8 h. ago Burning questions for the Maple Leafs on the eve of the 2025

We have some burning questions regarding your favourite hockey team, the Maple Leafs, on the eve of the 2025-26 regular season. A home game against the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night gets the ball rolling (puck sliding?) for Toronto, which will have eight games at Scotiabank Arena and just three on the road in the […]

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10 h. ago Senators make rookie defenceman Carter Yakemchuk the club's final cut

Carter Yakemchuk will start his professional career in the American Hockey League. The Ottawa Senators’ top prospect, selected No. 7 overall in the 2024 National Hockey League draft, was the final cut on Monday as the club submitted its Opening Night roster by the 5 p.m. deadline with the team’s first regular-season game Thursday at […]

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18 h. ago Top 10 burning questions as Edmonton Oilers head into NHL regular season

Will Connor McDavid sign a contract extension? Will they start the regular hot or cold? Will Stuart Skinner take another step forward? Lots to ponder ...

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38 h. ago The Edmonton Oilers shuffle it up on Sunday, send veteran winger out as the start of the regular season looms

The Edmonton Oilers had an off-day Saturday, but were back on the practice lanes Sunday with final roster cuts imminent. One immediate result is that veteran winger Max Jones has been placed on waivers, for the purpose of assignment to Bakersfield. Jones got injured early in training camp and has not been in the lineup […]

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45 h. ago London Knights build momentum with two straight overtime wins

Ben Wilmott’s first OHL goal was a big one. The Seattle, Wash., native gave the London Knights a second straight overtime victory with his tally 2:14 into the extra session to decide a 3-2 nail-biter before 4,051 Saturday at Sleeman Centre. Four of London’s six regular-season games have gone beyond regulation. Thanks to the perfect […]

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58 h. ago Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch credits U of A playing days coach Rob Daum for his even demeanour

If you’re wondering how far back Darnell Nurse goes with Kris Knoblauch, it’s 10 years, because Nurse was playing junior for Sheldon Keefe’s Soo Greyhounds in the 2015 OHL playoffs while Knoblauch was on the rival Erie Otters bench. Nurse barely knew Knoblauch then, but he’s got a very good book on him now after […]

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64 h. ago Maple Leafs juggle exhibition, practice lines around Dennis Hildeby’s start

To be or not to Hildeby. That is the question, actually one of many, as the Maple Leafs embark on tonight’s final NHL exhibition game in Detroit ahead of Wednesday’s regular-season opener. Dennis Hildeby is expected to start in net, looking to extend a strong pre-season (a .944 save percentage in two games) and make […]

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3 d. ago Redblacks' playoff hopes officially squashed in loss to Saskatchewan Roughriders

With three games left on their schedule, the Ottawa Redblacks have officially been eliminated from the CFL playoffs. Any hope of a mad dash to the regular season finish line was dashed Friday in a 20-13 loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders at TD Place. It was Ottawa’s fourth straight defeat and left the cellar-dwelling team […]

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3 d. ago Here's what Aaron Judge said about the Blue Jays and Toronto fans before ALDS

Don't expect the New York Yankees to be underestimating the Toronto Blue Jays ahead of their first-ever postseason meeting.Sure, the Blue Jays might've come into the year with muted expectations, while the Yankees were fresh off a World Series appearance.But 162 regular season games (and one Wild Card series for the Yankees) later, and it's New York who's heading into Toronto without home field advantage for the American League Division Series starting on Saturday.And the Yankees' biggest star, two-time AL MVP Aaron Judge, had kind things to say about the Blue Jays after his Yankees knocked off the Boston Red Sox in a winner-take-all Wild Card Game 3 on Thursday night."They're a complete team. They don't strike out a lot. So they're gonna put the ball in play. They're gonna force your hand on defence. We're looking forward to that. Toronto is going to be rocking. We love that," Judge said following the game, per Sportsnet's David...

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4 d. ago Maple Leafs’ Simon Benoit returns from injury as regular season closes in

Defenceman was red-shirted for non-contact during several pre-season practices.

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5 d. ago Maple Leafs rookie Easton Cowan playing his ‘best hockey’ as regular season looms

Team concluded annual bonding trip to Muskoka on Wednesday with a practice in Bracebridge.

