The kids star and Kessel seals deal as Maple Leafs beat Lightning 4-3 in OT
March 11, 2010 - 11:02 pm
TORONTO - Phil Kessel took a brilliant pass from Tyler Bozak and scored at 3:33 of overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs put a dent in the Tampa Bay Lightning's playoff hopes with a 4-3 victory Thursday night. With the teams trading chances back in forth during an entertaining extra session, ...
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March 11, 2010 - 11:01 pm
Here are the sports results from Thursday: NHL Toronto 4 Tampa Bay 3 (OT) Montreal 5 Edmonton 4 (Shootout) Boston 5 Philadelphia 1 Carolina 4 Pittsburgh 3 (OT) Columbus 2 Atlanta 1 St. Louis 2 N.Y. Islanders 1 (Shootout) Detroit 4 Minnesota 1 (in ...
Competitors in 1,770-km sled dog race fuel up on fancy meals, junk food
March 11, 2010 - 10:05 pm
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Mushers in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race take care of their dogs first when they stop to rest, massaging sore paws and serving up stews of hearty grub for their teams. Then it's their turn - and there's no skimping on the people chow found along the lonely stretches ...
McGill extends streak with win over Montreal at CIS women's hky championship
March 11, 2010 - 9:29 pm
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - Rebecca Martindale scored 3:17 into overtime for McGill as the Martlets opened up the Canadian women's university hockey championship with a 2-1 over the Montreal Carabins. With the win, No. 1 seed McGill - the two-time defending CIS champions - extended its record ...
Canadian star Jeremy Wotherspoon to miss World Cup final after surgery on groin
March 11, 2010 - 9:28 pm
Jeremy Wotherspoon's season is over, and perhaps his career is too, after the Canadian speedskating star underwent surgery for an infection in his groin. Brian Rahill, Speed Skating Canada's high performance director, confirmed to The Canadian Press via email Thursday night that the ...
Canadian hurdler Perdita Felicien has a new coach and new home
March 11, 2010 - 7:20 pm
Perdita Felicien had already had to cope with losing her longtime coach. She'd had to move from her home in quaint Champaign, Ill., to Atlanta, putting her house up for sale in one of the darkest U.S. housing markets in history. But one thing the Canadian hurdler never banked on was ...
Montcalm, Effah, Cotten, Greenaway win CIS top track and field honours
March 11, 2010 - 6:16 pm
WINDSOR, Ont. - Noelle Montcalm of the Windsor Lancers and Sam Effah of the Calgary Dinos have captured the CIS track athlete-of-the-year honours. Western Ontario's Jen Cotten and Ottawa's Christopher Greenaway won the same honour in field events, announced Thursday on the eve of the CIS ...
Four-time champion Pakistan finishes last after 3-2 loss to Canada at World Cup
March 11, 2010 - 6:12 pm
NEW DELHI - Canada defeated Pakistan 3-2 in overtime Thursday, consigning the four-time champion to its lowest ever finish at the men's field hockey World Cup. Scott Tupper's golden goal in the 13th minute of extra time decided the game after the teams were tied 2-2 following 70 minutes of ...
Reeboks pays reward to charity after Crosby's Olympic stick and glove are found
March 11, 2010 - 5:37 pm
Reebok is taking the $10,000 reward posted for Sidney Crosby's missing Olympic gear and sweetening it to make three charitable donations. The reward went unclaimed since Hockey Canada found the glove and stick had been misplaced rather than stolen. But Reebok, which sponsors No. 87, ...
Canadian Guay wins final super-G race and World Cup title in the event
March 11, 2010 - 3:49 pm
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - This season offered a little bit of everything for Canadian skier Erik Guay. A few nice surprises. Some crushing disappointments. And a final week to remember. Guay, of Mont-Tremblant, Que., produced a daring run on the Kandahar course Thursday to ...
Luge federation sets up donation campaign to help Nodar Kumaritashvili's family
March 11, 2010 - 3:01 pm
BERCHTESGADEN, Germany - The international luge federation has set up a donation campaign to help the family of Nodar Kumaritashvili. The Georgian luger was killed in a training crash hours before the opening of the Vancouver Olympics. According to the president of the Georgian luge ...
Celebs to perform at Paralympic ceremonies but athletes the real stars: producer
March 11, 2010 - 2:59 pm
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Welcome back, world. Friday's opening ceremonies for the 2010 Paralympic Games will once again put Canada on the international stage, but the producer of the show said he hopes the athletes are the true stars. "We want to inspire the world Canadian-style but we also ...
Everybody gunning for SFU at CIS women's basketball championships
March 11, 2010 - 1:44 pm
HAMILTON, Ont. - "How do we beat Simon Fraser?" That's the question seven of the eight teams in this year's CIS women's basketball championships must be asking themselves in preparation for this weekend's tournament. The Simon Fraser Clan is the top-ranked team in Canada and the ...
Polish cross-country skier Marek tests positive for EPO at Vancouver Olympics
March 11, 2010 - 12:45 am
WARSAW, Poland - Polish cross-country skier Kornelia Marek tested positive for EPO at the Vancouver Olympics in the first serious doping case of the Games, the Polish Olympic Committee said Thursday. Marek tested positive after helping Poland to a sixth-place finish in the women's relay ...
Szczepaniaks fail doping tests after finishing 1-2 at cyclo-cross U-23 worlds
March 11, 2010 - 12:43 am
AIGLE, Switzerland - Polish brothers Pawel and Kacper Szczepaniak have been suspended after failing doping tests upon finishing 1-2 in the under-23 Cyclo-cross World Championship race. The International Cycling Union said Thursday they tested positive for EPO in urine samples taken after ...
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