Three Canadian Olympic gold medalists will receive the Order of Canada according to The Canadian Press on Friday. They are figure skaters Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of London, Ontario, as well as swimmer Mark Tewksbury of Calgary, Alberta. Virtue Read more
According to nhl.com, National Hockey League defenseman Johnny Boychuk of Edmonton, Alberta, announced his retirement at age 36 on Wednesday. The reason for the retirement is because Boychuk suffered a serious eye injury on March 3 against the Montreal Canadiens. Read more
Former Toronto Maple Leafs right winger Howie Meeker of Kitchener, Ontario passed away at the age of 97 according to the Canadian Press on Sunday. Meeker played eight seasons for the Maple Leafs from 1946 to 1954. In 1947, Meeker Read more
Canadian broadcaster Alex Trebek of Sudbury, Ontario, passed away at the age of 80 on Sunday of pancreatic cancer according to Brian Lowry and Dakin Andone of CNN. Even though most know of Trebek as the host of Jeopardy! since Read more
According to Caley Ramsay and Emily Mertz of Global News Edmonton, Joey Moss, the Edmonton Oilers locker room attendant, has passed away at the age of 57. Moss, who was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in Red Read more
According to Yahoo! Sports, the Calgary Flames have signed left winger Josh Leivo of Innisfil, Ontario from the Vancouver Canucks to a one year contract worth $875,000. The Flames become Leivo’s third National Hockey League team. In addition to the Read more
The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed center and Canadian Olympic gold medalist Joe Thornton of London, Ontario from the San Jose Sharks to a one-year contract worth $700,000 according to the Canadian Press. The Maple Leafs become Thornton’s third National Read more
The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed goaltender Aaron Dell of Airdrie, Alberta to a one year contract worth $800,000 according to Pro Hockey Rumors. Dell will be joining his second National Hockey League team as he played his first four Read more
The San Jose Sharks have brought back Canadian Olympic gold medalist Patrick Marleau of Swift Current, Saskatchewan for the second time in his career on Tuesday according to nhl.com. Marleau played his first 19 National Hockey League seasons with the Read more
The Vegas Golden Knights are now a force to be reckoned with in the National Hockey League for the foreseeable future. On Monday, the Golden Knights signed Canadian Olympic gold medalist Alex Piertrangelo of King City, Ontario from the St. Read more