National Sports

Charlie McAvoy had done it hundreds of times. When the Boston Bruins won, the players hugged their captain before exiting the ice. Always. It started with Zdeno Chara.

XI'AN, China — Canada's men's volleyball team has punched its ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics. Canada defeated Mexico 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-15) at an Olympic qualification tournament on Sunday.

SEATTLE (AP) — Yohei Takaoka finished with five saves for Vancouver to offset Stefan Frei's league-leading 13th clean sheet of the season as the Whitecaps played the Seattle Sounders to a scoreless draw on Saturday night.

TLAXCALA CITY, Mexico — There were mixed results for Canadian women at the beach volleyball world championships on Saturday in Mexico.

SASKATOON — Brandon Lisowsky scored twice as the Saskatoon Blades rolled past the Regina Pats 6-1 in Western Hockey League action on Saturday night at the SaskTel Centre.

Saturday's Scoreboard MLB Division Series American League Texas 3 Baltimore 2 (Texas leads best-of-five series 1-0) Houston 6 Minnesota 4 (Houston leads best-of-five series 1-0) National League Philadelphia 3 Atlanta 0 (Philadelphia leads best-of-fiv

REGINA — Bo Levi Mitchell got the Hamilton Tiger-Cats started and Matt Shiltz brought them home in a convincing 38-13 CFL victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Saturday.

HARRISON, N.J. — Toronto FC's final road game in a miserable MLS season proved to be more of the same. Key players missing. Some positive passages of play. Then what good work that has been done is undone in an instant by a miscue.

OTTAWA — With the regular season just days away, Montreal coach Martin St. Louis was happy to see his team commit to the game plan and be rewarded with a 6-4 win over the Ottawa Senators.

MONTREAL — CF Montreal took another step toward the Major League Soccer post-season, securing a decisive 4-1 win over the Portland Timbers at Stade Saputo on Saturday.