National Sports

TORONTO — The Canadian Football League season will be spread over an additional week next year in an effort to promote player safety. The league announced its schedule on Thursday, two months earlier than last year.

GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of — South Korean officials have ruled out turning a state-of-the-art Olympic skating arena into a giant seafood freezer.

OTTAWA — Chris Neil figured he wouldn't stick in the NHL on skill alone, so he created a niche for himself based on toughness and a peerless work ethic.

TORONTO — Defender Kadeisha Buchanan capped a remarkable campaign overseas Thursday with a domestic triumph, earning Canadian female soccer player of the year honours for the second time in three years. The 22-year-old from Brampton, Ont.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Evidence from a Moscow laboratory database has been shared by World Anti-Doping Agency investigators with international sports bodies who must decide on prosecuting Russian athletes for doping.

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin accused U.S. agencies of manipulating evidence from the main whistleblower on doping at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

VANCOUVER — A man who promised $7.5 million to a junior hockey team in British Columbia has been charged with forgery and fraud after a restaurant owner complained to police about an unpaid bill.

VANCOUVER — There have been times this season when P.K. Subban felt he deserved a goal that didn't materialize. Wednesday was not one of those nights.

Wednesday's Games NHL Nashville 7 Vancouver 1 Ottawa 3 N.Y. Rangers 2 Dallas 5 N.Y. Islanders 2 Boston at Detroit 8 p.m.

VANCOUVER — Kyle Turris believes Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk is the reason he's no longer in the nation's capital.