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TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have placed veteran defenceman Jake Muzzin on injured reserve, the team announced Wednesday.

TORONTO — Atletico Ottawa's Carlos Gonzalez, Pacific FC's James Merriman and Forge FC's Bobby Smyrniotis are the finalists for Canadian Premier League coach of the year.

CALGARY — The Canadian Elite Basketball League introduced its newest franchise on Wednesday — the Calgary Surge. The team, which was formerly based out of Guelph, Ont.

STOCKHOLM — Canada's Denis Shapovalov is on his way to the Stockholm Open quarterfinals after a 6-4, 7-5 win over Antoine Bellier on Wednesday. The Richmond Hill, Ont., native fired eight aces and broke on two of four opportunities in the victory.

SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers will be without top defenseman Aaron Ekblad until at least mid-November, and quite possibly longer, after the team putting him on the long-term injured reserve list with a groin injury.

Volleyball Canada is searching for a new head coach for its indoor men's team. The organization announced Wednesday it has parted ways with coach Ben Josephson.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors welcome the Cleveland Cavaliers to Scotiabank Arena for their regular-season opener tonight.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian competitive climber Elnaz Rekabi received a hero's welcome on her return to Tehran early Wednesday, after competing in South Korea without wearing a mandatory headscarf required of female athletes from the I

Tuesday's Games MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL American League | Division Series (Best-of-five series) New York 5 Cleveland 1 (New York wins series 3-2) --- National League | Championship Series (Best-of-seven series) Philadelphia 2 San Diego 0 (Philadelphia

CALGARY — Grit from their rank and file helped the Calgary Flames overtake the visiting Vegas Golden Knights for a 3-2 win Tuesday.