Téma: Jak postupovat / I thought we had good chances in the

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Hartnell and Claude Giroux each had three points, Steve Mason made 33 saves and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the banged up Detroit Red Wings 5-0 Tuesday night. “We needed a big win, we needed two points,” Hartnell said. “Were (about to go) on a really tough road trip against some big opponents out west and we needed to get our confidence back going into that trip.” Adam Hall and Sean Couturier also scored for the Flyers, who snapped a four-game losing streak. The Flyers (26-22-6) won an eighth straight game at home against the Red Wings (23-19-11), a franchise best against Detroit, which has not won in Philadelphia since the 1997 Stanley Cup final. Mason turned in his best performance since signing a three-year extension with the Flyers last week. In the three previous games since inking the deal, Mason had allowed 11 goals and been pulled twice. “These games are building blocks,” said Mason, who recorded his second shutout of the season and the 21st of his career. “Over the course of the season, youre going to have ups and downs, its just a matter of how you come out of it. This is a small step in a bigger picture and thats how Im going to look at it.” Flyers coach Craig Berube shuffled his lines before the game, moving Hartnell up with Giroux and Jake Voracek. Hartnell scored the Flyers first two goals of the game and Giroux netted one in third. Each time Giroux or Hartnell scored, the other picked up an assist. “Hes pretty easy to play with,” Hartnell said, referring to Giroux. “You get him the puck and youre going to get it back.” Hartnell opened the scoring with a power-play goal at the 6:18 mark of the first period when he redirected Kimmo Timonens drive from the point and notched his second of the night 8:08 into the second period when he scored off a cross-ice pass from Giroux, who assisted on both of Hartnells goals. Timonen later left the game with a lower-body injury and did not return. The veteran defenceman will be reevaluated Tuesday but, when asked after the game, Berube said Timonnen was “fine.dddddddddddd” The Red Wings arent nearly as lucky on the injury front. They played Tuesday night without three of their top forwards in Johan Franzen, Henrik Zetterberg, and Pavel Datsyuk. Franzen missed 16 games with a concussion and returned to action against the Florida Panthers on Sunday but is once again dealing with concussion symptoms. Zetterberg missed his third game with a bad back and Datsyuk his 11th with a lower-body injury. “We want to get our big guys back,” Red Wings forward Drew Miller said. “A lot of the guys that are out right now are big leaders and guys we look to for scoring. But were not looking at that as an excuse. Weve got guys who can step and play.” Starting in place of Jimmy Howard, who was back on the Detroit bench after missing three games with an injury of his own, Detroit goaltender Jonas Gustavsson stopped 23 of 28 shots. In the second period, Detroits Luke Glendening, Kyle Quincey and Tomas Tatar all hit posts. Forward Riley Sheahan would have gotten the Red Wings on the board in the third, but his shot over the glove of Mason came after Flyers defenceman Nicklas Grossman dislodged the net, stopping play. Grossman was whistled for delay of game but Detroit, which came into Tuesday night with the leagues top-ranked road power play, but failed to score on its four man-advantages. “These are the times when you have to find a way, get a step,” defenceman Niklas Kronwall said. “The power play has to be clicking. We have to find a way to get one goal. I thought we had good chances in the second period. (Quincey) had a grade-A chance right in the middle of the slot. I think (Tatar) had one off the crossbar. But the puck didnt go in, and we have to find a way to be a lot better.” NOTES: Hartnell was cleared to play Tuesday after being seen in a walking boot at the Flyers Wives Fight for Lives Carnival on Sunday. The forward has been dealing with soreness in his left foot for the last two weeks, but a CT scan came back negative. … Out of the lineup Tuesday night for the Flyers was winger Zac Rinaldo (ankle). Defenceman Andrej Meszaros was a healthy scratch. … For the Red Wings, Howard missed his fourth straight game but was on the bench backing up Gustavsson. Todd Bertuzzi was a healthy scratch. ’ ’ ’

Téma: Jak postupovat / tting his drive left in

EDINBURGH — Leigh Halfpenny found his goal-kicking form when it really mattered to boot Wales to a 28-18 victory over Scotland on Saturday, keeping his teams Six Nations defence alive heading into the final weekend. The reigning champions were only 13-12 ahead at the break after fullback Halfpenny untypically missed three of his first four kicks, but he was successful with five in a row in the second half to settle a messy, error-strewn match at Murrayfield. Wales hooker Richard Hibbard scored the games only try — plunging over from close range in the 22nd minute — as the visitors forced Scotland to live off scraps of possession and rely on the kicking of Greig Laidlaw, who kicked six penalties from eight attempts. Wales third straight win means it will take on old rival England in Cardiff next Saturday with the title up for grabs, no matter what the tournament leaders do in their home match against Italy on Saturday. The points difference between the top two is currently seven, although England is expected to easily beat the Azzurri at Twickenham. The Scots, who were also seeking a victory to stay in the hunt for the title, required courage and a dollop of fortune to eke out a 12-8 win over a misfiring Ireland two weeks ago, and they tried to use the same formula to produce another result here. Indeed, despite being way behind in the possession and territory statistics, they were somehow only a points behind — 16-15 - with 25 minutes remaining but then Halfpenny helped Wales pull away. Some impressive defending, led by flanker Sam Warburton on his recall to the team, ensured there was no way back for Scotland late on. It was the third straight game, after wins in France and Italy, in which the Welsh didnt concede a try as they sealed a fifth straight away win in the championship. “(Assistant coach) Shaun Edwards has emphasized our defence every week. He is a superb defence coach and he wanted us to stop Scotland, and we are delighted to have gone another game without conceding a try,” said Warburton, who lost the captaincy after missing the past two matches through injury. “Its a brilliant win and we are so pleased. We knew it would be tough as it is always tough up here, but we are delighted with the win.” After the thrill of its four-try 34-10 win over Italy, Scotland has failed to score a try in its past two games. “I am frustrated, but I have said in the dressing room we have to acknowledge our ills,” said interim Scotland coach Scott Johnson, who used to coach Wales. “We showed great heart and great resolve, but we have to look at ourselves rather than at anyone else.” [url=http://www.authenticbuccaneersshop.com/Michael… Johnson Buccaneers Jersey[/url] . The Maple Leafs are three points behind Columbus for the last playoff spot in the East with only three games left on their schedule. 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That was enough to lead after his front-side 31 that included a 45-foot birdie putt on the difficult par-4 fifth hole. Hunter Mahan, playing in the group ahead of Johnson, led before a double-bogey 6 at the 433-yard 18th hole for a 66. He was tied for second with Harris English, Tim Wilkinson and Robert Streb. Jimmy Walker, a three-time winner this season, and 20-year-old Dallas native Jordan Spieth were in the group of 10 players at 67. Mahan started eagle-birdie and was already 6 under after a 3-foot birdie on the 178-yard eighth hole. He had two bogeys and two more birdies before his drive at the 18th hole into the right rough, with trees blocking a clear shot to the green. After punching the ball back into the fairway, his approach came settled on the edge of the fringe and he eventually two-putted from 7 feet. “You have to get over it,” Mahan said about the disappointing 18th. “Its all about the drive there.” Adam Scott, playing as the No. 1 player in the world for the first time, shot 71 after playing his first nine holes at 4-over 39. Scott had bogey-6 on the straight 631-yard 11th hole, his second of the day, when he hit twice from fairway bunkers. After a two-putt from 11 feet at the 433-yard 18th hole, Scott was bogey-free the rest of the way, with consecutive short birdies after making the turn. “I thought I acttually hit plenty of good shots,” Scott said.dddddddddddd “All of a sudden, I had the momentum going the way I wanted and managed to hang on for the next few holes.” The Australian said he felt the same as he did before this week when he overtook injured Tiger Woods for the top spot in the world ranking. “Theres not a big difference,” Scott said. “Its always the first tee nerves of starting a tournament out, but I certainly didnt feel that much different.” Johnsons 65 was the highest score to lead after the first round at Hogans Alley since another 65 in 2002. There were opening 62s in two of the previous three Colonials. When he first played at Colonial in 2008, Johnson made the initial cut. But after a 72 in the third round, he was among six more players trimmed to reduce the field to 73 for the final day. Walker, the FedEx Cup points leader, also played a bogey-free round with a tremendous par-saver at the 470-yard fifth hole after hitting his drive left into the rough under trees. With the ball on a hill several inches below his feet, he hit an off-balance shot to the left of the green. He then chipped up over the bunker, and the ball rolled to inside 4 feet of the cup. "I kind of had a shot, and I went for it, he said. “I had a big high cut over the trees, and didnt hit a very good shot, but it came up just short of the green, and made a great up and down there.” Matt Kuchar, ranked No. 4 in the world and with a chance to move to the top with a victory, had birdies at Nos. 11 and 12 early in his round. He then had five bogeys before finally getting his only other birdie on his 16th hole, an 11-foot putt on the 437-yard seventh hole, in a 72. That matched his highest score in his 29 career rounds at Colonial, where he finished second last year. Rickie Fowler, who stars in a series of funny commercials for tournament sponsor Crowne Plaza, played with flu-like symptoms and had two triple bogeys in an 80, the worst score in the 123-player invitational field. ’ ’ ’

Téma: Jak postupovat / on. Jokinen spent h

CALGARY – Embarrassed 7-2 by the Calgary Flames two weeks ago, the Anaheim Ducks returned to the scene of that ugly loss Wednesday night and picked up an important victory. Andrew Cogliano scored the go-ahead goal at 14:41 as Anaheim scored twice in the third period in a 3-2 victory over the resilient Flames. “Thats one of the biggest two points of the season, for sure,” said Cogliano. “To come back from behind in the third period, it shows where were going as a team and I think its a big statement win for us.” Stephane Robidas shot from the blue-line was kicked out by Karri Ramo but the puck went right to Cogliano at the face-off circle, who buried his 21st of the season. “Right place at the right time. It landed right on my stick. When I saw the net, no better feeling,” said Cogliano, who put a shot off the post just minutes earlier. “Those are the goals were trying to score, especially myself. Getting to the net, getting some rebounds.” Finishing it off wasnt easy, however. The Flames poured on the pressure in the final minute with the goalie pulled. Mike Cammalleris blast came the closest to getting past Anaheim goalie Jonas Hiller, but the Ducks hung on. “Its one of those things where theyre just throwing everything at the net and youre trying to find the puck somehow. I found it once or twice there so we could at least get a whistle,” said Hiller, who had 32 saves. It was a nice bounce-back game for him after getting chased less than 12 minutes into the last start at the Scotiabank Saddledome after yielding three goals on five shots. “The whole team was upset with what happened last time. I didnt feel I played terribly or whatever but those things happen and its nice if you get a chance pretty quick to do better,” said Hiller. “Definitely happy with the way we responded and the way I responded. I thought we played a pretty good road game.” Nick Bonino and Mathieu Perreault also scored for Anaheim (47-18-7), which kicks off a three-game road trip to Western Canada with its sixth road win in its last eight games away from the Honda Center. The win moves the Ducks to within two points of the San Jose Sharks and the lead in the Pacific Division. Anaheim still holds two games in hand. Hiller says winning the division is definitely a priority. “It would be great to be up there because if youre second, you have a good chance of playing L.A. in the first round which would be a tough match-up,” Hiller said. Brian McGrattan and Jiri Hudler scored for Calgary (30-36-7). Rookie defenceman Tyler Wotherspoon had an assist to give the 21-year-old points in his last three games. “Thats the way you learn sometimes, too. You learn from tough losses,” said McGrattan, who was playing his 300th NHL game. “Our group hasnt given up all year. Were in every game and work our butts off right until the end and thats a good sign.” Its the Flames league-leading 44th one-goal game, one shy of the franchise record set in 2005-06. “If you look at the young guys throughout the year, how theyre showing up against these teams late in the year when were playing San Jose, L.A., Anaheim — were playing all these top teams down the stretch and were giving them a run for the money every night. Thats a lot to build off of as a group and its a lot to learn from,” said McGrattan. Trailing 2-1 headed to the third period, the Ducks tied it at 5:32 on Perreaults 16th goal. “We fought hard in the third and got a couple bounces our way and finally we were able to put it in and win the game,” said Perreault, who extended his point streak to six games (four goals, two assists). “Coming down the stretch, we play a couple teams that are already out of the playoffs. We have to take advantage of those games.” Trailing 1-0 after the first period, the Flames scored twice in the second to take the lead. The tying goal, which bounced off Kevin Westgarths glove in front and then into the net off of McGrattans hip was the rugged wingers fourth goal and 10th of his career. Calgary took a 2-1 lead with 26 seconds left in the second when a pretty fake shot then pass from Ladislav Smid set up Hudler. “Its a good effort. We know we can play with every team in the league but its not good enough — a good effort, we have to get results too. Thats the business of hockey,” said Ramo, who had won his previous five decisions. Ramo, who had 31 stops, had his record fall to 13-11-4. Hiller improves to 29-11-6. “They paid the price and when they came to the net, they had a lot of shots and a lot of traffic with them,” said Ramo. “They were into the game today, unlike the last game. I think they had a chip on their shoulders when they came here today.” Notes: On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the trade of Jarome Iginla to Pittsburgh, the two players they received in return – LW Kenny Agostino and RW Ben Hanowski, were both healthy scratches for the Flames… Calgary LW TJ Galiardi drew back in after missing the past two games… Not in the line-up for Anaheim were D Francois Beauchemin, C Daniel Winnik and LW Matt Beleskey… Anaheims 22nd road victory ties the franchise record, previously done in 2006-07 and in 2008-09. [url=http://www.nbacavaliersofficial.com/Tristan-Tho… Thompson Cavaliers[/url] . — Whenever a Royals pitcher has issued a walk lately, the runner has usually scored. [url=http://www.nbacavaliersofficial.com/Shawn-Mario… Marion Cavaliers[/url] . — Last month, Richie Incognito said severe repercussions would be warranted if the Miami Dolphins kept allowing sacks at such an alarming rate. http://www.nbacavaliersofficial.com/Terrell-Bra…. 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Jokinen spent his first full year with the Penguins this past season after being dealt to the team at the 2013 trade deadline by the Caarolina Hurricanes.dddddddddddd He has also spent time with the Dallas Stars and Tampa Bay Lightning over his 10-year NHL career. The 31-year-old forward has 149 goals and 265 assists for 414 points over 660 career games in the NHL. Jokinen, a native of Finland, was drafted by Dallas in the sixth round (192nd overall) of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. He has represented Finland on the international stage on numerous occasions, most recently winning bronze at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. ’ ’ ’

Téma: Jak postupovat / to regroup for myself

The Finnish Flash is rolling into his 40s with the Anaheim Ducks. Teemu Selanne agreed to a one-year deal worth US$4 million to return to the Ducks on Thursday after the 41-year-old right-winger decided his surgically repaired knee will hold up for a 19th NHL season. Selanne shows few signs of slowing down after nearly two decades as an elite NHL scorer. He finished eighth in the league last season with 80 points, the third-best season in league history for a player past his 40th birthday. “I really feel like I can still play at the same level I played at in the past,” Selanne said. “If you cant do that, you cant enjoy the game as much, and there would be no way Id come back. The main factor for me is that I can be healthy, my knee is OK to play at this level, and I can use my speed and play at my level.” Few players have ever been faster than Selanne, the 27th-leading scorer in NHL history with 1,340 points. He ranks 14th in goals with 637, and hes also the Ducks career scoring leader after spending parts of 12 seasons with Anaheim. The Ducks were cautiously confident Selanne would return after his outstanding season, but spent the summer debating his future after knee surgery in early July. A slow recovery worried him, but Selanne has been skating daily in Anaheim in recent weeks, building strength and endurance. He has debated retirement each summer for the past four years since the Ducks won the Stanley Cup, but the debate changed this summer after his dynamic season and the Ducks impressive rally from a slow start to the fourth seed in the Western Conference playoffs. “Last year was so much fun,” Selanne said. “In the past summers, Ive been thinking about whether I still wanted to play hockey. This summer it was clear that I wanted to play hockey, but the question was whether I could. We have a good team, and Ive been so lucky to play with great players. Ive enjoyed hockey so much, especially since the lockout. The passion for the game is still here, and Im still excited.” Selannes decision to return is a huge boost to the Ducks, who open training camp on Saturday. Anaheim opens the season with a European tour that includes a game in the Helsinki area against Jokerit, Selannes former club — a scheduling twist that many Ducks suggested was a sneaky way to force Selanne to come back. League MVP Corey Perry and captain Ryan Getzlaf also are back with the Ducks along with goalie Jonas Hiller, who believes he has beaten an apparent case of vertigo that sidelined him for much of last season. The Ducks know theyll be much better with Selanne as the scoring engine on the Ducks second line alongside Saku Koivu, his centre and fellow Finn. “As he showed again last season, Teemu still has the drive, determination, and skill to play at an elite level,” Ducks general manager Bob Murray said. “Most importantly for us, his passion comes from not just playing, but playing for the Ducks.” Selanne was among 15 players to average better than a point per game last season, and he finished third in the NHL with 16 power-play goals. He was clutch, too: Selanne became the first player in NHL history to score four game-tying goals in the final three minutes of a third period in the same season. Selanne is the Ducks career leader in goals, assists, power-play points, game-winning goals and games played. Before leaving for his summer break in Finland, Selanne said he wouldnt consider moving his family to another city for another season - not even Winnipeg, where he broke into the NHL by scoring 76 goals as a 22-year-old rookie in his jaw-dropping 1992-93 campaign. Selanne said his agent still got a call from the Jets, however. “When you have four kids and a couple of dogs and a couple of horses and stuff, so many things to move, there is no way I can move anymore,” said Selanne, who lives in an exclusive coastal community in Orange County. “But like I said, Winnipeg has been a special place for me, and Im very excited to go back and play there again.” The Ducks visit Winnipeg on Dec. 17. Selanne realizes Anaheim fans will immediately wonder if their beloved Finn is finally finished after this one-year deal. 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Alex Tanguay scored the winning goal early in the third period, and Varlamov made it stand up despite the best efforts of rejuvenated Stars scoring leader Tyler Seguin. Colorado led twice, but both times Seguin scored to tie the game. Seguin has 23 goals this season, but had not scored in 13 games. He also had an assist on Jamie Benns first-period goal. Varlamov stopped Seguin twice during a third-period power play with the score tied. “On Jamies cross-crease pass, (Seguin) had about 18 inches of open net,” Stars coach Lindy Ruff said. “He just pushed the puck back into the goalies pads.” Varlamov knew he was challenged on that play. “(Seguin) is a good player. Hes got a tough shot. Hes pretty skilled. Hes always dangerous, especially when were penalty killing.” The goalie also stopped Seguins drive from the left faceoff circle as the Avalanche killed the penalty. Just 19 seconds later, at 4:13 of the third, Tanguays shot from low in the left circle hit a skate, possibly Dallas defenceman Sergei Gonchars, and skidded past Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen for the 4-3 lead. “It wasnt pretty,” Tanguay said, “but those things happen. I had (teammate Paul Stastny) at the corner of the net. If it doesnt hit something else, it probably goes in with him.” Colorados Nathan MacKinnon scored on the games first shot. Jamie McGinn also scored in the first period, and Stastny connected on a power play in the second. “The first five minutes,” Ruff said. "After that, we dominated. Their goalie stole the show. “We had five or six point-blank chances in the second to blow the game apart. He was there and he made some great saves.” Maxime Talbot and Gabriel Landeskog had two assists apiece for the Avalanche. Alex Goligoski assisted twice for Dallas. The Avalanche won two of three games on a road trip that ended Monday. The Stars had won their previous three games by a 14-1 combined margin. MacKinnon scored after a shot was knocked down in front. The puck went to him just to the left of the goal, and he tapped in a shot beforee Lehtonen could slide across to that side.dddddddddddd Lehtonen had allowed only one goal in 67 shots during the three previous games. Colorado scored again at 15:57 of the first period. After blocking a shot by Dallas Alex Chiasson in their end, the Avalanche attacked. Lehtonen stopped Matt Duchenes shot, but McGinn took the rebound in front and flipped a backhand into the top of the net. The Stars cut their deficit to 2-1 just 1 1/2 minutes later. Colorado tried to clear from behind the net, but Seguin retrieved the puck on the left wing boards and dropped it to Benn in the faceoff circle. His wrist shot beat Varlamov upstairs for Benns 20th goal. Seguin tied the game 2-2 with a 4-on-3 power play at 1:02 of the second period. Benn passed from the right circle across to Seguin, who beat Varlamov on the short side. “It felt good,” Seguin said, “like I lost the monkey off my back for sure, getting that goal.” The goal extended Dallas streak to eight games with a power-play goal (10 total). The Avalanche regained the lead on Stastnys power-play goal at 17:57. The Stars had successfully killed 16 consecutive penalties before that. Dallas tied 16 seconds later, when Seguin sent a drive from the right circle under Varlamovs right arm. “That was my goal,” Varlamov said. “I could have moved a little bit, so I was not happy about it. I tried to regroup for myself and get ready for the third period. The third period was huge for us.” He faced a total of 13 shots from the Stars two leading scorers, eight by Benn and five by Varlamov. “Hes having a great year,” Benn said, “and had another good game tonight.” NOTES: A big difference between third-place Colorado and fifth-place Dallas is that the Avalanche are 13-5-2 within the Central Division, and the Stars are 6-9-5. . Tanguay has points in six of his last seven games against the Stars. . MacKinnon has four goals and two assists in his last five games. He and Dallas Valeri Nichushkin are 1-2 in scoring among rookies. . Goligoski has seven assists in the last four games, 10 in the last eight. . Benn has three goals and five assists in the last five games. . Seguin has four goals and four assists against Colorado this season. . The season series concluded with the Avalanche 4-1 and Dallas 1-3-1. ’ ’ ’

