WEDNESDAY EYE-OPENER

The Vancouver Canucks beat Philadelphis 4-1 thanks to two goals from Alexandre Burrows. Before the game, the Canucks honoured former player, head coach, GM and team president Pat Quinn. The City of Vancouver also renamed a street outside Rogers Arena for Quinn, who died at 71 in November.

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Elsewhere around the National Hockey League, Brian Elliott stopped all 25 shots he faced as St. Louis blanked Calgary 4-0. Blake Wheeler struck twice as Winnipeg toppled San Jose 5-2. P-K Subban scored the winner as Montreal edged Florida 3-2, and Mark Stone found the back of the net in overtime to lift Ottawa over Carolina 2-1.

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J-J Redick scored 23 points, Chris Paul had 20 points and eight assists, and the Clippers beat Charlotte 99-92. The Clippers led 63-41 with 10 minutes left in the third quarter but the Hornets rallied within a point in the final frame. Blake Griffin had 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Clippers.

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Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard is out at Indian Wells. The Westmount, Quebec native had 74 unforced errors en route to a three-set loss to Ukrainian qualifier Lesia Tsurenko. Ealier, Thonrhill, Ontario’s Milos Raonic beat Alexandr Dolgopolov, 7-6, 6-4.

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Drew Hutchison allowed two runs and four hits in four innings of work as the Toronto Blue Jays doubled up the Yankees 4-2 in Grapefruit League action. Young Toronto pitchers Miguel Castro and Roberto Osuna  combined on five scoreless innings. The Jays host Tampa Bay this afternoon.

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Derek Jeter is in Japan teaming up with former New York Yankee Hideki Matsui for a charity baseball game to support the survivors of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the country. Jeter will participate in the game at Tokyo Dome on Sunday with a group of student baseball players from the Tohoku region that was devastated by the disaster.

(CP)