National Sports

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — All players and coaches were at work on Wednesday at the Florida Panthers' practice facility. Nobody was on the ice. That's a nice problem to have right now.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper opened his end-of-season news conference Wednesday apologizing for making what he called an inappropriate analogy of putting skirts on goalies.

BOSTON — Joseph Woll knew he wasn't getting the nod for Game 1 of the playoffs.

SEATTLE (AP) — Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith and wife Kathy Surace-Smith have purchased a stake in the Seattle Mariners, becoming just the third additions to the team’s ownership group since 1992.

The Golden Knights made a change at goalie, and Adin Hill will receive his first start of this year's NHL playoffs when Vegas visits the Dallas Stars for Wednesday night's Game 5.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes are getting production throughout their lineup to start the NHL playoffs. They'll need it going forward if they're going to take down the Presidents' Trophy-winning New York Rangers.

MADRID (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz's bid to win a third straight Madrid Open title ended with a three-set loss to Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks acquired Canadian long-snapper Peter Adjey from the Edmonton Elks on Wednesday for a 2025 third-round pick. The six-foot-three, 230-pound Adjey appeared in 36 regular-season games over the last two seasons with Edmonton.

TORONTO — Kevin Eiben and Will Fields will share defensive co-ordinator duties this season with the Toronto Argonauts.

LONDON (AP) — German tennis legend Boris Becker was discharged from bankruptcy court in London after a judge found Wednesday he had done “all that he reasonably could do” to repay creditors tens of millions of pounds.