• The Canadian Press

    Heise scores twice, Minnesota beats Toronto 4-1 to take PWHL semifinal 3-2

    TORONTO — Taylor Heise scored twice, including the winner in the third period, as Minnesota downed Toronto 4-1 on Friday to win a best-of-five Professional Women's Hockey League semifinal 3-2. Denisa Krizova and Sophia Kunin had the other goals for Minnesota, which fell behind 2-0 in the series before winning three straight, including Wednesday's 1-0 double-overtime victory. Maddie Rooney stopped 27 shots. Minnesota will take on Boston in the six-team PWHL's inaugural Walter Cup final. The best-

  • The Canadian Press

    Boston captain Brad Marchand returns for must-win Game 6 against Panthers

    BOSTON (AP) — Boston captain Brad Marchand was dressed and back in the lineup for Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Florida Panthers on Friday night with the Bruins needing a victory to keep their playoff season alive. Marchand missed two games with an undisclosed injury after getting hit in the head by Panthers forward Sam Bennett. The team's longest-tenured player and No. 2 scorer this season returned to practice on Friday morning and was deemed a game-time decision

  • The Canadian Press

    Craig Berube named head coach of Toronto Maple Leafs

    TORONTO — Craig Berube has been handed the keys to the Toronto Maple Leafs. It will be up to the 58-year-old to deliver something the Original Six franchise hasn't experienced in more than a generation — sustained playoff success. The Leafs named Berube their new head coach Friday after another post-season flop that cost predecessor Sheldon Keefe his job last week. He will be tasked with getting the Leafs' offensively gifted — and playoff-challenged — core led by Auston Matthews to the next leve

  • The Canadian Press

    Montreal's players already excited for Year 2 of PWHL: 'This league is on the up'

    MONTREAL — Marie-Philip Poulin couldn't find enough positive things to say about her experience in Year 1 of the Professional Women’s Hockey League, even though she had to work through a malfunctioning microphone to express it. Montreal’s captain winced as a staticky, distorted noise echoed through the speakers during her team’s end-of-season press conference at the Verdun Auditorium on Friday, unable to finish answering her first question before the faulty mics were whisked away. But for Poulin