• The Canadian Press

    Canadian women score historic rugby win, defeating World Cup champion New Zealand

    CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Fancy Bermudez scored two tries as Canada recorded a historic rugby win over New Zealand on Sunday, holding on to dispatch the reigning World Cup champion 22-19 and win the Pacific Four Series. The Canadian women had lost all 17 previous meetings with the Black Ferns, with 10 of those defeats by 27 points or more. The six-time world champions won 52-21 the last time they met, last July in Ottawa in the same tournament. The closest Canada has come to a win was a 16-8 l

  • The Canadian Press

    Sports scoreboard for Saturday, May 18, 2024

    Saturday's Games NHL Playoffs Second Round Edmonton 5 Vancouver 1 (Best-of-seven series tied 3-3) --- IIHF World Hockey Championship Group Stage At Prague Canada 5 Finland 3 Switzerland 8 Denmark 0 Czechia 4 Britain 1 At Ostrava, Czechia Sweden 7 Latvia 2 Germany 4 Poland 4 Slovakia 4 France 2 --- AHL Playoffs Division Finals Cleveland 4 Syracuse 1 (Cleveland leads best-of-five series 2-0) Hershey 4 Hartford 2 (Hershey leads best-of-five series 2-0) --- NBA Playoffs Second Round Dallas 117 Oklah

  • The Canadian Press

    Oilers beat Canucks 5-1 to force deciding Game 7 in second-round series

    EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The Edmonton Oilers weren't ready to have their season end. Now, they're going to the limit in their second-round series against the Vancouver Canucks. Evan Bouchard and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each had a goal and two assists, Connor McDavid added three assists and the Oilers beat the Canucks 5-1 on Saturday night to avoid elimination and force a deciding Game 7. “The boys were ready from the start, we obviously knew what was at stake tonight,” Edmonton forward Dylan Hollowa

  • The Canadian Press

    Oilers crank up the offence, drill Canucks 5-1 to force Game 7

    EDMONTON — The clash of the Canadian clubs is going the limit. Evan Bouchard and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each had a goal and two assists and Connor McDavid had three assists as the Edmonton Oilers staved off elimination with a dominant 5-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks in Game 6 of their best-of-seven, second-round playoff series on Saturday. “I thought the boys were ready from the start, we obviously knew what was at stake tonight,” said Oilers forward Dylan Holloway. “There was probably a bit