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TSN Baseball Insider Steve Phillips answers several questions each week. This weeks topics include the Blue Jays struggles at Yankee Stadium, what the Tampa Bay Rays should do with David Price, remembering Tony Gwynn and his pick for the best team in baseball. 1) What is it about the Blue Jays and Yankee Stadium that dont go together (15 straight losses through Wednesday)? You would think an offensive team would do well in a hitters park. In your experience, what was the toughest park to play in and why? There isnt anything wrong with the Blue Jays. They just cant seem to beat the Yankees. The Yankees have the Jays number. Baseball is such a mental game. What you think or feel impacts how you play. When one team dominates another like this it gets in the mind of the losing team. It also empowers the winning team. As each subsequent game unfolds, the losing team feels that a loss is inevitable. When something goes wrong in the game it feels like that will be the reason the team loses on that day. In contrast the winning team has a feeling of inevitability as well. They just know someone will make a play or get a big hit to win the game. The Jays have a defeatist attitude against the Yankees. Im sure they start out each game telling themselves that this will be the day they end the losing streak. But at some point a lost scoring opportunity, an error, a bloop base hit, etc causes the voices of doubt start to scream in their psyche. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. I lived this nightmare when I was Mets general manager. We could not beat the Atlanta Braves, especially at Turner Field in Atlanta. It didnt matter what we did, we lost. We could get good starting pitching but their starters pitched better. We could score a bunch of runs but they would find a way to outscore us. We lost every way imaginable. We lost some games with bad first innings and some with bad ninth innings. We lost on home runs, errors, wild pitches and squeeze bunts. We would rally and look like we were coming back and then hit in to a double play to end the game. We even walked in a game-winning run in the NLCS in 1999. What makes matters worse is when the team that has your number is in your division. With the unbalanced schedule we played division rivals nineteen times each. We always finished second to the Braves mainly because we couldnt beat them head-to-head. I told Braves GM John Schuerholz and manager Bobby Cox that if I ever had to pick them out of a police line-up I would have to have them turn around because I chased them for six years and only saw their backside and never saw their faces. In fact I am convinced that the only reason we advanced to the World Series in 2000 against the Yankees was because the Braves lost in the NLDS that year to the Cardinals. Our struggles ran from one season into another season. Not even an off-season flushed out the demons. In fact, several years after I was general manager I returned to Turner Field as a baseball analyst to broadcast a game. I remember walking in the visiting clubhouse and the awful feelings of past losses at Turner Field flooded me. It was still in my head. Every team has that other team. Unfortunately for the Jays that team is the Yankees. 2) There are a lot of suggestions that the Rays should be trading David Price now. Would you do it, and what would be your expected return in a deal for Price? What team has assets that fit that wish list? The Rays must trade David Price. Small market teams have to do all they can to maximize their assets. Price is the Rays most substantial asset. They cant afford to keep him and they cant afford not to trade him. In order to continuously reinvent themselves, small market teams have to recycle their roster. It seems highly unlikely that the Rays would trade David Price withinthe AL East. It is already a very difficult division so why make it that much tougher. Certainly the Jays, Orioles, Yankees and Red Sox would all have interest in Price. But so do the Tigers, Athletics, Angels, Braves, Cardinals, Reds Giants, and Dodgers. The Rays have had success being an organization built around deep pitching and just enough offense. Unfortunately for them, this year they dont have anywhere close to enough offence. The challenge for small market teams is finding the right balance between their pitching and offence. The timing between the two is critical since they cant spend significant dollars in the free agent market to fill deficiencies. The Rays want to compete again as soon as possible so finding young major league talent instead of a bevy prospects is preferred. The team that can make the best deal with the Rays is the St. Louis Cardinals. The Rays should ask for 1B Matt Adams and RHS Michael Wacha. This would replace Prices role in the rotation and give them a big power bat for the middle of their lineup. I would expect the Cardinals to say no to including Wacha in the deal. So the Rays should then ask for RHS Shelby Miller and RHP Carlos Martinez in the deal with Adams. The Cardinals would have a rotation that would include Adam Wainwright, Wacha, Price, Lance Lynn and Jaime Garcia. Alan Craig can play first base in the absence of Adams and Oscar Tavares can play right field. The Rays would get a quality young starter in Miller, a potential impact starter/closer in Martinez and a big bat for their lineup. It will be very interesting to see where Price goes and what the deal will be. One thing for certain he will not finish the season with the Rays. 3) We lost one of the great hitters and great personalities in baseball last week. What is your fondest memory of Tony Gwynn and where does he rank among the hitters you saw play? Tony Gwynn is one of the best pure hitters that baseball has ever known. He was a student and a teacher of the game. Gwynn is one of the rare players who played for one team his entire career. He is known as Mr. Padre. He never had a contract dispute. He didnt play for the money. He could have taken advantage of the free agent market and squeezed every last dollar out of his ability. But he wasnt about money. He played for the love of the game. Interestingly Gwynn got more attention in his death than he did as a Hall of Famer. People in some ways diminished his accomplishments because he was a singles hitter. The most home runs he ever hit in a season were seventeen. He could have hit more but he chose to stay within himself and do what he did best. He punched the ball the other way. He was a contact hitter. He hit for average. Gwynn had a .338 career batting average. He led the league in hitting eight times. He was a 15-time All Star and a five-time Gold Glover. His .393 batting average in the strike-shortened 1994 season, was the closest that anyone has gotten to .400 since Ted Williams did it in 1941. The hole between the shortstop and third baseman became know as the “5.5” hole because of Gwynn. He had an uncanny knack of being able to hit any pitch anywhere in the zone through that hole. I remember an afternoon when I was GM for the Mets that I was sitting in my office and heard the crack of the bat coming from the field at 1pm. We had a 7pm game that night so I wondered who could possibly be hitting that early. I went out on the concourse and saw Tony Gwyn taking early batting practice with one of the Padres coaches. I couldnt believe it. The game was six hours away. Then after regular batting practice I saw Gwynn walking with a bucket of balls down to the batting age under the stadium. He was going to practice some more. The best pure hitter of his era was also the hardest worker. That told me all I needed to know. The other remarkable thing about Gwynn was his smile. He was the least Hall of Fame acting Hall of Famer I have ever met. He was genuine, sincere, compassionate, kind and friendly. He greeted fans and opponents and ground crew workers in exactly the same way. He wasnt too big for anyone and no one was too small for him. Baseball lost the best pure hitter of this era and one of the best ever in the game. But the bigger loss was that of the man that was Tony Gwynn. 4) Baseball is such a great sport. Everyday gives you some different feeling about your team and its chances. It is made for sports talk radio. Or maybe it made sports talk radio. Either way our team can excite us one day and disappoint us the next. One week we feel like we are going all the way and the next week our team is a bunch of bums. The season is a marathon-long roller coaster ride. It can be exhilarating or exhausting depending upon the end result. Statistics allow us to continuously grade the progress of our team and how it is performing. The numbers can be made to tell just about any story and often times suit our bias. I love the weekly power rankings that come out and show which team is ranked ahead of its competition. Each week the teams are moved up and down based upon how they performed over a seven-day time frame. Seven days in a baseball season is only a snapshot of a team and who they are. There is a saying in baseball that no team is as good as they are when playing its best or as bad as they are when they play their worst. Yet each week we come up with an ordering of the teams according to some arbitrary evaluation. This year is no different. So far in one ranking the Giants, Cardinals, As, Brewers and Tigers have all been atop the rankings at one point or another this season. This is bizarre to me because there is one team that is the best and no one else is even close. The best team in baseball by far is the Oakland As. Why? The As have outscored the opposition by 134 runs. The next closest team is the San Francisco Giants who are a +47. Isnt the idea to outscore your opponent? The As have scored the most runs in baseball. “Well isnt pitching more important?” you ask. The As have given up the least number of runs as well. Back when Billy Beane co-wrote “Moneyball” everyone focused on the need for hitters to have a good OBP. Yet, Beanes teams back then had much better pitching than they did offence. They didnt win because their hitters had a great plan at the plate, they won because their pitchers didnt give up OBP. This As team is a true “Moneyball” team through and through. They are baseballs best offensive team while also having the best pitching. Beane has been criticized because his teams never won anything. That means championships. His clubs won a ton of games and got more bang for the buck than anyone else but that doesnt seem to matter. This is their year. Here are my power rankings: Its the Oakland As and then everybody else. [url=http://www.nfljaguarsus.com/authentic-toby-gerh… Gerhart Jersey Jacksonville Jaguars[/url] . It kind of breaks up the week for me and sets the stage for the upcoming week. [url=http://www.nfljaguarsus.com/authentic-luke-joec… Joeckel Jerseys[/url] . The Kings have gone 6-0-3 over their last nine games despite having been held to three goals or fewer in eight of 10 contests this month. Los Angeles has failed to score more than two goals six times in that span. http://www.nfljaguarsus.com/authentic-allen-hur…. LOUIS - Duke forward Jabari Parker has won the Wayman Tisdale Award, presented by the U. [url=http://www.nfljaguarsus.com/authentic-marcedes… Lewis Jerseys[/url] . They just probably couldnt have imagined how much. 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After going undefeated in conference play for the first time in program history, Regina opened the playoffs last weekend with a two-game sweep of Winnipeg, 93-52 and 84-70, in the Canada West quarter-finals. The Cougars are now set to host the conference Final Four on Friday and Saturday. The semis will see top-ranked Regina battle No. 8 Fraser Valley, and No. 3 Saskatchewan face No. 4 UBC. In the final mens poll, the reigning CIS champion Ravens stay in front of the Lakehead Thunderwolves, ranked second for the seventh consecutive week. Carleton, which finished the regular season with an unblemished record for the second straight year, beat Laurentian 87-66 in OUA quarter-final action over the weekend and will now travel to Waterloo for the conference Final Four. In Saturdayss semifinal round, the Ravens will square off against No.dddddddddddd8 McMaster, while the T-Wolves face Ryerson. Lakehead upset Carleton 77-62 in last years OUA Wilson Cup final. In other national rankings released Tuesday, UNB remains at No. 1 in mens hockey, while Guelph (women) and Windsor (men) hold on to the pole position in track and field. In mens hockey, the reigning University Cup champion Varsity Reds took a commanding 2-0 lead in their best-of-five AUS semifinal series against No. 9 UPEI, winning the first two contests 4-3 and 5-1. UNB, which will host the CIS championship in Fredericton from March 22 to 25, can eliminate the Panthers on Thursday night. In track and field, there are only nine days left before the start of the CIS championships, which will be held at the University of Manitoba from March 8 to 10. The Windsor Lancers swept the OUA team banners last weekend and hope to repeat as CIS womens and mens champions next week in Winnipeg. Despite their No. 1 ranking, the Guelph women settled for third place at the OUA championships. ’ ’ ’

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The Ottawa Senators take aim at their first winning streak in nearly two months as they play host on Monday night to the Washington Capitals, but theyll have to do it without Jason Spezza and Chris Phillips. Spezza (lower body) and Phillips (foot) are each listed as day-to-day but will miss their second straight games. The Sens picked up just their second victory in six games on Saturday, besting the visiting Boston Bruins by a 4-3 margin to split a home-and-home set. Ottawa was pounded 5-0 in Boston on Friday. Bobby Ryan scored the go-ahead goal for the Sens, finishing off a breakaway with 4:35 to play on a backhander under the crossbar. It came not too long after the Bruins had a potential go-ahead goal waved off when it was ruled Jarome Iginla had intentionally kicked the puck into the net. “There werent that many chances in the third,” said Ryan. “Truthfully I was just hoping that was going to be the game-winner.” Zack Smith, Patrick Wiercioch and Cory Conacher also tallied for the Senators, who got 29 saves from Craig Anderson. The Sens hope to cap December by winning two straight for the first time since a three-game win streak from Nov. 5-9. They can do so by claiming a sixth straight victory over the Capitals. Ottawa notched a 6-4 win at Washington on Nov. 27 in the first of three meetings this season. Ryan scored twice and Anderson made 29 saves as the Caps failed to hold a 3-1 first-period lead. The Sens have won three straight and eight of their past 10 at home versus the Capitals. Washington will play on the road for a second straight night after dropping a 2-1 shootout decision to the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday. Troy Brouwer had a goal for the Capitals, but the Sabres Ryan Miller stopped all six skaters he faced in regulation. Philipp Grubauer, meanwhile, made 16 saves through overtime and turned aside the first five he faced in the tiebreaker before Buffalos Steve Ott blasted a shot over his right shoulder. Washington fell to 1-1-2 in its last four games despite outshooting Buffalo 50-17. "Miller was playing well and we feel like we deserved to win tonight but you encounter some games that just dont go your way, " said Brouwer. Washingtons Alex Ovechkin finished with a season-high 12 shots, but has gone without a goal in three straight for the first time this season. [url=http://www.shopthepanthersonline.com/Elite-Kawa… Short Authentic Jersey[/url] . 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Phil Coke (1-1) pitched a scoreless eighth and Joe Nathan allowed a run in the ninth before earning his 17th save in 22 chances. Astros manager Bo Porter used closer Chad Qualls to face the heart of the order in the eighth, leaving Williams, who has allowed at least one run in eight of his last 11 appearances, to pitch the ninth. Alex Presley had a two-run single in the first inning and added a solo homer in the ninth for Houston. Jose Altuve extended his tear at the plate, getting two hits with a pair of steals. It was his major league-leading 34th multihit game this season and seventh in the last 10 games. He leads the majors with 113 hits and the AL with 34 stolen bases. Houstons Brett Oberholtzer was recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City to make a spot start for Dallas Keuchel, who was scratched with inflammation in his left wrist. Oberholtzer allowed five hits and a run in 6 1-3 innings. Astros rookies George Springer and Jon Singleton hit bacck-to-back singles with one out in the first inning.dddddddddddd Springer advanced to third on Singletons hit, and Singleton reached second on the throw. Presleys hit to centre field scored them both to give Houston a 2-0 lead. Castellanos drew a walk with one out in the seventh and Bryan Holaday singled to chase Oberholtzer. Suarez singled off Josh Zeid to load the bases before Rajai Davis grounded into a force at the plate. Houston left fielder L.J. Hoes sprinted to make a diving catch on a ball hit by Kinsler to end that threat. Scherzer had struck out five of six when Marwin Gonzalez singled to start the seventh. But he was caught trying to steal second. It was the third time Scherzer has fanned at least 13 in his career, and his most strikeouts since he had a career-high 15 in 2012 against Pittsburgh. NOTES: Porter said the Astros dont think the problem with Keuchel is serious and they expect him to make his next scheduled start. … The series wraps up Sunday when Houstons Scott Feldman opposes Drew Smyly. … Astros reliever Jake Buchanan, who picked up his first major league win Friday night, was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City to make room on the roster for Oberholtzer. … Houston centre fielder Dexter Fowler was out of the lineup for the second straight game with tightness in his back. … Altuve became the first player in the majors to get multiple steals in three straight games since B.J. Upton did it for the Rays in 2009. It was Altuves fifth straight game with at least one steal, which ties a franchise record. … The Tigers agreed to terms with their fifth-round draft pick, C Shane Zeile, and their ninth-round selection, RHP Josh Laxer. ’ ’ ’

