National Sports

KINGSTON, Ont. — Framed pictures, posters, plaques and vintage helmets adorn the walls of equipment manager Jeff Mellor's office at Queen's University. His work space is just as crammed.

Justin Carbonneau scored twice as Blainville-Boisbriand Armada defeated Acadie-Bathurst Titan 6-3 Friday night. Olivier Lemieux, Eliot Litalien, Mateo Nobert and Bo Damphousse all scored once for Blainville-Boisbriand.

The Brantford Bulldogs defeated the Oshawa Generals in a shootout 5-4. Cole Brown scored twice while Tomáš Hamara and Jake O'Brien scored once for Brantford. Bulldogs goaltender David Egorov kicked out 32 of 36 shots.

The Spokane Chiefs defeated the Everett Silvertips during the shootout 4-3. Shea Van Olm scored twice while Owen Schoettler scored once for Spokane. Chiefs netminder Dawson Cowan saved 36 of 39 shots.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kyle Connor had a goal and an assist and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Friday night. Connor became the third player in Jets history to record at least 25 points through 20 games in a season.

Kevin Obanor just wants to spread love. The 25-year-old forward won the NBA G-League's Bob Lanier Community Assist Award on Friday ahead of the home opener for Raptors 905.

MONTREAL — Mikyla Grant-Mentis scored twice and the Montreal Victoire wrapped up their Professional Women's Hockey League pre-season with a 6-3 win over the Ottawa Charge.

WINNIPEG — Mike O’Shea stood in front of reporters Friday and kept his cool while answering questions about the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ 41-24 Grey Cup loss to the Toronto Argonauts last weekend.

TORONTO — The injury-ravaged Toronto Maple Leafs placed Matthew Knies on injured reserve Friday and signed fellow forward Alex Nylander to a one-year contract, recalling him from the AHL Marlies.

TORONTO — Everything changed for Kia Nurse when she tore her anterior cruciate ligament in the 2021 WNBA playoffs. The basketball star from Hamilton was locked in as starter for a team in the semifinals.