DENVER — The Winnipeg Jets are making a lineup change after splitting the first two games of their first-round NHL playoff series against the Colorado Avalanche. Head coach Rick Bowness says that Nate Schmidt will be in the lineup for Game 3 on Friday night and fellow blueliner Logan Stanley will sit. Schmidt was a healthy scratch for Winnipeg's 7-6 win in Game 1 as well as the Jets' 5-2 loss in Game 2 at Canada Life Centre. He's expected to play with Dylan Samberg. It's the only lineup change f
TORONTO — Maple Leafs winger William Nylander appears on course to suit for the first time in this spring's Stanley Cup playoffs. The 27-year-old was a full participant at today's practice after missing the first three games of Toronto's opening-round series against the Boston Bruins with an undisclosed injury. Nylander wouldn't say what's kept him out of the Original Six matchup, but added he's been "feeling great" heading into tomorrow's Game 4 with the Leafs trailing 2-1. The Swede's arrival
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Legendary sportscaster Bob Cole was a Newfoundlander through and through, and his daughter says his connection to the province was "everything" to him. Megan Cole says her father was asked to move away many times throughout his career with the CBC, for which he became the voice of "Hockey Night in Canada" for generations. She says he never entertained the idea — he loved returning home to St. John's after spending his Saturday night in various hockey cities behind the mic, nar