LOCAL SPORTS
Junior B: The Antigonish Bulldogs doubled the Scotians 4-2 in Trenton. Today, the Strait Pirates are on the road to play the Jr. Miners at 7:30.
Maritime League: The Pictou County Weeks Crushers host Summerside at the Wellness Centre – game time is 2 pm.
U15: The Novas tamed the Harbour Rage, shutting them down 6-0. The Wearwell Bombers also had a big win, 8-2 over the Cougars. In action this morning, the Bombers host the Western Hurricanes at 11 am at the Wellness Centre.
U16 AAA: The Cabot Highlanders were shut out 2-0 by HC Kings in Port Hawkesbury.
Maritime Major Girls U18 League: The Northern Selects were edged out 1-0 by the Surge in Dartmouth.
High School Girls: Regional Playoffs begin today with North Nova vs Northumberland at Westville this morning at 9 am, followed by the Royals vs the CEC Cougars in Westville at 10:30.
NATIONAL SPORTS
Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo won his ninth gold medal on Sunday, setting a Winter Games record. The 29?year?old anchored Sunday’s 4-by-7.5-kilometre relay in cross-country skiing for his fourth gold at the Milan Cortina Olympics. He had shared the record with three retired Norwegian athletes.
Who says there’s no fighting in Olympic hockey? Tom Wilson dropped the gloves late in Canada’s game against France to go after the player who delivered a forearm to the head of teammate Nathan MacKinnon. Wilson fought Pierre Crinon, who was given a two-minute minor penalty and apologized to MacKinnon after the hit. Unlike the NHL, fighting is a game misconduct under international rules, so Wilson and Crinon were both ejected.
The women’s hockey squad is coming off a 5-1 quarterfinal win over Germany on Saturday to advance, with captain Marie-Philip Poulin having made her return from injury.
Meanwhile, Moncton’s Courtney Sarault, Kim Boutin, of Sherbrooke, Que., and Florence Brunelle, of Trois-Rivières, Que., will compete in the women’s 1,000-metre short-track speedskating event. Sarault has a silver in the mixed team relay and bronze in the 500.
In freestyle skiing, the women’s big air final features Canadians Megan Oldham and Naomi Urness. Oldham, of Parry Sound, Ont., finished first in the qualifier round with a score of 171.75 while Urness, of Mont-Tremblant, Que., ranked seventh with 161.25. Oldham is seeking a second medal after a bronze in the slopestyle event.
Both of Canada’s curling teams will return to action after recent controversy. Brad Jacobs’ rink will face Czechia, while the women’s team of Rachel Homan takes on China and Japan. Homan, current 1 and 3, will likely need to win both matches to advance to the qualifying rounds.
And in figure skating, the duo of Trennt Michaud and Lia Pereira heads into the pairs free program in third place after yesterday’s short program. Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps are 14th following a return after having dropped out of the team event earlier in the Games after Stellato-Dudek sustained an injury while training.
The Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks are expected to hire San Francisco 49ers tight ends coach and run game coordinator Brian Fleury as their new offensive coordinator, a person with knowledge of the hiring process said Sunday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Fleury has been a member of the 49ers coaching staff since 2019.
New Las Vegas Raiders coach Klint Kubiak wasted little time in choosing his offensive and defensive coordinators since being hired less than a week ago. Raiders defensive line coach and run game coordinator Rob Leonard was officially elevated to defensive coordinator on Sunday, and Seahawks quarterbacks coach Andrew Janocko will follow Kubiak from Seattle to be the offensive coordinator.