Three explosions rocked the Borussia Dortmund team bus as the soccer team, one of the best in Germany, was making its way to its home stadium for a Champions League match against Monoco. Defender Marc Bartra was injured and the match was postponed. A note claiming responsibility was found near the site of the explosions.
Mathieu Joseph scored a hat trick and Julien Gauthier got his second consecutive game winning goal as the Saint John Sea Dogs defeated Val-d’Or 7-3 to take a 3 games to nothing lead in their quarterfinal.
Goaltender Alex D’Orio and forward Cedric Pare remain among the top prospects for the 2017 NHL Draft on a final rankings list.
The NHL playoffs get underway tonight with five games including the Rangers at Montreal…..Boston in Ottawa and Pittsburgh hosting Columbus. The Leafs begin their series tomorrow night in Washington.
In the Majors, Keon Broxton and Domingo Santana hit solo home runs as Milwaukee edged Toronto 4-3 to hand the Blue Jays their sixth straight home opening loss…..Dustin Pedroia drove in four runs in Boston’s 8-1 win over Baltimore…..The Yankees were idle. In other play, it was Detroit 2 Minnesota 1…..Cleveland 2 Chicago White Sox 1 (10 innings)…..Washington 8 St. Louis 3…..NY Mets 14 Philadelphia 4…..Cincinnati 6 Pittsburgh 2…..Miami 8 Atlanta 4….Colorado 3 San Diego 2…..Los Angeles Angels 6 Texas 5 (10 innings)…..Houston 7 Seattle 5 and Arizona 4 San Francisco 3.
In the NBA, it was Atlanta 103 Charlotte 76…..Oklahoma City 100 Minnesota 98…Denver 109 Dallas 91…..Los Angeles lakers 108 New Orleans 96 and Sacramento 129 Phoenix 104.
