the mad sports man

a good one to round out the round robin.  Russia ends up winning 2-1 over Canada and finishes in the top spot. they will face Slovakia in the quarters, while Canada awaits the U.S. vs Finland game to see who they face.  that game coming up. UPDATE: U.S 4 Finland 1.  Canada plays Finland, U.S. plays the Czechs, Sweden plays Switzerland and Russia plats Slovakia.  happy new year.

Nfl final day is done and the matchups are set.  The AFC has Indy at Houston on Saturday and the Chargers at Baltimore on Sunday.  New England and Kansas City have the byes.  The NFC has Seattle at Dallas on Saturday and Philly at Chicago on Sunday.   New Orleans and the Rams have the byes.

Canada is 3 for 3 after beating the Czechs 5-1. Was a prettt good one despite the score.   Canada faces Russia on New Years Eve to close out the round robin.  That will be a good one.

Canada is now 2 for 2 as they beat Switzerland 3-2 in a good one.  Canada will play the Czechs on Saturday night at 6pm Edmonton time.

Alex Comtois score 4 and Morgan Frost adds 3 as Canada blows Denmark 14-0.  Comtois tied a Canadian record with 4 in a world juniors game.  Next game is tomorrow against Switzerland.

merry Christmas to all, wherever you are.  i hope it's a safe one!

Winter officially begins at 3:23pm today marking the shortest day of the year in terms of daylight hours.  after today we get more and more daylight added.  i like the more daylight part.

.......1. Christmas.  2. boxing day which leads to 3. the World Juniors.  Canada had it's first pre tournament game and hung on to beat Switzerland 5-3.  few things to work on.   helps to have these pre tourney games.  second pre tourney game is tomorrow against Slovakia and their last one is against Finland on Sunday before it begins in earnest on Boxing day against Denmark.

big announcement this morning.  and Edmonton and Red Deer were chosen to host the 2021 word juniors.  two years to wait.  impatiently.  Vancouver and Victoria are hosting the upcoming one starting Boxing Day.  next year Ostrava and Trinic in the Czech Republic are hosting.  then Edmonton and Red Deer.  gonna be a good one.

Christine Girard is now a two time Olympic medalist AND an Olympic champion in weightlifting after being upgraded in two different Olympics.  she had finished 4th in 2008 in Beijing and was upgraded after the original silver medalist, from Kazakhstan was disqualified for using a banned substance.  the original bronze medalist is now a silver medalist.  in 2012 in London, she had won bronze in the 63kg weight class.  the original gold medalist, from Kazazhstan was busted for taking an anabolic steroid.  the silver medalist had been busted later for taking another substance.  that moves Girard from bronze to gold.  a good day then.

Hard to believe its the last day of November.  Lets see, we had loads of hockey, football and nascar.  Joey Logano won the nascar championship while the Stampeders won the CFL championship. Plus the Grey Cup festivities were awesome. And the game itself i was at and enjoyed it.  Great memory.  December brings nfl football, hockey (world juniors are coming)  and the Christmas season.  Joy.

The Calgary Stampeders are Grey Cup champs after beating Ottawa 27-16.  They owned this game. It was a Great party in Edmonton.  Great experience personally. Got to hang out on Jasper ave at The festivities and was at The game.  Thats It until next season.  Cheers.

the Calgary Stampeders will be heading for the Grey Cup after beating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 22-14 and will face the Ottawa RedBlacks for the champonship.  and i will be at that game at Commonwealth Stadium.

Joey Logano is the 2018 NASCAR champion after winning the FordEcoboost 400 in Homestead.  i believe it's his first championship.  congrats to Logano.  this is the beginning of my "championship week"  ending with the Grey Cup next Sunday.

the Ottawa Redblacks are Eastern Division champs after beating the Hamilton TIger-Cats 47-26 and will be in Edmonton next week for the 106th Grey Cup.  Calgary vs WInnipeg is on now.  who will face Ottawa? stay tuned.

Tyler Reddick is Xfinity series champion after winning the season finale in Homestead.  He is: 1. the third rookie to win it and 2. the second Californian to win it.  The Monster energy drink series finishes tomorrow.  Who will win? Stay tuned.

not too far from the division finals (Winnipeg @ Calgary, Hamilton @ Ottawa)  and the Grey cup party has begun set up in Edmonton.  the official kickoff is next Wednesday night and will run until the 106th Grey Cup game at Commonwealth Stadium.  gonna be a football party like nobody has ever seen - until next year.

