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Descrease article font size Increase article font size We are still awaiting the final two in the Stanley Cup tournament. And it’s the stubbornness of the Dallas Stars that has given credence to the long-held hockey belief about the final win of a series, in many cases, being the most …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Difficult to predict outcome of NHL playoffs’ final four – Winnipeg
The Stanley Cup playoffs are down to a final four scenario, and while two divisional winners from the regular season are still alive and kicking, isolating the favourites to emerge from the two conference finals set to begin this week is challenging. After all, these playoffs have been anything but …
Read More »Slain Ontario police officer’s funeral set for Thursday at Ottawa hockey arena
The funeral for an officer shot and killed in eastern Ontario is set for next week. Ontario Provincial Police say Sgt. Eric Mueller will have a police funeral at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa on Thursday. Mueller died in hospital following the early Thursday shooting at a home in …
Read More »Leafs turn to rookie goaltender Joseph Woll in must-win Game 4 with Samsonov out – Toronto
Joseph Woll isn’t thinking about all the work that got him to this point. All the Maple Leafs rookie goaltender is focusing on is keeping his team’s season alive. Toronto will turn to Woll for Game 4 of its second-round playoff series against the Florida Panthers staring down a 3-0 …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Jets at a crossroads with no appetite for rebuild in Winnipeg – Winnipeg
Amid all of the voices, opinions and even deflection that last weekend’s exit interviews produced, simply put, the Winnipeg Jets’ season was not good enough. Yes, there was a playoff appearance — a brief one. Indeed, there were exciting moments along the way, but not enough of them. And sure, …
Read More »How a Canadian hockey player ‘mustard’ up the courage to treat injury
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Most hockey players quench their thirst with water when coming off the ice. Zachary L’Heureux is not most hockey players. A video of the 19-year-old Halifax Mooseheads forward drinking mustard on the bench has been viewed more than 86,00 times on social …
Read More »Jets players discuss future plans, react to Head Coach Rick Bowness’s remarks after game 5 loss – Winnipeg
In their closing media sessions on Saturday, Winnipeg Jets players were asked about what the future may hold and the biggest talking point was the player’s reaction to Head Coach Rick Bowness’s comments following their game 5 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights. During a media conference after Thursday’s game, …
Read More »‘Vibrant’ Toronto Maple Leafs hit the road with another chance to close out Lightning
Sheldon Keefe and his players were set to head to the airport and board a plane they would have preferred see stay on the tarmac. The Maple Leafs had allowed a chance to close out the Tampa Bay Lightning in their first-round playoff series slip away less than 24 hours …
Read More »Ontario government says Greater Toronto Hockey League faces independent investigation
Ontario’s minister of tourism, culture and sport, Neil Lumsden says an independent investigation of the Greater Toronto Hockey League is in the works. The announcement, which came at a question period Tuesday in Toronto, comes after Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles called on the provincial government to launch an investigation …
Read More »‘An exciting time’: Whiteclouds return as Winnipeg prepares to take on the Golden Knights – Winnipeg
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies outside Canada Life Centre in downtown Winnipeg Monday as the Jets take on the Vegas Golden Knights, but there will be Whiteclouds inside the arena too. The Sioux Valley Dakota Nation family would usually don Jets colors. But in a turn of events, …
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