OHL Meeting
The Ontario Hockey League Board of Governors are scheduled to meet this morning.
The OHL has not had a league game played in more than a year and it’s anticipated any movement towards a partial season this Spring will be presented this morning
The OHL has been idle since March 12th of last year.
Today’s session is expected to include a variety of topics including the possibility of government funding to assist in a Return To Play scenario.
National Hockey League
Washington Capitals 3 New York Islanders 1
Alex Ovechkin, TJ Oshie & Nicklas Backstrom scored for the Caps who are tied with the Islanders for 1st in the East at 42 points.
Ovechkin scored his 718th career goal to pass Phil Esposito for sole possession of 6th on the NHL’s career list.
New Jersey Devils 3 Buffalo Sabres 2
The Sabres are winless in 12 games
Boston Bruins 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 1
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 Dallas Stars 3 (SO)
Victor Hedman hit 500 career points for Tampa Bay
The Lightning & Florida share 1st in the Central Division with 42 points
Detroit Red Wings 4 Carolina Hurricanes 2
Carolina is 1 point back of Tampa Bay and the Panthers after having an 8 game win streak snapped by the Red Wings.
Minnesota Wild 3 Arizona Coyotes 0
Minnesota has won 5 in a row & moved to within 2 points of Vegas for 1st in the West.
Colorado Avalanche 8 Anaheim Ducks 4
Today
Vancouver Canucks at Ottawa Senators 7 pm
Montreal Canadiens at Winnipeg Jets 9 pm
Edmonton Oilers at Calgary Flames 10 pm
Philadelphia Flyers at New York Rangers 7:30 pm
St. Louis Blues at Los Angeles Kings 10 pm
San Jose Sharks at Vegas Golden Knights 10 pm
National Basketball Association
Philadelphia 76ers 99 New York Knicks 96
Tobias Harris put up 30 points for the 76ers
Ben Simmons had 13 rebounds & 7 assists for Philly
The 76ers lead the Eastern Conference by 1 game over Brooklyn
Utah Jazz 117 Boston Celtics 109
Donovan Mitchell had 21 points for Utah
The Jazz are 29 & 10 and lead the Western Conference by 2 & 1/2 games over Phoenix
Miami Heat 113 Cleveland Cavaliers 98
Atlanta Hawks 119 Houston Rockets 107
Chicago Bulls 123 Oklahoma City Thunder 102
Los Angeles Lakers 137 Minnesota Timberwolves 121
Portland Trail Blazers 125 New Orleans Pelicans 124
Today
Toronto Raptors at Detroit Pistons 7 pm
Milwaukee Bucks at Philadelphia 76ers 7 pm
Brooklyn Nets at Indiana Pacers 7 pm
Sacramento Kings at Washington Wizards 7 pm
San Antonio Spurs at Chicago Bulls 8 pm
Boston Celtics at Cleveland Cavaliers 8 pm
Golden State Warriors at Houston Rockets 8 pm
Charlotte Hornets at Denver Nuggets 9 pm
Miami Heat at Memphis Grizzlies 9 pm
Los Angeles Clippers at Dallas Mavericks 9:30 pm
ATP
at Dubai
Denis Shapovalov swept Jan-Lennard Struff 6-1 & 6-3
at Acapulco, Mexico
Milos Raonic defeated Tommy Paul 7-6 & 6-4
WTA
at Monterrey, Mexico
Zhu Lin outlasted Eugenie Bouchard 7-5 & 7-6
Today
ATP
at Dubai
6 am
Denis Shapovalov \vs Hubert Hurkacz
at Acapulco, Mexico
8 pm
Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Sebastian Korda
8 pm
Milos Raonic vs Dominik Koepfer
WTA
at Monterrey, Mexico
8 pm
Leylah Annie Fernandez vs Kristina Kucova
Major League Baseball Exhibition
Toronto Blue Jays 14 Philadelphia Phillies 5
The Blue Jays had 21 hits in their 2nd straight win.
Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. had a triple, 2 doubles & a single to boost his average to .529 on the spring.
Guerrero drove in 3 runs & scored twice.
Teoscar Hernandez had 2 hits & scored 3 runs for Toronto who are 9-6 & 1 in pre-season.
Today
New York Yankees at Toronto Blue Jays
1:07 pm
Woods Home
Golfer Tiger Woods has returned to his South Florida home to continue recovery from serious leg injuries he suffered in a car crash in California last month.
Woods had not played an official tournament since the Masters in November.
He was recovering from a back procedure and hoping to ramp up his schedule when he went to Riviera Country Club to perform his hosting duties at the Genesis Invitational the weekend prior to crashing his SUV.
TFC Extends Curtis
Toronto FC has signed General Manager Ali Curtis to a multi-year contract extension.
The existing deal was due to expire at the end of 2021.
Curtis joined Toronto in January 2019 & has managed to keep the club near the top of the MLS standings — and within one win of the title in 2019.