National Sports

TORONTO — Rugby has taken Tayler Adams from New Zealand to Australia and now Canada. While the game may be the same, the Toronto Arrows fly half says the weather takes some getting used to.

SALT LAKE CITY — Calgary's Ted-Jan Bloemen won gold in the men's 5,000-metres Thursday at the world single distance speedskating championships. Bloemen finished in a time of six minutes 4.

TORONTO — York 9 FC has signed Jamaican attacker Nicholas Hamilton on a multi-year deal. The 23-year-old, who can play as a striker or winger, comes from Cavalier FC where he scored 10 times last season in the Red Stripe Premier League.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mikael Backlund and Mark Jankowski scored two goals apiece, and Cam Talbot made a career-high 44 saves for his 21st career shutout in the Flames' 6-0 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night.

Thursday's Games NHL Dallas 3 Toronto 2 New Jersey 4 Detroit 1 Philadelphia 6 Florida 2 Tampa Bay 3 Edmonton 1 Buffalo 4 Columbus 3 (OT) Ottawa 3 Arizona 2 Nashville 5 N.Y. Islanders 0 N.Y.

TORONTO — The Dallas Stars are a team built to play with a lead. And when they get one early, more often than not it's going to be a long night. The Maple Leafs experienced that first-hand Thursday.

TAMPA, Fla. — Yanni Gourde scored a short-handed goal and Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 29 saves to lift the Tampa Bay Lightning to their ninth straight victory, 3-1 over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night.

OTTAWA — It's no longer a surprise to see Marcus Hogberg come up with a big game for the Ottawa Senators. The rookie goalie was once again solid, making 32 saves in Ottawa's 3-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday night.

The Toronto Argonauts and Montreal Alouettes swapped kickers Thursday. Toronto acquired kicker/punter Boris Bede from Montreal for kicker Tyler Crapigna. Bede hit 31-of-35 field goals last season (88.6 per cent) while leading the CFL in kickoffs (69.

WIGAN, England — The depleted Toronto Wolfpack suffered their third straight Super League loss, beaten 32-10 by the Wigan Warriors on Thursday.