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5 d. ago Times for the first Toronto Blue Jays ALDS home games announced

We are inching closer and closer to seeing the Toronto Blue Jays play in the ALDS for the first time since 2016.The Blue Jays clinched the AL East Division on the final day of the regular season with a 13-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays, giving them an impressive 94-68 record.The Jays are patiently awaiting the winner of a Wild-Card series between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees to determine who they will play in the ALDS.The ALDS is set to start Saturday and we now know the times of the first two games, both of which will come at Rogers Centre.If the Blue Jays play the Red Sox:Game 1: Saturday, Oct. 4 at 1:08 p.m. Game 2: Sunday, Oct. 5 at 4:08 p.m. If the Blue Jays play the Yankees:Game 1: Saturday, Oct. 4 at 4:08 p.m.Game 2: Sunday, Oct. 5 at 4:08 p.m.Despite this being a rather lengthy break for the Blue Jays, they are doing what they can to stay in game-ready shape, hosting two intrasquad practice games at Rogers Centre this week, one on...

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5 d. ago PWHL Vancouver plays its first game Nov. 21 against expansion cousins Seattle

The 32-game regular season for Vancouver wraps up on April 25, with the Minnesota Frost coming to the Coliseum

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7 d. ago Toronto Blue Jays discovered a lucky cap and they'd better wear it in the playoffs

A nerve-filled final week of the regular season had a happy ending for the Toronto Blue Jays.And we have their lucky cap to thank.Just four days ago, the AL East Division title was in danger of slipping away to the surging New York Yankees.The Blue Jays had lost six of seven games, while the Yankees had won seven of eight and had an easy remaining schedule.It felt like the sky was falling.That's when Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman had an idea: change the cap.Thank you, lucky cap (@BlueJays/X)Hoffman has been credited with the late-season wardrobe change, as the Blue Jays turned to their seldom-used white-panel caps. The white-panel cap with the modernized logo was introduced back in 2015, but hadn't been used this season until Thursday.If you love the white panel caps, you can thank Jeff Hoffman.The Jays wore them during Hall of Fame weekend (but w/the old logo).He asked if MLB would OK wearing the caps with the new logo on them.He was told the caps already existed but haven&...

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8 d. ago CLINCHED! Alejandro Kirk helps Blue Jays blast their way to AL East crown

It didn’t happen overnight, this stunning last-to-first Blue Jays season and it didn’t always come easily. But on a glorious Sunday afternoon at a rocking Rogers Centre, these relentless, hard-not-to-love Jays had a blowout blast in one of the most memorable regular-season games the team has ever played. A 13-4 drubbing of the Tampa Bay […]

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8 d. ago Stolarz signs contract extension and what it means for Maple Leafs

The wish of Anthony Stolarz has become reality. The Maple Leafs goaltender wanted a new contract done by the start of the regular season on Oct. 8, and on Sunday, the two sides made it official. Stolarz has signed a four-year extension, one that kicks in next season and carries an average annual value of […]

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9 d. ago Blue Jays are one win away or one Yankees loss from winning AL East for the first time since 2015

For the Blue Jays, the slog and sheer monotony of baseball’s marathon season boils down to one game and one shot of earning the franchise’s first AL East title in a decade. Technically, the Jays enter Sunday’s regular-season finale with two chances to claim the division. The front-door path involves a win over the visiting […]

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1 week ago Shohei Ohtani tops MLB jersey sales for 3rd straight season, Vladdy ranks in Top 15

Shohei Ohtani topped Major League Baseball’s jersey sales for the third straight year heading into the end of the regular season as Paul Skenes and Cal Raleigh entered the top 20. MLB’s top seven remained unchanged from its listing at the All-Star break. Ohtani, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ two-way star, was followed by New York […]

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1 week ago Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov has surgery, could miss entire season with knee injury

Florida captain Aleksander Barkov could miss the entire regular season because of a knee injury, a major blow to the Panthers and their quest to win a third consecutive Stanley Cup. Barkov got hurt Thursday in his first official practice of training camp and was undergoing surgery Friday, coach Paul Maurice said. Barkov is expected […]

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1 week ago Toronto Blue Jays game won't be televised Friday and here's how to see it

The biggest series of the Toronto Blue Jays' season is set to get underway in a short time versus the Tampa Bay Rays.The Blue Jays were able to pick up a massive 6-1 win over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night, keeping them in the top spot of the AL East Division. That said, the New York Yankees also picked up a victory over the Chicago White Sox, meaning the Jays have zero margin for error.Fans from all across the country will want to tune in to Friday's game, though they won't find it on their usual channel. That is because instead of being on Sportsnet, Friday's game is part of Apple TV+'s Friday Night Baseball package, which has carried selected Blue Jays games (and other MLB contests) each week of the regular season since 2022.There was a bit of confusion over this particular game, as the Blue Jays were supposed to be streamed on Apple TV last Friday. That changed, however, when Sportsnet proposed a deal with them to swap Friday's game, as there w...

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