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 Canada beat Germany 6-3, and from what I heard it was too close for comfort.  Finland beat Sweden  5-4 in a shootout, USA 10 Slovakia 2 and Czech Republic 4 Switzerland 2. Quarterfinals are: Sweden vs Switzerland,  Canada vs Czech Republic (7:30 am Prince Albert time), Finland vs Slovakia and Latvia vs USA. Norway vs Germany in a best of 3 relegation series. Quarterfinals are on Tuesday. 

 Disappointing finish as Sweden beats Canada 2-0 to put Canada at two wins and a loss, while Sweden has won all three of the games. Sweden has not given up a goal yet. Canada finishes round robin Sunday vs Germany and Sweden plays Finland on Sunday.  Then the quarterfinals. 

 The 14th edition was in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from August 1-17. 42 nations and 5227 athletes competed. Juan Marichel and Pedro Martinez were on hand. Basque pelota and water-skiing returned. The mascot was named Tito.  31 nations won a medal and 16 won gold. United States won 117g, 80s, 73b = 270* total. Cuba won 72g, 41s, 39b = 152 total. Canada won 29g, 57s, 42 = 128* total. Brazil won 29g, 40s, 54 = 123. Host Dominican Republic won 10g, 12s, 19b = 41 total. (* totals are disputed).  Here is the logo for these games. 

 Oh boy Canada is now two for two after beating Latvia 10-0. No surprise there. 8 different players had goals. Carson Rehkopf and Conor Geekie had two goals. Other games had Slovakia 3 Switzerland 0 and Czech Republic 8 Norway 1. Canada plays again Friday against Sweden. 

 Germany beat Finland 5-4 and earned their first ever victory over Finland. Wow. Finland is now 0-2.

 Canada has opened with a 5-2 win over Finland. Good start so far.  Tomorrow Canada faces Latvia. Slovakia beat Czech Republic 6-2 in the first game of the day. The USA is leading Norway 3-0 and Sweden plays Latvia later.

 The 15th edition was held in Rio De Janeiro from July 13-29. 5633 athletes and 42 nations participated. 95 Pan American records were set.  Mascot was Cauè in the figure of the sun. 32 nations won a medal and 19 of them won gold. Among the golds were Antigua and Barbuda and El Salvador winning their first ones. United States led with 97g, 88s, 52b for 237 total. Cuba was 2nd in golds and 4th overall with 59g, 35s, 41b for 135 total. Host Brazil was 3rd in golds and 2nd overall with 52g  40s, 65b for 157 total. Canada was 4th in gold and 3rd overall with 39g, 44s, 55b for 138 total. Here is the logo for these games. 

  Merry Christmas to all the viewers and readers all  around the world. Hopefully time with family and good food. I hope it's a wonderful day for you.

 Winter will begin at 9:27pm tonight, making tomorrow the first full day.  Hasn't been much of one so far.  Not much for snow and not really that cold either. Christmas weekend is supposed to be pleasant as well.

 The 16th edition of the Pan American Games were held in Guadalajara, Mexico from October 14th to 30th.  42 nations and 5996 athletes participated in the games. Netherlands Antilles had been dissolved prior to these games, but were allowed to compete under the PASO flag. They haven't competed since. Rugby 7s replaced Futsal, while racquetball and basque pelota returned. Cayman Islands won its first ever gold from Brett Fraser in 200m freestyle swim. St Kitts and Nevis won its first two ever medals - both silvers.  First from Kim Collins in mens 100m in athletics. Him, along with Antoine Adams, Delwayne Delaney, Brijesh Lawrence and Jason Rogers won the silver in the 4x100m relay. United States led with 92g, 79s, 66b for 237 total. Cuba was 2nd in golds and 3rd overall with 58g, 35s, 47b for 136 total. Brazil was 3rd in golds and 2nd overall with 48g, 35s, 58b for 141 total. Host Mexico was 4th with 42g, 41s, 50b for 133 total. Canada had 30g, 40s, 49b for 119 total. Here is the log

 Say this on Facebook. From August 27, 1977. The second time this has happened. Back to back inside the park home runs on consecutive pitches (only time) courtesy of the Texas Rangers. Toby Harrah and Bump Wills hit the Homer's of Yankees pitcher Ken Clay. The Rangers hit 5 homers in the game en route to an 8-2 win.  So, how about that?

 Start making plans CFL fans,  the 2024 schedule is out.  Season begins June 6 with the Grey Cup rematch with Montreal going to Winnipeg. Balanced schedule has returned where every team visits the rest of hhe league (Edmonton visits the remaining 8 teams, the 8 teams goes to Edmonton). The usual labor day games.  Ottawa visits Montreal on Thanksgiving. Regular season ends October 25/26. Division semis are on November 2nd, division finals November 9th, the 111th Grey Cup in Vancouver is November 17th.

 Was at the Raiders game last night znd they beat Kamloops 3-1. Was a pretty good game.  Max Hildebrand made 37 stops in the win.  In between intermissions and after each stoppage was all sorts of giveaways for the 12 days of Christmas. After the game Easton Kovacs, Grady Martin, Matej Kubiesa, Krzysztof Macias and Doogie Pederson were signing autographs in the foyer. By ghe way, I've been to 4 games and the Raiders win all of them.

 ...Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. The NBA player helped Canada's basketball team qualify for the upcoming Olympics. The Northern Star award is for Canada's athlete of the tear. Shai is the second basketball player to win the award. The first was Steve Nash. 

 Let's see, what happened? Went to a Prince Albert Raiders game vs Calgary and the Raiders won 4-3. Saturday was the usual work followed by laundry, finishing the 1973 NHL quarterfinals, some vacuuming, watched Mrs Brown's boys, Rudolph red nosed reindeer znd kept an eye on the hockey. Today was NFL stats, work and more Mrs Brown's boys. Nap time.

 Boy oh boy was it ever. Had some freezing rain overnight and into today. Was quite the icy walk to and from work. Was a little better coming home.  There was some snow in the forecast. Just looked outside and no snow. First 2-4cm, then 5-10cm forecast. None here. It's going to be icy tomorrow.

