According to the Canadian Press on Sunday, Youppi! has become the first Canadian inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame in Whiting, Indiana. Youppi! was with the Montreal Expos of Major League Baseball from 1979 to 2004, and has been Read more
According to Cam Kerry of SB Nation on Wednesday, Canadian Olympic gold medalist Patrice Bergeron of L’Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec has decided to make a significant donation to fight racism in North America. Bergeron, who won a gold medal for Canada at Read more
According to the Canadian Press on Wednesday, New Jersey Devils defenseman P.K. Subban of Toronto, Ontario has decided to donate $50,000 to a GoFundMe account which is raising money for the daughter of the late George Floyd. Last week, Floyd, Read more
According to William Douglas of nhl.com on Saturday, Calgary Flames goaltender Cam Talbot of Caledonia, Ontario was extremely active this past week in saving the University of Alabama-Huntsville hockey program in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Talbot helped set up Read more
The National Hockey League at this time is making plans to attempt to complete its season sometime this summer. Even though the odds are against them because of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, the premiers of British Columbia and Alberta have Read more
According to Rogers Sportsnet on Monday, Canadian Olympic gold medalist Sidney Crosby of Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia is donating 120,000 pounds of food to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank in the American state of Pennsylvania. The 120,000 pounds of Read more
As the National Hockey League and National Basketball Association are on pause due to the coronavirus, the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto (home of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Toronto Raptors) is being used for a large kitchen. Where there is Read more
Former Edmonton Oilers left winger Georges Laraque of Montreal, Quebec has been diagnosed with coronavirus according to The Canadian Press on Thursday. Laraque played eight seasons with the Oilers from 1997 to 2006. He also played one season with the Read more
According to Todd Saehlof of the Calgary Sun, former Calgary Flames public address announcer Russ Peake passed away of cancer on Monday at age 80. Peake was the Flames public address announcer from 1980 to 1996. In the first three Read more
Former National Hockey League right winger Joel Ward of North York, Ontario retired at the age of 39 on Monday according to ESPN. Ward spent 11 seasons in the NHL from 2006 to 2018 with the Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, Read more