• The Canadian Press

    Canadiens sign defenceman Adam Engstrom to three-year, entry-level contract

    MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens signed defenceman Adam Engstrom to a three-year, entry-level contract on Friday. The 20-year-old Engstrom had four goals and 18 assists in 51 games for Rögle BK of the Swedish Hockey League this season, ranking second among defencemen on his team with 22 points. The six-foot-two, 193-pound blueliner added four assists in 15 playoff games as Rogle reached the SHL final. Montreal drafted Engstrom in the third round, 92nd overall, in the 2022 NHL draft. Engstrom re

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    WHL: Cougars avoid elimination with emphatic 6-1 win over Winterhawks

    PORTLAND, Ore. — Koehn Ziemmer scored two goals and had an assist as the Prince George Cougars avoided elimination with an emphatic 6-1 win over the Portland Winterhawks on Thursday in Western Hockey League playoff action. Hunter Laing, Ondrej Becher, Borya Valis and Keaton Dowhaniuk also scored for Prince George. Joshua Ravensbergen made 25 saves. The Cougars are now down 3-2 in the best-of-seven third-round series. Game 6 will be Monday at CN Centre in Prince George, B.C., with the winner of t

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    QMJHL: Drakkar advance to first final since 2014 with 2-1 OT win over Eagles

    BAIE-COMEAU, Que. — Anthony Lavoie scored the game-winning goal 10:03 into overtime and the Baie-Comeau Drakkar pulled out a 2-1 victory over the Cape Breton Eagles on Thursday to advance into the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League finals. It's the first time the Drakkar have made it to the league finals since 2014. They will await the winner between the Drummondville Voltigeurs and Victoriaville Tigres. Drummondville is up 3-1 in the series heading into Game 5 on Friday. Justin Poirier's pow

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    WHL roundup: Sidorov plays OT hero as Blades edge Warriors 5-4

    MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Egor Sidorov has become the latest overtime hero in the Western Hockey League's Eastern Conference final series. Sidorov scored his 13th goal of the post-season 3:29 into the extra session on Wednesday night as the visiting Saskatoon Blades beat the Moose Jaw Warriors 5-4 to tie the best-of-seven series at 2-2, with Game 5 set for Friday at SaskTel Centre. Three of the games in the tight series have been decided in overtime. Brandon Lisowsky, Trevor Wong, Alexander Suzdalev an