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Hockey. Outdoors. In Florida. Next season, the NHL is making it happen — twice.The NHL announced Wednesday that the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers will play host to the New York Rangers at loanDepot Park in Miami — home of baseball’s Marlins — on Jan. 2, 2026, in the Winter Classic, with the Tampa Bay Lightning playing host to the Boston Bruins at Raymond James Stadium on Feb. 1, 2026, in a Stadium Series game.“Stanley Cups, strings of sellouts and the exponential growth of youth and high school hockey throughout the state have demonstrated that Florida is a hockey hotbed,”…

Sidney Crosby can add another accolade to his storied NHL career. During Tuesday’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, the 37-year-old Pittsburg Penguins captain secured his 15,183 faceoff win to become the NHL’s all-time leader in faceoff wins. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Crosby, a native of Cole Harbour, N.S., took the reigns as “King of the Dot” from Boston Bruins legend Patrice Bergeron when he secured that faceoff win in the game’s second period. The NHL began tracking that…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The National Lacrosse League has handed a Halifax Thunderbirds player a seven-game suspension after video of a violent altercation between him and spectators made the rounds on social media last month. The league said it conducted a thorough investigation into the incident involving Tyson Bell at the Dec. 21, 2024 match in Denver.“The events that arose immediately following the game are inexcusable and the League condemns the physical altercation that occurred,” commissioner Brett Frood wrote in a statement Wednesday. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 7, 2025 12:00 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – The Toronto Raptors have waived centre Bruno Fernando, the NBA team announced Tuesday. Fernando averaged 3.4 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 8.6 minutes in 17 games (two starts) this season. Related Videos 1:32 Toronto Raptors players surprise students in Kahnawake Previous Video Next Video He grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds in a 99-85 loss at Milwaukee in an NBA Cup group stage game on Nov. 12 Story continues below advertisement Fernando, a six-foot-nine, 240-pound centre…

TORONTO – RJ Barrett and the Toronto Raptors had no excuses for their dismal effort against the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday. The Bucks embarrassed the home team 128-104 before 17,829 at Scotiabank Arena, even though the Raptors had starters Barrett, Scottie Barnes, Immanuel Quickly, Jakob Poeltl and Gradey Dick on the floor together for the first time this season.“We have to do a better job, straight up,” said Barrett, who returned from missing three games because of the flu to score a team-leading 25 points.“Tonight wasn’t about us getting used to each other. I don’t think we played hard enough,…

Luc Tardif will be paying close attention to global events over the next few months. The door for one of hockey’s powers to rejoin the fold could soon swing open.U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has indicated he plans to work to end Russia’s war in Ukraine when he returns to the White House later this month.If that happens, the trickle-down effect could include a lifting of Russia’s ban from international competition that’s been in place since the country invaded its neighbour in February 2022“We have to let the door open as soon as possible,” Tardif, the president of the International Ice…

Katherine Henderson shares in the disappointment. The Hockey Canada president and CEO adds the national sport organization will do what’s necessary to avoid a repeat. The country was bounced from the world junior hockey championship in Ottawa at the quarterfinal stage for the second time in 12 months earlier this week — an ugly first for the program.Henderson and fellow executives held a news conference Saturday ahead of a pair of semifinal games the tournament hosts will watch from the sidelines.“Canadians do expect to see our country play for a medal each and every year, and we all take that…

TORONTO – Stopping the Orlando Magic’s three-point shooting should have been easy. Orlando was making a league-worst 30.6 per cent of its three-point attempts heading into Friday night’s game against the Toronto Raptors. But, instead, the Magic made a season-high 19 shots from beyond the arc in a 106-97 win at Scotiabank Arena.“We just had a couple possessions in a row where we made undisciplined mistakes, where we messed up some scouting report stuff,” said starting centre Jakob Poeltl. “We were going over on guys that we could have went under on, that got us into rotations, and then they…

Canada was buzzing. The ice was tilted. A dramatic comeback victory felt inevitable. A team previously unable to click offensively appeared to have finally unlocked some cohesion.Then the group’s other issue — penalties — bubbled to the surface one final time at the world junior hockey championship.And Hockey Canada is now left to pick up the pieces following another disastrous result.Adam Jecho scored the winner on a power play with 39.4 seconds left in regulation as the tournament hosts fell 4-3 to Czechia in the quarterfinals Thursday.“It sucks,” Canadian forward Calum Ritchie said. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Not the way…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 3, 2025 4:02 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – The Toronto Raptors could — finally — be getting their actual starting lineup on the court. Swingman RJ Barrett of Mississauga, Ont., was listed as questionable ahead of the Raptors game against the Orlando Magic tonight.Barrett missed Toronto’s last two games with an undisclosed illness. Related Videos 1:32 Toronto Raptors players surprise students in Kahnawake Previous Video Next Video Story continues below advertisement If he returns, it means that head coach Darko Rajakovic will be able…