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Tavares, Islanders shock CanucksRookie John Tavares broke out of a scoring slump with two goals and three assists, Dwayne Roloson made 35 saves and the New York Islanders beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Tuesday night.
Luongo, Canucks look to make easy work of Islanders
The Vancouver Canucks will try to extend their seven-game home winning streak when they take on a New York Islanders club that will be looking to avoid a ninth straight setback on the road tonight at GM Place.
Woolstencroft gold, Wisniewska bronze in standing slalom
Canada's Lauren Woolstencroft decimated the field in the women's standing category slalom race to take Canada's second gold medal of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Games with a combined calculated time of one minute, 51.97 seconds.
Canada's McKeever wins Paralympic gold
Visually impaired cross-country skier Brian McKeever has won Canada's first gold medal of the Paralympics. He finished first in Monday's 20-kilometre race for the visually impaired with a time of 51 minutes 14.7 seconds in Whistler, B.C. Nikolay Polukhin
Ovechkin suspended 2 games
Washington Capitals superstar Alexander Ovechkin has been suspended by the NHL for the second time this season, drawing the latest ban for his hit Sunday on Chicago's Brian Campbell.
Rochette pulls out of skating worlds
Joannie Rochette has withdrawn from next week's figure-skating world championships, citing as a reason the emotional toll taken by winning Olympic bronze shortly after the death of her mother.
Koe sneaks by Howard for Brier title
In the chaotic few moments between the end of the game and his march to the podium, Kevin Koe stood near the corner of the ice, smiling and just a little stunned as he soaked in the spotlight for the first time in his career.
Canadian sledge hockey team pounds Sweden
Scoring was the last thing on Greg Westlake's mind as the Canadian sledge hockey player dumped the puck into the opposing zone, his team down two skaters after back-to-back penalties.
Flying Flames face happy Canucks
If post-Olympic trend holds true, this one might be a corker. After an NHL record 14 straight road games caused by the Winter Games, the Vancouver Canucks came home on Saturday night and crushed the Ottawa Senators 5-1.
Canucks enjoy sweet homecoming
The Vancouver Canucks pummeled the Ottawa Senators 5-1 at GM Place on Saturday in their first contest on home ice since their NHL-record 14-game road trip ended.
Canada wins sledge hockey opener
It was only fitting for a sledge hockey game that started at 10 a.m. MT that the Canadian team hit the snooze button for the first two periods.
Canucks return home to host Senators
The sea of red-and-white will be give way to the more familiar blue-and-green in Vancouver's GM Place on Saturday, and the Canucks couldn't be happier.
Crosby stick was bound for Russia
Another mystery solved: Sidney Crosby's golden goal-scoring hockey stick was bound for St. Petersburg, Russia to become the private property of Sergei Afanasiev, a hockey memorabilia collector.
Arctic Games officials defend athletes' delay at ceremony
Organizers of the 21st Arctic Winter Games in Grande Prairie, Alta., say they had no choice but to keep athletes and coaches who were part of last Sunday's opening ceremony in a separate area for two hours before they could enter the main venue.
Paralympics open with rocking ceremony
Two singular journeys that have inspired Canadians for years became inspirations for the world as well on Friday with the start of the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games
Whitehouse Press Secretary Forced to Wear Team Canada JerseyIn addition to losing out on the gold medal the United States also lost out on a crucial bet between White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and the Dmitri Soudas the spokesperson for Canada's Prime Minister. As part of the bet the losing country's spok
Why Pro Athletes Love Toronto
American pro athletes used to think of Toronto as a backwater. High taxes and low temperatures combined with a woeful lack of television exposure back in the States made playing here about as appealing as Canada's national dish of french fries soaked in g
Luongo returns home to hero's welcome
Roberto Luongo has received a hero's welcome his first time back in Vancouver since the Canadian men's hockey team won Olympic gold almost two weeks ago.
Pro Football Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen dies at 69
SALT LAKE CITY — Pro Football Hall of Famer and former television actor Merlin Olsen has died. He was 69. Utah State University assistant athletic media relations director Zach Fisher says Olsen died Wednesday night at a Los Angeles hospital.
Team Koe fussin' 'n' fightin'HALIFAX — They always seem to be yipping and yapping and snapping at each other. Biting and barking. And they look so sullen and surly. And apparently the television audience is having trouble adapting to Kevin Koe’s Grumpy Young Men.
The Canada Cup Trail on Baseline Mountain of Rocky Mountain House has been named one of the eight most dangerous mountain biking trails in the world by Fezzari, a bicycle-making company based in Utah.
Canucks end marathon road trip with SO loss
On Wednesday, the Vancouver Canucks came up with a new definition of the term "marathon men." On the second half of a back-to-back stretch, which was the final game of an NHL-record 14-game road trip, the Canucks went into extra time against the Phoenix C
Canucks end lengthy road trip in Arizona
When the NHL season began back in October, many in the hockey world wondered if the Vancouver Canucks could handle a gruelling 14-game road trip while the Olympics occupied the city.
Commonwealth grass will soon be history
Workers will start ripping up the grass at Commonwealth Stadium next week after council unanimously approved a deal Wednesday to split the cost of installing artificial turf with the Edmonton Eskimos.
Hockey gold a bonus for charity
The shine had barely started to fade from Canada's epic win in men's Winter Olympic hockey when the first email arrived and, while there wasn't exactly a flood of messages, there were enough to indicate a certain mood in the populace.

Sidney Crosby couldn’t be happier to learn Hockey Canada has solved the case of his missing gold medal hockey gear.
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