Canadian Olympic men's hockey power rankings: First impressions
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Now that we know the NHL will be heading to Beijing to compete at the Olympics, sports talk in this country will centre around picking Team Canada.
And with the NHL season set to start Oct. 12, players are essentially auditioning for a spot and the prospective roster will change on a regular basis.
Between now and the team announcement, Rob Pizzo will offer the many versions of his Team Canada, as well as some players who are doing their best to get GM Doug Armstrong and coach Jon Cooper to notice them. Teams can dress 13 forwards, seven defencemen and two goalies (plus an extra player at each position).
WATCH | Rob Pizzo breaks down his current version of Team Canada:
First lineLeft wing: Jonathan Huberdeau, Fla
His numbers (and physicality) over the last two years have not only put him on the Team Canada map, but also given him first-line potential.
Centre: Connor McDavid, Edm
Since leaving her "most challenging" Olympics without a swimming medal three months ago, Penny Oleksiak has climbed 19,000 feet to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, done other charity work and attended her first Bills football game in Buffalo.
The Professional Women's Hockey League unveiled the home and away uniform designs for its six teams on Thursday, a little over three weeks before opening its second season.
In 2015, when Gabriel Cousineau was in his senior year as quarterback for the Montreal Carabins, he also worked full-time at a secondary school in the city called Collège Laval.
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After nearly six complete seasons, the Canadian Premier League finds itself at an inflection point.
A focus on teamwork — in both individual distances and in the relay — helped Canada's short track squad capture four medals, including three gold, on home ice on Saturday during the second stop of the ISU Short Track World Tour in Montreal.
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Endurance runner Tara Dower smashed one of the toughest records in sport.
The changes came swiftly for the Canadian women's basketball team.