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For years, cable TV has bled viewers and subscribers to streaming giants like Netflix, Apple and Amazon. Now, those same companies are vying to stream live sports, one of the last lines of defence when it comes to audiences paying big bucks for traditional cable packages. AppleTV+ has a 10 year, multibillion-dollar deal to stream MLS soccer matches and also streams

The Toronto Maple Leafs are out of the NHL playoffs in the first round, after losing to the hometown Boston Bruins 2-1 in overtime of Game 7 on Saturday night. David Pastrnak scored at 1:54 of the extra period as Boston downed Toronto to advance to the second round against the Florida Panthers.  “Huge moment,” said Pastrnak, who

Manitoba·New Rick Bowness of the Winnipeg Jets, Rick Tocchet of the Vancouver Canucks and Andrew Brunette of the Nashville Predators are the finalists for this season’s Jack Adams Award. Award is voted on by members of the NHL Broadcasters’ Association The Canadian Press · Posted: May 03, 2024 12:28 PM EDT | Last Updated: May

Bob Cole, pictured here in 2018, died last week in St. John’s. He was 90. (Claus Andersen/Getty Images) Family, friends and fans from around the hockey world gathered in St. John’s on Friday afternoon for the funeral of broadcasting icon Bob Cole. Cole, 90, died last week in St. John’s surrounded by his family. “Everything he

Forwards Connor Bedard, Adam Fantilli and Macklin Celebrini will be part of a young Canadian squad looking to defend its gold medal at this year’s world men’s hockey championship. Hockey Canada released its initial 22-player roster Friday for the tournament that runs May 10-26 in Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic. Bedard, the 2023 first-overall draft

William Nylander scored twice and Joseph Woll made 22 saves as the Toronto Maple Leafs downed the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Thursday to force Game 7 in their first-round series. Toronto has now won two straight — including Tuesday’s 2-1 overtime victory in Game 5 — after falling behind their Original Six rival 3-1 to

Auston Matthews will miss the Maple Leafs’ must-win Game 6 against the Boston Bruins. Head coach Sheldon Keefe said following today’s morning skate the star sniper would be unavailable with Toronto down 3-2 in its first-round playoff series. Matthews was pulled from Game 4 with an illness and didn’t play in Tuesday’s 2-1 overtime victory

Leon Draisaitl scored twice and Evan Bouchard had three assists as 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 in six games in 2023, and seven

Tampa Bay Lightning head 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 goaltender interference rulings that contributed to Florida’s 6-1

The Toronto Maple Leafs staved off elimination in a 2-1 victory in the team’s pivotal Game 5 matchup against the Boston Bruins in their first-round playoff series on Tuesday, with Matthew Knies scoring at 2:26 of overtime. The rookie winger scored after captain John Tavares took the puck hard to the net in the extra period to

Liam Spickelmier was born and raised in Nebraska and has no relatives in Winnipeg, but ever since a trip to the city in 2018, he says he feels like he should’ve been Canadian.  Spickelmier has been back to the Manitoba capital two more times since then, taking in six games over the visits, the most

Throughout the course of his 50 years in the broadcast booth, Bob Cole made friendships with some of the greatest players in the game of hockey and was the voice of their biggest accomplishments. He was there when Wayne Gretzky won his first Stanley Cup with the Edmonton Oilers in 1984, proclaiming: “Folks, there’s a

A year removed from being honoured as one of the top coaches in the NHL, Dave Hakstol ended up taking the fall for the underachievement of the Seattle Kraken. Hakstol was fired Monday as the head coach of the Kraken after the third-year franchise took a significant step back following a playoff appearance in their

Valeri Nichushkin scored two power-play goals and added an empty-netter to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 5-1 victory over Winnipeg on Sunday that left the Jets in must-win mode for the rest of the first-round playoff series. Artturi Lehkonen and Cale Makar also scored for the Avalanche, who took a 3-1 lead in the

Elias Lindholm scored just one minute and two seconds into overtime and the Vancouver Canucks came all the way back to beat the Nashville Predators 4-3 in Game 4 of the teams’ first-round playoff series on Sunday. The Canucks now hold a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series, with the series shifting back to Vancouver for Game 5 on Tuesday. Brock Boeser opened

Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner were having an animated discussion on the bench. William Nylander was caught by cameras muttering to himself during the second-period exchange. Marner then took off his gloves and slammed them on the ground. The Maple Leafs were down 2-0 in a game they desperately needed Saturday. The angst from Toronto’s

Evander Kane’s teammates believe he’s tailor-made for the playoffs, and so does the man himself. “The drama of it all,” Kane said about the post-season. “It just brings the best out of me.” Kane had a goal, an assist and a fight — known as a “Gordie Howe hat trick” — and the Edmonton Oilers

Back-to-back power-play goals early in the third period turned the game for the Colorado Avalanche on Friday night. By the time the host side was done, they scored three more times, set the physical tone and made a statement with an emphatic 6-2 rout of the Winnipeg Jets to take a 2-1 lead in the