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MELBOURNE, Australia — Torontos Daniel Nestor and Serbian partner Nenad Zimonjic were beaten by American Eric Butorac and Raven Klaasen of South Africa 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday in the semifinal of the Australian Open. The defeat leaves the 41-year-old Nestor to concentrate on the mixed-doubles event after winning 12 straight matches and winning Australian titles in Brisbane and Sydney with two different partners. “This was a little bit of a let down, but all credit to them,” said Nestor. "They came out firing an showed why they were in the semifinals. They were going for their shots and making them. “They played really well, very aggressive. We started slow and that probably gave them confidence.” The match lasted just 64 minutes, with Zimonjic losing serve twice in the opening sat. Nestor, holder of a record 83 career doubles titles, was unable to carry the entire load as he and Zimonjic re-united this season after a few seasons with other partners. 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Put it all together and there is no one more valuable. Pittsburghs Andrew McCutchen and Baltimores Adam Jones are next behind Trout in runs scored over the past couple seasons, but they also bring pop to the plate, speed to the basepaths and hit for average. In McCutchens case, his .322 batting average over the past two seasons ranks third overall behind Miguel Cabrera and Trout. There are a lot of outfield options that come with question marks — lots of upside too, but definitely question marks. Will Milwaukees Ryan Braun, presumably clean after a PED suspension, still be a masher? Prior to last seasons injury and suspension-shortened campaign, Braun had four straight seasons with at least 25 home runs, 100 RBI and a .300 batting average, with double-digit steals each season, culminating with 30-30 seasons in 2011 and 2012. The Dodgers Yasiel Puig had an immediate impact as a rookie last season, crushing 19 home runs in 382 at-bats, and there is always the concern that such a starburst beginning to a career can lead to a sophomore slump. Its worth banking on talent, and Puig has lots, but beware that he may not automatically pick up where he left off in 2013. Moving away from some of the more volatile picks near the top of the board, there are solid, but not overly exciting, veterans. Matt Holliday is consistent and Cincinnatis Jay Bruce provides reliable power. Even the Yankees Carlos Beltran has been both productive and healthy in the past couple seasons, hitting 56 home runs in more than 1100 at-bats. Other veterans come with some variance, with upside that makes them appealing. Texas Alex Rios is one of five outfielders to have at leastt 40 homers and 40 stolen bases over the past two seasons; the Angels Josh Hamilton had a miserable first season in California, but hes one year removed from a 43 home run season in Texas.dddddddddddd Injuries have dinged new Yankee Jacoby Ellsbury from time to time, but hes also stolen 50 bases in three different seasons, while Torontos Jose Bautista has played a total of 210 games in the past two seasons, yet has still slugged 55 home runs. If youre looking to invest in potential, you can do far worse than targeting Washingtons Bryce Harper, a supremely-talented 21-year-old who has hit 42 home runs in his first two big league seasons, but also plays so hard that injuries may be inevitable if he doesnt learn how to better pick his spots. Milwaukees Carlos Gomez had a breakthrough year as a 27-year-old in 2013 and he joins Trout as the only outfielders with at least 40 homers and 70 stolen bases over the past two seasons. Pittsburghs Starling Marte swiped 41 bases in his first full season, Tampa Bays Wil Myers showed some power as a rookie, hitting 13 home runs in 335 at-bats. There are maybe a handful of outfielders that have the potential to hit more than 40 home runs and Miamis Giancarlo Stanton — who has 37 and 34-homer seasons already — is one of them. Risk with potential is also attached to the Dodgers Matt Kemp, who has missed 145 games over the past two seasons; the Mets Curtis Granderson, who played only 61 games for the Yankees in 2013, but had back-to-back 40-homer seasons prior to that. The Braves Jason Heyward had a 20-20 season in 2012 before injuries cost him 58 games last season, but Heyward has potential to put together a big power season. Cincinnati speedster Billy Hamilton has to have some value, for no other reason than hes the most dangerous base-stealer in a generation. If Hamilton has even passable on-base numbers, his steals will tilt a category. 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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Although Darryl Sutter hasnt coached in the NHL since the 2005-06 season, he didnt need much time to get back into the swing of things on his first day with the Los Angeles Kings. Sutter ran his first practice Wednesday morning at the clubs training facility after a meeting with the players, then was introduced to the media during a news conference at a nearby hotel and said: “I feel like I coached yesterday.” A stern, no-nonsense coach known for his confrontational demeanour and perpetual scowl behind the bench during his 12 previous seasons with Chicago, San Jose and Calgary, Sutter has been known to criticize his players in post-game sessions with the media. He did it once with Flames defenceman Andrew Ference after a 4-1 loss to the Kings in Los Angeles, referring to him as “a borderline competitor for us for a number of games.” “Hopefully it jump-starts them,” Sutter said. “One thing that hasnt changed in the game and never will is (the importance of) hustle. Its men playing a boys game, and there is some emotion involved in it. I mean, I dont think theres a lack of emotion here at all. But you have to get a consistent pattern of it. Thats what I have to get out of them, and I know I can.” The Kings are one of six teams to make a coaching change since the start of the season, and the only one that needed an interim coach to bridge the gap until the replacement came on. John Stevens was 2-2 after the dismissal of Terry Murray, who was one victory shy of 500 when he got the boot on Dec. 12. Sutters debut will be Thursday night at Staples Center against Anaheim. The Ducks fired Randy Carlyle immediately following their game on Nov. 31 and replaced him with former Washington coach Bruce Boudreau, the only one to be fired this season and hired by another club. “Now that Terrys gone, we have to move on,” captain Dustin Brown said. "Some of us have been together four, five, six years — and Darryls coming in brand new and doesnt know any of us. But I dont think its going to be that difficult. “Its one thing if youre going to bring in a new coach and hes going to bring in a whole new system. Then it could be really difficult, because then youre thinking about what you have to do on the ice — as opposed to reacting,” Brown added. “As Darryl said to us, everythings going to be the same in terms of our system and our personnel. Its our attitude thats going to have to be the difference-maker.” Brown hasnt had enough time to do any advance scouting of his own on his new coach with other players around the league, but did have a chance to talk with one of Sutters former players — teammate Scott Thornton — after scoring the deciding goal in Mondays 3-2 shootout win at Toronto. “Scott said he hated him when he played for him. But looking back, he said it was some of the best hockey hes played as a professional,” Brown said. “I dont really know the man very well yet and I havent spent much time with him, so its hard for me to comment on what hes going to bring. But theres some renewed excitement here.” After watching the Kings previous five games on television and videotapes of previous games sent to him by general manager Dean Lombardi, Sutter acknowledged that he had a feel for the team and what it was lacking — aside from the obvious, which is scoring. The Kings, whose 72 goals are tied with the New York Islanders for the fewest in the league, are currently on a streak of 12 consecutive games scoring two goals or fewer in regulation. “The team has played without Mike Richards for the last couple of weeks (concussion), Drew Doughty missed training camp (due to a contract holdout), and weve got Justin Williams coming off major shoulder surgery. So Its not as easy as it sounds to score goals and play well,” Sutter said. “Weve got a lot of work to do. We want it to happen in a hurry, obviously, but well get there.” At 53, Sutter inherits an underachieving 15-14-4 club that entered Wednesday three points out of a playoff spot in the Western Conference after four-game road trip that included a 3-0 loss at Boston and an 8-2 defeat at Detroit. “The power play is important, and you have to get results at some point,” he said. “We just need to be better, thats all. Getting Richards back will help. But whats going to have to be there in the end is that they all have to defend really well and that they all play hard. Weve got really strong leadership, and I think we can manifest that and pull that out of that here.” The Kings were 24-19-5 with five ties against teams coached by Sutter, but finished lower in the Western Conference standings than Sutters clubs in seven of his nine full seasons behind the bench. The last time Sutter coached a game at Staples Center was April 2, 2004, when the Flames clinched a playoff berth with a 3-2 win. This is the ninth time in franchise history the Kings will finish a season with a different coach than the one they started with. They made the playoffs on three of those occasions — 1982 after Don Perry replaced Parker MacDonald, 1987 after Mike Murphy took over for Pat Quinn, and 1988 after Robbie Ftorek succeeded Murphy. Sutter will coach against all three of his former teams within the next 3 1/2 weeks, starting with the Sharks on Friday night at San Jose. This is the second time Lombardi has hired Sutter to coach. When they were together in San Jose, the Sharks increased their point total every season that Sutter was behind the bench. But they were eliminated from the first round of the playoffs three times, and from the second round twice. Sutter has a career record of 409-320-131 in the regular season, and a 47-54 mark in the playoffs. He has won a division title in each of his other three stops and his teams have made the playoffs 10 times — including 2004, when the Flames reached the Stanley finals and lost to Tampa Bay in seven games. [url=http://www.thebaltimoreravensproshop.com/kids-j… Jones Ravens Jersey[/url] .J. — Thierry Henry and Lloyd Sam scored second-half goals to give the New York Red Bulls their first win of the season, 2-1 over the Philadelphia Union on Wednesday night. [url=http://www.thebaltimoreravensproshop.com/kids-s… Smith Sr[/url] . Barcelona says Pique tore a muscle in his right leg. The Spain international will miss Spanish league games against Almeria and Valladolid, but should be back for the Champions league match against Manchester City on March 12. http://www.thebaltimoreravensproshop.com/kids-c…. — LaMarcus Aldridge knew when it was his time. [url=http://www.thebaltimoreravensproshop.com/kids-m… Huff Ravens Jersey[/url] . — Champ Bailey finally gets a chance to live up to his name. 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Dotsons basket sealed a 70-68 comeback victory in dramatic fashion and helped the Ducks remain unbeaten on Thursday night in the Pac-12 opener for both teams. “That was unbelievable,” said Dotson, who finished with 11 points. “I never had a game-winner like that before. Its the greatest feeling for me. Thats a great way to start conference (play).” Richard Amardi had 14 points and Artis added 12 for Oregon (13-0, 1-0), which rallied from a 10-point deficit in the second half. The Ducks are off to their best start since winning 13 straight games to open the 2006-07 season. Oregon won despite shooting only 38.7 per cent (24 of 62) from the field. The Ducks made up the difference by holding the Utes to 38.1 per cent (24 of 63). Both teams ranked in the top five nationally in field goal percentage coming into the game. “Nobody got a rhythm to their offence,” Oregon coach Dana Altman said. “Theyre a good offensive team. I like to think we are. Neither team had a very good rhythm and missed some open shots. I dont know if it was tight because it was the first conference game. I dont know what it was. But there wasnt much flow offensively to the game.” Jordan Loveridge scored 21 points for Utah, while Delon Wright chipped in 14 and Bachynski added 11 points and 12 rebounds. The Utes (11-2, 0-1) led by as many as 10 points in the second half, but could not overcome the last-second turnover. Wright put the Utes ahead 68-66 with consecutive baskets. But Dotson made two free throws to tie it in the final minute before coming up with the winning basket. Loveridge got off a 3-point attempt before the buzzer, but it bounced off the rim. He had a chance for a game-winning 3-pointer onn the final play of regulation, but that shot also came up short.dddddddddddd “We know we can play and compete with everyone in the league,” Loveridge said. “Hopefully next time we can make the plays down the stretch. The guys that have been here the last few years understand what we need to do moving forward. It hurts of course but we cant sit back and think about it.” Utah smothered Oregon on the defensive end to start both halves and the Utes built a 10-point lead early in the second half when Dakarai Tucker drained a 3-pointer to put Utah ahead 45-35 with 13:45 left. That lead did not last long. Oregon tied the game behind a 12-2 spurt that started and finished with layups by Elgin Cook. The Ducks finally took a 51-49 lead on a tip-in basket by Amardi with 7:32 left. “We got a little loose with the ball and didnt have that same intensity,” Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak said. “I think it was surprising to our guys to see them continue to run with us.” The Ducks went up 58-55 on Johnathan Loyds layup with 3:46 remaining. Wright made a layup and two free throws to tie it at 60. The Utes finally retook the lead briefly at 62-60 when Brandon Taylor made two free throws with 42 seconds left. Dotson made two free throws with 27.5 seconds left. Then Loveridge misfired on the potential game winner and the game went to overtime. It offered a snapshot of Utahs struggles from long range. The Utes shot just 15.8 per cent (3 of 19) from beyond the arc. “We knew they had a couple of shooters, so we were just trying to close out and run them off the line,” Loyd said. “If they did get it up, we tried to contest everything. And it worked for us. They missed some shots for us.” Oregon opened the game by missing 12 of its first 14 shots from the field and went without a field goal for 6:18 between its first and second baskets of the game. The Ducks shot 35.7 per cent from the field (10 of 27) in the first half. Utah had a 20-10 edge in points in the paint in the first half even though both teams had 19 rebounds. ’ ’ ’

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SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco 49ers and offensive lineman Daniel Kilgore have agreed to a three-year contract extension through the 2017 season. The 49ers announced the deal Thursday. San Francisco selected Kilgore in the fifth round of the 2011 draft out of Appalachian State. He has played in 33 regular-season games, plus all six playoff games the last two seasons. He has split time at guard and centre. With veteran centre Jonathan Goodwin set to become an unrestricted free agent, Kilgore could take over the starting centre role next season. Goodwin has started every game for the 49ers the last three seasons under coach Jim Harbaugh. Niners general manager Trent Baalke said in a statement that Kilgores deal is “another example of our philosophy to extend the contracts of our own young players.” [url=http://www.shoptheofficialpackers.com/Elite-Mik… Neal Authentic Jersey[/url] . — One game. 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Rookie Victor Oladipo, who had grabbed the rebound on Durants miss with 2.9 seconds left and passed ahead to Harkless to start the break, pounded his chest after the play and screamed “This is our floor!” as the crowd roared. “I saw Victor get the (rebound) and I just wanted to be down there, whether or not he shot a layup or if he made it, congratulate him, to get a tip-in — anything,” Harris said. “But he kicked it to Mo and I just kept running. Mo saw me and my whole momentum was just to get it in the rim.” Harris led the Magic with 18 points, followed by Arron Afflalo with 16. Orlandos bench outscored the Oklahoma Citys 36-23. The win gives the Magic their first four-game home winning streak in two years. It also snaps the Thunders five-game winning streak in the series. “I was drawing up our defensive strategy unless they had point-something left on the clock,” Magic coach Jacque Vaughn said. “But well take it.” Durant led the Thunder with 29 points and 12 assists. Serge Ibaka added 26 points. The loss was just the second in 14 games for Oklahoma City. Durants points and assists accounted for half of his teams points in the first half. But he scored just 12 points on 5-for-13 shooting in the second half. He was 1 for 7 in the fourth. “We couldnt do anything (in the second half). We were just a step slow,” Durant said. “We kept running the same plays. We didnt help on the back side. We let guys cut to basket. … There were just mental breakdowns.” The Magic made eight of their first 11 shots to starrt the third quarter and trailed by eight entering the fourth.dddddddddddd Vaughn said before the game that the matchup would turn on whether the Magics second unit could outplay the Thunders bench. His prediction came true. Without their starters on the floor, the Magic kept their third-quarter momentum going by scoring the first eight points of the final period to cut the Thunders lead and tie it at 88-all with just over 9 minutes to play. Durant was re-inserted into the game and promptly put his team back in front with a jumper from the wing. The Magic kept coming, though, and took their first lead, 91-90, on a pair of free throws by Harris at the 7:59 mark. The game stayed tight and was tied at 99 when Durant came down on the break and found Thabo Sefolosha in the corner for a 3-pointer with 1:56 left. Glen Davis drew an offensive foul and on the ensuing possession Afflalo was fouled on a 3-point attempt with less than a minute to play. He hit two of his three attempts to trim the gap to 102-101 and set up the final sequence. The Thunder hovered above 70 per cent shooting early on and led by as many as 17 points in the first half. The Magic hung around, shooting 52 per cent themselves for the half. But they couldnt match Oklahoma Citys 8-for-12 shooting from 3. The Thunder also had 17 assists. But the Magic held them to just 37 points in the second half. “We came in at halftime and watched the film and talked about how we could help ourselves,” Vaughn said. “There were numerous possessions in the first half where we could have been in better places … and we did that in the second half and that was the difference.” NOTES: The Magic honoured former players Sam Vincent and Jeff Turner, along with former team executive John Gabriel as part of their 25th anniversary season celebration. … Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Darrelle Revis sat courtside Friday. Model Kate Upton also was in attendance, sitting on the baseline alongside Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander. … A Magic season-ticket holder won $10,000 during a timeout promotion by hitting a free throw, layup and 3-pointer within 24 seconds. ’ ’ ’

