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Communication, flexibility, and vigilance have become the watchwords for organizers of minor hockey heading into the new season. All three are needed as minor hockey associations across Canada try to ...

After just one weekend of play, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is facing two significant COVID-19 issues.The league announced Monday that the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada and Sherbooke Phoenix ...

Alexis Lafreniere was supposed to hear his named called in front of family, friends and an adoring crowd inside Montreal's Bell Centre.The presumptive top pick in the 2020 NHL draft from nearby St-Eus...

There was little surprise at the very top of the NHL's pandemic-delayed draft Tuesday.The New York Rangers chose star winger Alexis Lafreniere, the presumptive No. 1 pick since January, with the first...

Canadian wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos has one workout he loathes. He wheels for an hour on rollers in his garage, maintaining a heart rate of 165. It's close enough to his maximum heart rate of 182 ...

Men's curling in Saskatchewan is coming back and in a big way. A five-team, round-robin event will begin on Oct. 16, hosted by the Highland Curling Club in Regina. The inaugural 'Saskatchewan Men's Su...

Ken Holland's to-do list in a big week of NHL business is getting longer. The Edmonton Oilers general manager expects top defenceman and power-play quarterback Oscar Klefbom to miss at least a chunk o...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed recently acquired defenceman Josh Brown to a two-year, US$2.4-million deal. Brown, who could have become a restricted free agent this off-season, was traded to...

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed centre Jason Spezza to a one-year, US$700,000 contract extension. It marks the second straight one-year deal at the NHL minimum with the Leafs for the 37-...

Facing a congested schedule, a growing injury list and the prospect of back-to-back games on artificial turf, the degree of difficulty facing Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney continues to grow.On the plus...