National Sports

CHESTERMERE, Alta. — Calgary’s Kevin Koe, Regina’s Matt Dunstone and Scotland's Bruce Mouat joined Brad Gushue of St. John's N.L., and Sweden's Niklas Edin in the men's playoffs of the Grand Slam of Curling's National on Friday.

VANCOUVER — Lacklustre special teams continued to dog the Canucks on Friday as Vancouver dropped a 3-2 decision to the Nashville Predators.

VICTORIA — Fraser Minten, Nick McCarry and Matthew Seminoff each had a goal and an assist for the surging Kamloops Blazers in a 6-0 blanking of the Victoria Royal on Friday in the WHL.

STOCKTON, Calif. — Adam Ruzicka scored the eventual game-winner for the Stockton Heat in a 3-2 win over the visiting Abbotsford Canucks on Friday in the AHL. Ruzicka scored his team-leading seventh goal at 14:16 of the third period.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks will finish a CFL season without a win at home for the first time in the team's 72-year history.

EDMONTON — It felt like retro night in Edmonton on Friday when the Oilers and New York Rangers played a high-scoring, 1980s-style barnburner on the same evening an Oilers legend from their dynasty days of that era had his jersey retired.

LONDON, Ont. — Luke Evangelista helped preserve the London Knights' perfect record to open this OHL season with an overtime goal in a 2-1 win over the visiting Owen Sound Attack on Friday.

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets are off to their best start of the team's modern era.

Jeremiah Masoli and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats punched their playoff ticket Friday night and left the B.C. Lions with only one path to the CFL post-season.

MILWAUKEE — Cole Smith scored the overtime winner for the Milwaukee Admirals in a 2-1 win Friday over the visiting Manitoba Moose in the AHL. Smith ended the game at 2:06 in extra time.