Lynda Keijko has qualified for a spot in the 2020 summer games in the womens 10m pistol event in shooting.  we have now three spots qualified for the games.  yay.

the road to the 106th Grey Cup is upon us.  the division semi finals are on Sunday.  the East semi has the B.C. Lions heading to Hamilton to play the Tiger-Cats. (B.C. has the crossover here.  finished 4th in West and had more points than Montreal and Toronto.  even had more points than Hamilton). that game is at 11am. winner goes to Ottawa to play the RedBlacks. the West semi has the Winnipeg Blue Bombers heading to Regina to play the Saskatchewan Rough Riders.  that game is at 2pm.  winner goes to Calgary to play the Stampeders.

happy halloween.  beware the nutsy coocoos and anklebiters out there looking for candy.  and stay safe.  what a month of October.  Red Sox win world series, the Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires Argentina, thanksgiving, start of hockey, NFL in full swing and CFL playoff drive.  coming in November:  more hockey, run to the Grey Cup, more NFL, U.S. thanksgiving and the end of the NASCAR season.  eeep.

the end of the summer youth games is today.  competition is done.  Canada will finish with 1g, 3s and 7b for 11 medals.  pretty good haul.  the closing ceremonies are tonight starting at 5:30.  next summer youth games is in 2022 in Dakar Senegal.  thanks to all of Canada's athletes.

the flagbearer for Canada at tonights closing ceremonies is Emma Spence.  great way to wrap it up.  was a fast 12 days.  congrats to Emma.

Our womens rugby 7s team has Canada's 7th  bronze at the games.  That goes with 1g and 3d bringing the total to 11.  Yes.

Felix Dolci has a silver in mens rings bringing Canada's medal haul to 1g, 3s and 6b for 10 medals (deleted entry had the gold already, he received it.  there wasnt a second one).  hauling in the hardware.

Emma Spence is the medalist after claiming it in the vault competition.  That is 1g 2 and 6b for 9 total.  Yes.

Canada was part of a multi nation team that won gold in badminton relay.  That is 1g 2s and 5b for 8 total.

Another bronze, this time it comes from Alexander Milanovich in the 50m breaststroke.   That is now 2s and 5b for 7 medals.  Yes.

I didnt see this till now.  Rachel Krapman was a part of a mixed team that won bronze in judo on Wednesday.   That is now 2s and 4b for 6 medals. Yes.

Ethan McClymont is taking home a bronze in the 73kg weight class in Taekwondo.  Woohoo.  that is now 2s and 3b for 5m at the Summer Youth Olympics.  Yay.

Madison Broad has picked up a silver in the womens 200m backstroke!  woohoo!  that is now 2s and 2b for 4 medals.  yay.

Canada won 3 medals from yesterday at the Summer youth Olympics. A silver and two bronze.  the silver came from Emma Misak in dancesport (brand new to me) in the B girls event, the first bronze from Keegan Young in Judo in the boys 8kg event and the second bronze came from Finlay Knox in the boys 200 Individual Medley.  hopefully more today.

The 2018 summer youth games are upon us. 206 nations scheduled to compete.  Canada will be sending 72 athletes to Buenos Aires.  Opening ceremonies should be on about now.

October has arrived - with a bit of snow coming down.  gonna be a good month.  the baseball postseason is here, race to the CFL postseason amps up, the Youth Olympic games in Buenos Aires begins Friday,  NHL season begins Wednesday,  nascar nears the end and NFL season goes into high swing.  yay.  plus Thanksgiving next Monday and Halloween at the end.  plus the usual fall weather - whatever that is haha.

Postseason baseball.  And two division tiebreaks.  The N.L. Central has Chicago vs Milwaukee And The N.L West has L.A. vs Colorado.  Yiye.  Run to The world series begins with those games tomorrow.

Fall begins at 7:54pm tonight and Edmonton has been getting snow.  Supposed to warm up at the start of the week.  We will see.  This is Alberta after all.

The 2018 Summer youth Olympics in Buenas Aires are out and here they are : The Summer youth games will be held from October 6-18.

The Baltimore Orioles became The first professional team to use braille on their uniforms.  The team name and players names were written in braille.  This was to commemorate The 40th anniversary of The National Federation for The Blind moving to Baltimore. Neat eh.

