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Montreal-based sports reporter at The Canadian Press - dsr@cp.org

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Canada's Gilles, Poirier win bronze in ice dance at Milan Cortina Olympics MILAN — Piper Gilles covered her mouth in disbelief. Paul Poirier, overcome with emotion, broke down sobbing.

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12.02.2026 02:47 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Q&A: Marie-Philip Poulin talks 2025, being 'Captain Clutch,' playing alongside Stacey MONTREAL - Marie-Philip Poulin's exploits on the ice are well-documented.

My colleague @danielrainbird.bsky.social sat down with Marie-Philip Poulin to talk about, well, everything.

Such an insightful read on Captain Clutch.

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17.12.2025 21:57 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Canadian teen Mboko defeats Osaka to win National Bank Open title MONTREAL — She’s a rising star, a fighter — and now, a champion.

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08.08.2025 06:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Canadian sensation Mboko reaches National Bank Open final with epic comeback win MONTREAL — A saved match point. Two breaks while her opponent served for the win. A fearless comeback from a set down against a Grand Slam champion.

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07.08.2025 16:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Eugenie Bouchard bids adieu to tennis with throwback performance at NBO MONTREAL — Eugenie Bouchard didn’t look like a player limping into retirement. You’d be forgiven for thinking she was still in her prime.

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31.07.2025 18:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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In Solidarity ✊
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05.06.2025 16:00 👍 53 🔁 44 💬 0 📌 19
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Soccer legend Marinette Pichon ready for next challenge with NSL's Montreal Roses - TSN.ca

Marinette Pichon has never shied away from a challenge.

The French soccer legend’s next mission is in Canada, as sporting director for the Northern Super League's Montreal Roses FC.

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17.04.2025 17:08 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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PWHL players talk awkward timing of women's worlds: 'It's a long three weeks' | TSN As the season heats up with playoffs looming, the PWHL is taking an almost month-long international break for the upcoming women’s world hockey championships. The awkward timing has prompted questions...

PWHL players talk awkward timing of women's worlds: 'It's a long three weeks'

03.04.2025 17:52 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 4
Figure skating: Fournier Beaudry moves on after Sorensen suspension

Figure skating: Fournier Beaudry moves on after Sorensen suspension https://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/article793013.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky

05.03.2025 00:27 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Canadian rising star Nicole Havrda to race in all-female F1 Academy Nicole Havrda has never seen a woman start a race in Formula One. No one has in nearly 50 years.

Nicole Havrda has never seen a woman start a race in Formula One. No one has in nearly 50 years.

The rising Canadian racing star sees no reason why she can’t be the one to end that streak.

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24.02.2025 18:15 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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Flower’s finale: Marc-Andre Fleury gets special sendoff in final Montreal game MONTREAL - Marc-Andre Fleury never played for the Montreal Canadiens, but on this night he was celebrated like one of their all-time greats.

Marc-Andre Fleury never played for the Montreal Canadiens, but on Thursday night he was celebrated like one of their all-time greats.

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31.01.2025 17:46 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Madeline Schizas claims third Canadian women's figure skating title | TSN The 21-year-old from Oakville, Ont., debuted her “Butterfly Lovers Concerto” program and scored 133.87 points in the free skate, bringing her total to 203.87.

Schizas claims third Canadian women's figure skating title

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20.01.2025 01:55 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
How figure skaters Desrochers and Thrasher became one of Canada's top young pairs

How figure skaters Desrochers and Thrasher became one of Canada's top young pairs

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14.01.2025 18:50 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
CF Montréal president Gabriel Gervais wants a trophy in 2025

CF Montréal president Gabriel Gervais wants a trophy in 2025 https://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/soccer/club-de-foot-montreal/article669233.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky

10.01.2025 22:45 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
After watching brother Cole win gold, Lane Hutson puts on show for Canadiens

After watching brother Cole win gold, Lane Hutson puts on show for Canadiens https://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/montreal-canadiens/article661006.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky

07.01.2025 22:01 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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It's a Vancouver pro hockey homecoming for Montreal Victoire forward Jennifer Gardiner, Toronto Sceptres defender Rylind MacKinnon in @pwhlpa.bsky.social Takeover Tour game Wednesday at Rogers Arena. My Canadian Press Sports report, Graham Hughes photo.
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06.01.2025 19:55 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Olympic champion relay sprinters voted CP team of the year | CBC Sports The relay squad of Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney and Andre De Grasse ran away with The Canadian Press team of the year award for 2024 on Saturday.


Olympic champion relay sprinters voted CP team of the year

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28.12.2024 21:00 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Olympic champion relay sprinters voted The Canadian Press team of the year Andre De Grasse watched Aaron Brown explode out of the blocks and round the corner with blazing speed.

Canada's 4x100 relay team that raced to a surprising gold medal at the Paris Olympics has been named The Canadian Press team of the year. @danielrainbird.bsky.social had an evocative lead to the story on how they did it and what it meant to Canadians ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/cp-news...

28.12.2024 17:25 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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World champion figure skater Deanna Stellato-Dudek becomes Canadian citizen | CBC Sports The world champion figure skater gained Canadian citizenship Wednesday, making her eligible to represent Canada at the Olympic Games.

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11.12.2024 22:07 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Laine makes quick impression in front of 'outrageous' crowd in Canadiens debut MONTREAL — Patrik Laine wasted little time before making an impression.

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04.12.2024 15:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Patrik Laine to return from knee injury, make Canadiens debut against Islanders MONTREAL - Patrik Laine’s long-awaited Montreal Canadiens debut — and first game in nearly a year — has arrived.

