National Sports

REGINA — In a must-win situation, goalie Emerance Maschmeyer came up big Friday, backstopping Canada to a 3-0 victory over the United States in Game 6 of the Rivalry Series.

OSHAWA, Ont. — Oliver Peer and Connor Clattenburg each scored twice as the Flint Firebirds hammered the Oshawa Generals 7-2 Jimmy Lombardi, Nathan Aspinall and Simon Slavicek also chipped in with a goal apiece Flint.

TORONTO — There's going to be games when the Toronto Raptors have to learn on the job. Veteran centre Jakob Poeltl is eager to be part of those lessons.

DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. — Ethan Gauthier knocked in the game-winning goal at 19:40 in the third period as the Voltigeurs edged the Cataractes to stay top of the QMJHL Western Conference standings.

LAS VEGAS — Canadian Eddie (Spaghetti) Brahimir and American Branden (The Butcher) Bordeaux settled for a majority draw Friday in their middleweight rematch at "Power Slap 6.

TOLUCA, Mexico — Canada will miss out on the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup for the first time ever after losing a heartbreaker 2-1 to Mexico following extra time Friday in semifinal play at the CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship.

She won't be in uniform or on the field, but pop superstar Taylor Swift will certainly be a part of Ontario sports betting's Super Bowl landscape.

Toronto FC has opened the second phase of its training camp, this time in California with three friendlies in the next week. The squad flew Thursday to Santa Barbara, Calif.

TORONTO — There was no need for Kelly Olynyk to plug Scotiabank Arena into his GPS before coming to his first-ever game as a Toronto Raptor. He grew up around the arena with both of his parents working for the team.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Legislation underpinning a plan to relocate the NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals across the Potomac River to northern Virginia easily cleared an early hurdle in the state legislature Friday.