Wednesday, 3 April 2024
Maple Leafs’ Rielly returns vs. Lightning, Edmundson remains sidelined
The Toronto Maple Leafs will get Morgan Rielly back in the lineup against the Tampa Bay Lightning but will have to wait a little longer for some other players to make their return.
According to head coach Sheldon Keefe, defenceman Joel Edmundson still isn’t close to returning despite being a participant at morning skate. The 30-year-old isn’t expected to play Saturday against the Montreal Canadiens which means the earliest he could return is either Monday against the Pittsburgh Penguins or Tuesday against the New Jersey Devils.
Mark Giordano is expected to come out of the lineup for Rielly who has missed his last four games with an upper-body injury.
Mitch Marner is not expected to return to the lineup until the weekend despite being a participant in practice.
Joseph Woll is slated to be the starter against Tampa after Ilya Samsonov played the last two games.
Watch the Maple Leafs take on the Lightning on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+ at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT.
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Tuesday, 2 April 2024
Injured Quinn, Smith drop off Canada’s roster for SheBelieves Cup
Midfielder Quinn and midfielder/forward Olivia Smith have dropped out of Canada’s squad for the SheBelieves Cup due to injuries sustained at their clubs.
They have been replaced by Emma Regan and Marie-Yasmine Alidou.
Ninth-ranked Canada opens play against No. 10 Brazil on Saturday while the fourth-ranked U.S. faces No. 7 Japan, also in Atlanta. The two winners will face off for the title April 9 in Columbus while the losers meet to decide third place.
The 28-year-old Quinn, who has won 100 caps for Canada, played the full 90 minutes in Seattle’s 2-1 loss at the Chicago Red Star in NWSL action March 23 but did not see action in Sunday’s 1-0 loss at San Diego due to a concussion.
The 19-year-old Smith, who has eight caps for Canada, plays in Portugal for Sporting CP where she ranks third in league scoring with nine goals this season.
Regan, a fullback/midfielder who plays for HB Koge in Denmark, returned to the senior squad in October after last being called up in 2018, when she made her debut in a 12-0 win over Cuba at the CONCACAF Women’s Championship.
The 24-year-old from North Vancouver has won two caps for Canada, appearing most recently in Canada’s 2-0 win over Brazil on Oct. 31 in Halifax.
Alidou, who plays in Portugal for Benfica, also has two Canadian caps. The 28-year-old midfielder from Saint-Hubert, Que., made her last appearance in February, coming off the bench in Canada’s 6-0 victory over El Salvador at the CONCACAF W Gold Cup.
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Monday, 1 April 2024
Italy’s Retornaz beats Canada’s Gushue at world men’s curling championship
Canada’s Brad Gushue lost his first game at the world men’s curling championship on Monday, dropping a 7-6 decision to Italy’s Joel Retornaz at IWC Arena.
Retornaz made an open draw to the four-foot ring in an extra end for the victory. That left his top-ranked Italian team in a four-way tie with Canada, Germany and the United States at 3-1.
Gushue, from St. John’s, N.L., said he was struggling with his rocks in the first half of the game.
“I switched them out and took Geoff (Walker’s) and once I got his it was a much different feel,” he said. “One of my rocks was curling more than the other. It was fooling me and not allowing me to trust where I was putting the broom.”
Sweden’s Niklas Edin (5-0) and defending champion Bruce Mouat of Scotland (4-1) led the round-robin standings after seven draws. American John Shuster and Germany’s Marc Muskatewitz were tied with Canada and Italy at 3-1.
In other afternoon games, Sweden beat Norway’s Magnus Ramsfjell 10-8 in an extra end, Scotland dumped New Zealand’s Anton Hood 8-2 and Switzerland’s Yannick Schwaller posted an 8-5 win over Wouter Goesgens of the Netherlands.
Switzerland was just outside the six-team playoff cutline at 2-2. Norway, the Netherlands, Lukas Klima of Czechia, Japan’s Shinya Abe were next at 1-3.
Gushue was idle for the Monday evening session. His team of Walker, third Mark Nichols and second E.J. Harnden were set to return Tuesday morning against New Zealand (0-4).
Canada shot 90 per cent on the day against the Italians, who finished at 87 per cent.
The Italians were the first on the board after Canada made an error in the second end. Gushue was heavy on a freeze attempt and Retornaz converted with a draw for a pair.
Canada was forced in the third end as Gushue tried to find his draw weight.
“I’m disappointed,” he said. “For me personally, I missed a couple of shots early that caused that swing of the two and the one. In the third, we had a mini-opportunity to get the deuce back and it came up light.”
Italy gave up a steal in the sixth end after missing several runbacks. That allowed Canada to cluster three stones in the four-foot ring.
Retornaz opted to hit a double-takeout and concede a single, which tied the game.
Canada had a chance for three – and the win – in the 10th end but Gushue’s nose hit rolled too far away and Retornaz followed with a double-takeout. Gushue could only draw for two and the tie.
“We just overswept my first rock,” Gushue said. “If we hit that on the nose, we’re going to lie three, they’ll be buried, and he would have had to play a runback double just to cut us down to two.
“It was a little unfortunate and just a bit of a panic sweep and over-sweep and left Joel an easy double. We still got two, which is tough against those guys, but there was a three there.”
Round-robin play continues through Friday night. Medal games are scheduled for Sunday.
Canada last won gold at this event in 2017 when Gushue was victorious in Edmonton.
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