 We'll start with Christine Sinclair. She played her 331st and final international game with Canada as they beat Australia 1-0 in a friendly. 190 international goals on top of that. Two Olympic bronzes (2012 and 2016) and an Olympic gold (2020). Her first game was in 2000.  An amazing career (and I met her). Went to city hall for the first annual Christmas tree lighting. Some of the Raiders, McIntosh Lumberjacks and Northern Bears hockey teams were there. Plus hay rides pulled by horses, hot chocolate and candy canes as well.  Lots of fun.  So about last night.....

 Well hello December, what's up? What you're the last month of the year?  Yikes. What else?  Lots of hockey? Sure. I can add: 1. 25 days of Brooks Holt and girlfriend Elisha playing mini golf. 2. The Vinyl Cafe advent calendar. From yesterday to Christmas eve, Jess Milton puts a clip of a Dave and Morley story on Instagram and you can listen to the whole story on YouTube. 3. An episode of Mrs Brown's Boys from yesterday to Christmas day. 4. Chocolate advent calendars. 5. The Saturday Christmas shows.  I watch Elf (viewed today), Rudolph the red nosed reindeer, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Charlie Brown Christmas every Saturday up to Christmas eve and a Christmas Carol on Christmas eve.  I think I have it covered. Boxing day is the start of the world juniors. And the 1973 NHL playoffs are being played. December will be here and gone before we know it. Enjoy.

 The 1971-72 season had 14 teams and a 78 game schedule. Highlights include: 1. Montreal hiring Scotty Bowman. 2. New York Rangers goal a game line of Jean Ratelle, Vic Hadfield and Rod Gilbert finish 3rd, 4th and 5th in the points race.  Phil Esposito and Gordie Howe were 1-2. 3. Boston and New York were first teams since 1960 to finish 1-2 overall and reach Stanley Cup finals. 4. November 4 Los Angeles Kings acquire Rogie Vachon from Montreal. 5. March 22 Marcel Dionne of Detroit sets rookie record with 75 points in a season. 6. March 25 Gerry Cheevers sets unbeaten streak at 32 (24 wins 8 ties).  7. February 19 Phil Esposito first player to record 3 100 point seasons. Quarterfinals: Boston 4 Toronto 1, New York 4 Montreal 2, St Louis 4 Minnesota 3, Chicago 4 Philadelphia 0.  Semi finals: Boston 4 St Louis 0, New York 4 Chicago 0. Stanley Cup finals: Boston 4 New York 2. Boston wins 5th Stanley Cup. Bobby Orr wins Conn Smythe trophy. 1972 #1 draft pick us Billy Harris of the New York

 First, the Vanier Cup. The Montreal Carabins won their 2nd title, 16-7 over the UBC Thunderbirds. Montreal won their first one in 2014. It was a good week for Montreal in championships.  Second,  the 2023 Parapan American games ended yesterday.  Canada finished with 9g, 15s 28b for 52 total. A good haul. Plus the womens goalball team qualified for the Paralympics in Paris 2024. With November almost over, it was a hectic sports month. It's also been a mild one as well. Not much snow. I'll take it.

 Wow what a finish.  Cody Fajardo to Tyson Philpot for the game winning touchdown with 13 seconds left give the Montreal Alouettes beat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 28-24 to win their 8th ever Grey Cup. First Grey Cup since 2010. This was a heck of a game. This ends the 2023 season. The game winning touchdown was a 2 minute drive. Fajardo also beat Zach Collaros for the  first time. #IsItMayYet

 The Winnipeg Blue Bombers just beat the B.C. Lions 24-13 to advance to their 4th Grey Cup game in a row. They will be facing the Montréal Alouettes for the 110th Grey Cup on the 19th. Kick off will be around 5pm Prince Albert time. 

 Wow did Montréal ever dethrone Toronto. The Alouettes knocked off the defending Grey Cup champions Argonauts 38-17. That is big. The second 16-2 team to fail to get to the Grey Cup. Also Montréal first Grey Cup trip since 2010 when they beat Saskatchewan. Next up is B.C. vs Winnipeg. 

 OK I'm going backwards with this. The 2015 Pan American games were held in Toronto Ontario Canada from July 10th to 26th. 41 nations and 6127 athletes competed in the games. One fewer nation than 2011 as the Netherlands Antilles were dissolved. Golf and canoe slalom were added, marking the first time all Olympic sports were competed at the Pan American Games. 19 different sports had Olympic qualification ramifications. Saint Lucia 🇱🇨 won its first ever gold as Levern Spencer won it in womens high jump.   United States was first overall in medals with 103g, 82s, 80b for 265 total. Host Canada was 2nd with 78g, 70s, 71b for 219 total. Brazil was third with 42g, 39s, 60b for 141 total. Next one is 2011. Here is the logo for 2015.

 This was held in Sapporo, Japan from February 3-13. 11 teams at this tournament. 5 pre tournament games decided would play with the Soviet Union in the final round znd who would play in the consolation round. Canada did not play at this tournament due to the iihf allowing "professionals" playing with the Soviet Union. Eventually that got figured out, with Canada returning to international competition in 1977 and the Olympics in 1980. United States was nicknamed yhe overlooked team. They upset Czechoslovakia, then Finland to eventually win a silver. Soviet Union won gold. United States the silver and Czechoslovakia the bronze. The USA znd Czechoslovakia each had identical records. The first tie break was head to head, which, as noted, yhe USA won. Soon, the 1976 games in Innsbruck Austria. 

 Here's how things shook down at the Pan American Games. Finished with 46g, 55s, 63b for 164 total. They were 4th in gold and 3rd overall.   Women won 82 medals (22g, 30s, 30b), men won 71 (22g, 22s, 27b) and mixed teams won 11 (2g, 3s, 6b). They medaled in every day of competition (minus the days before opening ceremony). Most medals in a day won was 20 yesterday (6g, 8s, 6b). Least amount won on a day was 1, a silver on October 28 and 31. They medaled in 36 events, with swimming topping the charts with 11g, 6s, 8b for 25 total. USA led the overall medals with 124g, 75s, 87b for 286 total.  Brazil was second with 66g, 77s, 66b for 205 total. Mexico was 3rd in golds and 4th overall with 52g, 38s, 52b for 142 total. Next Pan American Games is in Barranquilla, Colombia in 2027.

