National Sports

SHERBROOKE, Que. — Jonathan Fauchon and Justin Carbonneau both scored in the shootout as the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada edged the Sherbrooke Phoenix 2-1 on Wednesday in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action.

TORONTO — Mitch Marner skated alongside Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby this summer in preparation for the season. The Toronto Maple Leafs winger will get a chance to do it for real in February.

LAVAL, Que. — Top draft pick Sarah Fillier scored twice for her first Professional Women’s Hockey League goals and assisted on the winner to lead the New York Sirens past the Montreal Victoire 4-1 on Wednesday.

TORONTO — Auston Matthews scored twice early in the third period to erase a 1-0 deficit as the Toronto Maple Leafs downed the Nashville Predators 3-2 on Wednesday.

OTTAWA — As Canada's Paris Olympians and Paralympians were celebrated in Ottawa Wednesday, the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) also used the occasion to renew calls for increased federal funding.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin needs hip surgery and will be out four to six months, jeopardizing the season for the 32-year-old now dealing with the second major hip injury of his career.

When baseball historian Bill Humber first heard about the golden at-bat idea that Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred floated on a recent podcast, he was a little taken aback. "I kind of laughed, actually," Humber said Wednesday.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she doesn’t believe she’ll need to invoke the Charter's notwithstanding clause to shield her government's three transgender bills from legal challenges.

Rugby Canada is looking for a new men's coach after seven years with Kingsley Jones at the helm. Canada is currently ranked 23rd in the world rankings, sandwiched between Hong Kong and the Netherlands.

SURREY, B.C. — Buck Pierce is back where his CFL career began. It's been about 20 years since the quarterback from Crescent City, Cali., hopped into the car with his dad and took the long, winding drive up the West Coast to a B.C.