National Sports

NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. — The father of a young Saskatchewan hockey player who committed suicide calls a decision to remove a memorial patch from his son's team's jerseys a slap in the face.

Saturday's Games (All Times Eastern) NHL Playoffs Winnipeg 4, Vegas 2 (Winnipeg leads series 1-0) --- AHL Playoffs Lehigh Valley 5, Charlotte 1 (Phantoms win series 4-1) --- IIHF World Championship At Copenhagen Sweden 4 Slovakia 3 Austria 4 Belarus

Saturday's Games (All Times Eastern) NHL Playoffs Winnipeg 4, Vegas 2 (Winnipeg leads series 1-0) --- AHL Playoffs Lehigh Valley 5, Charlotte 1 (Phantoms win series 4-1) --- IIHF World Championship At Copenhagen Sweden 4 Slovakia 3 Austria 4 Belarus

WINNIPEG — Gerard Gallant isn't fixated on the number of goals Marc-Andre Fleury has given up lately.

WINNIPEG — Having knocked off the Presidents' Trophy winners in Game 7 of a gruelling slugfest less than 48 hours earlier, the Winnipeg Jets had an excuse if their legs were tired on Saturday night.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Cristian Penilla scored twice in the first seven minutes and the New England Revolution held off Toronto FC 3-2 on Saturday night.

LANGFORD, B.C. — Canada squeaked into the quarterfinal at the HSBC World Women's Rugby Sevens Series with a thrilling 19-17 last second win over Ireland.

MADRID — Canada's Denis Shapovalov dropped a 6-4, 6-1 decision to second-seeded Alexander Zverev in semifinal play Saturday at the Madrid Open. The second-seeded German needed 57 minutes to complete the victory.

CALGARY — Canadian divers Francois Imbeau-Dulac and Philippe Gagne battled through travel fatigue to win gold in men's synchronized springboard Saturday at a Canada Cup. Imbeau-Dulac of Terrebonne, Que.

TORONTO — Marco Estrada has felt like one bad pitch has done him in over most of his starts this season. Saturday was more of the same story.