National Sports

SHERBROOKE, Que. — Chicoutimi Sagueneens forward Dawson Mercer scored a natural hat-trick in a 4-2 win over the Sherbrooke Phoenix Saturday night. The Sagueneens were down 2-1 until Mercer scored the first of his three goals in the second period.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers' resiliency has helped put them atop the North Division standings.

CALGARY — The duo of Kirk Muyres and Laura Walker defeated Kyler Kleibrink and Chaelynn Kitz 11-4 Saturday night at the Home Hardware Canadian mixed doubles curling championship in Calgary.

MONTREAL — Sighs of relief joined enthusiastic whoops of excitement on the Montreal Canadiens' bench Saturday night. Tomas Tatar had buried the shootout winner and the Habs had edged the Vancouver Canucks 5-4.

INDIANAPOLIS — Corey Kispert scored 15 of his 23 points by halftime and No. 1 overall seed Gonzaga rolled in its NCAA Tournament opener, beating Norfolk State 98-55 on Saturday night.

MONTERREY, Mexico — Canadian teenager Leylah Annie Fernandez advanced to the Monterrey Open final after defeating No. 7 seed Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain 7-5, 7-5 on Saturday night. The 18-year-old Fernandez, from Laval, Que.

ASPEN, Colo. — Canada's Mark McMorris captured a bronze medal on Saturday at a World Cup snowboard slopestyle event. The Regina native captured the world championship in big air at the same Aspen venue earlier this week.

MARIETTA, Ga. — Returning to action after an absence of more than a year, the Toronto Arrows were beaten 21-14 by Rugby ATL in their Major League Rugby season opener Saturday.

HAMPTON, Ga. — Justin Allgaier snatched the lead after Martin Truex Jr. made a mistake on pit road, and then held off his furious charge at the end to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday.

INDIANAPOLIS — Everybody knew Rick Pitino would come prepared.