 3s and 2b to end. Ghe silvers:  Hollie Naughton, Nicole Bunyan and Nikole Todd in womens team squash, Mitch Hupe in mens bowls and Edward Ly, Eugene Wang and Simeon Martin in mens team table tennis. The bronzes: Melissa Bratic in karate 68kg and Elena Sharp in golf. Final total is 46g, 55s, 63b for 164 total. 

 The flag bearers for Canada at tonight's closing ceremony is Katie Vincent and Phil Wizard. Couple of interesting choices.  They will do Canada proud. 

 Calgary tried to make it close, but the B.C. Lions are into the west final, winning the semi 41-30. They will be going to Winnipeg to play the Blue Bombers next Saturday. 

 Yikes a boatload. Katie Vincent and Sloan MacKenzie in C2 500m gold, Lee Parkhill in sailing sunfish gold, Laurent Lavigne, Nick Matveev, Pierre-Luc Poulin and Simon McTavish in K4 500m silver, Remi Aubin and Keegan Soehn in synchro trampoline silver, the womens rugby 7s silver, Yamina Lahyanssa karate 50kg silver, Sarah Douglas sailing laser radial silver, mens rugby 7s bronze, womens water polo silver, Connor Fitzpatrick C1 1000m bronze, Courtney Stott and Madeline Schmidt in K2 500m bronze, womens softball bronze, Brock Hoel, Liam Donnely, Dominika Jamnicky and Emy Legault in mixed triathlon bronze,David Baillageon, George Crowne and Graeme Schnell in team squash bronze, Phil Wizard in breaking gold, Fares Arfa, Francois Cauchon and Shawn Gordon in team fencing gold, Ethan Katzberg in hammer throw gold, Jean Simon Desgagnes in 3000m steeplechase gold, Leonard MacKinnon, Alexanne Werret and Ruien Xiao in team epee silver, and to finish it off, Alycia Butterworth in 3000m steeplechas

 Montreal Allouetes just beat Hamilton Tiger-Cats 27-12 and will go to Toronto next Saturday to face the Argonauts. Coming up: Calgary at B.C.

 A silver znd a bronze. The silver: Pamela Brindamour, Tamar Gordon and Marissa Ponich in team sabre.  The bronze comes from the mens field hockey team. They are: Brendan Bissett, Findlay Boothroyd, Sam Cabral, Taylor Curran, Sean Davis, Brendan Guraliuk, Thomson Harris, Gordon Johnson, James Kirkpatrick, Ethan McTavish, Devohn Noronha Texiera, Balraj Panesar, Keegan Periera, Matthew Sarmento, Oliver Scholfield and Floris van Son. That is now 40g, 44s, 55b for 139 total. Woohoo.

 Two silvers and a bronze since my last post. The silvers: George Crowne and Nicole Bunyan in mixed doubles squash and Blake Broszus, Patrick Liu and Max Van Haaster in mens team foil. The bronze: Claudia Laos-Loo in karate individual kata.  That is now 40g, 43s, 54b for 137 total.

 Yes, 3g, 2s, 3b so far. The golds: Michelle Russell in womens K1 500, Ian Gaudet and Simon McTavish in mens K2 500m and Alix Plomteux and Craig Spence in mens C2 500m. The silvers: Toshka Besharah, Natalie Davidson, Riley Melanson and Courtney Stott in womens K4 500m, and Mariah Millen and Alexandra ten Hove in sailing 49er FX. The bronzes: Sophia Jensen in womens C1 200m, Justin Barnes and Will Jones in mens sailing 49er, and the team of Sydney Carroll, Scarlett Finn, Audrey Larothe, Jonnie Newman, Raphaelle Plante, Kenzie Priddell, Claire Sheffely, Florence Tremblay and Olena Verebinska in synchro artistic swim.  That is now 40g, 41s, 53b for 134 total. Yesss

 Yikes. 2g 5s 3b. The golds: Charles Philibert-Thiboutot in mens 1500m and Sarah Mitton in womens shot put. The silvers: Hannah  Taylor in wrestling 57kg, Fynn Fafaro, Dylan French and Nicholas Zhang in team epee, Sabrina Fang, Jessica Guo and Eleanor Harvey in team foil, Robert Heppenstall in 1500m, and Mitch Huff & Francois Laudie in team lawn bowls. The bronzes: Hunter Lee in wrestling 86kg, Olivia DiMarco in wrestling 68kg and Julie Anna Staehli in womens 5000m.  Yikes. That 37g, 39s, 50b for 126 total. 

 The Texas Rangers are world series champions for the first time ever as they beat Arizona 5-0 in game 5 to finish off the series 4-1. Been in Arlington since 1972 after moving from Washington. Congrats to the Texas Rangers and my Rangers friends

 The recipients are: Nishan Randhawa in mens wrestling 97kg, Ruien Xiao in womens epee, Fares Arfamins in mens Sabre, Shaul Gordon in mens Sabre, Adam Thomson in mens wrestling 74kg and Kalia Butler in womens hammer throw. That is now 35g, 34s and 47b for 116 total. 

 Mario Deslauriers, Tiffany Foster, Amy Millar and Beth Underhill have a silver in the team equestrian jumping event. That is now 35g, 34s, 41b for 110 total. 

 3 bronzes to begin November. Zhang Mo in womens table tennis, Eugene Wang in mens table tennis and Hollie Naughton in womens squash. That is now 35g, 33s, 41b for 109 total. 

 It's a silver from Charles Philibert-Thiboutot in the mens 5000m.  Nothing until this one. Yippee. That us now 35g, 33s, 38b for 106 medals. Happy Halloween. 

 Both in fencing. Dylan French with a gold in epee and Eleanor Harvey in individual foil. That is now 35g, 32s, 38b for 105 total. Assuming this information is right.

