National Sports

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia swim team is taking a creative approach to its training.

LAS VEGAS — On a night when Sin City provided a glitzy, entertaining, over-the-top show for all the hockey world to see, a member of the supporting cast played the hero's role in a wild final act.

Monday's Games NHL Playoffs Stanley Cup Final Vegas 6 Washington 4 (Vegas leads series 1-0) --- AHL Playoffs Third Round Texas 2 Rockford 1 (OT) (Texas wins series 4-2) --- NBA Playoffs Third Round Golden State 101 Houston 92 (Golden State wins serie

Monday's Games NHL Playoffs Stanley Cup Final Vegas 6 Washington 4 (Vegas leads series 1-0) --- AHL Playoffs Third Round Texas 2 Rockford 1 (OT) (Texas wins series 4-2) --- NBA Playoffs Third Round Golden State 101 Houston 92 (Golden State wins serie

HOUSTON — Stephen Curry and Golden State turned all those Houston bricks into a road back to the NBA Finals.

LAS VEGAS — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman trumpeted the success of the first-year Vegas Golden Knights at his state of the league press conference before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final. He also avoided an uncomfortable question about concussions.

DENVER — Just to make sure it was real and not some sort of flashback to his childhood, he checked the name above the clubhouse locker. Dereck Rodriguez . Yep, it was his all right and not that of his father — Hall of Fame catcher Ivan Rodriguez.

CALGARY — The frosty silence over the building of a new NHL arena in Calgary thawed a little Monday. City council voted to form a committee that will attempt to re-engage the Calgary Flames in talks on a new sport and concert venue.

FOXBORO, Mass. — Canadian Matt Gaudet was named Most Outstanding Player at the NCAA men's lacrosse championship Monday after helping Yale win the U.S. college title with a 13-11 win over the Duke Blue Devils.

Montreal's inspector general accused former mayor Denis Coderre on Monday of circumventing rules in his handling of last year's Formula E electric race in the city.