National Sports

OTTAWA — The Saskatchewan Huskies are the Canadian university women's basketball champions. The No. 1 Huskies defeated the No. 2 Brock University Badgers 82-64 on Sunday to claim their second ever U Sports women's basketball title.

MANCHESTER, England — The euphoric roars as fans leaped from their Old Trafford seats took Ole Gunnar Solskjær back to the Alex Ferguson era. Back to when Manchester United's supremacy over its neighbour was undisputed.

DUNEDIN, Fla. — Toronto right-hander Matt Shoemaker had another impressive spring training start as the Blue Jays beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-0 in Grapefruit League exhibition baseball action Sunday.

KRASNOYARSK, Russia — Canada's Lewis Irving finished his freestlye skiing World Cup season with a bronze medal Sunday in aerials competition. Irving, from Quebec City, scored 116.

Having co-founded and launched the Toronto Wolfpack, Eric Perez always knew one rugby league team wasn't enough in North America. "There's so much more potential for it to grow over here," he said. "It's kind of the perfect sport for North America.

OSLO — Max Parrot won the gold medal while Mark McMorris took silver in men's snowboard slopestyle Sunday at the Norway Winter X Games. It was the second medal of the X Games stop for the Canadian snowboarders.

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands — Ottawa speedskater Ivanie Blondin captured the overall World Cup women's mass start title Sunday in the final day of competition on the circuit.

Saturday's Games NHL Washington 5 Pittsburgh 2 Carolina 3 N.Y. Islanders 2 (OT) Nashville 1 Dallas 0 Los Angeles 7 Minnesota 3 New Jersey 6 N.Y.

CARSON, Calif. — Tosaint Ricketts and the Vancouver Whitecaps spoiled Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez's home debut with the LA Galaxy.

EDMONTON — Credit Mikko Koskinen with stealing a win for the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.