CALGARY—Maple Leafs centre John Tavares, Ottawa Senators defenceman Thomas Chabot and Vegas Golden Knights winger Mark Stone highlight Canada’s roster for the 2019 world hockey championship. Hockey Canada released the 22-player roster Monday. Tavares set a career high with 47 goals and added 41 assists for the Maple Leafs this season, while Stone had 33
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HALIFAX—The Halifax Mooseheads will play for the President Cup. Xavier Parent scored at 2:22 of overtime as Halifax edged the Drummondville Voltigeurs 2-1 on Sunday to reach the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League final. Arnaud Durandeau also scored for the Mooseheads, who took the third-round set in six games. Gregor MacLeod found the back of
The Ottawa Senators were unable to avoid being the punchline of a joke on Sunday’s Canadian-themed episode of The Simpsons. The episode, titled D’Oh Canada, featured a scene with Lisa Simpson recovering in a Canadian hospital with an RCMP officer in uniform at her bedside. He tells Lisa that while in Canada she would be “assigned
Trailing in the second period and in danger of going down 2-0 in the series, Colorado Avalanche coach Jared Bednar put his three top scorers back on a line together and got the results he sought. Gabriel Landeskog scored the first goal and Mikko Rantanen’s hustle helped create the tiebreaking tally from Tyson Barrie, sending
SAN JOSE, CALIF.—Tyson Barrie scored the tiebreaking goal and assisted on two others, sending the Colorado Avalanche to a 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday that tied the second-round Stanley Cup playoff series at a game apiece. The Avalanche were in danger of falling into a 2-0 series hole when coach Jared
BOSTON—Matt Duchene scored on a power play at 3:42 of the second overtime to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins early Sunday morning, tying their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series at a game apiece. Artemi Panarin scored twice and assisted on the winner, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 29 shots.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped Patrice Bergeron at point-blank range in overtime. He also made an acrobatic save to stop a 90-foot dump-in that took a bad hop straight toward the net. Whatever the shot, the Blue Jackets goalie was ready. “There’s not many goalies that stop that puck,” said Matt Duchene, who scored at 3:42 of
Dallas goalie Ben Bishop rebounded — at his hometown team’s expense. Bishop made 32 saves, Roope Hintz scored twice and the Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 in Game 2 to even the Western Conference semifinal series. Bishop grew up in St. Louis and often attended Blues games. He recalled chanting Chicago Blackhawks goalie
ST. LOUIS—Dallas goalie Ben Bishop rebounded — at his hometown team’s expense. Bishop made 32 saves, Roope Hintz scored twice and the Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 in Game 2 to even the Western Conference semifinal series. Bishop grew up in St. Louis and often attended Blues games. He recalled chanting Chicago Blackhawks
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Now that the rust has been knocked off, the Columbus Blue Jackets will try to even their second-round series with the Boston Bruins. Columbus had eight days off between sweeping Tampa Bay in the first round and opening the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Bruins on Thursday. And the Blue Jackets acknowledge that showed
After enduring a grueling seven-game series in the first round, the San Jose Sharks predictably needed some time to find their legs again at the start of round two. One key penalty kill proved to be just the kick start they needed. Joe Thornton sparked a three-goal outburst in the second period after San Jose
NEW YORK—Jordan Staal scored 4:04 into overtime to give the Carolina Hurricanes to 1-0 victory over the New York Islanders on Friday night in the opener of the Eastern Conference semifinal series. Nino Niederreiter sent a shot that caromed off the end boards and came out to the right side, where Staal quickly put it
Jordan Staal scored 4:04 into overtime to give the Carolina Hurricanes to 1-0 victory over the New York Islanders on Friday night in the opener of the Eastern Conference semifinal series. Nino Niederreiter sent a shot that caromed off the end boards and came out to the right side, where Staal quickly put it in
Canada forward Dominic Cozzolino keeps his 2018 Paralympic silver medal tucked away in his bedroom. Thoughts of last year’s crushing loss to the United States come flooding back every time he sees it. “I bring it out every now and again just to remember what that feeling was like,” Cozzolino said. “Honestly I use it
Vladimir Tarasenko added to his growing playoff resume. Tarasenko scored two goals and the St. Louis Blues beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 Thursday night in first game of the teams’ Western Conference semifinal series. Robby Fabbri also scored and Jordan Binnington made 27 saves for the Blues, who had lost three of four to Dallas
No division champions advanced to the second round for the first time in NHL history. Three of the NHL’s top four in the overall standings are eliminated. Six of the league’s nine 100-point teams are gone. The 128-point Tampa Bay Lightning were swept. Sidney Crosby was swept. A Bunch of Jerks sent Alex Ovechkin and
Charlie Coyle scored late in regulation and again 5:15 into overtime as the Boston Bruins skated to a 3-2 victory over the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference second-round series. Coyle deposited a nifty backhanded feed from Marcus Johansson inside the left post to forge a tie at
WASHINGTON—Everyone talks about the noise in the playoffs, and there’s no question the Carolina Hurricanes brought it back this year, just like everyone remembered, the triple-digit deficits and earth-shaking roars. And at home, they gave their fans every reason to roar. Few will remember the silence. The gaping audible void left when a cacophonous arena