National Sports

EDMONTON — Mark Letestu is hoping his pre-season start is a sign of things to come. Letestu scored a pair of goals as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Calgary Flames 5-2 in a split-squad pre-season game on Monday.

WINNIPEG — Ryan Malone found a good way to get noticed in his come-back attempt with the Minnesota Wild.

OTTAWA — Pre-season game or not, Mike Babcock was less than impressed after the Ottawa Senators beat his Toronto Maple Leafs 6-2 Monday night. "Any way you look at it we got slapped," said the Leafs head coach.

Detroit Tigers pitcher Jeff Ferrell was alert and responsive after being hit in the head by a line drive Monday night. Ferrell was struck in the right side of the head by a drive off the bat off Oakland's Ryon Healy measured at 102.6 mph.

TORONTO — Walking through a tunnel alongside Billie Jean King at the grounds of the U.S. Open, Emma Stone gasped at the size of its main court.

QUEBEC — Tim Schaller's short-handed goal in the second period lifted the Boston Bruins to a 3-2 comeback victory over the Montreal Canadiens in NHL pre-season action on Monday night.

The Toronto Wolfpack and captain Craig Hall were honoured Monday night with English rugby league awards.

About to turn 37 years old, Henrik Sedin didn't sound overly thrilled about the prospect of having to fly across the Pacific Ocean to play a couple of exhibition games ahead of the gruelling NHL season.

Frederik Andersen couldn't figure out why at the time, but there were points during his first season with the Toronto Maple Leafs when he noticed some unexplained weight gain.

TORONTO — The nomadic life of a world class athlete can be lonely, and Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse admits to missing home sometimes. "There are times when I'm travelling alone when I'm kind of miserable.