National Sports

DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche broke up their top line and broke out of their funk. Just the sort of breakthrough they needed to salvage their season.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Montreal Impact played to a 0-0 draw with the Tampa Bay Rowdies on Wednesday in an MLS pre-season game that saw Impact defender Ken Krolicki taken off the field with an elbow injury.

SYDNEY, N.S. — A funky odour at one end of Centre 200 didn't throw Casey Scheidegger off her game. Neither did a heckler who barked out a comment before her final throw. The Team Wild Card skip from Lethbridge, Alta.

SYDNEY, N.S. — Chelsea Carey and her teammates had a purpose when they formed a new rink ahead of this season. Their goal was to become a solid team that could grind out tough victories when needed.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Canadian teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime cruised into the quarterfinals of the Rio Open by beating Chile's Christian Garin 7-5, 6-4 in second-round action on Wednesday night.

LIVERPOOL, N.S. — Canada's Selena Sturmay beat the previously unbeaten Raphaela Keiser of Switzerland 6-4 on Wednesday at the world junior curling championships.

Steve Carlson has one of the most recognizable faces in hockey and is regularly swarmed by hockey fans. He and his "brothers" sign just as many autographs as some of the biggest names in the sport's history.

Georges St-Pierre's fighting days are over. For good this time, it seems. The 37-year-old mixed martial arts star from St-Isidore, Que., will make it official at a news conference Thursday at Montreal's Bell Centre, according to a source.

Pacific FC has added veteran Canadian international Marcel de Jong to its Canadian Premier League roster. The 32-year-old fullback, who can play in the midfield, spent the last three years with the Vancouver Whitecaps.

TORONTO — Canadian internationals Eric Howard, Josh Larsen, Guiseppe Du Toit and Brock Staller have been named to Major League Rugby's First XV of Week 4.