SUNDAY SPORTS

The Grey Cup will be handed out this evening in Regina.  The Saskatchewan Roughriders face the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for the 2013 CFL championship in a 5:36 pm kickoff.  The Riders are after their fourth Grey Cup in franchise history while the Ticats are hoping for their ninth.

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There’s football happening south of the border too with a busy day in the NFL. There’s a key AFC North matchup as the Cleveland Browns host the Pittsburgh Steelers. Both teams have 4-6 records. The evening matchup is a classic as Peyton Manning’s Denver Broncos are in Foxborough, Massachusetts to face Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.

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Trevor Cox scored once and set up three more and Cole Sandford had two goals and an assist as the Tigers defeated Regina 5-1 at the Medicine Hat Arena.

Curtis Valk had a goal and two assists for Medicine Hat (17-6-3) while Tyler Lewington added a single goal.   The Pats (14-12-0) got their lone goal from Geordie Maguire.

Marek Langhamer made 23 saves for the Tigers as Regina’s Dawson MacAuley stopped 30-of-35 shots in defeat.

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The St. Louis Blues put an end to the Dallas Stars’ six-game winning streak while improving to 16-3-3, the best 22-game start in team history, routing the Stars 6-1.

Brian Elliott stopped 34 shots and six different Blues scored goals in a 6-1 rout of the Stars. T.J. Oshie had a goal and an assist for the Blues, who led 3-0 after Brenden Dillon and Vladimir Tarasenko scored nine seconds apart midway through the first period.

Elsewhere on ice:

– Phoenix suffered its first regulation home loss as Dustin Penner scored twice in Anaheim’s 4-2 win over the Coyotes. Sami Vatanen had a power-play goal against the Coyotes, who were 9-0-2 at home.

– Andrew Shaw and Marcus Kruger scored nine seconds apart early in the third period to turn Chicago’s 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 win at Vancouver. Corey Crawford made 36 saves as the Blackhawks stayed one point behind the West-leading Ducks.

– First-period goals by Scott Hannan and Tyler Kennedy sparked San Jose’s 2-1 triumph against New Jersey. Antti Niemi stopped 18 shots and blanked the Devils until midway through the third period.

– Colorado beat Los Angeles 1-0 on Jamie McGinn’s goal at 2:32 of overtime. Semyon Varlamov  stopped 19 shots for the shutout, one day after he was charged with third-degree assault of his girlfriend.

– David Krejci scored 1:28 into overtime to lift surging Boston to a 3-2 win over Carolina. Reilly Smith and Zdeno Chara also scored for the Eastern Conference-leading Bruins, who improved to 7-1-2 in its last 10 games.

– Max Pacioretty scored twice and Carey Price made 29 saves in Montreal’s third straight win, 3-2 over Pittsburgh. Tomas Plekanec (pleh-KAH’-nehts) and Pacioretty tallied 80 seconds apart to put the Canadiens ahead 3-0 early in the third period.

– Shootout goals by James van Riemsdyk and Joffrey Lupul allowed Toronto to pull out a 2-1 win against Washington. James Reimer turned back 49 shots and blanked the Capitals until Alex Ovechkin notched his league-high 20th goal of the season with 4:10 remaining.

– Charlie Coyle scored in the fourth round of the shootout to give Minnesota a 3-2 victory over Winnipeg. The Wild improved to 9-1-1 in November and dealt the Jets their fourth straight loss.

– Clarke MacArthur had two goals and Robin Lehner handled 34 shots as Ottawa doubled up Detroit 4-2. The game was tied 2-2 until Bobby Ryan and MacArthur scored power-play goals in the third period.

– Cam Talbot made 17 saves and the New York Rangers capped a 3-2 road trip by blanking Nashville 2-0. Mats Zuccarello assisted on goals by Ryan McDonagh and Derek Stepan.

– Matt Read scored the first and last goals in Philadelphia’s 5-2 verdict over the New York Islanders. Wayne Simmonds and Claude Giroux each had a goal and an assist for the Flyers, who scored three times in the first four minutes of the second period to chase Kevin Poulin.

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MACAU (AP) – Manny Pacquiao defeated Brandon Rios by unanimous decision to take the WBO international welterweight title and return to his winning ways after consecutive losses.

Pacquiao wore Rios down with his trademark combination punching and won 120-108, 119-109 and 118-110 on the scorecards in his return to the ring after a one-year absence.

(With files from the Canadian Press)