Alberta News

CALGARY — Ivanie Blondin raced to silver to highlight three more medals for Canada on the final day of the long-track speedskating World Cup at the Olympic Oval on Sunday.

CALGARY — Linus Ullmark is on a roll and so are the Boston Bruins. Ullmark turned aside 40 shots and Brad Marchand paced the offence with a goal and an assist Saturday to lead the Boston Bruins to a 4-2 win over the Calgary Flames.

EDMONTON — Sebastian Aho was too much for the slumping Oilers. Aho had two goals and an assist as the Carolina Hurricanes won their fourth consecutive game, defeating the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 on Saturday.

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Joey Mantia of the United States won the men’s 1,500 meters at the World Cup speedskating meet in Calgary for the second straight week. Mantia finished first in 1 minute, 41.

CALGARY — Kaiden Guhle will be even more of a hometown favourite at the 2022 world junior men's hockey championship in Edmonton.

CALGARY — Canada won gold in the women's team pursuit Saturday at the Olympic Oval while Connor Howe won his first individual long-track World Cup speedskating medal by taking silver in the men's 1,500 metres.

CALGARY — The Canadian women's hockey team's 5-1 win over the PWHPA all-stars Saturday was a win-win in the eyes of Hockey Hall of Famer Jayna Hefford.

CALGARY — Laurent Dubreuil didn’t just break Jeremy Wotherspoon's Canadian record, he shattered it. Dubreuil of Levis, Que., won gold in the men’s 500 metres in a track-record time of 33.

CALGARY — The half-dozen who played for the Canadian junior men's hockey team at age 16 is sprinkled with names like Gretzky, Crosby and McDavid. Connor Bedard of North Vancouver, B.C., wants to join that group at selection camp in Calgary.

CALGARY — Kansas City Southern shareholders gave a bright green light Friday to the railway's takeover by Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. Shareholders voted 99.