It's 99 days to Christmas.  How do I know? I have seen the 100 days to go to the World Juniors held in Vancouver and Victoria B.C.  Can not wait.   A World record fell in the mens marathon yesterday in Berlin, Germany.  Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya set the record of 2:01:39 beaking A record by 78 seconds.  The record has yet to be ratified though.

Winter has already made an appearance in western Alberta.   5-10 cm expected to fall between Grande Prairie and Jasper and possibly as far south as Banff.  Edmonton is supposed to get some Wednesday or Thursday.  Did i miss fall somewhere?  Yiye.

The Labor day games are done.   Kiddies are back to school.  Leavrs are already changing color.  Hockey is around The corner. Nfl starts this week and baseball is into The pennant drive.  Must be September.  15c here.   Sigh.  Loving fall.

Good grief its the end of August already.  I don't know were it went.  CFL season is ramping up with the Labor Day games this weekend, loads of baseball, I met an Olympian, lots of hot days and bit of rainy cool days. Feels like fall is hear too.  Leaves are turning color.  September is going to get good.

Brooke Hemderson has won the CP Womens Open, becoming the first Canadian to win it since 1973 when Jocelyn Bourassa won it.  Congrats Brooke.

This past Thursday was burgers to beat MS day at A&W.  For every teen burgers sold, 2 bucks went to MS research.  Met Christine Sinclair (two time bronze medalist in soccer - 2012 and 2016).  Her mom has MS.  Also met Patrycia.  She is Also battling MS and the hardesy working and tireless fundraiser. Got a pic of the both of them.

Sarah Douglas is the sailor as she qualifies for the Tokyo games.  She qualifies after finishing 6th in the Radial Class.

Canada as they dominate Sweden 6-2 AFTER they trailed 2-0. It is Canada's 22nd title.

Russia hung on to beat the U.S. 5-4 to claim bronze in the Hlinka/Gretzky tournament.  Crazy finish though.  Coming up is the gold medal game.

The 5th place game had Czech Republic beat Slovakia 8-3.  Meanwhile Canada tied it with less than a second left to send it into overtime where they won it a minute and a half into it.  They win 6-5 and will face Sweden for gold while The U.S. will face Russia for bronze.  Both games tomorrow

First Semi final game is done and Sweden is playing for gold after beating Russia 2-1.  Russia will play for bronze.

Finland will finish 7th at the Hlinka/Gretzky tournament with a 8-2 win over Switzerland.  The 5th place game (Slovakia vs Czech Rep) is at 4pm, Sweden vs Russia at 3 and Canada vs U.S. at 7 for the semi finals.

the Canadian spot claimed belongs to Tom Ramshaw with a 5th place finish in the Finn Class at the Sailing World Championships.  yes.  more spots to come.

Semi finals are set.  Canada beat Sweden 4-3 while Russia beat the U.S. 8-3.  Canada will face the U.S. in one semi and Russia will face Sweden in the other.  Other games had Slovakia beating Switzerland 5-3 and the Czech Republic beat Finland 4-3 in OT.  Slovakia will face  the Czech Republic for 5th and Switzerland will face Finland for 7th.   Those games are Friday.

This was a closer game.  Despite outshooting Slovakia 58-19, Canada won 4-2.  Slovakia played their hearts out.  Earlier Sweden beat Switzerland 5-0.  Canada vs Sweden tomorrow will decide group A. In Red Deer, Russia beat the Czechs 3-0 and the U.S. beat Finland 6-2.  The U.S and Russia plays tomorrow for group B.

The Hlinka/Gretzky Cup tournament is on. 8 teams in two groups in Edmonton and Red Deer.  Canada is playing in Edmonton and beat Switzerland 10-0.  Sweden beat Slovakia earlier 4-2.  Canada plays Slovakia tomorrow at 7pm Edmonton time.

Where did July go?  It took off.  So, what happened?  End of the World Cup, which France won.  My sisters birthday,  MLB all star game, CFL football and some car racing.  Canada turned 151, I went to some Prospects games and got a sunburn at one game, and It got toast warm.  Wont be long before August gets here.

A hot one at Re/Max Field.  Prospects beat the Fort MacMurray Giants 12-7 AND it got to 31c.  Yikes.  Got A bit of A burn on my arms.  Good thing for cold drinks and  ice to put on my heaf to cool off.  Nice way to end the last weekend of July.

