National Sports

NEW YORK — Patrik Allvin of the Vancouver Canucks, Jim Nill of the Dallas Stars and Bill Zito of the Florida Panthers are the finalists for this season's Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award. The NHL announced the finalists Thursday.

VANCOUVER — The general manager of the Vancouver Canucks wasn't happy Thursday afternoon. Patrik Allvin wanted to be watching his players prepare for another playoff game.

OTTAWA — Canadian Olympic swimmer Ruslan Gaziev has been suspended 18 months for anti-doping rule violations.

NEW YORK (AP) — After two rounds of the NHL playoffs, there were hopes the New York Rangers had a chance to end their 30-year Stanley Cup drought.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade was back in South Florida on Thursday to do battle again.

Vince Carter's highlight-reel dunks for the Toronto Raptors in the early 2000s inspired a generation of Canadian basketball players.

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball says robot home plate umpires are unlikely for 2025. “We still have some technical issues,” baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday at a news conference following an owners meeting.

PRAGUE — Any anxiety Canada felt entering the elimination round of the world hockey championship was put to rest quickly in a 6-3 win over Slovakia in quarterfinal action Thursday.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — The first sign this wasn't a Gabriel Landeskog retirement announcement: The Colorado captain showed up wearing an Avalanche hat, shirt and shorts as if he'd just gone through a workout.

ANTALYA — Canada fell 3-1 to top-ranked Poland on Thursday in men's Volleyball Nations League action. Canada started strong and took the first set 25-18 before Poland rebounded and took the next three 25-20, 25-23 and 25-21.