 1g, 1s 3b so far.  The gold is from Shady El Nahas in judo mens 100kg class. The silver os from Sanoa Dempfle-Olin in surfing shortboard. The bronzes are from: Finn Spencer in surfing stand up paddleboard, Eugene Wang and Zhang MO in mixed doubles table tennis and Jessica Guo in fencing individual foil. That is now 34g, 31s, 38b for 103 total. We are over 100.

 10. Yes, 10 of them. 1g, 3s, 6b. Yhe gold from Colleen Loach, Karl Slezak, Lindsey Traisnel and Michael Winter in team equestrian eventing. That I think got them an Olympic spot as well. The silvers: Lois Betteridge in womens canoe slalom C-1, Isabelle Harris in judo womens 63kg class and Alex Baldoni in kayak cross. The Bronzes: Mael Rivard in mens canoe slalom K-1, Lea Baldoni in womens canoe slalom K-1, Lindsey Traisnel in equestrian individual eventing, Antoine Bouchard in mens judo 73kg class, Lois Betteridge in womens kayak cross and David Popovici in news judo 81kg.  That is now 33g, 29s, 36b for 98 total. Yes. Stay tuned for more.  UPDATE: Lois Betteridge went from bronze to silver in kayak cross. Don't know what happened. That is 33g, 30s, 35b for 98 total

 Just the one medal and it came from Julien Mascadore in judo 66kg class. Bit of confusion whether they had more. Turns out only one. That is now 32g, 26s, 30b for 88 total.  8 days left.

 Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson have claimed silver in beach volleyball. They still put up a very good run for themselves. That is now 32g, 25s, and 30b for 87 total.

 First from Wyatt Sanford. Yesterday he qualified himself a spot for Paris 2024 winning his semi final.  Today he wins gold at the Pan Am games, winning in the mens 63.5kg boxing class. Second in cycling team pursuit. The team of Chris Ernst, Michael Foley, Carson Mattern and Sean Richardson has the gold. That is now 32g, 24s, 30b for 86 total. Yes.

 Tammara Thibeault has a gold in the 75kg category. First qualified fir 2024 Olympics, now a gold. That is now 30g, 24s, 30b for 84 total. 

 Let's start with the bronze. Charlie Cavanaugh won her bronze in the boxing 66kg event. That is now 29g, 24s, 30b for 83 total. Now for Tammara Thibeault. By winning her semi final boutique in boxing,  she qualified herself for the Olympics next summer. That is awesome. Congrats to Tammara. 

 The first one was from Kelly Fitzsimmons and Devan Wiebe in modern pentathlon womens relay. The second was from McKenzie Wright in womens boxing 56kg. That is now 29g, 24s, 29b for 82 total.

 1g, 1s, 2b to start. The gold is from Tugrul Ozer in 10m air pistol. The silver is from Coby Iwaasa and Samuel Murray in racquetball team. The bronzes: Bryan Colwell in boxing 92kg and from Junior Pentaqui in boxing 71kg. That is now 29g, 24s 27b for 80 total. 

 Two silvers and a bronze. The silvers: Mia Vallee and Pamela Ware in 3m synchro springboard and  Nathan Zsombor-Murray in 10m platform (just win this one). The bronze was from Rene Cournoyer in horizontal bar. That brings the total to 28g, 23s, 25b for 76 total.  Day 5 total: 8g 3s 7b for 18 total. A very good day 5.

 A gold and two bronze. The gold: Devaney Collier, Kiara Lylyk, Fiona Majendie, and Ruby West in cycling team pursuit. The bronzes: Javier Acevado, Finlay Knox, Gabe Mastromatteo, Blake Tierney, Edouard Fullum-Huot, Raben Dommann and Kier Ogilvie in the 4x100m medley relay and Ava Stewart on the balance beam.  That is now 28g, 21s, 24b for 73 total.

 Yhe 1970-71 NHL season had 14 teams and a 78 game schedule. Teams played a balanced schedule where all teams played each other 6 times. The Vancouver Canucks and Buffalo Sabres joined the league and added to the East division, smile Chicago was moved to the West. Playoff format changed slightly, with the crossover happening in the semis.  Boston Bruins had the top 4 point getters, all with 100+ points, a first. Phil Esposito first to score 60 goals, then 70, finishing with 76.  June 10 1970, California Seals trade Francois Lacombe and their first round pick in 1971 to Montreal for Ernie Hicke and their first round pick in 1971. Montreal picks Guy Lafleur. He plays 1176 games, scores 560g, 793 assists for 1353 points. He has 5 100 point seasons,  5 50 goal seasons, and one 60 goal season.  January 1971 Detroit trades Frank Mahavolich to Montreal.   March 18, 1971 Gilbert Perreault scores his 35th goal of the season,  breaking a rookie record. He finished with 38. Playoffs had: QF; Mont

 4g, a silver and a bronze. The golds:  Sydney Pickrem in the 200m individual medley, Ty Lindeman and Josephine Wu in mixed badminton doubles, Finlay Knox in the mens 200m individual medley and Danielle Hanus, Mary Sophie-Harvey, Maggie Mac Neil, Rachel Nicol, Sophie Angus, Brooklyn Douthwright, Maddy Gatrall and Katerine Savard in the 4x100m medley. The silver to Mary Sophie-Harvey in the 200m individual medley.  The bronze to Felix Dolci in the vault.  That is now 27g, 21s, 22b for 70 total. Stay tuned for more.

 This one is Rachel Chan on womens singles. That is now 23g, 20s, 21b for 64 total. Way to go.

 It was Brian Yang who won it in the singles competition. That is now 23g, 20s and 20b for 63 total 

 Onto day 5. The golds: Catherine Choi and Josephine Wu in womens badminton doubles and Adam Dong and Nyl Yakura in mens badminton doubles. The bronze: Alizee Brien and Shaye de Piava in doubles skulls and Shannon Westlake in 50m rifle three positions. That is now 22g, 20s, 20b for 62 total. 

 Yup. They just beat Philadelphia 4-2 tonight and will face the Texas Rangers starting Friday. Should be a good one. Arizona looking for their first series since 2001 and Texas is looking for their first ever series win.

