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Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without defenceman Rasmus Sandin against the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday due to a neck injury he suffered against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday, head coach Sheldon Keefe said.
Rasmus Sandin won’t play on Thursday against the Flyers.
The Gavle, Sweden, native missed training camp and was limited to 47 games during the 2021-22 regular season due to ongoing issues with his hip.
The 6-foot-1 centre registered six goals and 31 points in those 47 regular-season games and also had two goals and six points in six playoff games.
Backstrom has played his entire 15-season career with the Capitals and has registered 264 goals and 1,011 points in 1,058 career NHL Games.
Head coach Peter Laviolette said Forward T.J. Oshie will miss the next two games. The team said earlier this week that Oshie is day-to-day after suffering an upper-body injury Saturday against the Maple Leafs.
Oshie did not play against the Detroit Red Wings on Monday.
Updates from #Caps practice:
-Dowd (non-Covid illness) didn’t skate but WILL go to OTT
-Wilson, Backstrom and Malenstyn skated in normal jerseys but WON’T go
-Fehervary skated in no-contact jersey but WON’T go
-Oshie will miss the next 2 gms, per Laviolette
-Alexeyev WILL travel
The Capitals visit the Ottawa Senators on Thursday.
Toronto Maple Leafs
Forward Dryden Hunt could make his debut for the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday against the Philadelphia Flyers, Jonas Siegel of The Athletic reports.
New Leafs forward Dryden Hunt is skating on a line with Pontus Holmberg and Joey Anderson at Leafs practice today.
Looks like he could make his debut — wearing No. 20 — on Thursday afternoon against the Flyers.
Hunt, 27, skated on a line with Pontus Homberg and Joey Anderson at practice on Wednesday.
The Cranbrook, B.C., native has appeared in 28 games this season with the Avalanche and New York Rangers, posting two goals. He has 14 goals and 42 points in 193 career regular season games over the course of his six-year NHL career with the Panthers, Arizona Coyotes, Rangers and Avalanche.
Winnipeg Jets
Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck will travel with the team for games against the Boston Bruins and Washington Capitals after missing Tuesday’s contest against the Ottawa Senators due to a non-COVID illness, TSN’s John Lu reports.
David Rittich got the start in a 5-1 win over the Senators.
TRANSACTION: The #NHLJets have reassigned G – Arvid Holm to the Manitoba Moose (AHL).
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Canucks announced Tuesday that defenceman Alex Edler will sign a one-day contract in order to officially retire as a member of the NHL team.
The signing will be part of a celebration of Edler’s career held Oct. 11 when the Canucks host the Philadelphia Flyers.
The Canucks selected Edler, from Ostersund, Sweden, in the third round (91st overall) of the 2004 NHL draft.
He played in 925 career games for the Canucks between the 2006-07 and 2020-21 seasons, ranking fourth in franchise history and first among defencemen.
The 38-year-old leads all Vancouver defencemen with 99 goals, 310 assists and 177 power-play points with the team.
Edler also appeared in 82 career post-season contests with Vancouver and was an integral part of the Canucks’ run to the 2011 Stanley Cup final, putting up 11 points (2-9-11) across 25 games.
“I am humbled and honoured to officially end my career and retire as a member of the Vancouver Canucks,” Edler said in a release. “I consider myself lucky to have started my career with such an outstanding organization, in this amazing city, with the best fans in the NHL. Finishing my NHL career where it all began is something very special for myself and my family.”
Edler played two seasons for Los Angeles in 2021-22 and 2022-23. He did not play in the NHL last season.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 17, 2024.
The sixth-ranked Canadian women will face World Cup champion Spain in an international friendly next month.
Third-ranked Spain will host Canada on Oct. 25 at Estadio Francisco de la Hera in Almendralejo.
The game will be the first for the Canadian women since the Paris Olympics, where they lost to Germany in a quarterfinal penalty shootout after coach Bev Priestman was sent home and later suspended for a year by FIFA over her part in Canada’s drone-spying scandal.
In announcing the Spain friendly, Canada Soccer said more information on the interim women’s coaching staff for the October window will come later. Assistant coach Andy Spence took charge of the team in Priestman’s absence at the Olympics.
Spain finished fourth in Paris, beaten 1-0 by Germany in the bronze-medal match.
Canada is winless in three previous meetings (0-2-1) with Spain, most recently losing 1-0 at the Arnold Clark Cup in England in February 2022.
The teams played to a scoreless draw in May 2019 in Logroñés, Spain in a warm-up for the 2019 World Cup. Spain won 1-0 in March 2019 at the Algarve Cup in São João da Venda, Portugal.
Spain is a powerhouse in the women’s game these days.
It won the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2022 and was runner-up in 2018. And it ousted Canada 2-1 in the round of 16 of the current U-20 tournament earlier this month in Colombia before falling 1-0 to Japan after extra time in the quarterfinal.
Spain won the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2018 and 2022 and has finished on the podium on three other occasions.
FC Barcelona’s Aitana Bonmati (2023) and Alexia Putellas (2021 and ’22) have combined to win the last three Women’s Ballon d’Or awards.
And Barcelona has won three of the last four UEFA Women’s Champions League titles.
“We continue to strive to diversify our opponent pool while maintaining a high level of competition.” Daniel Michelucci, Canada Soccer’s director of national team operations, said in a statement. “We anticipate a thrilling encounter, showcasing two of the world’s top-ranked teams.”
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 17, 2024
TORONTO – The Toronto Maple Leafs have announced cookie brand Oreo as the team’s helmet sponsor for the upcoming NHL season.
The new helmet will debut Sunday when Toronto opens its 2024-25 pre-season against the Ottawa Senators at Scotiabank Arena.
The Oreo logo replaces Canadian restaurant chain Pizza Pizza, which was the Leafs’ helmet sponsor last season.
Previously, social media platform TikTok sponsored Toronto starting in the 2021-22 regular season when the league began allowing teams to sell advertising space on helmets.
The Oreo cookie consists of two chocolate biscuits around a white icing filling and is often dipped in milk.
Fittingly, the Leafs wear the Dairy Farmers of Ontario’s “Milk” logo on their jerseys.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 17, 2024.
