National Sports

VICTORIA — --- Caedan Bankier had a hat trick and a pair of assists as the Kamloops Blazers remained undefeated with an 8-3 win over the Victoria Royals.

TORONTO — On a big stage before a big crowd, Canada's marquee man delivered. And how.

TORONTO — William Nylander could sense the anticipation building right from warmup. Jack Campbell described the "electric" atmosphere of the Maple Leafs' first regular-season home crowd in 19 months.

OWEN SOUND, Ont. — Marko Sikic and Braeden Bowman scored two goals apiece to lead the Guelph Storm to a 7-3 win over the Owen Sound Attack in the Ontario Hockey League on Wednesday.

CAPE BRETON, N.B. — Lorenzo Canonica scored in overtime to lift the Shawinigan Cataractes to a 3-2 win over the Cape Breton Eagles in QMJHL hockey action on Wednesday.

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs are going social. The team's parent company announced a deal with TikTok on Wednesday that will see the social media platform's logo appear on players' helmets throughout the 2021-22 season.

PARIS — Canadian forward Jordyn Huitema scored three goals in 17 minutes Wednesday to help Paris Saint-Germain defeat Ukraine's WFC Kharkiv 5-0 in UEFA Women's Champions League group play. The 20-year-old from Chilliwack, B.C.

For years, Jason Billingsley and his wife have attended the Bills home opener at Highmark Stadium, flying from Vancouver to Hamilton and then driving on to Buffalo, N.Y.

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets have signed forward Evgeny Svechnikov on a one-year, two-way contract, the team announced Wednesday. The deal carries an average annual of US$750,000 in the NHL.

Veteran Canadian Hugo Houle will ride for Israel Start-Up Nation next year. The 31-year-old from Sainte-Perpetue, Que., joins fellow Canadians Michael Woods, Alex Cataford, Guillaume Boivin and James Piccoli in the ISN stable of riders.