Thursday Sports: Markstrom Dealt & More

NHL

The Calgary Flames will have a new starting netminder next season after dealing Jacob Markstrom to the New Jersey Devils yesterday. In return, the Flames got 23-year-old defenceman Kevin Bahl and a 2025 first-round draft pick. General manager Craig Conroy says the deal demonstrates Calgary’s focus on infusing young players into its roster and acquiring draft capital while staying competitive.
The Los Angeles Kings have acquired goaltender Darcy Kuemper from Washington in exchange for centre Pierre-Luc Dubois in a trade of underachieving players. Kuemper lost the starting job to Charlie Lindgren as the Capitals were swept by the New York Rangers in the first round of the playoffs. Dubois had just 16 goals and 40 points after signing a lucrative contract with the Kings before the season.

The Stanley Cup final between the Oilers and the Florida Panthers is off until Friday’s Game 6 in Edmonton. The Panthers will try again to finish the series. Their 3-0 series lead has dwindled to 3-2. Game 7, if necessary, goes Monday in Sunrise.

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CFL

The Montreal Alouettes will look to maintain their perfect record tonight as they host the Ottawa Redblacks. The Als are 2-and-oh to start the campaign after downing the Elks 23-20 in Edmonton last week. The Redblacks played their first game of the season last week and took a 23-19 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in Ottawa.

MLB

TORONTO (AP) — Jarren Duran and Enmanuel Valdez hit solo home runs, Brayan Bello pitched six innings to snap a three-start winless streak, and Boston beat Toronto to complete a three-game sweep. The past eight series between Boston and Toronto have all been sweeps, with the Red Sox winning three. The Blue Jays and Orioles also had eight straight meetings finish as sweeps in 2009 and 2010. Toronto made four errors. The Blue Jays are 9-20 when they make at least one error.

WCBL

Medicine Hat 15 Moose Jaw 7
Regina 21 Weyburn 4
Saskatoon 3 Brooks 2
Sylvan Lake 15 Swift Current 8
Lethbridge 9 Okotoks 4

BASKETBALL

The general manager of Canada’s men’s basketball team says the squad is working toward climbing the Olympic podium this summer. Twenty players were named to Canada’s training camp roster yesterday, including NBA stars Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Andrew Wiggins and Jamal Murray. Canada Basketball G-M Rowan Barrett says the group is going to the Games in Paris to win.

CEBL

Justin Wright-Foreman’s game-high 32 points helped the Winnipeg Sea Bears (4-5) snap a four-game losing skid as they fought back for an 88-84 win over the league-leading Vancouver Bandits (7-2) on Wednesday.
The Brampton Honey Badgers snapped their seven-game skid with an 85-79 home victory over the Montreal Alliance at CAA Centre.
On Thursday the Saskatchewan Rattlers host the Calgary Surge on Indigenous Night at SaskTel Centre.

SOCCER

Canada’s men’s soccer team kicks off the Copa America today, taking on World Cup champion Argentina. Canada comes into the tournament ranked 49th in the world while the Lionel Messi-led Argentines are number one. The tournament continues through July 14th.

(Canadian Press/ CEBL Comms)