National Sports

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — The Saint John Sea Dogs snapped a two-game losing streak Friday, hammering the Blainville-Boisbriand 4-0. The Sea Dogs (15-12-0-3) outshot the Armada (15-12-2-1) in all three periods, with goals coming from four different scorers.

No hammer, no problem for Northern Ontario’s Krista McCarville.

BEIJING — Canadian figure skater Keegan Messing is expected to arrive at the Beijing Olympics on Monday, a day before the men's short programs.

OTTAWA — 67's 4, ICEDOGS 3 Will Gerrior finished with a goal and an assist as the Ottawa 67's survived a late comeback against the Niagara IceDogs to win 4-3 on Firday night.

BEIJING — Canadian forward Melodie Daoust was scratched from Saturday's Olympic women's hockey game against Finland because of injury. The status of the 30-year-old from Valleyfield, Que.

TORONTO — While just 32, Toronto Arrows head coach Peter Smith has a few stories to tell. A fly half, the Australian played rugby professionally in Wales (Ospreys) and Japan (Coca-Cola West Red Spark and Kubota Spears) before moving to the U.S.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASCAR's top stars have seen the Los Angeles Coliseum on television and they know what it looks like as a football stadium. But as a racetrack? This they had to see right away, up close as soon as they arrived in Los Angeles.

NEW YORK (AP) — The start of spring training likely will be a casualty of Major League Baseball's lockout, which will threaten opening day unless the drawn-out talks lead to a deal in less than a month.

MONTREAL (AP) — Former NHL enforcer Chris Nilan says he was fired from a Montreal sports radio station for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

MONTREAL — Former Montreal Canadiens forward turned radio host Chris Nilan says he was fired from TSN 690, a Montreal sports radio station, after he refused to take a COVID-19 vaccine.