National Sports

VANCOUVER — Like a rock rolling down a hill, the Vancouver Whitecaps keep gaining momentum.

Saturday's Scoreboard NHL Playoffs First Round Dallas 4 Colorado 2 (Dallas wins best-of-seven series 4-3) --- AHL Playoffs Division Semifinals Rockford 6 Milwaukee 1 (Rockford leads best-of-five series 2-0) Coachella Valley 5 Abbotsford 4 (OT) (Best-

FRISCO — Brady Martin scored twice, netminder Jack Ivankovic stopped 28 shots, and Canada whipped Sweden 7-0 in the Under-18 world men's hockey championship gold-medal game on Saturday at Comerica Center in Frisco, Texas.

TORONTO — Three of the four second-round NHL playoff matchups have starting dates.

DES MOINES — Canadian Gillian (The Savage) Robertson looks to climb the strawweight rankings after stopping Brazilian veteran Marina Rodriguez in the second round on the undercard of a UFC Fight Night show Saturday night.

MONTREAL — CF Montreal’s search for its first Major League Soccer win continues as Mikael Uhre’s late goal lifted the Philadelphia Union to a 2-1 victory at Stade Saputo on Saturday night.

GUATEMALA CITY — Canada booked its ticket to the inaugural FIFA Futsal Women’s World Cup in dramatic fashion by defeating Mexico in a penalty shootout Saturday to reach the final of CONCACAF W Futsal Championship.

DALLAS (AP) — Mikko Rantanen assisted on Wyatt Johnston’s tiebreaking power-play goal with 3:56 left before completing a third-period hat trick with an empty-netter as the Dallas Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 in Game 7 on Saturday night to wr

McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Scottie Scheffler's comfortable lead at his hometown CJ Cup Byron Nelson was the same late in the third round as it was at the start, even without the dominance the top-ranked player showed over the first 36 holes .

CARSON — The Canadian women's rugby sevens team advanced to the semifinals of the HSBC SVNS World Championship after winning two of three matches Saturday.