National Sports

Canada's Rob Thomson has guided the Philadelphia Phillies on an improbable journey to the World Series. The native of Sarnia, Ont., took over as manager of a sub-.

Penny Oleksiak feels ahead of schedule on her recovery from knee surgery, but Canada's star swimmer isn't ready to join her teammates racing a World Cup in their home pool in Toronto.

Wednesday's Scoreboard NHL N.Y. Islanders 3 N.Y. Rangers 0 Edmonton 3 St.

RED DEER, Alta. — Kai Uchacz led the way with two goals as the Red Deer Rebels continued their unbeaten run with a 6-2 win over the Victoria Royals on Wednesday night. Jace Isley, Matteo Fabrizi, Carson Birnie and Dwayne Jean Jr.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored his 200th career goal to break a tie in the third period, Stuart Skinner stopped 35 shots, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the St. Louis Blues 3-1 Wednesday night.

TORONTO — For an early six-minute stretch of Wednesday's win, Pascal Siakam couldn't miss. He scored four consecutive wide-open three-pointers over former Raptor P.J.

BOISBRIAND, Que. — Jordan Dumais' two-goal night led the Halifax Mooseheads to a 3-2 victory over Blainville-Boisbriand Armada on Wednesday. Mathieu Cataford opened the scoring for Halifax (7-1-1-1) 4:12 into the first period.

TAMPICO, Mexico — Canada's Leylah Fernandez defeated You Xiaodi 6-3, 6-2 at the Abierto Tampico WTA 125 event on Wednesday to set up an all-Canadian quarterfinal against Rebecca Marino. Fernandez of Laval, Que., won 73.

SAGINAW, Mich. — Braeden Kressler notched two goals and two assists as the Flint Firebirds toppled the Saginaw Spirit 7-2 Wednesday in Ontario Hockey League action. Coulson Pitre scored once and added two assists for the Firebirds (6-5-0).

TORONTO — Seven months after they first appealed to the federal government for an independent investigation into their sport, more than 500 current and former gymnasts are repeating their call to action.