Celebrini, Fantilli out for Canada
Teen forwards Macklin Celebrini and Adam Fantilli have decided to return to North America ahead of the start of the world men's hockey championship, Hockey Canada announced Tuesday.
Hockey Canada says Celebrini planned to attend Tuesday night's NHL draft lottery. The 17-year-old is projected as the first overall pick in this year's NHL draft. Fantilli, 19, is electing to focus on next season with the Columbus Blue Jackets after his rookie campaign was cut short after 49 games due to a calf laceration.
Forwards Pierre-Luc Dubois, Brandon Hagel and Nick Paul were added to the team.
Canada plays its first game at the 2024 championship Saturday against Britain in Prague.
The CFL suspended Toronto Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly for at least nine regular-season games Tuesday following its investigation into a lawsuit filed by a former strength and conditioning coach against both the player and club. Kelly is also suspended for Toronto's two pre-season games for violating its gender-based violence policy, the league announced.
Kelly will be required to undergo confidential assessments by an independent expert and attend mandatory counselling sessions conducted by a gender-based violence expert.
Kelly, 30, was the CFL's outstanding player last season after leading Toronto to a league-best and franchise-record 16-2 record.
Substitute Bryce Duke's 52nd-minute goal gave CF Montreal a 1-1 draw — and a valuable away goal — in the opening leg of its Canadian Championship quarterfinal with Forge FC on Tuesday in Hamilton.
David Choiniere, whose younger brother Mathieu started for Montreal, opened the scoring in the 31st minute for the Canadian Premier League champion, which had perhaps the best of the first half but seemed to lose its way after Duke's equalizer.
Forge's inaugural “School Day Match” was an 11 a.m. local start, drawing more than 10,000 students on a sunny day at Tim Hortons Field.
The return leg is May 22 at Stade Saputo with the series winner facing either Toronto FC or Ligue1 Quebec champion CS Saint-Laurent in the semifinal. In the event of an aggregate tie, the team with the most away goals wins.
Canada's Leylah Fernandez made an early exit from the Italian Open on Tuesday with a 6-4, 6-1 first-round loss to Romanian veteran Ana Bogdan.
The 21-year-old from Laval, Que., struggled with her serve. She won 56.1 per cent of first-serve points and was broken five times on eight chances.
Fernandez's career record in the main draw of the WTA 1000 clay court event fell to 1-3.
Fernandez, ranked 34th in the world, has an 8-10 record this season.