• The Canadian Press

    Edmonton Oilers on the brink of a Stanley Cup win after improbable comeback

    EDMONTON — A storybook Stanley Cup win is there for the Edmonton Oilers. A win away from rewriting some NHL history, the Oilers headed to Florida on Saturday for Monday's Game 7 that seemed improbable a week earlier. No team in the NHL's expansion era has trailed 3-0 in the Stanley Cup final and come back to win the best-of-seven championship. Only the 1942 Maple Leafs did it 82 years ago. Only four teams in NHL history have trailed a best-of-seven playoff series 3-0 and won it: Toronto (1942),

  • The Canadian Press

    Playoffs for HoopQueens, Canadian semi-pro women's basketball league, start Sunday

    The WNBA is coming to Toronto in 2026, but professional women's basketball has been in Canada for years. HoopQueens, a semi-pro league with players from across Canada, will hold the semifinals of its third season this Sunday at Toronto's Humber College. HoopQueens founder Nakissa Koomalsingh said the four-team league has seen amazing growth since its inception. "We're just building on the momentum. More fans are coming, the competition's getting better every year," said Koomalsingh. "This season

  • The Canadian Press

    Oilers' Carrick fined for slash on Kulikov in Game 2 of Stanley Cup final

    Oilers forward Sam Carrick has been fined for slashing Panthers defenceman Dmitry Kulikov late in Edmonton's 4-1 loss to Florida in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup final.

  • The Canadian Press

    Canadian stars Fillier and Gosling excited to turn pro ahead of Monday's PWHL draft

    Sarah Fillier grew up a fan of the NHL and watched its draft every year. Now that she's turning pro herself, she can't wait for her own draft-day moment. Fillier — pronounced FILL'-ee-yay — is widely considered the top prospect ahead of Monday's Professional Women's Hockey League draft. The 23-year-old centre from Georgetown, Ont., said it would be an honour to be drafted by one of the league's six teams in the first round, let alone first overall. "It's what you dream of," said Fillier. "It's a