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The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are going to get their new stadium. Better late than never.

More than three years after David Asper presented a plan to the Bombers to build a new stadium at the current Polo Park sight — then changed the deal to have it built at the University of Manitoba — Premier Greg Selinger said yesterday that the government of Manitoba would provide Asper with a $90 million loan to get construction going as early as next month.

The province will provide the bridge financing while Asper will get his 33,000-seat stadium built. However, if Asper can’t complete his planned commercial project at Polo Park, the project that is expected to pay the bills, the city will take all the tax money it earns from both the sale of the land where the current stadium is located and the property taxes it garners from that site in future and use it to pay the province until Asper’s $90 million debt is paid off.

It’s a risky deal and there is a real chance taxpayers’ money will be used to foot the entire bill, but it’s great news for the football club and for Asper.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Scott Taylor’s CITI Sports Reports

There were nine games in the National Hockey League last night… four Canadian teams were in action…

Vancouver 4 Phoenix 1
Vancouver made a statement against another playoff bound Western Conference team. Henrik Sedin remained No. 1 in scoring in the NHL with a goal and two assists. Sedin now has 104 points.

Atlanta 3 Toronto 2
The Thrashers remain two points behind Boston, Montreal and Philly in the race for the final three playoff spots in the East.

Ottawa 5 Washington 4
Alex Kovalev scored the OT winner as the Sens won their fifth straight. Jason Spezza had two goals and two assists for Ottawa while Winkler’s Eric Fehr dished out his 17th assist of the season.

Detroit 5 Edmonton 4
Detroit blew a 4-0 lead at home, but Brad Stuart scored the winner with 1:07 left in regulation.

Boston 1 New Jersey 0 (OT)
Canadian Olympian Patrice Bergeron scored the winner with 19 seconds left in overtime as the Bruins remained in eighth place in the East.

NY Rangers 4 NY Islanders 3
Marian Gaborik scored his 40th of the year as the Rangers remained four points out of the final playoff spot in the East.

St. Louis 4 Chicago 2
Winnipeg’s Alexander Steen had two goals, including the winner and added an assist. Winnipeg’s Jonathan Toews had two assists for the Hawks.

Los Angeles 2 Nashville 0
The Kings first win over Nashville since of October of ’07.

Columbus 3 Tampa 2
Canadian Olympian Rick Nash scored twice, he has 33 this season.

The Abbotsford Heat beat the Manitoba Moose 2-1 last night as the Moose split another two-game series, this time on the West Coast. The Moose will play in Toronto on Friday night.

The Bombers, who will have themselves a new stadium, sooner not later, added five prospects to the team’s training camp roster yesterday: Import defensive lineman Remond Willis, import wide receiver Kenny Strickland, import linebacker Henti Baird, non-import defensive lineman Deji Oduwole and non-import defensive back Jerry-Ralph Jules.

It will be Michigan State against Butler at 5:07 p.m. and Duke vs. West Virginia at 8 in the Final Four of the NCAA men’s basketball championship next Saturday in Indianapolis.

7:15 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE REPORT

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With a 5-4 overtime victory over the powerful Washington Capitals on Tuesday night, the Ottawa Senators have now won five in a row, solidified their hold on fifth place in the East and find themselves eight closing in on Buffalo and New Jersey.

If there was one team in this league that is playing its best hockey of the year heading into the playoffs, it’s the Senators. Right now, the Sens could be the scariest fifth place team in NHL history.

8:15 NASCAR REPORT

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It’s a week off for the NASCAR Sprint Cup boys. They won’t head to the start/finish line again until the Subway Fresh Fit 600 at Phoenix International Raceway on April 10.

In the meantime, Jimmie Johnson is back on top of the Sprint Cup standings. Is it possible? Could he really win five straight championships? Now that would be a dynasty.

5:15 PM COACH’S COMMENTARY

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Does Winnipeg need a football stadium? No question about it. Should three levels of government pay between $115 million and $135 million of public money to do it? Sure, why not? The government of Saskatchewan is going to spend a heck of a lot more on its new stadium.

