Maine Mariners beat Reading 4-2, extending winning streak to four points

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The Maine Mariners defeated the Reading Royals 4-2 on Saturday night at Cross Insurance Arena, with Alex Kyle scoring the game-tying shorthanded goal midway through the second period, Jimmy Lambert, Brooklyn Kalmykov, Owen Pederson added a goal each.

Kyle Kiser made 30 saves for the Mariners, who tied with Reading, Worcester and Trois-Rivières for fourth place in the North Division. Maine, Worcester State and Trois-Rivières all have two games remaining against Reading.

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World Cup: Mikaela Shiffrin won her record-extending 60th slalom victory and 97th overall at the World Cup finals in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, capping off a season marred by a six-week injury break.

The American star trailed Sweden's Anna Swen Larsson in the first run, but ultimately won by 0.54 seconds over Norway's Mina Ferst Holtmann, with Swen Larsson 0.63 seconds behind. fell to 3rd place.

• Marco Odermatt was unable to end his perfect season in the giant slalom at the World Cup final in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria. The Swiss star slipped out on the second run with a commanding lead over eventual winner Loïc Meillard.

Odermatt has won 12 consecutive giant slalom races since February 2023, including nine wins this season.

hockey

NHL: Montreal Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis will take an indefinite leave of absence due to family reasons.

The Canadiens say assistant coach Trevor Letowski will lead the team in St. Louis' absence.

car racing

Cup series: Ryan Blaney took pole position for Sunday's race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

The reigning Cup Series champion covered the 0.533-mile concrete track in Bristol, Tennessee in 15.356 seconds. He took the No. 1 spot over Josh Berry.

MLB: New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole will not pitch for three to four weeks due to nerve inflammation and edema in his pitching elbow.

GM Brian Cashman said Cole would go on the 60-day injured list if the team needed a 40-man roster spot, in which case the AL Cy Young Award winner's return would be delayed. He said it would be late May at the earliest.

• Cole Calhoun, the outfielder who won a Gold Glove Award during a 12-year career with the Angels, Diamondbacks, Rangers and Guardians, says he is retiring.

soccer

England: Second Division side Coventry scored twice late in the second half to beat Wolverhampton 3-2 in the FA Cup and reach the semi-finals for the first time since 1987, when the team won the famous competition.

Three minutes earlier, Ellis Sims had equalized for Coventry with his second goal of the game, before American striker Haji Wright completed a remarkable comeback in the 10th minute of stoppage time.

• Manchester City eliminated Newcastle from the FA Cup with a 2-0 win, with Bernardo Silva scoring twice in the first half.

• Tottenham's bid to qualify for the Champions League was hurt by a 3-0 loss to Fulham in the Premier League.

• Chelsea women's manager Emma Hayes says she was wrong to describe the relationship between the players as “inappropriate”.

Hayes is completing the season with Chelsea in the Women's Super League before taking over as coach of the U.S. Women's National Team.

In his initial comments Thursday, Hayes said relationships between players within the team were “inappropriate as they could create additional challenges to manage.”

tennis

Miami Open: World No. 1 Novak Djokovic will skip the Miami Open, saying he needs to balance “private and professional schedules” less than a week after his surprise loss at Indian Wells He said it was planned.

Djokovic, 36, has won in Miami six times. The hard court tournament begins Friday.

golf

Asia tour: John Catlin of the United States made a 20-foot eagle putt to score an 11-under 59 at the International Series Macau in China, becoming the first player in Asian Tour history to complete a sub-60 round.

Catlin, a 33-year-old California native and seven-time world champion, took advantage of soft conditions that allowed players to lift, clean and place golf balls on the fairway.