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For frustrated Habs fans, it’s probably no surprise that the team is firmly lodged in one of the most aggravating positions a team can find themselves in: the sad zone.

The Canadian hockey team is shooting for its first-ever Youth Olympic gold medal. Watch live now as Canada takes on the U.S. from Lillehammer, Norway.

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Leo Komarov was ejected and assessed a 10-minute match penalty for intent to injure with 62 seconds left in the first period Thursday night for his elbow to the head of New York Rangers defenceman Ryan McDonagh.

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Leo Komarov was ejected and assessed a 10-minute match penalty for intent to injure with 62 seconds left in the first period Thursday night for his elbow to the head of New York Rangers defenceman Ryan McDonagh.

Watch live as the world's best divers compete for spots on the podium as well as test out the 2016 Olympic Games venue at the remodeled Maria Lenk Aquatic Center in Rio de Janeiro.

Watch live now as the world's best divers compete for spots on the podium as well as test out the 2016 Olympic Games venue at the remodeled Maria Lenk Aquatic Center in Rio de Janeiro.

Watch live as the world's best divers compete for spots on the podium as well as test out the 2016 Olympic Games venue at the remodeled Maria Lenk Aquatic Center in Rio de Janeiro.

Canada has advanced to the gold-medal hockey game of the Winter Youth Olympic Games. The collection of teenagers fought off a valiant Finland squad with a nail-biting 4-3 shootout win Friday in Lillehamer, Norway.

Martins Dukurs of Latvia won all four heats to comfortably retain his skeleton world championship on Friday.

Russian athletes who use banned substances in the future should face criminal charges, the Russian Olympic official in charge of resolving the country's doping crisis said Friday.

Ed Belfour is preparing to give up his Olympic gold medal for an opportunity to go into business with his son. He has put 66 pieces of memorabilia up for auction. The objective is to raise enough seed money to go forward with their plan to open Belfour Distilleries.

The Montreal Canadiens reportedly have no plans to trade P.K. Subban, despite reports earlier in the day saying that they were calling other teams to gauge the trade market.

According to a report from Louis Jean of TVA Sports, the Montreal Canadiens are gauging interest around the league in star defenceman P.K. Subban.

Swiss racer Lara Gut won a downhill by a large margin Friday and reclaimed the overall World Cup lead from Lindsey Vonn, who lost a ski, fell and did not finish.

The all-important semifinal match at the CONCACAF Olympic qualification tournament against Costa Rica (Friday, 5:15 p.m. ET) is the game Canada's senior women's team has been focusing on and planning for over the past few months.

The Canadian pair of Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje walked away with a bronze medal in the ice dance at the Four Continents figure skating championships in Tapei, Taiwan.

Canada's best divers are in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, this weekend for the FINA Diving World Cup, testing the same pool that will host the Olympic Games in six months' time.

The Toronto Argonauts will host their arch rivals, Hamilton, at their new home to kick off the campaign June 23. And the season will end at refurbished BMO Field with the 104th Grey Cup game on Nov. 27.

Nunavut's debut at the Canadian women's curling championship was dramatic. Geneva Chislett's team from Iqaluit earned the territory's first-ever victory at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

Watch the FIS World Cup men's combined from Chamonix, France live on Friday beginning at 4:30 a.m. ET.

United States President Barack Obama welcomed his hometown Chicago Blackhawks for winning another Stanley Cup on Thursday and joked about doing some gloating when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits Washington next month.

Matt Dumba and Thomas Vanek each recorded a goal and an assist as the Minnesota Wild ran their winning streak under interim head coach John Torchetti to three games with a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday.

Derek Stepan scored the go-ahead goal with 1:31 remaining in regulation as the New York Rangers downed the NHL-worst Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 on Thursday night. Rangers captain Ryan McDonagh missed the final two periods after taking an elbow to the head.

Grinding Maple Leafs forward Leo Komarov was ejected and assessed a 10-minute match penalty for intent to injure with 62 seconds left in the first period Thursday night for his elbow to the head of New York Rangers defenceman Ryan McDonagh.

Raptors general manager Masai Ujiri opted to keep his roster intact as the 3 p.m. ET deadline came and went, saying there was "nothing there good enough for us."