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Summerside D. Alex MacDonald Ford Western Capitals goaltender Niko Boudreau, 33, calmly makes a glove save in the third period of a Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) game against the Miramichi Timberwolves at the Island Petroleum Energy Centre on April 30. Timberwolves forward Jeremy Duhamel, 25, and Caps defenceman William Irvine, 3, position themselves for a possible rebound as referee Tanner Doiron follows the play. The Caps won the game 2-1 in double overtime to cut Miramichi’s lead to 3-2 in the best-of-seven Metalfab Cup final series. Jason Simmonds • The Guardian

MHL PLAYOFFS: P.E.I.'s Western Capitals stay alive in MHL final

A basic play and an innocent-looking shot, clutch goaltending and perseverance kept the Summerside D. Alex MacDonald Ford Western Capitals’ season alive. Simon Mullen scored 1:59 into the second overtime period to lift the Caps to a 2-1 win over the ...

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Kensington Wild head coach proud of way team competed at Telus Cup

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Kensington Monaghan Farms Wild forward Lucas Thibeau, 22, tracks the play during the P.E.I. major under-18 male hockey championship series against the Charlottetown Bulk Carriers Knights at MacLauchlan Arena in Charlottetown. Thibeau recorded three points in the Wild’s five games at the 2024 Telus Cup Canadian under-18 hockey championship in Membertou, N.S., last week. - Jason Simmonds/SaltWire

MHL PLAYOFFS: Suspension handed to Caps' Duquette

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P.E.I.'s Holland Hurricanes name baseball head coach

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MHL PLAYOFFS: P.E.I.'s Western Capitals in deep hole vs. Miramichi Timberwolves

Updated Apr. 29, 2024 |4 min read

Heartbreaking end for Kensington Vipers at Don Johnson Memorial Cup

Updated Apr. 29, 2024 |2 min read

P.E.I.'s Kensington Vipers advance to Don Johnson Memorial Cup final

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated Apr. 28, 2024 |2 min read

The Kensington Moase Plumbing and Heating Vipers took care of business on April 27 to set up a rematch with the Antigonish Bulldogs in the Don Johnson Memorial Cup final on April 28 in Mount Pearl, N.L. The gold-medal game of the Atlantic junior B ...

Malcolm Christie throws down a dunk for the Dalhousie Tigers during an AUS men's basketball game against the Memorial Sea-Hawks. - Dalhousie Athletics

BASKETBALL: AUS MVP Malcolm Christie leaves Dalhousie for NCAA's Oakland University

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 29, 2024 |2 min read

The AUS men's basketball MVP is taking his talents South of the border. Dalhousie Tigers star Malcolm Christie announced his official commitment on Sunday to play NCAA Division 1 for Oakland University next season. Malcolm Christie of @DalTigers has ...

Football - NFL - Super Bowl LVIII - Kansas City Chiefs v San Francisco 49ers - Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States - February 11, 2024 Kansas City Chiefs' Travis Kelce before the game

Chiefs TE Travis Kelce 'extremely grateful' for new deal

Reuters |Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce wanted more money but was not interested in executing a leverage play as a means to get it. Kelce, as it turns out, got what he wanted as the Chiefs reworked his contract, pumping up his salary to $34.25 ...

MLB suspends Brewers' Abner Uribe, Freddy Peralta, Rays' Jose Siri

Reuters |Updated 2 hours ago |1 min read

Milwaukee Brewers pitchers Abner Uribe and Freddy Peralta were suspended six and five games, respectively, for their roles in Tuesday's benches-clearing incident against Tampa Bay, Major League Baseball announced. MLB also announced Wednesday that ...

Jul 7, 2021; Tampa, Florida, USA; Tampa Bay Lightning center Steven Stamkos (91) hoists the Stanley Cup after the 1-0 victory against the Montreal Canadiens in game five of the 2021 Stanley Cup Final at Amalie Arena. Mandatory Credit: Bruce Bennett/Pool Photo-USA TODAY Sports

Steven Stamkos covets return to Tampa Bay for 17th season

Reuters |Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

Steven Stamkos has spent all 16 of his NHL seasons with the Tampa Bay Lightning and he's highly interested in continuing the relationship. Stamkos, 34, is slated to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1. But he said he had a preliminary ...

Lorenzo Callegari of the Halifax Wanderers (right) battles with Manny Aparicio of Atletico Ottawa early into a Canadian Premier League match Saturday afternoon at the Wanderers Grounds. - CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

TELUS CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Winless Wanderers switch focus to CS St-Laurent

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated 2 hours ago |3 min read

After a struggling start to their Canadian Premier League season, the Halifax Wanderers could use a reprieve. But head coach Patrice Gheisar warns that Thursday night’s Telus Canadian Championship preliminary-round matchup against Ligue1 Quebec side ...

Comcast pulls Bally Sports channels, imperiling US broadcaster's restructuring

Dietrich Knauth |Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cable provider Comcast stopped broadcasting Bally Sports channels on Wednesday, taking some MLB games off the air and imperiling the bankruptcy restructuring of the sports channels' operating company. ...

Doping-USADA slams WADA for 'half-truths' in China doping case

Reuters |Updated 26 minutes ago |2 min read

By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) criticised the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Wednesday for "doubling down on half-truths", after the global body published a document outlining its handling of a case ...

Tyler Black #7 of the Milwaukee Brewers looks on after his major league debut against the Tampa Bay Rays at American Family Field on April 30, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Canadian broadcaster Rod Black calls son's MLB debut from stands: 'There's a base hit for my boy'

Ryan Wolstat · Postmedia News |Updated 3 hours ago |3 min read

Rod Black has called thousands of sporting moments, but nothing like this one. The legendary Canadian broadcaster, his wife and other family members got to see son Tyler Black live out a dream by playing in the Major Leagues for the Milwaukee Brewers ...

Tennis - Madrid Open - Park Manzanares, Madrid, Spain - May 1, 2024 Russia's Andrey Rublev after winning his quarter final match against Spain's Carlos Alcaraz

Tennis-Flawless Rublev knocks out champion Alcaraz to move into Madrid semis

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |3 min read

MADRID, Spain (Reuters) -Carlos Alcaraz's hopes of becoming the first player to win three-straight Madrid Open titles came undone as the second seed fell to a 4-6 6-3 6-2 loss in front of his home crowd to Russian seventh seed Andrey Rublev in the ...