National Sports

WINNIPEG — Ville Heinola scored a goal and an assist in a 4-2 Manitoba Moose win over the Stockton Heat at the Bell MTS Iceplex in Winnipeg on Saturday afternoon.

ASPEN, Colo. — Canada's Megan Oldham captured bronze in slopestyle in her freestyle skiing world championships debut on Saturday. The 19-year-old from Parry Sound, Ont.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Toronto Raptors will be shorthanded for at least the next couple of games.

DUNEDIN, Fla. — Cavan Biggio homered and scored three times as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Baltimore Orioles 5-0 in pre-season baseball action Saturday afternoon.

ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Canada's Marion Thenault captured her first World Cup aerials victory of her career on Saturday, while teammate Lewis Irving won bronze in the men's event. Thenault, a 20-year-old from Sherbrooke, Que., scored 89.

SOLNECHNAYA DOLINA, Russia — Canadian Reece Howden continued his dominance of the World Cup ski cross circuit on Saturday. The 22-year-old from Cultus Lake, B.C., got off to a fast start and held on to win his fourth World Cup race this season.

With no family or friends allowed in the spectator-free arena, Northwest Territories skip Greg Skauge was hoping to get some TV time at the Canadian men's curling championship so his supporters back home could watch his team in action.

A short timeline of how Indigenous people were pushed out of lacrosse competition and their efforts to return: 1637: First European observation of "la crosse." 1823: Year to which the oldest surviving lacrosse stick is dated.

EDMONTON — Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers continued their domination of the Ottawa Senators on Friday night.

CALGARY — Craig Savill recalls a mantra that Wayne Middaugh followed back when they were teammates. "He always said, 'The round robin is for practising. The playoffs are for real.