TITAN AUTO SUNDAY SPORTS

The Regina Pat Canadians are SMAAAHL champions.  Owen Sillinger scored the winner in the third period as the Pat C’s won 2-1 in North Battleford Saturday evening, capturing the provincial midget hockey championship in a four game series.  Regina now moves on to the regionals with a trip to the Telus Cup in Quebec on the line.

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A second-straight loss for the Canucks. John Klingberg had the OT winner as the Dallas Stars rallied to beat Vancouver 4-3. Patrick Eaves and Tyler Seguin scored in the third for Dallas. The Stars trailed 2-1 going into the period. Radim Vrbata forced overtime for Vancouver.

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Playoff implications were on the line for a pair of Canadian NHL teams tonight. The Montreal Canadiens clinched a post-season berth with a 3-2 overtime win over the Florida Panthers. Max Pacioretty had the winner. The Ottawa Senators, however, are faltering. They fell 4-3 to the Toronto Maple Leafs in OT. After the loss and Boston’s win earlier in the day, the Sens are out of the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.

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An impressive debut for Robert Earnshaw. He scored in the 90th minute for the Vancouver Whitecaps as they opened their defence of the Cascadia Cup by edging rival Portland 2-1. Earnshaw was subbed into the match in the 86th. In Montreal, the Impact played to a 2-2 draw with Orlando City. Ignacio Piatti and Jack McInerney gave Montreal a two-goal lead before an Orlando City rally.

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A third-straight win for the Portland Trail Blazers. LaMarcus Aldridge had 32 points and 11 rebounds as they beat the Denver Nuggets 120-114. They are now six-and-a-half games up on second place Oklahoma City in the Northwest Division. Earlier, the Thunder fell 94-89 to Utah.

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A March Madness thriller. Number 1 Kentucky is still unbeaten after hanging on to a 68-66 win over Notre Dame in the NCAA’s Midwest Regional final. Andrew Harrison made two free throws with six seconds remaining to help secure the win.

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A good start for Canada at the world men’s curling championship in Halifax. Pat Simmons guided the Canadians to an exciting 11-10 win over American John Shuster in their opening game of the tournament. He took advantage of the hammer in the extra end and hit a daw to the button for the win.

(CP)