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ST. MORITZ, Switzerland - Fog prevented downhill racers from getting their Olympic dress rehearsal. Poor visibility on the middle section of the course forced World Cup officials to call off a mens downhill on Saturday, the last speed race before the Sochi Olympics. A womens giant slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, was also cancelled because of poor weather. The start of the race was postponed several times and pushed back more than two hours before officials finally gave up. “It was the right decision,” overall and downhill World Cup leader Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway said. The fog never lifted around the middle of the already shortened Corviglia course. The downhill on Feb. 9 is the first Alpine event of the Sochi Games. A giant slalom is scheduled for Sunday in St. Moritz. The races in St. Moritz replaced the ones that had been scheduled for Garmisch-Partenkirchen but had to be called off for lack of snow in the German resort. Too much snow and fog were the problem in St. Moritz. Heavy snowfall forced the cancellation of downhill training on Friday. It still snowed on Saturday, although not that heavily, but this time fog descended on the course to force another cancellation. Svindal said the Olympics were not on his mind as he waited, in vain, for the start. “You want to win a World Cup race, you are not thinking of Sochi. Its exciting to win a World Cup race,” Svindal said. With race officials constantly inspecting the course, Svindal said, they were in a better position to judge the conditions. “Its too bad but thats the way it is. The fog is moving in and out and maybe you can have one or two racers on the course and then it would have to be stopped,” he said. “It wouldnt be safe and it wouldnt be fair.” [url=http://www.authenticbuccaneersshop.com/Kevin-Pa… Pamphile Jersey[/url] . Cammalleri scored two goals, Corban Knight netted the winner in a shootout, and the Flames erased a two-goal deficit in the third period to beat the Stars 4-3 on Friday night. [url=http://www.authenticbuccaneersshop.com/Kevin-Pa… Kevin Pamphile Jersey[/url] . The Scotsman was dismissed only five days after being told by the club he would remain in charge for the “foreseeable future. ”http://www.authenticbuccaneersshop.com/Alterraun-Verner-Buccaneers-Jersey">http://www.authenticbuccaneersshop.com/Alterrau…. Johnson, 34, appeared in three games for the Baltimore Orioles last season after being acquired from the New York Yankees organization on Aug. 30. The six-foot-two, 210-pound native of Coon Rapids, Minn. [url=http://www.authenticbuccaneersshop.com/Charles… Sims Buccaneers Jersey[/url] . — The linebacker with 100 per cent attendance says theres a 99 per cent chance hes done. [url=http://www.authenticbuccaneersshop.com/Warren-S… Warren Sapp Jersey[/url] . Lowry led the Raptors to a 3-1 week, averaging 25.0 points per game, 8.0 assists and 2.3 steals.BIRMINGHAM, England — Matej Vydra scored a late equalizer to give West Bromwich Albion a 1-1 draw against Hull in the Premier League in caretaker manager Keith Downings first home game in charge. Jake Livermore had given Hull the lead by finishing off a counterattack in the 28th minute, but Vydra equalized in the 86th with his first goall for the club to end a four-game losing streak in the league for the Baggies.dddddddddddd The Czech striker is on loan from Udinese. Manager Steve Clarke was fired last weekend because of the poor run, and the team is still only three points above the relegation zone. Hull is another three points above it, in 12th place. ’ ’ ’

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VANCOUVER – Eric Hassli has been enjoying some home cooking thanks to the visiting mother of Swiss teammate Davide Chiumiento. On Sunday, the big French striker feasted on the Chicago Fire by scoring two goals in the Vancouver Whitecaps 4-2 victory in MLS action. After his second goal, off a rebound from a Camilo free kick, Chiumiento and Hassli joined in a celebration. “That was for her,” Hassli said of Chiumientos mom. “Shes amazing.” Hassli got the Whitecaps off to a quick start with a goal in the first minute, then missed a penalty before giving Vancouver a 4-1 cushion. While the Whitecaps scored four times for the first time since their victory over Toronto FC in their first game of the season on March 19, their focus for this win was on defence. “The whole team played really hard,” Hassli said through an interpreter after moving into third place in MLS scoring with 10 goals. “We worked hard all week. The first objective was to work together.” Gershon Koffie, with his first MLS goal, and Camilo with his seventh of the season after turning on two defenders, were the other Vancouver scorers. Koffies goal came in the 24th minute and was a quick answer to Dominic Oduros effort that tied the game 1-1. Second-half substitute Orr Barouch was the other Chicago scorer. Vancouvers third victory of the season ended a six-game winless streak dating back to June 18, while Chicago now has two losses and six ties in their last eight games. The Whitcaps, 3-11-9, are last in the Western Conference while Chicago, 2-7-13, which last won on June 12, are the Eastern Conference doormats. The expansion Whitecaps were coming off their worst loss of the season, a 4-0 home defeat to the LA Galaxy on July 30, when they took an early lead against the Fire before 18,714 fans. Chicago defender Yamith Cuesta misplayed a chance to cut off a Jordan Harvey pass and Hassli ran on to it with nobody between himself and Chicago keeper Sean Johnson. “Eric was putting a lot of pressure on (Cuesta) and the ball squeaks out to him,” said Vancouver goalie Jay Nolly who got the start after Joe Cannon conceded four goals to the Galaxy. “A guy of his quality is just going to put it away.” Fire interim coach Frank Klopas said Hasslis goal and the quick reply on a long volley by Koffie came from a lack of focus by his club. “When you make mistakes like that, youre not going to win, especially when you give up four goals on the night,” Klopas said. “You give up that fast goal for some reason. Hassli took a great shot but it was way too fast.” The goal was a start to an important win for the expansion club, Nolly said. “We need to make a statement. Whether its a final charge into the playoffs, a good note for the organization, the fans … we have an opportunity to show we want to be here.” While his two strikers combined for three goals, Whitecaps coach Tom Soehn said they also contributed defensively. “Camilo and Eric did a fantastic job of pressuring and winning balls to help us out in the middle of the park,” said Soehn who was a teammate of Klopas when the Fire won the MLS Cup in 1998. “Defensively it was a much better commitment that we need to do to win games.” Both Klopas and Soehn took over the coaching reins of their respective clubs on May 30 - Soehn when Teitur Thordarson was fired and Klopas when Carlos de los Colbos was axed by the Fire. 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Sobotka had seveen goals and a total of 25 points from 46 games this season.dddddddddddd Czech coach Alois Hadamczik announced the replacement Tuesday, recalling Erat for his third Olympics. The 32-year-old right wing helped the Czechs win the bronze medal at Turin in 2006. The Czechs open the tournament Feb. 12 against Sweden and also face Latvia and Switzerland in Group C. ’ ’ ’

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BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox werent getting much done this season. Thats why the defending World Series champions turned to their youth. With five rookies in the starting lineup, the last-place Red Sox chased Chicago ace Chris Sale and rallied from a four-run deficit to beat the White Sox 5-4 on Wednesday night. The victory snapped Bostons four-game losing streak. “Once we got Sale out of the game, then we were able to create opportunities,” Red Sox manager John Farrell said. “Tip your hat to a very, very good pitcher. But we didnt roll over by any means.” Sale had allowed just four hits when he left the game with two outs in the eighth inning and a 4-0 lead. But Jake Petricka faced four batters and couldnt get an out, and by the time Javy Guerra (0-1) retired Mike Carp to end the eighth it was 4-3. With one out in the ninth, Guerra hit Mookie Betts — who was playing his sixth major league game — and then gave up a double to pinch-hitter Daniel Nava. Brock Holt, another rookie, singled for the first walk-off hit of his career. The win was just the second for Boston in its last nine games. “We were able to finish it off, which is something we havent been able to do recently,” Holt said. “So its a good feeling.” Sale is in contention for the last spot on the AL All-Star team, a fan vote that will be announced Thursday. An All-Star the last two seasons, the left-hander walked none and struck out six before his bullpen cost him a chance to improve to 9-1. “Put that all on me. Ive got to go in there and shut the door,” Guerra said. “He deserves a win every time he throws the ball that way. The guys special. He deserves a win.” Koji Uehara (5-2), who was added to the AL All-Star team earlier Wednesday, earned the win. Jose Abreu and Conor Gillaspie homered to help stake Chicago, which had won three straight, to a 4-0 lead. Sale did not allow a runner to reach third base until the eighth, when Betts led off with an odd double — he beat out an infield single and took second when he noticed no one was covering — then moved up on a groundout. After getting Holt to ground out, Sale was replaced by Petricka and the Red Sox saw their chance. “Hes one of the best pitchers in the game,” Nava said. “Whether hes an All-Star or not, hes an All-Star-caliber pitcher.” Abreu hit a solo homer to deep centre field in the first inning, his 28th of the season. Only Mark McGwire, who had 33 homers at the 1987 All-Star break, hit more in the first half of his rookie season. Gillaspie added a solo shot in the second, and the White Sox made it 3-0 when he doubled and scored in the fourth. Tyler Flowers and Adam Eaton had consecutive doubles in the seventh to make it 4-0. It stayed that way until White Sox manager Robin Ventura pulled Sale with two outs in the eighth, and Petricka couldnt get an out. The Red Sox had a few good plays in the field, though, thanks largely to their young players. It was the earliest in the season the Red Sox have started five rookies in a game since 1952. Rookie centre fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. made a diving catch of Flowers line drive in the second. In the seventh, Eaton doubled off the Green Monster, with the ball coming down off left fielder Jonny Gomes nose. Gomes retrieved it and made a throw that was relayed by rookie third baseman Xander Bogaerts to catcher Christian Vazquez, who was making his major-league debut. Gomes spent the rest of the half-inning plugging his nose with his undershirt, apparently to keep it from bleeding, but remained in the game. NOTES: Vazquez was called up to replace C A.J. Pierzynski, who was designated for assignment. … Sale would be the first White Sox pitcher to make three straight All-Star teams since Jack McDowell in 1991-93. … Uehara was named to the All-Star team as a replacement for Yankees starter Masihiro Tanaka, who was placed on the DL on Wednesday…. Rubby De La Rosa, who was recalled from Triple-A earlier Wednesday, gave up three runs and six hits, striking out three in five innings. [url=http://www.authenticsaintsteamshop.com/Corey-Wh… White Saints Jersey[/url] . “There are a lot of kids out there in my situation, probably far worse situations,” he said in a phone interview with The Associated Press. 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The Kings won the Stanley Cup two years ago with that basic formula, and they can see it clicking again as they close in on another playoff run.DUMFRIES, United Kingdom – Canada defeated Estonia 8-7 on Sunday to remain in third place in its group at the world mixed doubles curling championship. Wayne and Cindy Tuck of Ilderton, Ont., improved to 4-1 with the victory at the Dumfries Ice Bowl. Canada is chasing unbeaten Swedeen (5-0) and second-place Scotland (5-1) in the Group B standings.dddddddddddd The Czech Republic, Norway and Russia are the other unbeaten teams after 17 sessions of play. Round-robin play continues through Tuesday and the medal games are scheduled for Wednesday. ’ ’ ’

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — After watching his team fail to hold a big lead in its previous game, Barry Trotz was happy to watch the Predators build another and hold on for a win. “Last night we cheated in a couple areas,” Trotz said. “Tonight we managed the puck better. We exited better. All those type of things were much better for us.” Nashville scored twice in a five-minute span in the second period on the way to a 4-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night. It marked the second straight win for the Predators, who lost a 3-0 advantage in Ottawa on Monday before beating the Senators in overtime. “We werent going to let that happen two games in a row,” said Colin Wilson, who had two assists for Nashville. Shea Weber had a goal and an assist for the Predators, who also got goals from Nick Spaling, Craig Smith and Paul Gaustad. Drew Stafford scored for Buffalo, which has lost three in a row. After Nashville built a 3-1 lead, backup goaltender Carter Hutton helped stave off a Buffalo attack that controlled possession and outshot Nashville 11-5 in the second period. “Keeping that two-goal lead going into the third was pretty huge for us, confidence heading out there,” Hutton said. “After last night, we knew we were going to lock it down and play our game.” Hutton had allowed multiple goals in eight consecutive starts entering the game, but was stout on Tuesday. “Hutton was really good,” Trotz said. “He stabilized us when they had a little push.” The Predators arrived in Buffalo after 2 a.m. after Mondays game at Ottawa and skipped their morning skate before having to fight off a slow start to Tuesdays game. “It was penalties right off the bat,” Trotz said. “First five minutes, we were killing the four. Thats a hard way to get going, especially when youre in back-to-back. Those are hard minutes.” An early power play helped Buffalo take a 1-0 lead at 2:09 of the first as Stafford pulled a rebound away from Huttons left pad to score his 12th goal of the season. The goal ended a 0-for-11 slump for the Sabres power play, and came in Staffords 500th career NHL game. Yet aside from Staffords line, Buffalo had trouble generating offence. “There was only one line basically going,” Sabres interim head coach Ted Nolan said. “Youre not going to win too many games doing that.” Nashvilles equalizer came at the 17:10 mark of the first period, as Spaling used his skate to deflect a Weber shot past Jhonas Enroth. The power-play goal came on Nashvilles only attempt with the man advantage. Tied at 1 after 20 minutes, Weber picked up a drop pass from Wilson and beat Enroth to make it 2-1 at the 3:33 mark of the second. Smith doubled Nashvilles advantage at 7:51. His low slap shot from just in front of the blue line beat Enroth between the legs. The goal was Smiths 20th of the season, a career best. “Its great, a good feeling,” Smith said. “We just have to keep moving forward, trying to make a little push here.” The game was a shaky one for Enroth, who had played well since Buffalo traded Ryan Miller to St. Louis on Feb. 28. Buffalos Zenon Konopka was challenged to fight by Gaustad at 9:20 of the second after the Sabres forward put an open-ice hit on Viktor Stalberg. Gaustad received a two-minute instigator and 10-minute misconduct in addition to his fighting major. Trotz thought the penalty was questionable, and appreciated Gaustads response. “To me that was a really good glue play,” Trotz said. "We thought it was a questionable hit and thats what you want your team to stand up for each other. “Gaustad knows how tough Konopka is, and thats why hes so valuable to us. He brings those intangibles. He does whats right and is very detailed in his game.” Hutton made a big save on Tyler Ennis moments later. Stafford worked the puck behind the net before passing to Cody Hodgson, whose high shot was gloved by the Nashville goaltender. “He made a bunch of great saves that kept us in it,” Wilson said of Hutton. “It could have been a bit of a different game if they got a couple at the beginning there.” The Sabres finished 1 for 4 on the power play. Gaustad added an empty-net goal at the 18:29 mark of the third period to a chorus of boos from a crowd that chanted his nickname “Goose” when he was a Sabre. “We joked about that,” Gaustad said. “I didnt know when I was here if they were booing me or saying my name. Some of the best fans and people on Earth. 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CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson offensive co-ordinator Chad Morris had two words of counsel this week for Tajh Boyd: “Have fun.” It appears he got the message — loud and clear. Boyd threw for three touchdowns and rushed for another score, leading the Tigers to a 56-7 victory over Wake Forest on Saturday. The terrific performance made him the second Atlantic Coast Conference quarterback to account for 100 career TDs. “It was a fun game,” Boyd said. “I got a lot of chances to smile out there.” Boyds return to form was part of a solid day on several fronts for the Tigers, (4-0, 2-0), who have won their first four games for the second time in the QBs three seasons as starter. Clemson figures to be the favourite the next two weeks against Syracuse and Boston College. Then the Tigers host undefeated ACC rival Florida State on Oct. 19. Boyd accounted for five TDs in Clemsons season-opening victory against Georgia, making the quarterback a contender for the Heisman Trophy and stamping the Tigers as a team to watch this season. But Boyd was held without a scoring pass and played less than a half against South Carolina State. Then he looked out of sync in Clemsons previous game, a 26-14 win at North Carolina State. Morris thought Boyd was putting too much pressure on himself, and the quarterback said he just needed to relax to improve his play. “The biggest thing for me is just to go out and enjoy,” playing football, Boyd said. “Ive pretty much accomplished everything you can accomplish in a college career, minus a couple of things. But, now Ive got to enjoy this last go-round with my guys.” Boyds performance against Wake Forest left him at 102 TDs in college, joining former North Carolina State star Phillip Rivers in the ACCs century club. Boyd passed for 311 yards and ran for 69 to surpass Charlie Whitehurst as Clemsons total offence leader. Morris worked hard to get Clemsons high-speed offence back on track. “This has been a very challenging week for those guys,” Morris said. “Just to get into a rhythm, get into a groove and not press.” Boyd and the Tigers started fast against Wake Forest (2-3, 0-2). Boyd had touchdown throws of 64 yards to Sammy Watkins, 75 yards to D.J. Howard and 14 yards to Mike Williams as Clemson built a 35-7 halftime lead. Clemsons single-game scoring record came in an 82-24 win over Wake Forest during the Tigers national championship season in 1981 - and they looked as if they planned to better that mark early on in this one. Clemson scored on its first three possessions, with Boyd ending his mini-slump along the way. He connected with favourite target Watkins to get the scoring started. Zac Brooks added a 10-yard touchdown run before Howard turned a simple swing pass into a second long scoring play that brought Boyd to the century mark. Rivers accounted for 112 touchdowns with the Wolfpack from 2000-03. Wake Forests defence then stepped up, with nose guard Nikita Whitlock sacking Boyd to stall one series and the Demon Deacons sending the Tigers off the field for three straight three-and-outs. But Boyd eventually cranked up the Tigers offence once again. He ended a 67-yard drive with a 2-yard TD run, powering through the line when he was initially stopped on a fourth-and-short leap. Boyds final touchdown pass went to freshman Williams, a sliding 14-yard grab that gave Clemson a 35-7 lead. Williams was in because starter Martavis Bryant was held out the opening half after he made a throat-slash gesture when he scored at North Carolina State on Sept. 19. The Tigers outgained Wake Forest 361-142 over the first 30 minutes. The Demon Deacons lone score came on Tanner Prices 10-yard pass to Sherman Ragland III in the opening period. Price had Wake Forest on the move on its next series until he fumbled on third down at the Clemson 32. The Tigers pulled away from there. “They ran a lot of blitzes on defences that made it tough for us to run a lot of offensive stuff,” Price said. “Weve got to make some more plays.” Things didnt get much better for Wake Forest in the second half. Boyd was back for Clemsons first series and directed a 10-play, 46-yard drive that finished with tailback C.J. Davidsons first career score. Boyd was off to the sideline after that, smiling and enjoying watching the backups play. The Demon Deacons managed just 80 yards in the second half. Coach Jim Grobe put freshman Tyler Cameron and little-used junior Patrick Thompson in at quarterback for Price. Clemson starting tailback Rod McDowell had just three carries before leaving with an ankle problem. 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Peter Trainor and Samuel Morin each had a goal and an assist for the Oceanic (21-11-7), who picked up at least one point in their seventh straight game, and Alexis Loiseau and Michael Joly had a goal apiece. Francois Brassard made 30 saves for the Remparts while Rimouskis Philippe Desrosiers stopped 24-of-29 shots in a losing cause. Quebec went 2 for 6 on the power play as the Oceanic scored three times on six chances with the man advantage. -- SAGUENEENS 2 DRAKKAR 1 BAIE-COMEAU, Que. - Julio Billia stopped 46-of-47 shots, including all 17 he faced in the third period, as Chicoutimi held on to edge the Drakkar. Thomas Gobeil gave the Sagueneens (19-19-1) a 1-0 lead in the first period and Laurent Dauphin scored the eventual winner midway through the second. Baie-Comeaus (24-10-4) Alexandre Ranger scored at 14:58 of the second to make it a one-goal game heading into the final period. Philippe Cadorette made 14 saves for the Drakkar, who have dropped back-to-back contests. -- TIGRES 5 CATARACTES 3 SHAWINIGAN, Que. - Mathieu Ayotte scored twice and Samuel Blais had a goal and two assists as Victoriaville came from behind to down the Cataractes. Ross Johnston had a goal and an assist for the Tigres (14-17-6), who trailed 3-1 after 20 minutes of action, while Gabriel Gagnes power-play goal at 17:07 of the third period stood up as the eventual winner. Alex Pawelczyk had a pair of goals for Shawinigan (9-26-3) and Dylan Labbe scored once. Victoriavilles Charles-Olivier Lajoie made 30 saves for the win as Storm Phaneuf turned aside 27 shots for the Cataractes. -- VOLTIGEURS 5 PHOENIX 2 SHERBROOKE, Que. - Matthew Boudens scored once and set up two more and Frederick Gaudreau added two goals as Drummondville extended its win streak to six games by downing the Phoenix. Olivier Caouette and Jerome Verrier also scored for the Voltigeurs (25-11-2), who are 9-1-0 in their last 10 outings. Time Wieser and Jean-Christophe Laflamme supplied the offence for Sherbrooke (13-22-4), which is on a three-game slide. Louis-Philip Guindon made 22 saves for Drummondville while Francis Desrosiers kicked out 32-of-36 shots for the Phoenix. -- ISLANDERS 4 TITAN 0 CHARLOTTETOWN - Antoine Bibeau earned his first sshutout of the season and sixth of his career as the Islanders blanked Acadie-Bathurst.dddddddddddd Bibeau stopped 30 shots for Charlottetown (15-19-5) while Daniel Sprong led the club offensively with a goal and two assists. Jack Nevins, Alexandre Goulet and Alexis Pepin also scored for the Islanders. Matthew Boudrea led the Titan (14-20-4) with six shots on Bibeau and Jacob Brennan made 18 saves in defeat. -- MOOSEHEADS 5 SCREAMING EAGLES 3 HALIFAX - The Mooseheads scored four unanswered goals in the third period to hand Cape Breton its fourth loss in a row. Nikolaj Ehlers scored twice for Halifax (24-14-1), who trailed 3-1 heading into the third, while Vincent Watt, Cavan Fitzgerald and MacKenzie Weegar added a goal apiece. Julien Pelletier, William Carrier and Charles-Eric Legare scored for the Screaming Eagles (19-16-3) and Justin Hache chipped in with two assists. Keven Darveau made 42 saves for the Mooseheads as Chase Marchand allowed four goals on 18 shots for Cape Breton. -- WILDCATS 5 SEA DOGS 4 SAINT JOHN - Christophe Lalondes goal at 14:26 of the third period stood as the winner as Moncton slipped past the Sea Dogs for its ninth straight victory. Ryan Penny, Will Smith, Stephen Johnson and Christopher Caissy also scored for the Wildcats (21-17-2) while Lalonde tacked on two assists for a three-point night. Matthew Highmore had two goals for Saint John (9-24-3) and Jurij Repe and Stephen Anderson each scored once. Alex Dubeau made 35 saves for Moncton as Sebastien Auger turned away 27-of-32 shots for the Sea Dogs. -- OLYMPIQUES 4 ARMADA 2 GATINEAU, Que. - Emile Poirier had a hat trick for the Olympiques as they doubled up Blainville-Boisbriand, the leagues top team. Poirier scored even strength, shorthanded and once on the power play for Gatineau (24-13-1) while Marc Beckstead produced his clubs fourth goal. Nikita Jevpalovs and Olivier Picard scored for the Armada (25-6-7), which has a five-point edge over Baie-Comeau for first in the QMJHL. Robert Steeves made 17 saves for the Olympiques as Etienne Marcoux stopped 13-of-16 shots for Blainville-Boisbriand. -- FOREURS 5 HUSKIES 4 (OT) VAL-DOR, Que. — Guillaume Gelinas scored 47 seconds into overtime as the Foreurs downed Rouyn-Noranda. Randy Gazzola, Samuel Henley, Nicolas Aube-Kubel and Jeremie Fraser also scored for Val-dOr (26-12-1) and Louis Marcotte chipped in with two assists. Gabriel Slight scored twice for the Huskies (22-10-5), Jean-Sebastien Dea had a goal and two assists and Francis Perron added a single goal. Francois Tremblay made 27 saves for the Foreurs while Alexandre Belanger stopped 32 shots for Rouyn-Noranda. ’ ’ ’

