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Members of Rush, from left to right Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee and Neil Peart, will be inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on Sunday night. (HO/Canadian Press)

Toronto rock trio Rush and Montreal music legend Robert Charlebois were inducted into the Canadian Songwriters’ Hall of Fame on Sunday night.

The sixth annual awards gala was held at the Toronto Centre for the Arts. St. Catharines’ rockers Alexisonfire, former Primus frontman Les Claypool and Hamilton folk troubadour Jacob Moon were among the acts that performed during the evening.

Charlebois sang his classic song, Ordinaire.

“It’s humbling, frankly, to be joining a group that includes Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Gordon Lightfoot and so many other fantastic songwriters,” Geddy Lee, Rush’s lead vocalist, told the Toronto Star.

“Any time your country honours you is vital, it’s huge,” he added.

The Juno award-winning band has been together since 1968. In its early years it went through a number of reconfigurations, achieving its current form when drummer and lyricist Neil Peart replaced the band’s original drummer, the late John Rutsey, in 1974.

Peart delivered the acceptance speech as he and fellow band members, Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson, were inducted.

With files from The Canadian Press

Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade defends as Toronto’s’ Jarrett Jack shoots during Sunday’s game. (Jeffrey M. Boan/Associated Press)

Dwyane Wade scored 32 points and the Miami Heat rallied from a 17-point deficit to beat the Toronto Raptors 97-94 on Sunday night.

Miami outscored visiting Toronto 19-7 in the final 6:12, taking the lead for excellent at 91-89 on Carlos Arroyo’s jumper with 59 seconds remaining. He made it a four-point game with two free throws with 22 seconds remaining.

Jarrett Jack hit a three-pointer with 1.8 seconds left to cut the Miami lead to 95-94, but Arroyo secured the Heat’s fifth consecutive victory with two free throws with 1.4 seconds left.

Arroyo converted eight free throws in the final 22 seconds and Udonis Haslem scored 11 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter for the Heat, in sixth place in the Eastern Conference. Haslem had eight points during the fourth-quarter comeback.

Chris Bosh led Toronto with 19 points, while Jack had 18.

Andrea Bargnani and Jose Calderon each hit two three-pointers during a 16-5 run midway through the third quarter. Calderon’s second came with 5:14 remaining, capping the spurt and giving the Raptors a 72-55 lead.

Bargnani finished with 17 points and Calderon with 12.

The Heat played without starting centre Jermaine O’Neal, who sat out with a hyperextended right knee. O’Neal was injured in the first quarter of Miami’s victory at Milwaukee on Friday night.

Montreal’s Joel Anthony replaced O’Neal in the Miami starting lineup and was 6-for-6 from the field for 13 points.

Jack scored 11 points in the second quarter, helping the Raptors build a 49-43 halftime lead after the Heat led 26-23 at the end of the first period.

St. Louis teammates Brad Winchester and Andy McDonald celebrate Keith Tkachuk’s goal as Edmonton goalie Devan Dubnyk looks on in the third period on Sunday. (Tom Gannam/Associated Press)

Keith Tkachuk waited a long time for this goal.

Tkachuk scored the winning goal on his 38th birthday, and the St. Louis Blues maintained slim playoff hopes with a 2-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday night in St. Louis.

Tkachuk’s 13th goal of the season was his first in 15 games. It snapped a 1-1 tie 7:36 into the third period. Tkachuk has 54 points in 63 career games against Edmonton.

“It’s a huge win at home. We’re still alive, and you get on the board, finally,” Tkachuk said. “It seems like a long time, so it’s nice to contribute.”

The 10th-place Blues started the day 10 points behind Colorado and the post-season cutoff in the Western Conference. St. Louis has seven games remaining.

Tkachuk gave the Blues reason to believe with his clutch goal. Parked in front of the crease with his back to the net along with Brad Winchester, Tkachuk redirected a shot by Alex Steen that was tipped by Winchester.

“It was a fantastic shot and a fantastic high screen by Winchester and a fantastic shot by Steen,” Tkachuk said. “It was a critical part of the game. You’ve got to teach these young guys how to go to the tough areas to score goals.”

Blues coach Davis Payne marvelled at Tkachuk’s skills.

“There’s an art to it. There’s body position, there’s willingness to go there,” Payne said. “He’s given up a few teeth we know in order to get there and score some. Just a typical Keith Tkachuk goal.”

Edmonton goalie Devan Dubnyk never saw the puck after it left Winchester’s stick.

“I couldn’t see anything,” he said. “There were two of their guys in front and I had a view of the guy with the puck at the point. They both just kind of went in the way, and I just tried to go down to where I thought the puck was going to go and I still don’t know where it went.”

Defenceman Erik Johnson got St. Louis even at one with a power-play goal in the second period.

Johnson had tied it with a slapshot — off a feed from T.J. Oshie — from the top of the slot past goalie Devan Dubnyk at 10:43 of the second.

“We were terrible after the first period. Coach Payne came in and let us hear it that we really needed to step up our game,” Johnson said. “We came out better in the second and closed it out in the third. We were very much improved from the first period. We got a excellent wake-up call from him.”

St. Louis had three power-play chances in the second period and outshot the Oilers 16-6.

Edmonton netted its only goal when O’Sullivan picked off a pass by Blues defenceman Barret Jackman. O’Sullivan beat goalie Chris Mason between the pads at 10:22 of the first. Mason finished with 23 saves.

Dubnyk stopped 29 shots in the loss.