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OTTAWA — Finland is back in the gold-medal game at the world junior hockey championship. Benjamin Rautiainen scored on a power play at 9:22 of overtime to secure the country’s 4-3 victory over Sweden in the semifinals of the men’s under-20 tournament Saturday. The forward snuck a shot past Swedish goaltender Melker Thelin on a […]

OTTAWA — Katherine Henderson shares in the disappointment. Hockey Canada’s 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 at the quarterfinal stage for the second time in 12 months earlier this week — an ugly first for […]

TORONTO — Police in southern Ontario say they have arrested a second suspect in connection with the homicide of a man who was found dead in Port Colborne in August. Niagara Regional Police Service say 47-year-old Jacob Cudney was arrested today and charged with first-degree murder in the death of Daniel Sanvido. Officers responded on […]

Khalil Dorival knows what it’s like to feel lonely. The Toronto-based mental health advocate has struggled with social anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts. “I really suffered in silence, and I used many ways to cope in unhealthy and toxic ways,” he says, adding he turned his life around and uses his story to try to […]

KINGSTON, Ont. — Cedrick Guindon scored twice and captain Quinton Burns had a goal and two assists as the Kingston Frontenacs defeated the visiting Oshawa Generals 7-4 in Ontario Hockey League action on Friday night at Slush Puppie Place. Matthew Soto, Ben Pickell, Lukas Moore and Jacob Battaglia also scored for the Frontenacs (19-10-5-2), who […]

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 […]

TORONTO (AP) — Orlando Magic guard Jalen Suggs was taken off the court in a wheelchair because of back spasms in the first half Friday night in a victory over the Toronto Raptors. Suggs stumbled playing defense without any contact and fell over clutching at his lower back. He stayed down for several minutes before […]

TORONTO (AP) — Tristan da Silva scored a career-high 25 points and the Orlando Magic overcame the loss of guard Jalen Suggs to back spasms to beat the struggling Toronto Raptors 106-97 on Friday night. Goga Bitadze had 11 points and 13 rebounds and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 15 points to help the Magic win for […]

TORONTO — Tristan da Silva scored 25 points to power the undermanned Orlando Magic past the Toronto Raptors 106-97 on Friday. Goga Bitadze had a double-double with 11 points and 13 rebounds for Orlando (21-15). Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 15 points. Jakob Poeltl led Toronto (8-27) with 25 points. Scottie Barnes was a rebound shy of […]

TORONTO (AP) — The Professional Women’s Hockey League has suspended Montreal Victoire forward Catherine Dubois one game for an illegal hit to the head. The league announced the ban Friday after Dubois received a major penalty and game misconduct for checking Boston’s Megan Keller during Montreal’s 3-1 win over the Fleet on Monday. Keller fell […]