National Sports

LAVAL, Que. — Egor Sokolov scored to lift Belleville over the Laval Rocket 6-2 in the American Hockey League on Friday, the Senators' third consecutive win.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tage Thompson scored twice, Cody Eakin had a goal and an assist, and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 on Friday night to snap a four-game skid.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Elvis Merzlikins stopped 39 shots, Gustav Nyquist scored short-handed and had an assist, and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat Vancouver Canucks 4-2 Friday night.

OSHAWA, Ont. — Brett Harrison had two goals including the game-winner in overtime as the Oshawa Generals upset the Ottawa 67's 4-3 in Ontario Hockey League action on Friday. Andrew Witton and Ryan Gagnier also scored for the Generals (31-20-6-5).

SASKATOON — Kerri Einarson needed a win Friday afternoon to book her playoff ticket at Canada's Olympic curling trials. A loss to Kelsey Rocque not only hurt her chances of making the three-team cut, it also gave two other teams hope.

CLEVELAND — Joey Anderson scored the lone goal for the Toronto Marlies in a 5-1 loss to the Cleveland Monsters in the American Hockey League on Friday.

CAPE BRETON, N.B. — Miguel Tourigny and Mikael Denis each scored twice to lead the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada to a 7-1 rout of the Cape Breton Eagles in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League on Friday.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Rickard Rakell had a goal and an assist, Anthony Stolarz made 34 saves and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Ottawa Senators 4-0 on Friday.

MINEHEAD, United Kingdom — Canadian Jeff (The Silencer) Smith lost to England's Nathan (The Asp) Aspinall in first-round play Friday at the Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals.

The Canadian women look to put the finishing touches on a golden year Saturday with the first of two matches against Mexico. The sixth-ranked Olympic champions take on No.