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — President Dilma Rousseff appealed to Brazilians to support the World Cup, using a nationally televised address less than two days before the tournament starts to rebuke the “pessimists” who complain the country shouldnt be hosting the event. Brazils World Cup preparations have stoked countless protests from those angered by the billions spent on the event while the quality of public services in the health, education, security and transport spheres is lacking. In a pre-taped speech aired during prime time Tuesday night, Rousseff called on all Brazilians to back the national team regardless of their political persuasion or whether they fully agree with the nation hosting the event. “Im certain that in the 12 host cities, visitors are going to mix with a happy, generous and hospitable people, and be impressed by a nation full of natural beauty and which fights each day to become more equal,” she said, referring to sharp drops in poverty that Brazil has seen in the past decade under Workers Party leadership. Rousseff also defended the $11.5 billion spent on the Cup. Three out of every four Brazilians polled say they are convinced that corruption has tinged the myriad works related to the Cup. An Associated Press investigation earlier this year found that big construction firms responsible for building the bulk of the stadiums, roads and other works had dramatically increased their campaign contributions since Brazil was named as the host of this years Cup. Much of that money was funneled to Rousseffs ruling Workers Party though spending also went to the opposition. In one case, top builder Andrade Gutierrez, which has helped build or renovate four stadiums, hiked campaign contributions 500-fold from one election to the next after it was determined which 12 cities would host matches. That stoked anger and increased suspicions about collusion between politicians and the big builders — especially after reports from government auditors began to surface, indicating massive cost overruns along with allegations of price-gouging, principally in the building of stadiums. For instance, the cost of the stadium in Brasilia, a city with no major professional soccer team, has nearly tripled to $900 million from original price estimates published by the government. “Have no doubt, the accounts of the Cup are being meticulously analyzed by auditing agencies,” Rousseff said. “If there exists any irregularity, those responsible will receive the maximum punishment.” About half of Brazilians polled have said theyre against even hosting the World Cup and the mood is mixed about the event just days before it starts. That was once unthinkable for a nation that embodies soccer like no other, the country that has won the World Cup a record five times. However, many Cup watchers also think that if the Brazilian team gets on a roll and starts winning, the mood could quickly pivot and the nation could show the world a celebration worthy of its international reputation as a land of free-wheeling festivals and easy going, friendly people. Rousseff said that “for any nation, organizing a Cup is like taking part in a tough — and many times painful — game.” The leader rebuked those who argue Brazil has spent too much on the Cup, saying that since 2010, the government has spent more than 200 times what it invested in stadiums on education and health care systems. Adding to fears of chaos during the Cup, subway worker unions in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro were both expected to announce decisions soon on whether they would call transportation strikes for the coming days. Rousseff, whose poll numbers are slipping ahead of an October political election, concluded her speech by urging all Brazilians to rally around their team, whom she addressed directly. “Beneath those green and canary jerseys, you embody a powerful legacy of the Brazilian people. 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Israel Folau brushed aside four players to score in the cornerr with six minutes left for the Waratahs, and Bernard Foley converted to narrow the score to 25-23.dddddddddddd But White slotted an 80th-minute penalty to clinch the match. -—— Scores: ACT 28 (Tevita Kuridrani, Jesse Mogg, Nic White tries; White 2 conversions, 3 penalties), New South Wales 23 (Israel Folau, Michael Hooper tries; Bernard Foley 2 conversions, 3 penalties). HT: 20-9. ’ ’ ’

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Ski jumpers will have to don better helmets and could be required to wear body armour as part of a determined bid by authorities to make the sport as safe as possible, a top official said. “Its an outdoor sport, its a risky sport. We were able over the years to make it safer… we could make it (even) safer,” said Walter Hofer, the ski jumping race director at the International Ski Federation (FIS). Spectacular crashes are fairly common in jumping. Three-times Olympic gold medallist Thomas Morgenstern of Austria has ended up in hospital twice in the last two months after crashes where he suffered a broken finger as well as face and head injuries. “The next goal must be to make safer helmets with higher standards. Maybe we can do something for the protection of the body,” Hofer told reporters high up on the normal hill late on Monday night as women jumpers whistled by at 90 kph (60 mph) at the Sochi Olympics. “Whatever is available on the market we will try.” Hofer noted that Alpine ski officials had spent a long time studying jackets that contain small air bags to help cushion the impact of falls. “When they get something up there we will use it. At the moment I am preparing to use some protection for certain parts of our body, mostly the backbone,” he said. Tougher helmets will be introduced into Alpine skiing and ski jumping authorities want to adopt the same standards. In recent years the FIS has taken a series of sometimes unpopular steps it says will make the sport fairer and safer. The federation imposes minimum body mass index requirements to weed out jumpers which it says are too light. Jumpers have to wear body tight suits with low aerodynamics, much to the irritation of athletes such as four-times Olympic gold medallist Simon Ammann of Switzerland. New hills have been redesigned to make the in-run smoother, a development which some jumpers say make takeoffs harder. A complex new system to compensate skiers for wind conditions will be used at the Sochi Games for the first time. Hofer, who has been at FIS for 22 years, said he began trying to make the sport safer some 20 years ago after he saw a series of bad falls. “I started to talk to experts and they told me Are you crazy? If you make ski jumping safer nobody will watch. It isnt right,” said the ebullient Austrian. “I would like to attract parents to deliver their children to our beloved sport in a way they know it is a sport where athletes are cared for.” As well as improving safety, Hofer – who notes that "when you release an athlete at 100 km/h from the takeoff, you cant take him back – is particularly keen to address rapidly changing wind conditions that have wrecked many a competition. Headwinds help athletes soar further but if they are too strong they can produce dangerously long jumps. Conversely, tail winds cut flying distances. In the past, officials would either scrap competitions altogether or restart them halfway through to take into account changing winds, which Hofer said frustrated spectators. Jumpers used to be judged on distance and style. Under the new system, they now can also gain or be docked points to take wind conditions into account. The calculations are made by a series of computers linked to seven sensors along the in-run. “The athletes performance is removed from the influence of external conditions,” said Hofer, pointing to a screen which showed the wind strength and direction from each sensor. The challenge for audiences is that the athlete who jumps the furthest does not always win. Alexander Pointner, head coach of the Austrian team, told Reuters that spectators should not have “to think What is this, that guy jumped so far but hes only fourth, whats that? Our sport should not be so difficult”. Hofer has no intention of changing his mind. “Whatever makes ski jumping safer and fairer is worth it, even if sometimes you have to take something (away) from the transparency. People will understand sooner or later,” he said. FIS is looking at whether it would be possible to shine a blue laser line on the snow to show the public exactly where a jumper has to land to take the lead, he added. 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"I always want the best for the club. Every one has the right to be upset when you lose. Im going to give everything in the end. “I know Im doing the right things, but in the end, Im the coach and Im responsible. It starts from there, from the top.” The Impact, who were without the services of Marco Di Vaio due to a hamstring injury, were outclassed even before Collen Warner was shown a red card for handling the ball with his arm in the penalty box in the 17th minute, which left the club with only 10 players on the field. Before and after the ejection, Montreal was penned in its own half. Kansas City (5-2-2) finished the game with 78 per cent ball possession, and 12 total shots to Montreals four. Sporting also completed five times as many passes as the Impact did. Fans expressed their displeasure by booing sporadically during the game. The Ultras, Montreals vocal fan base, even chanted for the return of Marco Schallibaum, last years coach. “I know the frustration of the fans, and its understandable,” said Klopas. “They come to support the team.” “Thats why theyre fans,” added Impact keeper Troy Perkins. “They want results, they want a good team, and especially in this city, they want to win. Theyre free to say what they want, and theyre going to say it.” In the 17th minute, Matt Beslers long throw-in evaded the Impact defenders and landed awkwardly in the penalty box. Perkins made the initial save, but the ball rolled onto the arm of Warner, who was sprawled out on the goal-line. Warner made two saves with his left arm before the referee pointed to the spot. “Those long throws, weve been talking about them. We knew they were good at them,” said 24-year-old Wandrille Lefevre, who made his first appearance for the team on Satturday.dddddddddddd “We had to be ready, and we paid for those details. And that wasnt the last goal — it was the first one. Its all about the details. The games are won and lost in a matter of minutes.” After the red card, Dom Dwyers penalty kick beat Perkins low for his team-leading fifth goal of the season. “Initially, the ball just happened to be on his hand,” said Sporting midfielder Graham Zusi. "But the second one was pretty obvious. “It changed everything. We were able to keep the ball the entire game. They didnt have anything going for them. Going down a man is devastating, and today was no different.” Dwyer added another in the second half, a powerful left-footed shot in the 64th minute, to cement Kansas lead and propel the team to the top of the MLS Eastern Conference. Paulo Nagamura also scored for Kansas City in the first half. The storyline wasnt very different from last months encounter between these two teams, when Dwyer recorded a brace and Kansas City thumped the Impact 4-0 at Sporting Park on Apr. 19. Sporting keeper Eric Kronberg, who was only solicited twice, now leads the league with five shutouts and a paltry 0.67 goals-against-average. Klopas wanted to focus on positives after the game, pointing to a young back-line that was solid despite the lopsided score. Alongside Lefevre, the Impact started 22-year-old Maxim Tissot and 21-year-old Karl Ouimette on defence. “These are three younger guys that are getting a lot of experience,” said Klopas. “Theyre guys you can count on for the future. Im not happy with the result, but you can have continuity when you can build a team around guys like that.” The Impact play Edmonton FC midweek in the Canadian Championship after losing the first leg 2-1. The team then heads to the American capital to take on D.C. United. “Theres a lack of ideas, a lack of belief in themselves. Certainly somethings missing,” said Perkins. “But when things are going bad, you dont stop, you dont quit, you just keep going. We have to keep plugging away, and keep doing what were doing.” Notes: Defender Hassoun Camara missed the game due to an accumulation of yellow cards. … Midfielder Hernan Bernardello made his first start since injuring his ankle in April. … Montreal and Kansas City meet for the third and final time this season on July 12 at Saputo Stadium. ’ ’ ’

