National Sports

RALEIGH, N.C. — Bill Peters' return to Carolina went about as perfectly as he could have imagined. He has the players he brought with him to Calgary to thank for that.

VICTORIA, Australia — Canada's Brooke Henderson has pulled out of the ISPS Handa Vic Open due to an undisclosed illness. Henderson made the announcement on Sunday, four days before the opening round of the first full event of the LPGA Tour's season.

WOLFVILLE, N.S. — A brawl erupted between two Nova Scotia hockey teams on the ice Saturday night, prompting an investigation from the body that oversees university sports in Atlantic Canada.

HAMAR, Norway — Calgary's Kaylin Irvine finished a career-best fourth place in the women's 500-metre race on Sunday at a speedskating World Cup, while Ottawa's Ivanie Blondin placed fourth in the women's 1,500 for her best result on the World Cup cir

IBIUNA, Brazil — Nicaragua scored four runs in a dramatic top of the 10th inning en route to a 14-12 victory over Canada on Sunday in the third-place game of a Pan American Games baseball qualifier.

DRESDEN, Germany — Canada won gold in the 5,000-metre men's relay on Sunday at a short-track speedskating World Cup. Charle Cournoyer, Pascal Dion, Samuel Girard and Charles Hamelin completed the 45 laps in six minutes 44.

JONKOPING, Sweden — Young Canadian duo Kadriana Sahaidak and Colton Lott defeated Norway's Kristin Skaslien and Thomas Ulsrud 7-5 to claim the mixed doubles title on Sunday in the third leg of the curling World Cup.

SYDNEY, Australia — Bianca Farella scored a last-minute try and Ghislaine Landry followed with a conversion as the Canadian women came from behind and beat France 19-17 on Sunday to finish fifth at the Sydney Sevens.

DENVER — The Vancouver Canucks were refreshed after a nine-day break. The Colorado Avalanche looked like the same team that stumbled into its hiatus.

Saturday's Games NHL Winnipeg 9 Anaheim 3 Toronto 3 Pittsburgh 2 Vancouver 5 Colorado 1 Philadelphia 5 Edmonton 4 (OT) New Jersey 3 Montreal 2 (OT) Detroit 2 Ottawa 0 St. Louis 4 Columbus 2 Florida 3 Vegas 1 N.Y.