National Sports

OTTAWA — It's only two games and it's still the pre-season, but the Ottawa Senators feel pretty good after beating the Toronto Maple Leafs ON back-to-back nights.

MONTREAL — The struggling Montreal Impact felt like a weight was lifted off their shoulders after a win in the first leg of the Canadian Championship final.

BATHURST, N.B. — Alex Belzile's approach to every shift is the same — go go go.

HALIFAX — David Edgar scored in injury time to help Hamilton's Forge FC earn a 1-1 draw against the host HFX Wanderers on Wednesday night in Canadian Premier League action. Edgar's goal came in the 93rd minute for the Forge (7-1-4).

VANCOUVER — Brock Boeser wasn't expecting drawn out contract talks with the Vancouver Canucks this summer but the prolonged negotiations did have an upside.

TORONTO — The Saint John Sea Dogs caught a break in their attempt to build a championship team.

After years of grinding it out in the National Lacrosse League, Matt Beers is looking forward to a new challenge — representing Canada.

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan — Canada's Linda Morais will go for gold in the women's 59-kilogram division at the world wrestling championships. But reigning Olympic champion Erica Wiebe lost her 76-kilogram quarterfinal against Estonia's Epp Mae.

MUNICH — Bayern Munich substitute Thomas Müller provided a late highlight as the German powerhouse beat Red Star Belgrade 3-0 in their Champions League opener on Wednesday.

Sometimes when curling analyst Cheryl Bernard makes the walk from the broadcast booth down to the ice, the competitive feelings come rushing back.