National Sports

VANCOUVER — Brock Boeser came into the season with a concrete goal — hit the 30-goal mark for the first time in his NHL career. Eleven games into his campaign, though, the Vancouver Canucks' right-winger had yet to find the back of the net.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Chase Stillman put together a four-goal, one-assist performance to lead the Peterborough Petes to a 7-3 win over the Mississauga Steelheads on Friday.

HALIFAX — Jordan Dumais recorded three goals and three assists, Evan Boucher added three goals and two assists as the Halifax Mooseheads rolled past the Saint John Sea Dogs 9-4 on Friday.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays declined to tender three players for the 2023 season, the team announced on Friday. Outfielders Raimel Tapia and Bradley Zimmer, as well as infielder Vinny Capra, are now set to become free agents.

TORONTO — Ontario's liquor regulator says restaurants and bars provincewide will be able to serve alcohol at 7 a.m.

REGINA — Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros practised Friday for the first time since his team landed in Regina for Sunday's Grey Cup.

Hockey Canada's independent nomination committee will select eight directors and a new board chair from more than 550 applicants instead of putting candidates up for a wider vote, according to a letter sent to provincial and territorial members.

REGINA — Dalton Schoen had never set foot in Canada and knew little about the CFL before arriving in Winnipeg for training camp. "Didn't know where Winnipeg was until I Googled it," Schoen told The Canadian Press.

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands — Ivanie Blondin raced to bronze in the women's mass start for Canada's lone medal on the opening day of an ISU long-track speedskating World Cup stop on Friday. It was Blondin's third medal of the season.

SAPPORO, Japan — Canada's Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Soerensen are the leaders after the short dance at figure skating's NHK Trophy Grand Prix event.