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Apr 14, 2024; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; St. Louis Blues Interim Head Coach Drew Bannister looks on during the third period of a hockey game against the Seattle Kraken at Enterprise Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Le-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo

Blues remove interim tag from coach Drew Bannister

Reuters |Updated 4 hours ago |1 min read

The St. Louis Blues removed the interim tag from coach Drew Bannister and signed him to a two-year contract on Tuesday. Bannister, 50, took over behind the bench on Dec. 14 after Craig Berube was fired following a 13-14-1 start. The Blues went ...

The Belleville Senators’ Ryan MacKinnon, 46, follows the play during an American Hockey League (AHL) game in Belleville, Ont., earlier this season. MacKinnon, from Summerside, P.E.I., was recently named the winner of the Players Choice Award with the Senators for the 2023-24 season. Freestyle Photography / Belleville Senators

Summerside's Ryan MacKinnon wins award voted on by the Belleville Senators' players

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated 5 hours ago |6 min read Premium content

It didn’t take long for Ryan MacKinnon’s team-first influence to be felt with the Belleville Senators of the American Hockey League (AHL). The 29-year-old son of John and Mona MacKinnon of Summerside was recently named the recipient of Belleville’s ...

May 5, 2024; Miami Gardens, Florida, USA; Red Bull team principle Christian Horner sits in the F1 Village before the F1 Miami Grand Prix at Miami International Autodrome. Mandatory Credit: Peter Casey-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo

Motor racing-Red Bull have taken 220 staff from Mercedes, says Horner

Reuters |Updated 5 hours ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - Red Bull boss Christian Horner has responded to claims staff were increasingly looking to leave his team by saying the Formula One champions have so far taken 220 from rivals Mercedes. Dominant Red Bull have been unsettled by ...

Apr 17, 2024; Tempe, Arizona, USA;  Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid (97) against the Arizona Coyotes at Mullett Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo

Connor McDavid chasing fourth Hart Trophy

Reuters |Updated 5 hours ago |2 min read

Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon and Nikita Kucherov were named the finalists for the 2023-24 Hart Memorial Trophy on Tuesday. The award is presented "to the player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team" and voted on by members of the ...

Connor McDavid (97) of the Edmonton Oilers battles against Nathan MacKinnon (29) of the Colorado Avalanche at Rogers Place on April 9, 2022, in Edmonton, Canada.

Nova Scotia's Nathan MacKinnon named finalist NHL's MVP award

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated 5 hours ago |1 min read

Cole Harbour's Nathan MacKinnon is up for the NHL's biggest award. The star centre for the Colorado Avalanche was named one of the finalists for the Hart Trophy for the league's most valuable player on Tuesday. Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid ...

Cycling - Giro d'Italia - Stage 4 - Acqui Terme to Andora - Italy - May 7, 2024 Lidl - Trek's Jonathan Milan celebrates after winning stage 4

Cycling-Milan outsprints Groves to win Giro stage four, Pogacar leads

Reuters |Updated 3 hours ago |2 min read

(Reuters) -Italy's Jonathan Milan went one better than the previous day to win the sprint and take the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday after an early breakaway was reeled in as Tadej Pogacar maintained the overall lead. Lidl-Trek rider ...

Halifax's Rick Bowness tears up as he discusses his retirement from the NHL at a news conference in Winnipeg on Monday. - Contributed

Wife's health scare and soul-searching convinced Rick Bowness 'it's time' to retire

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated 6 hours ago |5 min read Premium content

Rick Bowness's passion for hockey still burns as hot as ever but he couldn't escape the feeling it was time to retire. The 69-year-old from Halifax made the announcement on Monday and then opened up in a media session later in the day about why he ...

Cycling - Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard during an interview with Ritzau near Glyngoere, Denmark - November 15, 2023 Bo Amstrup /Ritzau Scanpix via

Cycling-Vingegaard back on bike outside, hopeful for Tour defence

Reuters |Updated 8 hours ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Denmark's twice Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard is back riding outside for the first time since his crash last month, and is hopeful of defending his title, the Team Visma-Lease a Bike rider said on Tuesday. Vingegaard won ...

Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid (97) battles the Vancouver Canucks' Troy Stecher (51) in this file photo from Rogers Place in Edmonton on March 18, 2017. The Oilers traded for Stecher with the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday.

Behind enemy lines: Vancouver Canucks plan to "win muddy" against the Edmonton Oilers

David Staples, Edmonton Journal · Postmedia News |Updated 10 hours ago |6 min read Premium content

This in from former NHLer Ray Ferraro, one of hockey’s most astute announcers and a long-time B.C. resident, his belief that the Vancouver Canucks can find a way to beat the Edmonton Oilers : “In 1993 nobody would have ever picked the Islanders ...

Winnipeg Jets defenceman Josh Morrissey improved his game under coach Rick Bowness.

Josh Morrissey shares emotional goodbye with Jets coach Bowness

Paul Friesen · Postmedia News |Updated 10 hours ago |2 min read Premium content

Two years ago, the Winnipeg Jets were in a state of flux. Longtime coach Paul Maurice had resigned, leaving a team that not only missed the playoffs but had no clear direction, its core players entering what was supposed to be their prime. Defenceman ...

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