National Sports

MONTREAL — General Manager Kent Hughes has stayed in Montreal as his Canadiens begin a four-game road trip through the NHL's Western Conference.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — In just 12 months, Manchester United has gone from jeers to cheers.

LONDON (AP) — Marcus Rashford has been credited with Manchester United's second goal in the club's 2-0 League Cup final win against Newcastle .

TORONTO — James Click was named the vice-president of baseball strategy for the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday.

KAMLOOPS — Kerri Einarson's curling team achieved a Canadian women's championship four-peat Sunday with a 10-4 win over Manitoba's Jennifer Jones.

Kerri Einarson's Team Canada crew has won its fourth consecutive Canadian women's curling championship. Einarson, from Gimli, Manitoba, defeated Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg 10-4 in tonight's final in Kamloops, B.C.

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. — The defending champion New York Ironworkers ran in six tries en route to a lopsided 39-3 victory over Toronto on Sunday, dropping the Arrows to 0-2-0 in Major League Rugby play. Toronto lost its season opener 17-10 at Rugby ATL.

CARACAS, Venezuela — Phil Scrubb and Kalif Young each scored 14 points as Canada's senior men's squad dunked Venezuela 74-57 to close out the FIBA World Cup Americas qualifier event on Sunday.

The NHL's top contenders did not wait until the last minute to do their shopping before the trade deadline. League-leading Boston got bigger and tougher by adding Dmitry Orlov and Garnet Hathaway. Toronto got defensive by trading for Ryan O'Reilly.

SEATTLE (AP) — Auston Matthews had two goals and Mark Giordano scored in his first game back in Seattle since being traded to Toronto last season as the Maple Leafs beat the Kraken 5-1 on Sunday night.