Kyle Balzer

2 months ago | vancouverisawesome.com | Jeremy Hainsworth |Elana Shepert |Daniel Wagner |Kyle Balzer

Paul Maurice has led hundreds of meetings across a long coaching career. The video rolls. There are points of emphasis. Players get their marching orders. Alex Ovechkin became a focus in opposing NHL locker rooms shortly after making his debut in 2005. Not much has changed. Every team knows what's coming when the bulldozing Washington Capitals winger with a bullet one-timer sets up in his "office" — the left faceoff circle — on a power play. There hasn't been an answer in two decades.

2 months ago | vancouverisawesome.com | Jeremy Hainsworth |Daniel Wagner |Elana Shepert |Kyle Balzer

MONTREAL — Dollarama Inc. raised its quarterly dividend by 15 per cent as it reported its fourth-quarter profit and sales rose compared with a year ago. The retailer says it will now pay a quarterly dividend of 10.58 cents per share, up from 9.2 cents per share. The increased payment to shareholders came as Dollarama says it earned $391.0 million or $1.40 per diluted share for the quarter ended Feb. 2. The result was up from a profit of $323.8 million or $1.15 per diluted share a year earlier.

2 months ago | vancouverisawesome.com | Jeremy Hainsworth |Elana Shepert |Daniel Wagner |Kyle Balzer

Personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services developmentStore and/or access information on a deviceYou can choose how your personal data is used.

2 months ago | vancouverisawesome.com | Jeremy Hainsworth |Elana Shepert |Daniel Wagner |Kyle Balzer

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — At least seven people have died, including two children, after a boat carrying migrants from Turkey to a nearby Greek island capsized, Greece's coast guard said Thursday. A search and rescue operation off the northern coast of the island of Lesbos recovered the bodies. The coast guard said 23 people have been rescued.

2 months ago | vancouverisawesome.com | Jeremy Hainsworth |Elana Shepert |Daniel Wagner |Kyle Balzer

Minnesota Wild (41-28-7, in the Central Division) vs. New York Islanders (32-32-10, in the Metropolitan Division)Elmont, New York; Friday, 7:30 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: The New York Islanders enter a matchup with the Minnesota Wild after losing six games in a row. New York has a 32-32-10 record overall and a 17-15-5 record in home games. The Islanders have gone 10-4-1 in games they score at least one power-play goal. Minnesota is 22-11-5 on the road and 41-28-7 overall.