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CBC
03-05-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Border Cats ready for start of 2025 Northwoods League season
Social Sharing Canada will be well-represented when the Thunder Bay Border Cats take the field for the 2025 Northwoods League baseball season. The Cats are the only Canadian team in the Northwoods League, which is a summer collegiate league made up of NCAA players. The team is set to play its home opener on May 28 at Port Arthur Stadium, hosting the Rochester Honkers for a four-game homestand. The Cats actually start the 2025 season on the road on May 26 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. In any case, the bulk of the Cats's 35-player roster will be Canadian, field manager Joe Ellison said Friday. "We're returning a good base of players that were there last year," Ellison said. "Adding some good American talent, but also a lot of Canadian." "We added another Canadian this morning, so we will be probably 23 or 24 players from a Canadian family at some point throughout the summer." Border Cats baseball is back 18 hours ago Duration 3:17 Overall, Ellison — this season will be his first as Cats field manager — said this year's team will be a fast one. "We're going to be able to play fast," he said. "We have a lot of talent that comes from four-year schools or they're transferring to four year schools this coming year, so we're going to be a little bit older, which I think is good, but I think we're going to be able to play fast offensively." "We've got some guys with some thump in the lineup as well." Team general manager and vice-president Bryan Graham echoed that. "I think we're going to have some pretty good speed in the lineup," he said. "In this league, with the wooden bats and the players coming from college baseball where they swing aluminum you can't really rely on on the long ball and power." "You always want to build your team on on good pitching and good defence, and be able to run the bases and take that extra base if you can. So I think, you know, most of the teams in the Northwoods have always tried to put their roster together like that." Graham said the team is not seeing much in the way of effects yet from the Canada-United States trade war. "We're very fortunate that way," Graham said. "There are some tariffs coming in on some of the stuff, but we managed to kind of get ahead of that and and acquire those items prior to some of these tariffs being instituted." Those items, Graham said, include baseballs and bats, which are ordered from the United States. "Obviously the Canadian dollar sometimes is a big factor in some of our costs," he said. "But overall, we're in pretty good shape and at the moment." Graham said the stadium itself is being readied for the start of the season. "We need to get some sun and some warmer temperatures," he said. "Obviously there's a lot of work to be done in terms of just getting the field ready for the season, but it looked like it weathered pretty well during the winter." And some improvements are coming, as well. "We're going to be unveiling a new party deck," Graham said. "We have the existing party deck on the first base side, but we're enhancing that deck, which I think the fans are really going to enjoy." Graham said the Cats ticket office, which is located at the stadium, will open on Monday.
CBC
15-04-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Victorious Canada rides 3rd-period outburst against host Czechs at women's hockey worlds
Social Sharing Canada was still a work in progress heading into playoffs at the women's world hockey championship, but its last period before the quarterfinals was a scoring bonanza. The defending champions weathered host Czechia's stout challenge for two periods before a five-goal explosion in a 7-1 victory to cap Pool A on Monday. Canada (3-1) finished second in the pool behind the United States (3-0), which had a game remaining in the preliminary round Tuesday against winless Switzerland. In Thursday's quarterfinals, Canada faces Pool B's second seed to be determined by the Germany-Japan game Tuesday. "We're in a good place. I'd like our play to be a little bit better than it has been, but I also have enough trust in the group that we'll find it and we'll figure it out," Canada's head coach Troy Ryan said. "Our details and some of our execution is not right now where we want it to be." WATCH | 5 Canadian players score in 7-1 drubbing of Czech Republic: Canada crushes host nation Czech Republic at world championship 7 hours ago Duration 2:39 After a 2-1 loss to the Americans the previous night, some scoring depth surfaced for Canada on Monday with Kristin O'Neill generating her first two goals of the tournament and defender Sophie Jaques her first. Canada had been leaning heavily on its top line of captain Marie-Philip Poulin — who scored her team's first two goals Monday — and Laura Stacey and Jennifer Gardiner for production in the tournament. With the game tied 1-1 in the second period, Stacey, on her knees at the back boards, got a backhand pass away to Poulin to one-time for the go-ahead goal. Daryl Watts scored her second of the tournament and Gardiner her third in Monday's third period. "As you go throughout a short-term competition, you want to find line combinations that are able to produce for you and it's great to see some players that have been playing the right way all tournament, but maybe not getting rewarded for it, finally getting rewarded for it," Canadian defender Renata Fast said. Poulin reached a career 38 world championship goals, elevating her to second all-time by a Canadian behind Jayna Hefford's 40. Poulin's 85 career points ranked second to Hayley Wickenheiser's Canadian record 86. Goaltender Kristen Campbell picked up her second win of the tournament and second world championship victory with an 18-save performance. The Canadians went hard to the Czech net hunting rebounds and were rewarded, but paid a physical price early as the host country wasn't intimidated by the defending champions. Galvanized by a raucous sellout of 5,859 at Budvar Arena, the Czechs engaged Canada up and down the ice before imploding in the third period in just the fourth meeting between the two countries at the world championship. Czech goalie Klara Peslarova, of the PWHL's Boston Fleet, stopped 23 shots over the first two periods, but was chased from the game after Canada's three-goal burst in the span of 58 seconds in the third. "It's the best we've played against them," said Czech coach and