Gary Bettman would prefer to see the Phoenix Coyotes move to Winnipeg than Hamilton, according to court documents filed as part of the NHL team’s bankruptcy case.
With their most dangerous offensive threat sidelined with an injury, little-used Maxime Frenette became the unlikely hero for the Drummondville Voltigeurs.
The Kelowna Rockets couldn’t silence the roaring Colisee de Rimouski crowd, but they kept the home town Oceanic quiet on the ice.
Canadian champion Mine That Bird, the surprise Kentucky Derby winner with a fondness for mud, was getting precious little attention Friday on the eve of the Preakness Stakes as the lone filly in the race was the odds-on favourite.
The Boston Bruins had plenty of reasons to believe they could win their first Stanley Cup in 37 years.
Jim Balsillie expanded his own personal NHL power play Friday, announcing a pair of corporate sponsors were on board for his bid to bring the Phoenix Coyotes to southern Ontario.
Melody Davidson will remain head coach of Canada’s Olympic women’s hockey team, but the review of Canada’s loss in the world championship final is not finished.
The B.C. Lions are making room for some of their younger players.
The Lions dealt offensive lineman Kelly Bates to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday for a conditional pick in the 2011 CFL Canadian draft.
TSN is reporting the Edmonton Eskimos have traded defensive end Fred Perry to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in exchange for defensive back Kelly Malveaux.
Perry, a nine-year veteran, was acquired by Edmonton before the 2008 season but saw action in only seven games, with one sack.
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Olds Grizzlys netminder and Sundre product Marc Boulanger has earned a hockey scholarship to the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Scott Walker delivered the final knockout punch to the Boston Bruins.
His overtime goal sent the Carolina Hurricanes into the Eastern Conference finals and eliminated the top-seeded team in the process.
As usual, this year’s Woody’s RV Marathon and Half Marathon will have a distinctive Central Alberta flavour, with a generous group of runners heading to the starters line for the first time.
Coach Ryan Huska admits his Kelowna Rockets were spinning their wheels through the first half of the Western Hockey League season.
Willie Desjardins had better get used to it. As soon as he told his wife, Rhonda, he’d been chosen head coach of Canada’s next junior team, her reply was “’Well, we’ll have to win six.”
A pair of first-year RDC students want the college to return to the Alberta Colleges Men’s Hockey League.
Chauncey Billups is taking his hometown team to new heights with a big assist from Carmelo Anthony.
So much for all of the hype about Sidney Crosby vs. Alex Ovechkin, Penguins vs. Capitals, Game 7. This second-round series ended with a thud, thanks to a perfect performance by Sid the Kid’s Penguins.
The Blackhawks are back. On the ice, off the ice. Their faces — most of them young — are everywhere in this sports-crazed city.
