National Sports

TORONTO — Ryan McDonagh was sitting in the same locker room where, eight months earlier, he celebrated another playoff series triumph — one that resigned the tortured team down the hall to another soul-searching spring.

Ending last season on a high has given Canada's Denis Shapovalov a little extra motivation as he looks ahead to the 2023 campaign.

Canada's sports minister defended the low intake of complaints by the new sports integrity commissioner and urged the country's sport bodies to sign onto the abuse-free sport program.

Midfielder Jessie Fleming, named Canada's player of the year in December, is now in contention for the Best FIFA Women’s Player. Canada coach Bev Priestman has also been shortlisted for the Best FIFA Women's Coach.

Vancouver Canucks forward Tanner Pearson will miss the rest of the season due to an ongoing hand injury.

OTTAWA — Olympic show-jumping champion Eric Lamaze won't remain as the technical advisor with Equestrian Canada when his contract expires at the end of the month. Lamaze's deal concludes Jan. 31.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Canada's Katherine Sebov has made it into the main draw of the Australian Open.

TORONTO — It took a nearly decade-long absence from professional wrestling for Taylor Wilde to find herself. Now she's back in the squared circle as her most authentic self.

WINNIPEG — Nico Myatovic scored the game-winning goal at 3:26 of overtime as the Seattle Thunderbirds edged the Winnipeg Ice 4-3 on Wednesday in a battle between the league's conference leaders.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Klim Kostin scored two goals, and Connor McDavid and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and an assist apiece in the Edmonton Oilers' 6-2 victory over the last-place Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night.