The Toronto Maple Leafs finally advanced in the NHL playoffs, and coach Sheldon Keefe struggled to find the right words to capture the moment. “It’s been a long road for a lot of our guys. … They’ve been through a lot, been questioned a lot,” he said Saturday night after John Tavares scored 4:35 into overtime,…

Canada is off to the semifinals at the world junior hockey championship. Connor Bedard scored at 5:17 of overtime on an incredible individual effort as the tournament hosts defeated Slovakia 4-3 on Monday. The extraordinary 17-year-old deked his way past three Slovaks before backhanding his eighth goal of the event to blow the roof off…

The last thing Nathan Eides wants—and he makes this abundantly clear—is to be in the spotlight. And yet there he is. Every TV timeout, every goal celebration, every victory, every defeat. Dressed head-to-toe in white, the camouflaged cameraman on skates is front and centre at the world junior men’s hockey championship inside Halifax’s Scotiabank Centre….

It’s Bob Nicholson’s turn to be grilled by the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. The former Hockey Canada executive is scheduled to speak before members of Parliament today as the federal government continues its examination of Hockey Canada. The national sports body has been mired in controversy for months after the organization mishandled sexual assault…

A former Supreme Court justice recommended wholesale change at Hockey Canada a day before the embattled sports organization’s president/CEO and board resigned on Tuesday. Hockey Canada released a memo from justice Thomas Cromwell Thursday alongside his interim report reviewing the organization’s governance. The memo, dated Monday, says “there can be no serious debate” Hockey Canada’s…

Scott Smith spent nearly three decades climbing the ladder at Hockey Canada. He lasted just over three months at the top thanks to a series of scandals that have rocked the sport’s national federation to its core. Smith is out as Hockey Canada’s president and CEO, the organization announced Tuesday. The board of directors has…

Hockey Quebec says it has lost confidence in Hockey Canada and will not transfer funds to the national organization, while a well-known Canadian brand extended its sponsorship boycott. Hockey Quebec confirmed to The Canadian Press that its board of directors adopted a motion Tuesday night stating it does not believe Hockey Canada’s current structure can…

Several of Quebec’s major party leaders say newly appointed Montreal Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki needs to learn French. Coalition Avenir Québec leader François Legault said the Habs made an “excellent choice,” describing the centre as one of the team’s best players, before adding that Suzuki now has to learn French. The Montreal Canadiens announced the…

Canada’s 2003 men’s world hockey junior team is under investigation for alleged group sexual assault, after similar accusations were made against the 2018 world hockey junior team. Hockey Canada said in a statement on July 22 that it learned about the alleged group sexual assault in 2003 after it was contacted for comment a day earlier by…

Commentary In l998, the year Canada’s men didn’t medal in hockey during the winter Olympics, many reporters came out against Mr. Don Cherry—blaming his vision of the game for the failure of our players. There were many reasons why we lost that year, but I guarantee Mr. Cherry wasn’t one of them. In some ways…