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Jets take care of business, take down Ducks 3-2

Joshua Frey-Sam 7 minute read Updated: 7:05 AM CDT

It certainly wasn’t the free spot on the bingo card that it could have — and maybe should have — been, but the Winnipeg Jets held on long enough to start their crucial road trip on a positive note.

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Trade Grants goalie chance to shine

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Trade Grants goalie chance to shine

Mike Sawatzky 6 minute read Yesterday at 7:00 PM CDT

Two years ago, Kobe Grant’s hockey career was going nowhere.

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Danielle Gordon-Broome / Swan Valley Star and Times

Kobe Grant had 29 wins and a 2.69 goals against average while leading the Swan Valley Stampeders to first place in the MJHL West Division.

Team Einarson remains positive after shocking loss to Japan

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Team Einarson remains positive after shocking loss to Japan

Taylor Allen 4 minute read Yesterday at 4:58 PM CDT

Team Canada was poised to break from the pack and take direct aim at the semifinals of the 2023 World Women’s Curling Championship.

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Jeffrey Au / WCF

Team Canada skip Kerri Einarson watches her rock as Briane Harris and Shannon Birchard prepare to sweep Thursday at the World Women’s Curling Championship in Sandviken, Sweden.

Bowness doing his best to motivate Jets in stretch run

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Bowness doing his best to motivate Jets in stretch run

Joshua Frey-Sam 4 minute read Wednesday, Mar. 22, 2023

What Rick Bowness said — and how he said it — might have painted the most alarming picture to date about where things stand with his core group of veterans.

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Wednesday, Mar. 22, 2023

RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS files

Jets head coach Rick Bowness says the Jets’ lacklustre play is being addressed and now it is up to the players to respond.

Jets’ Hellebuyck happy to carry heavy load as team fights for post-season berth

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Jets’ Hellebuyck happy to carry heavy load as team fights for post-season berth

Joshua Frey-Sam 6 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 4:48 PM CDT

The Winnipeg Jets are giving Connor Hellebuyck all he can handle these days.

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Updated: Yesterday at 4:48 PM CDT

Chris O’Meara / The Associated Press files

Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck makes a save in the Jets’ 3-2 victory over Tampa Bay as Lightning left-wing Alex Killorn looks for a rebound March 12, in Tampa, Fla.

Terriers, Pistons favoured in MJHL East

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Terriers, Pistons favoured in MJHL East

Mike Sawatzky 5 minute read Wednesday, Mar. 22, 2023

The MJHL post-season begins Friday and only one thing is certain: the Portage Terriers, hosts of the Centennial Cup, have their spot guaranteed at the national junior A championship, slated for May 11-21 at Stride Place.

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Wednesday, Mar. 22, 2023

JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

Steinbach Pistons forward Travis Hensrud (above) has found success on a line with Landon Roberts and Neo Kiemeney.

Unwelcome spotlight falls on NHL team Pride night events

Stephen Whyno, The Associated Press 5 minute read Preview

Unwelcome spotlight falls on NHL team Pride night events

Stephen Whyno, The Associated Press 5 minute read Updated: 7:43 AM CDT

Pride nights, held annually for several years by National Hockey League teams to show support for the LGBTQ community, are in the spotlight following several high-profile incidents this season.

A handful of players have objected to participating in pregame warmups that included Pride-themed jerseys, most recently Florida's Eric and Marc Staal on Thursday night. On Wednesday, the Chicago Blackhawks decided against having players wear Pride-themed warmup jerseys for their upcoming Pride night, citing an anti-gay law in Russia.

WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIONS?

The Staal brothers and San Jose's James Reimer — who are Canadian — and Philadelphia's Ivan Provorov, who is Russian, all pointed to their religious beliefs for refusing to take part in warmups.

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FILE - The Stanley Cup makes an appearance during the Gay Pride Parade in Chicago, Sunday June 27, 2010. At least one National Hockey League team with a Russian player on its roster has decided against wearing special warmup jerseys to commemorate Pride Night because of a Russian law that expands restrictions on activities seen as promoting LGBTQ rights. (AP Photo/Chicago Tribune, William DeShazer, File)

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Scandal-plagued China soccer hit by new corruption probes

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Scandal-plagued China soccer hit by new corruption probes

The Associated Press 3 minute read Updated: 1:17 AM CDT

BEIJING (AP) — China’s scandal-plagued football association has been rocked by new corruption probes into its chiefs of discipline and competition.

The sports ministry on Friday said Wang Xiaoping, director the CFA's Disciplinary Committee, and Huang Song, were both “suspected of serious violations” of law and discipline — the government's usual bywords for graft.

Huang was being investigated by the ruling Communist Party’s corruption watchdog, the sports ministry’s anti-graft body and by authorities in Hebei province outside Beijing where the national soccer team maintains a training camp, the notice said.

The single-sentence announcements said Wang and Huang were cooperating with investigators but gave no details about the charges against them. Chinese prosecutors have wide powers to hold suspects for lengthy interrogations if state secrets are believed to be involved.

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Updated: 1:17 AM CDT

FILE - In this image made from video, Chen Xuyuan, head of the Chinese Football Association, gets on an elevator in Shanghai, Oct. 24, 2019. China’s scandal-plagued official Football Association has been rocked by new corruption probes into its chiefs of discipline and competition. (AP Photo, File)

Thompson, Golden Knights hand Flames 3-2 loss

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Thompson, Golden Knights hand Flames 3-2 loss

Darren Haynes, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Updated: 12:39 AM CDT

CALGARY - Logan Thompson's triumphant return for Vegas after six weeks on the shelf was overshadowed by him exiting the game late in the third period with another injury.

Before he departed with just over six minutes to go, Thompson made 37 saves as the surging Golden Knights picked up a 3-2 win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday.

“Right now, obviously concerned about Logan,” said Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy. “ Obviously, Logan missing that much time, we'll have to look closely at that one."

It was unknown if the latest setback is related to the lower-body injury he suffered back on Feb. 9.

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Vegas Golden Knights goalie Logan Thompson scrambles to block the net during third period NHL hockey action against the Calgary Flames in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, March 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Stars beat Pens 3-2 despite Crosby’s 1st goal in Dallas

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Stars beat Pens 3-2 despite Crosby’s 1st goal in Dallas

Schuyler Dixon, The Associated Press 4 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 11:59 PM CDT

DALLAS (AP) — Jake Oettinger allowed Sidney Crosby's first career goal in Dallas. The Stars goaltender also made plenty of big saves, including a few on Pittsburgh's high-scoring star.

Joe Pavelski scored the tiebreaking goal on a third-period power play, and the Stars overcame Crosby's first tally in Texas in a 3-2 victory over the Penguins on Thursday night.

Oettinger made 40 saves, five of them coming in the final 68 seconds when the Penguins had a 6-on-4 advantage with the goalie pulled after Jani Hakanpaa was called for slashing.

The 24-year-old Oettinger, who had a breakout performance in a first-round playoff loss last spring, was coming off three consecutive sub-.900 save percentages, and wasn't very happy with himself.

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Updated: Yesterday at 11:59 PM CDT

Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby (87) and Bryan Rust (17), left, celebrate after Crosby scored against Dallas Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger (29) in the second period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, March 23, 2023, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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