Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO (AP) — Alex Ovechkin returned to the Washington Capitals’ lineup Saturday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs, sitting 27 goals away from passing Wayne Gretzky’s career mark of 894. Ovechkin, 39, had a resurgent start to the season with a league-leading 15 goals in 18 games before he fractured his left fibula against the […]

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Notre Dame forward Danny Nelson scored twice, Western Michigan’s Hampton Slukynsky made 25 saves and the defending champion United States beat Latvia 5-1 on Saturday in the world junior hockey championship. The United States improved to 2-0 in Group A play, while Latvia dropped to 1-1 a day after stunning Canada […]

OTTAWA — Peter Anholt tried to keep things light as he emerged from one of the elevators at Canada’s hotel. The temperature had been turned way up on the veteran hockey executive and the country’s under-20 program after a stunning upset some 12 hours earlier. “You only want to talk to me when things are […]

Police are seeking witnesses after a collision left a motorcyclist dead in Stouffville, Ont. York Regional Police say officers responded to a collision involving a motorcycle and an SUV at the intersection of Ninth Line and Hoover Park Drive at around 3 a.m. Saturday. Investigators say the 21-year-old motorcyclist from Stouffville was taken to hospital […]

TORONTO — The record chase is back on. Alex Ovechkin will return to the Washington Capitals’ lineup Saturday against the Toronto Maple Leafs, sitting 26 goals away from Wayne Gretzky’s career mark of 894. Ovechkin, 39, had a resurgent start to the season with a league-leading 15 goals in 18 games before he fractured his […]

OTTAWA — Canadian defenceman Matthew Schaefer will miss the rest of the world junior hockey championship. Schaefer was injured early in the first period of Canada’s 3-2 shootout loss to Latvia last night after he crashed into the net. It appeared that he hurt his left shoulder in the collision with Latvia’s net on a […]

A 17-year-old is facing stunt and dangerous driving charges after allegedly travelling more than twice the speed limit on Highway 401 in eastern Ontario. Ontario Provincial Police say the teen was caught driving 201 km/h in a 100 km/h zone. Police say the incident happened Friday evening on Highway 401 westbound in Gananoque, nearly 300 […]

Ontario Provincial Police say two people were critically injured after a car crashed with a horse-drawn carriage in Norwich Township Friday afternoon. OPP officers were called in at around 4:00 p.m. to Oxford Road 13 for the report of a collision between a passenger vehicle and a horse-drawn carriage. Police say two people in the […]

OTTAWA — Dave Cameron stepped in front of the microphones and tried to spin what had just unfolded. A parade of Canadian players then proceeded to tow the company line after a jaw-dropping loss at the world junior hockey championship. Tanner Molendyk snapped the program and country back to reality. Eriks Mateiko scored the only […]

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Eriks Mateiko scored the lone goal of a shootout in the eighth round to give Latvia a 3-2 victory over Canada on Friday night in the world junior hockey championship. Mateiko beat Jack Ivankovic to the blocker side to end the tiebreaker after the first 15 shooters failed to score. Mateiko […]