National Sports

MELBOURNE, Australia — Ilya Kharun rewrote his Canadian record twice at the FINA world short-course swimming championship on Saturday.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Lexi Templeman scored and notched an assist as the Toronto Six gritted out a 2-1 win over the Buffalo Beauts on Friday. Brittany Howard also had a goal and a helper for Toronto (6-1-2).

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Fraser Minten scored 2:11 into overtime and the Kamloops Blazers stretched their win streak to three with a 6-5 victory over the Prince George Cougars in Western Hockey League play on Friday.

CALGARY — After a rough start to the season, the St. Louis Blues are starting to turn things around.

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Travis Boyd knocked in his own rebound early in the third period to break a tie and Clayton Keller added his second goal of the game late as the Arizona Coyotes held on to beat the New York Islanders 5-4 on Friday night.

LONDON, Ont. — Ruslan Gazizov scored twice in the first period, powering the London Knights to a decisive 5-2 win over the Owen Sound Attack in Ontario Hockey League action on Friday.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors were oh so close to ending their season-long losing streak Friday, despite another night of inconsistency.

BOISBRIAND, Que. — Maxime Coursol scored 3:20 into overtime Friday and the Rimouski Oceanic edged the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League play.

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Tina Hermann of Germany had the fastest time in both heats to win a women’s skeleton race Friday, while Kelly Curtis of the U.S. won a World Cup medal for the first time.

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Canada's Caitlin Nash and Natalie Corless have made luge history for a second week in a row. The duo slid to the country's first World Cup medal in women's doubles Friday, taking bronze.