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TORONTO — Had Pascal Siakam not started the season recovering from off-season shoulder surgery, Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse believes his team probably would’ve had more than one all-star this season.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tampa Bay's Victor Hedman won the Hardest Shot competition and St. Louis' Jordan Kyrou was the Fastest Skater during an NHL All-Star skills competition with a distinct Vegas flavor Friday night.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — The Saint John Sea Dogs snapped a two-game losing streak Friday, hammering the Blainville-Boisbriand 4-0. The Sea Dogs (15-12-0-3) outshot the Armada (15-12-2-1) in all three periods, with goals coming from four different scorers.

No hammer, no problem for Northern Ontario’s Krista McCarville.

BEIJING — Canadian figure skater Keegan Messing is expected to arrive at the Beijing Olympics on Monday, a day before the men's short programs.

OTTAWA — 67's 4, ICEDOGS 3 Will Gerrior finished with a goal and an assist as the Ottawa 67's survived a late comeback against the Niagara IceDogs to win 4-3 on Firday night.

BEIJING — Canadian forward Melodie Daoust was scratched from Saturday's Olympic women's hockey game against Finland because of injury. The status of the 30-year-old from Valleyfield, Que.

TORONTO — While just 32, Toronto Arrows head coach Peter Smith has a few stories to tell. A fly half, the Australian played rugby professionally in Wales (Ospreys) and Japan (Coca-Cola West Red Spark and Kubota Spears) before moving to the U.S.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASCAR's top stars have seen the Los Angeles Coliseum on television and they know what it looks like as a football stadium. But as a racetrack? This they had to see right away, up close as soon as they arrived in Los Angeles.

NEW YORK (AP) — The start of spring training likely will be a casualty of Major League Baseball's lockout, which will threaten opening day unless the drawn-out talks lead to a deal in less than a month.