Sports Digest: Bruins’ DeBrusk Placed In IR, Will Be Public Until February

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Boston Bruins’ Jake DeBlask is expected to miss a month due to hand and lower body injuries sustained in the Winter Classic on Monday.

Debraske, second on the Bruins with 16 goals, was placed on the long-term injured list on Thursday.

DeBrusk injured his hand when injured on a power play in the first period and was treated on the bench. He probably suffered his lower body injury (reportedly a broken fibula) when he was hit by Matt Guzelczyk’s slapshot in the third period, just before scoring the equalizing goal. He scored the winner in a 2–1 win over Pittsburgh.

Olympic: The president of the International Ice Hockey Federation said he hopes to have the NHL’s participation in the 2026 Olympics decided by the spring of 2024.

IIHF President Luc Tardif told reporters at the World Junior Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia, that the decision until 2024 will allow officials to prepare for the competitions in Milan and Cortina, Italy for two years. NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told The Associated Press in an email that it was “likely a reasonable timeline” to make that call.

After skipping the last two Olympics, the league and its players association have agreed to join in 2026 if they can reach an agreement with the IIHF and the International Olympic Committee. Like the five previous years, I did not participate in 2018 because the IOC did not pay for travel and insurance related expenses.

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World Cup: Mikaela Shiffrin will have to wait at least a few more days before she can match Lindsay Vonn’s World Cup women’s winning record.

Organizers have announced that the night slalom scheduled for Zagreb, Croatia, has been canceled due to high temperatures and strong winds.

Shiffrin has 81 wins, one less than Vonn’s record. Ingemar Stenmark holds the men’s record of 86.

With five straight wins in multiple disciplines, Shiffrin could match or break records in two giant slaloms scheduled for Saturday and Sunday in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.

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Formula One: General Motors attempts to enter Formula One by partnering with Andretti Global under the Cadillac flag, supporting Michael Andretti’s bid to launch a two-car American team. increase.

Andretti has been lobbying F1’s governing body, the FIA, to expand the grid to 20 cars to join the series after a failed attempt to buy Sauber for 2021. His petition to expand the grid has been met with fierce resistance from existing F1 teams, who claim the 11th will dramatically dilute their earnings.

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Major Leagues: The Yankees have hired former Montreal Expos and New York Mets general manager Omar Minaya as a senior advisor to baseball operations.

• The Baltimore Orioles named first baseman Ryan O’Hearn two days after acquiring him in a trade with Kansas City. They also claimed infielder Lewyn Diaz, who took waivers off Atlanta after trading him to the Braves last month.

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ASB Bank Classic: Emma Radukhanu said slippery indoor courts forced her to withdraw from the second round of the Australian Open in Auckland, New Zealand, two weeks before the start.

The 2021 US Open champion was in tears after retiring in the third set against Slovak qualifier Viktoria Kusumova.

Due to heavy rain, the match was moved indoors for the second day in a row.

Venus Williams failed to hold on to a 5-3 lead in the third set, losing to China’s Zhu Lin 3-6, 6-2, 7-5.

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