National Sports

A young woman felt she had no choice but to go along with what a group of hockey players told her to do inside a London, Ont., hotel room nearly seven years ago, prosecutors told an Ontario court Monday as the players' sexual assault trial began.

EDMONTON — Time is on the side of the Edmonton Oilers after extending their playoff series with the Los Angeles Kings.

JAIPUR, India (AP) — The 14-year-old batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi hit a breathtaking century and one of the greatest innings in not just the Indian Premier League but in all men's Twenty20 cricket on Monday.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Sullivan's relentless intensity instantly ignited the Pittsburgh Penguins.

NEW YORK — The NHL has fined the Montreal Canadiens and the Washington Capitals US$25,000 each for unsportsmanlike conduct during warm-ups before Game 4, marking another round of discipline in the testy playoff series.

TORONTO — Stanford receiver Elic Ayomanor topped the CFL scouting bureau's final top-20 list Monday.

NEW YORK — Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck is a step closer to repeating as NHL goaltender of the year. The league announced its three finalists for this season's Vezina Trophy on Monday.

EDMONTON — Corey Perry is pushing 40 years old and continues to be an NHL playoff X factor.

MONTREAL — Montreal Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis was at a loss for words in describing the message he wants to convey to his team after its 5-2 loss in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series with the Washington Capitals.

OTTAWA — Tricia Smith was unanimously re-elected as president of the Canadian Olympic Committee on Sunday. Smith, a four-time Olympian and Olympic rowing silver medallist, first took over the role in 2015.