National Sports

SANTIAGO, Chile — Canada's Pan Am Games team has made more trips to the top of the podium than it did four years ago, and there are still three days of competition to come.

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Egor Sidorov had a goal and an assist to lead the Saskatoon Blades to a 7-2 rout of the Prince Albert Raiders on Thursday night.

ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. — William Rousseau made 36 saves for the shutout as Rouyn-Noranda downed Moncton 6-0 on Thursday night. Antonin Verreault scored twice while Samuel Rousseau, Thomas Verdon, Benjamin Brunelle and Andrei Loshko had the other goals.

NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani, Cody Bellinger, Jordan Montgomery, Blake Snell and Aaron Nola were among the 130 players who became free agents Thursday as baseball's business season began the day following the Texas Rangers' first World Series title.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators lost more than just a game Thursday night. The Senators, already missing three defencemen, dropped a 3-2 decision to the Los Angeles Kings and could be without two of their centres for a little while.

SANTIAGO — Charles Philibert-Thiboutot dived for a finish line for the first time in his career to gain a Pan American Games gold medal Thursday.

SAGINAW, Mich. — Spencer Sova knocked in the game-winning goal at 11:40 in the third period as the Erie Otters edged the Saginaw Spirit 6-5 on Thursday night. Martin Misiak had a hat trick for Erie.

BOSTON (AP) — Jake DeBrusk and Charlie Coyle scored in the shootout and the Boston Bruins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Thursday night.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid clips popped up on social media for a handful of blocked shots he seemed to have against Toronto. Just don't check the box score. The reigning NBA MVP had only one.

It took the NHL until 1979 to mandate helmets and goalie masks for new players. It wasn't until 2013 that eye-protecting visors became mandatory — grandfathered in for veterans, of course. A handful of players still don't wear them.