CTV says it is apologizing to anyone who was offended by comments made by a correspondent on its show The Social following the firing of hockey commentator Don Cherry. During the program on Tuesday, Jessica Allen said she doesn’t “worship at the altar of hockey’’ and found in her experience that those who did “all
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Calgary Flames defenceman T.J. Brodie collapsed at practice on Thursday and was taken at hospital, according to multiple reports. Eric Francis of Sportsnet reported Brodie, 29, was convulsing on the ice before being taken off on a stretcher and transported to hospital. Francis reported Brodie was responsive in the ambulance. More to come. Super scary moment at
PITTSBURGH—Penguins star Sidney Crosby will be out at least six weeks after what the team said was a “successful core muscle injury repair” Thursday. General manager Jim Rutherford says the procedure was performed by Dr. William Meyers in Philadelphia. The 32-year-old Crosby leads the team in scoring with five goals and 12 assists in 17
Joe Pavelski scored twice, including an empty-net goal, as the Dallas Stars continued their red-hot play with a 3-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night. Calgary native Justin Dowling’s first NHL goal was the winner for Dallas (9-8-2), which is 8-1-1 in its last 10 games after stumbling to a 1-7-1 start to
Almost 18 months since the Vegas Golden Knights’ improbable inaugural season ended, they look much more like the team that vanquished them in the Stanley Cup final. If you can’t beat ’em, be more like ’em. Once a ragtag group relying on more will than skill, Vegas is beginning to resemble the Washington Capitals they
The Pittsburgh Penguins endured much of October without several regulars, including key forward Evgeni Malkin, and now might have to deal with the long-term absence of their best player. Captain Sidney Crosby is mulling over his treatment options for a reported lingering sports hernia, according to The Athletic, and that includes surgery that would probably sideline
“Hockey Night in Canada” analyst Don Cherry said he believes he was fired Monday because of two words he used during his Coach’s Corner segment. “It’s the two words, ‘You people’ — and you know people are very sensitive like that — that got me,” he said Tuesday night during an appearance on Tucker Carlson’s
Tomas Hertl scored and extended his point streak to four games on his 26th birthday, Evander Kane added his team-leading 11th goal of the season and the San Jose Sharks beat the Edmonton Oilers 6-3 on Tuesday night. Brent Burns, Patrick Marleau, Barclay Goodrow and Timo Meier scored as San Jose matched its season-high goal
If there’s a magic elixir with that has made the New York Islanders so good since Lou Lamoriello took over, it’s quality goaltending and salary cap balance. There’s more to it of course. Lamoriello, the Islanders’ president and general manager, hired a great coach in Barry Trotz and inherited a roster that had good young
Forget skiing, snowboarding or even playing shinny on frozen ponds in the nearby Rocky Mountains. In recent weeks, Calgarians have been occupied by another recreational pursuit: playing amateur sports psychologist for the confounding Calgary Flames. On paper, this group is pretty much the same team that finished first in the Western Conference last season (forward
If only Don Cherry had listened to the oft-repeated admonition of those who hate it when sports analysts stray from the game in front of them. “Stick to sports” is what they say, and if Cherry had done just that he may still have his Coach’s Corner pulpit on “Hockey Night in Canada,” which he’d
The Carolina Hurricanes had been struggling to find goals and wins. Facing the Ottawa Senators for the second time in three days solved both problems. Sebastian Aho scored twice, Joel Edmundson had a goal and two assists, and the Hurricanes beat the Senators 8-2 on Monday night to snap a four-game losing streak. Warren Foegele,
Don Cherry shouldn’t have been on TV, not at the end, not at 85. But he was a Canadian institution, the most famous man in hockey not named Wayne Gretzky, the loudest voice in the country. And nobody, for a long time, had been able to tell him no. People tried over the years and
PITTSBURGH—Jake Guentzel and Jared McCann scored in a shootout, and the Pittsburgh Penguins ended a 10-game losing streak against the Chicago Blackhawks by rallying for a 3-2 victory Saturday night. Pittsburgh beat the Blackhawks for the first time since March 30, 2014 by scrambling back from a two-goal deficit. Guentzel’s eighth of the season late
Penguins star Sidney Crosby will miss Tuesday night’s game against the Rangers because of an undisclosed injury. Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan said Monday that Crosby will not travel with the club to New York. The Penguins also play Friday at New Jersey, but Sullivan did not explicitly say Crosby would miss both games. The two-time
For a while The Canadian Press had a reporter babysit Don Cherry on Saturday nights, because he might say something that made news. He was one of the most famous men in the country, in one of its biggest pulpits, and he said whatever he wanted. For many, that was part of the appeal. So
Connor McDavid had a hat trick and became the eighth NHL player to record 400 points before his 23rd birthday as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Anaheim Ducks 6-2 on Sunday night. It is the fifth hat trick of McDavid’s career and his first since Feb. 18, 2018, against Colorado. Edmonton’s superstar centre is the
Sportsnet has apologized after hockey commentator Don Cherry complained on national television that he rarely sees people he believes are immigrants wearing poppies ahead of Remembrance Day. Sportsnet president Bart Yabsley says Cherry’s comments are offensive and discriminatory. Statement from Sportsnet: <a href=”https://t.co/QZ76r9Y7sb”>pic.twitter.com/QZ76r9Y7sb</a> —@SportsnetPR Yabsley says the network has spoken to Cherry about the severity