National Sports

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Ben Riche and Koehn Ziemmer each had a goal and assist, Borya Valis had two assists, and the Prince George Cougars defeated the Kelowna Rockets 5-2 in Western Hockey League action on Tuesday at the CN Centre.

ACAPULCO — Canadian tennis ace Denis Shapovalov overcame a delayed and slow start to beat American Nishesh Basavareddy 7-5, 6-2 in the first round of the ATP 500 Mexican Open men's singles division on Tuesday night in Acapulco.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens proved Tuesday night that good things eventually come to those who wait.

MONTREAL — As Canada’s national women’s team head coach, Troy Ryan has been on the right side of many heroic performances from Canadian captain Marie-Philip Poulin, but on Tuesday night the Toronto Sceptres bench boss was on the other side as Poulin

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Nikita Kucherov had two assists and the streaking Tampa Bay Lightning beat Leon Draisaitl and the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 on Tuesday night.

BOSTON (AP) — Mitch Marner scored his second goal of the game in the final minute of overtime, and the Toronto Maple Leafs overcame a three-goal deficit to beat the Boston Bruins 5-4 on Tuesday night.

KITCHENER, Ont. — Jack Pridham scored twice, Christian Humphreys had a goal and two assists and the Kitchener Rangers beat the Guelph Storm 6-1 in Ontario Hockey League action on Tuesday night at Kitchener Memorial Auditorium.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Matt Coronato scored to help the Calgary Flames beat the Washington Capitals 3-1 on Tuesday night, winning to move into a playoff spot despite Alex Ovechkin getting one step closer to breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record

MONTREAL — Marie-Philip Poulin scored the game-winning goal and added an assist to lead the Montreal Victoire (10-3-1-4) to a 3-1 win over the Toronto Sceptres on Tuesday night in the Professional Women’s Hockey League.

PORT OF SPAIN — Annabelle Chukwu continued her prolific scoring at youth level with a hat trick Tuesday as Canada qualified for the CONCACAF U-20 Women's Championship by thumping Trinidad and Tobago 12-0 to win its qualifying group.