TORONTO (AP) — Brooklyn Nets coach Jordi Fernandez is stepping down as coach of Canada's senior men’s national basketball team, Canada Basketball announced Thursday.
Hired in 2023 to replace Nick Nurse, Fernandez led the program to its first Olympic qualification in 24 years and a bronze medal at the 2023 FIBA World Cup, its first medal in that event.
Canada finished fifth at the Paris Olympics.
Fernandez is in his first season with the Nets. The 42-year-old from Badalona, Spain informed Canada Basketball he will not seek to extend his contract, citing the need to focus on his family and NBA responsibilities as reasons for the departure.
Canada Basketball will begin searching for a new head coach as it prepares for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
Brooklyn Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez directs his team against the Charlotte Hornets during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
SEATTLE (AP) — Sacha Boisvert scored his first NHL goal with 5:42 to play to give Chicago a two-goal lead and Tyler Bertuzzi scored his team-leading 32nd goal as the Blackhawks beat the Seattle Kraken 4-2 on Saturday night.
Teuvo Teravainen and Ilya Mikheyev also scored for the Blackhawks, who snapped a five-game losing streak and have already been eliminated from playoff contention.
Arvid Soderblom made 25 saves for the Blackhawks and Connor Bedard had two assists, lifting his team-leading total to 41 and pushing his career point total to 199.
Jaden Schwartz and Kaapo Kakko scored for the Kraken, who are still in the hunt for the playoffs with 75 points, six points out of the West’s second wild-card spot. Seattle, which has lost four straight and is just 5-12-2 since the Olympic break, has seven games left.
With the Blackhawks up 2-1, Boisvert streaked down the slot on an odd-man rush and took a pass from Kevin Korchinski before shooting a one-timer past Kraken goalie Philipp Grubauer, who had 27 saves.
Teravainen put the Blackhawks on the board with a power-play goal at 9:15 of the second period, taking Bedard’s pass and poking a shot inside the left post that trickled in off Grubauer’s skate.
Bertuzzi made it 2-0 with 22.2 seconds left in the second, tucking the rebound of a shot by Andre Burakovsky. Mikheyev scored into an empty net with 1:12 remaining.
Schwartz’s 11th of the year cut Chicago’s lead to 2-1 with 9:12 remaining. Kakko’s goal with 5:42 left made it 3-2.
Kraken: Visit Winnipeg on Monday night.
Blackhawks: Visit San Jose on Monday night in their final road game of the season.
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Chicago Blackhawks' Sacha Boisvert skates during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
