LOCAL SPORTS
In University Sport:
Another loss for X-Men Basketball at the Calgary Invitational, as they were outscored 102-93 by Mount Royal.
A loss for the X-Men in Hockey, a close 5-4 win for the Acadia Axemen. The X-Women fared better, shutting out Moncton 2-0.
In Junior Hockey, the Strait Pirates doubled the Brookfield Elks 6-3.
Today, the AA Munro Junior Bulldogs host the Junior Miners at the Antigonish Arena tonight at 7:30, while the Pictou County Scotians host the Penguins at the Trenton arena at 6.
In Major Midget action, the CB West Islanders lost to Cole Harbour 5-2, and the Weeks Major Midgets fell to the Valley Wildcats 4-3 at home.
The West Islanders will try again for a win against Cole Harbour today at Noon in Port Hood, while the Weeks team hosts Halifax at the Wellness Centre at 1.
The Cabot Highlanders doubled the Thunder in Truro 4-2.
The Inverness Rebels won the silver medal at the 11th annual Niki King Memorial Girls’ Volleyball Tournament on the weekend hosted by SAERC. Riverview defeated Inverness 25-20, 20-25,15-10 to win the tournament. Inverness were led throughout the tournament by all stars Caris Forance and Rhonda Hartford, as well as stellar defensive play by Breagh MacLeod.
Rural League Results: Pleasantdale 4 Outlaws 3, Heatherton 2 St Croix 1 (OT) Logan Deyoung scoring the OT winner.
NATIONAL SPORTS
Tanner Pearson scored in the shootout to lead the Vancouver Canucks past the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2. The left-winger beat Philly’s Carter Hart five-hole in the third round of the shootout to secure the win. Pearson and Brock Boeser both scored for the Canucks in regulation, and Chris Tanev had a pair of assists.
Mark Stone had a goal and an assist, Marc-Andre Fleury made 33 saves and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Calgary Flames 6-2. Tomas Nosek, William Carrier, Paul Stastny, Ryan Reaves and rookie Cody Glass also scored to help Vegas snap a two-game losing streak and remain undefeated at home against the Flames.
Around the N-H-L, Connor McDavid had the winner as the Edmonton Oilers beat the New York Rangers 4-1 to remain undefeated to start the season. Also, Mark Scheifele scored 47 seconds into overtime to lift the Winnipeg Jets over Chicago 3-2. The Toronto Maple Leafs won in Detroit 5-2, the Montreal Canadiens doubled up St. Louis 6-3, And the Senators beat Tampa Bay 4-2 for Ottawa’s first win of the season.
A pair of C-F-L teams had their playoff hopes solidified tonight. Shaquille Cooper rushed for 94 yards and a touchdown to help the Eskimos beat the B-C Lions 19-6 and Edmonton clinched the C-F-L’s final playoff berth. Earlier, Nick Taylor’s pick six highlighted the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ 35-24 win over the Montreal Alouettes. Montreal’s loss clinched first in the C-F-L’s East Division for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
Gleyber Torres kept up his October surge with a homer and five R-B-Is and the New York Yankees blanked the Houston Astros 7-0 in the American League Championship Series opener. Torres had a go-ahead double, a solo homer, a two-run single and an R-B-I grounder. The 22-year-old star became the youngest A-L player to drive in five runs during a post-season game.
The Washington Nationals are leaving St. Louis with a commanding two-games-to-none lead in the National League Championship Series following another fantastic performance from their starting rotation. Max Scherzer carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning as the Nats downed the Cardinals, 3-1 at Busch Stadium. The Washington ace struck out eleven over seven innings.
Saturday’s Games
MLB Post-season
National League Championship Series
Washington 3 St. Louis 1 (Washington leads series 2-0)
American League Championship Series
N.Y. Yankees 7 Houston 0 (New York leads series 1-0)
CFL
Winnipeg 35 Montreal 24
Edmonton 19 British Columbia 6
NHL
Edmonton 4 N.Y. Rangers 1
Ottawa 4 Tampa Bay 2
Los Angeles 7 Nashville 4
Toronto 5 Detroit 2
N.Y. Islanders 3 Florida 2 (SO)
Columbus 3 Carolina 2
Boston 3 New Jersey 0
Winnipeg 3 Chicago 2 (OT)
Montreal 6 St. Louis 3
Washington 4 Dallas 1
Pittsburgh 7 Minnesota 4
Colorado 3 Arizona 2 (OT)
Vegas 6 Calgary 2
Vancouver 3 Philadelphia 2 (SO)
NBA Pre-season
Brooklyn 91 L.A. Lakers 77
Phoenix 134 Portland 118
Sunday’s Games – All times Eastern
MLB Post-season
American League Championship Series
N.Y. Yankees (Paxton 15-6) at Houston (Verlander 21-6), 8:08 p.m.
NHL
Pittsburgh at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
Vegas at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.
Calgary at San Jose, 10 p.m.
NBA Pre-season
Cleveland at Boston, 3 p.m.
Melbourne United at L.A. Clippers, 3:30 p.m.
New Orleans at San Antonio, 4 p.m.
Chicago at Toronto, 6 p.m.
Milwaukee at Washington, 6 p.m.
Philadelphia at Orlando, 6 p.m.
Maccabi Haifa at Minnesota, 8 p.m.