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CALGARY - Who will be the regular defensive partner of Flames captain Mark Giordano in a shortened season? It's among many questions that need to be answered in a short Calgary Flames training camp th...

The sprint to the NHL's 56-game finish line started in earnest Sunday. The seven teams that missed out on the league's summer restart to a 2019-20 season brought to a screeching halt in March by the C...

LONDON - Even facing a Manchester City side depleted by the coronavirus, Frank Lampard couldn't prevent Chelsea slumping to a fourth loss in its past six games. And Lampard is aware the 3-1 defeat wil...

It seems like Canada's road to gold at the world junior men's hockey championship often runs through Russia, given each country's hockey pedigree. The two rivals square off in Monday's semifinal in Ed...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have been given the go ahead to play in British Columbia this season. B.C. Premier John Horgan announced the news on Twitter on Sunday, saying he had spoken to team o...

VANCOUVER - Nearly four months after they were ousted from the NHL playoffs, the Vancouver Canucks are back - and with big expectations. The Canucks lost several key pieces in free agency, but general...

NEW ORLEANS - Eric Bledsoe capped a 19-point, 10-assist performance with a go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute, and the New Orleans Pelicans held on for a 120-116 victory over the Toronto Raptors o...

EDMONTON - Quarterfinals in international hockey tournaments are tense affairs. A win means playing for a medal and a loss means not. Canadian goaltender Devon Levi's big-picture perspective helped hi...

Paul Westphal, a Hall of Fame player who won a championship with the Boston Celtics in 1974 and later coached in the league and in college, has died. He was 70. The Phoenix Suns confirmed Westphal's d...

EDMONTON - Roni Hirvonen scored with 25 seconds remaining and Finland edged Sweden 3-2 in quarterfinal action Saturday at the world junior hockey championship. Finland completed a comeback from a 2-0 ...