Sports Shorts by Hartley Miller as of 7:05 a.m. Monday, August 9
Olympics:
Hockey Canada has named Jon Cooper of Prince George head coach of the Canadian men’s hockey team for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The 53-year-old Cooper has guided the Tampa Bay Lightning to back-to-back Stanley Cups. He will be joined by assistant coaches Bruce Cassidy of the Boston Bruins, Peter DeBoer of the Vegas Golden Knights, and New York Islanders bench boss Barry Trotz. A final decision still has to be made on whether NHL players will compete at next years’ Olympics. Cooper was head coach of Team Canada when they captured the silver medal at the 2017 world championship.
Hockey Canada announced Monday that Jon Cooper will be head coach of the Canadian men’s Olympic hockey squad at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing.https://t.co/K9jpn5dbXB
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) August 9, 2021
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Canada finished 11th at the Tokyo Olympics with 7 gold, 6 silver, and 11 bronze for 24 medals, the most at a non-boycotted Summer Olympics.
It was two more medals than the total at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Canada’s final medal was captured by Kelsey Mitchell.
The 27-year-old from Sherwood, Park., Alta., won gold in Women’s Track Cycling Sprint.
The USA had the most medals with 113 and the most gold with 39.
Damian Warner, the Olympic decathlon champion, was Canada’s flag-bearer for the closing ceremony.
Canadian medals: (24)
Gold: (7)
Kelsey Mitchell in women’s track cycling sprint.
Women’s soccer team.
Damian Warner in men’s Decathlon.
Andre De Grasse in men’s 200-metres.
Women’s eight crew rowing.
Weightlifter Maude Charron in women’s 64-kilograms.
Swimmer Margaret Mac Neil in women’s 100m butterfly.
Silver: (6)
Mohammed Ahmed in the men’s 5000-metres.
Laurence Vincent-Lapointe in women’s canoe 200-metres.
Swimmer Kylie Masse in women’s 200-metre backstroke.
Kylie Masse in women’s 100-metre backstroke.
Women’s 4×100-metre freestyle relay swim team.
Divers Jennifer Abel and Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu in women’s three-metre synchronized springboard.
Bronze: (11)
Katie Vincent and Laurence Vincent-Lapointe in women’s doubles canoe 500-metres.
Men’s 4x100m relay track team.
Evan Dunfee in men’s 50km walk.
Lauriane Genest in women’s keirin track cycling event.
Andre De Grasse in men’s 100-metres.
Women’s 4x100m medley relay swim team.
Caileigh Filmer and Hillary Janssens in women’s pair rowing.
Swimmer Penny Oleksiak in the women’s 200m freestyle.
Women’s softball team.
Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard in women’s judo under-63 kilogram division.
Jessica Klimkait in women’s judo under-57 kilogram category.
Columns:
HART ATTACK: @Hartley_Miller asks the question whether or not an Olympic athlete or team would prefer to win silver or bronze
| https://t.co/82CqUCkoUU #CityOfPG #sports #Olympics pic.twitter.com/APXsXE4gHZ— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) August 6, 2021
Scattershooting on a Sunday night as a rare smoke-free Kamloops sky begins its fade to dark . . . https://t.co/tF9a2Y8EVt
— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) August 9, 2021
WHL:
The Prince George Cougars have hired Josh Dixon as the team’s new associate coach to work under Mark Lamb.
He replaces Jason Smith who has accepted an assistant coaching job with the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms.
Dixon has spent 20 years coaching at various levels.
Most recently, he spent parts of three seasons (2017-19) as the head coach of the Saint John Sea Dogs in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
We’re pleased to welcome Josh Dixon to the team as our new Associate Coach.#NorthernUprising | #WHL
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— PG Cougars (@PGCougars) August 6, 2021
ICYMI: earlier today, the @TCAmericans unveiled alumnus and long-time NHL forward Stu Barnes as the 15th head coach in franchise history.
DETAILS ? | https://t.co/DWgeZoxi3T
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— The WHL (@TheWHL) August 7, 2021
MLB:
Toronto Blue Jays 9 Boston Red Sox 8
(The (60-50) Jays erased an 8-4 deficit after six innings and have now won 10 of their last 12 games. Toronto will play its next four games against the LA Angels starting with a doubleheader Tuesday in Anaheim)
The Blue Jays schedule is right here.
The MLB standings are right here.
CFL: (Final games in Week 1) Saturday
Toronto 23 Calgary 20
Ottawa 16 Edmonton 12
The BC Lions began their season with a 33-29 loss on Friday night to the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The Lions start Week 2 when they visit Calgary Thursday night at 6:30 (PT).
The CFL schedule is right here.
NHL:
The Flyers and goalie Carter Hart have agreed to a three-year, $11.937-million contract extension.https://t.co/dmpA4vBLOi
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) August 9, 2021
The Sportsnet NHL signing tracker is right here.
NBA:
The ESPN NBA free agency and trades tracker is right here.
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