Monday Sports: Rattlers Suffer First Defeat

CEBL

Only one undefeated team remains in the Canadian Elite Basketball League.  Brody Clarke’s 18 points helped the Edmonton Stingers (4-0) hand the Saskatchewan Rattlers (3-1) their first loss of the season in a 93-77 win on Sunday in Edmonton. Clarke was all over the scoresheet Sunday night, hitting two shots from beyond the arc, grabbing four rebounds, and blocking a shot.  Saskatchewan visits Calgary on Wednesday.

Elsewhere Sunday, Montreal downed Brampton 95-77.

(CEBL Communications)

STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist in the opening period to get Edmonton going, Stuart Skinner stopped 34 shots for his hometown team and the Oilers capped an improbable run to the Stanley Cup Final by beating the Dallas Stars 2-1 on Sunday night. Zach Hyman also scored — like McDavid, on a first-period power play — and Evan Bouchard had two assists for the Oilers, who won the Western Conference final in six games and will play for the Cup for the first time since 2006. They’ll be heading to Florida for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, that series set to open on Saturday night. Mason Marchment scored midway through the third period for Dallas, which wasted a 2-1 series lead.

MEMORIAL CUP in Saginaw, MI

Josh Bloom scored with 22 seconds left in the third period to snap a 3-3 tie and the host Saginaw Spirit defeated the Ontario Hockey League champion London Knights 4-3 on Sunday to win the 2024 Memorial Cup in Saginaw, Michigan. The Knights erased a 3-0 deficit in the third period before Bloom ended London’s comeback and Cup hopes.

PGA

HAMILTON, Ontario (AP) — Robert MacIntyre, with father Dougie at his side as his caddie, held on to win the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title. Four strokes ahead entering the final round at Hamilton Golf and Country Club, MacIntyre shot a 2-under 68 to beat playing partner Ben Griffin by a stroke. On the par-4 18th, the 27-year-old Scottish left-hander two-putted for par from 12 feet, holing out from 1 1/2 feet. MacIntyre finished at 16-under 264 for the breakthrough victory in his 45th career PGA Tour start. The former McNeese State player was a member of Europe’s winning 2023 Ryder Cup team and has two European tour victories. Griffin had a 65. He parred the 18th after birdieing the previous three holes.

MLB

Right-hander Kevin Gausman will be looking for his fifth win of the season when the Toronto Blue Jays open a four-game series tonight against the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Monday. The Jays won two of three weekend games against the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates. Right-hander Grayson Rodriguez will be on the hill for the Orioles.

WCBL

Weyburn 10 Moose Jaw 6
Regina 10 Swift Current 9
Lethbridge 3 Saskatoon 1
Fort McMurray 16 Medicine Hat 5
Brooks 15 Edmonton 3
Okotoks 10 Sylvan Lake 7