National Sports

EDMONTON — Jayden Halbgewachs scored his second goal of the game 26 seconds into overtime as the Moose Jaw Warriors downed the Edmonton Oil Kings 4-3 in Western Hockey League action on Thursday.

MONTREAL — Missing Matthew Tkachuk to a suspension and having a back-up goalie in net wasn't going to stop the Calgary Flames.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Canada and the United States will play for gold again at the world sledge hockey challenge.

OTTAWA — The reigning Olympic men's curling champions were perfect at the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings the last time around. The 2017 Trials were far less kind to Brad Jacobs and his team from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.

MIAMI — The Marlins' latest payroll purge began not with Giancarlo Stanton, but with Dee Gordon.

TORONTO — Citing health issues, Georges St-Pierre is giving up his newly won UFC middleweight title. The 36-year-old from Montreal won the 185-pound crown Nov. 4 when he dethroned Michael Bisping at UFC 217 in New York.

MANALAPAN, Fla. — The NHL is opening its doors to Seattle.

BALTIMORE — Orioles pitcher Kevin Gausman will wear No. 34 next season as a tribute to Roy Halladay, who was killed in a plane crash last month. Gausman announced the switch Thursday on his Twitter account. The right-hander wore No. 39 last year.

TORONTO — Matthew Tkachuk's teammates on the Calgary Flames would like him to cut out the needless suspensions, but don't want any change in his gritty, high-skilled game.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A former elite sports doctor whose sexual assault cases have rocked Michigan State University and the group that trains U.S.