National Sports

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Pacers have hired former Toronto assistant Nate Bjorkgren as their new head coach. Bjorkgren spent the last two seasons on the staff of Raptors coach Nick Nurse and helped Toronto win its first NBA title in 2018-19.

Keegan Messing will take the ice alone this week at Skate America in Las Vegas, without even fans in the arena to cheer him on. But he'll be skating with all of Canada's team in his thoughts.

Under head coach Bobby Smyrniotis, Forge FC has been the class of the Canadian Premier League.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have signed defenceman Kaiden Guhle, a first-round pick in 2020, to a three-year, entry-level contract.

TORONTO — There has been a slight tweak to the schedule for the next world junior hockey championship.

Evgenii Dadonov sees a bright future in the nation's capital. And the veteran winger — immediately the second oldest player on the Ottawa Senators after signing — wanted to be a part of it.

TORONTO — She's a Hall of Fame trainer, but Josie Carroll will also be an amateur meteorologist this week.

VANCOUVER — Fancy yourself as a FIFA gamer? The Vancouver Whitecaps may have a job for you. The MLS team announced Monday it is holding a countrywide esports FIFA competition -- Search for the ONe.

TORONTO — Website traffic for voter registration by Americans living abroad is triple what it was for the 2016 U.S. presidential election, according to Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have signed forwards Adam Gaudette and Jayce Hawryluk to one-year contracts. Gaudette signed a one-way contract worth US$950,000.