can make it two teams with a victory Friday in Nashville, or Sunday in Vancouver. The only game in the NHL tonight is in Toronto, where the Boston Bruins can finish off the Maple ...

EDMONTON - Leon Draisaitl scored twice, Evan Bouchard had three assists, and the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 Wednesday to win their first-round, best-of-seven NHL playoff series in five games. Edmonton eliminated Los Angeles in the opening round for the third year in a row after coming out on top...

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have advanced to the second round of the NHL playoffs with a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Kings in Game 5 of their first-round series. Leon Draisaitl scored twice for the Oilers who, for the third straight year, eliminated the Kings from the playoff picture. Evan Bouchard added three assi...

DALLAS (AP) - Jason Robertson scored a power-play goal to put Dallas ahead late in the second period after Tyler Seguin took a shot to the face and the Stars beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 in Game 5 on Wednesday night, becoming the first home team to win in this opening-round series that they now lead. Evgenii Dadon...

TORONTO - Natalie Spooner scored twice in leading Toronto to clinching first place in the Professional Women's Hockey League with a 4-1 win over Minnesota on Wednesday. Toronto (12-4-0-7) moved ahead of Montreal (10-3-5-5) in the standings with 44 points, while holding the tiebreaker in case of a tie by regular season'...

Forge FC and Atletico Ottawa, the top two teams in the Canadian Premier League, posted convincing victories in Canadian Championship preliminary-round play Wednesday. Forge, which tops the CPL standings at 3-0-0, dispatched York United FC 3-1 in a game that was decided in the first half, while Atletico Ottawa, second ...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Steven Stamkos wants to hoist the Stanley Cup again with the Tampa Bay Lightning. The 34-year-old captain, who can become a free agent this summer, reiterated Wednesday that he'd like to remain with the only franchise he's played for in a stellar 16-season career. And, general manager Julien BriseBoi...

VICTORIA - Rowing Canada chief executive officer Terry Dillon will step down next month ahead of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris. Dillon has been CEO of the country's governing body of the sport for the past seven years. His resignation is effective June 30, Rowing Canada said Wednesday in a statement p...

TORONTO - Michael Massey hit a three-run homer and drove in another run with a groundout as the Kansas City Royals earned a 6-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday afternoon. Bobby Witt Jr. and Salvador Perez both had RBI singles in the sixth as Kansas City (19-13) won for the second time in a row for the serie...

DORTMUND, Germany (AP) - Borussia Dortmund forward Niclas Füllkrug scored in a 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal on Wednesday. Dortmund defender Nico Schlotterbeck sent a long pass over the top for Füllkrug to control brilliantly with his first touch before ...

CALGARY - Prince George Cougars goalie Joshua Ravensbergen has been named the WHL's Rookie of the Month for April.This is a first for Ravensbergen, though he was named Goalie of the Month for November.The 17-year-old went 6-2-0-0 through March with a 2.10 goals-against average, a .930 save percentage and a league-leadi...

VANCOUVER - Christian Covington is coming home. The veteran defensive lineman signed with the B.C. Lions on Wednesday. The CFL club originally drafted Covington, a Vancouver native, in the fifth round, No. 43 overall, in the 2015 CFL draft. The six-foot-two, 300-pound Covington joins the Lions after playing in 102 NFL ...

Back-to-back wins by Canadians have added a bit of maple flavour to the top of the PGA Tour Americas points list. Vancouver's Stuart Macdonald shot a 1-under 71 to finish 17-under overall for a two-stroke victory at the Diners Club Peru Open on Sunday and rocket up to third on the Fortinet Cup standings. He's 83 points...

Joel Dublanko is looking forward to calling Edmonton home. The Edmonton Elks took the rugged linebacker first overall in the CFL draft Tuesday night. There was karma with the selection, as the American-born Dublanko was able to declare for the draft because his father is from Edmonton. And the burly six-foot-three, 240...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings have announced two player commitments for next season.Will Moore is a 5'11" 185 pound forward who hails from Westfield, Indiana. He spent the past two seasons with the Johnstown Tomahawks of the North American Hockey League (NAHL). In 94 NAHL games, Moore had 28 goals...

EDMONTON - Zach Hyman is extending the invitation. If basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal needs to learn how to skate - for real this time - Hyman will hit the ice with him. "If Shaq wants lessons, no problem," the Edmonton Oilers forward said Wednesday. "For free." O'Neal, a Basketball Hall of Famer...

Matt Rempe stretched on the bench several minutes before warmups when the chants started. A chorus of "Rempe! Rempe!" emerged from nearby New York Rangers fans, sounding almost like the Yankees "Bleacher Creatures" role-calling players from the outfield. The popular 6-foot-8 rookie waved and got a b...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes released veteran American receiver/returner Chandler Worthy on Wednesday. Worthy, 30, spent two seasons with Montreal (2022-23) after starting his CFL career with the Toronto Argonauts (2017, 2019, 2021). The five-foot-nine, 173-pound Worthy came to Canada after spending time in the NF...

The Carolina Hurricanes have avoided a major injury concern for defenceman Tony DeAngelo while veteran blue-liner Brett Pesce is nearing a return from a lower-body injury suffered in the second game of the NHL playoffs. Team president and general manager Don Waddell said Wednesday that Pesce has shed a walking boot and...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper opened his end-of-season news conference Wednesday apologizing for making what he called an inappropriate analogy of putting skirts on goalies. Cooper after the Game 5 loss that eliminated his team from the playoffs on Monday night vented about two questionable go...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - All players and coaches were at work on Wednesday at the Florida Panthers' practice facility. Nobody was on the ice. That's a nice problem to have right now. Florida will open the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs at home. That much is certain. The opponent - Boston or Toronto - won't be ...