National Sports

MONTREAL — Brendan Gallagher's wish for the NHL season is to stay healthy and rediscover his scoring touch.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks know things are going to get a lot more difficult when the games start to matter. And they weren't all that easy to begin with on Saturday night.

Saturday's Games CFL Toronto 43 Hamilton 35 Winnipeg 28 Edmonton 19 --- MLB American League Boston 6 Houston 3 N.Y. Yankees 2 Toronto 1 Tampa Bay 4 Baltimore 3 Chicago White Sox 2 Cleveland 1 Detroit 3 Minnesota 2 Texas 8 Oakland 4 Seattle 6 L.A.

EDMONTON — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are one step closer to securing a home playoff date after a well-balanced performance.

CALGARY — Saving his best performance for last, Mike Smith says he's now ready and focused on the regular season.

TORONTO — Roman Polak doesn't know what the future holds, but on Saturday night he was happy to be back in game action.

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats can still overcome a painful overtime loss to the Toronto Argonauts and make the playoffs thanks to a weak CFL East division. But they are quickly running out of games.

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — Alan Gordon finished Dominique Badji's low cross for the go-ahead goal in the 81st minute and the 10-man Colorado Rapids beat the 10-man Montreal Impact 2-1 on Saturday night.

HAMILTON — Ricky Ray and the Toronto Argonauts had to go the extra mile to earn their first-ever win at Tim Hortons Field.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens' first line is clicking at just the right time.