The Island Storm evened its record at 2-2 in NBL basketball with a 115-101 effort over visiting Cape Breton.
DuVaughan Maxwell led the attack with 29 points.
Andre Stringer added 24. The Storm hosts the Moncton Magic on Sunday afternoon at 2.00.
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The Toronto Raptors won their third straight in the NBA as they stopped Indiana, 120-115. DeMar DeRozan had 26 points.
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The Charlottetown Islanders lost 6-1 in Blainville-Boisbriand to the Armada to begin a three game weekend road trip. Matthew Grouchy had the lone Islanders.Alex Barre-Boulet had two for the Armada who are tied for the Q lead with Rimouski with an 18-5-2 record. Acadie-Bathurst is just a point behind. The Islanders are 7 points out.
Charlottetown is at Quebec to play the Remparts this evening.
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The Summerside Western Capitals pulled out a 3-2 shootout win over Miramichi in the MHL. Goals by TJ Shea and Brodie MacAthur tied the game with the Timberwolves. Shea leads the league with 19 goals and 44 points. The Caps improve to 11-9-1 and host the South Shore Lumberjacks at 7.00 tonight at Credit Union Place.
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The #7 ranked Acadia Axemen skated past the UPEI Panthers, 6-3 led by Boston Leier with two goals. Beau McHue, Brent Andrews and Cody Payne for the struggling Panthers. UPEI falls to 4-12-1 and lost four in a row. The Panthers are at Saint Mary’s tonight to complete the first half.
The Huskies surprised UNB, 5-4. Moncton over Dalhousie, 6-1.
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Saint John over the Charlottetown Pride, 5-2 in New Brunswick-PEI Major Midget.
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The Winnipeg Jets are the top team in the NHL Western Conference following a 7-4 win over the Las Vegas Golden Knights. The Jets scored five times in the third as the Knights lost their third straight.
The New York Islanders trimmed Ottawa, 5-4.
Pittsburgh shutout Buffalo, 4-0. Sidney Crosby with his 11th.
Brian Boyle scored the game winner as New Jersey got by Colorado, 2-1.
NHL
N.Y. Rangers 5 Carolina 1
Columbus 4 Anaheim 2
Pittsburgh 4 Buffalo 0
Ottawa 6 N.Y. Islanders 5
San Jose 2 Florida 1
Winnipeg 7 Vegas 4
Los Angeles 4 St. Louis 1
New Jersey 2 Colorado 1
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The Toronto Blue Jays have added a new infielder after non-tendering the contracts of Ryan Goins and pitcher Tom Koehler who become free agents.
They’ve traded for 26 year old shortstop-second baseman Aledmys Diaz from St. Louis.
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The New York Yankees about to announce Aaron Boone as their new manager according to several reports.
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Harness racing today and Sunday at 12.30 at Red Shores in Charlottetown. 12 dashes today with Weather Hanover and Gilles Barrieau the favourite in the 11th race feature.
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The World Sledge Hockey Challenge begins at the MacLauchlan Arena at the Bell Aliant Centre at UPEI on Sunday.
The USA plays Korea at noon.
Italy plays Canada at 5.00.
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