National Sports

QMJHL Roundup: Lacerte's two-goal effort leads Cataractes to 4-2 win over Armada

BOISBRIAND, Que. — Félix Lacerte scored twice as the Shawinigan Cataractes defeated the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 4-2 on Thursday. Charles-Olivier Villeneuve and Leo Braillard also scored for Shawinigan (18-17-1-2).

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OHL Roundup: Colts hand 67's first OT loss of season behind Cholach's winner

BARRIE, Ont. — Artur Cholach scored the game-winning goal with 16 seconds left in overtime as the Barrie Colts edged the Ottawa 67's 3-2 on Thursday.

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Oilers snap two-game skid with 4-2 victory over Islanders

EDMONTON — Home ice finally appeared to be an advantage for the first time in a while for the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday.

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Canada's Fernandez falls in straight sets at ASB Classic quarterfinals

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Canada's Leylah Annie Fernandez fell 4-6, 2-6 to Belgium's Ysaline Bonaventure in the quarterfinals of the ASB Classic tennis tournament Thursday.

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Guenther scores in OT, Canada beats Czechia for 20th world junior gold

HALIFAX — Dylan Guenther didn't think he'd ever get his moment. The same goes for Shane Wright. Now they have a gold medal — and memories to last a lifetime.

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Rahm shares lead at Kapalua amid more low scoring on Maui

KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — Jon Rahm is starting to get used to low scoring on the Plantation Course at Kapalua. He can only hope this start leads to a better finish in the Sentry Tournament of Champions.

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Rangers hand Canadiens seventh straight loss with 4-1 victory

MONTREAL — Filip Chytil scored two goals as the New York Rangers defeated Montreal 4-1 to send the Canadiens to their seventh straight loss on Thursday night.

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Vince Dunn's three-point performance powers Kraken past Maple Leafs 5-1

TORONTO — John Tavares wants to see his Toronto Maple Leafs focus more on the details.

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Lucius completes hat trick in overtime as U.S. beats Sweden for world junior bronze

HALIFAX — Chaz Lucius completed a hat trick in overtime as the United States beat Sweden 8-7 in a wild bronze-medal game Thursday at the world junior hockey championship.

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Canada falls 4-3 to Finns in tuneup for women's world under-18 hockey championship

UPPLANDS VASBY, Sweden — Canada's under-18 women's hockey team lost 4-3 to Finland in Thursday's exhibition game ahead of the world championship. Canada opens defence of its gold medal Sunday against Finns in Oestersund, Sweden.

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