National Football League Playoffs
AFC
Kansas City Chiefs 42 Buffalo Bills 36 (OT)
Patrick Mahomes hit Travis Kelce in the corner of the end zone from 8 yards with the game winning score
Gabriel Davis caught 4 TD passes for Buffalo including one that gave Buffalo the lead and left just 13 seconds on the clock for the KC to rally for the tying field goal.
The Chiefs will host Cincinnati in the AFC Final
NFC
Los Angeles Rams 30 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27
Matt Gay kicked a 30-yard field goal as time expired
Matthew Stafford threw 2 touchdown passes for LA who held off a furious Tampa Bay comeback
The Rams will host San Francisco in the NFC Final
Australian Open
Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Marin Cilic 2-6, 7-6, 6-2 & 7-6
Auger-Aliassime advances to the quarterfinals against # 2 seed Daniil Medvedev,
Quarterfinal Tonight
10 pm Denis Shapovalov vs Rafael Nadal
LPGA Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions
at Orlando, Florida
Danielle Kang was 4 under par in the final round to win the tournament by 3 strokes over Canada’s Brooke Henderson
Henderson finished at 13 under par
PGA American Express
at La Quinta, California
Hudson Swafford had a final round of 8 under par to win the event by 2 strokes
Roger Sloan was the low Canadian. He tied for 14th
Corey Conners from Listowel did not make the cut this weekend
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National Basketball Association
Portland Trail Blazers 114 Toronto Raptors 105
Anfernee Simons had 19 points, including two big 3-pointers down the stretch for Portland.
Pascal Siakam scored 28 points for the Raptors who nearly overcame a 34-point deficit
Tomorrow, the Raptors host Charlotte.
Miami Heat 113 Los Angeles Lakers 107
Minnesota Timberwolves 136 Brooklyn Nets 125
Orlando Magic 114 Chicago Bulls 95
Philadelphia 76ers 115 San Antonio Spurs 109
Atlanta Hawks 113 Charlotte Hornets 91
Boston Celtics 116 Washington Wizards 87
New York Knicks 110 Los Angeles Clippers 102
Denver Nuggets 117 Detroit Pistons 111
Golden State Warriors 94 Utah Jazz 92
Dallas Mavericks 104 Memphis Grizzlies 91
Tonight
New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers 7 pm
Indiana Pacers at New Orleans Pelicans 8 pm
Chicago Bulls at Oklahoma City Thunder 8 pm
Utah Jazz at Phoenix Suns 9 pm
National Hockey League
Ottawa Senators 2 Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Anton Forsberg stopped 35 shots as Ottawa snapped a 3 game losing streak.
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 Winnipeg Jets 2 (SO)
Kasperi Kapanen and Jeff Carter scored 9 seconds apart.
St. Louis Blues 3 Vancouver Canucks 1
Los Angeles Kings 3 New Jersey Devils 2
Seattle Kraken 5 Florida Panthers 3
Tonight
Anaheim Ducks at Boston Bruins 7 pm
Los Angeles Kings at New York Rangers 7 pm
Dallas Stars at Philadelphia Flyers 7 pm
Vegas Golden Knights at Washington Capitals 7 pm
Montreal Canadiens at Minnesota Wild 8 pm
St. Louis Blues at Calgary Flames 9 pm
Chicago Blackhawks at Colorado Avalanche 9 pm
Ontario Hockey League
Sarnia Sting 4 Owen Sound Attack 3
The Sting roared out to a 4-0 lead on the strength of 3 power play goals
William Portokalis, Cal Uens & Ethan Burroughs scored for the Attack who had a 2 game win streak snapped
Thursday & Friday the Owen Sound Attack are at Barrie & at Kitchener
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Sting 4 at Attack 3
1st Period
1, Sarnia, Ritchie 3 (Voit, DeGurse), 8:39 (PP).
2, Sarnia, Wainwright 1 (Namestnikov, Pryce), 17:17.
Penalties-Portokalis Os (hooking), 8:31; Okitundu Os (interference), 10:12.
2nd Period
3, Sarnia, DeGurse 9 (Daviault, MacDonell), 7:58 (PP).
Penalties-Romeo Sar (interference), 2:19; Goure Os (hooking), 6:17; Dillingham Sar (holding), 10:27; Uens Os (holding), 12:41; Lalkin Sar (interference), 16:46; Petrovsky Os (slashing), 17:26; Romeo Sar (slashing), 18:53.
3rd Period
4, Sarnia, Burke 21 (Voit, Ritchie), 2:13 (PP).
5, Owen Sound, Portokalis 7 (Fantino, Bryant), 6:11.
6, Owen Sound, Uens 2 (Goure, Burroughs), 14:24.
7, Owen Sound, Burroughs 13 (Porco, Goure), 18:06 (PP).
Penalties-Fantino Os (hooking), 1:38; Pryce Sar (slashing), 9:01; Romeo Sar (tripping), 17:24; Dillingham Sar (check from behind), 18:56.
