National Hockey League
Ottawa Senators 4 Toronto Maple Leafs 3 (OT)
Josh Norris scored 9 seconds into overtime as Ottawa won their final game of the season.
Auston Matthews scored his 41st goal of the season for the Leafs with under 3 minutes remaining to force overtime,
Toronto who have points in 9 straight games conclude the regular season tomorrow when they visit Winnipeg
The Leafs will meet Montreal in the North Division Semifinals.
Edmonton Oilers 4 Montreal Canadiens 3 (OT)
Former Sudbury Wolves forward Dominik Kahun scored the game winning goal.
Vegas Golden Knights 6 San Jose Sharks 0
The Knights sit 1st in the NHL West but have concluded their season and are just 2 points up on Colorado.
Colorado Avalanche 6 Los Angeles Kings 0
If the Avalanche beat the Kings in their season finale tonight, Colorado will finish 1st in the West and Vegas will be 2nd.
St. Louis Blues 4 Minnesota Wild 0
Tonight
Vancouver Canucks at Calgary Flames 9 pm
Minnesota Wild at St. Louis Blues 8 pm
Los Angeles Kings at Colorado Avalanche 9 pm
Rangers Remove Coach Quinn
The New York Rangers fired coach David Quinn and 3 assistant coaches
The move is the first major one from new General Manager Chris Drury, who took over last week after the organization fired President John Davidson and General Manager Jeff Gorton.
In 3 years, Quinn posted 96-87-25 record in rebuilding the Rangers.
Tiley Not Taken
Hockey Canada released their centralization roster for the National Women’s team
The 3 goalies chosen by Canada for the rosters are Kristen Campbell, Ann-Renée Desbiens & Emerance Maschmeyer.
Shallow Lake native Shea Tiley was not selected for the centralized roster after appearing at numerous Hockey Canada evaluation camps
Hockey Canada Release
Hockey Canada announced Wednesday the 28 players chosen to centralize in Calgary with Canada’s National Women’s Team for the 2021-22 season, leading up to the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, Feb. 4-20 in Beijing, China.
The 28-player roster includes three goaltenders, nine defencemen and 16 forwards. It features 17 players who centralized ahead of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, including 14 who earned a silver medal in PyeongChang, South Korea (Clark, Daoust, Desbiens, Fast, Jenner, Johnston, Larocque, Mikkelson, Nurse, Poulin, Saulnier, Spooner, Stacey, Turnbull).
The roster was selected by head coach Troy Ryan (Spryfield, N.S.), in consultation with Gina Kingsbury (Rouyn-Noranda, Que.), director of women’s national teams with Hockey Canada, and included support from assistant coaches Kori Cheverie (New Glasgow, N.S./Ryerson University, OUA), Doug Derraugh (Arnprior, Ont./Cornell University, ECAC) and goaltending coach Brad Kirkwood (Calgary, Alta./University of Calgary, CW).
“When we started this Olympic quad in the fall of 2018, our road to 2022 looked very different,” said Kingsbury. “Through adversity, in particular a lack of international competition over the last 14 months, our athletes have stayed focused, committed to their training and ready to compete when the time came. We had some difficult decisions to make, but that just shows how hard our athletes have worked on and off the ice for the opportunity to centralize and get a chance to compete for 23 Olympic roster spots. We have a number of veterans on this roster in addition to some young athletes who have earned this opportunity.”
All players and staff will relocate to Calgary at the end of July for centralization and prepare for the 2021 IIHF Women’s World Championship, Aug. 20-31 at a yet-to-be-determined location, before resuming their Olympic training. The 2021-22 season, pending the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, will include games against the United States as well as a potential series against Finland. The full centralization schedule will be announced at a later date.
Canada’s final 23-player roster for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games is tentatively scheduled to be unveiled in late December.
Major League Baseball
Interleague
Toronto Blue Jays 4 Atlanta Braves 1
Teoscar Hernández hit 2 homers & drove in 3 runs for the Jays
Hyun Jin Ryu pitched 7 sharp innings for Toronto who have won 2 straight games and 5 consecutive games head-to-head with Atlanta.
