The Grande Prairie Storm have wrapped up play for 2024 with great success on the season so far.So far the Storm are 18-9-1-1 and second in the north division, which has led them to be in the CJHL top 20 rankings every week for the first time.The success is attributed to a more "old school, professional" play ...

Ice action for local hockey teams will be halted for nearly two weeks for Christmas and New Year's break. GP StormThe AJHL's Grande Prairie Storm went on a three game road trip for their last games of 2024. They kicked off in Calgary Friday, losing 3-1 to the Canucks. The Storm went to Canmore on Saturday and lost to t...

StormThe Grande Prairie Storm will finish the 2024 portion of their schedule with a three game road trip down south.The Storm will visit Calgary Friday, Canmore Saturday, and Calgary again on Sunday. The first two games start at 7 p.m. The Sunday game will start at 2 p.m. The Storm go into the weekend in second place i...

Grande Prairie product Gracyn Sawchyn is the Western Hockey League's Player of the Week.The Edmonton Oil Kings forward recorded four goals and five assists.Sawchyn recorded a pair of four-point games during the week in wins over Swift Current last Saturday and Kamloops Sunday and an assist in a loss to Prince George on...

NPHLThere are two games in the North Peace Hockey League Thursday.Dawson Creek will be in Spirit River and Falher in Fox Creek. Face-off time for both will be 8:30 p.m.SkiingSunday will be the opening day at Fairview Ski Hill. Hours will be 11-5.Nitehawk is open Thursday night from 5:30 to 9:30. The Tube Zone will be c...

Many local leagues were in action on the ice this weekend. The Grande Prairie Storm lost both home games, but players that were away faired better...Bringing home bronzeTwo Grande Prairie Storm players were in Camrose this weekend for the 2024 Junior A World Challenge.Matthew Gillard and Max Algajer were selected for T...

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Jesper Boqvist scored twice, including the go-ahead goal in the third, and the Florida Panthers beat the New York Rangers 5-3 on Monday night. Eetu Luostarinen, Aleksander Barkov and Mackie Samoskevich also scored for Florida, and Uvis Balinskis had two assists. Sergei Bobrovsky made 33 saves. Flor...

TORONTO - Two teams trying to find their stride in the Professional Women's Hockey League have made a major trade. The Ottawa Charge and Toronto Sceptres, tied for fifth in the six-team league with identical two-win, three-loss and one overtime loss records, pulled off a four-player swap on Monday. The Charge acquired ...

WINNIPEG - Gabriel Vilardi scored a pair of power-play goals 62 seconds apart in the third period to help the Winnipeg Jets extend their winning streak to four games with a 3-0 victory over the Nashville Predators on Monday. Connor Hellebuyck made 22 saves for his fifth shutout of the season and 42nd of his career. Def...

LAVAL, Que. - Claire Dalton had a goal and an assist as the Montreal Victoire defeated the Boston Fleet 3-1 on Monday night in the Professional Women's Hockey League. Anna Wilgren and Kristin O'Neill also scored, while Ann-Renée Desbiens stopped 18 shots for Montreal (3-2-0-1) before a sellout crowd of 10,172 at...

CHICAGO (AP) - Connor Bedard practised with the Chicago Blackhawks right in the middle of Wrigley Field. He skated with his parents and his sister. The moment was not lost on the 19-year-old centre. "It's one of the coolest experiences of my life so far," Bedard said, "and obviously the game hasn't even ...

OTTAWA - Canada was in big trouble on an important night. It was New Year's Eve at the 2009 world junior hockey championship. The United States had jumped out to a 3-0 lead not even 13 minutes into the first period. That's when John Tavares took over and dragged his country back into the fight. Dave Cameron, head coach...

OTTAWA - Maxim Strback scored two minutes 55 seconds into overtime as Slovakia posted a wild 5-4 win over Kazakhstan on Monday at the world junior hockey championship. Slovakia looked to have the game wrapped up when - leading 4-2 with less than five minutes to go in regulation - Kazakh forward Asanali Sarkenov was ass...

TORONTO - Ottawa goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer, Charge teammate Katerina Mrazova and Montréal Victoire forward Marie-Philip Poulin have been named the Professional Women's Hockey League's three stars of the week.  Maschmeyer earned first-star honours after she made 34 saves in Ottawa's 3-1 road victory over t...

