National Hockey

TORONTO — P.K. Subban is widely regarded as one of the most entertaining players in the NHL, and he has the Twitter followers to prove it.

EDMONTON — First round draft pick Kailer Yamamoto signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have signed forward Brendan Gaunce to a two-year, one-way contract worth an annual average value of US$750,000. The 23-year-old native of Sudbury, Ont.

CHICAGO — Former NHL forward and coach Eddie Olczyk has been diagnosed with colon cancer. Olczyk, who turns 51 on Aug. 16, had surgery last week, and Chicago Blackhawks team physician Dr.

Toronto FC and the Blue Jays are currently at different ends of the standings and their TV numbers have gone up and down as a result. But the Jays' TV audience continues to dwarf that of the Major League Soccer team.

HALIFAX — NHL superstar Sidney Crosby said it's "just a number," as he turned 30 on Monday and brandished the Stanley Cup in a parade that wound through Halifax in his native Nova Scotia.

Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby will celebrate his 30th birthday on Monday by parading the Stanley Cup for a third time. Crosby is bringing the Cup to Halifax for a parade before then taking it to Rimouski, Que.

HALIFAX — A three-year-old girl battling leukemia could be a Pittsburgh Penguins fan in the making after Sidney Crosby placed her plush, toy pink kitten atop the Stanley Cup in her Halifax hospital room.

HALIFAX — Sidney Crosby is welcoming the Stanley Cup to his native Nova Scotia for a third time. Phil Pritchard, the Cup's keeper, tweeted a photo Saturday night of Crosby hoisting the trophy above his head beside an airplane in Halifax.

RIMOUSKI, Que. — Sidney Crosby is bringing the Stanley Cup to Rimouski, Que., where the Pittsburgh Penguins star played junior hockey.