The Vancouver Canucks' sellout streak has come to an end. The club played to a less-than-capacity crowd at Rogers Arena against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night, snapping a string of 474 consecutive sellouts.
VANCOUVER - Before this year's NHL draft, Mackenze Stewart was just hoping to get a tryout with a club, thinking it unlikely that his name would be called.
Stuck behind a long line of talented centres in the Los Angeles Kings' organization, the 23-year-old was given a new lease on his hockey life when the Vancouver Canucks acquired him in a trade at June's NHL draft for a second-round pick.
Chris Higgins scored the only goal of the shootout Saturday as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Edmonton Oilers 5-4. Higgins beat Viktor Fasth with a quick shot in the third round before Canucks goalie Ryan Miller stopped Benoit Pouliot on Edmonton's final chance.
Kevin Glenn completed three touchdown passes, including one for 60 yards to Ernest Jackson, as the B.C. Lions hammered the Ottawa Redblacks 41-3 in CFL action Saturday night.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Damage to a fish habitat should cost the millionaire owner of two hockey teams and his company $300,000, a Crown lawyer has told a sentencing hearing.