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TORONTO — One morning earlier this week, Cliff Lee was going through his Kyle Lowry jerseys, trying to decide which one to wear to Lowry's long-awaited return to Toronto. It was a tough call. Lee has over 40 Lowry jerseys, from the No.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia and New Brunswick say they are working together on a bid to host the 2023 world junior men’s hockey championship. Both provincial governments put out joint statements late Friday announcing their support for the bid.

Friday's Scoreboard NHL Ottawa 5 Detroit 2 Edmonton 6 St.

Bennett MacArthur had two goals and an assist to pace the Acadie-Bathurst Titan to a 5-1 win over the Moncton Wildcats in QMJHL action Friday night. Logan Chisholm also had two goals for the Titan (34-14-2-3) while Ty Higgins had the other.

Matteo Drobac stopped 23 shots for his first OHL shutout as the Hamilton Bulldogs defeated the Erie Otters 3-0 on Friday night. Mason McTavish and Patrick Thomas had a goal and an assist apiece for the Bulldogs (45-12-3-2).

Matthew Savoie had two goals and an assist while Daniel Hauser stopped 17 shots as the Winnipeg Ice defeated the Regina Pats 7-0 in WHL action Friday night. Zachary Benson had a goal and three assists for the Ice (49-9-3-2).

EDMONTON — Marquavian Stephens made a lay-up to put Saskatchewan up one with six seconds to play, and Nervens Demosthene and Tyrese Potoma made free throws to ice the game as the No.

HARTFORD, Conn. — Filip Gustavsson stopped 33 shots to lead the Belleville Senators to a 4-1 win over the Harford Wolfpack in an AHL game Friday night.

WINNIPEG — Evan Cormier stopped 20 shots as the Manitoba Moose defeated the Toronto Marlies 5-0 in AHL action Friday night. Evan Polei scored twice for Manitoba (35-20-4-2). David Gustafsson, Johnathan Kovacevic and Mikey Eyssimont had the others.

DETROIT (AP) — Recently acquired Mathieu Joseph scored three times in the third period for his first career hat trick, Mads Sogaard made 27 saves in his NHL debut and the Ottawa Senators defeated the Detroit Red Wings 5-2 on Friday night.