National Sports

ZAŌ — Canadian Alex Loutitt won gold at a World Cup ski-jumping event Saturday. The 21-year-old from Calgary scored 266.4 points to earn her first gold medal of the season. What's more, she did it with her parents looking on.

LAAX — Canadian Cameron Spalding captured the men's crown at a snowboard slopestyle World Cup event Saturday. Spalding, of Havelock, Ont., posted a winning score of 86.63 points. He finished just ahead of American Red Gerard (86.

WENGEN, Switzerland (AP) — It surely ranked among the best and most joyous five minutes in alpine skiing history for the Swiss men's team and fans at the race they prize above all.

TORONTO — After stints with England's Wolves, Sheffield Wednesday, Milton Keynes Dons and Blackpool as well as Germany's Arminia Bielefeld, Switzerland's Grasshopper Club Zurich and Spain's Granada CF, Canadian winger Theo Corbeanu is back home at To

MONTREAL — An icebreaker cruise ship set sail on Friday for a frosty journey that will bring passengers along the St. Lawrence River, a new route that tourism officials hope will usher in a new era of winter cruises in the province.

MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Alex Weiermair scored a goal and added an assist in Portland's 5-2 win over Moose Jaw in Western Hockey League action on Friday night. Tyson Jugnauth had two assists for the Winterhawks.

GATINEAU, Que. — Lukas Landry scored twice as the Gatineau Olympiques defeated the Victoriaville Tigres 5-1 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Friday.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Alex Nedeljkovic became the first goalie in NHL history to have a goal and an assist, and made 40 saves as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Friday night.

KITCHENER, Ont. — Trent Swick and Tanner Lam scored in the shootout to lift the Kitchener Rangers to a 4-3 win over the Flint Firebirds in Ontario Hockey League play on Friday night. Swick also scored in regulation for the Rangers.

LAVAL, Que. — With two-time Olympian Laura Stacey out of the Victoire lineup with an injury, coach Kori Cheverie was in search of the right fit to fill her spot on Montreal’s top line with captain Marie-Philip Poulin and Jennifer Gardiner.