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Got a question on rule clarification, comments on rule enforcements or some memorable NHL stories? Kerry wants to answer your emails at cmonref@tsn.ca. Hi Kerry, Im in the middle of watching the Oilers-Predators game Tuesday night where we saw a puck that entered the net called no goal by the ref behind the net. After over a minute of continued play which included an Oilers penalty, the play finally stopped and the refs were able to review the goal (it was a good goal). The broadcasters said that they would have to bring the play back to the moment in time when that goal happened, so I was surprised to see Mark Frasers penalty stand from the end of the play. My question is as follows: What would have happened if Nashville had scored a goal as well? They had some good sustained pressure after the Hall goal. They let the penalty at the end of the play stand, but would they have also let a Nashville goal stand? Thanks. Aaron Deblois,Edmonton Aaron, Once video review was instituted to determine the scoring of legitimate goals, including those that are undetected by the referee during the course of play, Rule 78.6 was included in the rule book to cover the situation that occurred in Tuesday nights Oilers-Predators game. Interestingly, I was called to rule upon the identical situation the first very time it occurred in an NHL game. Current executive VP and director of hockey operations Colin Campbell was behind the bench that night as coach of the NY Rangers for a game in Pittsburgh. The Rangers scored an undetected goal and play continued for another minute until I blew my whistle for a Ranger penalty. While assessing the penalty, a horn sounded to signify the play was placed under review by the video goal judge located in the Pittsburgh Arena. Video review confirmed that the puck had indeed entered the net for a Ranger goal. I instructed the timekeeper to re-set the clock to the time of the goal and place two minutes on the Rangers penalty clock. I explained the strange turn of events that resulted from this new rule application to Coach Campbell at the Rangers bench. While pleased with the award of a goal for his team, the coach was somewhat miffed that the penalty should stand given the difference in game time that had occurred. Nonetheless, Campbell trusted my knowledge of the rule and the Rangers killed off the minor penalty. This initial situation was handled “on-site” by the referee and the video goal judge. Currently all video decisions are made “off-site” in the Situation Room in Toronto under the direction of former coach, Colin Campbell who received some basic training that night in the Igloo. Aaron, I provide points from Rule 78.6 that address various scenarios and answer your specific question. • Any potential goal must be reviewed during the next stoppage of play. No review can take place after the puck has been dropped.• If an apparent goal is confirmed by video review, the clock is re-set to the time the goal was scored.• Only one goal can be awarded at any stoppage of play. Had Nashville subsequently scored to stop play after Taylor Halls undetected goal, the Preds goal would not stand.• If review determined that the undetected goal by Taylor Hall was scored illegally (i.e. distinct kicking motion), the goal shall be disallowed and since the play should have stopped, no subsequent goal scored by either team can be awarded on the same play. The clock (including penalty time clocks, if applicable) must be re-set to the time of the disallowed goal by Hall.• Any penalties (Mark Fraser) signaled during the period of time between the apparent goal (scored by Hall) and the next stoppage of play shall be assessed in the normal manner, except when a minor penalty is to be assessed to the team scored upon (Nashville), and is therefore nullified by the scoring of the goal. If the penalty to be assessed (Nashville) was a double minor, one of the minors would be nullified with the scoring of the goal.• *If an infraction happens after the first stoppage of play following an apparent goal (i.e. infraction committed by Mark Fraser or a Preds player occurred after the whistle) by either team, it is assessed and served in the normal manner regardless as to the decision rendered by the Video Goal Judge. Whenever this unusual play occurs in a game, Rule 78.6 provides the necessary check-list for the referee and video review to follow. 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Tony Gallagher of The Vancouver Province writes that the Canucks should get in the mix for a winger like Thomas Vanek, but added it would be difficult to acquire annd retain such a player.dddddddddddd The benefit would be that the Sedins would have a sniper on their line, with Ryan Kesler centring Zack Kassian and Alex Burrows or Chris Higgins, Bo Horvat soon centring the third line with Higgins or Burrows, and Jannik Hansen with Tom Sestito to build out the fourth line. Familiar Asset Sarah McLellan of azcentral sports writes that the Phoenix Coyotes could be a strong fit for veteran forward Ray Whitney at the trade deadline. Whitney is in the final year of a two-year contract with the Dallas Stars after two seasons with the Coyotes. “If were in it, they (the Stars) probably wont do anything,” Whitney said. “If we stumble here down the stretch, maybe they will. 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Toronto FC Media Day has never been better. Seriously. Seven years of losing has brought many different faces, players and management, to the annual pre-season get-to-know-the-team round up. Unfortunately for those player-media relationships initiated and cultivated, most of the interviewees have been shipped out prematurely. Media Day became a meet-and-greet, followed by a see you later. Tuesdays team time out for Torontos media throng had a much different vibe at the Kia Training Grounds. A good mix of young up-and-comers with a core of veteran leadership has been assembled after an off-season of change, signings, spending and hype. First impressions are just that, but on initial glance, it all felt right. Nothing has been accomplished yet. But every ship needs a sail before heading out to sea. The good news is the mast is up and the TFC ship is heading in the right direction. Hopefully. Finally. Progress, alas. Stability and confidence go hand-in-hand. The revolving door of players and personnel has been TFCs worst enemy. General Manager Tim Bezbatchenko and Head Coach Ryan Nelsen have been busy in recent months filling the gaps and adding genuine quality. Bezbatchenko, hired in September, likes what he has in his group. “Im very comfortable with where we compare with other teams right now,” said Bezbatchenko. The roster has coming a long way since end of season apologies and promises. On February 11th, comfortable will suffice. More is to be done, at least one more player is coming in, and more will go out. A work in progress. Here are eight notable notes from the eighth Media Day in franchise history. 1) Brazil Head Coach Felipe Scolari confirmed the seeming inevitable early Tuesday; that goalkeeper Julio Cesar, 34, has in fact joined Toronto FC on loan. The club refused to confirm anything, “I havent spoken to Julio for a couple days, but I think it would be really nice … I may have to give Scolari a call,” said Nelsen. Give that man a phone! All sources indicate the deal for Cesar to join TFC on a short loan is done. Hes coming. The club will save that announcement for another day, with the five-time Serie A and UEFA Champions League winner in the flesh. Save that ink for another day. A lack of confirmation didnt stop anyone not named Bezbatchenko from heaping praise on the pending new arrival. Nelsen – “Hes a gentleman of a man, hes a quality guy, his character is flawless, and hes great around the locker-room. When you see him at work, theres a reason hes played nearly 80 times for Brazil and won everything in the game.” Michael Bradley “Its amazing, speaks volumes for the direction that this club is going. A week ago, if anybody had told us that now another guy like Julio Cesar would come in, I dont think anyone would believe them.” Dwayne De Rosario – “Hes a winner. To have him here is a great opportunity to learn from him.” The excitement is palpable. Although goalkeepers are often times interchangeable in MLS, the Cesar move to Toronto not only adds quality but also further shows the symbolic shift in approach and ambition of the franchise. 2) Last seasons number one goalkeeper Joe Bendik is the potential short-term loser with Cesars arrival. Key word: potential. It all depends on how Bendik takes the setback. Although Bendik wont play much, if at all in the opening months, its his job for the taking long-term. How he handles the situation will reveal whether his mind is on self or team. Cesars arrival is an opportunity not wasted rather than a shot at Bendik. The 24-year-old signed a new contract in December and has to understand this. Regardless, Bendik was noticeably uneasy about taking a back seat to Cesar. “It motivates me. Obviously its a little shot and a bomb to swallow … but it cant go badly because I can learn a lot from him and compete with him every day to play. Its a win-win.” Bendik has to keep the long-view in mind. He need understand Bendik will be relied upon post World Cup as the team marches towards a potential playoff spot; the time with least room for error. 3) Big money signing Bradley didnt back away from my question regarding the sentiment amongst many MLS analysts saying Toronto FC overpaid for the midfielder. “I think its great, were now to the point with the growth of soccer in North America, a decision like mine to come to Toronto and back to MLS can illicit such a wide variety of responses and opinions … it doesnt bother me.” Bradley remained poised throughout his time with the media. His teammates glowed when speaking about The Generals presence already in camp. De Rosario even spoke about meeting with Bradley and captain Steven Caldwell about direction and leadership. Bradley ticks all the boxes in terms of leadership and on-field qualities of a winner. Money necessarily spent. 4) Many players believe TFC have become the hunted after years of being the hunter. Caldwell is one of them. “We are probably the team to beat in MLS and its going to be difficult wherever we go.” Teams will have undoubtedly taken notice the moves Toronto has made. And its unlikely the Reds will be MLS doormat of previous years. But it takes more than a team on paper to be the class of the league. Caldwell acknowledges as much, that the work is still to be done. Still, the acceptance of expectation is a healthy mindset and speaks to the newfound confidence in the group. 5) The third, often times forgotten designated player, Brazilian Gilberto has set lofty goals for himself for his inaugural MLS season. Through a translator, the striker stated his aim to score 25 goals. Seriously. No hesitation. Camilo Sanvezzo won MLS Golden Boot last season with 22 goals. Perhaps the proclamation was somewhat lost in translation, as the Brazilian says his biggest challenge right now is learning the language. After I wished him luck at learning English, he wished me luck learning Portuguese. Gilberto is a really friendly guy. He will be easy to cheer for, especially if he scores 25. 6) I couldnt resist asking Nelsen what he learned about MLS officiating last season. Nelsen, like many others, grew frustrated by the inconsistency and downright inferior refereeing performances on a regular basis. “They are really good guys, but for me, (they) just need experience at the very top level. In my humble opinion, theyve come to the top rather quickly without the pressure soaked experience. Its tough for them.” It will be tougher for Nelsen to bite his lip when officiating goes against them this year. The stakes have been raised. How Nelsen grows from year one to year two in composure and approach will be a test. The manager sets the tone. Consistency will be key and a massive challenge for a manager with questions to be answered. 7) An ongoing worry among the media and diehards is the salary cap situation. Its a rather nerdy habit to worry about a GMs bookkeeping. Bezbatchenko tried to alleviate worries on potential limited financial flexibility. “You can always make room on your team for new players. We do have some space left. We always have space.” This is a much different tactic than previous regimes, which overspent on players and used the cap ceiling as an excuse for lackluster play and lack of positive player movement. Bezbatchenkos experience with MLS puts him and the team in good stead in cap management. So dont lose sleep, moves can be made. 8) The clock is ticking on Toronto FCs efforts to resolve Matias Labas future. A loan move within or outside MLS is the most logical step. Laba is in Toronto and the club continues to consult with the player on whats best for the Argentines future. 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But those seven minutes against underdog Slovakia on Thursday essentially encapsulate the stretch of international hockey disappointment that has followed Sidney Crosbys golden goal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Two bad penalties. Key players caught out of position on a back-breaking goal. The inability to protect a lead in a tight game. These types of mistakes have prevented Canadian players from the golden opportunities more than anything else recently, and on Thursday, they came against a “far inferior” opponent, as general manager Kevin Lowe described Slovakia following a shocking 4-3 quarter-final loss. “They had no business being in the game,” Lowe said of the Slovaks. Yet there they were with time ticking down at Hartwall Arena. Slovakia was well aware of the situation and played the role of spoiler perfectly, patiently sitting back and hoping for Canada to slip up. What happened next was nothing short of a meltdown. First, captain Ryan Getzlafs line with Corey Perry and Evander Kane got caught up ice when Milan Bartovic raced in and tied the game with a rebound off the rush at 13:25. Then, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was assessed a boarding penalty. Just as Canada killed that one off, Getzlaf was given a kneeing major for an open-ice hit on Juraj Mikus at 17:28. Four seconds later, Michal Handzus tipped home the winning goal. “Youre going with a lead in the third (period), youre up 3-2, thats got to be your bread and butter,” said Canadian coach Brent Sutter. "Games are tight and youve got to be able to close the deal on them. “We probably beat ourselves in the last seven minutes of the game with things we talked about all tournament not wanting to do.” Ultimately, that might be the most intriguing part of Canadas third straight early departure from the world championship. The team didnt encounter anything it didnt expect here. On the eve of the tournament, Lowe talked about the need to play “flawless hockey” once the do-or-die games start. It never got there. Later in the day, Jesse Joensuus goal with nine seconds left in regulation lifted Finland past the United States 3-2 Thursday for a place in the semifinals. Finland meets Russia on Saturday in the semifinal. Russia scored three times in the third period en route to a 5-2 victory over Norway. Canada assembled a good team for this event and the players seemed to grow together while winning six of seven round-robin games. There was every reason to believe they would rise to the occasion when it mattered most. Instead, Canada played a tepid opening 10 minutes against Slovakia and quickly found itself down 2-0. It roared ahead during an inspired second period — Slovak captain Zdeno Chara said it was a “small wonder” his team survived it — but faded down the stretch. And even though this was the youngest team Canada has ever sent to the world championship, it was Olympic and Stanley Cup champion Getzlaf who made the most crucial error. “It hurts like hell right now,” he said. "I feel like I let the guys down. To be in a hard-fought game like that and play the tournament wee did and lose in that fashion, its not easy to swallow as a group.dddddddddddd “The guys worked way too hard to be delivered something like that.” There could be a lesson in it for some of the players — thats the hope anyway. A handful of them will likely return to the world championship next year and a lucky few should find themselves at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, provided NHL players continue to participate. Lowe is part of Steve Yzermans management team for that event and the wheels are already turning in his head about what style of play provides the best chance of success in these type of tournaments. For this world championship, Sutter decided not to impose too much structure, hoping to leave room for the individual skill of his players to carry the team. Virtually all of Canadas opponents countered with more detailed, system-oriented approaches. Essentially, they tried to make hockey boring. However, it prompted Lowe to at least ask himself the question of whether the “robotic approach” might be better. “Theres always that fine line between allowing creativity at the expense of giving the opposition an opportunity,” said Lowe. Its sure to be a topic of discussion when Hockey Canada holds its world championship post-mortem. There are no easy answers staring them in the face this time around. After the team blew a third-period lead on the way to being knocked out of the quarter-finals by Russia last year, Hockey Canada president Bob Nicholson criticized some of the young players who declined an invitation without a suitable explanation. However, Lowe was happy with the reaction he received this time around and didnt think the personnel held the team back. The devil ended up being in the details. “When you have a one-goal lead you want to make sure youre doing things right,” said forward John Tavares. “Obviously, we still had to be better in a lot of areas to secure a win.” The disappointment was compounded for Tavares and Jordan Eberle as both have been part of the three consecutive early world championship exits. However, each has shown growth from year to year and they comprised two-thirds of Canadas most dynamic line during this tournament along with Jeff Skinner. All three are 22 or under and should earn strong consideration for Sochi. And if they end up getting the call to compete in Russia, its safe to assume theyll draw on the lessons learned during these tough defeats. This was obviously not the way Canada envisioned its tournament wrapping up, but that doesnt mean the experience was a wasted one. “We did a lot of good things in this tournament for being a very young team,” said Sutter. "One thing that Ive learned through this is that this is a real tough tournament. Every games a tough game. “Theres no such thing as an easy opponent when you get here.” Notes: Evander Kane, Jeff Skinner and Alex Burrows scored for Canada … Tomas Kopecky and Miroslav Satan also had goals for Slovakia … Duncan Keith finished as Canadas top scorer with 11 points … Canada rang three different shots off Slovak goalie Jan Lacos head in the second period … Chara is playing in his first world championship since 2007 … Announced attendance was 11,568. ’ ’ ’

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FORT MYERS, Fla. - All-Star closer Glen Perkins didnt exactly enhance his bargaining power when he told the Minnesota Twins he was eager to get a deal done that would enable him to stay at home. Perkins got his wish Friday, agreeing to a four-year contract that guarantees him $22,175,000. “I approached them because I wanted to be here,” Perkins said. “I wanted to make that clear, first and foremost, that I believe in what were doing here and I wanted to be a part of that. Im thankful to them for even broaching the subject on something they werent required to do.” Born in St. Paul, Perkins went to the University of Minnesota and was the Twins first-round draft pick in 2004. Perkins had been due $4,975,000 this year and $3.75 million in 2015 under his previous deal, which included a $4.5 million team option for 2016 with a $300,000 buyout. His new contract gives him $4,025,000 this year, $4.65 million in 2015, $6.3 million in 2016 and $6.5 million in 2017. The Twins have a $6.5 million option for 2018 with a $700,000 buyout. “I wanted to be here. I grew up in Minnesota. Theres nowhere else that Ive ever wanted to play,” Perkins said. “And so now, hopefully, this is something where Ill get to play here for my whole career.” The 31-year-old lefty converted 36 of 40 save chances last year and was 2-0 with a 2.30 ERA. He had 21 saves at the break and was selected for the AL All-Star team for the first time. “One less thing to worry about,” Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. Perkins has a 28-17 career record with a 3.89 ERA and 54 saves. “Im excited about the commitment they made and look forward to rewarding them, like I did the last two years,” he said. “They gave me a chance in the bullpen a couple years ago and I rewarded them, and I look forward to doing that for the next four, maybe five years.” Asked whether he might have taken a discount for his services, Perkins replied, “Ill take a $22 million discount any day of the week. 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Four pitchers combined to lead the Goldeyes to a 4-1 win over the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks before 5,227 fans at Newman Outdoor Field on Independence Day in America. The win stretches Winnipegs lead to eight games in the American Associations North Division over the RedHawks. The Goldeyes have also won nine in a row and 13 of their last 15 games. Luis Alen opened the scoring for Winnipeg when he singled in Donnie Webb from second in the top of the fourth inning to give the Goldeyes a 1-0 lead. After Goldeyes starter Matt Jackson struck out Ronnie Bourquin looking with runners on the corners in the bottom of the fourth, Casey Haerther hit a solo home run in the top of the fifth to double Winnipegs lead. It was Haerthers third home run in his last six games. Jackson struck out Brandon Newton in a steady rain to end the fifth, but from there the game was delayed by 1:09 due to the rain. Following a scoreless sixth inning, the RedHawks finally got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the seventh inning. C.J. Retherford drew a walk and subsequently went to third on a double by Ronnie Bourquin. Kaohi Downing came in from Winnipegs bullpen in relief of Jackson and Fargo catcher Petey Paramore hit at the first pitch he saw for a single to score Retherford. However, a great thrown by Donnie Webb from right field beat Bourquin to home plate by 10 feet and kept Winnipeg in front. Brendan Lafferty came in for the final two outs of the bottom of the seventh, including a strikeout of Anthony Kaskadden with runners on first and second to end the threat.dddddddddddd In the top of the eighth, the Goldeyes gave themselves a cushion with RBI singles from Brock Bond and Alen. The lead could have been even bigger, but Webb, who led off with a walk, was caught stealing at second. It didnt matter though, as Lafferty struck out three more in the bottom of the eighth and Chris Kissock pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth to earn his 11th save of the season. Its also Kissocks sixth save in his last seven outings. Jackson picked up the win for the Goldeyes for his league-best seventh victory of the season. Fargo starter Curtis Camilli suffered the loss in his RedHawks debut. At the plate, Haerther increased his lead in the leagues batting race by going three-for-four to up his batting average to .416 on the season. Alen added two RBI. The second game of the series goes Saturday night in Fargo. Winnipeg will send Chandler Barnard (2-0, 2.29) to the mound against the RedHawks Jake Laber (6-2, 4.10). Coverage on Jewel 101 (100.7 FM) will begin at 5:00 p.m. with Around the Association, followed by the pre-game show at 5:30 p.m. First pitch is slated for 6:00 p.m. Tickets for all 2014 Winnipeg Goldeyes games and the 2014 American Association All-Star Game are available through Ticketmaster by clicking on Goldeyes.com, calling 1-855-GOLDEYE or visiting any Ticketmaster location, including the Shaw Park box office. ’ ’ ’