New York Mets 7 Baltimore Orioles 1
Cleveland Indians 2 Chicago Cubs 1 ( 10 innings )
Los Angeles Dodgers 7 Seattle Mariners 1
American League
Oakland Athletics 4 Boston Red Sox 1
New York Yankees 1 Tampa Bay Rays 0
Chicago White Sox 13 Minnesota Twins 8
Detroit Tigers 4 Kansas City Royals 2
Houston Astros 9 Los Angeles Angels 1
National League
Philadelphia Phillies 5 Washington Nationals 2 ( 10 innings )
Miami Marlins 3 Arizona Diamondbacks 2
Milwaukee Brewers 4 St.Louis Cardinals 1
Cincinnati Reds 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 1 ( 10 innings )
San Diego Padres 5 Colorado Rockies 3
Colorado Rockies 3 San Diego Padres 2 ( 8 innings )
Today
Toronto Blue Jays at Atlanta Braves
Ross Stripling (0 & 2) vs. Charlie Morton (2 & 2)
12:20 pm
Philadelphia Phillies at Washington Nationals 1:05 pm
Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers 1:10 pm
St.Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers 1:40 pm
Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox 2:10 pm
San Francisco Giants at Pittsburgh Pirates 6:35 pm
Oakland Athletics at Boston Red Sox 7:10 pm
New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays 7:10 pm
Texas Rangers at Houston Astros 8:10 pm
Cincinnati Reds at Colorado Rockies 8:40 pm
Miami Marlins at Arizona Diamondbacks 9:40 pm
Cleveland Indians at Seattle Mariners 10:10 pm
National Basketball Association
Brooklyn Nets 128 San Antonio Spurs 116
James Harden returned to the Nets lineup and had 18 points
Brooklyn trails Philadelphia by 1 & 1/2 for 1st place in the Eastern Conference
Portland Trail Blazers 105 Utah Jazz 98
Damien Lillard had 30 points for Portland
The Jazz still lead the Western Conference but their lead is down to 1 & 1/2 over Phoenix
Atlanta Hawks 120 Washington Wizards 116
Cleveland Cavaliers 102 Boston Celtics 94
Dallas Mavericks 125 New Orleans Pelicans 107
Los Angeles Lakers 124 Houston Rockets 122
Tonight
Toronto Raptors at Chicago Bulls 8 pm
Los Angeles Clippers at Charlotte Hornets 7 pm
Milwaukee Bucks at Indiana Pacers 7 pm
Orlando Magic at Atlanta Hawks 7:30 pm
Philadelphia 76ers at Miami Heat 7:30 pm
San Antonio Spurs at New York Knicks 7:30 pm
Sacramento Kings at Memphis Grizzlies 8 pm
Denver Nuggets at Minnesota Timberwolves 8 pm
Portland Trail Blazers at Phoenix Suns 10 pm
Major League Soccer
Toronto FC 2 Columbus Crew 0
Goalkeeper Alex Bono picked up his first clean sheet of the season as Toronto posted their 1st MLS win
Michael Bradley & Jozy Altidore scored in the victory
Saturday, TFC is in New York to meet FC.
CF Montréal 2 Inter Miami 0
Minnesota United 1 Vancouver Whitecaps 0
Philadelphia Union 1 New England Revolution 1
Houston Dynamo FC 1 Sporting Kansas City 0
Seattle Sounders 1 San Jose Earthquakes 0
Tonight
D.C. United vs Chicago Fire 8 pm
ATP Rome
Denis Shapovalov defeated Stefano Travaglia 7-6 & 6-3
Today
Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Federico Delbonis
Denis Shapovalov vs Rafael Nadal
PGA AT&T Byron Nelson
at McKinney, Texas
Sung Kang is the defending champion
Kang will tee off at 1:44 pm
Three Canadians are in the field