Shots on Goal
Sarnia 11-15-5-31
Owen Sound 5-15-23-43
Goalies
Sarnia, Thornton 5-8-0-0 (43 shots-40 saves).
Owen Sound, Votary 2-4-0-0 (31 shots-27 saves).
Power Play Opportunities
Sarnia 3 / 6
Owen Sound 1 / 7.
Referees-Ryan Harrison (3), Andrew Willmetts (2).
Linesmen-Chris Weier (43), Kevin McArthur (47)
Guelph Storm 3 London Knights 2
Erie Otters 4 Saginaw Spirit 2
Sudbury Wolves 6 North Bay Battalion 4
Kingston Frontenacs 2 Oshawa Generals 0
Kitchener Rangers at Windsor Spitfires (ppd)
Hamilton Bulldogs at Barrie Colts (ppd)
WESTERN CONFERENCE
SOO 36 21 12 2 1 45
LDN 32 21 10 1 0 43
FLNT 35 20 13 0 2 42
GUE 32 19 10 2 1 41
WSR 33 18 11 2 2 40
OS 32 15 14 1 2 33
SAR 31 14 13 3 1 32
KIT 32 14 16 1 1 30
SAG 34 14 19 1 0 29
ER 33 12 18 1 2 27
EASTERN CONFERENCE
MISS 35 23 8 1 3 50
KGN 32 20 9 3 0 43
NB 37 19 13 3 2 43
HAM 32 18 10 2 2 40
BAR 30 18 9 3 0 39
OSH 34 17 14 1 2 37
OTT 36 16 18 1 1 34
SBY 36 12 20 3 1 28
PBO 33 12 19 2 0 26
NIAG 29 9 18 1 1 20
OJHL Update
The Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) announced that the league’s regular season will resume on Feb. 1, 2022.
The OJHL Board of Governors today approved extending the end of the OJHL regular season to April 7, 2022 to allow for the rescheduling of all OJHL postponed games.
The OJHL season has been on pause since Jan. 5. The regular season was to end March 5.
“The OJHL Board of Governors were unanimously in favour of extending the OJHL regular season to allow for our players to play the full 54-game season,” said OJHL Commissioner Marty Savoy. “When the provincial government announced the shutdown, our teams immediately started the process with the league of rescheduling games in an effort to have as many scheduled once the league resumed play.”
A total of 125 OJHL regular season games have been postponed due to the Ontario government’s recent shutdown and OJHL COVID 19 protocols. Approximately 50 per cent of those games have already been rescheduled with the remaining games to be rescheduled within the next few weeks. The league will continue to update the league’s schedule on its website as rescheduled games are confirmed.
Ontario will begin easing COVID-19 public health restrictions Jan. 31, the government announced Thursday, That includes the return of youth sports. Hockey arenas will be open at 50-percent capacity or up to 500 people, whichever is less. Proof of vaccination and masking requirements will continue to remain in place where they already exist. All capacity limits on indoor spaces are scheduled to be lifted March 14.
WOAA Playoffs
” AA “
Ripley Wolves vs Shelburne Muskies
Game 1 – Fri, Feb. 4, @ Ripley 8:30 p.m.
Game 2 – Sat., Feb. 5, @ Shelburne, 8 p.m.
Game 3 – Friday, Feb. 11, @ Ripley, 8:30 p.m.
Game 4 – Saturday, Feb. 12, @ Shelburne, 8 p.m.
*Game 5 – Friday, Feb. 18, @ Ripley, 8:30 p.m.
*Game 6 – Saturday, Feb. 19, @ Shelburne, 8 p.m.
*Game 7 – Tuesday, Feb. 22, @ Ripley, 8:30 p.m.
Seaforth Centennaires vs Durham Thundercats
Minto 81’s vs Clinton Radars
Saugeen Shores Winterhawks vs Tavistock Royals
Game 1 Fri Feb 4 @ Port Elgin 8:30 pm
Game 2 Sat Feb 5 @ Tavistock 7:30 pm
Game 3 Fri Feb 11 @ Southampton 8:30 pm
Game 4 Sun Feb 13 @ Tavistock 1 pm
*Game 5 Fri Feb 18 @ Port Elgin 8:30 pm
*Game 6 Sat Feb 19 @ Tavistock 7:30 pm
*Game 7 Sun Feb 20 @ Port Elgin 1 pm
” A “
Creemore Coyotes vs Milverton 4 Wheel Drives
Shallow Lake Crushers vs Lucknow Lancers
Game 1 Sat Feb 12 @ Lucknow 7:30 pm
Game 2 Fri Feb 18 @ Shallow Lake 8:30 pm
Game 3 Sat Feb 19 @ Lucknow 7:30 pm
Game 4 Fri Feb 25 @ Shallow Lake 8:30 pm
*Game 5 Sat Feb 26 @ Lucknow 7:30 pm
*Game 6 Fri Mar 4 @ Shallow Lake 8:30 pm
*Game 7 Sat Mar 5 @ Lucknow 7:30 pm
National Lacrosse League
New York Riptide 13 Philadelphia Wings 12
UPDATE RE THE PORT ELGIN CHRYSLER ’22 ONTARIO TANKARD PRESENTED BY BRUCE POWER
The announcement by the province has put the Port Elgin Chrysler ’22 Ontario Tankard back on the calendar.
