Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin led a women’s World Cup slalom after the opening leg Sunday, five days after the American had failed to a finish a slalom run for the first time in four years. Shiffrin built a 0.17-second lead over Wendy Holdener of Switzerland, with Frida Hansdotter of Sweden 0.38 back in third.
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Stajan scores first in 14 games, Flames snap Canucks’ win streak at six
Matt Stajan’s first goal in 14 games ended up as the game winner Saturday night as the Calgary Flames built up an early lead and hung on for a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks. Calgary opened the scoring at 14:26 of the first period when Alex Chiasson deflected Sean Monahan’s shot past Jacob Markstrom out of mid-air.
Carter Hart comes off bench to backstop Canada 5-2 over Sweden to reach final
Anthony Cirelli had a goal and an assist and subbed-in goalie Carter Hart made 28 saves as Canada downed Sweden 5-2 in a semifinal at the world junior hockey championship on Wednesday night. Canada will face the United States in the final on Thursday night while the Swedes will play in the bronze-medal game against Russia.
Shiffrin misses WCup slalom record; Velez Zuzulova wins race
Veronika Velez Zuzulova of Slovakia won a women’s World Cup slalom on Tuesday after Mikaela Shiffrin failed to finish her opening run, ending the American’s seven-race winning streak in the discipline. Velez Zuzulova held on to her first-run lead and beat Petra Vlhova by 0.24 seconds for a Slovak 1-2 finish.
Shiffrin racing to milestones
If Mikaela Shiffrin wins her 27th World Cup race in Tuesday’s slalom, she will match the career achievement of one of the biggest names in American ski racing history — Phil Mahre. She would also match the women’s record of eight consecutive World Cup slaloms wins – and draw level with Swedish skiing great Ingemar Stenmark for the number of victories before turning 22 years old.
Red-hot ice queen Elise Christie in the form of her life
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Bettman still down on Olympics; NHLPA’s Fehr ‘more optimistic now than I ever have been’
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, left, and Wayne Gretzky speak to the media before the Toronto Maple Leafs play against the Detroit Red Wings during the NHL Centennial Classic in Toronto on Sunday, January 1, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, left, and Wayne Gretzky speak to the media before the Toronto Maple Leafs play against the Detroit Red Wings during the NHL Centennial Classic in Toronto on Sunday, January 1, 2017.
NHL still searching for reason to play at 2018 Winter Games
NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly says the league lacks a compelling reason to have its players compete in the next Winter Olympics in South Korea NHL still searching for reason to play at 2018 Winter Games NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly says the league lacks a compelling reason to have its players compete in the next Winter Olympics in South Korea Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2iNFzEd Dallas Stars left wing Jamie Benn, left, congratulates teammate center Devin Shore after Shore scored a goal against the Colorado Avalanche during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Dallas, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. The Stars won 4-2.
Russian anti-doping officials have denied admitting to an institutional conspiracy over doping
… Canadian law professor McLaren found evidence that over 1,000 Russian athletes in more than 30 Olympic and Paralympic sports were involved in a plot which began at least as early as 2011 and ran until 2015. Russian sports officials had vehemently …
Jonathan Toews a source of inspiration for Team Canada’s Tyson Jost
It was just a quick phone call a long time ago, but it meant a whole lot to Team Canada forward Tyson Jost. Though he doesn’t remember when it happened, Jost got a chance to speak to his hockey hero, Jonathan Toews.
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Mikaela Shiffrin took a slim lead in the opening run of a women’s World Cup giant slalom on Wednesday, positioning herself for a second win in as many days. Wearing bib No.
Report: Russian doping scandal ‘institutional conspiracy’
… York Times said. But the Kremlin pushed back against the charge Wednesday. The newspaper spoke with three top Russian sports officials. Anna Antseliovich, the acting director general of Russia’s national antidoping agency, called the doping program …
Mikaela Shiffrin wins special giant slalom in Austria
Mikaela Shiffrin wins special giant slalom in Austria Mikaela Shiffrin spent Christmas at Manuela Moelgg’s home and they shared the podium Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2hq6VCy Mikaela Shiffrin of USA takes 1st place during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Women’s Giant Slalom on Dec. 27, 2016 in Semmering, Austria. SEMMERING, Austria – A few days after Mikaela Shiffrin spent Christmas at Manuela Moelgg’s home in Italy and trained with her, the American and the Italian finished first and third in a women’s World Cup giant slalom on Tuesday.
2016: Another year that saw Sidney Crosby rule the sport of hockey
There was 2010, in which Crosby scored the “golden goal” for Team Canada at the Vancouver Olympics and amassed an astounding 60 goals and 126 points in 80 regular season games. There was also 2009 when the Pittsburgh Penguins captain posted 41 goals and 101 points in 80 games, before tallying another 15 goals and 31 points in the playoffs en route to his first Stanley Cup.
Ice skating odd couple could be the sport’s next big thing
Two young skaters are rising rapidly through the junior ranks, and they have set their sights on winning a medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Harley Windsor and Katia Alexandrovskaya have been skating together for less than a year and have represented Australia at only four international competitions.
Best of 2016: North Shore athletes hit top speed
West Vancouver’s Georgia Simmerling joins teammates Allison Beveridge, Jasmin Glaesser and Kirsti Lay in racing to bronze in track cycling team pursuit at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Multi-sport star Simmerling headlines our look back at the top North Shore sports stories of the year.
Maple Leafs increasing level of Auston Matthews’ competition
Auston Matthews was dealt one of the toughest matchups of his young NHL career, and he came out on top. The 19-year-old scored his team-leading 15th goal, fired a career-high eight shots and played a career-best 21:22 while squaring off primarily against three-time all-star Ryan Getzlaf and former MVP Corey Perry on Monday night.
Olympic organizers in Tokyo disclose total cost estimate
Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics estimate the total cost of hosting the 2020 Games will be between 1.6 and 1.8 trillion yen . The official cost estimate announced Wednesday was below the promised 2 trillion cap, while organizers said they will try to come down further.
Have You Seen This? Ski grinding…
A flip on skis is one thing, grinding a loop-de-loop on skis is quite another. We’ve all seen the Winter Olympics or the X Games or even just YouTube clips of people doing stunning tricks on skis and snowboards.
Rebecca Johnston leads Canada past United States 5-3 in women’s hockey
Rebecca Johnston had a hat trick as Canada’s national women’s hockey team rallied past the United States 5-3 on Saturday in an exhibition game. Jillian Saulnier and Natalie Spooner also scored for Canada in the first of two exhibitions between the powerhouses, designed to help them tune up ahead of the world championships in Plymouth, Mich., from March 31 to April 7. Shannon Szabados stopped 32-of-35 shots in 51 minutes of work in net for the Canadians.