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STEVE SIMMONS: Marchand the Magnificent key to Bruins' Stanley Cup hopes
Brad Marchand is six inches shorter than Auston Matthews, some 50 pounds lighter than Ryan Reaves, with a heart about the size of Zdeno Chara. And none of that is an exaggeration in any way. There really hasn’t been much to choose from between the ...
Cape Breton Eagles’ Charles-Antoine Lavallée focused on facing former team Baie-Comeau in QMJHL semifinal
Before Christmas, Charles-Antoine Lavallée found himself playing in the Maritime Junior Hockey League with the Amherst Ramblers. The now 20-year-old had been unexpectedly released by the Baie-Comeau Drakkar during training camp and would be forced ...
MHL PLAYOFFS: Timberwolves rally in third period to take series lead over Caps
The Miramichi Timberwolves have taken control of the Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) final series. The Timberwolves scored two unanswered third-period goals to record a 4-3 come-from-behind victory over the Summerside D. Alex MacDonald Ford ...
P.E.I.'s Kensington Wild plays second one-goal game at Telus Cup
The Kensington Monaghan Farms Wild dropped their second one-goal game in three contests at the 2024 Telus Cup Canadian under-18 hockey championship in Membertou, N.S. The Brandon Wheat Kings edged the Wild 2-1 on April 24. The Wheat Kings, ...
Olympics-Roland Garros completes revamp ahead of French Open, Paris Games
PARIS (Reuters) - Roland Garros has completed a revamp ahead of the French Open as the Parisian ground gears up to host the tennis tournament and boxing semi-finals and finals at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Suzanne Lenglen will be the second ...
P.E.I.'s Kensington Vipers split games on Day 1 at Don Johnson Memorial Cup
The Kensington Moase Plumbing and Heating Vipers split their first two games at the 2024 Don Johnson Memorial Cup on April 24. Veteran forward Brett Ballum scored his second goal of the third period with 16 seconds remaining in regulation time to ...
TELUS CUP: Magog Cantonniers remain undefeated with win over host Sydney Mitsubishi Rush on Wednesday
SYDNEY, N.S. – The Magog Cantonniers remain undefeated at the Telus Cup national under-18 hockey championship in Cape Breton. Magog defeated the host Sydney Mitsubishi Rush 9-5 at the Membertou Sport and Wellness Centre on Wednesday night. The ...
NHL roundup: Marchand leads Bruins to 4-2 win over Leafs in Game 3
Brad Marchand scored the go-ahead goal with 8:07 remaining in the third period, lifting visiting Boston to an eventual 4-2 victory over Toronto and a 2-1 edge in their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series. Marchand, who added a late ...
MLB roundup: Braves get walk-off win in 10th, sweep Marlins
Michael Harris II led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a game-winning RBI double to give the Atlanta Braves a 4-3 victory over the visiting Miami Marlins and a sweep of the three-game series. Harris smacked an 0-1 fastball from Tanner Scott ...
Tennis-Osaka doing her homework on clay ahead of French Open
(Reuters) - Naomi Osaka picked up her first win on clay in two years on Wednesday and while the former world number one is adapting to the slower surface ahead of the French Open she has no plans to abandon the power game that brought her four ...