National Sports

LAS VEGAS — Zeke Thurston of Big Valley, Alta., won a world championship in saddle bronc for the third time in his career at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.

OTTAWA — Team Keller defeated Team Knight 2-1 in a shootout on Sunday to win the 3-on-3 tournament at the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association all-star weekend.

MONCTON, N.B. — Adam Fantilli was trying to get the game up and running on his laptop. The freshman forward's Michigan Wolverines were set to play the Michigan State Spartans in a clash of NCAA rivals.

EDMONTON — Jasmine Baird nailed an underflip 900 on her first jump of the night — and never looked back. The rider from Georgetown, Ont. won gold in Saturday’s FIS World Cup Big Air event at Commonwealth Stadium.

ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Relay team victories anchored a five-medal showing for Canadian short-track speedskaters on Sunday at the ISU World Cup. Jordan Pierre-Gilles of Sherbrooke, Que.

IDRE FJÄLL, Sweden — Canada's Mikael Kingsbury won gold in the men's dual moguls competition Sunday for his 76th career World Cup medal. He defeated 18-year-old Swede Filip Gravenors in the big final for the victory.

VAL d'ISÈRE, France (AP) — A flawless second run helped Lucas Braathen win the first World Cup slalom of the season on Sunday for the third victory of his career.

SESTRIERE, Italy (AP) — Wendy Holdener had a lengthy wait for her first slalom victory. The Swiss skier made it two out of two on Sunday. And this time she didn’t have to share top spot.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Marcus Nguyen scored the winner, Dante Giannuzzi stopped all three shots he faced in the shootout and the Portland Winterhawks escaped with a 4-3 victory over the Seattle Thunderbirds on Saturday.

VANCOUVER — Filip Gustavsson stopped 35 shots for his first NHL shutout and Connor Dewar broke the Vancouver Canucks' back with a short-handed goal as the Minnesota Wild used a 3-0 victory to end a two-game losing skid.