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Sunday, November 17, 2024

{allcanada} Jets re-assign forward Fabian Wagner to AHL Manitoba Moose


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Winnipeg Jets prospect Fabian Wagner is on the move to North America.

The Jets announced Sunday they have re-assigned Wagner from Linköping of the Swedish Hockey League to the AHL's Manitoba Moose.

The 20-year-old forward from Nyköping, Sweden, was drafted in the sixth round, 175th overall, by the Jets in 2022.

Wagner has represented Sweden at the past two World Junior Championships and earned a silver medal this year.

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Saturday, November 16, 2024

{allcanada} Canadian ice dancers Gilles, Poirier take lead at Finlandia Trophy Grand Prix


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HELSINKI — Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier brought their figure skating beach party to the Finlandia Trophy Grand Prix and won Saturday's rhythm dance.

This year's world championship silver medallists scored top marks of 84.65 points with their "Barbie and Ken at the beach" routine set to music by The Beach Boys.

"I just want to thank the Finnish audience," Gilles told the International Skating Union. "It was absolutely a blast.

"The moment we started, we could hear them clapping and it was like 'OK, take your time.' They've got great energy.

"We need to enjoy what we're doing in order to continue to skate. By choosing music that we really love and we really believe in, makes performing and doing our job just that much easier."

Britain's Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson ranked second with 82.03 points and Finland's Juulia Turkkila and Matthias Versluis third with 78.31.

Toronto's Gilles and Poirier of Unionville, Ont., will skate the free dance Sunday.

World pairs champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps of Montreal also led heading into Sunday's free skate after finishing first in Friday's short program.

Both teams were victorious at Skate Canada International in Halifax in October.

"There were a few things we had to think about throughout the performance, but overall, for me, it felt better than Skate Canada," Gilles said.

"I felt we levelled up with the performance and I'm super-happy about that, but I know we have more to do for tomorrow."

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{allcanada} CanWNT defender Buchanan tears ACL


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In a week that saw Canada Soccer confirm the departure of head coach Bev Priestman, there was more bad news for the Canadian women's team Saturday.

Chelsea coach Sonia Bompastor revealed that veteran Canadian defender Kadeisha Buchanan has been sidelined with an anterior cruciate ligament injury.

Bompastor made the announcement after Chelsea moved atop the Women's Super League standings with Saturday's 2-0 win over visiting Manchester City.

"I have sad news to share with you," said the French coach. "I didn't want to talk about it beforehand as we just found out the results this morning, but she did her ACL after the Liverpool game (a 3-0 Chelsea win last Sunday). As I said, I'm really sad and I didn't want to talk about that situation before the game because maybe it would take all the focus from the game and I wanted my players to focus on the Man City game.

"Everyone in the club is so devastated about the news. She was performing really well. She is an important player for us, but now this is the situation. We are going to support her as much as we can — players, staff and the club. She's strong and she's OK."

With Chelsea improving to 7-0-0, Bompastor became the first coach in WSL history to start their tenure with seven straight wins.

Buchanan, a 29-year-old from Brampton, Ont., has won 154 caps for Canada, forming a formidable centre-back partnership with Vanessa Gilles.

She was the latest Canadian international to be sidelined this season by an anterior cruciate ligament injury. Utah Royals forward Cloe Lacasse was placed on the NWSL's season-ending injury list after rupturing her ACL and spraining her medial collateral ligament against Angel City on Oct. 20.

Canadian winger Liam Millar underwent surgery after tearing his ACL last month playing for Hull City against Burnley in England's second-tier Championship.

Canada Soccer announced this week that Priestman and assistant coach Jasmine Mander would not return in the wake of an independent report into the drone-spying scandal at the Paris Olympics. Analyst Joey Lombardi, also implicated in the scandal, resigned from Canada Soccer after he was sent home from the Olympics.

