National Sports

TORONTO — The Atomic Ant is back with Toronto FC. Former star striker Sebastian Giovinco, the franchise's all-time leading scorer with 83 goals, has rejoined the MLS club as a special adviser and team ambassador.

VANCOUVER — The loss that extinguished the Calgary Stampeders playoff dreams Friday provided some déjà vu for head coach Dave Dickenson. The Stamps held the B.C.

VANCOUVER — Forward Arshdeep Bains hopes his final audition was good enough to earn him a spot in the Vancouver Canucks cast when the curtain opens on the NHL regular season.

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Jesse Heslop put away the winner 3:17 into overtime as the Everett Silvertips edged the Prince Albert Raiders 3-2 on Friday in Western Hockey League action.

Friday's Scoreboard NHL New Jersey 4 Buffalo 1 at Prague, Czechia NHL Pre-season Pittsburgh 7 Columbus 3 Carolina 2 Tampa Bay 1 (OT) N.Y. Islanders 5 N.Y.

DETROIT — Noah Gregor scored his second goal of the night in overtime as the Ottawa Senators edged the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 in pre-season action Friday. Donovan Sebrango tied the game 3-3 for Ottawa (4-1-1) with 3:25 left in regulation time.

CALGARY — The Winnipeg Jets prevailed 3-2 over the Calgary Flames in Friday's final dress rehearsal for the NHL regular season for both clubs. Kyle Connor scored the late game-winner after a hard push by the Flames to tie the game early in the third.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Canada's Rachel Homan and Kerri Einarson advanced to the women's quarterfinals at the HearingLife Tour Challenge with wins on Friday, while Mike McEwen moved on to the men's final eight.

KINGSTON, Ont. — Nolan Lalonde had a 21-save shutout as the Kingston Frontenacs rocked the North Bay Battalion 9-0 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action.

HAMILTON — Brady Oliveira and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers continue to roll along. Oliveira ran for a season-high 147 yards and a touchdown to power Winnipeg past the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 31-10 on Friday night.