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He has cracked the New York Jets' starting lineup, but Canadian rookie Nathan Shepherd isn't taking anything for granted. The biggest lessons the burly Ajax, Ont.

Canadian MMA star Rory (The Red King) MacDonald has taken his lumps in title fights, with broken bones and dashed dreams.

BURNABY, B.C. — Through nine NBA seasons with two of the league's best teams, a couple of stops in the NBA G-League, and a brief stint in Slovenia, Danny Green has seen virtually everything an NBA training camp can throw at him.

Love can be in the air anywhere, even in the middle of a fierce, high-stakes hockey rivalry. Just ask former Canadian women's hockey team forward Gillian Apps and American forward Meghan Duggan, who married this past weekend in Pownal, Maine.

Mississauga Steelheads head coach James Richmond didn't plan to have NHL prospect Owen Tippett in his lineup, at least not so soon.

Like his transatlantic rugby league team, Wolfpack co-owner David Argyle calls Toronto home but spends most of the year away.

Connor Hellebuyck recently stopped a puck up high near his collarbone — a shot that, in years past, he might not have thought about twice. In this instance, however, it hurt. "Didn't feel very good," Hellebuyck said.

John Tavares's decision to sign with the Toronto Maple Leafs this past summer didn't just make a splash in the NHL free-agency market, it made one online too.

Wednesday's Games --- NHL Pre-season Toronto 5 Montreal 3 Minnesota 4 Winnipeg 3 N.Y. Islanders 4 N.Y.

Wednesday's Games --- NHL Pre-season Toronto 5 Montreal 3 Minnesota 4 Winnipeg 3 N.Y. Islanders 4 N.Y.