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — A mid-game adjustment was key to the Minnesota Wild earning two points Tuesday night. Moved to the top line, Justin Fontaine scored late in the second period, Josh Harding stopped 16 shots for his first shutout of the season and the Wild beat the Nashville Predators 2-0. Jason Pominville added an empty-netter for the Wild, who have scored just seven goals in the past five games while posting a 2-2-1 record. “Its all about wins right now, and we havent been winning, so tonight was a step in the right direction,” said Harding, who lowered his goals-against average to a league-best 0.96. Pekka Rinne made 27 saves for Nashville, which failed to get a point for the first time in six games. The Predators have allowed just five goals in regulation in last four games, going 2-1-1 in that stretch. Fontaine broke the scoreless tie at 18:53 of the second period when he charged down the slot and was able to put a rebound into the Predators net for his second goal of the season. “Thats one of those situations you have to manage,” Rinne said. “You have to find a way to go to intermission 0-0.” Fontaine didnt start the game paired with Zach Parise and Mikko Koivu, but with the Minnesota offence again failing to capitalize on its many chances, coach Mike Yeo replaced Nino Niederreiter as the top lines right wing. “It started in practice yesterday. Im kind of a big fan of left shot-right shot, and wed been talking about this and talked to Mikko about it yesterday, so it was something in the back of our minds,” Yeo said. “For them to be able to attack through the neutral zone with some speed, it certainly helps if youve got a guy on the strong side.” Beginning a stretch where it plays six of seven games at home, Minnesota dominated for much of the game, but continued to struggle in the offensive end. The Wild, who entered the game averaging 30.7 shots per game, sent 13 at Rinne in the first 13 minutes, but couldnt get anything past him. Rinne made two key stops on a penalty kill to thwart Marco Scandella and Dany Heatley and later stopped Koivu in front. “Weve been struggling to score goals, but if we keep throwing pucks to the net, theyre going to go in,” Fontaine said. Rinne had to come up big because Nashville struggled to get shots at Harding. The Predators had just three first-period shots, six in the second and seven in the third. “Our best player was our goaltender. We had too many guys that didnt bring their A game,” Nashville coach Barry Trotz said. “I thought wed be a little more even. I didnt think we were much of a participant much of the game until the third period.” Hardings best save came late in the second when he stopped Eric Nystrom, who had slipped behind two Wild defencemen during a rare Nashville rush. “I cant take credit for this one,” Harding said. “If you watch the replays or watch the whole game over again, you cant say enough about what the D-men did and what the forwards did. That was as sound a game as far as breaking the puck out in front of the net, blocking shots, good sticks. This isnt me. This is for sure a team shutout.” Minnesota played with just five defencemen much of the game after losing Jonas Brodin less than 5 minutes into the game when a dump-in by Gabriel Bourque hit Brodin in the face. Leaving blood on the ice, Brodin went straight to the Wild locker room. Yeo said Brodin was taken to the hospital for X-rays. The Wild nearly lost another blue-liner when Scandella was hit in the leg by a slap shot from Shea Weber late in the period. Scandella struggled to the Wild bench before being helped to the locker room. However, he returned for the second period. NOTES: Entering the game, Nashville had the leagues best faceoff win percentage at 55.8 per cent; Minnesota was second at 55.7. 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Martin St. Louis scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period, Steven Stamkos notched his team-record 53rd goal and the Lightning beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-3 on Monday night. Ryan Malone and J.T. Wyman also had goals to help the Lightning win their third straight game. Its probably a little too late for Tampa, which is 11th in the Eastern Conference and seven points out of a playoff spot with seven games remaining. “Were kind of hanging on right now,” Stamkos said. "Theres a lot of character in this room, and on this team, and its showing. When you play well, and take advantage of your opportunities, you end up getting some timely goals, and thats what youre seeing. Theres a lot of pride in this room. “In this position, you always have to just keep playing. You never know what can happen, and we still have a chance. Until we dont have one, we have to play like we do, and its working out for now.” Wayne Simmonds, Matt Read and Scott Hartnell scored Philadelphias goals. The Flyers lost for just the third time in 14 games this month. Theyve already clinched a playoff berth, but are four points behind Pittsburgh for fourth place and the home-ice advantage in the first round that goes with it. “Its disappointing,” Flyers coach Peter Laviolette said. “Two points is two points. Doesnt matter whether its Tampa or the New York Rangers.” Dwayne Roloson stopped 35 shots, outplaying Ilya Bryzgalov. The Lightning had just 11 shots through the first 52 minutes, scoring on three of them. Bryzgalov let the first shot he saw go in for the second time in three games, and the Flyers fell behind 1-0 for the 16th time in 21 games. St. Louis put the Lightning up 3-2 on a breakaway goal 2:27 into the third. St. Louis got in front of Philadelphias defence, took an outlet pass from Tim Wallace, skated in and beat Bryzgalov by lifting a shot just under the crossbar. Bryzgalov hadnt allowed more than two goals in his past 11 games. “Were not going to quit, thats for sure,” St. Louis said. “No one in here is going to give up, and well just move onto the next game.” There was nothing Bryzgalov could do on the fourth goal. Matt Carle turned the puck over behind the Flyers net and Wyman poked it in behind an unsuspecting Bryzgalov. “It just popped ouut,” Carle said.dddddddddddd. “Its gut-wrenching. I want to apologize to all of my teammates and fans who paid for tickets to be there. Thats a tough one to swallow.” That turned out to be a critical goal because Hartnell fired a slap shot between Rolosons legs to cut it to 4-3 with 1:13 left. Tom Pyatts empty-net goal then sealed the win for the Lightning. Trailing 2-0 for the fourth time in the past five games, the Flyers started their comeback early in the second when Simmonds scored his first goal in 17 games. Simmonds started a breakaway along the left wing, played give-and-go with Brayden Schenn and tipped a shot in off a centring pass. “It felt good, but it was bittersweet when it comes with the loss,” Simmonds said. Read scored his 22nd goal to tie it at 2 late in the second. Kimmo Timonen set it up with a backhanded crossing pass. Read fought off a defender and dove forward to deflect the puck past Roloson. He finished the game tied with Colorados Gabriel Landeskog for most goals among rookies. Malone gave the Lightning a 1-0 lead in the first when he scored a short-handed goal after a turnover by Danny Briere at centre ice. Malone stripped the puck away from Briere, broke in and fired a shot into the top corner. “It was a bad decision,” Briere said. “A lot of bad bounces didnt go our way. Mentally, we werent sharp.” Stamkos blasted a slap shot through a screen over Bryzgalovs shoulder with just 1.4 seconds left in the first to make it 2-0. Team captain Vincent Lecavalier held the Lightning record with 52 goals in 2006-07. “Its been a tough road for us this year, and Steven is still there, playing, and he has no juice left,” Lightning coach Guy Boucher said. “So, its real impressive to see him get that record. What an accomplishment. He just keeps going. Hes still going, and he deserves this.” Notes: Malones goal was just the second short-handed goal this season for Tampa. … D Victor Hedman was a late scratch for the Lightning because of an illness. … Stamkos has 11 goals and five assists in 15 games vs. Philadelphia. … Simmonds hadnt scored since Feb. 21. He has a career-best 23 goals. … Malone has five goals and 10 assists in his past 19 games. … Timonens assist was his 400th in the NHL. … The Lightning won the season series, 3-1. … G Mathieu Garon will start in goal for Tampa at Boston on Tuesday night. ’ ’ ’

Téma: Jak postupovat / ground. Buehrle (10

MIAMI — Best player. Best game of his career. LeBron James clearly isnt ready to concede his MVP award to anyone yet. Dazzling from inside and out, James put on the best scoring show of his NBA life Monday night, pouring in 61 points — a career high and franchise record — as the Miami Heat beat the Charlotte Bobcats 124-107. It was the eighth straight win for the two-time defending champions, who are starting to roll as the playoffs get near. James made 22 of 33 shots from the field, including his first eight three-point attempts. “The man above has given me some unbelievable abilities to play the game of basketball,” James said. “I just try to take advantage of it every night. I got the trust of my teammates and my coaching staff to go in there and let it go.” His career best had been 56 points, on March 20, 2005, for Cleveland against Toronto. Glen Rice scored 56 to set the Heat record on April 15, 1995, against Orlando. James had 24 points at halftime, then added 25 in the third quarter. The record-breaker came with 5:46 left, when James spun through three defenders for a layup that fell as he tumbled to the court. “There was an efficiency to what he was doing,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “The rim looked like an ocean for him.” Spoelstra walked into his postgame news conference with a confession: He nearly took James out after the third quarter. Good thing he thought better of that plan. “He was in a great groove, obviously,” Spoelstra said. Al Jefferson had 38 points and 19 rebounds for the Bobcats, his huge night merely an afterthought. This was all about LeBron. “You take away his 61 points,” Jefferson said, “and we still had a fighting chance there at the end.” Yes, even the Bobcats were marveling at James. He was hitting from everywhere, even a pull-up three-pointer from about 30 feet — Spoelstra joked it was from 40 — late in the third quarter, as the crowd roared and the Heat bench jumped with joy. “Yeah, that was a designed play,” Spoelstra deadpanned. “Weve been working on that one for a while.” That was the moment, James said, when he knew he was in the midst of a special night. “I felt pretty good in the first half but halftime can always kind of derail things and slow things up,” James said. “But I was able to get things going once again in the third quarter and I knew it could be one of those nights.” Not “one of those nights.” Even for James, this was like no other. Most points in a game. Most field goals in a game. Most points in any quarter in Heat history, with the 25 in the third. Most points in the second half, 37, by any Heat player ever. “Once he sniffed 60, we knew he was going for it,” Heat forward Shane Battier said. “And the amazing part is the efficiency. Good Lord. Sixty-one on 33 shots, thats Wilt Chamberlain-esque. Thats pretty amazing. Incredible performance.” When James checked out with 1:24 left, the entire Heat roster met him near midcourt for high-fives and hugs, and the sellout crowd gave him a standing ovation. A second huge roar followed when he waved to the crowd, as “M-V-P” chants rained down. Charlotte has allowed the two biggest single-game scoring totals in the NBA this season. Carmelo Anthony had 62 points for the New York Knicks against the Bobcats on Jan. 24. Chris Bosh scored 15 for the Heat, and Toney Douglas added 10. Chris Douglas-Roberts and Anthony Tolliver each scored 12 for Charlotte. “If hes going to shoot the ball like that from that range, theres nobody thats going to beat them,” Bobcats coach Steve Clifford said. Miami was without guard Dwyane Wade, who got a night off to rest. Spoelstra stressed theres been no setback for Wade, who has been on a knee-maintenance program throughout this season and is averaging 23.5 points on 62 per cent shooting since the All-Star break. Wade probably didnt mind sitting for this one. It gave him a courtside seat for the show. James scored 11 in the first quarter, after which Miami led by three, and added 13 more in the second. His 24-point first half was the highest-scoring opening 24 minutes for the four-time MVP in nearly a year, helping stake the Heat to a 60-54 lead at the break. Jefferson was up to 26 at that point. He didnt cool off much after halftime, either. It just didnt matter. James, said Clifford, “was phenomenal.” There was no way Jefferson or anyone else was keeping up with James, who had to listen to critics in recent weeks say that Kevin Durants scoring for Oklahoma City this season shifted the balance of MVP power. Not so fast. “Every night I go on the floor I want to be the MVP, of this league, MVP of this team, MVP for me, myself and my family,” James said. “Ive set a high standard and I have to live by that.” James made three three-pointers in the first seven minutes of the quarter — he was 6 for 6 from beyond the arc at that point — and when Charlotte bit on his head fake from the top of the key, James coolly found Douglas to set up another 3. A tip-in by James followed not long afterward and just like that, the lead was up to 83-63. Charlotte scored the next six points, but any notion that the game was slipping from Miamis control was quickly extinguished. James scored the next six himself, a pair of three-point plays to restore the 20-point edge and give him 43 points, already a season high. All that was left to see was what hed finish with. The answer was history. “I was happy I was able to make a few plays to help us win,” James said. 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Edwin Encarnacion had to leave the game after hearing “a pop” in his right leg while legging out an infield grounder in the first inning of the Blue Jays 5-1 loss to the Oakland Athletics on Saturday night. The Toronto slugger, who went into the night tied for second in the majors with 26 home runs, will undergo an MRI in the next day or two. “I wouldnt guess itd be a quick thing,” Gibbons said. “He said he felt something pop in his quad. Thats all I know right now. Id be very surprised if he went on the DL but I dont know that for sure yet.” As tough as losing their top offensive threat was, the Blue Jays seemed even more irked about a play in the eighth inning that they felt should have been overturned by replay. With Oakland leading 3-1, Melky Cabrera was thrown out trying to score from first base on a double to left by Jose Bautista. Oakland left fielder Craig Gentry retrieved the ball and shortstop Jed Lowrie made a strong relay throw home to catcher Derek Norris, who appeared to tag a sliding Cabrera on the back. Home plate umpire Bill Miller called Cabrera out, and after a brief review, the call was upheld. “He missed him by a good foot or two,” Bautista said. “I dont really know which replay they were looking @ but clearly they must have had a different video feed than the one we had. This whole replay thing has become a joke in my eyes. I think they should just ban it. They should just get rid of it.dddddddddddd” Bautista vented his anger over the call for nearly five minutes, almost entirely unprompted. “I dont know what kind of agenda the people that are doing the replays are on, what their plan is … but obviously getting the right call on the field is not what theyre doing. I dont see the point in having this replay system that doesnt work,” he said. Gibbons tempered his frustration over the call. “The bottom line is we played a crappy game tonight,” he said. “Theres no way around that.” Encarnacion drove in Torontos only run in the first inning before getting hurt. He beat out a possible double play ball, allowing Jose Reyes to score. Encarnacion stepped on the first base bag, limped for a few steps and then tumbled to the ground. Buehrle (10-6) gave up three runs and 10 hits over six innings. Buehrle walked one and struck out three. He had a four-game winning streak against the As end. Josh Donaldson hit a home run and Scott Kazmir (10-3) won for the fifth time in his last six decisions. He walked two and struck out eight, improving to 6-1 in eight home starts. Kazmir retired 20 of 23 hitters after giving up singles to Reyes and Cabrera to start the game. NOTES: The Blue Jays claimed OF Cole Gillespie off waivers from Seattle. Hes expected to start Sunday. … Bautista is expected to play in right field on Sunday after getting a couple days as DH to help him rest a sore hamstring. … Blue Jays IF Steve Tolleson was held out of the starting lineup with a twisted ankle. … RHP Drew Hutchinson (6-6, 3.81) will start Sundays series finale for the Blue Jays. Hutchinson struck out a season-high 10 in his last start, a 4-1 victory over Milwaukee. … Newly acquired Jeff Samardzija will make his Oakland debut in the series finale. ’ ’ ’

Téma: Jak postupovat / ast eight games

TORONTO — Rudy Gay had no idea how bad his vision was until he went to renew his drivers license last year and nearly failed the test. “They said Do you wear glasses? I said no. They said, Well you need to wear glasses,” Gay recounted, with a laugh. He wasnt laughing at the time. For a guy who makes his living tossing a ball through a hoop from a distance, the news was rather disconcerting. So after a brief and unsuccessful experiment with corrective goggles, the Toronto Raptors small forward underwent surgery to correct his vision during an off-season that was otherwise devoted to improving his shooting, and beefing up his body. One day into training camp, and Gay said hes feeling like a much-improved player than the one who led the Raptors in scoring last season but also had career lows in both field goal and three-point percentage. He joked that any improvement in his game this season will be credited solely to his better vision. “Honestly, I was talking to my trainer, and he said if you come out and have a great season its going to be because of your eye, not because of the work you put in,” Gay said. The 27-year-old Gay wouldnt wear contact lenses, as he had an aversion to touching his eyes. The Raptors medical staff provided him with prescription goggles but he wasnt keen on those either. So he underwent surgery early in the summer, which he said wasnt fun. “Recovery was horrible, it was terrible,” Gay said. "Probably (lasted) about two weeks. First week I couldnt see, second week I could. And then months and months of putting eye drops in. “But it was one of those things that needed to happen if I wanted to continue my career.” Gay averaged 19.5 points to top Toronto in scoring after he was acquired from the Memphis Grizzlies in a mid-season trade. The Raptors went 16-30 prior to the trade, and finished 18-18 with Gay on the roster. Still, he was far from his best, shooting a career-low 40.8 per cent — down from his career high of 47.1 per cent two seasons earlier — and 31 per cent from three-point range. So he committed every day of the off-season, he said, to being a better shooter. "I started from the basics. . . form, worked on my form. From there just rhythm, shooting, shooting, shooting, becoming comfortable with it. “I made about 300 shots a day, sometimes more, on a light day probably 300.” Gay has been criticized for taking low-percentage shots — namely long two-pointers. But at the urging of Raptors coach Dwane Casey, he sounds like hes starting to see the light when it comes to shot selection. Casey said hes been drilling Gay and Torontos other sharpshooter DeMar DeRozan about higher percentage shots. “Corner threes, paint, get to the rim, get to the free throw line, and subsequently shooting percentage is going to go up,” Casey said. Gay spent a lot of summer working on his three-point shooting, and pointed out that at the end of Monday mornings practice, the entire team was doing a three-point drills. “I got it from the coaches that were going to be a team thats going to get a lot of threes up, and obviously if it comes from the top, youve got to practise it,” he said. Gay also said he put on 20 pounds of muscle working with his trainer Dustin Gray back home in Baltimore. “Hopefully you can see it,” Gay said laughing, puffing out his chest ever so slightly. "Maybe I should do some push-ups or something. “My trainer basically lived with me.” The weight gain, said Casey, was by design, and with the intention of using Gay at power forward rather than small forward. “We talked about it, because when you look at the Eastern Conference, youve got Carmelo, LeBron, big threes playing fours, and he wants to do that and it fits us really well too, him going to the four,” Casey said. "What he doesnt want to do is gain a lot of unneeded weight, just some good solid (muscle), which hes done. Hes really solid in his upper body. You can see it, it looks good. If it helps him psychologically, making contact, getting to the rim, its great. “Its going to help him be in the paint a little bit more. When you get caught outside in that non-paint area, to drop that shoulder, use your body to get into the paint to create a foul, contact, and get to the free-throw line.” Casey calls Gay one of the top offensive players in the league, and said the main thing missing that could make him an all-star is winning. “Winning gets you in that conversation of being one of the top players in this league,” Casey said. “The league rewards winners.” Granted training camp is only a day old, but Gay has seemed more at ease, cracking jokes with reporters. When someone pointed out to Casey that Gay seems happier than he did last season, the coach said everyone was. “I think theres a different vibe,” Casey said. The coach said it starts with Masai Ujiri, the Raptors new president and general manager. “Masai gave them an impassioned speech (Monday) night about what he expects from them, the passion guys have to play with, leaving all the problems all the issues, check them at the door. 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Dustin Byfuglien had two goals and an assist, while Blake Wheeler finished with four helpers. Byfuglien has six goals and two assists over his last five games, while Wheeler now leads the Jets with 56 points. Tobias Enstrom and Olli Jokinen both added a goal and two assists, while Jacob Trouba, Michael Frolik and Evander Kane all lit the lamp. Al Montoya, who came in when Ondrej Pavelec was hurt Friday against the New York Rangers, made 25 saves and didnt need nearly that many behind Winnipegs offensive barrage. “These guys battled for me,” said Montoya, who picked up his first victory since Feb. 2. “This is what they pay me for. Ive been waiting for this chance.” Pavelec is out with a lower-body injury, joined on the sidelines by Chris Thorrburn, Jim Slater and John Albert.dddddddddddd Montoya may get the start again on Monday and is 1-1-1 with a 3.22 goals against average in his career versus the Blues. St. Louis leads the NHL with 99 points, putting it six ahead of the Colorado Avalanche for first place in the Central Division. The Blues have won seven of their last eight, including Saturdays 4-1 win over the Nashville Predators. Patrik Berglund scored twice, while Alexander Steen netted his career-high 30th goal and Vladimir Tarasenko scored. Ryan Miller ended with 30 saves. Berglund has 14 goals and 31 points on the season, including six tallies over his last eight games. “Im playing the same way,” said Berglund. “Ive been shooting the puck. Its finding its way in, so its obviously nice.” While Berglund is heating up, Tarasenko is out for at least the next six weeks due to a hand injury suffered versus the Preds. The 22-year-old, who has 21 goals and 22 assists on the season, is slated for hand surgery on Wednesday. Miller is 6-0-1 with a 1.70 GAA and .932 save percentage since being acquired from the Buffalo Sabres. He is 13-6-5 with a 2.66 GAA and .909 save percentage in 26 career meetings with the Jets franchise. The Blues have won three straight over the Jets since losing the first meeting of the season between the clubs in a shootout on Oct. 18. They have claimed six of the previous seven encounters overall as well as three in a row and six of eight at home in the series. ’ ’ ’

