When the Edmonton Oilers reeled off their 16-game winning streak this season, they allowed an average of 1.50 goals per game against over that stretch.

When Shohei Ohtani arrives in Toronto this weekend, he’ll inspire a broad range of reactions, many of them pretty strong. But measure expectations for the effect, writes Ben Nicholson-Smith.

It’s hard to find much fault with how the Blue Jays played in a rain-shortened 2-1 loss to the Royals Thursday, but it counts the same in the standings nonetheless. 

They are the most notable omissions on the long list of players who have accumulated points through two games of this thrilling series, but they no longer can be that by the end of Game 3 if the Winnipeg Jets are to wrestle back the advantage they surrendered to the Colorado Avalanche.

If you’re of a certain vintage, there’s not a voice more iconic or connected to sport in this country than Bob Cole’s. But to those who had the pleasure of knowing him, he offered so much more.

It is impossible to think back to some of the most memorable hockey moments of our lifetimes, and not hear them narrated by Bob Cole.