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Milan Lucic had a goal and assist and the Edmonton Oilers held off the Minnesota Wild 3-2 on Saturday.

Vasily Koshechkin made 15 saves and Nikita Nesterov scored on a power play early in the third period as Russia beat Canada 2-0 on Saturday in the Canadians' final round-robin game at the Channel One Cup.

Canada's Spencer O'Brien won gold on Saturday in the women's snowboard slopestyle at the Dew Tour. O'Brien, from Courtenay, B.C., laid down a 95-point monster second run that lifted her into first place in the eight-woman final.

Canada's Spencer O'Brien won gold on Saturday in the women's snowboard slopestyle at the Dew Tour. O'Brien, from Courtenay, B.C., laid down a 95-point monster second run that lifted her into first place in the eight-woman final.

Canadian sliders Alex Gough and Kim McRae crowded the podium at the luge World Cup event in Lake Placid, N.Y., on Saturday, taking silver and bronze, respectively.

Canadian sliders made several trips to the podium at the luge World Cup event in Lake Placid, N.Y., on Saturday as Alex Gough led the way with two silver medals.

Lewis Irving now has a podium finish to add to his resume after scoring a bronze medal in aerials at the World Cup event in Secret Garden, China, on Saturday.

Aksel Lund Svindal dominated the 50th anniversary edition of the Saslong Classic downhill Saturday in Val Gardena, Italy, leading a 1-2 finish by a significant margin ahead of Norwegian teammate Kjetil Jansrud.

Erik Guay says he regrets competing at the alpine World Cup event in Val Gardena, Italy, this weekend, admitting afterwards that he "should have stayed at home" to deal with a lingering back injury.

Kaillie Humphries and Phylicia George slid just out of the medals at a bobsleigh World Cup stop at the Igls track in Innsbruck, Austria, on Saturday.

Canada took a silver of medal at a bobsleigh World Cup stop at the Igls track in Innsbruck, Austria, on Saturday, with Justin Kripps and Jesse Lumsden staking claim to the second-place spot.

Lindsey Vonn powered down a shortened course to win a World Cup super-G race on Saturday and clinch her first victory of the season. It was the 33-year-old American skier's 78th World Cup race win, but her first since winning a downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in January.

Twenty-five Canadians chosen by Hockey Canada for this week's Channel One Cup tournament in Moscow are being sized up by general manager Sean Burke and head coach Willie Desjardins for the team that will go to the Winter Games in Pyeongchang.

Ann-Renee Desbiens made 25 saves as the Canadian women's national team downed the United States 3-1 on Friday in pre-Olympic exhibition action.

Sam Gagner scored at 4:34 of overtime as the Vancouver Canucks snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Friday night.

Canadian women's rugby sevens captain Jen Kish says she has one more season left in her before she retires. The 29-year-old Edmonton native turned to social media on Friday to announce that she plans to compete for one final season before hanging up her cleats.

At the upcoming Olympic games in South Korea, there's a rare opportunity for Canadians playing abroad to represent their country.

Trevor Daley scored a tiebreaking, short-handed goal midway through the second period and the Detroit Red Wings went on to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Friday night.

On a weekend celebrating the game of hockey in the nation's capital, Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk put a damper on the festivities.

DeMar DeRozan scored 31 points, and Kyle Lowry recorded the 11th triple-double of his career — 10 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds — to lead the Toronto Raptors to a 120-87 rout of the Brooklyn Nets on Friday.

Dave Brubaker, the women's national team director of Gymnastics Canada, has been charged with multiple sexual offences.

Mixed doubles curling becoming an Olympic event was a huge game changer for Canada at PyeongChang 2018. Canada sends two more curling teams to South Korea and gets two more shots at a medal.

Michal Repik scored twice as the Czech Republic downed Canada 4-1 Friday at the Channel One Cup pre-Olympic hockey tournament.