Boy has Edmonton had some fun weather lately.  From 32c on Tuesday to some decent storms.  Had a doozy yesterday that had some hail.  Good thing i was on a bus going to work when it happened.  Had one go through a couple of hours ago and might be in for another one later by the looks of the clouds in the west.   Should be fun.

This was a game.  An own goal, a gift goal, a penalty kick and three good goal.  France beats Croatia 4-2 to win the world cup.  They earned it This year.   Next tournament is in Qatar in 2022.  Until then......

Belgium has just beaten England 2-0 and will finish Third in the tournament.  The championship game is tomorrow at 9am Edmonton time.

Croatia continues its cinderella run as they beat England 2-1 in extra time.   Got the winner in the 109th minute. They will play France on Sunday for the championship while England plays Belgium for third on Saturday.

France has beaten Belgium 1-0 and will play for the championship on Sunday.  Belgium will play for third place on Saturday.  Tomorrow has England vs Croatia.

On July 9, 1918, the first airmail delivery was made.  Katherine Stinson made the delivery from Calgary to Edmonton.  Her Curtiss Special plane had some engine trouble on her first attempt.  The engine got fixed.  Her and the plane went back to Calgary for another attempt and made it.  Made it after 8pm.

This went  to penalties.  Croatia wins 4-3 ib penalties and will face England in the semis on Wednesday.  France vs Belgium is on Tuesday.

England is into the semis after beating Sweden 2-0.  They will face either Croatia or Russia on Wednesday.  Stay tuned.

Belgium hung onto beat Brazil 2-1 and will face France in one semi final game.  The other semi final game will be decided tomorrow as Russia vs Croatia and Sweden vs England will play in The final two Quarter final games.

France has beaten Uruguay 2-0 and is into the semis where they face either Brazil or Belgium.  That game starts  in a couple of hours.

England is moving on after beating Colombia 4-3 in penalty kicks.  Ended a penalty kicks curse at the same time.  They will face Sweden in the quarters on Saturday, along with Russia vs Croatia.  Friday has Uruguay vs France and Brazil vs Belgium.

Sweden is into the quarters after beating Switzerland 1-0.  They will face the winner of the Colombia vs England game.  That game starts at noon Edmonton time.

Craziest finish ever.  Japan was up 2-0.  Belgium came back, tied it, then scored in the last possible second ever to win 3-2 to move on to the quarter finals.  They will face Brazil on July 6th.

Brazil is moving on after beating Mexico 2-0.  They will be facing either Belgium or Japan in the quarters.

And yet amother shoot out.  11 shots, 6 stops.  In the end Croatia beats Denmark 3-2 In penalty kick And goez to the quarters where they face Ruszia on the 7th. Wow.  Tomorrow has Brazil vs Mexico And Belgium vs Japan.

This one went to penalty kicks.  Spain gets stopped on their last shot and Russia scored on theirs. Russia is into the quarters where they play either Croatia or Demmark.

Happy 151st birthday to the best nstion on the planet.  And one in which i wear proudly (even if it is the team Canada logo).

Uruguay just beat Portugal 2-1 and will now play France in the quarters on July 6th. Pretty tight one. Tomorrow has Spain vs Russia and Croatia vs Denmark.

France survived a late goal and beat Argentina 4-3 in the first round of 16 game.  They await the winner of the Uruguay vs Portugal game.  That game is at noon Edmonton time.

Rich Walker of the Edmonton Prospects has thrown a perfect game in Fort MacMurray against the Giants.  He threw 95 pitches in a 4-0 win.  Wow.  Congrats.

Group G games done.  Belgium beat England 1-0 to win the group while England still makes the round of 16 finishing second. Belgium faces Japan on Monday while England faces Colombia on Tuesday.  The other games had Tunisia beat Panama 2-1.  Round of 16 starts Saturday with Uruguay vs Portugal and France vs Argentina.

Both games ended 1-0.  Poland beat Japan while Colombia beat Senegal.  Colombia takes Group H while Japan ends up taking second over Senegal. They both had 4 pts, they had the same goal differential (0), they both scored the same amount of goals  (4), same pts in head to head  (1 they tied each other), goals differential in head to head  (0), amount of goals scored in game  (2 each). It came to fair play points. Japan had 4 yellow cards while Senegal had 6.  That is how Japan got in.  Group g later will decide the last round of 16 matchups.