Téma: Jak postupovat / stant coach Daniel Go

VANCOUVER – The salsa music was cranked up loud in the Vancouver Whitecaps dressing room prior to a training session this week. You can catch the action live on TSN2 at 10pm et/7pm pt. The players looked relaxed and smiled as they filed out for practice. There was little evidence the teams confidence had been shaken by a pair of subpar performances and its first loss in eight Major League Soccer games. There was even talk about how the Seattle Sounders, Vancouvers Cascadia rival with the best record in MLS, are the right medicine to cure whatever ails the Whitecaps. “Its the perfect test to bounce back,” forward Nigel Reo-Coker said about Saturdays game at BC Place Stadium. “Its a great test for the team. No one expects us to win this game. They are the most experienced team, I would say, in the league. For us, as an emerging young team, its a great time for us to prove to people we should be taken seriously as a team.” The Whitecaps had a franchise record eight-game unbeaten streak (3-0-5) snapped in a 2-0 loss to the Colorado Rapids last week. Vancouver had also played poorly in a 0-0 draw to the Montreal Impact the previous game. A Vancouver team that had gone six of seven games scoring two or more goals has suddenly had problems putting the ball in the net. “The last couple of games I dont think our team has produced the same amount of opportunities they have in the past,” said forward Erik Hurtado. “That is going to affect us scoring goals.” Coach Carl Robinson doesnt see any big problems with the Whitecaps game, just areas that need little fixes. “Good teams are able to do the crappy jobs very well,” said Robinson. "Weve done that the first part of the season. In the last two games I think we went away from that. “Our transition play needs to be a little bit better. Its the little details that make the big differences. If we get back to that, then everyone will put a smile on their face.” Seattle leads the MLS standings with 35 points from a 11-3-2 record. One of those ties came against Vancouver last month. The Sounders have also scored 33 goals, more than any other team in the league. Vancouver is fifth in the Western Conference, 13 points behind Seattle with a 5-3-7 record. Steven Beitashour, who is returning to the Whitecaps lineup after playing for Iran at the World Cup, said the last two results are a minor bump in a long season. “We were on a nice streak,” said the 27-year-old right back. "The guys did well during that. “The league is going to have runs, good runs, bad runs. I dont think two is bad at all. Im confident this weekend we will have a good result, then we will start a new winning streak.” The last time the teams met Seattle salvaged the tie on a late penalty kick after a controversial call. Sounders coach Sigi Schmid doesnt expect things to be any easier in the rematch. “They are going to be a team that is motivated,” Schmid said on the Sounders website. "Im sure they havent been happy with their last two games they played, they havent scored any goals. “Coach Robinson will be under them and motivating them. That team is going to be hungry when they play us.” One reason the Whitecaps have had problems scoring goals is teams are dropping back defenders to counter Vancouvers speed. Robinson said his team must be smarter with the ball when they have possession. “We have to get back to maintaining possession, dictating possession, but also being a threat in the final third,” he said. “We know we have quick players, but have we got players with an understanding how to move (opposition) players out of position? Seattle is a very organized team. They like to get eight, nine men behind the ball. We are going to have to be open and expansive but also a little bit creative in our final third play.” Vancouver could also improve its set plays. The Whitecaps have been unable to take advantage of some good deliveries from midfielder Pedro Morales. “I think the service has been there,” said Robinson. “Now its the challenge for the players to get in the right position. Its about movement in the box.” The Whitecaps have been guilty of giving up leads. Robinson said thats a result of his team still learning how to deal with certain game situations. “The top teams are able to grind out results,” he said. "I havent got an experienced core. I have a young group. “When we bend we might break at the moment. Its important we learn from scenarios like that. At the moment we have broken but we will learn form certain things.” One player thrilled to be back in the Whitecaps lineup is Medhi Ballouchy. The 31-year-old midfielder from Morocco spent 11 months recovering from anterior cruciate ligament surgeries on both knees. During that time he also lost his father to cancer. Ballouchy played 20 minutes against Colorado and called the experience “amazing.” “Taking something from a soccer player … its always hard,” he said about his long recovery. "Im just happy (and) at this point dont even want to think about it. “I hope I can stay in this phase for a long time.” [url=http://www.authenticsaintsteamshop.com/Kenny-Va… Vaccaro Saints Jersey[/url] . Midfielder Michael Bradley, one of the teams new designated players, will make his debut, while striker Gilberto could see his first action for TFC in the contest. [url=http://www.authenticsaintsteamshop.com/Kenny-Va… Vaccaro Jersey[/url] . The Spurs announced on Monday that they have re-signed Matt Bonner. http://www.authenticsaintsteamshop.com/Jimmy-Gr…. 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But before her work on the ice begins, shes going to savour a special moment at Sochis Fisht Olympic stadium on Friday. “Just going to enjoy it and take it all in and, you know, honour the fact that I have this opportunity and that my family is going to be in the building,” said Wickenheiser, who hails from Shaunavon, Sask. “So its going to be a fun night, said the Olympic veteran,” who will have 11 family members in Sochi. The 35-year-old Wickenheiser is well aware that if the womens tournament evolves as presumed with a Canada-United States gold-medal final on Feb. 20, the scrutiny will continue as to whether womens hockey belongs in the Olympics. But shes been around the international game for two decades, when she cracked the Canadian roster as a 15 year old in 1994, and she sees progress. Womens game in good shape “I always worry about the future of womens hockey, mainly because of the fact that most of the world pays attention to womens hockey only for two weeks out of every four years,” Wickenheiser said. “I dont worry about the womens game when I look at every game and what goes on internationally. “I look at Team Japan and what [current coach and former Canadian player] Carla MacLeod has been able to do to get that team to an Olympic Games, which is a huge accomplishment for a country. You look at Finland and how they centralize their under-18 and national teams. You look at Sweden and you look at Russia what Alexei Yashin [the teams general manager] has been able to do with his team.” Still, the Russians, Swedes, Finns and Swiss need to exhibit that they have closed the gap. But that wont be easy because Canada and the U.S. continue to elevate its level of play. “This is a dilemma womens hockey is always going to face. But the reality is were so much further aahead in this time span than say where mens hockey was in [after the first five Olympics].dddddddddddd I think the [womens] game has really come a long way in five Olympics.” Will this be Wickenheisers final Olympics? She wont decide on whether to continue or conclude her decorated career, that includes three Olympic gold medals, seven world championships and playing pro mens hockey in Finland and Sweden, until after the final buzzer sounds in Sochi. So what keeps Wickenheisers competitive clock ticking? “The No. 1 thing is a love of sport,” said the six-time Olympian said, who also competed for Canada in softball at the 2000 Sydney Games. “Ive loved hockey since the day I first put on skates when I was five years old. I have had a passion to play all these years. “I love being part of Team Canada and having the opportunity to win, and thats the main driving force now.” Nagano loss still hurts She forgot to mention that shes never been a good loser. At a team gathering on Monday evening, Wickenheiser and Hefford and assistant coach Daniel Goyette described the emptiness and hurt they felt when they finished second in 1998. “The worst thing in the world is to stand on the blue line with a silver medal around your neck,” she said. “It stays with you for a while.” There was some speculation that Wickenheiser wouldnt be around for the Sochi Games. There was some thought her game had dropped off and she was dealing with some injuries. “You battle injuries and you go through a lot of things as an athlete, but I could picture in my mind what I needed to do to get ready to play in these Games,” she said. “I guess its always a fragile existence as an athlete. Any day something can happen and your games are over, like we saw yesterday with the snowboarder (Norway slopestyle gold-medal contender Torstein Horgmo broke his collarbone during a trail run). “Im very grateful to be sitting here … and to have had the longevity Ive had.” (With files from CBC Saskatchewan) ’ ’ ’

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REGINA — Brendan Taman and Corey Chamblin are now tied at the hip. Taman, the Saskatchewan Roughriders general manager, signed an extension that keeps him under contract with the CFL club through the 2017 season. Last month, Taman re-signed Chamblin as the clubs head coach for the next four seasons. “Corey Chamblin is a big part of making me look good,” Taman told reporters Wednesday. “I had a lot of faith in him when we hired him and he continues to show that.” However, Taman also received a promotion, adding the title of vice-president of football operations to his job description. “Im excited about this,” said Jim Hopson, the Riders president and chief executive officer. "I think we have a good team, a good organization and weve got some people who are very important to making us a good organization and Brendan is one of them. “We need continuity so with Brendan and Corey under contract through 2017 I feel really good as I look to the future.” Chamblin guided the Riders to a Grey Cup title last year, just his second with the CFL club. Taman certainly did his part, not only hiring Chamblin as head coach in 2012 but strengthening Saskatchewans 13 roster by acquiring slotback Geroy Simon — the leagues all-time leading receiver — from the B.C. Lions, hiring George Cortez as offensive co-ordinator and dipping into free agency to add such proven veterans as defensive linemen Ricky Foley and John Chick and defensive back Dwight Anderson. Saskatchewan finished second in the West Division with an 11-7 record — Calgary was first with a league-best 14-4 record — before downing B.C. 29-26 in the conference semifinal. That set up a showdown with the Stampeders at McMahon Stadium that the Riders won 35-13. Saskatchewan capped its season to remember by beating Hamilton 45-23 before a rabid Mosaic Stadium gathering of 44,710. It was the Riders fourth Grey Cup title but first one on home soil as well as being Tamans first CFL championship. “Last year was obviously a pretty special year, thats not a secret for anybody,” Taman said. "I was in the boardroom (Tuesday) and looked at our Grey Cups on the wall and I went from 66 to 89 to 07 to 13. "Theres 23-year gap from the first (to second), then theres 18 years and then theres six years. My goal this year is to make that less than six and ideally that would be one if we can do it. “Everyone has the notion that we went all-in last year and were very aggressive and thats very true. But this year is no different. Were driven to win in this business and this organization has been very successful over the last while and were going to continue to strive to do that.” Taman, a native of Saskatoon, has been the Riders general manager since 2010 and his previous deal was set to expire following the 2015 campaign. “Obviously its a real special day for me to do this,” Taman said. "I wanted to be here for a while and in this business thats not always the easiest thing to do. “Any good organization has sound, consistent relationships at the top. Jim is a great leader, we have a really good relationship, we have an open dialogue all the time. Hes a huge part of our success in this whole organization.” Taman also praised the work of player-personnel director Craig Smith, football research and development co-ordinator Terry Baskier and assistant GM Jeremy ODay. 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PRETORIA, South Africa — Oscar Pistorius fired guns in public in the months before he killed his girlfriend — once out of a car sunroof on a road and once in a crowded restaurant, a onetime friend said at the athletes murder trial Tuesday, drawing an aggressive effort from the chief defence lawyer to pick holes in his testimony. The account by Darren Fresco portrayed Pistorius as a reckless hothead infatuated with firearms and seemingly drifting down a precarious path before he fatally shot Reeva Steenkamp through a closed toilet door at his home before dawn on Feb. 14, 2013. Frescos description of how Pistorius once berated a police officer fit the prosecutions attempts to cast the double-amputee athlete as prone to flashes of anger and blinded by an inflated sense of entitlement at a time when his public image was that of a clean-cut poster boy for overcoming adversity. “I said to him, are you (expletive) mad?” Fresco testified after, he said, Pistorius fired his gun out of the sunroof of the car later on the same day that he had the dispute with the police officer. “He just laughed.” At the same time, the testimony was coming from a man whose own actions were under scrutiny. Judge Thokozile Masipa cautioned Fresco, who was also a friend of Steenkamp, that some questions could incriminate him for offences including discharge of a firearm in a built-up area, negligent damage to property and reckless endangerment. She said he would not be prosecuted if he answered the questions truthfully. Pistorius, 27, denies shooting the gun in the car, although now two witnesses say that he did. The athlete is on trial for murder in the killing of Steenkamp, and also faces two firearm charges for shooting in public and a third firearm charge for illegal possession of ammunition. Pistorius says he shot Steenkamp by mistake, thinking she was a dangerous intruder. The prosecution says he killed her after an argument. The athletes demeanour in court Tuesday was drastically different from the previous day, when he needed a vomit bucket as he heard a pathologist give graphic details of the injuries he inflicted on his girlfriend when he shot her multiple times. This time, Pistorius mostly sat with his hands in his lap and often made notes. Fresco testified that Pistorius altercation with a police officer happened in late 2012, when their car was pulled over by traffic police for the second time that day. He said Pistorius was furious with an officer for handling his gun, which he had left on the passenger seat. “You cant just touch another mans gun,” Pistorius said to the officer, according to Fresco. “He started tellingg the officer: Now your fingerprints are all over my gun, so if something happens, you are then going to be liable for anything that had happened.dddddddddddd He was furious about that. Someone else had touched his gun.” Fresco and a former Pistorius girlfriend have both testified that the Olympian shot his gun out of the car sunroof later that day. But their stories do not match in parts, a fact highlighted by defence lawyer Barry Roux. Fresco, who said he was driving the car, testified that Pistorius fired without warning sometime after visiting an unidentified persons house. Samantha Taylor, who was dating the athlete at the time and was in the car, has testified that it happened soon after the altercation with police and after Pistorius and Fresco discussed finding a traffic light to shoot at. Roux also questioned Fresco about an incident at a packed Johannesburg restaurant in the posh Melrose Arch district in early 2013 — about a month before Steenkamps death — when he said he handed his gun under the table to Pistorius and it fired. According to Fresco, Pistorius said there was too much “media hype” around him and asked Fresco to take the blame for the shooting, which he did. Fresco said he had warned Pistorius that the gun was “one-up,” meaning it had a bullet in the chamber. “I knew that he had a big love for weapons,” Fresco testified. “My assumption was that he had competency.” Roux asked Fresco when exactly he had warned Pistorius that there was a magazine in the gun and a bullet in the chamber, and when Pistorius had asked him to take the rap. The friend couldnt pinpoint the precise times. “Will you agree, Mr. Fresco, you have uncertainty … about what specifically happened and what was said?” Roux asked. Roux sought to undermine Frescos character, questioning why he crumpled up a speeding ticket and threw it on the floor of the car after he and Pistorius were stopped by the police. Fresco also said hed been following some previous testimony in the case on Twitter, which witnesses should not do. If convicted on the murder charge, Pistorius could be sent to prison for at least 25 years before the chance of parole, the minimum time someone must serve if given a life sentence in South Africa. The judge will ultimately deliver the verdict and decide on any sentence. South Africa has no trial by jury. Pistorius was born without fibula bones because of a congenital defect, and his legs were amputated when he was 11 months old. He ran on carbon-fiber blades and is a multiple Paralympic medallist . 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WINNIPEG — One more win and Kevin Martins dream of curling in another Olympics is a lot closer to reality. The veteran Edmonton skip has been to three, winning silver in 2002 and gold in 2010. Martin and co-leader Brad Jacobs will faceoff Thursday at the Olympic Trials and one of them will take sole possession of first place, with the bonus of a free ride into the mens final Sunday. “I really would love to get to one more Olympics and you know we have a shot at it,” Martin said after disposing of John Epping 9-5 in nine ends Wednesday. “But we have to play really well and we have to somehow get to that final game Sunday and weve got a long way to go to get there.” John Morris suffered just his second loss, dropping 8-6 to Jacobs after running out of rocks in 10. Morris made a game of it, scoring two and stealing two to tie it up going into nine. Despite a couple of mistakes, Jacobs foursome out of Sault Ste. 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Weber scored twice and Colton Sissons and Calle Jarnkrok each scored their first NHL goals to lead the Nashville Predators to a 6-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night. Colin Wilson and Eric Nystrom also scored for Nashville, winners of three of four. Rasmus Ristolainen scored for Buffalo, which has lost 10 of its last 11 games. The Predators got off to a fast start, scoring four goals in the first, and ended a six-game home losing streak. “Weve talked about that the few games that we have to play better at home,” Weber said. “Weve always been a team in the past that takes pride in winning at home and we havent done that lately. We need to change that.” Sissons scored the games first goal at 6:26 of the opening period. From the left circle, Rich Clune sent a backhand on net. Buffalos Matt Hackett turned it aside, but Sissons pounced on the rebound at the left of the net and slammed it home for his first career NHL goal. “I cant really describe it,” Sissons said. “Im on top of the world right now. Ive been working pretty hard and fortunately got a bounce there to get my first.” Wilson struck at 11:44 of the first when he picked up a loose puck in the slot and beat Hackett for his eighth of the season. Just 9 seconds later, Jarnkrok beat Hackett with a snap shot from the slot to record his first career NHL goal. “Jarnkrok was goood,” Nashville coach Barry Trotz said.dddddddddddd “Thats a goal-scorers goal. Hes very detailed. I love the way he plays. He plays on the right side of the puck every time.” Weber completed Nashvilles first period barrage with a one-timer from the top of the right faceoff circle while the Predators had a 5-on-3 advantage. “Guys came out, and they didnt come out to play that first period,” Buffalo coach Ted Nolan said. “In order to rebuild and retool, you rebuild and retool with the right people.” Hackett was removed following the first period and replaced by Nathan Lieuwen. Ristolainen got Buffalo on the board at 2:06 of the second when he beat Carter Hutton with a slap shot from above the right circle. It was the rookies second career goal. “It was a goal, but a horrible hockey game,” Ristolainen said. He was recalled earlier Thursday from the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League on an emergency basis due to an injury to Tyler Myers. Weber struck again at 6:19 of the first with another slap shot from the top of the right circle. It was the captains 20th goal of the season, the second time in his career that he has reached that mark. NOTES: Wilsons goal was his first since Dec. 30, a stretch of 33 games . Twelve Predators recorded a point in the first period . Buffalo C Brian Flynn assisted on Ristolainens goal. He has assists in two of his last three games . The Sabres are 1-12-0 against Central Division teams this season. ’ ’ ’