Spectators will be able to watch world class curling, however in a safe environment distinctly different from normal events.
The new regulations allow the event to proceed at 50% capacity, a crowd size appreciated by the curlers themselves and sufficient to make the event a success.
Players, spectators and officials will be required to observe stringent protocols and, amongst other changes, food and beverage will not be available in the arena. While food and beverage has always been a feature at Tankards, local restaurants will be open to 50% capacity as well, allowing visitors to patronise the many local establishments.
The event is being live streamed, broadcasting the Tankard and many of it’s sponsors to a wide local and international audience. Two games are being streamed each draw. To access you can go to CurlONTV.ca then click go live.
The host committee is excited to be back in business. Plans will be modified to accommodate the new scenario and regular updates will be provided to all stakeholders.
Local Minor Hockey Team Wins Chevrolet Good Deeds Cup Early Bird Grand Prize.
from Bob Richards
The Kincardine Kinucks U13 LL2 hockey team has won the Chevrolet Good Deeds Cup Early Bird Grand Prize.
In early November 2021, Coach Bob Richards contacted Marina Wintemute & Tracy Primeau who were going to organize a used hockey equipment collection that would be eventually sent to Northern Indigenous Communities.
Marina is a local nurse who also spends time in places like Cross Lake and Pukatawagan Manitoba providing medical nursing services. She has seen firsthand the struggles that these communities have in getting children decent hockey gear. Tracy (Anishaabe-owe) is a retired Shift Manager from Bruce Power and is also a member of the Nippissing First Nations. Myself being a Metis and involved as a volunteer in hockey for almost 30yrs, I thought that this is a great cause that we could participate in.
The Chevrolet Good Deeds Cup is a national program/contest that encourages young hockey teams do a good deed no matter what it is. This year they have a new purpose. They would like everyone to rally together to make hockey more inclusive than ever. What a better way to make hockey inclusive than collect gear and send to those who could use it. I applied for the Chevrolet Good Deeds Cup and was approved to submit an entry.
On Saturday December 5th, 2021, Marina and Tracy coordinated a drop off of gear at a local storage unit facility. I advertised this event on social media and then brought available players from my U13 team to assist in unloading vehicles of the gear that was being donated. The response from our small community was amazing – in 3hrs we filled an entire storage unit with hockey equipment. We are going to organize another drop off in early spring and then sort and clean the gear.
In this time, I took pictures and video to be combined into the 60 second video that would be submitted to the Chevrolet Good Deeds Cup. Wow – who knew that making a 60 second video would take as long as it did. The video was submitted on December 30th, 2021.
On Monday January 17th, 2022, I was notified by the Chevrolet Good Deeds Cup organizers that we have won the Early Bird Grand Prize for all of Canada. The early bird grand prize will have the Kincardine Kinucks LL2 team be filmed by Rogers SportsNet and eventually the footage will be used to introduce a Hockey Night in Canada broadcast. The date for this filming this segment in Kincardine has not been determined yet.
From there, all submitted videos for the Chevrolet Good Deeds Cup will be reviewed by contest organizers and by using a graded approach, they will pick 12 Regional Finalist (1 for each province and 1 more for the combined 3 territories). Successful applicants will be announced on Rogers SportsNet during one of the Hockey Night in Canada programs. Selections will be made using the following criteria, i) demonstration of how the Good Deed brought inclusivity in the game of hockey, ii) showcase how the Good Deed could continue to support inclusivity in the community after the conclusion of the contest, iii) Showcase the team’s enthusiasm in the video, iv) clarity of the Good Deed. The Champion selection process will take place between February 26th, 2022, to March 19th, 2022. Residents of Canada will need to vote on www.chevroletgooddeedscup.ca for their favourite entry. The Champion will be awarded $100,000 do be donated to a charity of their choice. The remaining 11 Regional Finalist will be awarded $2000 to be awarded to a charity of their choice.
The charity that we chose is called First Assist out of Ottawa. This charity is run by former NHL player John Chabot who is also an Anishinabeg Algonquin from Kitigan Zibi First Nation. He works with Northern Indigenous Communities to provide on site education and sports integration programs to enhance the mental, emotional and physical well-being of youth in indigenous communities across Canada. We are also going to work together and figure out how to transport this hockey gear to the northern communities.
This entire process has been quite amazing. Having the young boys from my hockey team participate in this Good Deed will leave a lasting memory for them, not only by being featured on Rogers SportsNet, but by learning that sometimes doing the smallest, good deed, can make a big impact on those who are the recipients. Obviously, we would like to win the Championship, but if we don’t, we still did a Good Deed that we will remember forever.