former Canadian defender Carla MacLeod. "Really loved the tenacity which we approached that game and there was just really no hesitation in our game. "We were executing sort of the small little details that add up along the along the way. In the third there, obviously a couple quick ones just sort of put us back on our heels. It probably shows just a little bit of our inexperience still. We're still making a climb here." The Czechs, winner of the tournament's bronze medals in 2022 and 2023, have nine PWHL players in their lineup behind Canada (23) and the United States (14). The packed Budvar Arena was hot Monday and the Canadian players felt it. "We're all sweating a lot," Fast said. "We've got to stay hydrated with the amount of liquid we're losing just from sweat." The tournament's top five seeds in Pool A and the top three finishers in Pool B advance to Thursday's quarterfinals. The semifinals are Saturday followed by Sunday's medal games. The U.S. will face Pool B's third seed. Pool B's winner Sweden (3-0) takes on Finland (2-2), while the Czechs versus the Swiss were the two quarterfinal matchups already set. Canadian forward Julia Gosling played her first game of the tournament and Micah Zandee-Hart drew back into the lineup Monday. Natalie Spooner, Chloe Primerano and goaltender Eve Gascon were Canada's scratches. The tournament's aggregate attendance of almost 70,000 was already the most at a women's world championship in Europe. It surpassed the 51,247 fans who attended all games in Espoo, Finland, in 2019. Germany 4, Hungary 1 Germany handed Hungary a fourth straight loss, winning 4-1 to ensure its opponent will be relegated back to the lower division. Nicola Hadraschek scored twice, Laura Kluge had a goal and two assists and Katarina Jobst-Smith also scored to give Germany a second win in Group B in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. Emma Kreisz scored Hungary's first goal of the tournament. Germany will play its final group stage game against Japan on Tuesday. The tournament's top five seeds in Pool A and the top three in Pool B advance to Thursday's quarterfinals. The U.S. will meet the third seed in Pool B. After Canada prevailed over the Czechs, it will face Pool B's second seed. The women's championship will revert to "snake seeding" of its pools in 2026 to match the men's under-20 and men's and women's under-18 championships. Canada seeks its 14th world title. Finland 2, Switzerland 1 Finland defeated Switzerland 2-1 for its second victory. Ronja Savolainen scored a short-handed goal midway through the opening period and Michelle Karvinen doubled the lead in the second. Alina Muller answered with the first Swiss goal at the tournament after previous losses to the Czech Republic and Canada.
CBC
06-04-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Canada falls to Scotland, will play China for bronze at world curling playdowns
Social Sharing Canada will play for bronze at the BKT World Men's Curling Championship. Brad Jacobs and his Calgary-based team dropped a 7-4 semifinal decision to Scotland's Bruce Mouat on Saturday at the Temple Gardens Centre. Canada will play China's Xiaoming Xu in the third-place game on Sunday. Scotland will play Switzerland's Yannick Schwaller for gold. Schwaller defeated China's Xiaoming Xu 7-3 in the other semifinal. Earlier in the day, Mouat eliminated defending champion Niklas Edin of Sweden 8-7 in a qualification game. Xu qualified with an 8-7 victory win over Norway's Magnus Ramsfjell.
CBC
04-04-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Canada's Jacobs beats Austria to clinch top seed at men's curling worlds, secure Olympic quota spot
Social Sharing Canada's Brad Jacobs defeated Austria's Mathias Genner 8-2 to secure a semifinal berth at the BKT World Men's Curling Championship. Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert needed only seven ends to complete the victory at the Temple Gardens Centre in Moose Jaw, Sask. The Calgary-based team brought in alternate Tyler Tardi in the fifth end to give him his first taste of game action this week. WATCH l Jacobs tops Austria's Genner: Jacobs and Canada clinch 1st place with a win over Austria at world curling championship 8 minutes ago Duration 2:28 With an 8-2 win Friday over Austria at the world curling championship, Canada secured enough qualifying points to secure an Olympic quota spot at next winter's Olympic Games in Italy. The Canadians clinched first place and will take a 10-1 record into their round-robin finale against American Korey Dropkin in the evening session. The victory also secured a spot for Canada in the men's team discipline at the 2026 Winter Games in Milan-Cortina. The winning squad at the Montana's Canadian Curling Trials in November will wear the Maple Leaf at the Olympics. World Curling is expected to formally announce the teams that have secured Olympic berths once the world championship is complete.
CBC
28-03-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Canadian snowboard cross racer Éliot Grondin wins gold at world championships
Social Sharing Canada's Éliot Grondin raced to a gold medal in the men's snowboard cross final at the world championships in Corviglia, Switzerland on Friday. France's Loan Bozzolo and Austria's Alessandro Haemmerle earned silver and bronnze, respectively. WATCH | Grondin shreds to a snowboard cross world championship title: Canada's Éliot Grondin shreds to a snowboard cross world championship title 13 minutes ago Duration 7:16 A world junior champion in 2021, Éliot Grondin of Sainte-Marie, Que., earned his first senior world championship title at the 2025 FIS snowboard world championships in Corviglia, Switzerland. Grondin, a 23-year-old from Sainte-Marie, Que., won a world junior title in 2021 and also currently leads the men's World Cup overall standings. Grondin's 504 total points is 141 clear of his next closest competitor, Bozzolo, with two races remaining. Grondin has won two golds, two silvers, and a bronze medal on the World Cup circuit this season. The final weekend of World Cup snowboard cross competition begins next weekend at Mont-Sainte-Anne, Que. CBC Sports will live stream the event beginning on Saturday, April 5. WATCH | Grondin sits down in Switzerland to talk snowboarding success: Éliot Grondin sits down in Switzerland to talk snowboarding success 2 days ago Duration 14:19 The two-time Olympic snowboarder tells CBC Sports' Anastasia Bucsis about what the support of his community means to him and how he lost the gold medal at Beijing 2022 by a 'photo finish.'
