National Sports

MONTREAL — Matthew Tkachuk etched his name into the history books in impressive fashion on Thursday. Tkachuk had a hat trick and one assist in leading the Florida Panthers to a 5-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — George Springer had five hits and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drove in three runs as the Toronto Blue Jays beat St.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Veterans Padraig Harrington and Matt Kuchar each shot a 4-under 68 on Thursday to share the early lead with MJ Daffue and Roberto Diaz in the weather-delayed first round of the Valero Texas Open.

OTTAWA — CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani and former Canada Soccer president Nick Bontis defended Canada Soccer's controversial deal with Canadian Soccer Business on Thursday, telling a parliamentary committee that the contract provided the gove

WINNIPEG — When Winnipeg Jets head coach Rick Bowness criticized some players this week for lack of effort, veteran forward Nino Niederreiter agreed there have been “passengers” on the struggling team’s ride to the playoffs.

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Canada's Monet Chun has made the cut at the Augusta National Women's Amateur. The 22-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., is tied for sixth at 2-under par after two rounds.

TORONTO — Marty Walsh was a couple months short of his eighth birthday. He should have been out playing with friends. The youngster instead spent the winter of 1975 in hospital battling cancer. One day, however, a special visitor appeared.

A flurry of national sport organizations signing up with the new Office of the Sports Integrity Commissioner is expected in the coming days, or their funding could get cut off.

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs right-hander Marcus Stroman committed Major League Baseball's first pitch-clock violation in the third inning of Thursday’s opening day game against the Milwaukee Brewers.

VANCOUVER — Wally Buono, the CFL's all-time leader in coaching wins, and Waterboys founders Dennis Skulsky, Moray Keith, Jamie Pitblado and Tom Malone will be added to the B.C. Lions Wall of Fame this summer.