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CF Montreal fell short in their initial attempt to look for revenge in Mexico. The Canadian club fell 1-0 to Santos Laguna in the first leg of the round of 16 action for the CONCACAF Champions League.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators want to be the St. Louis Blues one day. Tuesday night the Senators fell 5-2 to the Blues, but saw first-hand what it takes to play the kind of hockey they aspire to.

KITCHENER, Ont. — The Sarnia Sting snapped a four-game losing streak to beat the Kitchener Rangers 4-3 in a shootout. The Sting (16-18-3-1) had two players score in the shootout to record the win.

MONCTON, N.B. — The Halifax Mooseheads needed a strong third period and overtime to overcome the Moncton Wildcats on Tuesday night. Brooklyn Kalmikov netted twice in the loss for Moncton (17-12-3-1).

VANCOUVER — Tanya Walter is used to pushing her way into unusual spaces. The former linebacker broke a whole new barrier Tuesday when she was named defensive assistant for the B.C. Lions, becoming the first full-time female coach in CFL history.

TORONTO — The stands will be a lot busier at Scotiabank Arena this week in the wake of the Ontario government slightly accelerating plans to ease attendance limits at indoor sports events.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Super Bowl rebounded to draw an estimated 101.1 million television viewers who saw the Los Angeles Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals on a late-game drive, proving the dominance of football as an audience magnet.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks signed veteran Canadian defensive lineman Jordan Reaves on Tuesday. Reaves, 32, spent the entire 2021 season on the Saskatchewan Roughriders' injured list recovering from an Achilles tendon injury.

PORTO, Portugal (AP) — Porto defender Pepe was suspended for two matches on Tuesday after being accused of kicking an official from another team during a brawl in the Portuguese league last week.

No stranger to facing CONCACAF opposition, Forge FC steps it up a notch Wednesday when it takes on Mexican heavyweight Cruz Azul at Tim Hortons Field.