Former K-Wing Gourde, Lightning Win Stanley Cup

KALAMAZOO, MI - Former Kalamazoo Wings forward Yanni Gourde and the National Hockey League's Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup Monday in Edmonton. The Lightning's 2-0 victory in Game 6 against the Dallas Stars clinched the organization's second Stanley Cup and first since 2004. Gourde, 28, scored 15 goals and had 34 points in 30 games during the 2013-14 season for the K-Wings, his last stint in the ECHL. The Saint-Narcisse, Quebec native has 63 goals and 151 points in 254 NHL games over... Full Story

Stanley Cup Comes Home to Roest

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Tampa Bay Lightning assistant general manager Stacy Roest will become the 17th former Grand Rapids Griffins player to have his name added to the Stanley Cup, by virtue of his team's 4-2 series win over the Dallas Stars in the 2020 Stanley Cup Final. This marks the seventh time in the last 13 years and the ninth time in the last 16 seasons that a former Griffin will have his name engraved on the most famous trophy in sports. Roest, the first Grand Rapids alumnus to earn the honor in a non-playing role, was an integral part of a 2002-03 Griffins team that finished first ... Full Story

MLS and Colorado Rapids Confirm Additional COVID-19 Positive Cases

NEW YORK - Major League Soccer today confirmed that one additional Colorado Rapids player and seven more members of the club's staff received confirmed positive tests for COVID-19. Today's announcement follows the postponement of the Sept. 27 match between Colorado and Sporting Kansas City to allow for additional testing due to confirmed COVID-19 positive cases within the Rapids organization. After receiving the club's initial COVID-19 test results on Sept. 24, the team closed its training complex and has not practiced since then. All players and staff who were confirmed COVID-19 positive c... Full Story

Weekly Sports League and Franchise Report

BASEBALL Frontier League: The owner of the Winnipeg Goldeyes of the independent American Association announced a deal to bring a Frontier League expansion team to Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) next season under a ten-year lease agreement. Ottawa's most recent team called the Ottawa Champions played five seasons (2015-19) in the independent Can-Am League, but the team was not included in a merger of the Can-Am League teams into the Frontier League after the 2019 season due to financial and ballpark lease issues. The first season of the new 14-team merged Frontier League was cancelled in 2020 d... Full Story

• Former K-Wing Gourde, Lightning Win Stanley Cup - Kalamazoo Wings (ECHL)
• Stanley Cup Comes Home to Roest - Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)
• Fixture Change Confirmed for Independence - Charlotte Independence (USL)
• MLS and Colorado Rapids Confirm Additional COVID-19 Positive Cases - Colorado Rapids (MLS)
• Preview: Republic FC vs. Tacoma Defiance - Sacramento Republic FC (USL)
• Garrison, Whinery Sign in San Diego - San Diego Seals (NLL)
• Canadiens Agree to Terms on a One-Year Contract with Forward Jake Lucchini - Laval Rocket (AHL)
• Las Vegas Ballpark, in Partnership with Vitalant, Will Host the One October Memorial Blood Drive - Las Vegas Aviators (PCL)
• Turgeon Re-Signs with Detroit for 2020-21 - Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)
• Sounders FC Acquires Defender Roman Torres from Inter Miami CF - Seattle Sounders FC (MLS)
• All Today's Minor League News
  

• Giants would like their Double-A team to remain in Richmond, but nothing's set yet - EL Richmond Times-Dispatch
• Minor-league clubs deal with uncertain futures - MWL Quad City Times
• Republic FC captain Drew Skundrich gets loud in quiet season - USL Sacramento Bee
• Nashville SC teammates bond over Fortnite - MLS Nashville Tennessean
• Seattle advances to second WNBA Finals in three seasons - WNBA Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Roldan scores 2 goals, Sounders beat Galaxy 3-1 - MLS Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Timbers beat Vancouver Whitecaps at an unusual-looking Providence Park - MLS Portland Oregonian
• Tom Barlow's brace helps lift Red Bulls to victory over Montreal Impact - MLS New York Newsday
• Loons notes: Boxall's club record hits 87 games and counting - MLS Minneapolis Star Tribune
• Philadelphia Union beat Inter Miami, 3-0, behind Anthony Fontana, Ilsinho, Brenden Aaronson - MLS Philly.com
• All Today's Minor League Headlines

• Weekly Sports League and Franchise Report by Dan Krieger
• Baseball Mexico by Bruce Baskin
• Last Week around the Leagues by Fran Stuchbury
• Baseball Mexico by Bruce Baskin
• Weekly Sports League and Franchise Report by Dan Krieger
• Last Week around the Leagues by Fran Stuchbury

Toronto FC defender Richie Laryea vs. Columbus Crew SC (David Butler II | Imagn)

See All Today's Images The following minor league and alternative professional sports teams on OurSports Central have been viewed the most over the last seven days:

1. B.C. Lions - Canadian Football League (CFL)
2. Oakland Roots - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
3. Prescott Valley - Indoor Football League (IFL)
4. Baltimore Lightning - National Arena League (NAL)
5. Tampa Bay Tornadoes - National Arena League (NAL)
6. Fort Worth - National Lacrosse League (NLL)
7. Albany - National Arena League (NAL)
8. Angel City - National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)
9. Motor City Rockers - Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL)
10. Gastonia - Atlantic League (AtL)

The most recent minor league and alternative professional sports teams added to OurSports Central:

• Ottawa - Frontier League (FL)
• Oakland Roots - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
• Prescott Valley - Indoor Football League (IFL)
• Albany - National Arena League (NAL)
• Motor City Rockers - Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL)
• Baltimore Lightning - National Arena League (NAL)
• Gastonia - Atlantic League (AtL)
• Tampa Bay Tornadoes - National Arena League (NAL)
• Fort Worth - National Lacrosse League (NLL)
• Angel City - National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)

OurSports Central provides coverage of select alternative and minor league professional sports leagues in addition to the top junior hockey leagues and college wood bat baseball leagues:

BASEBALL
Affiliated Minor League Baseball
ApL, AzFL, AzL, CalL, CarL, EL, FSL, GCL, IL, ML, MWL, NWL, NYPL, PCL, PL, SAL, SL, TL
College Wood Bat Baseball
Northwoods, TCL
Independent Minor League Baseball
AA, AtL, FL, PA, Pecos

BASKETBALL
Men's Minor League Basketball
BIG3, G League, NBL Canada
Women's Basketball
WNBA

FOOTBALL
Indoor/Arena Football
CIF, IFL, NAL
Outdoor Football
CFL, XFL

HOCKEY
Junior Hockey
NAHL, OHL, QMJHL, USHL, WHL
Minor League Hockey
AHL, ECHL, FPHL, SPHL
Women's Hockey
NWHL

LACROSSE
Indoor Lacrosse
NLL
Outdoor Lacrosse
MLL, PLL

OTHER
Other Sports
MLR
Other Women's
NPF, WTT

SOCCER
Indoor Soccer
MASL
Outdoor Soccer
CPL, MLS, USL, USL1
Women's Soccer
NWSL