National Sports

OTTAWA — Like so many of her teammates, the inaugural season of the Professional Women’s Hockey League has held many firsts for Ottawa goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer. She was one of the first three players to be signed to Ottawa’s roster.

It was easy to find Savannah Grewal on the course at last week's Blue Bay LPGA. All you had to do was follow the sound of her laughter.

A team-by-team look at the field for the world women’s curling championships, running from March 16-March 24 at Centre 200 in Sydney, N.S. Team members are listed from third to lead.

Rachel Homan has her sights set on ending Canada’s five-year gold-medal drought at the world women’s curling championship. Homan’s Ottawa rink is carrying an incredible winning streak into Saturday, when play begins in Sydney, N.S.

NIAGARA, Ont. — A four-point night from Sam Alfano lifted the Erie Otters to a 7-4 win over the Niagara IceDogs in Ontario Hockey League play on Thursday.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Drew Elliott scored and notched an assist Thursday, helping his Saint John Sea Dogs edge the Acadie-Bathurst Titan 2-1 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League play.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Brayden Point had three goals and three assists, Nikita Kucherov added a goal and four assists, and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied to beat the Metropolitan Division-leading New York Rangers 6-3 on Thursday night.

CALGARY — After being heavily outscored during a three-game losing skid, the Calgary Flames knew they had much to answer for.

TORONTO — Benjamin Corbeil had two goals and an assist as the New Brunswick Reds opened their title defence with a 4-0 quarterfinal win over the Brock Badgers on Thursday at the U Sports men's hockey championship.

SASKATOON — The Concordia Stingers continued their storybook season Thursday, blanking the Saskatchewan Huskies 4-0 at the U Sports women's hockey championship. Jordyn Verbeek stopped all 26 shots she faced for the top-seeded squad.