National Sports

DALLAS (AP) — Stars veteran center Joe Pavelski was not at the arena for a team meeting Tuesday, and his status for Game 2 and beyond against the Minnesota Wild was uncertain after a massive hit that took him out of the series-opening loss midway thr

Canada will open this summer's Gold Cup in Toronto against a yet-to-be decided qualifying team before heading to Houston to complete Group D play against Guatemala and Cuba.

OTTAWA — A cheer athlete and athlete support person, has been handed a lifetime ban for multiple anti-doping rule violations, the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport announced Tuesday. The ban is retroactive to March 13.

Canadian star centre Zach Edey declared for the NBA draft on Tuesday. Edey averaged a career-best 22.3 points, 12.9 rebounds and 2.1 blocks across 34 games in a breakout junior season for the Purdue Boilermakers.

TORONTO — Matthew Knies is settling into life as a professional hockey player in Canada's biggest city. The sights and sounds — and the traffic.

VICTORIA — Canada's women's basketball team is set to host Japan in a June exhibition game, Canada Basketball announced Tuesday. The contest will take place June 2 at Victoria's Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. Canada is ranked No. 5 in the world.

NEW YORK — Canadian junior hockey phenom Connor Bedard remains the No. 1 North American prospect for the upcoming NHL Draft, according to the final rankings released Tuesday by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau.

VANCOUVER — As he prepares to leave his post, Tennis Canada CEO Michael Downey says there's still work to be done in growing the game — especially when it comes to getting more girls and women on the court.

You know "crazy season" is underway in the NHL when coaches "really blur" the truth about injuries, veteran TV pun-dit Ron MacLean rolls out a "marathon" of Boston one-liners, and the Vancouver Canucks' best hockey broadcasters — John Shorthouse and

EDMONTON — The "cleanup guy" scored the overtime winner for the Los Angeles Kings, who surged to a 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers for an early lead in their playoff series Monday. Anze Kopitar's power-play goal with 16.