 A gold and two bronze. The gold from Pamela Ware in 3m springboard.  The bronzes: Felix Dolci in rings and Alannah Yip in sport climbing Boulder and lead. That is now 20g, 20s, 18b for 58 total. Day 4 totals: 8g, 5s, 5b for 18 total. Wow.

 Jackie Boyle, Sarah Orban and Emy Savard with said bronze in team track sprint.  That is now 19g, 20s, 16b for 55 total.

 2 golds, a silver and a bronze. The golds: James Hedgcock,  Tyler Rorke and Nick Wammes in cycling team sprint and Zachary Clay in pommel horse. The silver is Jayson Rampersand in pommel horse. Ghe bronze: Javier Acevado, Alex Axon, Jeremy Bagshaw, Finlay Knox, Raben Domrann, Blake Tierney and Yu Tong Wu in the 4x200m freestyle. That is now 19g, 20s, 15b gor 54 total.

 2g, 2s and 1b. The golds: Julie Brousseau in the 400m individual medley and Felix Dolci on the floor exercise. The silvers: Hunter Smith in mens wakeboard and Collyn Gagne in mens 400m individual medley. Julie Brousseau  Brooklyn Douthwright, Katerine Savard, Mary Sophie-Harvey, Emma O'Croinin, and Sydney Pickrem got the bronze in 4x200m freestyle relay. That is now  17g, 19s znd 14b for 50 medals.  Yesss

 Maggie Mac Neil strikes again. A gold in the 50m freestyle. She may end up carrying the Canadian flag at the closing ceremony on November 5th. That is now 15g, 17s, 13b for 45 total. 

 A gold and two silvers. The gold is from Dorien Llewellyn in mens water skiing overall. The silvers come from: Paige Rini in womens water skiing overall and Coby Iwaasa + Samuel Murray in doubles racquetball. That is now 14g, 17s, 13b for 44 overall. The hits keep coming. 

 The ladies are at it again.  The rowing team of Alizee Brien, Abigail Dent, Kendra Hartley, Parker Illingworth, Olivia McMurray Caroline De Peiva, Abby Speirs Leia Till and Kristin Kit has GOLD in the womens coxed 8s. Woohoo. That is now 13g, 15s, 13b for 41 total. Yesss

 This ended up a no doubter. Texas wins game 7 11-4 and is heading for the world series. They await the winner of the Philadelphia/Arizona series. The road team won every game in this series. World series starts in Arlington on Friday. 

 First one was from the mixed 4x100m medley as Javier Acevado, Gabe Mastromatteo, Maggie Mac Neil, Mary Sophie-Harvey, James Dergousoff, Blake Tierney, Brooklyn Douthwright and Katerine Savard combined to win that one. The second comes from Caeli McKay and Kate Miller in synchro diving 10m platform. That is now 12g, 15s, 13b for 40 total. 

 Good golly miss Molly. 1g, 2s, 3b. The gold from Sydney Pickrem in the 200m breaststroke. Kelsey Wog got a silver, also in the200m backstroke. Brayden Taivassaro has a silver in the 200m breaststroke. Beatrice Boucher, Camille Carrier-Bergeron, Mathilde Tetreault and Naima Moreira Laliberte in the team equestrian dressage with a bronze. Danielle Hanus with a bronze in the womens 100m backstroke and Blake Tierney with a bronze in the mens 100m backstroke. That is now 12g, 13s, 13b for 38

 2g, 2s and a bronze. The golds: Felix Dolci in the Gymnastics individual all-around and Maggie Mac Niel in the 100m freestyle. The silvers: Neilly Ross in womens water skiing tricks and Dorien Llewellyn in mens water skiing tricks. The bronze is Marc-Andre Bergeron in mens taekwondo +80kg. That is now 11g, 11s and 10b for 32 total. 

 Here we go. The silvers: Abigail Dent and Olivia Mc Murray in coxless pairs rowing, Neilly Ross in womens water skiing slalom and Dorien Llewellyn in mens water skiing jump. The bronzes: Alizee Brien, Carolina De Piava, Kendra Hartley and Parker Illingworth in rowing quadruple skulls and Parker Rini with two herself. One in womens water skiing slalom znd one in jump. That us now 9g, 9s, and 9b for 27 total.

 Yeppers. Both in the womens 1m springboard diving. Pamela Ware with the gold and Mia Vallee with the silver. Woohoo. That is now 9g, 6s, 6b for 21 total.

 One gold and 2 bronze. The gold came from Skylar Park in taekwondo 57kg event. The bronzes came from: Hugh McNeil in 200m backstroke and the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay  of Javier Acevedo, Finlay Knox, Maggie Mac Neil, Mary Sophie-Harvey, Stephen Calkins, Eduard Fullum-Huot, Brooklyn Douthwright, and Katerine Savard.  That is now 8g, 4s and 5b for 17 total.

 3 golds an 2 silvers.  The golds: Fay De Fazio Ebert in skateboarding (the youngest Canadian to medal ever), Mary Sophie-Harvey in the 200m freestyle and Maggie Mac Neil in the 100m butterfly. The silvers: Molly Simpson in BMX racing and Maude Charron in weightlifting 59kg class. That is now 7g, 4s, and 3b for 14 total.

 Yup two more in. First the silver. It comes from the mens gymnastics team all around. Rene Cournoyer, Zachary Clay, Felix Dolci, William Emard, and Jayson Rampersand have the silver. Now the bronze.  Caeli McKay wins it in the 10m platform event. That is now 4g, 2s, 3b for 9 total. Will that be all tonight? Stay tuned. 

 Just in. Tae Ku Park just won a bronze in the mens 68kg division. Yeesss!!!! That is now 4g, 1s 2b. How many more today?

 Wow 6 medals so far. 4g, 1s, 1b. The golds so far: Gunnar Holmgren in mountain biking, Jennifer Jackson in mountain biking, Rachel Nicol in 100m breaststroke and the team of Mary Sophie-Harvey, Brooklyn Douthright, Maggie Mac Neil, Kat Savard, Emma O'Croinin and Julie Brouseau in the 4x100m freestyle relay. The silver was from Sophie Angus in the 100m breaststroke. The bronze was from the team of Javier Acevado, Stephen Calkins, Edouard Fullum- Huot, Findlay Knox, Jeremy Bagshaw and Blake Tierney in the mens 4x100m freestyle relay. Off to a rocking start. 

