National Sports

Alyson Walker, the newly appointed general secretary of Canada Soccer, is leaving the job before starting due to an "unforeseen personal matter." Walker, whose appointment was announced Dec. 22, had been slated to start Jan.

NEW YORK — The NHL has fined Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Conor Timmins US$2,864.58 for cross-checking Kraken forward Brandon Tanev during a game Sunday night in Seattle.

Patrice Bergeron understands how the rumour started. The former Bruins captain spends every Friday on the ice with a group of friends and fellow ex-NHLers in the Boston area.

SEATTLE (AP) — Another Auston Matthews goal managed to get upstaged by what happened in the Toronto Maple Leafs' net. Toronto’s been waiting and hoping for this version of Ilya Samsonov to re-emerge.

NEW YORK (AP) — Bo Horvat scored 41 seconds into overtime and the New York Islanders beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 Sunday night to win in new coach Patrick Roy’s debut.

LANGLEY, B.C. — Cameron Schmidt scored twice, Ty Halaburda and Samuel Honzek each had two assists and the Vancouver Giants defeated the visiting Kelowna Rockets 4-2 in Western Hockey League action on Sunday afternoon at Langley Events Centre.

LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — Nick Dunlap doesn't possess a false confidence, and he doesn't project a supernatural calm.

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SALT LAKE CITY — Canada's Ivanie Blondin picked up two gold medals on Sunday at the Four Continents speedskating championships. Blondin won the women's team pursuit alongside Valerie Maltais and Isabelle Weidemann with a time of two minutes 54.

OTTAWA — Cedrick Guindon scored at 1:04 of overtime as the visiting Owen Sound Attack erased a 5-1 third-period deficit to post a thrilling 6-5 Ontario Hockey League victory on Sunday at TD Place.