It was one of the most exciting Grey Cups ever with the Ottawa Redblacks upsetting the Calgary Stampeders in overtime 39-33. 41 year old Ottawa quarterback Henry Burris stole the show throwing for 461 yards, 3 touchdowns and scoring 2 himself.
In the NFL, Tom Brady threw the winning touchdown pass to Malcolm Mitchell with 1:56 left to lead the New England Patriots to a 22-17 win over the New York Jets to improve to 9 and 2. Last night, Kansas City got by Denver 30-27 on a field goal as time expired that was banked off one of the goal posts. A-F-C West leading Oakland is now 9 and 2 after outscoring Carolina 35-32 with a 4th quarter rally.
The Florida Panthers have fired coach Gerard Gallant. During his three seasons coaching the Saint John Sea Dogs, Gallant had three first place finishes, three league final appearances, two “Q” League titles and one Memorial Cup championship in 2011.
In the NHL, Boston beat Tampa Bay 4-1…..Ottawa blanked the New York Rangers 2-0 with goalie Craig Anderson picking up the shutout with 33 saves…..In other play, it was Winnipeg 3 Nashville 0….Arizona 2 Edmonton 1…..Carolina 3 Florida 2 and Philadelphia 5 Calgary 3.
In Major Midget hockey, the Saint John Vito’s beat Cape Breton 10-2 at the Q-Plex. Caleb Kean andAndrews Secord each scored three goals for the Vito’s.
Rothesay High won the Rothesay High School Junior Varsity Boys Basketball Tournament with a 78-64 win over Carleton North in the final.
In the NBA, it was Cleveland 112 Philadelphia 108…..Denver 120 Phoenix 114…..Indiana 90 Los Angeles Clippers 70….Milwaukee 104 Orlando 96…..Sacramento 122 Brooklyn 105….Dallas 91 New Orleans 81…..Houston 130 Portland 114 and the Los Angeles Lakers 109 Atlanta 94.
