According to Emily Kaplan of ESPN on Thursday, the Seattle Kraken have named David Hakstol of Warburg, Alberta as their first head coach in franchise history. Hakstol, who is 52 years of age, previously coached the Philadelphia Flyers from 2015 Read more
Alena Sharp had a solid first round at the 2021 Women’s PGA Championship in Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday. The 40-year-old native of Hamilton, Ontario, is at -3 and two strokes back of the leader, Lizette Salas of the United States. Read more
Joshua Liendo of Markham, Ontario, and Finlay Knox of Okotoks, Alberta, set Canadian records in swimming this past week at the Canadian Olympic Swimming Trials in Toronto, Ontario. Liendo set his record in the men’s 100 metre butterfly, and Knox Read more
Anthony Beauvillier of Sorel-Tracy, Quebec scored his first career Stanley Cup Playoff overtime winner on Wednesday. The New York Islanders left winger scored an unassisted marker at 1:08 of the extra period as the Islanders defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning Read more
Ottawa Redblacks wide receiver Brad Sinopoli of Peterborough, Ontario retired on Wednesday at the age of 33 according to CBC News. An all-star in 2018, Sinopoli spent four seasons with the Calgary Stampeders from 2011 to 2014, and then five Read more
The Montreal Canadiens are one win away from reaching the 2021 Stanley Cup Finals. On Tuesday, the Canadiens defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 4-1 in game five of the Stanley Cup semifinals. With the win, the Canadiens now lead the Read more
Former Buffalo Sabres right winger Rene Robert of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec passed away on Tuesday at the age of 72 after suffering a heart attack a week ago, according to the Associated Press. Robert played 12 seasons in the National Hockey Read more
Canadian tennis stars Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal, Quebec, and Denis Shapovalov of Toronto, Ontario, are both heading into Wimbledon with momentum. This past week, both reached the semifinals of their respective ATP 500 events. Auger-Aliassime made the semis in Halle, Read more
Georgia Ellenwood of Langley, British Columbia came through with one of the biggest victories of her career on Sunday. Ellenwood won the Stadtwerke Ratingen Mehrkampf-Meeting women’s heptathlon competition in Ratingen, Germany, and in the process made the Canadian Olympic team. Read more
Nicolas Roy of Amos, Quebec scored his first National Hockey League Stanley Cup Playoff overtime-winning goal on Sunday. He accomplished the feat in his home province of Quebec in a 2-1 Vegas Golden Knights win over the Montreal Canadiens in Read more