Trio of hot defencemen named NHL'S top players of the week

Defencemen swept the latest NHL player of the week awards, with Nashville's Roman Josi, Florida's Brandon Montour and Winnipeg's Josh Morrissey earning honours.

Josi had three goals and four assists and topped the league with a plus-7 defensive rating over three games last week as the Predators extended their winning streak to eight games.

His week included backto-back three-point outings in a 4-1 win over Ottawa on Tuesday and a 6-1 victory over Minnesota on Thursday.

Montour had two goals, both game-winners, and four assists as the Panthers posted three wins.

Morrissey had a goal and six assists in four games for the Jets, who won three of those contests and moved into first place in the Central Division.

One-quarter of respondents polled last

year felt that racism and discrimination were problems in community sports in the country, according to a survey published by Statistics Canada.

Eighteen per cent of respondents said they have experienced or witnessed racism or discrimination in sport during the last five years, with race or skin colour the most cited reason at 64 per cent.

Physical appearance was cited in 42 per cent of incidents and ethnicity or culture in 38 per cent.

LGTBQ Canadians (42 per cent) were more than twice as likely as heterosexuals (17 per cent) to report having experienced or witnessed discrimination.

Athletes made up 80 per cent of those who saw or were subjected to discrimination, with spectators at 26 per cent.

The likelihood of experiencing or witnessing discrimination in a sport decreased with age, peaking among people aged 15 to 24 (30 per cent) and gradually declining to seven per cent among people 65 and older.

Statistics Canada said racialized and immigrant groups were oversampled “to provide adequate coverage of these groups.”