PARIS (Reuters) - Doctors treating seven-times Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher for injuries suffered during a skiing accident have started lowering his sedation level to wake him up from an artificial coma, his agent said on Thursday.

Three Workington Town favourites of yesteryear are to be inducted in to the club’s Hall of Fame.

Workington Reds have signed striker Alex Salmon.

Once the Chicago Blackhawks got rolling, there was little the Vancouver Canucks could do to stop them. Jonathan Toews, Patrick Sharp and Brandon Saad each had a goal and an assist in the second period as the Blackhawks' quick-strike offense scored four times in a span of 7:41 to rally from a 2-0 deficit and beat the Canucks 5-2 Wednesday night, snapping a four-game losing streak. It turned into a little bit of a track meet,'' Canucks assistant coach Mike Sullivan said. We had a 4-on-2 and 3-on-1 that we don't convert, then shortly thereafter one ends up in our net.'' Marian Hossa had the other goal in the second period for Chicago, while Saad added an empty netter late.

When the Edmonton Oilers traded for goalie Ben Scrivens on Jan. 15, they hoped he would help bring some consistency to the position. Scrivens stopped 59 shots, an NHL regular-season record for saves in a shutout, leading the Oilers to a 3-0 victory over the San Jose Sharks. ''Hats off to the goaltender, he was tremendous,'' said San Jose coach Todd McLellan. We attempted 100 shots on goal, that doesn't happen very often.'' Scrivens topped the previous mark set by Phoenix's Mike Smith, who stopped 54 shots in a 2-0 victory over Columbus on April 3, 2012.