Brazil beat Serbia 2-0 and will win Group E.  Swizterland and Costa Rica ended up tying at two ib a pretty good game. Swizterland finishez second and will face Sweden in tge round of 16 on Tuesday, while Brazil will face Mexico on Monday.  The last two round of 16 matchups will be decided tomorrow.

Sweden beats Mexico 3-0 and i believe will finish first in Group F and Mexico finishes 2nd. South Korea beats Germany 1-0 eliminating Germany from the tournament.  Big surprise. We will have new champions.

Argentina saved their tournament beating Nigeria 2-1.  Argentina finishes 2nd in the group while Nigeria is out.  Also Croatia beating Iceland 2-1 and will win group D.   France will face Argentina on Saturday in the round of 16 while Croatia plays Denmark on Sunday.

Group C is done.  France and Denmark tied 0-0 and finished first and second.  France plays in the round of 16 on Saturday (with Uruguay vs Portugal) while Denmark plays Sunday (with Spain vs Russia)  their round of 16 opponents will be decided when Group d is done.

In group A, Uruguay beat Russia 3-0 to win the group, while Russia takes second.  Saudi Arabia beat Egypt 2-1 to finish group play.  Group B had all the drana.  Portugal carried the lead most of the game. Iran ties it late.  Meanwhile Spain and Morocco each traded goals in stoppage time.  End results had Iran and Spain tie at one while Portugal and Morocco play to A 2-2 tie Spain and Portugal End up with 5 points, but Spain takes group based  on goals scored  (6 to Portugal's 5).  Iran finishes  third and Morocco 4th.  Stay tuned tomorrow for more potential drama. Game has: Denmark vs France and Australia vs Peru in group C and Nigeria vs Argentina and Iceland vs Croatia.

With England beating Panama 6-1, they and Belgium will be into the round of 16. Panama and Tunisia are out.  In group h, Colombia beat Poland 3-0 and Japan and Senegal tied at 2.  Tomorrow has Uruguay vs Russia and Saudi Arabia to finish group A, while Iran vs Portugal and Spain vs Morroco will finish group B.  Time to decide the round of 16.

Germany absolutely saved their tournament with a late goal in stoppage time to beat Sweden 2-1.  Had they lost,  it would have been the first time they would have they missed the knockout round since 1938.  Wow.  Earlier Mexico beat South Korea 2-1 and Belgium beat Tunisia 5-2.  Tomorrow has England vs Panama, Japan vs Senegal and Poland vs Colombia.

Nigeria beat Iceland 2-0 and reall improved their chances getting to the round of 16.  In group E, Brazil beat Costa Rica 2-0 and Switzerland beat Serbia 2-1.  Costa Rica is eliminated.  Tomorrow has Germany vs Sweden, Mexico vs South Korea and Belgium vs Tunisia.

Group c had France beat Peru 1-0 and Denmark and Australia played to a 1-1 tie.  France is in the round of 16 while Peru is out.  One group d game and it had Croatia beat Argentina 3-0.  Croatia is into the round of 16. Tomorrow has Nigeria vs Iceland, Brazil vs Costa Rica and Serbia vs Switzerland.

Summer here began at 4:07am this morning.  Its been here for a few days already. Supposed to get close to 30c again today.  It also put most of Alberta under a heat warning.  Try to stay cool.

It was a 1-0 kind of day.  Uruguay beat Saudi Arabia, Portugal beat Morocco and Spain beat Iran, all by 1-0. Russia an Uruguay are into the round of 16 out of group A.  Morocco is eliminated from group B.  Tomorrow has France vs Peru, Denmark vs Australia,  and Argentina vs Croatia.

Day 6 is done.  Senegal beat Poland 2-1 (which surprised my chapelin), Japan beat Colombia 2-1 and Russia beat Egypt 3-1.  That last result pretty much got Russia into the round of 16.  Tomorrow has Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay, Portugal vs Morocco and Spain vs Iran.

What a day here.  Brazil and Switzerland just finished playing to a 1-1 draw.  Huge for Switzerland. Earlier Mexico beat Germany 1-0.  Huge for Mexico. And Serbia beat Costa Rica 1-0.  Tomorro has Sweden vs South Korea, Belgium vs Panama and Tunisia vs England.

