National Sports

BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand skated around the ice, waiting for the cleanup crew to gather up the hats tossed over the glass to celebrate his fifth career hat trick.

LAVAL, Que. — The Laval Rocket returned from a COVID-19 outbreak to beat the Syracuse Crunch 3-2 in American Hockey League play on Wednesday. Jean-Sebastian Dea put away the game winner 13:31 into the third period.

Two-sport Canadian Olympian Seyi Smith is taking his experience in hefty athletic issues and running for a position on the International Olympic Committee's athletes' commission.

SARNIA, Ont. — Nick Chenard stopped all 27 shots he faced Wednesday, leading the Owen Sound attack to a 5-0 victory over the Sarnia Sting in Ontario Hockey League play. The win marked the 19-year-old netminder's first shutout of the season.

HAMILTON — Dane Evans won't be waiting for the start of CFL free agency after all. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-signed the American quarterback through the 2023 season Wednesday.

TORONTO — Erik Kallgren stopped 37 shots Wednesday, backstopping the Toronto Marlies to a 4-2 win over the Belleville Senators in American Hockey League play.

TORONTO — The Ontario Hockey League has postponed four more games and announced 10 rescheduled games. The decision affects the home-and-home series between the London Knights and Saginaw Spirit on Thursday and Friday.

CALGARY — The Canadian ski cross team's final tune up before the Winter Olympics is on home snow World Cup races Friday and Saturday at Nakiska resort west of Calgary feature a deep host team, particularly on the women's side with five Canadians rank

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts re-signed Canadian defensive lineman Fabion Foote on Wednesday. The six-foot-two, 285-pound Foote appeared in three games last season with Toronto, including the East Division final.

CHARLOTTETOWN — The governing body for organized hockey in Prince Edward Island has admitted to mishandling its reaction to a racist act at a hockey game last month. Hockey P.E.I.