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MONTREAL — Bryan Rust scored a hat trick and added an assist as the Pittsburgh Penguins crushed the Montreal Canadiens 9-2 on Thursday night.

CALGARY — Former NHL star Joe Thornton and Calgary Flames front office executive Brad Pascall are heading the management team for Canada's Spengler Cup squad for a second straight year.

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Gavin Bryant scored the overtime winner to give the Peterborough Petes a 4-3 win over the Oshawa Generals in Ontario Hockey League play on Thursday night.

TORONTO — Max Pacioretty scored twice and set up linemate William Nylander for another goal to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs past the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Thursday.

Toronto FC and CF Montreal, who have combined to win 13 of the 17 previous tournaments, will square off in the first round of the expanded 15-team Telus Canadian Championship in 2025.

TORONTO — Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz left Thursday's game against the Anaheim Ducks because of a lower-body injury. He did not return to the ice after the first intermission at Scotiabank Arena.

OTTAWA — Zayne Parekh lived a strange week earlier this month. The Calgary Flames prospect was crushed after being left off Canada's list of selection camp hopefuls for the upcoming world junior hockey championship.

Old friends Corey Conners and Brooke Henderson usually have to keep tabs on each other from afar, but this week they'll get to see one another up close.

BUDAPEST — Canadian swimming star Summer McIntosh smashed another short-course world record with a dominant victory in the women's 200-metre butterfly at the world championships on Thursday.

TORONTO — This time, it feels right for Justin Stein to hang up his tack. The veteran jockey is retiring after 19 seasons riding thoroughbreds.