National Sports

WINNIPEG — Brady Oliveira was at Blue Bombers practice on Monday, but the star running back was an observer rather than a participant.

Naming six players to the preliminary roster of the Canadian men's Olympic hockey team was the easy part for federation brass. The tougher calls will come at the end of the year when the final roster is determined for the Milan Games.

Eight teams in NHL history have won Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final to force a seventh game and gone on to win the championship. The Edmonton Oilers are aiming to become the ninth after falling behind 3-2 to the Florida Panthers.

FORT LAUDERDALE — Connor McDavid chose his words carefully. The Oilers captain — undoubtedly hockey's best player — had just been asked about the pressure on himself in his team's moment of need.

WOODSTOCK, NEW BRUNSWICK — A three-year-old child died after they were struck over the weekend by the starting gate at a horse racing track in western New Brunswick. The child, whose identity has not been released, was hit around 1:20 p.m.

KING CITY — As Perfect 10 finally settles on the floor of her stall, Silver Duck Stable owner Tim Drake springs into action, his vast experience ready to help the mare have as easy a birth as possible.

KING CITY — From February through June, after a long day's work, Tim Drake might be found overnighting in a room the size of a closet at the end of the barn at Silver Duck Stable.

MONTREAL — The spotlight stayed on the track this weekend at the Canadian Grand Prix.

John Herdman has been busy since stepping down as Toronto FC coach on Nov. 29.

NOTTINGHAM — Canada's Leylah Fernandez advanced to the second round of the Lexus Nottingham Open grass-court tennis tournament with a 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 win over Suzan Lamens of the Netherlands on Monday. Fernandez, the fifth seed from Laval, Que.