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ATLANTA (AP) — The place was rocking, the pearl-clad fans sensing this truly was going to be a special night, the kind they'd been hopefully marking on the calendar for more than a quarter-century.

LIVERPOOL, N.S. — Tanner Horgan’s chance of representing Canada in Beijing is alive after he punched his ticket to the Canadian Olympic curling trials on Sunday evening. The 23-year-old from Kingston, Ont.

NAGOYA, Japan – The Canadian men’s short-track speedskating relay team won gold on the final day of competition at the ISU World Cup in Nagoya, Japan on Sunday.

CALGARY — Ben King and Arshdeep Bains scored power-play goals to lead the Red Deer Rebels to a 3-2 victory over the Calgary Hitmen Sunday in the Western Hockey League.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Ryan Getzlaf broke a tie with Teemu Selanne for Anaheim's career points record, assisting on Troy Terry's third-period goal in the Ducks' 4-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday.

SYDNEY, N.S. — Mathieu Bizier had two goals and two assists to lead the Gatineau Olympiques past the Cape Breton Eagles 5-2 in QMJHL action Sunday. Bizer's first goal, which came on the power play in the second period, proved to be the winner.

WINNIPEG — Joseph Cramarossa scored twice to power the Iowa Wild to a 4-1 victory over the Manitoba Moose in an AHL contest Sunday afternoon.

SUDBURY, ONTARIO — Kosta Manikas and Jack Thompson scored second-period goals to pace the Sudbury Wolves past the North Bay Battalion 3-1 in the lone OHL game Sunday afternoon.

After being sidelined for some two years due to the pandemic, the Canadian women's rugby team returns to action Monday when it takes on the U.S. in Glendale, Colo. And not a moment too soon.