National Hockey League Playoffs
North Semifinal
Montreal Canadiens 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 1
Paul Byron scored the short-handed game winner with under 8 minutes left in regulation
Josh Anderson had the other Montreal goal
William Nylander scored for Toronto
( The Canadiens lead the best of 7; 1-0 )
Game 2 in the series is tomorrow night
The Leafs will likely be without captain John Tavares who was taken off the ice on a stretcher in the 1st period last night.
Tavares suffered a serious head injury when he was struck by the knee of Montreal’s Corey Perry.
Central Semifinal
Florida Panthers 6 Tampa Bay Lightning 5 (OT)
Ryan Lomberg scored on a breakaway 5:56 into overtime
( The Lightning lead the best of 7; 2-1 )
East Semifinal
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 New York Islanders 4
Brandon Tanev scored the go ahead goal
Jeff Carter scored twice for Pittsburgh
( The Penguins lead the best of 7; 2-1 )
West Semifinal
Vegas Golden Knights 5 Minnesota Wild 2
Mark Stone had 2 goals for Vegas
The Knights scored 3 times in the 2nd period
( The Golden Knights lead the best of 7; 2-1 )
Tonight
North Semifinal
Winnipeg Jets at Edmonton Oilers
The Jets lead the best of 7; 1-0 )
9 pm
East Semifinal
Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins
( The Bruins lead the best of 7; 2-1 )
6:30 pm
Central Semifinal
Carolina Hurricanes at Nashville Predators
( The Hurricanes lead the best of 7; 2-0 )
7 pm
West Semifinal
Colorado Avalanche at St. Louis Blues
( The Avalanche lead the best if 7; 2-0 )
Knights Hire Drolet
The Knights of Meaford of the Greater Metro Junior Hockey League have named Patrick Drolet as their Head Coach.
After playing Prep School Hockey in Quebec, Drolet changed his focus to coaching and has been with the College Sainte-Anne Dragons since 2017.
Knights of Meaford Release
The Knights are pleased to announce the hiring of Head Coach Patrick Drolet from Montreal , Quebec !
Patrick spent his playing days in Pointe-Claire, Montreal, then played in the Prep School Circuit for 3 years at the U16 and U18 level which led to him changing his focus to coaching.
Since 2017 , Patrick has been coaching with the Collège Sainte-Anne Dragons Prep Teams. His first few years as the Head Coach of the U15 team, he was appointed the Head Coach of the LHPS U15 All Star Team. After that he quickly rose within the Prep School ranks to Head Coach of the College Sainte-Anne Dragons U18 in the LHPS while completing his Bachelors Degree of Commerce with a Minor in Entrepreneurship at Concordia University.
“I am very excited and honoured to join the Knights of Meaford. I have heard nothing but good things about the organization and its fanbase and I am eager to represent Meaford. I look forward to bringing my energy, enthusiasm, strong work ethic and Hockey Knowledge to the Town of Meaford while also leading this team in becoming successful and competitive in the GMHL.”
Welcome to Meaford , Patrick Drolet
Smitty & Middy
This week on Smitty & Middy, Joey Hishon, Brendan Childerly, Jared Maidens and Andy Brown talk about the 2011 Owen Sound Attack OHL Championship.
Join Noah Smith & Tyler Middleton for Smitty & Middy Saturdays at 10 am and Sundays at 6 pm on 560 CFOS.
Major League Baseball
American League
Boston Red Sox 8 Toronto Blue Jays 7
J.D. Martinez hit a go-ahead, 2-run homer in the 9th inning,
The Red Sox scored 3 times in the 9th inning and took 2 out of 3 from Toronto
The Jays fall 2 & 1/2 games back of Boston for 1st in the East.
This weekend, Toronto will host the Tampa Bay Ray in Dunedin
Tampa Bay Rays 10 Baltimore Orioles 1
New York Yankees 2 Texas Rangers 0
Houston Astros 8 Oakland Athletics 4
Los Angeles Angels 7 Minnesota Twins 1
Minnesota Twins 6 Los Angeles Angels 3
National League
Miami Marlins 6 Philadelphia Phillies 0
Pittsburgh Pirates 6 Atlanta Braves 4 ( 10 innings )
Chicago Cubs 5 Washington Nationals 2
San Francisco Giants 19 Cincinnati Reds 4
Arizona Diamondbacks 3 Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Tonight
Tampa Bay Rays at Toronto Blue Jays
Tyler Glasnow (4 & 2) vs. Anthony Kay ( 0 & 2 )
7:37 pm
Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees 7:05 pm
Boston Red Sox at Philadelphia Phillies 7:05 pm
Baltimore Orioles at Washington Nationals 7:05 pm
Milwaukee Brewers at Cincinnati Reds 7:10 pm
Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians 7:10 pm
New York Mets at Miami Marlins 7:10 pm
Pittsburgh Pirates at Atlanta Braves 7:20 pm
Houston Astros at Texas Rangers 8:05 pm
Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals 8:10 pm
Chicago Cubs at St.Louis Cardinals 8:15 pm
Arizona Diamondbacks at Colorado Rockies 10:40 pm
Oakland Athletics at Los Angeles Angels 9:38 pm
Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants 9:45 pm
Seattle Mariners at San Diego Padres 10:10 pm
PGA Championship
Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, South Carolina
Corey Conners of Listowel shot a 5 under par 67 to grab a 2 stroke lead after the opening round
Conners is the 1st Canadian to lead after any round of a men’s major championship since Mike Weir was on top of the leaderboard after Round 1 of the 2009 U.S. Open,
Play resumes this morning at 7 am
Conners will tee off at 7:38 am this morning
LPGA Pure Silk Championship
at Williamsburg, Virginia
Wei-Ling Hsu shot a 66 and holds the first round lead at 5 under par
Brooke Henderson of Smith’s Falls, Ontario had the lowest score of the 4 Canadians in the field
Henderson had a 1 under score of 70 and is tied for 24th going to Round 2 & will tee off at 12:59 pm this afternoon.
ATP
@ Geneva, Switzerland
Denis Shapovalov beat Marco Cecchinato in 3 sets in the 2nd round before knocking off Serbian Laslo Djere 6-4, 6-4 in the quarterfinals.
This morning at 9 am Shapovalov meets Pablo Cuevas
National Basketball Association Playoffs
Western Conference Elimination Game
Memphis Grizzlies at Golden State Warriors
9 pm
( The winner advances to face Utah in the 1st Round. The loser tonight is eliminated )