In the NHL playoffs, the New York Rangers edged the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 to tie their first round series at two games each. New York’s win also ended a six game losing streak at home in the playoffs going back to the 2015 Eastern Conference Final……Columbus got by Pittsburgh 5-4 to avoid the four game sweep and San Jose got a goal by Joe Pavelski after just 15 seconds of the first period in a 7-0 win over Edmonton to tie up that series at 2 games each.
Finland downed Canada 6-3 at the World Under 18 men’s hockey championship. Canada finished the preliminary round with a record of 3 and 1. Finland is undefeated at 4 and 0.
At the Under 18 curling championships in Moncton, the Justine Comeau rink from Fredericton, is 2 and 0 in girl’s play after winning 12-1 over the Northwest Territories and 3-1 over Nova Scotia. In boy’s play, Liam Marin of Saint John, representing New Brunswick, is 0 and 2 after losing 7-6 to Quebec and 7-5 to B-C.
In the Majors, the Toronto Blue Jays rallied with three runs in the 9th but fell short, losing 8-7 to the Boston Red Sox…..The 8 game winning streak of the New York Yankees came to an end as they lost to the Chicago White Sox 4-1. In other play, it was Cincinnati 9 Baltimore 3….Tampa Bay 5 Detroit 1….Philadelphia 6 NY Mets 2 (10 innings)…..Washington 3 Atlanta 1……Chicago Cubs 9 Milwaukee 7….Los Angeles Angels 5 Houston 2…..Cleveland 11 Minnesota 4……San Francisco 2 Kansas City 1 (11 innings)…..St. Louis 2 Pittsburgh 1…..Oakland 4 Texas 2…..Arizona 11 San Diego 2…….Miami 5 Seattle 0 and Colorado 4 Los Angeles Dodgers 3.
The Pittsburgh Pirates got some devastating news as centrefielder Starling Marte has been suspended for 80 games by Major League Baseball after testing positive for a performance enhancing drug.
In the NBA playoffs, Kyle Lowry scored 22 points including the clinching basket with less than 10 seconds left to play as the Toronto Raptors defeated Milwaukee 106-100 to tie up their first-round series at one game each. Elsewhere, it was Chicago 111 Boston 97 to take a 2 games to nothing lead and the Los Angeles Clippers 99 Utah 91 to tie up the series at one game each.
The Saint John Riptide are back home tonight against the Island Storm with tipoff at 7:00 at Harbour Station.
