Bruins lift Canada to Cup
Bruins winger Brad Marchand scored a shorthanded goal with 43.1 seconds left and Canada beat Team Europe, 2-1, last night to win the World Cup of Hockey in Toronto.
The Canadians won the best-ofthree finals, 2-0. Marchand’s Bruins teammate Patrice Bergeron tied it for Canada with a power-play goal with 2:53 left in the third, and Marchand won it with a shot from the slot.
Canada has won 16 straight games, including two Olympic gold medals, since losing to the U.S. in the 2010 Olympics. Carey Prince made 32 saves for the Canadians.
Bruins captain Zdeno Chara scored from his defensive position early for Europe, and Jaroslav Halak made 32 saves for the eight-nation team.
Sidney Crosby was named MVP of the tournament with three goals and a World Cup-high 10 points. . . . Montreal Canadiens forward Andrew Shaw was suspended three preseason games for boarding Washington Capitals prospect Connor Hobbs.
Lue looks to lure KG
Kevin Garnett never imagined himself coaching. Cleveland Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue is making him consider it. Lue said he has discussed a position on his staff with Garnett, the 15-time All-Star who recently retired after 21 seasons in the NBA.
“I talked to him about it. I know his wife is pushing for it a lot,” Lue said. “Brandi is pushing for it, trying to get him to come and coach. He says he’s not ready yet. He goes back, ‘I might do it,’ but he’s back and forth. We’ll see.”
Lue and Garnett worked together previously with the Celtics. Lue was an assistant on Doc Rivers’ staff with the Celtics during Garnett’s last four years with the team. . . .
Thunder guard Cameron Payne fractured a bone in his right foot in Tuesday ’s Blue-White Scrimmage. . . .
A judge has ordered lawyers handling a rape lawsuit against NBA star Derrick
Rose to temporarily stop talking to reporters. U.S. District Judge Michael W.
Fitzgerald said he was inclined to issue a longer gag order in light of pretrial publicity about the case, scheduled to begin Tuesday in Los Angeles. . . .
Bucks guard Khris Middleton is expected to miss six months after surgery to repair his ruptured left hamstring.
Soccer: Rooney sparks ManU
Wayne Rooney finally made a difference for Manchester United this season, setting up Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s goal two minutes after being summoned off the bench to help them beat Ukraine’s Zorya Luhansk 1-0 in the Europa League. . . . Bayer Leverkusen striker Joel Pohjanpalo has a broken bone in his right foot and is likely to be sidelined until December. . . .
Two days after Sam Allardyce lost his job as England manager following an undercover operation by the Daily Telegraph, second-tier club Barnsley fired assistant coach Tommy Wright, who was filmed apparently accepting an envelope which the Telegraph said contained 5,000 pounds ($6,500) from a fake Asian firm to help place players at the northern club.
Misc.: Religious schools react
Two religious colleges — Oklahoma Wesleyan amd Missouri’s College of the Ozarks — won’t take part in this year’s NAIA cross-country championship because the meet was moved out of North Carolina in response to the state’s law limiting LGBT protections. . . .
Josef Newgarden will not return to Ed Carpenter Racing team for the next IndyCar season. The American driver is thought to be highly coveted by Team Penske. . . .
Ariya Jutanugarn birdied the final four holes for an 8-under 65 and a 1-stroke lead over Brooke Henderson in the Reignwood LPGA Classic in Beijing. . . .
Seattle’s Breanna Stewart received 38 of the 39 votes from a national media panel to earn the WNBA rookie of the year award.