Ducks sign Gauthier to play in season finale

The Ducks have signed top prospect Cutter Gauthier to a threeyear entry-level contract, adding one of the most promising talents in the world to a burgeoning stable of young stars.

He is expected to make his debut in the season finale when the Ducks visit the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday.

The versatile, volume-shooting forward will join lottery picks Trevor Zegras, Leo Carlsson, Mason Mctavish and the three Canadian junior defensemen of the year last season (Pavel Mintyukov, Olen Zellweger and Tristan Luneau) among those who offer the Ducks a potential nucleus of the future.

Gauthier, 20, scored 38 goals this season, the most by a Division I player since the turn of the millennium.

— Andrew Knoll

Obiri repeats as women's champion in Boston Marathon

Kenya’s Hellen Obiri broke away from a large pack late to become the first woman to repeat as Boston Marathon champion since 2005, crossing the finish line in 2 hour, 22 minutes and 37 seconds on Monday.

Obiri, 34, split from more than a dozen runners in the second half of the race, then outfought a challenge from Kenyan Sharon Lodeki over the final three miles for the victory. It led a Kenyan sweep of the podium, with Lodeki crossing second in 2:22:45. Two-time champion and 44-year-old Edna Kiplagat was third in 2:23:21.

Obiri, A two-time Olympic medalist, won both her Boston debut last April and last year’s New York Marathon.

Emma Bates, who led in the second half of the race, was the top American finisher in 12th (2:27:14). Sara Hall placed 15th (2:27:58), followed by 2018 Boston winner Des Linden in 16th (2:28:27).