The sixth-ranked Canadian women are scheduled to play No. 13 Iceland on Nov. 29 and No. 19 South Korea on Dec. 3, with both games in Murcia, Spain.

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{allcanada} Stopping Oliveira a priority if Argos hope to beat Bombers in Grey Cup


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VANCOUVER — There's a long list of things the Toronto Argonauts must do if they hope to upset the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in Sunday's Grey Cup game.

Near the top is containing explosive Bomber running back Brady Oliveira.

The Argos are planning a more-is-better strategy when it comes to preventing Oliveira from running wild at B.C. Place on Sunday.

"The thing with Brady is that he is so powerful," said Kevin Eiben, who shares Toronto's defensive co-ordinator duties with Will Fields. "His legs are built like tree trunks.

"You've got to have more than one guy on the tackle. We've got to swarm the ball."

Defensive tackle Jake Ceresna may be the first point of contact with Oliveira. He said proper attire is a must.

"You've got to tighten your chin strap a little more and make sure you got your mouthpiece with you, because he runs the ball hard," said Ceresna, who had 28 tackles, eight sacks and a forced fumble this year.

"He runs the ball hard. He's not an easy guy to tackle. He's slippery, elusive."

At five-foot-10 and 222 pounds, Oliveira is built like a fire hydrant. What he lacks in speed he compensates with brute force. He can make a tackler miss with a slick move or leave cleat marks on their chest running over them.

Oliveira led the CFL with 1,353 yards and 239 carries this year. He's also dangerous as a receiver, making 57 catches for 476 yards and a touchdown.

"You can never forget about him," said Toronto linebacker Wynton McManis, rolling a toothpick around his mouth as he spoke. "He's great in the pass game, catches the ball really well out of the backfield.

"Once he catches the ball, he's a running back. Then his instincts just kick in. A tough player to deal with."

Oliveira was named the CFL's Most Outstanding Player and Most Outstanding Canadian at Thursday's CFL Awards. He joins Jon Cornish, Russ Jackson and Tony Gabriel as the only players to win both awards in the same year.

Toronto defeated Winnipeg twice this year. One game went to overtime. Both were decided three points or fewer. Oliveira had a combined 25 carries for 160 yards and 12 catches for 92 yards in the two games. He didn't score a touchdown. He also fumbled once.

Oliveira did some muscle flexing in the Bombers 38-22 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders in last weekend's West Final. He rumbled for 119 yards and a touchdown on 20 carries and added 22 receiving yards on two catches.

During the season, Winnipeg was third in the league averaging 111.7 rushing yards a game. The Argo defence was second in allowing 85.1 yards a game.

Safety Royce Metchie said one of the best ways to stop Oliveira is to not let him get started.

"We need to get as many guys to him as we can every play," said Metchie, who led Toronto with 87 tackles, plus had an interception and forced two fumbles. "Once he gets rolling, it's tough to get him down.

"If we can get to him early and wrap him up, that would help us as the game goes on."

Oliveria is an emotional player. He leaps up after a big run, slapping himself on the helmet.

Eiben said one player isn't going to stop Oliveira.

"Everybody has got to get to the ball and make sure when we get there, we are pushing him back," he said. "He gets a lot of yards after contact. We've got to get at least three guys on the contact and try to push him backwards."

The Argos are also good at forcing a team to put the ball on the ground. Toronto was third in the league with 20 forced fumbles during the regular season and recovered four fumbles in the win against Montreal.

"When you do make contact, try to get the ball out of there," said Eiben. "We've been doing a great job of getting that ball out and turning turnovers into scores.

"That's going to be a big emphasis this week. Let's create some turnovers."

Argos quarterback Chad Kelly will miss the Grey Cup after suffering a gruesome leg injury in the win over Montreal. That has made Toronto a heavy underdog heading into Sunday.

McManis said a strong showing on defence can give the underdog some teeth.

"We can make a statement," said McManis. "We can come out, be physical, change the game. That's our plan."

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