Reality: The federal government takes your taxpayers money and spends $1 billion every single year on the CBC and CBC executives still can’t balance its budgets. I’d rather have a new football stadium in Winnipeg for a one-time investment of $135 million than a billion dollars a year on the CBC.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Scott Taylor’s CITI Sports Reports

A report in yesterday’s Phoenix Business Journal said that the National Hockey League was working with David Thomson, the major shareholder in True North Sports and Entertainment to purchase the NHL-owned Phoenix Coyotes and move them to Winnipeg IF a deal cannot be struck with either Ice Edge Holdings or Chicago Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf to buy the Coyotes and keep them in Glendale, Arizona. In written release yesterday, NHL vice-president Bill Daly said yesterday afternoon: “Our focus continues to be on completing a transaction with local ownership that is committed to operating the team in Glendale.” In the meantime, there is smoke and fire.

There were five games in the National Hockey League last night… no Canadian teams were in action…

Buffalo 3 Boston 2
Boston remains in eighth, two points ahead of Atlanta in the race for the final playoff spots in the East because…

Carolina 4 Atlanta 1

Nashville 3 Florida 2 (OT)
Barry Trotz’s Preds are now three points ahead of sixth-place Detroit in the West.

Minnesota 3 Los Angeles 2

Anaheim 3 Dallas 1
Former Jet Teemu Selanne picked up another assist.

The Manitoba Moose went into Abbotsford last night and drilled the Heat 5-2. The two teams meet again tonight in Abbotsford, B.C.

In CFL news, Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger says it would take $52 million to repair Canad Inns Stadium and that’s why he wants to get a new stadium for the Blue Bombers built at the University of Manitoba.

It will be Michigan State against Butler at 5:07 p.m. and Duke vs. West Virginia at 8 in the Final Four of the NCAA men’s basketball championship next Saturday in Indianapolis.

Denny Hamlin won yesterday’s rain-delayed NASCAR race at Martinsville Speedway while Ernie Els won yesterday’s rain delayed Bay Hill Classic in Orlando. It was Els second straight PGA Tour win.

7:15 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE REPORT

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Toronto Maple Leafs fans can criticize the deal Brian Burke made to acquire high-scoring Phil Kessel, but they’d all be wrong.

Sure, the 22-year-old Kessel cost the Leafs a first-round pick, but this weekend, he became the first Leaf to score 30 goals in a season since 2002. And he’s playing with virtually nobody. At 22, Kessel is a star. Boston won’t get a star right away no matter where that first round pick falls.

8:15 NASCAR REPORT

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Denny Hamlin had the lead, stopped to pit and then won the rain-delayed NASCAR Sprint Cup Race at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia yesterday.

Hamlin gave up the lead with less than 10 laps left in order to pit for tires. Then with four new ones on his car, he rallied from ninth place to the lead in a span of just four laps. An incredible finish and an incredible comeback win for Virginia’s own Denny Hamlin.

FOR WEDNESDAY

Jimmie Johnson was ninth in the rain-delayed NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville on Monday, but that didn’t mean the four-time defending Sprint Cup champion lost any ground in the stanings.

In fact, Johnson moved up two spots in the standings and took over first place as Matt Kenseth and Kevin Harvick faltered. Now Johnson has a 14-point lead over Greg Biffle. Not surprisngly, Johnson seems quite comfortable on top.

5:15 PM COACH’S COMMENTARY

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We’ve been talking about it for months, the people of Winnipeg have been talking about it for months and the mainstream media has been saying, “Absolutely Untrue.” Well, what started as a rumour in February has now been validated by the mainstream media. Not in Winnipeg, of course, but in Phoenix.

Could the Jets be coming back? Even Scott Brown, the director of communications for True North Sports and Entertainment, won’t deny it in a story that ran yesterday in the highly-regarded Phoenix Business Journal. Check it out at rivercitysportsblog.com.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Scott Taylor’s CITI Sports Reports

There were six games in the National Hockey League last night… three Canadian teams were in action…

Calgary 5 Washington 3
Rene Bourque had a goal and two assists to lead the Flames while Steinbach’s Ian White scored his 11th goal and added an assist. The Flames are four points out of the last playoff spot in the West with six to play. Alexander Ovechkin had a goal and an assist and reached the 100-point plateau. He’s had four 100-point seasons in his five in the NHL.

Pittsburgh 5 Toronto 4 (SO)
Sidney Crosby had two goals in regulation and the winner in the shootout. Crosby now leads the NHL with 47 goals. Winnipeg’s Colton Orr scored is third of the year for the Leafs.

