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D.J. Smith noticed something when his Ottawa Senators arrived in northern California last month. There weren't many people around. "At that point, no one knew what we know now," the team's rookie head coach recalled Wednesday.

Josh Morrissey figures he has more close friends on the Edmonton Oilers than any other rival NHL team.

NEW YORK — Alexis Lafreniere remained the top North American skater as the NHL released its final rankings for the 2020 draft Wednesday.

After leading Samoa and Canada to rare tournament wins on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, coach Damian McGrath now faces the challenge of getting Germany's part-time players promoted to the top-tier sevens circuit.

BERN, Switzerland — Veteran Swiss women's hockey goaltender Florence Schelling has been named general manager of one of the top men's teams in her home country. SC Bern announced Wednesday the 31-year-old will take over as GM later this month.

A list of Canadian international and domestic sporting events impacted by COVID-19: OLYMPICS — 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics postponed until 2021.

MONTREAL — CCM has joined the list of hockey equipment manufacturers contributing supplies to front-line health care workers in the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Edmonton Oilers say forward Colby Cave is out of emergency surgery after suffering a brain bleed. The team posted on Twitter that doctors removed a colloid cyst that was causing pressure on Cave's brain on Tuesday.

CALGARY — Prefacing his hopes that the Calgary Flames return to the ice soon with the acknowledgment that pro hockey is not a societal priority right now, general manager Brad Treliving remains optimistic.

The Canadian Grand Prix has become the latest major sports event in the country to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Montreal-based Formula One race was scheduled to take place June 12-14 before Wednesday's postponement.