 These games were held in Lima, Peru 🇵🇪 from July 26 to August 11.  41 nations participated in these games. Slogan was Let's All Play. Bodybuilding and surfing added, basque pelota reinstated and softball dropped. Several disciplines added, one was dropped and 19 events added. No new nations added. USA led in golds and overall medals with 122g, 87s, 84b for 293 total. Brazil was 2nd in both gold and overall with 54g, 45s 70b for 169 total. Mexico was 3rd in golds and 4th overall with 37g, 39s, 62b for 138 total. Canada (with 477 athletes) had 35g, 65s, 52b for 152 total. Host Peru had 11g, 7s, 23b for 41 total. Here is the logo for those games.

 ....beach volleyballers Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson. Both amazing volleyballers and Melissa has family in Chile.  They will do awesome. Opening ceremony is in a few hours. 

 These games are hosted by Santiago Chile 🇨🇱 from October 20 - November 5. 41 nations and 6909 athletes scheduled to compete. No new nations added. New sports include: break dancing,  skate boarding, and sport climbing. Also, kyorgi added in taekwando, synchro trampoline, 1000m roller skating speed event and mixed 8s rowing. Canada sending 473 athletes to the games (208 men, 265 women). Will not have athletes in basketball, basque pelota and soccer. Christine Girard is chef de mission. No flag bearer announced as of yet. Here is the logo for these games.

 With a 3-1 win, the Philadelphia Phillies have advanced to the NLCS, eliminating the Atlanta Braves 3 Games to 1.  They will be facing the Arizona Diamondbacks in said NLCS, with the series starting Monday. And then there were 4.

 Bit them before sweeping them. The Arizona Diamondbacks are into the NLCS after sweeping the Los Angeles Dodgers 3 straight with a 4-2 win. The will start the NLCS in either Philadelphia or Atlanta. 

 The Houston Astros will be facing the Texas Rangers after beating the Minnesota Twins in game 4 3-2 and the series 3-1. The ALCS starts on the 15th. 

The Texas Rangers are into the ALCS after sweeping away the Baltimore Orioles three straight, clinching tonight 7-1.  Did not expect this at all. They await hhe Houston/Minnesota series winner.

 Happened this morning. Canada beat Mexico on the last day of the tournament (all round robin) and needed Bulgaria to beat Belgium, which happened. Top 2 advanced and Canada joined Poland. They had the same record as Argentina (5-2) but had beaten Argentina. So time so serve it up at the Olympics. 

 And the national league wildcard is done. The Phillies sweep the Marlins two straight and the Diamondbacks swept the Brewers two straight.  The Phillies will be facing the Atlanta Braves and the Diamondbacks will be facing the L.A. Dodgers in the divisional series. All series starts Saturday 

 Boy did they ever. The Minnesota Twins will be facing the Houston Astros in the divisional series after sweeping away the Toronto Blue Jays in two games (3-1, 2-0). Divisional series starts Saturday 

 The Texas Rangers are into the divisional round after sweeping the Tampa Bay Rays in two games (4-0, 7-1). They will face the Baltimore Orioles next.

 Was announced earlier. Spain, Morocco and Portugal are the original hosts, with Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina as inaugural match hosts. First time 6 countries will have a game. 

 Didn't know surfing was in this. The athletes are: Lina Augaitas, Michael Darbyshire, Santa Dempfle-Olin, Finn Spencer, Catherine Temple, Liv Stoken and Cody Young. Good luck to all in Santiago. 

 Only four here. They are:Justin Boulais, Stacey Fung, Rebecca Marino and Carol Zhao. Good luck to all in Santiago. 

 Let's start with equestrian. The dressage: Beatrice Bouchard with horse Summerwood's Lime, Mathilde Blais Tetrealt with horse Fedor, Camille Carier Bergeron with horse Sounf of Silence 4 and Naima Moreira Laliberte with horse Statesman. The eventing: Colleen Loach with horse FE Goldeneye, Karl Slezak with horse Hot Bobo, Lindsay Traisnel with horse Bachrouge and Michael Winter with horse El Mundo.  The jumping: Mario Deslauriers with with horse Emerson,  Tiffany Foster with horse Figor, Amy Millar with horse Truman and Beth Underhill with Mikka vd Bisschop. Now the rugby 7s. Womens roster: Alysha Corrigan, Caroline Crossley, Chloe Daniels, Olivia De Couvreur, Julia Greenshields, Asia Hogan-Rochester, Edin Kilgour, Piper Logan, Breanne Nicholas, Carissa Norsten, Shalaya Valenzuela and Charity Williams.  Mens roster: Phil Berna, Jack Carson, Elias Ergas, Ethan Hager, Elias Hancock,  Thomas Isherwood, Lockie Kratz, Matt Percillier, David Richard, Kal Sagar, Jake Thiel and Brock W

 8 athletes and 4 alternates here. In recurve we have: Stephanie Barrett, Virginie Cherier, Crispin Duenas, Amelia Gagne, Eric Peters and Brandon Xuereb. In compound we have Andre Fagan and Tristan Moran (from Prince Albert). The alternates are: Eleanor Brug, Audrey Khan, Reece Wilson-Poyton and Bryan Maxwell. Good luck to all going.

 8 judokas on the team. They are: Isabelle Harris (womens 63kg), Julien Frascadore (men's 66kg), Coralie Godbout (women's 78kg), Antoine Bouchard (men's 73kg), David Popovici (men's 81kg), Alexandre Arencibia (men's 90kg), Shady El Nahas (men's 100kg) and Marc Deschenes (men's +100kg). Good luck to all going. The Pan Am games are October 20 to November 5.

 October baseball is here and here are the playoff matchups. The AL has: #3 Minnesota vs #6 Toronto and #4 Tampa Bay vs #5 Texas with #1 Baltimore and #2 Houston getting byes into the divisional. The NL has: #3 Milwaukee vs #6 Arizona and #4 Philadelphia vs #5 Miami with #1 Atlanta and #2 Los Angeles getting byes into the divisional. The wild card round starts Tuesday. 

