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TORONTO — It was a draw, a loss and a win — all in one. But when the dust settled, Canada emerged victorious at the inaugural Canadian Shield Tournament.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Andrés Giménez and Alejandro Kirk each homered, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-9 on Tuesday night. Chris Bassitt (7-3) gave up four runs on six hits in seven innings for the Blue Jays.

The Professional Women’s Hockey League is expanding to Vancouver and to Seattle next season, giving the PWHL eight teams and its first two west of Minnesota.

"It was not the game we wanted to bring," Oilers centre Leon Draisaitl said. "It was certainly far away from our best. Just flush it out a little bit and start getting ready."

HALIFAX — The Halifax Tides have finally hit the win column in the Northern Super League.

TORONTO — Substitute Oleksandr Zinchenko scored in the 75th minute to lift Ukraine to a 2-1 win over New Zealand on Tuesday at the Canadian Shield Tournament.

LONDON — A woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by five hockey players in a London, Ont.

The Whitecaps announced in December that the ownership group had put the team up for sale. Speculation has since been rife that an out-of-town buyer will purchase the club and move it out of Vancouver.

The one-year countdown to the 2026 World Cup starts Wednesday, with clocks to be unveiled to mark the occasion in Toronto, Vancouver and Niagara Falls. Toronto and Vancouver are World Cup host cities.

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames have signed forward Adam Klapka to a two-year contract extension with an average annual value of US$1.25 million.