National Sports

While Vancouver celebrates the 10th anniversary of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, the man who co-led the bid and headed the organizing committee wants the city to do it again in 2030.

COLORADO SPRING, Colo. — Six Canadians are among the 10 finalists for the 2020 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. The top player in NCAA Division I women's ice hockey will be announced March 21, as part of the NCAA Women's Frozen Four weekend in Boston.

KRASNOYARSK, Russia — Mackenzie Zacharias of Altona, Man., split her games on the final day of round-robin play at the world junior curling championship while Winnipeg's Jacques Gauthier dropped a 6-5 decision to Scotland's James Craik.

TORONTO — Atletico Ottawa fans will have to wait until May 16 to see their new Canadian Premier League team in action at home. The CPL announced Thursday its second season will open April 11 and end Oct. 3.

TOKYO — A test event for the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for later this month that would have involved some non-Japanese athletes is being revamped because of fear of the spreading virus from China.

MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Kerri Einarson calls it her "winter voice." Midway through the Canadian women's curling championships, skips' voices are raspy. As the stakes rise, sweeping calls become more urgent.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Five former patients have alleged that a late University of Michigan physician sexually abused them during exams, with one accuser saying Dr. Robert E. Anderson's actions over several decades made him a “sexual predator.

VANCOUVER — Dean Evason's first win as an NHL head coach is one for the memory books. "It's amazing," Evason said after his Minnesota Wild beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 in a shootout on Wednesday night.

Wednesday's Games NHL N.Y. Rangers 6, Chicago 3 Dallas 3, Arizona 2 Boston 2, Edmonton 1, OT Colorado 3, N.Y.

TORONTO — Mitch Marner can see something's been missing. The star winger and his talent-loaded Toronto Maple Leafs teammates possess the ability — speed, hands, vision — to take down any opponent in the NHL.