National Sports

RIMOUSKI — Taylor MacDougall was expecting to see his team hit the ice at the Memorial Cup on Monday when he received a devastating phone call.

WINNIPEG — Winnipeg Jets captain Adam Lowry is expected to miss the start of the next NHL season as he recovers from hip surgery. The Jets updated Lowry's status in a statement Wednesday, a day after Lowry underwent the procedure.

NADI — Scrum half Stephen Webb scored two tries to help Canada open the 2025 Oceania Rugby U20s Challenge with a 44-20 win over Samoa on Wednesday.

Vanessa Borovilos is not the kind of person who normally tries to manifest a goal, but after just missing out on qualifying for last year’s U.S.

PARIS — Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko was No. 333 in the WTA Tour rankings at the start of 2025. On Friday, she’ll play in the third round of the French Open main draw.

Canada Soccer reported a loss of $4 million in 2024, up from $2.5 million the year before. The deficit is just under the $4.2 million the governing body had projected in early 2024.

TORONTO — Canadian swim star Summer McIntosh will move to Texas to train with Bob Bowman, who coached American Michael Phelps to 23 Olympic gold medals.

EDMONTON — Zach Hyman's coach and teammates had been raving about his contributions. The grinding winger for the Edmonton Oilers wasn't putting the puck in the net at the same rate.

TORONTO — Cody Chovancek won the Unified MMA bantamweight championship in June 2024 with a particularly nasty calf slicer submission victory over previously unbeaten American Gage (The Gremlin) Gill.

EDMONTON — Zach Hyman has lowered the boom on opponents all spring. The workhorse winger for the Edmonton Oilers led the NHL — by a wide margin — with 109 playoff hits entering Tuesday night.