St. Louis 2 Edmonton 1
Former Jet Keith Tkachuk scored the winner on his 38th birthday. It was his first goal in 15 games and his 13th of the season. Winnipeg’s Alexander Steen assisted on the winner.

Philadelphia 5 New Jersey 1
Philly snapped a five-game losing streak. Portage’s Arron Asham dished out an assist and had a fight with the best name in hockey Pierre-Luc Letourneau-LeBlonde.

Columbus 4 Chicago 2

San Jose 4 Colorado 3
The injured Joe Thornton missed his first game since Oct. 18, 2005.

The Manitoba Moose return to action tonight against the Heat in Abbotsford, B.C.

Team Canada’s Jennifer Jones finished third at the World Women’s Curling Championship in Swift Current yesterday with a 9-6 win over Sweden in the bronze medal game. Germany beat Scotland 8-6 in 11 ends to win the gold.

It will be Michigan State against Butler at 5:07 p.m. and Duke vs. West Virginia at 8 in the Final Four of the NCAA men’s basketball championship next Saturday in Indianapolis.

And the weather was not very good in the south yesterday. Both the NASCAR race in Martinsville, Va., and the PGA Tour event, the Bay Hill Classic in Orlando, were postponed due to rain. They are slated to go today.

7:15 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE REPORT

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It was just one of those interesting things that happens in the NHL from time to time.

Former Jet Keith Tkachuk scored the winning goal in a 2-1 St. Louis victory over Edmonton on Sunday afternoon on his 38th birthday. It was his first goal in 15 games and his 13th of the season. Winnipeg’s Alexander Steen assisted on that winning. Early in his career Tkachuk benefited from a lot of assists handed out by Alex’s father Thomas. You know you’re getting old when…

8:15 NASCAR REPORT

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(Rained out yesterday, the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 will be run on Monday)

5:15 PM COACH’S COMMENTARY

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It will be interesting to see what happens with the Free Press’s Saturday story on Premier Greg Selinger’s promise to build a football stadium for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, with Manitoba taxpayers’ money and with or without David Asper’s input.

We know the story is true because the Free Press will always write exactly what the provincial government tells it to write. Still, the story had no follow-up on Sunday and none of the people involved knew anything about the Premier’s plan. Guess we’ll have to wait for the news conference.

Friday, March 26, 2010

Scott Taylor’s CITI Sports Reports

Despite trailing 4-1 after two periods, Mike Hellyer’s second goal of the game was the winner in overtime as the No. 5-seeded University of Manitoba Bisons upset the No. 2 seed, the McGill University Redmen, 5-4 in the opening game of the CIS national men’s hockey championship in Thunder Bay. Cinderella Manitoba plays St. Mary’s tomorrow afternoon.

There were 11 games in the National Hockey League last night… three Canadian teams were in action…

NY Islanders 3 Calgary 2
Winnipeg’s Nigel Dawes scored his 13th of the year for Calgary but the Flames blew a 2-1 lead in the third and really need some breaks to make the playoffs.

Toronto 2 Atlanta 1 (OT)
Mikhail Grabovski scored the winner in OT.

Montreal 4 Florida 1
Brian Gionta led the playoff-bound Habs with a pair of goals.

Columbus 8 Chicago 3
Another tough night for Chicago’s shaky goaltenders. Regardless, the Hawks clinched a playoff berth.

San Jose 3 Dallas 0
The Sharks clinched a playoff spot.

Nashville 4 Phoenix 3 (SO)
David Legwand scored the shootout winner.

Minnesota 4 Philadelphia 3 (OT)
Kyle Brodziak scored the winner in overtime as the Flyers blew a 3-1 lead at home.

Carolina 3 Washington 2 (SO)
Claude Larose scored the overtime winner.

NY Rangers 4 New Jersey 3 (SO)
Erik Christensen scored the shootout winner.

Tampa Bay 5 Boston 3
Steven Stamkos scored twice for Tampa, tying him for the NHL goal-scoring lead with 45 while Antero Nittymaki made 47 saves to get the win.

St. Louis 3 Los Angeles 1
Paul Kariya led the Blues with a goal and an assist.

The Manitoba Moose have a rare weekend off. The Moose will play again next Monday in Abbotsford, B.C.

Team Canada’s Jennifer Jones finished the round-robin 10-1, in first place in the standings and will play Germany in the one vs. two playoff game today. The winner goes all the way to Sunday’s final.

