National Sports

MONTREAL — Matt Tomkins waited a long time to earn his first NHL win. But he might not change a thing about the way it happened.

VICTORIA — The Victoria Royals will roll out a new coach this weekend, but they made sure to give assistant bench boss Morgan Klimchuk a winning gift on Tuesday night, albeit not without a few anxious moments in the third period.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Kyle Connor scored twice, and Mark Scheifele added a goal and an assist to help the Winnipeg Jets beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Tuesday night. Alex Iafallo had four assists for his first career four-point game.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Kyle Connor scored twice, and Mark Scheifele added a goal and an assist to help the Winnipeg Jets beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Tuesday night.

SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — Scott McDonald of the St.

PICTOU, N.S. — Italy's Joel Retornaz scored three points in the first end en route to a 7-4 win over Japan's Riku Yanagisawa on Tuesday morning at the Grand Slam of Curling's Kioti National.

Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Vanni Sartini has apologized for comments he made about refereeing after his team's playoff elimination.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have hired Carlos Febles as third base coach and expanded the duties of bench coach Don Mattingly. The 47-year-old Febles joins the Blue Jays after spending 17 seasons coaching in the Boston Red Sox organization.

SARNIA, Ont. — Matyas Sapovaliv scored the winning goal to lead the Saginaw Spirit to a 3-2 win over the Sarnia Sting in Ontario Hockey League action Tuesday.

MONTREAL — Welcome to life as the Montreal Alouettes, where even a six-game winning streak can’t bury the team’s reputation as an underdog.