Maritime Hockey League:

The finals are set in the MHL,

The Campbellton Tigers have defeated the Summerside Western Capitals to advance to the Canadian Tire Cup final! They’ll take on the Yarmouth Mariners in the best of 7 series to see who will advance to the Fred Page Cup.

QMJHL:

Drummondville defeated the Sherbrooke Phoenix 4-2 to take a 3-2 lead in the series.
The Halifax Mooseheads brought out the brooms in Moncton last night and swept the Wildcats in 4 straight games, they were down 2-1 going into the 3rd and scored 3 unanswered goals to win 4-2.

IIHF Women’s World Hockey Championship:

Team Canada will take on Team Germany this morning at 11am. Semi Finals will be held on Saturday Afternoon and the Finals on Sunday.

MLB:

For the first time in history, the Houston Astros have swept the Yankees. They won last night 8-6.
Jordan Lyles threw 10 strikeouts to give the Pirates a huge 5-2 win over the Cubs.

NHL:

The playoffs have begun in the NHL,

Last night the Blue Jackets shocked the Lightning in Tampa Bay, they were down 3-0 going into the second period but they rallied back with goals from Nick Foligno, David Savard, Josh Anderson and Seth Jones to win game 1, 4-3.  Also, Truro referee Jon McIsaac had the call for game 1.

The Islanders got an OT goal from Josh Bailey to lift New York to a 1-0 series lead over the Penguins.

The Blues rallied back after a Patrick Liane goal in the 1st period to score 2 in the 3rd and take game 1 against the Jets 2-1.

Miro Heiskanen had the game of his life for the Dallas Stars in game 1 against the Predators, he scored twice and Mats Zuccarello added the frosting as the stars take a 1-0 series lead over Nashville defeating them 3-2.

Vegas showed up in San Jose unprepared to face the Sharks and it showed early, the Sharked netted 3 in the 2nd and took game 1 away from the Golden Knights 5-2.

Tonight, Toronto and Boston get underway in game 1 at 8pm.

Carolina and Washington begin at 8:30.

Colorado and Calgary drop the puck at 11.