Portugal and Spain played to a 3-3 draw.  Pretty good game.  Earlier Iran scored a dramatic 1-0 win over Morocco after an own goal.   And Uruguay beat Egypt 1-0.  Tomorrow has France vs Australia, Argentina vs Iceland, Peru vs Denmark and Croatia vs Nigeria.

The 2018 World cup has begun with Russia beating Saudi Arabia 5-0.   Not much of a surprise.  Tomorrow has Egypt vs Uruguay, Morocco vs Iran and Portugal vs Spain (my pick for game of the day).

The united bid of Canada, U.S., and Mexico has been chosen to host the 2026 world cup. It will be the first time Canada has hosted, second time for the U.S., and the third time for Mexico.  134 votes went to the united bid, 65 votes to Morocco and one for neither.  It will be the first tournament to have 48 nations competing.  It will also be the first time three nations will host. Congrats to the united bid.

Justify has just  won the Belmont Stakes and is the 13th horse to win the triple crown.  He won the Belmont in 2:28.18.  Mike E. Smith is winning jockey and Bob Baffert is winning trainer.

The Washington Capitals are Stanley Cup champions after winning game 5 4-3 and the series four games to one. First Stanley Cup in team history. Lars Ellar with the series clincher. Alexander Ovechkin was bamed Conn Smythe trophy winner as playoff MVP.  That is it for another hockey season.  At least until the fall.

The Acadie-Bathurst Titan are Memorial Cup champions after beating host Regina Pats 3-0 in the championship game.  Congrats.

The Capitals are in The stanley cup finals after beating The Bolts 4-0 in game 7 and will start The finals in Vegas on Monday night.  We will have a first time winner.

The story of the season has reached the Stanley Cup final as the Golden Knights beat the Jets 2-1 in game 5 and the series 4-1.  Wow.  They await the winner of the Caps vs Bolts series.

Sweden as they beat Switzerland 3-2 in the shootout.  This was a pretty good game.  Sweden are back to back champions - last uear beating Canada in the shootout.  11th championship for Sweden while its a third silver ever for Switzerland.  Congrats to Sweden.  Next year it will be in Slovakia.  So that is it for this year.

The U.S. takes the bronze after beating Canada 2-1.  Pretty decent game.  Canada pulled their goalie and gave up a couple of goals. Only the gold medal game left.

Justify wins the scond jewel of the triple crown on a muddy track in Pimlico.  Mike E. Smith is winning jockey and Bob Baffert is winning trainer.  The Belmont Stakes are in three weeks.

Switzerland will be playing Sweden for gold tomorrow.  Sweden beat the U.S. 6-0 while Switzerland just beat Canada 3-2.  Last time Switzerland and Sweden met for gold was 2013 (i think).  Canada will play the U.S. for bronze.

Four pretty good ones.  Canada beat Russia 5-4 in ot and will face Switzerland in one semi final. Switzerland beat Finland 3-2.  Sweden will play the U.S. in the other semi final. Sweden beat Latvia 3-2 while the U.S beat the Czechs 3-2.   Semi finals are on Saturday.

Final day had Switzerland beat France 5-1, Slovakia beat Belarus 7-4, Sweden beat Russia 3-1, Finland beat the U.S. 6-2, Canada beat Germany 3-0,  and Latvia beat Denmark 1-0. Quartefinal match ups has Sweden vs Latvia, U.S.  vs Czech Republic, Russia vs Canada and Finland vs Switzerland.   Games are on Thursday.  Here are the Final standings.

Canada barely beat Latvia 2-1.  This one went into ot.  Earlier Norway beat South Korea 3-0.  South Korea will be relegated.  Group b has the U.S. leads with 16 pts followed by Finland with 13, then Canada with 12 and Denmark with 11.  Group a had Russia beat Slovakia 3-0 and the Czech Republic hung on to beat Austria 4-3. Austria will finish 7th and Belarus relegated.  Sweden leads with 17 pts followed by Russia with 16, then Czech Republic with 15, then Switzerland with 9. Slovakia is a point behind Switzerland in 5th.  Tomorrow's final round robin games has: Switzerland vs France, Belarus vs Slovakia,  Russia vs Sweden,  Finland vs U.S., Canada vs Germany and Latvia vs Denmark.   This will decide the quarter finals.