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03.12.2024 21:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Marie-Philip Poulin plays hero again in Montreal Victoire’s season-opening PWHL win

Marie-Philip Poulin plays hero again in Montreal Victoire’s season-opening PWHL win https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/marie-philip-poulin-plays-hero-again-in-montreal-victoires-season-opening-pwhl-win?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky

01.12.2024 17:01 👍 18 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
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Poulin hungry for championship glory as Montreal Victoire enter second PWHL season MONTREAL - Marie-Philip Poulin’s trophy chest is brimming with awards and medals, but there’s one big piece missing now that the Professional Women's Hockey League is established.

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29.11.2024 23:11 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Finnish star Ronja Savolainen wants to make an impact with Ottawa Charge MONTREAL - Finnish star Ronja Savolainen wants her opponents to fear driving the net when she’s on the ice.

Finnish star Ronja Savolainen wants to make an impact with Ottawa Charge

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21.11.2024 03:20 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
From last pick to first-liner: Swedish star Ljungblom making waves with Victoire The Montreal Victoire anticipated Swedish star Lina Ljungblom’s arrival from overseas for more than a year. They’re confident it was well worth the wait. “We wanted a game breaker,” head coach Kori Cheverie said. “Lina is a threat to score every shift. … It really is a great addition to our lineup.” First-line players aren’t normally drafted in the last round, but that’s what the Victoire have in Ljungblom. The 23-year-old was selected with the final pick of the 2023 PWHL draft, but played out the final year of her contract with Swedish club MoDo before joining Montreal this fall. In 2023-24, Ljungblom won Player of the Year honours in Sweden with 23 goals and 23 assists in 36 games. Now signed to a three-year contract, she’s already making waves with her wicked release at training camp. The sight of her ripping shots off the post and in quickly explained why she was skating alongside Victoire stars Marie Philip-Poulin and Laura Stacey on the team’s top trio on Thursday and Friday at Verdun Auditorium. “She brings a lot as a power forward, she’s eager to learn, sees the game very well … You can see she has a powerful shot,” Poulin said of her new linemate. “Super excited to see what she’s got.” Victoire players who also play for Canada have already experienced it on the international stage. The 5-foot-6 Ljungblom scored seven goals in seven games during the 2023 world championships, including a second-period tally in Sweden’s 3-2 quarterfinal loss to Canada in overtime. “Lina has done a lot of damage against Team Canada in all of our matchups. Whenever I see No. 25 on the ice when I am with Team Canada, I’m aware,” Canadian defender Erin Ambrose said. “To now have that with our group is pretty incredible. “I think (she) is going to take her game to the next level and take us to the next level.” Victoire general manager Danièle Sauvageau didn’t know Ljungblom wouldn’t play in the league’s inaugural season, but is “very happy that she just stayed available” anyway. Ljungblom, meanwhile, wanted to join Montreal last season and said it was hard to watch from afar as the PWHL’s record-breaking crowds created a buzz in the MoDo locker room. On Thursday, she was nervous about taking the ice. Not because she was skating with a living legend in Poulin, but because she’d always dreamt of playing in a league of the PWHL’s calibre. “I’ve always been dreaming about playing hockey professionally, to have it as my job,” Ljungblom said. “Now you can see with this league, it’s really big, it has a lot of fans, it’s so professional. “It’s a dream that I never thought I could have.” That’s why she’s making the sacrifice of leaving her family six time zones away, even though PWHL stars have far more modest salaries than NHL players (the PWHL minimum is US$36,050, while top players make around $70,000-80,000). “You miss so much that is going on at home. My sister has two kids and I’m missing their life and growing up and everything. That’s hard,” Ljungblom said. “It’s hard to say goodbye to your family, but you’re living your dream.” On the ice, Ljungblom will have to adjust to the smaller North American ice surface and the PWHL’s physical brand of hockey, but she’s hardly concerned. The gritty winger notes she skated with boys until she was 19 and has experience with body checking, something Sweden’s top league implemented in 2022. “I feel that I’m good in the battles, I feel that I’m strong, and I like to go straight to the net,” Ljungblom said. “It’s other stuff than scoring that could fit me in this league. “But of course, I’d like to score.” Right now, Ljungblom is living in a downtown Montreal hotel, waiting to see if fellow Swede and roommate Anna Kjellbin cracks Montreal’s roster ahead of the season-opener on Nov. 30. The 30-year-old Kjellbin, a right-shot defender who’s also Sweden’s captain, was drafted by the Victoire in the sixth round of this year’s draft but hasn’t yet signed a contract. Cheverie, however, is impressed by what she’s seeing early in camp. “She’s a true pro,” she said. “We had her playing on the left side today in practice, just to see what we have there, and she was all for it. She’s willing to do whatever it takes to try to make the team. “She’s got that smart IQ, she’s able to move the puck, she can play a little bit of physicality. She’s kind of a little bit of a Jill of all trades.” Kjellbin’s message to Victoire fans about Ljungblom? “You always know what you’re going to get. It’s 100 per cent,” she said. “She’s a physical player, but also a smart player who knows where to be at what time. Having high expectations of Lina is what you should have.” Related PWHL excitement remains high for Montreal Victoire heading into Year 2 CBC/Radio-Canada, TSN/RDS and Amazon Prime to broadcast PWHL games this season

From last pick to first-liner: Swedish star Ljungblom making waves with Victoire https://montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/pwhl/from-last-pick-to-first-liner-swedish-star-ljungblom-making-waves-with-victoire?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky

16.11.2024 01:36 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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From last pick to first-liner: Swedish star Ljungblom making waves with Victoire By Daniel Rainbird

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