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
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Hockey commentator Don Cherry is in the limelight yet again, this time for complaining that he rarely sees people he believes to be new immigrants wearing poppies ahead of Remembrance Day. The 85-year-old Cherry said on Saturday on his weekly Coach’s Corner segment as part of Hockey Night in Canada that he’s less frequently seeing
Hockey commentator Don Cherry was the target of an online backlash after complaining that he rarely sees people he believes to be new immigrants wearing poppies ahead of Remembrance Day. The 85-year-old Cherry said on Saturday on his weekly Coach’s Corner segment on “Hockey Night in Canada” that he’s seeing fewer people wearing poppies to
Speed was the name of the game for the Winnipeg Jets on Friday. Kyle Connor and his teammates cited quick feet as a key reason the Jets handed the Vancouver Canucks their third straight loss with a 4-1 victory. “I think that’s when we’re at our best,” said Connor, who had a goal and an
Alex Chiasson had a goal and an assist and Mikko Koskinen made 26 saves for the shutout as the Edmonton Oilers snapped a two-game losing skid with a 4-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Friday. Leon Draisaitl, Gaetan Haas and James Neal also scored for the Oilers (11-5-2), who improved to 6-2-1 on
The Blackhawks returned to home ice and got back to basics against one of the NHL’s most improved teams. Patrick Kane had a power-play goal and two assists, and Chicago beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Thursday night. Alex DeBrincat and Andrew Shaw scored in the first period, and Dylan Strome had three assists as
Noah Hanifin had a goal and two assists on Thursday, and the Calgary Flames scored four times in the second period en route to a 5-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils. It’s Hanifin’s first three-point game as a Flame and the fourth of his career. Derek Ryan, Mikael Backlund, Sean Monahan and Johnny Gaudreau
Clint Malarchuk no longer is alone. The former NHL goalie, widely remembered for the terrifying moment in 1989 when a skate slashed his jugular during a game, has gone public with his daily struggle with depression, anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder. He told his story again in a new documentary that debuts this week, putting
Bryan Little is back on the injured reserve, the Winnipeg Jets say. The 31-year-old centreman, who missed the first nine games of this season with a concussion, was sent to a hospital neurological unit Tuesday evening after a puck from a hard, rising slapshot hit him in the side of the head. Little was circling behind the Devils’ net when teammate Nikolaj
Women striving for the professional hockey league of their dreams want to stay visible during a gap in their Dream Gap Tour. The Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association tugs on hockey heartstrings with Thursday’s release of a music video rendition of the Stompin’ Tom Connors ballad “The Hockey Song.” PWHPA president and Hockey Hall of
Morgan Rielly says the trade offers usually start flying as soon as the Maple Leafs board their bus or plane. The proposals, however, have nothing to do with hockey. Instead, the Toronto defenceman and his teammates will throw out potential swaps in their fantasy football league to see if there are any takers. “It’s almost
Alex Pietrangelo had a goal and two assists as the St. Louis Blues maintained their hold on first place in the Western Conference with a 5-2 victory over the second-place Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday. Jaden Schwartz, Robert Thomas, Tyler Bozak and Ivan Barbashev also scored for the Blues (11-33-3), who are on a six-game winning
CALGARY—It wasn’t an acrobatic between-the-legs overtime winner, but Matthew Tkachuk’s second OT goal in as many weeks lifted the Calgary Flames to a 4-3 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday. Tkachuk squeezed a sharp-angled wrist shot between the pads of Coyotes goaltender Antti Raanta with 33 seconds remaining in extra time. Tkachuk’s OT winner
A Las Vegas casino is looking for payback, literally, from Evander Kane nearly seven months after the forward and his San Jose Sharks teammates eliminated Vegas in a first-round Stanley Cup playoff series. The Cosmopolitan casino on Monday filed a lawsuit in Clark County District Court for $500,000 US, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal,
Jaden Schwartz scored at 3:28 of overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday. The winner came on a 3-on-0 after Vancouver’s Tyler Myers fired a shot that missed wide of the opposition’s net and went the length of the ice with three Blues chasing. Schwartz finished
Washington Capitals centre Lars Eller has skated the same way for the past 25 years. It’s the same mechanics he has employed during hours and hours of practice since he was little. But during the offseason, Eller decided to change his technique. Eller has worked with three skating coaches over the past four to five
Sports·Video Matt Duchene scored two of his team’s five goals in the second period, leading Nashville to a 6-1 win over the Red Wings. Social Sharing Posted: Nov 04, 2019 11:08 PM ET | Last Updated: November 5 Matt Duchene scored two of his team’s five goals in the second period, leading Nashville to a
It’s hockey season, and something is missing: Women’s hockey. Or at least women’s hockey at its highest level. The stars on the Canadian and U.S. teams and others at the world level — about 175 players in all — don’t have a league of their own. The Canadian Women’s Hockey League folded last spring after