Hockey
Oilers dealing with Stanley Cup Final goalie debate. Panthers, 1 win from repeating, have Bobrovsky
When the Edmonton Oilers face elimination in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final on Tuesday night against the Florida Panthers, either Stuart Skinner or Calvin Pickard will lead them on to the ice as their starting goaltender.
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Marchand, Bennett too hot for Oilers to handle in Game 5 of Stanley Cup final
EDMONTON — Driving the Florida Panthers attack in the playoffs is a player in his NHL prime and another acting like he is.
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Marchand, Bennett push Panthers past Oilers 5-2 to take 3-2 lead in Stanley Cup final
EDMONTON — Connor McDavid had Sergei Bobrovsky at his mercy. Edmonton's superstar captain chipped a rebound from the side of the net toward Florida's off-balance goaltender that somehow stayed out as part of Saturday's early surge.
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Getting better with age, Marchand scores twice in the Panthers' Game 5 win over the Oilers
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — At 37, Florida Panthers forward Brad Marchand might not only be getting better with age in the 14 years since winning his first and only Stanley Cup title.
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Oilers come out flat again, lose Game 5 of Stanley Cup Final to the Panthers
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Again the Edmonton Oilers came out flat against the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup Final, and the result has them on the brink of losing to them for a second year in a row.
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Panthers move to the verge of 2nd straight Stanley Cup title by beating the Oilers 5-2 in Game 5
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Brad Marchand is making more highlights for his new team, Sam Bennett is piling up the goals again and the Florida Panthers are on the verge of hoisting the Stanley Cup for the second year in a row.
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Jets sign defenceman Alfons Freij to three-year, entry-level contract
WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets have signed defenceman Alfons Freij to a three-year, entry-level contract, the team announced Saturday. The average annual value of the deal in the NHL is US$975,000.
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Canadiens sign forward Vinzenz Rohrer to three-year, entry-level contract
MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have signed forward Vinzenz Rohrer to a three-year, entry-level contract, the club announced Saturday. The 20-year-old Austrian has spent the last two seasons with the Zurich Lions in the Swiss National League.
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Calvin Pickard to start in goal for Oilers in Game 5 of Stanley Cup final
EDMONTON — Calvin Pickard has spent time looking back. The journeyman netminder played 50 games for the dreadful Colorado Avalanche in 2016-17. Pickard had decent numbers that season.
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Videos not evidence of consent, Crown argues on last day of hockey players' trial
LONDON — Two cellphone videos in which a woman says she's "OK with this" and that "it was all consensual" are not evidence that she actually consented to a series of sexual acts with five hockey players inside a London, Ont.
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