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WINNIPEG — Corey Crawford said it was the best game the Chicago Blackhawks have played this season. Teammates Patrick Kane and Nick Schmaltz agreed.

MONTREAL — Charles Hudon may not have scored the game-winning goal, but his assist in overtime stole the show.

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — The desire Canada's junior hockey players have to represent their country at the world championships was all over Kole Lind's face minutes after he learned he'd been cut from the team.

EDMONTON — A report commissioned by Edmonton following the death of a boxer says some rules designed to protect the health of people who enter the ring were not followed.

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — It took less than four minutes for Alex Formenton to show why he was brought to Canada's world junior selection camp.

Some of Canada's biggest curling names had to quickly find another big name to get a second chance at wearing the Maple Leaf at the 2018 Olympic Games.

SURREY, B.C. — The B.C. Lions are handing Jarious Jackson the keys to their troubled attack after the CFL club named the former quarterback as its new offensive co-ordinator on Thursday.

LAVAL, Que. — There is no shortage of confidence from either British champion Billy Joe Saunders or Canadian challenger David Lemieux going into their bout for the World Boxing Organization middleweight title.

MONTREAL — Lawyers for ex-national ski coach Bertrand Charest told Quebec's top court Thursday their client should be released from prison pending an appeal of his conviction on sex crimes involving teenage girls.

VANCOUVER — Kyle Turris's pre-game routine is a little different these days. As a member of the Ottawa Senators, he used to meet up with a close-knit group of neighbours every afternoon to chat and get their dogs some exercise.