National Sports

The NHL and the National Hockey League Players' Association have announced the suspension of all operations from Wednesday to Christmas Day amid an increase of positive COVID-19 tests.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A New Jersey man who posed as a former New England Patriots player in order to buy and sell Super Bowl rings that he claimed were gifts to Tom Brady's family will plead guilty to fraud, federal prosecutors said Monday.

CALGARY — Kaiden Guhle has been named Canada's captain for the upcoming world junior hockey championship.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks expect to win and they believe Shawn Burke is the man to help them do just that. The Redblacks officially introduced Burke as their new general manager at a press conference on Monday.

SAINT PAUL, Minn. — An exhibition game between the Canadian and American women's hockey teams has been cancelled. USA Hockey said in a statement Monday the contest scheduled for the evening is off because of COVID-19 concerns. Canada and the U.S.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Brad Gushue's curling team bound for Beijing's Winter Olympics in February has recruited Marc Kennedy as alternate.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have stopped practising as a team, instead working with coaches individually.

NEW YORK — Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin, St. Louis Blues sniper Vladimir Tarasenko and Winnipeg Jets winger Nikolaj Ehlers have been named the NHL's three stars of the week.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Maggie Mac Neil is the new world record holder in the women's 50-metre backstroke. The Canadian, who won gold in the 100-metre butterfly at the Tokyo Olympics, finished in 25.

INNICHEN, Italy — Canada's Marielle Thompson earned bronze in women's ski cross on Monday in the final World Cup race of 2021. Sweden's Sandra Naeslund won the race, with Switzerland's Fanny Smith taking silver.