National Sports

EDMONTON — Zach Hyman is extending the invitation. If basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal needs to learn how to skate — for real this time — Hyman will hit the ice with him.

WINNIPEG — Lyle Bauer, a former CFL player and executive, has died. He was 65. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the team Bauer played for and later served as CEO, announced Bauer's death on its Instagram page Wednesday.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes released veteran American receiver/returner Chandler Worthy on Wednesday. Worthy, 30, spent two seasons with Montreal (2022-23) after starting his CFL career with the Toronto Argonauts (2017, 2019, 2021).

TORONTO — The chief executive of Rogers Communications Inc.

The Carolina Hurricanes have avoided a major injury concern for defenceman Tony DeAngelo while veteran blue-liner Brett Pesce is nearing a return from a lower-body injury suffered in the second game of the NHL playoffs.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — All players and coaches were at work on Wednesday at the Florida Panthers' practice facility. Nobody was on the ice. That's a nice problem to have right now.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper opened his end-of-season news conference Wednesday apologizing for making what he called an inappropriate analogy of putting skirts on goalies.

BOSTON — Joseph Woll knew he wasn't getting the nod for Game 1 of the playoffs.

SEATTLE (AP) — Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith and wife Kathy Surace-Smith have purchased a stake in the Seattle Mariners, becoming just the third additions to the team’s ownership group since 1992.

The Golden Knights made a change at goalie, and Adin Hill will receive his first start of this year's NHL playoffs when Vegas visits the Dallas Stars for Wednesday night's Game 5.