Alberta Major Soccer League gets underway this week This week the Alberta Major Soccer League kicks of its 2013 season with 11 exciting games to catch across the province. The Alberta Major Soccer League (AMSL) is the top-level adult amateur soccer league in the province and the only league administered by the Alberta Soccer Association (ASA). [...]
Lavoie, Codilla and Yager triump at WBC Western Championships Friday night the Cascades Casino in Langley played host to the WBC Western Championships. When the dust settled, three more B.C. pugilist qualified themselves for the first-ever WBC Canadian championships in July. In the light middleweight (154 pounds) WBC Western Championships, Remy Lavoie from North Burnaby Boxing [...]
Ottawa Senators playing Penguins in Pittsburgh tonight By Brian Hunter, NHL.com Season series The Pittsburgh Penguins took all three regular-season matchups from the Ottawa Senators, including the Feb. 13 game in which Matt Cooke’s skate cut the Achilles tendon of Erik Karlsson and knocked the all-world defenseman out of the lineup for over two months. [...]
Christine Sinclair a powerhouse for Portland Thorns FC, earns Player of the Month honours Burnaby soccer legend and team Canada captain Christine Sinclair continues to be a trailblazer in women’s soccer, now becoming the first-ever Player of the Month in the newly formed National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). The NWSL began play in their first [...]
Boston Bruins leading best-of-7 series 3-1 By Adam Kimelman, NHL.com Big story Can the Boston Bruins make the most of their first chance to close the series? Or will the Toronto Maple Leafs have a repeat of their Game 2 effort, when they won in Boston? Team Scope Toronto Maple Leafs: While they’ll miss [...]
BC Soccer Premier League Match of the Week features battle of 1st and 3rd place teams With an action-packed weekend coming up in the EA Sports BC Soccer Premier League, a highly anticipated match between U18 Mountain FC Girls and Coquitlam Metro-Ford SC is featured in this Match of the Week. Mountain has been playing terrific [...]
Canadian Women’s Basketball Team will train at University of Alberta’s south campus City Council voted Wednesday to make Edmonton the home of the Canadian Women’s Basketball Team. The plan, developed in association with the Edmonton Economic Development Corporation, sees the team training at the Saville Community Sports Centre located at the University of Alberta’s south campus. “We are [...]
Players will receive penalty for body checking in Peewee hockey Hockey Alberta announced Wednesday that body checking in Peewee hockey will be eliminated, beginning in the 2013-14 season. Hockey Alberta says the decision is based on safety. “There is overwhelming evidence that body checking is the single most consistent risk factor for injuries and concussions [...]
Boston Bruins lead best-of-7 series 2-1 against Toronto Maple Leafs NHL.com The Boston Bruins regained home ice advantage on Monday with a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre before 19,746 fans. Outside the arena, a large throng of Toronto Maple Leafs fans watched the first Stanley Cup Playoff game in Toronto [...]
Ottawa Senators lead 3-1 in best-of-7 series By Arpon Basu, LNH.com Injuries have forced the Ottawa Senators to rely on young players all season long, and it was those very players that brought them within a win of the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Mika Zibanejad, Cory Conacher and Kyle Turris were the [...]
