National Sports

BURNABY, B.C. — Through nine NBA seasons with two of the league's best teams, a couple of stops in the NBA G-League, and a brief stint in Slovenia, Danny Green has seen virtually everything an NBA training camp can throw at him.

Love can be in the air anywhere, even in the middle of a fierce, high-stakes hockey rivalry. Just ask former Canadian women's hockey team forward Gillian Apps and American forward Meghan Duggan, who married this past weekend in Pownal, Maine.

Mississauga Steelheads head coach James Richmond didn't plan to have NHL prospect Owen Tippett in his lineup, at least not so soon.

Like his transatlantic rugby league team, Wolfpack co-owner David Argyle calls Toronto home but spends most of the year away.

Connor Hellebuyck recently stopped a puck up high near his collarbone — a shot that, in years past, he might not have thought about twice. In this instance, however, it hurt. "Didn't feel very good," Hellebuyck said.

John Tavares's decision to sign with the Toronto Maple Leafs this past summer didn't just make a splash in the NHL free-agency market, it made one online too.

Wednesday's Games --- NHL Pre-season Toronto 5 Montreal 3 Minnesota 4 Winnipeg 3 N.Y. Islanders 4 N.Y.

Wednesday's Games --- NHL Pre-season Toronto 5 Montreal 3 Minnesota 4 Winnipeg 3 N.Y. Islanders 4 N.Y.

CHATHAM-KENT, Ont. — Reigning world champion Jennifer Jones and her Winnipeg-based rink beat Edmonton's Chelsea Carey 4 & 2 on Wednesday to kick off the inaugural women's competition at the Elite 10.

MONTREAL — If the pre-season is any indication, the Toronto Maple Leafs power play could wreak havoc this season.