SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Connor Ingram made 23 saves and Olli Maatta scored his first goal for the Utah Hockey Club in a 5-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Monday night. Logan Cooley, Barrett Hayton, Matias Maccelli and Clayton Keller also scored to help Utah win its second consecutive home game. Hayton, Josh Doan and ...

TORONTO - Matthew Knies started to truly spread his wings in last spring's playoffs. The Maple Leafs forward stepped into the fray when Toronto defenceman Morgan Rielly got tangled up with Boston Bruins star David Pastrnak during a Game 5 scrum. Knies, who mocked the former 61-goal man for not challenging him, then sco...

BOSTON (AP) - Charlie Coyle scored a pair of third-period goals, stealing the spotlight from fellow Boston University product Macklin Celebrini in his first game back at the TD Garden as an NHLer and leading the Bruins to a 6-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks. It was Boston's 14th straight victory over the Sharks. Coy...

TORONTO - Matthew Knies had two goals and an assist as the Toronto Maple Leafs held on late to down the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Monday. Auston Matthews, with a goal and an assist, and William Nylander also scored for Toronto (30-16-2). Joseph Woll made 27 saves. Mitch Marner added an empty-net goal and two assists. ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Coco Gauff's forehand and serve abandoned her in the worst way and at the worst time at the Australian Open on Tuesday, and the No. 3-seeded American was eliminated in the quarterfinals by No. 11 Paula Badosa of Spain 7-5, 6-4. Gauff entered the match at Rod Laver Arena with a 9-0 record in ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Coco Gauff's forehand and serve abandoned her in the worst way and at the worst time at the Australian Open on Tuesday, and the No. 3-seeded American was eliminated in the quarterfinals by No. 11 Paula Badosa of Spain 7-5, 6-4. Gauff entered the match at Rod Laver Arena with a 9-0 record in ...

MELBOURNE - Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand didn't waste much time punching their tickets to the Australian Open semifinals on Monday. The second-seeded women's doubles team defeated Miyu Kato of Japan and Renata Zarazua of Mexico 6-3, 6-2 in 77 minutes on Margaret Court Arena at Melbourne...

NEW YORK - The NHL has suspended Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid for three games for his cross-check to the head of Vancouver Canucks winger Conor Garland. McDavid was given a match penalty late in the Canucks' 3-2 win over Edmonton on Saturday in Vancouver when he slammed his stick into Garland's head. The pe...

Tom McVie, who coached the New Jersey Devils, Washington Capitals and Winnipeg Jets, has died. He was 89. McVie, also a longtime member of the Boston Bruins organization, died Sunday at his home in Vancouver, Wash., said a Bruins spokesman citing McVie's family. Born June 6, 1935, the native of Trail, B.C., played 15 s...

TORONTO - The CFL Players' Association says it "strongly protests" the CFL's suspension of defensive back Loucheiz Purifoy for violating its drug policy. Hours before the CFL announced it was suspending Purifoy for two games, the Edmonton Elks released the nine-year veteran after two seasons with the club. Th...

VANCOUVER - Vancouver Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin says he's open to making a trade - as long as the deal makes sense for the team. His remarks come as reports continue to swirl about the future of star Canucks centre J.T. Miller. "We'll continue to see if (a trade) makes sense," Allvin said in a wid...

York United FC has acquired Steffen Yeates from Pacific FC, signing the 25-year-old Canadian midfielder to a two-year contract with a club option for another year. Yeates joined Pacific in December 2022 from Toronto FC 2, making 32 appearances across all competitions in each of his two seasons with the Canadian Premier...

Toronto FC goalkeeper Luka Gavran has signed a contract extension through 2027 with an option for the 2028 season. The MLS club announced in late October that it was exercising the 2025 contract option on the 24-year-old from Hamilton, who was taken in the second round (31st overall) of the 2022 MLS SuperDraft out of S...

NEW YORK - Washington Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson, Nashville Predators left-wing Filip Forsberg and Boston Bruins right-wing David Pastrnak have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. Thompson made 61 saves on 62 shots over three wins to lift the Capitals (31-10-5, 67 points) back into first place in the ...

