National Sports

TORONTO — Quarterback Cody Fajardo calls his Montreal Alouettes "a band of misfit toys." "There's a lot of guys on this team, including myself, that were kind of exiled from their own team," he said.

TORONTO — Kabion Ento and the Montreal Alouettes defence turned Chad Kelly's first playoff start into a nightmare.

RIMOUSKI, Que. — Maël St-Denis knocked in the game-winning goal as the Océanic scored all three goals in the first period to beat the Huskies. Jan Sprynar and Lyam Jacques had the other goals for Rimouski.

VANCOUVER — Wide receiver Sam Davenport hauled in a last-second touchdown as the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds staged a late comeback to beat the University of Alberta 28-27 and win the Hardy Cup.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Erik ten Hag can breathe a sigh of relief after Manchester United ended another difficult week on a winning note.

PHOENIX (AP) — Steven Alker pulled away from the pack Saturday with a 6-under 65, finishing with a birdie that extended his lead to four shots going into the final round of the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

WINNIPEG — Pete DeBoer called it the perfect road game. The Dallas Stars took a 3-1 lead, then held on to defeat the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 on Saturday afternoon. “I thought it may be our best road game of the year,” the Stars coach said.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gabbie Hughes scored twice and the United States women’s national hockey team improved to 2-0 in its Rivalry Series with a 5-2 win over Canada on Saturday.

SEVILLE, Spain — Led by the inspired play of Leylah Fernandez, Canada has reached the final of the Billie Jean King Cup for the first time.

OBIHIRO, Japan — Canada's women earned silver in team pursuit on Saturday at the season-opening speedskating World Cup in Obihiro, Japan. The trio of Isabelle Weidemann, Valérie Maltais and Ivanie Blondin captured silver, only 1.