The Stanley Cup playoffs are only a day old but Flames forward Stephane Yelle has already surpassed his combined point total in his previous two post-season campaigns.
Yelle tallied two goals to lift Calgary to a 3-2 road win over the San Jose Sharks Wednesday night in Game 1 of their Western Conference quarter-final.
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Canada is off to a flying start at the women's world hockey championship in Harbin, China.
Meghan Agosta scored a pair of goals, and goaltender Kim St. Pierre stopped 10 of 11 shots to pace Canada to an easy 8-1 win over Russia on Friday in the tournament's opening Group A game.
Cherie Piper, Becky Kellar, Gina Kingsbury, Jennifer Botterill, Caroline Ouellette and Hayley Wickenheiser also scored for Canada.
Canada's next game is against China on Sunday.
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A 3-2 outcome in overtime can mean only one thing in this spring's Stanley Cup playoffs — another showdown between the Colorado Avalanche and Minnesota Wild.
All three games in the opening-round series have been decided in OT by a 3-2 count, with Pierre-Marc Bouchard scoring 11:58 into the extra period to win Game 3 at the Pepsi Center on Monday night.
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Scott Nichol of the Nashville Predators will be out of the lineup for at least the first round after breaking his thumb on Thursday night.
Nichol suffered the injury in the team's 3-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings in Game 1 of the Western Conference quarter-final. The next game of the series takes place on Saturday afternoon in Detroit.
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Posted on Jan 05, 2008 under American Football, Darts, Disability sport, Golf, Ice Hockey, Rugby Union, Scores & Fixtures, Sport Relief, Squash, World Results |
The Canadian women's hockey team dropped a clutch 4-2 decision to the Americans on Thursday, snapping a 29-game winning streak and granting their longtime rivals a berth in the world championship finals in Harbin, China.
The U.S. and Canada will square off in the finals for the 11th consecutive time on Saturday (7 a.m. ET).
The Canadians had a chance to eliminate the U.S. squad from the final and give Finland its first crack at the women's world hockey title, but it was not to be.
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Posted on Dec 21, 2007 under Ice Hockey, Rugby Union, World Results |
Village sur Glace de Roberval, Que., has earned the prestigious title of Kraft Hockeyville 2008.
The winner was announced Tuesday evening by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman during CBC's Hockey Night In Canada playoff preview.
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Posted on Dec 13, 2007 under Disability sport, Golf, Horse Racing, Ice Hockey, Rugby Union, Scores & Fixtures, Sport Relief, Table Tennis, Video and Audio, Winter Sports, World Results |
There's an old joke about an eternally optimistic kid digging frantically through a box of manure because he's convinced there's a pony in there somewhere.
Bringing us to the Boston Bruins, who return to New England Sunday night for Game 3 of their NHL Eastern Conference preliminary-round playoff series with the Montreal Canadiens (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 7 p.m. ET) down 2-0 in the best-of-seven.
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Posted on Nov 10, 2007 under Golf, Ice Hockey, Scores & Fixtures |
Mario Lemieux is scheduled to announce he’s retiring for the second time. Lemieux is an Ice Hockey Hall of Famer with Stanley Cups and NHL scoring titles to his credit came out of retirement and bought the Pittsburgh penguins than he returned to the ice.
Super Mario this year has been slowed with numerous injuries and has battled back from cancer and heart problems. He was set for a return but after the Penguins have faltered in the past few weeks he has decided it’s time to hang the skates up for good. We will miss you Super Mario. You gave us a lot of thrills and will be missed.
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The Ottawa Senators allowed 72 power-play goals during the regular season, more than any playoff team in the Eastern Conference. Knowing that, the Pittsburgh Penguins took full advantage on Friday night.
Ryan Malone scored twice in the final 62 seconds as the Penguins prevailed 5-3 over the visiting Senators before a raucous crowd of 17,132 at Mellon Arena on Friday night.
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