National Sports

A name familiar to Edmonton Elks fans has surfaced as a potential president of the CFL club.

PARIS — Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime continued his impressive season-ending run of form with a 7-6 (3), 6-4 first-round win over Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff on Tuesday at the Paris Masters tennis tournament.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jonathan Marchessault and Shea Theodore scored in the shootout and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 Monday night.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Mika Zibanejad scored 4:34 into overtime, and the New York Rangers beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 on Monday night for their fifth straight win.

PHOENIX (AP) — Corey Seager smashed a homer that rocketed off his bat at a speed few other mortals can match. Then he made a sliding stop and started a double play in the eighth inning that might have saved the game.

KELOWNA, B.C. — Brad Gushue didn't take long to get over an opening day loss at the Pan Continental Curling Championships at Kelowna Curling Club. The Canadian skip from St. John's N.L.

SANTIAGO, Chile — Shady El Nahas captured Pan American Games judo gold Monday in the men's 100-kilogram class. Canada has 105 medals after 10 days of competition — 35 golds, 32 silvers and 38 bronze.

SANTIAGO, Chile — Sanoa Dempfle-Olin bobbed in the Pacific waves with her face in her hands when she realized what was ahead of her. The 18-year-old surfer from Tofino, B.C.

WINNIPEG — Mika Zibanejad was glad a season-high five-game road trip ended on a high note Monday.

Toronto Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic was transparent about his players needing to be a team Monday night. Jerami Grant scored a game-high 22 points as the Portland Trail Blazers handed the Toronto Raptors their third straight loss, 99-91.