National Sports

CALGARY — Kaylin Irvine and David La Rue were crowned Canadian champions in their respective 1,000-metre event during Saturday's session of the national long-track speedskating championships.

ST. LOUIS — Brendan Gallagher got a lucky bounce, and the Montreal Canadiens took over from there. Gallagher, Jonathan Drouin and Nick Suzuki scored in the second period, and the Canadiens beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Saturday.

NEWARK, N.J. — This time, Jack Hughes got the better of his older brother, Quinn. He had plenty of witnesses, too.

Toronto FC went into its first-round MLS playoff game Saturday against D.C. United missing two key players. Star striker Jozy Altidore did not make the game-day 18 due to a quad strain suffered in Toronto's regular season finale Oct. 6.

STOCKHOLM — Denis Shapovalov is seeing the results of the work he's put into improving his game over the last couple of years.

Pascal Siakam is officially a major part of the Toronto Raptors' long-term plans.

LONDON — Tottenham's struggles in the Premier League showed no signs of ending as Spurs needed a late equalizer just to earn a 1-1 home draw against last-place Watford on Saturday.

ABERDEEN, Scotland — Canada beat Gemany 6-5 on Saturday to win its second straight gold medal at the world mixed curling championship.

VANCOUVER — The Saskatchewan Roughriders got back in the win column Friday night, but quarterback Cody Fajardo still wasn't happy after the game.

Friday's Games MLB Post-season American League Championship Series N.Y. Yankees 4 Houston 1 (Houston leads series 3-2) --- CFL Montreal 27 Toronto 24 Saskatchewan 27 British Columbia 19 --- NHL Pittsburgh 4 Dallas 2 Washington 5 N.Y.