Here are the sports results from Friday.
ST. LOUIS - Dustin Penner and the Edmonton Oilers skated away with yet another two points on the road.
Penner had a goal and three assists, Gilbert Brule scored twice, and the Oilers won their fifth consecutive road game, beating the St. Louis Blues 5-3 on Friday night. "I think after winning five on the road, it's tough to play any better," Penner said. "It's tough to play any better than that."
CALGARY - Martin Havlat scored at 3:15 of overtime to lead the Minnesota Wild to a 2-1 win over the Calgary Flames on Friday night.
Havlat took a cross-ice pass from defenceman Marek Zidlicky before burying a shot behind Miikka Kiprusoff, who had no chance on the play.
TORONTO - Joe Johnson scored 20 points and had five assists as the Atlanta Hawks dominated the Toronto Raptors for the second time this season, 111-89 at Air Canada Centre on Friday night.
Jamal Crawford and Maurice Evans each had 15 points and Zaza Pachulia had 14 for Atlanta before an ACC crowd of 17,032.
Tiger Woods said Friday he is taking an indefinite leave from golf to try to save his marriage, the biggest fallout yet from two shocking weeks filled with allegations of rampant extramarital affairs.
"I need to focus my attention on being a better husband, father, and person," Woods said on his website.
COOLUM, Australia - Craig Parry was just finishing his third round at the Australian PGA on Saturday when he heard about Tiger Woods' decision to take an indefinite break from golf.
Parry, a friend of Woods who lives nearby in Windermere, Fla., was hopeful the time off would be good for him and critical of the problems that led to his absence.
MONTREAL - Jean Pascal overcame an apparent shoulder injury to defeat Adrian Diaconu by unanimous decision for a second straight time Friday night to retain his World Boxing Council light-heavyweight title.
Pascal won decisively on each of the judges scorecards in what appeared to be a much closer bout. Richard Flaherty of Connecticut gave it to Pascal 118-110, while both New York's Julie Lederman and Montreal's Claude Paquette scored it 117-111. The Canadian Press scored the fight a draw, 114-114.
EDMONTON - The woman who represented Canadian curling at the Turin Olympics is one win away from doing the same in Vancouver.
Shannon Kleibrink, who won the bronze medal at the 2006 Games, advanced to the final of the Canadian Olympic curling trials Friday with a 10-5 win over Krista McCarville.
EDMONTON - With 68 years of curling experience between them, there likely won't be any surprises Saturday when Glenn Howard and Jeff Stoughton meet in the semifinal of the Canadian Olympic curling trials.
Howard, with 37 years of experience and Stoughton with 31, have five Brier championships and four world titles between them.
SUOMU, Finland - Kristi Richards opened the moguls World Cup season with a gold medal Friday while fellow Canadian Alexandre Bilodeau took bronze in the men's event.
Richards, the 2007 world champion from Pemberton, B.C., scored 24.97 points for her second career World Cup victory.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Michael Phelps won the 200-yard freestyle and 100 butterfly in the North Baltimore Aquatic Club's holiday meet Friday night.
Phelps won the events just 15 minutes apart in front of an overflow crowd of about 1,500 at the U.S. Naval Academy's Lejeune Hall.
WINTERBERG, Germany - Canadian skeleton racer Mellisa Hollingsworth continued her podium streak Friday, capturing her fourth straight World Cup medal of the season.
The Eckville, Alta., native finished second to winner Kerstin Szymkowiak of Germany as racers battled cold weather and heavy snow. Hollingsworth, 29, was fifth after the first run but rebounded in the second heat to finish with a total time of two minutes 05.22 seconds.
NEW YORK - Jason Kendall got a US$6-million, two-year contract from the Kansas City Royals and J.J. Putz agreed to a $3-million, one-year deal with the Chicago White Sox on Friday as players and teams kept making moves following the winter meetings.
Tampa Bay finalized its trade with Atlanta, acquiring right-hander Rafael Soriano and agreeing to a $7.25-million, one-year contract with the reliever. And Washington completed its $6-million, two-year contract with 14-time all-star catcher Ivan Rodriguez.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The UFC 107 weigh-in proved to be a rocky affair Friday with disbelieving fighters questioning the official scales.
Six fighters, include main event challenger Diego (Nightmare) Sanchez, had to strip down to make weight at the FedExForum. Just about all looked on in confusion as their original weights were called out.
KEARNS, Utah - Chad Hedrick grabbed Shani Davis' arm on the medals podium and held it up. The American rivals went at it again Friday, with Davis emerging on top in the final World Cup speedskating event before the Vancouver Olympics.
Davis won the 1,500 metres in a world record of one minute 41.04 seconds at the Utah Olympic Oval, bettering the 1:41.80 he set on March 6 at the same track. Hedrick was second in 1:42.50.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Canadian Georges St. Pierre will defend his welterweight title against England's Dan (The Outlaw) Hardy in March, the UFC confirmed Friday.
The news came during a question-and-answer session with Hardy prior to the UFC 107 weigh-in at the FedEdForum. The fight is scheduled for March 27 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., home of the NHL's Devils.
OTTAWA - Daniel Alfredsson was asked by a reporter Friday what would make a good birthday gift for the Ottawa Senators captain.
"Right now, I need dress socks, especially blue ones. I'm running out of that, so that's high on my list," replied Alfredsson, who was celebrating his 37th birthday while the Senators prepared to play the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday.
ARLINGTON, Texas - Rich Harden looks forward to the opportunity to put his injury woes in the past and pitch 200 innings a season for the Texas Rangers.
Harden of Victoria has averaged 9.35 strikeouts per nine innings over the past seven seasons, more than any pitcher with at least 125 starts in that span.