Last night in the NCAA men’s basketball championship…

Kentucky 62 Cornell 45

Kansas State 101 Xavier 96 (2OT)

Tonight the Sweet 16 continues with Northern Iowa against Michigan State; Tennessee against Ohio State; Duke against Purdue and Baylor against St. Mary’s of California.

And remember tomorrow night, it’s UFC 111. Canadian Georges St. Pierre will put his welterweight championship on the line against challenger Dan Hardy in Newark, New Jersey. Live on Pay-per-view.

7:15 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE REPORT

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If there was one player who could have played on Canada’s Olympic team and didn’t, it was Tampa Bay’s Steven Stamkos. Now, as the season winds down and Tampa misses the playoffs, Stamkos has a chance to show how good he really is.

Heading into the weekend, Stamkos is tied with Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin for the NHL goal-scoring lead. Could Steven Stamkos win the Rocket Richard Trophy? You bet he could.

8:15 NASCAR REPORT

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Forbes Magazine’s annual rankings show that Hendrick Motorsports is the most valuable team in NASCAR for the second consecutive year. The Forbes’ report, which is never totally accurate, claims NASCAR’s top team is worth $350 million.

According to Forbes, Roush Fenway Racing is second at a value of $238 million while Richard Childress Racing is third at $153 million.

5:15 PM COACH’S COMMENTARY

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It’s Day 2 of the Sweet 16 at the NCAA men’s basketball championship and after Day 1, surprises aren’t really surprises.

Last night, Butler knocked off No. 1 Syracuse while Xavier took favoured Kansas State to double overtime. Look for a couple of upsets tonight.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Scott Taylor’s CITI Sports Reports

There were six games in the National Hockey League last night… two Canadian teams were in action…

Vancouver 4 Anaheim 1
Former Moose Alexandre Burrows scored his 33rd goal of the year. What a great season. Another former Moose, Ryan Kesler notched his 22nd.

Buffalo 3 Montreal 2 (SO)
The Habs blew a 2-0 lead with two minutes left in regulation and lost in the shootout.

Washington 4 Pittsburgh 3 (SO)
Winkler’s Eric Fehr scored his 21st goal of the season while Mike Knuble scored the shootout winner.

Colorado 4 Los Angeles 3 (SO)

NY Rangers 5 NY Islanders 0
Marian Gaborik scored his 38th and 39th goals of the season and added an assist.

Detroit 4 St. Louis 2
The Wings remained in eighth place in the West, four points ahead of Calgary. Valtteri Filppula had two goals and an assist for the Wings.

The Manitoba Moose were drilled 7-1 by the North Division-leading Hamilton Bulldogs at MTS Centre last night. The Moose don’t play again until next Monday in Abbotsford.

This afternoon, the University of Manitoba Bisons, seeded No. 5 will take on the No. 2-seed, the McGill University Redmen in the opening game of the 2010 CIS national men’s hockey championship in Thunder Bay.

Team Canada’s Jennifer Jones is 8-1 and tied with Scotland atop the standings at the world women’s curling championship in Swift Current. Canada will wrap up the round-robin portion of the event with games today against Russia and Scotland.

And OK poolies, we’ve reached the Sweet Sixteen at the NCAA men’s basketball championship, tonight, it will be Kentucky and Cornell; Washington and West Virginia; Syracuse and Butler; and Xavier and Kansas State. Tomorrow night it will be Northern Iowa against Michigan State; Tennessee against Ohio State; Duke and Purdue and Baylor against St. Mary’s of California.

7:15 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE REPORT

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The rumours are back. And even though there is no reason to believe that an NHL franchise an make enough money to survive in a prairie city of 700,000, the Hockey News has reported that David Thomson might soon buy the Phoenix Coyotes and move them to Winnipeg.

And the Hockey News also says that move could happen by next fall. Again, my only comment is this: Believe whatever it is you want to believe.

8:15 NASCAR REPORT

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This week the NASCAR Sprint Cup boys start a new era. The wing is gone from the back of the cars, replaced by the spoiler as Jimmie Johnson in the No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet tries to win his fourth race in six starts this season.

The Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 goes at noon Sunday on Fox.

5:15 PM COACH’S COMMENTARY

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Big Juan Diaz is ready to come back and repeat last season’s remarkable campaign with the Goldeyes when he batted .317 with a franchise record 29 homers and a franchise record 90 runs batted in.

