National Sports

Unwavering self-confidence has gone a long way in keeping Leonard Miller level-headed in his journey to being a potential first-round NBA draft pick in June. It was just under two years ago when the Scarborough, Ont.

GATINEAU, Que. — The federal government is giving $225,000 to the national athletes association, AthletesCAN, to centralize services into a one-stop shop.

Canadian national champion Keegan Messing is in second place after the men's short program on Thursday at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. The 31-year-old, who is set to retire this off-season, finished with 86.

WINNIPEG — Connor McClennon had a hat trick and the Winnipeg Ice used a run of four unanswered goals in the third period to claw their way back and top the Calgary Hitmen 7-6 on Thursday.

OTTAWA — Olivier Nadeau scored four goals to lead the Gatineau Olympiques to a convincing 5-2 win over the OHL-best Ottawa 67's in Game 1 of the Alexandra Cup on Thursday.

VAL-D'OR, Que. — Mathys Fernandez earned a 33-save shutout, Matis Ouellet had two goals and two assists and the Val-d'Or Foreurs blew out the Victoriaville Tigres 7-0 on Thursday.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — The Brampton Honey Badgers fell 107-86 to the Libertadores de Queretaro at CAA Centre to finish their Basketball Champions League Americas season winless on Thursday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Elias Pettersson scored twice in the third period and the Vancouver Canucks snapped a two-game skid with a 6-5 victory over the New York Islanders on Thursday night.

DETROIT (AP) — Filip Zadina made a successful return to the Detroit lineup, scoring the go-ahead goal at 5:51 of the third period to send the Red Wings over the Calgary Flames 2-1 Thursday night. Zadina had not played since Nov.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — James van Riemsdyk and Morgan Frost scored in the shootout, Carter Hart made 34 saves and the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 on Thursday night. Kevin Hayes scored in regulation for Philadelphia.