National Sports

NEW YORK — Seattle's Dave Hakstol, Boston's Jim Montgomery and New Jersey's Lindy Ruff have been named the finalists for the Jack Adams Award. The Adams is presented to the NHL head coach who has "contributed the most to his team’s success.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes are pushing past their injury-hit group of forwards through grit, relentless effort and scoring throughout the lineup.

NORTH BAY, Ont. — Kyle McDonald scored twice as the North Bay Battalion defeated the Peterborough Petes 6-2 on Friday to take the lead in their Ontario Hockey League playoff series. North Bay leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference final 3-2.

Canadian Alphonso Davies has been named CONCACAF Men’s Player of the Year for the second year in a row. The 22-year-old from Edmonton is the first back-to-back winner of the award that dates back to 2013.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The settling-in process appears to be just about over for Chris Bassitt.

BURNABY, B.C. — Simon Fraser University has retained a Vancouver-based lawyer after concerns were raised by student-athletes.

MONTREAL — Canada's Mia Vallee and Pamela Ware reached the podium at the World Aquatics Diving World Cup on Friday — and they were the last ones to know it.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Tyrrell Hatton shot a 6-under 65 on Friday to move into a share of the second-round lead at the Wells Fargo Championship, while Rory McIlroy’s bid for a record fourth tournament title hit a major snag.

MADRID — Canada's Leylah Fernandez missed out on her third women's doubles final of the season when she and American partner Taylor Townsend fell 6-4, 0-6, 10-6 to Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia on Friday at the Madrid

LAS VEGAS — Timing is everything, and doubly so for an NHL goaltender. Laurent Brossoit spent much of this season outside the NHL, but the 30-year-old from Surrey, B.C., is a playoff starter for the first time in his career.