National Sports

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks are in the market for a new offensive co-ordinator. The CFL club announced Monday that Jaime Elizondo has resigned from that post to pursue other opportunities.

BROSSARD, Que. — Even if the Montreal Canadiens have already exceeded expectations this season, Marc Bergevin said Monday he'll be disappointed if the club finds itself out of the playoffs at the end of the week.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have signed Arizona State University goalie Joey Daccord to a two-year, entry-level contract. The team says Daccord will be with Ottawa for the final week of the NHL season.

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-signed veteran Canadian kicker Lirim Hajrullahu to a two-year contract Monday. The 28-year-old hit 46-of-54 field goal attempts (85.2 per cent) and 41-of-46 coversions (89.

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts will play their home exhibition game at Varsity Stadium. Toronto will open its pre-season hosting the Montreal Alouettes on May 30. The Argos announced Monday that contest will kick off at 11 a.m.

The road to the Tokyo Olympics will likely take the Canadian men's rugby sevens team to the Cayman Islands in July for a North American qualifying tournament.

MADRID — Felix Auger-Aliassime knows he'll get into one main draw of an upcoming ATP Tour Masters 1000 event, but he's playing the waiting game on the next big men's tennis tournament.

NEW YORK — Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, Detroit Red Wings left-wing Tyler Bertuzzi and Arizona Coyotes goaltender Darcy Kuemper are the NHL three stars of the week. Bobrovsky went 4-0-0 with a 1.00 goals-against average, .

Canada is gearing up for more games over more days at the expanded women's world hockey championship. The championship in Espoo, Finland, will be a 10-country tournament for the first time. Canada opens Group A play against Switzerland on Thursday.

Canadian teen Denis Shapovalov has cracked the top 20 of the ATP Tour rankings for the first time. The 19-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., jumped to a career-best 20th from 23rd on Monday after reaching the semifinals of the Miami Open last week.