National Sports

OTTAWA — It was a night of sticky ice, last-minute player signings and a disappointingly small crowd.

TORONTO — Canadian Rose LaBreche will referee the England-Italy Six Nations Women's rugby game in February. The match is scheduled for Feb. 4 at the Stadio Mirabello in Reggio Emilia, Italy.

PHILADELPHIA — A defamation lawsuit filed by Pete Rose last year against the lawyer who got him kicked out of baseball has been dismissed. Federal court documents show Rose's suit against John Dowd was dismissed Friday.

IGLS, Austria — Elisabeth Vathje earned silver and Canadian teammate Mirela Rahneva took bronze in a women's skeleton World Cup race on Friday. Vathje, from Calgary, finished with a combined time of one minute 49.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government plans to set up a training centre for curling that could hold international events and attract athletes from outside the province.

TORONTO — The Canadian women's soccer team will finish the year unchanged in fifth place in the FIFA world rankings. But there was change around John Herdman's side as Australia and France swapped spots, with Australia moving up to No.

CALGARY — Joonas Donskoi made an immediate impact in his return to the San Jose line-up. Donskoi scored the winner with 2:48 left in the third period and also had an assist to lead the Sharks to a 3-2 win over the Calgary Flames.

Thursday's Games NFL Denver 25 Indianapolis 13 --- NHL Nashville 4 Edmonton 0 San Jose 3 Calgary 2 Montreal 2 New Jersey 1 (OT) Chicago 5 Winnipeg 1 Minnesota 2 Toronto 0 Philadelphia 2 Buffalo 1 Washington 5 Boston 3 Columbus 6 N.Y.

EDMONTON — Juuse Saros definitely made the most of a rare start in net for the Nashville Predators on Thursday.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Alex Stalock started his extended stretch of action in the Minnesota net with his first NHL shutout in three seasons. Blanking a Toronto team that tossed him aside less than two years ago made the feat that much sweeter.