National Sports

ST. LOUIS — Marie-Philip Poulin scored at 3:31 of overtime to give Canada a 3-2 victory over the United States on Friday night in Game 6 of the pre-Olympics women's hockey series.

VANCOUVER — The Toronto Maple Leafs placed two more forwards in the NHL's COVID-19 protocol, the team announced Friday night.

The Calgary Flames were already sidelined by COVID-19. Now the Colorado Avalanche and Florida Panthers have joined them.

CALGARY — The Canadian men’s long-track speedskating team won gold in the team pursuit Friday on the final day of the Four Continents speedskating championship. Calgary’s Ted-Jan Bloemen, Toronto’s Hayden Mayeur and Kaleb Muller of Cranford, Alta.

David Branch wasn't surprised. The commissioner of the Ontario Hockey League had been hopeful rising COVID-19 case counts across the province wouldn't force the government's hand. He could also read the tea leaves.

The Ontario Hockey League has seen another one of its clubs sidelined by COVID-19. The OHL announced Friday the Flint Firebirds have suspended all team activities as a result of 11 members of their organization testing positive.

There are no plans yet to limit spectators at the world junior men's hockey championship in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alta.

TORONTO — COVID-19 outbreaks, cancelled games, and reduced crowd capacity has dominated news around the Toronto Raptors this week.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Olympic champion Maggie Mac Neil provided the final kick in an anchor leg that propelled Canada to gold in the mixed 4x50-metre mixed relay at the world short-course swimming championships on Friday.

ALPE D'HUEZ, France — Canadian freestyle ski star Mikael Kingsbury was back on the World Cup podium on Friday, finishing third in moguls. If not for a small error in the super final, his 96th-career podium result might have been golden.