He spent the winter hitting bombs in the Colombian League but now he’s back home in Miami getting ready for the 2010 season by going to the local batting cages. With his kids. Apparently his 8-year-old is going to be the next Juan Diaz.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Scott Taylor’s CITI Sports Reports

There were 10 games in the National Hockey League last night… five Canadian teams were in action…

Calgary 3 Anaheim 1
Winnipeg’s Nigel Dawes scored his 12th of the year to get the Flames started.

Edmonton 3 Vancouver 2
The Oilers won their third straight.

Florida 4 Toronto 1
The Leafs have nine games left and they’re nine games under .500, last in the East.

Ottawa 2 Philadephia 0
The Sens second straight 2-0 win. Brian Elliott made 26 saves to get his second straight shutout as the Sens stayed in fifth, four points ahead of Montreal and Philly.

Chicago 2 Phoenix 0
The Coyotes nine-game winning streak was stopped. Calgary’s win delayed the Blackhawks celebration. Had the Flames lost, Chicago would have clinched a playoff berth.

Boston 4 Atlanta 0
Tuukka Rask made 27 saves to get the shutout. Boston has won four straight and is now three points ahead of Atlanta in the race for the final playoff spot in the East.

New Jersey 6 Columbus 3
Winnipeg’s Travis Zajac scored twice. He now has 23 this year. Marty Brodeur won his 40th game of the season. He’s done that eight times in his career and no other goalie in NHL history comes close.

San Jose 4 Minnesota 1

Dallas 3 Nashville 1
Nashville’s six-game winning streak was stopped.

Tampa 3 Carolina 2 (OT)
Marty St. Louis had two goals including the overtime winner.

The Manitoba Moose beat the North Division-leading Hamilton Bulldogs 3-2 at MTS Centre last night. The same two teams go at it again tonight, 7:30 at MTS Centre.

Tomorrow afternoon, the University of Manitoba Bisons, seeded No. 5 will take on the No. 2-seed, the McGill University Redmen in the opening game of the 2010 CIS national men’s hockey championship in Thunder Bay. It’s the first appearance by the Bisons at the University Cup since 2005.

Team Canada’s Jennifer Jones is 7-0 and atop the standings at the world women’s curling championship in Swift Current, Sask. Canada beat Denmark and the USA yesterday. The Jones team will face Japan and Germany today.

Yesterday, the National Football League agreed to a modified sudden death rule that finally means both teams will get opportunities for possessions in overtime as long as the team that had the ball first only kicks a field goal and doesn’t score a touchdown. It will be used only in this season’s playoffs and then be re-evaluated.

And OK poolies, we’ve reached the Sweet Sixteen at the NCAA men’s basketball championship, this Thursday, it will be Kentucky and Cornell; Washington and West Virginia; Syracuse and Butler; and Xavier and Kansas State. On Friday it will be Northern Iowa against Michigan State; Tennessee against Ohio State; Duke and Purdue and Baylor against St. Mary’s of California.

7:15 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE REPORT

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The Chicago Blackhawks took a big step toward clinching a playoff berth on Tuesday night. With that 2-0 win over Phoenix, the Blackhawks put themselves into a position to clinch tonight.

The Hawks play in Columbus tonight and with a win, Jonathan Toews and the rest of the Hawks are into the post-season with eight games remaining. And with three weeks to go, there might be a chance to rest a few players before the playoffs.

8:15 NASCAR REPORT

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When Jimmie Johnson crossed the finish line first at Bristol, it marked the end of the “wing era” in NASCAR. Starting this Sunday at Martinsville, the spoiler will return, replacing the wing on the rear of the Cup Series cars.

Believe it or not there are people who think this change could slow down Johnson’s No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet. After all, Johnson won a Series high 22 races during the wing era. Well, don’t they wish. He also won 28 in the previous spoiler era.

5:15 PM COACH’S COMMENTARY

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Yesterday, the National Football League agreed to a modified sudden death rule that finally means both teams will get opportunities for possessions in overtime as long as the team that had the ball first only kicks a field goal and doesn’t score a touchdown.

It will be used in the 2010 playoffs only and I guarantee it will be the best thing to happen to the NFL since Vince Lombardi.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Scott Taylor’s CITI Sports Reports

There were three games in the National Hockey League last night… the big game was in Montreal…

Ottawa 2 Montreal 0
The Senators put a halt to their five-game losing streak by winning in Montreal. The Habs have lost two straight.

