National Sports

TORONTO — Joseph Woll waited a long time for his first home start with the Maple Leafs. The Blue Jackets spoiled the moment Saturday after Toronto inexplicably took its foot off the gas against the NHL's worst team.

Facing the threat of legal action from Canada Soccer, the Canadian women's team has reluctantly agreed to return to training and play in the SheBelieves Cup.

HAMILTON — Nick Lardis scored twice and added an assist as the Hamilton Bulldogs defeated the visiting Peterborough Petes 4-2 in Ontario Hockey League action on Saturday. Noah Nelson and Lawson Sherk also scored for the Bulldogs (24-22-4-0).

RIMOUSKI, Que. — Louis-Charles Plourde scored at 4:50 of overtime as the Baie-Comeau Drakkar capped off a late comeback to beat the host Rimouski Oceanic 5-4 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action on Saturday.

RABAT, Morocco — Calgary's Stephen Ames fired a final round 73 on Saturday to finish off a wire-to-wire victory at the Trophy Hassan II tournament in Morocco.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler held onto the lead Saturday at the WM Phoenix Open in a bid to successfully defend his title and regain the No. 1 spot in the world.

TORONTO — Tricia Deguire earned the shutout as the visiting Montreal Force blanked the Toronto Six 3-0 in an all-Canadian Premier Hockey Federation showdown on Saturday. Deguire, a 26-year-old netminder from Sherbrooke, Que.

TIMMINS, Ont. — It was a clean sweep for Alberta today as the women and men came up golden in the Canadian Under-18 curling championships.

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara became the first Japanese pairs skaters to win the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships when they overcame a couple of mistakes in their free skate to easily win the title Saturday.

The Moose Jaw Warriors will face Western Hockey League scoring leader Connor Bedard and the Regina Pats Saturday night without four players.