Canada strikes first: Thornton shines in 2-1 win over USA
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The business of hockey as we know it may be on its last wobbling legs. But the people who play the game of hockey showed just how entertaining the sport could be last night at the Bell Centre.
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Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Jarome Iginla scored twice and added an assist to lead Team Canada to a 5-0 victory over Slovakia in quarterfinal action of the World Cup of Hockey at Air Canada Centre.
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An international team took a 3 1/2 to 2 1/2 lead over the United States on Friday after the first round of the &#36;3 million UBS Cup, the Ryder Cup-style competition the Americans have never lost.
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TORONTO (CP) - Just calling them the checking line seems strange, given that a star player like Joe Thornton is at centre. But that&#39;s exactly what they are in the current Team Canada set-up, Thornton between
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Defending champion United States and tournament favorite Canada flexed their offensive muscle in the opening round of the World Junior Hockey Championship on Saturday.
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The US men&#39;s national team took the lead in Group A of the semifinal stage of CONCACAF region World Cup qualifying with its 2-0 victory Saturday over El Salvador.
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Vincent Lecavalier's goal 3:45 into overtime earned Canada a nail-biting 4-3 victory over the Czech Republic on Saturday and a place in the final of the World Cup of Hockey.
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Iginla, the NHL&#39;s top goal-scorer last season, scored his first two goals of the tournament and added an assist to lead Canada to a 5-0 win over Slovakia last night.
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Katie King's second period goal lifted the United States into a 1-1 tie with Canada on Thursday night in the Four Nations Cup international women's hockey tournament.
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(CP) - The numbers do not look good for Canada as it faces a must-win World Cup soccer qualifier in hostile Honduras on Saturday. Canada (0-2-1) has just one point halfway through the semifinal round of qualifying
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Canada set two goals for itself going into last night&#39;s preliminary round game against Germany at the 2005 World Junior Hockey Championship.
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Lecavalier gets winner in overtime. Canada 4, Czech Rep. 3; Czechs prove tough foes in tight World Cup semifinal. Team Canada&#39;s Vincent Lecavalier gets set to fire the winning goal against Czech goalie Tomas
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When Wayne Gretzky began assembling Team Canada&#39;s roster last spring for the World Cup of Hockey, he knew that nothing short of victory would appease a nation that had been stunned by the Americans in 1996.
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Jarome Iginla has two goals and an assist to lead Canada into the World Cup of Hockey semifinals with a 5-0 victory over Slovakia.
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Australia won the Olympic men&#39;s hockey tournament for the first time in history on Friday, beating the Netherlands 2-1 with a golden goal.
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Canada beat Russia 3-1 Saturday night in Toronto. Team Canada is now rolling on all cylinders and is getting scoring from everywhere.
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Jozy Altidore, a forward for the Red Bulls of M.L.S., scored in each half yesterday in Ottawa to help the United States to a 2-1 victory over Brazil in the Under-20 World Cup. The United States finished atop Group D with 7 points. That left Brazil, the four-time champion, with only 3 points, trying to secure one of four berths given to third-place teams.