National Sports

CALGARY — Hockey Canada named its management and coaching staff for the 2019 Spengler Cup, with Sean Burke returning as general manager and Craig MacTavish taking over as head coach. Burke's management team will include Shane Doan and Misha Donskov.

TORONTO — When Ellie Black underwent ankle surgery recently, just eight months before the 2020 Tokyo Games, she reached out to someone who knows all about writing remarkable Olympic comeback stories.

SAPPORO, Japan — Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro are poised for their second medal of the figure skating Grand Prix season.

Aaron Cockerill only needed to glance at his phone to find proof that he'd qualified for the European Tour.

Los Angeles Kings coach Todd McLellan described the offensive prowess of Edmonton Oilers stars Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl as “as close to unstoppable right now” as anyone in the NHL.

Thursday's Games NHL Boston 3 Buffalo 2 Columbus 5 Detroit 4 N.Y. Islanders 4 Pittsburgh 3 (OT) Philadelphia 5 Carolina 3 Florida 5 Anaheim 4 (OT) Vancouver 6 Nashville 3 St.

Thursday's Games NHL Boston 3 Buffalo 2 Columbus 5 Detroit 4 N.Y. Islanders 4 Pittsburgh 3 (OT) Philadelphia 5 Carolina 3 Florida 5 Anaheim 4 (OT) Vancouver 6 Nashville 3 St.

DALLAS — Jamie Benn used a lesson from his youth baseball days to help score the tiebreaking goal Thursday night. Benn backhanded the winner with 4:21 left, and the rolling Dallas Stars beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-3 after blowing a three-goal lead.

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Tyson Barrie and rookie Pierre Engvall came through to help new Toronto Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe get a win in his NHL coaching debut.

St. Louis defenceman Vince Dunn set the tone for the Blues with a crunching hit that drew a retaliation penalty. "I think it energized everybody in the whole city of St.