National Sports

Devils' Blackwood stops 25 shots for 2nd straight shutout

NEWARK, N.J. — Mackenzie Blackwood has provided an expected lift for the New Jersey Devils. Blackwood posted his second straight shutout, stopping 25 shots in the Devils' 4-0 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Monday.

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Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins says team is still looking to make roster moves

TORONTO — In the wake of acquiring pitchers Clayton Richard and Matt Shoemaker, Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins says he is still open to more moves. The priority remains more pitching depth.

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Maxime Comtois' dramatic intro key to Team Canada's pre-game routine

VANCOUVER — Maxime Comtois' teammates were stunned on Boxing Day when he started screaming in the tunnel before Team Canada took the ice in their first game of the world junior hockey championship. "I didn't know what was going on.

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Star point guard Kyle Lowry ruled out for Raptors game against Jazz

TORONTO — Fred VanVleet doesn't believe in New Years resolutions. If he did, playing with a greater sense of urgency in 2019 would be one.

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Canada drops shootout against Finland's KalPa Kuopio in Spengler Cup final

DAVOS, Switzerland — Jaakko Rissanen scored in the eighth round of a shootout to give Finnish club KalPa Kuopio a 2-1 win over three-time defending champion Canada in the final of the Spengler Cup on Monday.

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Figure skater Kaetlyn Osmond to receive Order of Newfoundland and Labrador

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Figure skating champion Kaetlyn Osmond will be receiving the highest honour in her home province — the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador. Osmond, 23, left Marystown, N.L.

Dec 31, 2018 12:13 PM Read more >

Legendary Saskatchewan Roughriders lineman Ted Urness dead at 81

Ted Urness, a six-time CFL all-star offensive lineman who helped the Saskatchewan Roughriders win the 1966 Grey Cup, has died at 81. The Roughriders announced Urness's death in a Twitter post on Sunday. A cause of death was not given.

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World of outdoor hockey grows in latest version of NHL video game

While the NHL turns its attentions to the outdoor Winter Classic, video gamers have been playing outdoors for some time. In fact the "NHL 19" slogan is "From the pond to the pros.

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Scores and Schedule

Sunday's Games World Junior Hockey Championship At Vancouver Russia 7 Switzerland 4 At Victoria B.C.

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Sunday's Games

Sunday's Games World Junior Hockey Championship At Vancouver Russia 7 Switzerland 4 At Victoria B.C.

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