National Sports

RIGA, Latvia — MacKenzie Weegar scored and added two assists as Canada beat Slovenia 5-2 on Sunday at the men's world hockey championship.

TOULOUSE, France — Canada ran into a buzz saw in Argentina and lost to France but still finished fourth at the HSBC Sevens on Sunday, its best finish on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series this season.

EDMONTON — Canadian offensive lineman Theren Churchill has been traded by the Toronto Argonauts to the Edmonton Elks. Toronto gets a 2024 conditional sixth-round draft pick that can be escalated to a fifth-round pick in return.

There's only one game on the NHL schedule tonight and it's a biggie — the Edmonton Oilers are trying to stay alive with a win at home against the Vegas Golden Knights.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Evander scored twice and the Portland Timbers defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 in a Cascadia Cup rivalry match on Saturday night. The loss snapped Vancouver's eight-game unbeaten streak.

SEATTLE (AP) — For their first venture into the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Seattle Kraken are giving their fans quite the exciting, yet stressful experience. Two playoff series. And now, a second Game 7.

Saturday's Scoreboard NHL Playoffs Second Round Seattle 6 Dallas 3 (Best-of-seven series tied 3-3) --- World Hockey Championship Preliminary Round Switzerland 7 Slovakia 0 Kazakhstan 4 Norway 3 (SO) Slovakia 2 Latvia 1 France 2 Austria 1 Denmark 3 Hu

MONTREAL — After Tuesday’s Canadian Classique was marred by fights in the stands, the commotion on Saturday took place on the pitch.

QUEBEC — Alexandre Doucet scored twice and added two assists as the visiting Halifax Mooseheads tied the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Championship Series at 1-1 on Saturday night with a 6-3 victory over the Quebec Remparts.

LONDON, Ont.