In group a, Czech Republic beat France 6-0 and Sweden just beat Switzerland 5-3. Sweden leads the group with 17 pts, followed by Russia with 12, then Czech Republic with 12, and Switzerland with 9.  In group b, the U. S. beat Norway 9-3 and Germany beat Finland 3-2 in ot.   The U.S. leads the group with 16 pts, followed by Finland with 13, then Denmark with 11, then Canada with 10. Tomorrows games has Russia vs Slovakia, Czech Republic vs Austria, South Korea vs Norway and Canada vs Latvia.

Canada got their butts kicked by Finland losing 5-1.  Wow.  Earlier Latvia beat Germany 3-1 and Denmark beat South Korea 3-1.  The U.S.  leads with 13 points, then Finland with 12,  Denmark with 11 and Canada with 10.  In group a, Sweden beat Slovakia in OT 4-3, Austria beat Belarus 4-0,  and Russia beat Switzerland 4-3.  Sweden leads the group with 14 points followed by Russia with 13,  Switzerland and Czech Republic have 9 points each.  Tomorrow has France vs Czech Republic,  Switzerland vs Sweden,  Norway vs the U.S. and Germany vs Finland.

The Winnipeg Jets are making their first trip to The conference final after beating The Nashville Predators 5-1 in Game 7.  They will face The Vegas Golden Knights starting Saturday night in Winnipeg.  Washington vs Tampa Bay start tomorrow.

Canada beat Norway 5-0 and sits tied atop Group B with the U.S. at 10 poi ts.   The U.S beat Latvia 3-2 in OT. Finland is third with 9 and Latvia with 6.  In Group A, Slovakia beat France 3-1 andthe Czech Republic beat Russia 4-3 in OT.  Sweden leads that group with 12pts, then Russia with 10,  Switzerland with 9 and Slovakia with 7.  Tomorrow has France vs Austria,  Belarus vs Czech Republic, Denmark vs Norway and the U.S.  vs South Korea.

Surprise pf the day goes to Denmark as they beay Finland 3-2.  Other games had Sweden beay Austria 7-0,  Switzerland beat Belarus 5-2 and Germany beat South Korea 6-1.  Tomorrow has Slovakia vs France, Czech Rep. vs Russia, USA vs Latvia and Canada vs Norway.

James Paxton threw 99 pitches and struck out 16 as the Mariners beat the Jays 5-0.  Third no hitter of the season. Oh by the way he is from Lander B.C.  He is the second Canadian to throw a no hitter after Dick Fowler did it with the Philadelphia A's in 1945.

The Capitals are into th eastern conference finals after eliminating The two rime Stanley Cup champions Pittsburgh Penguins in overtime in game 6.  They will start in Tampa Bay.

Canada beat Denmark 7-1 fow their second win of the tournanent.  Also the U.S. beat Germany 3-0, Russia over Belarus 6-0 and Sweden just beating France 4-0.  Russia and Sweden sit atop Group A with 9 points each, followed by Switzerland with 5 and France with 3. (Top 4).  In Group B, the U.S leads with 8 points,  then Canada with 7, Finland with 6 and Norway with 5. (Top 4).  Tomorrow has Austria vs Slovakia, Czech rep. Vs Switzerland, South Korea vs Latvia and Finland vs Norway.

This Vegas team continues its cinderella run after eliminating the San Jose Sharks in six games.  They await the winner of the Nashvillr vs Winnipeg series.

Here are the Updated standings.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are in The Eastern Conference final after eliminating Boston 3-1 in game 5 and The series 4 game to one. They will face either Washington or Pittsburgh.

Yes day 3.  Canada blew out South Korea 10-0 early this morning.  At the moment they are second in group B.   Also Russia beat Austria 7-0 and Sweden beat the Czechs 3-2.  Norway and Germany are in OT.  Later has Slovakia vs Switzerland  and Latvia vs Finland.   Updated standings At somehow point later.

Justify had won the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby in a time of 2:04.20 on a muddy track.  Mike Smith is winning jockey and Bob Baffert is winning trainer.  Next up is the Preakness in two weeks.

Walker Buehler,  Tony Cingrani, Yimi Garcia and Adam Liberatore combined for a No hitter as the Dodgers beat the Padres 4-0.  They combined for 5 walks and 13 K's in the no hitter.  The game was in Mexico.