DTH van der Merwe, Canada's all-time leading try-scorer, can add Rugby Canada Hall of Famer to his resume. The stylish wing scored 38 tries in 61 appearances for Canada, played in four World Cups and captained his country five times. "I think I'm comfortable saying Canada's greatest-ever attacking player," sa...

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays are adding a big-name free-agent slugger to their lineup. A team source tells The Canadian Press the club has agreed to terms with Anthony Santander on a contract and a physical has been completed. The Blue Jays have yet to issue a release on the signing, but ESPN reports it's a five-yea...

The Melfort Mustangs remain the second-ranked team in the country. The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) Top-20 rankings released today have Melfort in the number two spot for the third straight week. Melfort won both games this week and are 31-5-0-0 on the year. They have won 20 of their last 21 games. The Mustangs...

MONTREAL - A group led by general manager Joel Anthony has purchased the Canadian Elite Basketball League's Montréal Alliance. The CEBL, which previously owned the team, announced the sale to Alli-Oop Investments on Monday. Léo Bouisson, co-founder of electric car rental company Weeve, and pharmacy owner ...

A weekend sweep for the Tisdale Trojans at the RECPlex. Tisdale opened things up with a 2-1 victory over the Battlefords Stars on Saturday. The Stars opened the scoring in the first, but Carter Geysen evened things up after one. Geysen scored the winning goal in the second period, and Jackson Dunn made 33 saves in the ...

OTTAWA - World pairs champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps will try to repeat as gold medallists at next month's Four Continents figure skating championship. Skate Canada announced three ice dance teams, three pairs, three men and three women Monday for the competition to be held from Feb. 19 to 23 in Se...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks signed American quarterback Dustin Crum to a one-year contract extension Monday. Crum was scheduled to become a CFL free agent next month. Crum, 26, dressed for all 18 regular-season games last year, completing 31-of-45 passes for 320 yards with two interceptions backing up incumbent Dru B...

REGINA - Andrew Harris is back in the CFL. The Saskatchewan Roughriders hired the league's all-time leading Canadian rusher as their running backs coach Monday. The move reunites Harris with Riders running back A.J. Ouellette. The two were teammates with the Toronto Argonauts in 2022-23, winning a Grey Cup their first ...

LONDON, Ont. - More legal arguments are expected this week in the sexual assault case of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team as they prepare to face trial this spring. Dillon Dube, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote and Alex Formenton were charged with sexual assault early last year in an incid...

MONTREAL - On one end of the Bell Centre ice Sunday night stood 38-year-old Jonathan Quick, a three-time Stanley Cup champion making his 779th start in goal and in search of the 400th regular-season victory of his storied career. Looking on at the other end was 23-year-old Jakub Dobes, who was making just his fifth car...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) - Josh Allen rushed for two touchdowns, Buffalo's defence forced three turnovers, and the Bills advanced to the AFC championship game with a 27-25 win over the Baltimore Ravens in the NFL's divisional round on Sunday night. The Bills hung on when a wide-open Mark Andrews dropped a two-point conv...

MONTREAL - After two highlight-reel saves by his netminder Jakub Dobes, Patrik Laine scored the overtime winner as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the New York Rangers 5-4 on Sunday night at Bell Centre. Nick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovsky, Brendan Gallagher and Christian Dvorak also scored for the Canadiens (23-19-4), who t...

Nova Scotia's Owen Purcell and Quebec's Felix Asselin joined the Canadian men's curling championship field by winning their respective provincial finals Sunday. Purcell, who defeated Kendall Thompson 8-5 in Halifax, will make his debut as skip at the Montana's Brier in Kelowna, B.C. Asselin's 9-3 victory over Robert De...

Leylah Fernandez's run at the Australian Open came to a quick end Sunday as the Canadian and Ukraine partner Nadiia Kichenok lost their third-round women's doubles match in straight sets. American Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova of Czechia only needed 54 minutes to bounce Fernandez and Kichenok 6-3, 6-0. Fernand...