Today’s edition of our newsletter is mostly about Canada’s latest impressive showing at a team tennis event. Also, it looks like Tom Brady is coming back, and there’s still an Olympics where Russia is welcome. CBC | Sports News
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Canada’s world junior returnees looking for redemption against Finland in semis
Canada was leading Finland 1-0 with under a minute to go in the quarterfinals of last year’s world junior hockey championship in Vancouver before a crowd ready to explode. Moments later, disaster struck. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Lafreniere to return from injury for quarter-finals at world juniors
Alexis Lafreniere will be in the lineup when Canada meets Slovakia in the quarterfinals of the world junior hockey championship Thursday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Joe Veleno suspended 1 game for headbutt
Canada’s Joe Veleno has been suspended one game for head-butting Russian defenceman Daniil Misyul during the second period of Canada’s 6-0 loss on Saturday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Alexis Lafreniere leaves game with apparent injury
Team Canada forward Alexis Lafreniere needs to be helped off the ice after a collision during the 2nd period of Canada’s game against Russia at the world juniors. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Alexis Lafreniere shows he’s more than just skill at world juniors
Touted as the projected No. 1 pick at the 2020 NHL draft for some time, Alexis Lafreniere had a ridiculous 70 points in 32 games this season with the Rimouski Oceanic — Sidney Crosby’s old junior team — before joining up with Canada ahead of the world junior hockey championship. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Zach Fucale makes stupendous save at Spengler
Zach Fucale somehow gets his arm on a puck he has no business touching never mind stopping for a fantastic save at the Spengler Cup. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Paralympians soared to new heights in the 2010s
Canada easily earned its best decade of Winter Paralympics results ever, and capped it off by blowing away the previous single Games record with 28 medals in Pyeongchang. Its 10 gold medals in Vancouver still stands as the national mark. Oh, and there were 60 Summer Paralympics medals mixed in, too. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Marielle Thompson’s ski cross silver highlights Canada’s 2nd day at Innichen World Cup
Marielle Thompson was the sole Canadian to grace the ski cross podium on the second day of competition in Innichen, Italy. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Bowman soars to gold, Karker secures silver at ski halfpipe World Cup
Canada’s Noah Bowman surged to gold at the freestyle skiing halfpipe World Cup, while fellow Canadian Rachael Karker secured silver at the Secret Garden in China on Friday. CBC | Sports News
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