National Sports

BOISE, Idaho — Canadian Nathan Rourke accounted for 241 yards of offence and ran for a touchdown to help Ohio beat Nevada 30-21 on Friday in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.

NEW YORK — Dallas Stars forward Corey Perry was suspended for five games without pay by the NHL on Friday for elbowing Nashville Predators defenceman Ryan Ellis in the Winter Classic.

CALGARY — Canadian forward Bailey Bram has announced her retirement from international hockey competition, ending a career that includes a world title and an Olympic silver medal.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks have made a deal for a potential new starting quarterback. The league's worst club in 2019 acquired the rights to quarterback Nick Arbuckle from the Calgary Stampeders on Friday.

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — It's a loss Joe Veleno knows he'll never truly get over. The same goes for Barrett Hayton.

Former Dallas Stars coach Jim Montgomery calls his dismissal from the NHL club "appropriate" and says he is entering rehab for alcohol abuse.

MONTREAL — The Canadian Football League has announced Patrick Boivin is no longer the president/chief executive officer of the Montreal Alouettes. The CFL purchased the club from the Wetenhall family last May and continues to try to find a new owner.

BROSSARD, Que. — Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin sold the acquisition of Ilya Kovalchuk on Friday as a low-risk move designed to offset several injuries to the club's forward group.

The biggest lesson Travis Shaw took away from a disappointing 2019 season is that 2020 can't get much worse.

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — Like most kids in Germany, Tim Stutzle started out playing soccer. He liked tennis, too, and fell in love with both. There was also another itch that needed scratching — hockey.