National Sports

TORONTO — John Tavares helped ease some of the pressure on his under-fire head coach. At least for a few days.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Jakub Brabenec scored two goals and added one assist as the Charlottetown Islanders defeated the Saint John Sea Dogs 7-3 on Wednesday.

SARNIA, Ont. — Sasha Pastujov scored the game winner and Dixon Grimes made the game-sealing save in the shootout as the Guelph Storm defeated the Sarnia Sting 6-5 on Wednesday.

TORONTO — League passing leader McLeod Bethel-Thompson and CFL outstanding player award winner Zach Collaros top the respective divisional all-star teams.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies' 7-0 win over Houston in Game 3 of the World Series was seen by 11,162,000 viewers on Fox, down 2.7% from last year's third game. Atlanta's 2-0 victory over the Astros last season was seen by 11,469,000.

CALGARY — Getting to B.C. Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke on Sunday requires taking care of a first order of business, according to Calgary Stampeders sack specialist Shawn Lemon. "We've just got to be disruptive," the Calgary defensive end declared.

The NHL's digitally enhanced dasherboards are here to stay. And additions are coming to a system that currently showcases advertisements. The league launched the new look on NHL game broadcasts this season.

VANCOUVER — A provincial court judge has sentenced a former soccer coach to nearly 16 months in jail for sex offences that "immeasurably harmed" four female teenage athletes.

Canada rugby coach Kingsley Jones has named a 36-man long list ahead of selection for test matches in Europe later this month against the Netherlands and Namibia. The 23rd-ranked Canadians take on the 28th-ranked Dutch on Nov. 12 before facing No.

PARIS — Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the season-ending ATP Finals for the first time in his career with a razor-thin 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (6) win over Sweden's Mikael Ymer in second-round action Wednesday at the Paris Masters tennis tour