National Sports

MONTREAL — CF Montreal has signed American forward Erik Hurtado to a deal for the 2021 season with an option for 2022.

Trevor Hofbauer misses the thrill of the race. The 28-year-old Canadian is most famous for crushing the Tokyo Olympic marathon standard in a seven-minute personal best in 2019.

Fresh air, blazing speed and spacious alpine terrain makes skiing and snowboarding low-risk activities for COVID-19 transmission, infectious disease doctors say. But the threat is never zero during a global pandemic, they add.

VANCOUVER — Johnny Gaudreau wasn't overly concerned as the officials gathered at the penalty box Monday night, conferring over whether or not the Calgary Flames forward had, in fact, scored the overtime winner.

TORONTO — The Ottawa Senators haven't had much to get excited about this season.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Canada's Bianca Andreescu is heading to the quarterfinals of the Phillip Island Trophy. The No. 2 seed, from Mississauga, Ont., beat Ziyana Diyas of Kazakhstan in the round of 16 on Tuesday.

EDMONTON — Head coach Paul Maurice didn't derive much pleasure from the Winnipeg Jets' exciting 6-5 win Monday night over the Edmonton Oilers.

WINNIPEG — Tyler Gaudet scored twice as the Toronto Marlies downed the Manitoba Moose 3-2 on Monday in the American Hockey League season opener for both teams.

The Toronto Blue Jays have traded outfielder Derek Fisher to the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for cash considerations and a player to be named later. The Blue Jays made the announcement on Monday.

TORONTO — Alex Galchenyuk has a new home for the second time in just over 48 hours.