Detroit 3 Pittsburgh 1
Henrik Zetterberg has two goals and an assist for Detroit. The Wings move to within a point of seventh-place Colorado in the West

Los Angeles 4 Colorado 3 (OT)
The Kings are now 28-0 when leading after two periods. Canadian Olympian Drew Doughty scored the overtime winner.

The Manitoba Moose return to action tonight to start a two-game series with the Hamilton Bulldogs at MTS Centre. Game time is 7:30.

Team Canada’s Jennifer Jones is 5-0 and atop the standings at the world women’s curling championship in Swift Current, Sask. Canada beat Latvia and China yesterday. The Jones team will play against Denmark and the USA today.

And OK poolies, we’ve reached the Sweet Sixteen at the NCAA men’s basketball championship, this Thursday, it will be Kentucky and Cornell; Washington and West Virginia; Syracuse and Butler; and Xavier and Kansas State. On Friday it will be Northern Iowa against Michigan State; Tennessee against Ohio State; Duke and Purdue and Baylor against St. Mary’s of California.

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When he played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Winnipeg-born Alexander Steen appeared to be spinning his wheels, going nowhere fast. Now, as a member of the St. Louis, Steen is having a career year.

Through 58 games, Steen has 21 goals and 21 assists and is a plus-four on a minus team. After struggling in Toronto and often being a healthy scratch, he has become a big time offensive player in St. Louis. At 26, he is developing into one of the best players on the Blues.

8:15 NASCAR REPORT

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The standings are official and four-time defending Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson is now on the prowl for No. 5. Johnson is now second in the Sprint Cup standings, only 14 points behind leader Kevin Harvick.

Johnson also has $1,456,580 in earnings and three wins after just five races. That’s a career year for most drivers.

5:15 PM COACH’S COMMENTARY

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This is as good a time as any to praise the Finnish Flash, Teemu Selanne. Sunday night, Selanne scored his 600th career goal to become the 18th player in history to reach the 600-goal plateau.

Congratulations to a great guy who scored his first 147 with the Winnipeg Jets.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Scott Taylor’s CITI Sports Reports

The Manitoba Moose shut out the Grand Rapids Griffins 4-0 on Family Day at MTS Centre yesterday to gain a split in a weekend series with the Griffins. Cory Schneider made 38 saves to get the shutout. No rest for the Moose this week. They’ll be back on the MTS Centre ice tomorrow night to start a two-game series with the Hamilton Bulldogs.

There were nine games in the National Hockey League last night… the two Alberta teams were in action… and what a night it was…

Minnesota 4 Calgary 3
Former Flame Chuck Kobasew scored two, including the winner. Steinbach’s Ian White scored his 10th of the year for Calgary.

Edmonton 5 San Jose 1
Winkler’s Dustin Penner scored his 27th of the season for the Oilers as Edmonton dumped San Jose from top spot in the Pacific Division.

Phoenix 3 Dallas 2 (SO)
Adrian Aucoin scored the shootout winner as Phoenix won its ninth straight and moved past San Jose into first in the Pacific.

Nashville 3 St. Louis 2
Winnipeg’s Dustin Boyd scored two goals including the winner with less than three minutes left in regulation. Winnipeg’s Alexander Steen had a pair of assists for the Blues.

Boston 2 NY Rangers 1
Boston moved five points ahead of 10th-place New York in the standings and remained one point ahead of Atlanta.

Atlanta 3 Philadelphia 1
Thrashers defenseman Ron Hainsey had a goal and two assists.

Buffalo 5 Carolina 3
Buffalo now leads Ottawa by nine points in the Northeast Division.

Florida 5 Tampa Bay 2
The Lightning have lost five straight and won only two of the last 14.

Anaheim 5 Colorado 2
The Ducks won their fourth straight while former Winnipeg Jet Teemu Selanne scored his 600th NHL goal.

Team Canada’s Jennifer Jones is 3-0 and atop the standings at the world women’s curling championship in Swift Current, Sask. Canada beat Switzerland and Norway yesterday and will play Latvia and China today.

In baseball, The Minnesota Twins announced yesterday that they’ve signed MVP catcher Joe Mauer to an eight-year, $184 million contract, that’s $23 million a year, which will keep the catcher under contract through 2018. The deal includes a full no-trade clause.

