National Sports

DRESDEN, Germany — William Dandjinou struck gold as part of a three-medal day for Canada at a short track speedskating World Cup event on Saturday. The Montreal native won the men's 1,500 metres with a time of two minutes 11.460 seconds.

LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Akram Afif scored a hat trick of penalties to secure back-to-back Asian Cup titles for Qatar in a 3-1 win against Jordan on Saturday.

BAKURIANI, Georgia — Canada's Marielle Thompson and Brittany Phelan earned gold and silver in women's World Cup ski cross action on Saturday. It was the sixth time this season a pair of Canadians shared the women's ski cross World Cup podium.

If Luke Willson was a gambling man, he'd be hard pressed to bet against Patrick Mahomes on Sunday night. Mahomes leads the Kansas City Chiefs into the Super Bowl against the San Francisco 49ers in Las Vegas.

MONTREAL — Quebec's tourism minister says demolishing Montreal's Olympic Stadium would cost $2 billion, but that estimate is raising questions because other North American cities have torn down stadiums for hundreds of millions of dollars less.

BRANDON, Man. — Rylen Roersma scored twice as the Brandon Wheat Kings hammered the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Roger McQueen and Jayden Wiens had a goal each for Brandon. Wheat Kings goaltender Carson Bjarnason saved 21 shots in the win.

CHICAGO (AP) — Mika Zibanejad scored 2:37 into overtime, and the New York Rangers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Friday night for their fourth consecutive victory.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Evander Kane had his second hat trick this season and the eighth of his career as the Edmonton Oilers got back to their winning ways Friday night by rallying for a 5-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks.

Friday's Scoreboard NHL Edmonton 5, Anaheim 3 Minnesota 3, Pittsburgh 2 N.Y.

REGINA — In a must-win situation, goalie Emerance Maschmeyer came up big Friday, backstopping Canada to a 3-0 victory over the United States in Game 6 of the Rivalry Series.