Saturday Sports: Warriors Ousted, Oilers Take 3-2 Series Lead

MEMORIAL CUP in Saginaw, MI

Ethan Hay scored his second goal of the game in Saginaw’s five-goal second period and the host Spirit beat the Moose Jaw Warriors 7-1 on Friday night to advance to the Memorial Cup championship game Sunday night against the London Knights.

Hay also had two assists to help Saginaw rebound from a 4-2 loss to Ontario Hockey League champion London on Wednesday night in the round-robin finale. The Knights also beat the Sprit in six games in the OHL’s Western Conference championship.

Jagger Fircus scored for Western Hockey League champion Moose Jaw. Jackson Unger stopped 30 shots.

STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS

• DALLAS, Texas (AP) — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored two quick power-play goals, Stuart Skinner stopped 19 shots and the Edmonton Oilers beat the top-seeded Dallas Stars 3-1 in the Western Conference Final to take a 3-2 series lead. There hadn’t been a power-play goal by either team in this series until Nugent-Hopkins scored on a rebound only 18 seconds after a penalty in the first period Friday night. That was 2 seconds longer than it took for him to score when the Oilers got a man advantage after a penalty just a minute into the second period. Game 6 is Sunday night in Edmonton with the Oilers a win from advancing to their first Stanley Cup Final since 2006.
• The Florida Panthers are one win away from appearing in their second straight Stanley Cup final series. The Panthers host the Presidents’ Trophy-winning New York Rangers tonight in the sixth game of the NHL Eastern Conference final, leading 3-2. Should the Rangers win, Game 7 will be played Monday in New York.

MLB

Davis Schneider hit a two-run homer in the 14th inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 5-3 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday. With Cavan Biggio aboard as the automatic runner, Pirates’ right-hander Kyle Nicolas got Ernie Clement and Kevin Kiermaier on groundouts. That set the stage for Schneider, who turned on a first-pitch fastball for his seventh homer of the season. The Jays extended their winning streak to four games.

WCBL

Saskatoon 5 Weyburn 0
Ft McMurray 14 Moose Jaw 2
Lethbridge 4 Regina 3
Sylvan Lake 17 Edmonton 0
Medicine Hat 4 Swift Current 0
Okotoks 10 Brooks 2

CFL

The Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Redblacks, Calgary Stampeders and B-C Lions all posted wins on Friday to wrap up the CFL preseason schedule. The Argos beat the visiting Hamilton Tiger-Cats 25-14. The Redblacks edged the visiting Montreal Alouettes 19-13. The visiting Stampeders blitzed the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 31-10 and the Lions rolled over the visiting Edmonton Elks 26-9. See the full results in the post below.

CANADIAN OPEN

Co-leaders Ryan Fox of New Zealand and Robert MacIntyre of Scotland will look to pad their two-stroke leads at the RBC Canadian Open today in Hamilton. Reigning champion Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, BC, missed the cut yesterday. Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas, Ontario, is the low Canadian, tied for fourth at seven-under, three shots behind the co-leaders.

(Canadian Press)