In auto racing, four-time defending Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson won his fourth race of the season and the 50th of his career with a win in the Food City 500 at Bristol.

Showron Glover scored 29 points to lead the University of Saskatchewan Huskies to a 91-81 victory over the UBC Thunderbirds in the CIS basketball championship game in Ottawa yesterday.

And OK poolies, we’ve reached the Sweet Sixteen at the NCAA men’s basketball championship, this Thursday, it will be Kentucky and Cornell; Washington and West Virginia; Syracuse and Butler; and Xavier and Kansas State. On Friday it will be Northern Iowa against Michigan State; Tennessee against Ohio State; Duke and Purdue and Baylor against St. Mary’s of California.

7:15 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE REPORT

Hi everybody, it’s the Coach Scott Taylor and it’s time now for the 92-CITI-FM National Hockey League Report. Brought to you by MAACO Collision and Auto Painting at 983 Wall Street.

The Calgary Flames have an uphill battle to make the Stanley Cup playoffs but we will know by this coming Sunday whether the Flames have what it takes to reach the post-season.

The Flames started a five-games-in-seven-days stretch with a 4-3 loss at Minnesota on Sunday. They’ll play the Ducks in Calgary tonight, at the Islanders on Thursday night, at Boston on Saturday and at Washington this coming Sunday. If they don’t win three of these coming four games, they can pretty much write off the post-season.

8:15 NASCAR REPORT

Hi everybody, it’s the coach Scott Taylor and it’s time now for the 92-CITI-FM NASCAR REPORT. Brought to you by 3M Automotive and Rondex. At 177 Isabel, Rondex is celebrating 38 years of auto body supply service.

Four-time defending Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson won his third race of the season and the 50th of his career with a win in the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday.

With the win, Johnson slips into third place in the Sprint Cup standings, just 14 points back of leader Kevin Harvick. Three wins in five starts this season: Not too shabby.

5:15 PM COACH’S COMMENTARY

Hi everybody, it’s the coach Scott Taylor and it’s time now for the 92-CITI-FM Afternoon Coach’s Commentary. Brought to you by 3M Automotive and Rondex. At 177 Isabel, Rondex is celebrating 38 years of auto body supply service.

The Minnesota Twins announced yesterday that they had signed MVP catcher Joe Mauer to an eight-year, $184 million contract, which will keep the catcher under contract through 2018. The deal includes a full no-trade clause.

The team plans to make the signing official today at a news conference in Fort Myers, Fla., starting at 5 p.m. CDT. A superstar player has decided to stay with a small-market team. It’s the best news major league baseball has received in a decade

The great Cosmoidian, “Cosmo the Wonderful,” Robin “Cosmo” Grant, the most fun you can have listening to the radio without a license, signed off the Winnipeg airwaves on Friday. He’s off to Ottawa to scare the hell out of that sleepy town, but his final show was absolutely tremendous.

Too bad, one thing was missing.

A couple of weeks ago, Winnipeg Free Press sports columnist Paul Wiecek ripped 92-CITI-FM in general and Cosmo in particular for allowing Winnipeggers to jump on the air to talk about all the “Return of the Jets Rumours,” they’d been hearing for months. The particular Cosmo Show that offended Wiecek was typically entertaining and it proved that Winnipeggers really, really, really wanted the NHL to return.

Amazingly, about eight days later, Wiecek wrote a column suggesting the Phoenix Coyotes (one of the two teams rumoured to be returning to Winnipeg) might indeed be moving back to Winnipeg at some future date and even engaged in spreading the rumour that NHL commissioner Gary Bettman met with Manitoba Moose governor Mark Chipman at the Olympics in Vancouver (the Moose communications department denied a meeting took place).

Despite pulling a complete 180 — and with no apology to Cosmo — our intrepid afternoon radio voice sent an e-mail to Wiecek inviting the columnist to join him on the show to discuss the chances of the NHL returning.

Sadly, Cosmo got crickets in return. Not even a, “No thank you.” In fact, all Cos got for his invitation was a guy hiding behind the biggest media outlet in the city who didn’t even have the common courtesy to reply to the e-mail.

Too bad. It would have made for an even greater final show, a show that turned out to be one of Cosmo’s finest anyway (I particularly loved the George Belanger segment).

At any rate, good luck to you Cosmo, my friend. I’ll miss you. And there is no doubt in my mind that you’ll scare them all to death in the Nation’s Capital.