 The mens gymnastics team is heading for the Olympics. Qualified for a spot today.  First trip to the Olympics since 2008. From what I read Canada may be sending its largest ever delegation to the games.  It's going to be a busy summer in 2024.

 Let's start with canoe/kayak. Womens canoe: Sophia Jensen, Sloan MacKenzie and Kate Vincent. Womens kayak: Toskala Besharah, Natalie Davidson, Riley Melanson, Michelle Russell, Maddy Schmidt and Courtney Stott. Mens canoe: Connor Fitzpatrick, Alex Plomteux and Craig Spence. Mens kayak: Ian Gaudet, Lauren Lavigne, Cameron Low, Nick Matveev, Simon McTavish and Pierre-Luc Poulin. Now for water polo. Womens team: Verica Bakoc, Serena Browne, Florence Carroll, Axelie Crevier Jessica Gaudrealt, Rae Lekness, Elise Lemay-Lavoie, Blaire McDowell, Hayley McKelvey, Kindred Paul, Clara Volpisi, Emma Wright. Daphne Guevremont is alternate.  Mens team: Jeremie Blanchard, Nicolas Constantin-Bicari, Jeremie Cote, Bogdan Djerkovic, Revel D'Souza Matthew Halajian, Leo Hachet, Aleksandra Gardijan, Brodie McNight, Jason O'Donnell, Gaelan Patterson and Milan Radenovic. Bryant Joudrie us alternate. 

 Let's start with Gymnastics. Mens artistic include: Rene Cournoyer, Zachary Clay, Felix Dolci, William Emard and Jayson Rampersand. Women artistic include: Cassie Lee, Frederique Sganbosia, Ava Stewart, Aurelie Tran and Sydney Turner. Rhythmic individual: Tatiana Cocsanova Carmel Kallemaa. Rhythmic group: Katherina Bakhmutova, Victoria Smolianova, Karina Kamenetsky, Christina Savchenko and Emily Huseynov. Trampoline: Remi Aubin, Keegan Soehn, Gabriella Flynn and Rachel Tam. Rowing team: Connor Attridge, Alizee Brien, Michael Ciepiela, Emerson Crick, Shaye de Piava, Abby Dent, Stephen Harris, Kendra Hartlett, Parker Illingworth, Kristen Kit, Olivia McMurray, Abby Speirs, Quinn Storey, Leia Till, Shane Willis and Rui Xu. Modern Pentathlon: Robert Bondmo, Kelly Fitsimmons, Quinn Shulz, Olivia Li and Devan Wiebe. Good luck in Santiago. 

 Yup. They just qualified. Beat Jamaica 2-1 tonight after beating them 2-0 on Friday. They win 4-1 on aggregate and will be defending their gold from Tokyo. Big. Next stop Paris. 

 Let's start with field hockey. The womens team is: Jordyn Faiczak, Sara Goodman, Kenzie Girgis, Rowan Harris, Karli Johanson, Kathleen Leahy, Sam McCrury, Sara McManus, Anna Mollenhauer, Thora Rae, Audrey Sawers, Melanie Scholz, Natalie Sourisseau, Madison Thompson, Chloe Walton and Elise Wong.  The mens field hockey team includes: Brenden Bissett, Findlay Boothroyd, Sam Cabral, Taylor Curran, Sean Davis, Brendan Guraliuk, Thomson Harris, Gordon Johnson, James Kirkpatrick, Ethan McTavish, Devohn Noronha Texiera, Balraj Panesar, Keegan Periera, Matthew Sarmento, Oliver Scholfield and Floris van Son. Now the golf team. They are: Selena Costible, Myles Creighton, Etienne Papineau and Alena Sharp. Good luck at the Pan Am games. 

 Let's start with weightlifting. They are: Amanda Braddock, Maude Charron, Maya Laylor, Nicolas Vachon, Alex Bellamarre and Noah Santavy. Now the cycling team (quite a list here). They are: Erin Atwell, Ngaire Barraclough, Jackie Boyle, Devaney Collier, Chris Ernst, Michael Foley, James Hedgcock, Gunnar Holmgren, Curtis Krey, Jenn Jackson Fiona, Majendie, Carson Mattern, Adele Normand, Sarah Orban, Campbell Pardish, Teigan Pascual, Riley Pickrell, Sean Richardson, Tyler Rorke, Emy Savard, Molly Simpson, Ryan Tougas, Sandra Walter, Nick Wammes, Ruby West and Carter Woods. Daniel Fraser-Maroun is track endurance alternate but non traveling (I don't get the non traveling bit). Good luck to all going to the games.

 Autumn has begun.  Officially arrived at 12:50am Prince Albert time. It got as high as 23c today (according to my phone) and it's 18c now.  Lot of leaves already turned color and fallen to rhe ground.  Gotta enjoy the weather before it gets nasty.

 Here is the shooting team. They are: Lindsay Boddez, Madeline Boyd, Trystan Curran-Routledge,  Colin Grover, Elizabeth Gustafson, Tye Ikeda, Lynda Kiejko, Audrey-Anne Le Sieur, Richard McBride, Tugrul Ozer, Madelene Scola, Gregory Sych, Shannon Westlake and Yanka Vasileva. Good luck in Santiago. 

 Ten players will be going to the Pan Am games.  They are: Rachel Chen, Catherine Choi, Adam Dong, Kevin Lee, Ty Lindeman, Josephine Wu, Nyl Yakura, Eliana Zhang and Wendy Zhang.  Good luck in Santiago. 

 The athletic team for the pan am games have been announced. They are: 1. Tatiana Aholou 2. Kayla Butler. 3. Alycia Butterworth 4. Kieran Christie-Galloway 5. Kate Current 6. Jean-Simon Desgagnes 7. Evan Dunfee 8. Georgia Ellenwood 9. Stephen Evans 10. Robert Heppenstall 11. Rachel Hyenk 12. Ethan Katzberg 13. Adam Keenan 14. Grace Konrad 15. Jeremiah Lauzon 16. Branding Letts. 17. Zackary Mama-Yari 18. Miles Misener-Daley 19. Sarah Mitton 20. Charles Philibert-Thiboutot 21. Madeline Price 22. Callum Robinson 23. Breanna Scott 24. Norris Spike 25. Julie-Anne Staehli 26. Abby Townsend.  Good luck at the games.