MONTREAL - Quebec ski hill operators say they're remaining optimistic despite warm temperatures and heavy rainfall that could dampen the lucrative holiday ski period. The co-owner of the Mont-Saint-Bruno hill on Montreal's South Shore says the conditions resemble spring skiing, during which people can dress lightly and...

NEW YORK - Winnipeg Jets centre Mark Scheifele, Buffalo Sabres defenceman Rasmus Dahlin and Columbus Blue Jackets defenceman Zach Werenski have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. Scheifele took the first star after posting six points (four goals, two assists) in two games last week. He highlighted his week b...

DAVOS - Canada was denied a chance at its first Spengler Cup title since 2019 after dropping a 4-2 decision to Germany's Straubing Tigers in semifinal action on Monday. Straubing's Joshua Samanski scored the winning goal midway through the third period as the Tigers advanced to Tuesday's final against either host HC Da...

LIVERPOOL, N.S. - Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing edged Jessica Zheng and Victor Pietrangelo 6-5 in the opening draw at the Canadian mixed doubles curling trials on Monday. Jones and Laing scored a deuce in the eighth end for the victory. In other early games, Rachel Homan and Brendan Bottcher needed only six ends to co...

OTTAWA - Axel Sandin-Pellikka loves a good dangle. The defenceman idolized Patrick Kane as a kid after his dad brought a Chicago Blackhawks jersey home to Sweden with the stickhandling wizard's No. 88 stitched on the back. Sandin-Pellikka was mesmerized by the star forward's quick hands and deft touch. He's now got ple...

LILLE, France (AP) - Jonathan David is considering a new contract from Lille and says his chances of staying at the French club are "50-50." The 24-year-old Canada striker is enjoying his fifth season at Lille and tops the league's scoring charts with 11 goals from 15 games. He is out of contract at the end o...

TORONTO - For a team hoping to rebound after a last-place finish in 2024, the Toronto Blue Jays have had a relatively quiet off-season. That will need to change in a significant way if Canada's lone big-league club is going to improve in 2025. First baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., the face of the franchise, still remain...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Jake Evans scored for the career-high fifth consecutive game and the surging Montreal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 on Sunday night. Christian Dvorak, Joel Armia, Brendan Gallagher and Alex Newhook also scored to help the Canadiens win for the fifth time in six games. Sam Montembeault ma...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Brett Howden scored his 15th goal of the season and Ilya Samsonov stopped 31 shots as the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Calgary Flames 3-0 on Sunday night. Howden redirected defenseman Alex Pietrangelo's shot from the top of the slot late in the second period and is now tied with Ivan Barbashev for...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Josh Norris broke a tie on a power play with 7:18 left, Leevi Merilainen made 30 saves in his fifth NHL game and the Ottawa Senators beat the Minnesota Wild 3-1 on Sunday night. Ottawa has won seven of its past nine games, while the Wild have lost five of their past seven. The Senators won in Min...

OTTAWA - Canada got back in the win column at the world junior hockey championship. It wasn't pretty. Oliver Bonk, Caden Price and Mathieu Cataford, into the empty net, scored as the wobbly host country picked up an unconvincing 3-0 victory over Germany on Sunday. Carter George made 25 saves to register the goaltender'...

TORONTO - Bruce Brown intercepted a pass and streaked down the court, driving past some token defence from Atlanta Hawks forward Jalen Johnson for a one-handed slam dunk. Brown's Toronto Raptors teammates burst off the home team's bench, cheering for the veteran forward. "It's just because they didn't think I can ...

TORONTO - Trae Young had a double-double as the Atlanta Hawks routed the struggling Toronto Raptors 136-107 on Sunday. Young had 34 points and 10 assists as Atlanta (18-15) won its fourth game in a row. He played only 32 minutes as both teams rested their starters with the game well in hand for the Hawks. De'Andre Hunt...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Jake Evans scored for the career-high fifth consecutive game and the surging Montreal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 on Sunday night. Christian Dvorak, Joel Armia, Brendan Gallagher and Alex Newhook also scored to help the Canadiens win for the fifth time in six games. Sam Montembeault ma...