National Sports

HALIFAX — Canada needed a response after a miserable 48 hours. Connor Bedard — as he's done so often in his young career — delivered with lethal precision.

WINDSOR, Ont. — Matthew Poitras scored three goals as the visiting Guelph Storm tripped the Windsor Spitfires 5-3 in Ontario Hockey League action on Wednesday.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Andrei Vasilevskiy made 25 saves to beat Montreal for the 11th consecutive time, Brayden Point had two goals, and the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Canadiens 4-1 on Wednesday night.

SYDNEY, N.S. — The Cape Breton Eagles spotted the visiting Moncton Wildcats a 2-0 lead then stormed back with four unanswered goals to upset the visitors 4-2 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action on Wednesday.

Veteran defender Domenico Criscito, who announced his retirement from Toronto FC in mid-November, has resurfaced with his former club Genoa in Italy. Criscito, who turns 36 on Friday, joined the MLS team in late June on a free transfer from Genoa.

MONCTON, N.B. — Slovakia got goals from a half-dozen skaters in a 6-3 upset of the United States on Wednesday at the world junior hockey championship.

Canada Soccer is the latest national sports organization to sign an agreement to join Abuse-Free Sport, the federal government's program to prevent and address maltreatment in sport.

NEW YORK — The Toronto Maple Leafs have been hit in the pocketbook for travelling over the holidays. The NHL said Wednesday that the Maple Leafs have been fined US$100,000 for travelling to St.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have extended midfielder Caio Alexandre’s loan to Fortaleza EC for another year, with an obligation for the Brazilian side to purchase his contract if he hits undisclosed performance benchmarks.

Every week some of the top goalies in North America get together to talk about their feelings.