National Sports

Matthew Manuel's team booked a ticket to the Tim Hortons Brier with a 5-4 win over Owen Purcell in the Nova Scotia men's final Monday morning.

TORONTO — Expansion Vancouver FC will open with three games on the road before hosting Cavalry FC on May 7 in its Canadian Premier League home opener. Vancouver will play its home games at Willoughby Community Park at the Langley Events Centre.

Top pitching prospect Ricky Tiedemann was among the 14 internal non-roster players invited by the Toronto Blue Jays to major-league spring training on Monday. Tiedemann, 20, was 5-4 with a 2.

Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Hull has died at the age of 84. He played for the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks and Hartford Whalers as well as the World Hockey Association's Winnipeg Jets over a 23-year pro career.

MONTREAL — A young girl is dead after an accident at a ski resort on Sunday morning north of Montreal. Police say the six-year-old died after suffering injuries at the Val-Saint-Côme ski resort while using a T-bar ski lift at about 9:30 a.m.

Canadians Patrice Bernier, Kaylyn Kyle, Ross Smith and Matt Cullen will be part of Apple's MLS Season Pass broadcast team. Apple and Major League Soccer announced some of their broadcast personnel earlier in the month.

TORONTO — Jade Downie-Landry's late unassisted goal lifted PHF Canada to an exciting 3-2 victory over PHF World in the Premier Hockey Federation's annual all-star game, played Sunday at Mattamy Athletic Centre.

REGINA — Bogdans Hodass scored twice and the Medicine Hat Tigers "held" Connor Bedard to four points as they defeated the Regina Pats 6-4 in Western Hockey League action on Sunday at the Brandt Centre.

ASPEN, Colo. — Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris defended his gold medal in slopestyle and freestyle skier Megan Oldham collected her second gold of the Winter X Games with a slopestyle victory Sunday.

Mike McEwen defeated Glenn Howard 8-3 to win the Ontario men's curling championship Sunday and qualify for the Tim Hortons Brier.