Saturday’s NHL Playoff SumsFirst Period_None. Second Period_1, Pittsburgh, Staal 1 (Satan, Orpik), 5:17. 2, Washington, Ovechkin 9 (Poti), 6:16. 3, Washington, Backstrom 3 (Fedorov, Ovechkin), 14:35 (pp). Sharp scores twice to help Blackhawks rally, tie series with 6-3 win over CanucksVANCOUVER, British Columbia — Down often so far during the playoffs, the young Chicago Blackhawks never feel as if they’re out of any game. An early, two-goal hole didn’t faze them one bit Saturday night. Patrick Sharp scored twice to tie it and David Bolland put Chicago ahead with a short-handed breakaway to help the Blackhawks tie their second-round playoff series at a game apiece with a 6-3 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night. 2 Indian-origin teenagers kidnapped, shot dead in CanadaVANCOUVER - Two Indo-Canadian teenage boys were killed in gang-style violence at Abbotsford near here Friday. Abbotsford is home to one of the largest Punjabi communities in Canada. The Columbian newspaper seeks Chapter 11 bankruptcy protectionVANCOUVER, Wash. — The company that publishes The Columbian newspaper in Vancouver, Wash., has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in an effort to resolve credit issues involving a building project. Salo breaks tie with 1:13 left, Canucks beat Blackhawks 5-3 in Game 1VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The blood was still oozing out of five stitches above Kyle Wellwood’s left eye and a fat lower lip, and yet the Canucks forward couldn’t stop smiling. Indian kicked out of Canada for street racing deathVANCOUVER - Canada has kicked out an Indian immigrant convicted of killing a woman on the street during a car race with a fellow Indian here nine years ago. NHL Playoff Preview CapsulesCapsules of NHL second-round series: Avril Lavigne becomes Canadian Ambassador for 2010 World ExpoWASHINGTON - Avril Lavigne is all set to represent her native Canada by being an ambassador at China’s World expo in 2010. Vancouver enjoying rest after sweep, trying to avoid rust between roundsVANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Vancouver Canucks are enjoying their extra rest between playoff rounds too much to worry about developing rust. SKorean city of Pyeongchang gets third consecutive chance to bid for Winter OlympicsSEOUL, South Korea — Pyeongchang will bid for the third consecutive time to host the Winter Olympics. Vancouver Olympic organizers not wrong to keep female ski jumpers out of 2010, lawyers sayVANCOUVER, British Columbia — Vancouver Olympic organizers were in court Wednesday, arguing that the decision to exclude women ski jumpers from competition next year is not theirs to reverse. Tuesday’s NHL Playoff SumsFirst Period_1, N.Y. Rangers, Antropov 2 (Dubinsky, Avery), 5:35. 2, Washington, Semin 5 (Backstrom, Green), 15:34. BC-HKN–Canucks-Blues Sums,2nd Ld-Writethru, HKNBC-HKN–Canucks-Blues Sums,1st Ld-Writethru, HKNBC-HKN–Canucks-Blues Sums, HKNCanucks sweep Blues in first round behind Luongo, Burrows OT goalST. LOUIS — Alex Burrows scored his second goal of the game with 18.9 seconds to go in overtime and Roberto Luongo made 47 saves to help the Vancouver Canucks complete a first-round sweep of St. Louis with a 3-2 victory over the Blues Tuesday night. Postseason NHL ScheduleN.Y. Rangers 4, Washington 3 N.Y. Rangers 1, Washington 0 Britney stops Vancouver show over smokingVANCOUVER - Britney Spears left a sold-out crowd of 18,000 in the lurch when she suddenly walked off the stage at the famous GM Place here because of ‘ventilation problems’. Britney walks out of concert due to marijuana fumesLONDON - Pop star Britney Spears walked off stage during a recent concert complaining the arena was filled with smoke of marijuana. Signs of economic recovery, says top Canadian bank CEOVANCOUVER - The head of Canada’s top bank said Tuesday the global financial system seems to have begun stabilizing even as the country’s finance minister urged more governments to follow the US in buying toxic assets from banks. Husband arrested over NRI wife’s murder in PunjabHOSHIARPUR - The Punjab Police Saturday claimed to have solved the murder of an NRI woman with the arrest of her husband and two others. US border guards pepper-spray Canadian visitorTORONTO - Though rude treatment of visitors at American airports and borders has become the norm since 9/11, it crossed all limits Monday when US border guards pepper-sprayed a Canadian man. Yet another Sikh dies in gang-style violence in VancouverVANCOUVER - A 32-year-old Sikh man became the latest victim of gangster violence that has claimed dozens of young lives in the largely prosperous Indian-Canadian community which has been plagued by drug trafficking and gun running among other crimes. Sikh man killed gang-style in VancouverVANCOUVER - A 32-year-old Sikh man has become yet another victim of the on-going gang-style violence which has claimed dozens of young lives in the Indian Canadian community here. Indian Canadian gets 11 years for beheading daughterVANCOUVER - An Indian Canadian, who killed his two-year-old daughter last year in Delta near here, was jailed for 11 years Friday. Indian Canadian admits to beheading two-year-old daughterVANCOUVER - An Indian-Canadian father, who had strangled and then decapitated his two-year-old daughter in the Vancouver suburb of Delta last year, has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Halle Berry braves cold to finish ‘Frankie and Alice’LONDON - Oscar winning actress Halle Berry proves that she is prepared to do anything in the name of art. |