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TRAIL, British Columbia (AP) — Sarah Fillier scored the only goal for Canada’s women’s hockey team in a 5-1 loss to the men’s junior A-level Trail Smoke Eaters in an exhibition game on Monday night. Fillier scored 1:06 into the first period for Canada. Emerance Maschmeyer stopped 27 of- 2 shots in the first two

Michael Amadio scored the game winner to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 3-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Monday in NHL pre-season action. Pierre Engvall scored twice for Toronto (3-1-0) as Jack Campbell turned away 26 shots. Connor Brown scored the lone goal for the Senators, now 2-2-0 in the pre-season. Matt

The Tampa Bay Lightning, despite back-to-back Stanley Cups, won’t go down as one of the great teams in NHL history. The bloated nature of the league — we’re up to 32 teams now — and a flat salary cap for the conceivable future will make true greatness impossible for any club. Sad but true. The

Two-time gold medallist Sidney Crosby was one of three players named Monday to Canada’s initial roster for the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing. The Pittsburgh Penguins captain, fellow centre Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers and defenceman Alex Pietrangelo of the Vegas Golden Knights were named by Team Canada general manager Doug Armstrong. Canada opens

CALGARY – Yegor Klavdiev scored twice on the power play, including the go-ahead goal in the second period, to give the visiting Lethbridge Hurricanes a 4-1 win over the Calgary Hitmen in the Western Hockey League on Sunday. Klavdiev tied the game with the man advantage at 16:24 of the first for Lethbridge (2-0-0-0) after

Now that we know the NHL will be heading to Beijing to compete at the Olympics, sports talk in this country will centre around picking Team Canada. When you throw in that the NHL season will be in progress -  players are essentially auditioning for a spot – the rosters will change on a regular

The NHL has reached out out to Robin Lehner to set up an interview after the goaltender made several accusations on social media, including that teams give players drugs without a doctor’s consent, a league spokesman confirmed to The Associated Press. In a series of tweets Saturday, Lehner said he knows “many“ teams that give

The Vegas Golden Knights’ Robin Lehner has drawn the attention of the NHL after social media posts made by the Swedish goalie accused teams of medical malpractice. Lehner claimed on Twitter on Saturday that teams had offered prescription medication to players without prescriptions. The goalie made the allegations on social media in response to a widening rift between former teammate Jack Eichel and the Buffalo

KENT, Wash. (AP) — Mark Stone and Glenn Gawdin scored 5:41 apart in the second period to push the Calgary Flames past the expansion Seattle Kraken 4-1 in NHL pre-season on Saturday. Byron Froese, with the man advantage, and Connor Mackey also scored for Calgary. Gawdin’s goal at 8:42 of the second came with the

Jesse Puljujarvi continues to cement his position as Connor McDavid’s full-time linemate. Puljujarvi had a pair of goals as the Edmonton Oilers snapped a two-game skid in pre-season play, defeating the visiting Winnipeg Jets 4-3 on Saturday. “His confidence grew all of last year and he has come into camp in great shape,” said Oilers

Defenceman Jalen Smereck was back on the ice with HC Donbass in the Ukrainian Hockey League on Saturday, unwilling to let his teammates down and heartened by a world of support — but incredibly disheartened by the weak suspension issued to an opponent for a racist taunt. “I still have that NHL dream,” Smereck, 24,

Quebec health authorities are lifting capacity restrictions on venues with assigned seating starting Oct. 8 but say it’s too soon to permit larger indoor private gatherings. Health Minister Christian Dubé made the announcement Thursday, saying anyone attending events at those venues will need to show proof of vaccination and wear a mask. The new rules

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – Connor Bedard scored twice for the Regina Pats in a 3-1 win over the Prince Alberta Raiders to open the Western Hockey League season Friday. All eyes are on the 16-year-old Bedard from North Vancouver, B.C., this season after he won the league’s rookie award at 15. Bedard had 12 goals

Ottawa’s youth movement paced the Senators to a 7-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens in pre-season hockey Friday. Alex Formenton, 22, led the way with two goals and an assist. Drake Batherson, 23, and Josh Norris, 22, each produced a three-point night of a goal and two assists. Shane Pinto, who wants to prove he

Oh to have been a fly on the wall in Banff last month when Team Canada’s brain trust set up shop for four days. The turnover in staff since the last best-on-best international men’s hockey was played meant there were formalities. Get-to-know-yous, and talk of schedules, logistics and strategies. But the group also engaged in

The Vancouver Canucks have signed restricted free agents Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes to new contracts, according to multiple media reports. Pettersson reportedly signed a three-year deal worth $7.35 million US a year, while reports say Hughes signed for six years at $7.85 million a year. The deals have yet to be confirmed by the

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Filip Forsberg and Egor Afanasyev each scored twice and the Nashville Predators beat the Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2 in exhibition play Thursday night. Matt Duchesse and Thomas Novak also scored for Nashville. David Rittich and Connor Ingram each played half the game in goal, with Rittich starting and

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