National Sports

EDMONTON — With their Pacific Division rivals beefing up before the playoffs, the Edmonton Oilers did their best to keep pace.

Jessie Fleming did everything but score from the penalty spot in the CONCACAF W Gold Cup semifinal. Sadly the 25-year-old from London, Ont., was not the only one.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have acquired defenceman Troy Stecher from the Arizona Coyotes, the NHL club announced Thursday.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have acquired forward Jacob Perreault from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for centre Jan Mysak, the NHL club announced Thursday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Simmons will miss the remainder of the season, the third straight year the former All-Star's season has ended early because of back problems.

Matt Rempe was walking down the street in New York last week. A car pulled up alongside the hulking Rangers rookie. Down rolled the windows. "What's going on?" he thought to himself. Then the chanting started.

TORONTO — A new era dawns Saturday at Toronto FC's home opener. With Michael Bradley retired, there will be no pre-match pitch inspection by the TFC captain — unless new skipper Jonathan Osorio continues the tradition.

A capsule look at the eight teams competing in the U Sports men's basketball Final 8 in Quebec City. Teams are listed by seeding heading into the tournament, along with their respective regular season records.

The time has arrived for Diego Maffia and the Victoria Vikes. Victoria enters the U Sports men’s basketball Final 8 as the top seed for the second year in a row and is coming off its third consecutive Canada West title.

Canada will play the sixth-ranked Netherlands in a men's soccer friendly in June in Rotterdam. The 50th-ranked Canadians will face the Dutch on June 6 at Stadion Feijenoord.