Category Archives: Sports
CFL boosts salary cap to over $6.06 million in 2025
TORONTO - CFL teams will have more money to spend on bolstering their rosters in 2025. The league announced Wednesday that its salary cap this season has been set at just over $6.06 million. That's up...
Feb 5, 2025
Canada's Auger-Aliassime loses in Rotterdam, retires from play after second set
ROTTERDAM - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime retired from his first-round match against Italian qualifier Andrea Vavassori at the ABN Amro Open on Wednesday. Auger-Aliassime, from Montreal, stopped play...
Feb 5, 2025
Scarcity behind the medals: Canada's national sport organizations running deficits
The winner of a complete set of medals and Canada's Olympic flag-bearer in Beijing's closing ceremonies is in debt. Isabelle Weidemann wasn't comfortable stating how far she's in the red. The 29-year-...
Feb 5, 2025
NHL roundup: Swayman helps Bruins shut out the Wild 3-0
BOSTON (AP) - Charlie McAvoy got his 299th career point with a goal in the second period and Jeremy Swayman stopped 35 shots for his third shutout of the NHL season as the Boston Bruins beat the Minne...
Feb 5, 2025
Goalie Thatcher Demko rounding into form with Vancouver Canucks
VANCOUVER - Thatcher Demko reminded onlookers why he's considered one of the NHL's top goalies on Tuesday. The Vancouver Canucks netminder stopped all 25 saves he faced - some in dramatic fashion - an...
Feb 5, 2025
Leafs' Nylander says his hat trick in 6-3 win over Calgary is 'super special'
CALGARY - Eight years to the day of his first career NHL hat trick, William Nylander notched his second on Tuesday and it came in the same building in which his dad used to play. Nylander's big night,...
Feb 5, 2025
Armia scores late short-handed goal to help Canadiens beat Sharks 4-3
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Joel Armia scored a short-handed tiebreaking goal late in the third period and the Montreal Canadiens beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Tuesday night to snap a five-game NHL losi...
Feb 5, 2025
Demko posts 25-save shutout, Vancouver Canucks blank Colorado Avalanche 3-0
VANCOUVER - Thatcher Demko stopped all 25 shots he faced and the Vancouver Canucks blanked the Colorado Avalanche 3-0 on Tuesday. It was the American goalie's first shutout of the season and the ninth...
Feb 5, 2025
Comrie thrilled with 3-0 shutout over 'Canes as Jets win seventh straight game
WINNIPEG - Eric Comrie finally got what he deserved on Tuesday - in a good way. The Winnipeg Jets' backup goalie made 29 saves for his first shutout of the season in a 3-0 victory over the Carolina Hu...
Feb 4, 2025
Nylander nets hat trick as Leafs douse Flames 6-3
CALGARY - Calgary-born William Nylander notched his second career hat trick on Tuesday as the Toronto Maple Leafs completed a sweep of Alberta with a 6-3 victory over the Calgary Flames. With nine goa...
Feb 4, 2025
