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This hockey team has lost every single one of its 48 games this season. Its last shot at a win is this weekend
6+ day, 16+ min ago (764+ words) A curious thing about the sport that this country loves so much is that it is essentially, on any given night, random. Good hockey teams will win more often than bad hockey teams, of course, but there is a high…...
'Canada's got a great team, too': U.S. Republican senator says Olympic men's hockey game was 'well played"
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (379+ words) It's a far cry from the White House decision to post an image of a bald eagle trampling a Canada goose after the U.S. won Olympic gold at the recent men's hockey final in Turin, Italy. In the wake of that…...
Chris Selley: Alberta spends bad money foolishly chasing good hockey
1+ week, 1+ day ago (446+ words) The World Cup will have eight teams rather than 12. It will be played under NHL rules " so, no three-on-three overtime, presumably, at least when it "matters." And the games won't be in the middle of the night. Ideally, it will…...
Letters: 3-on-3 overtime no way to end a gold-medal hockey game
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1761+ words) Re: Canada should have won with McDavid, MacKinnon and Makar" Steve Simmons, Feb. 23 (National Post print; Toronto Sun online) Steve Simmons correctly observed that "Nobody likes ending gold-medal games or any Olympic hockey games for that matter with 3-on-3 play....
Brady Tkachuk denies insulting Canada after White House shares video: ‘It’s clearly fake’
1+ week, 6+ day ago (545+ words) 'It's not my voice and not my lips moving,' says team member, who also captains Ottawa Senators. 'I don't like that video' Brady Tkachuk, a member of the gold-medal-winning U.S. men's Olympic hockey team this year, has denied that he insulted…...
Emma Teitel: U.S. women’s hockey team deserves better than to be mocked
2+ week, 4+ hour ago (622+ words) Nothing wrong with going to the State of the Union address, but men's hockey team owes fellow Olympians respect I'don't'need another reason to bemoan my long-suffering Toronto Maple'Leafs; nor does anyone need a reason to dislike the Ottawa Senators. But…...
NHL player Evander Kane donates $1,000 to Tumbler Ridge victim’s Maya Gebala’s GoFundMe
2+ week, 18+ hour ago (392+ words) 'Evander has supported a number of individuals and families during this time, including Maya,' Kane's agent Daniel Milstein said Tumbler Ridge massacre survivor Maya Gebala, 12, has received a show of support from Vancouver Canucks forward Evander Kane. The fundraising campaign…...
Trump’s hockey gold medal celebration caps a politically charged Olympics in Milano-Cortina
1+ mon, 4+ hour ago (1089+ words) MILAN " Team USA hockey captain Auston Matthews and players Jack and Quinn Hughes let out giggles as they were asked about the video call they had just had with U.S. President Donald Trump to congratulate them on winning the Olympic gold…...
Goaltending cost Canada an Olympic gold in men’s hockey
1+ mon, 4+ hour ago (746+ words) MILAN " The golden chances were everywhere for Canada here on Sunday afternoon " everywhere but in the back of the American net. Those moments " and in particular one numbingly larcenous save from U.S. goaltender Connor Hellebuyck " will be haunting Canadians for the…...
Video shows Nathan MacKinnon’s priceless expression when handed Olympic stuffed animal
2+ week, 4+ day ago (171+ words) In a shock defeat, USA beat Canada 2-1 in overtime on Sunday morning Nathan MacKinnon's face said it all and it looks like he was not impressed during Sunday's medal ceremony in Milan, Italy. The 30-year-old forward and Team Canada had…...