Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Wednesday, June 17th

Sports by Hartley Wednesday, June 17th, 2026  as of 7:05 a.m.

The (32-41) Mets play the (35-37) Reds again today (9:40 AM PT) in Cincinnati.

Toronto Blue Jays  6  Boston Red Sox  1

The (35-38) Blue Jays continue a 6-game road trip today (Wednesday 3:45 PM PT) against the same (29-41) Red Sox.

The MLB regular season schedule is here.

The Toronto Blue Jays schedule is here.

The New York Mets schedule is here.

The MLB standings are here.

NHL:

Jim Hiller has been hired as head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, replacing the fired Craig Berube.

The 57-year-old Hiller was an assistant coach with the Leafs from 2015-19.

He spent parts of the last three seasons as head coach of the L-A Kings before he was dismissed in March.

Soccer:

Lionel Messi tied Miroslav Klose’s record for most men’s World Cup goals at 16 as he scored a hat trick (Tuesday) for Argentina in a 3-0 victory over Algeria.

The 38-year-old Messi became the oldest player to score three goals in a World Cup game.

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Canada has two games left in Group B at the World Cup.

They will play Qatar on Thursday (3 PM PT) in Vancouver before facing Switzerland on Wednesday, June 24th (Noon), also in Vancouver.

All four teams in Group B have a draw after their first game with one goal for and one goal against.

The top two teams in each group advance to the knockout stage, where they are joined by the eight best third-place teams.

The knockout stage will begin Sunday, June 28th with 32 teams.

The final of the 48-team tournament will be played in East Rutherford, N.J. on July 19th.

The World Cup schedule/results are here or you can get more information here.

The World Cup standings are here.

CFL: 

The (0-1) B.C. Lions visit the (1-1) Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday (4:30 PT) to begin Week 3 of the CFL season.