National Sports

ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Canada's Courtney Sarault picked up where she left off, racing to a second short-track speedskating World Cup victory in as many weeks.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes have hired longtime CFL quarterback Jason Maas as head coach. Alouettes GM Danny Maciocia had split duties as the team's interim head coach after Khari Jones was fired four games into the 2022 season.

DETROIT (AP) — Drake Batherson had two goals, Claude Giroux snapped a third-period tie and the Ottawa Senators beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-3 on Saturday for their fourth consecutive victory.

AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — Luka Modric led Croatia to third place in what was likely the midfield great’s last appearance at the World Cup.

Milan Borjan's reflex stop against the U.S. in January has earned the Canadian goalkeeper the Allstate Canadian National Teams Good Hands Award for save of the year. The save came in the 42nd minute of a World Cup qualifying game Jan.

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.