SIDELINES

Boone Jenner scored twice and Tyler Biggs had two assists as the Oshawa Generals downed the visiting Ottawa 67’s 4-1 on Friday in Ontario Hockey

League play. Scott Sabourin had a goal and an assist for the Generals (34-21-4) while Michael Dal Colle had a single goal. Ken Appleby made 17 saves for the victory. Dante Salituro scored the lone goal for the 67’s (15-40-4), who are winless in six games, and Clint Windsor stopped 46-of-50 shots in a losing cause. Wakefield’s Mikaela Tommy was the best of three capital-region athletes in the women’s giant slalom of the world junior alpine ski championships at Mont Ste-Anne, Que., on Friday. Tommy finished 30th with a combined time of two minutes, 26.16 seconds for her two runs. Valérie Grenier of St-Isidore was 34th in 2:27.28, and Ottawa’s Kelly Moore was 47th in 2:32.27. Austria’s LisaMaria Zeller was the winner in 2:22.23, just ahead of Norway’s Ragnhild Mowinckel (2:22.37).

Vincent de Haître of Cumberland was 14th with a time of 36.94 seconds on Friday in the first men’s 500-metre race of the world junior long-track speed skating championships at Collalbo,

Italy. The 18-year-old de Haître was also 24th in the 3,000 metres in four minutes, 5.26 seconds, and that helped him into ninth place overall at the midpoint of the championships. On Saturday he is to skate in a second 500-metre race as well as the 1,500 metres. This is his first appearance in the world junior championships.

Retired freestyle skier Jean-Luc Brassard will serve as Canada’s assistant chef de mission for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The Quebec native won a gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

Canada’s Jim Armstrong defeated American Patrick McDonald 6-3 on Friday to advance to the final at the world wheelchair curling

championship. Armstrong’s rink will face Sweden’s Jalle Jungnell in the final Saturday. Canada will look to earn its third gold medal in four years.

Lindy Ruff is finding it difficult being a spectator after his 16-year run as Buffalo Sabres head coach came to an abrupt end

this week. “Ah, god, I miss it already,” Ruff said Friday. Speaking publicly for the first time since he was fired on Wednesday, Ruff said it’s his intention to pursue another job because he has not lost his passion for coaching. He also made it clear that he’ll never lose his affection for Buffalo or the Sabres.

The NHL suspended forward Taylor Hall of the Edmonton Oilers two games without pay Friday for kneeing Minnesota’s

Cal Clutterbuck. Hall received a five-minute major and game misconduct for kneeing Clutterbuck at 17:27 of the third period of the Wild’s 3-1 victory Thursday night.

The Colorado Avalanche will have captain Gabriel Landeskog back on the ice when they play in Los Angeles on Saturday. The league’s reigning rookie of the year recently returned to practice after sitting out 11 games with a concussion.

Columbus Blue Jackets centre Artem Anisimov was released from a Detroit hospital and has flown home after a scary hit in a game with the Red

Wings on Thursday. “Thank you for all your prayers. Made (it) home, (feeling) better,” Anisimov posted on his Twitter account late Friday afternoon. Anisimov was taken off the ice on a stretcher after being struck in the head by Red Wings defenceman Kyle Quincey.

Yankees closer Mariano Rivera has thrown batting practice for the first time since knee surgery last

year. The 43-year old Rivera expects to be ready when the Yankees open the regular season April 1 against the Boston Red Sox.