 Sailing team was selected. Here they are. 1. 49er mens skiff - Justin Barnes and Will Jones. 2. 49er FX womens skiff - Mariah Milken and Ali ten Hove. 3. ILCA 6 womens dinghy  - Sarah Douglas. 4.  ILCA 7 mens dinghy - Fillah Karim. 5. IQFoil windsurfing Rebecca Heller. 6. Formula Kite (kiteboarding) Emily Bugeja. 7. Formula Kite (men's kiteboard) Mac Morrin. 8. NACRA 17 (mixed multihull) Madeline Gillis and Galen Richardson. 9.  Sunfish (men's dinghy) Lee Parkhill. 10. Lightning (mixed dinghy) Rachel Green, Jessica Hirshbold and Luke Ramsay. Good luck at the games. 

 The beach volleyball team has been announced. They are Melissa Humana-Paredes, Brandie Wilkerson, Jake MacNeil and Alex Russell. Good luck at the games. 

 Lake Country Co-op had its annual "fuel good day" where they donated 10 cents per litre of fuel and a dollar for every coffee and slush to different charities - depending on the location.   Prince Albert  had the mobile crisis unit and sexual assault centre. Ryder Ritchie, Seth Tansem and Tyrone Sobry of the Raiders was there as well as Shantel Kalika - a local stock car driver. Got autographs from all. Was fun.

 I've been slacking on this. Her are our boxing and cycling teams. Boxing: McKenzie Wright (women's 50kg), Scarlett Delgado (women's 54kg), Marie Ak-Ahmadie (women's 57kg),  Charlie Cavanaugh (women's 66kg), Tammara Thibeault (women's 75kg), Justin Parina (men's 51kg), Victor Tremblay (men's 57kg), Wyatt Sanford (men's 63.5kg), Junior Pentaqui (men's 71kg), Keven  Beausejour (men's 80kg), Bryan Colwell (men's 92kg) and Jerome Feujio (men's 92+kg).   Cycling: Liam Donney, Brock Hoel, Dominika Jamnicky  Emy Legault, Desiree Ridenour and Martin Sobey.  Pan American games are October 20 to November 5 in Santiago  Chile 🇨🇱. 

 Oh boy, was it ever a weekend.  Let's see, 1. had the CFL triple header on Saturday and one on Friday. 2. NFL season began on Thursday and had its full slate of games yesterday. 3. Canada won bronze at the FIBA basketball tournament AND claimed a trip to the 2024 Olympics. 4. Speaking of the 2024 Olympics, Canada claimed a couple of rowing spots. One of which was the womens 8s with coxswain who will be defending their gold from Tokyo.  So there you go.

 The 1969-70 NHL season had 12 teams and 76 games. Highlights include: 1. June 6, 1969 Peter Mahavolich traded to Montreal gor Gerry Monahan (first ever draft pick). 2. January 9 1970, Gordie Howe and  George Armstrong appeared in 4 different decades (40s, 50s, 60s and 70s). 3. February 27, Minnesota buys Lorne "Gump" Worsley from Montreal. 4.  March 1 1970, in an 8-0 win over Toronto,  Minnesota coach Charlie Burns is first to coach AND play in same game.  5. March 29 1970, Tony Esposito records 15th shutout as a rookie.  6. April 5 1970, Bobby Orr first defenseman to win scoring title (33g, 87a, 120pts). 7. Also on April 5th Montreal and New York have identical records (38-22-16). New York makes playoffs due to more goals scored than Montreal (246 to 244). Tiebreaker rules changed afterwards. 8. April 12 1970, Pittsburgh is first team to sweep a series after making playoffs for first time. Playoffs had: QF; Chicago 4 Detroit 0, Boston 4 New York 2, St Louis 4 Minnesota 2, P

Canada beat the USA in overtime to take bronze in the FIBA tournament that got them qualified for Paris 2024. Germany ended up winning gold and Serbia the silver. Great run for Canada here.

 Wow Canada is doing something at the FIBA tournament.  They already qualified for next years Olympics, now they are in the semis after beating Slovenia 100-89. They will play Serbia in the semis on Friday. They are going to have their best finish ever irregardless of what happens. This is great. 

 Ahhh yes. The Labor day weekend is done.  Summer is unofficially over. The kiddies are back in school. And of course it's not Labor day without the CFL rivalry match ups. Saturday B.C beat Montreal, Sunday Saskatchewan beat Winnipeg in overtime  and yesterday Toronto beat Hamilton and Calgary beat Edmonton. This coming weekend has Hamilton at Ottawa on Friday night, with a triple header on Saturday: Montreal at Toronto at 11am, Saskatchewan at Winnipeg at 2pm and Calgary at Edmonton at 5pm. All times Prince Albert Saskatchewan times.

 Yup it's actually happening. The mens basketball team has qualified for the 2024 summer Olympics- the first time that has happened since 2000 in Sydney Australia. Congrats. 

 I don't know when it happened, but the Atlanta Braves won their 11000th game, becoming the 5th team to do so. The previous 4: the Giants,  Dodgers, Cubs and Cardinals. 

 The Canadian womens rugby 7s team has qualified for yhe 2024 summer Olympics. Their third time in yhe Olympics (2016, 2020) since rugby 7s became an Olympic sport in 2016. They blew out Mexico 53-0 to qualify.

 Spain is your 2023 womens world cup champions after beating England 1-0 this morning. They are yhe 5th first time winners AND is the second nation to have a men's and women's title. (Germany is the first. Men's team won in 2010). Congrats to Spain. 

 Sweden beats Australia 2-0 to claim 3rd place. This is Australia's best ever finish. Congrats to both teams. The finale is tomorrow between Spain and England. Someone will be winning their first championship. Who's it going to be?

 England will be playing Spain in the championship game after beating Australia in this mornings semi final game 3-1. The championship game is on Sunday. Australia plays Sweden on Saturday for 3rd place.