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JC Lipon scored three times in the first period as the Kamloops Blazers downed the visiting Spokane Chiefs 5-1 on Friday in Western Hockey League action. Kelechi Osemele Jersey. Lipon currently has a five-game point streak that includes seven goals and 14 points. He now has 18 points in eight games this season, which leads the WHL in scoring. Cole Ully and Brendan Ranford also scored for the Blazers (7-0-1), while Ranford picked up two assists for a three-point outing. Liam Stewart replied for the Chiefs (5-2-0). Cole Cheveldave turned aside 36 shots for the win as Eric Williams stopped 18 shots in a losing effort. Kamloops went 2-for-6 on the power play while Spokane failed to score on four chances with the man advantage. Elsewhere in the WHL, it was: Everett 3, Brandon 2 (OT); Kootenay 4, Saskatoon 3; Lethbridge 3, Prince George 2; Portland 5, Prince Albert 2; Swift Current 3, Regina 2 (OT); Calgary 5, Edmonton 4 (SO); Red Deer 2, Medicine Hat 1; Kelowna 4, Victoria 1 and Seattle 6, Vancouver 4. At Kamloops, B.C., the first period was all about Lipon as he scored a natural hat trick to give the Blazers a 3-0 lead after 20 minutes of play. His first goal came 2:51 into the game and he scored again at 4:37. His third goal came by way of power play at 8:30. Stewart scored the only goal of the second period and it brought Spokane to within two goals heading into the final period. Ully responded for Kamloops at 5:29 of the third period and Ranford added a power-play goal at 7:58. --- Silvertips 3 Wheat Kings 2 (OT) At Brandon, Man., Landon Oslanski scored 1:17 into overtime as Everett (2-5-1) came back from two goals down to beat the Wheat Kings (5-2-1). --- Ice 4 Blades 3 At Cranbrook, B.C., Brock Montgomery scored twice and set up one as Kootenay (2-5-0) handed Saskatoon (2-7-0) its fifth loss in a row. --- Hurricanes 3 Cougars 2 At Lethbridge, Alta., Russell Maxwell scored twice on the power play and Ty Rimmer made 25 saves as the Hurricanes (3-5-0) downed Prince George (5-2-1). --- Winterhawks 5 Raiders 2 At Prince Albert, Sask., Ty Rattie and Derrick Pouliot each had a goal and an assist as Portland (6-3-1) handed the Cougars (7-1-1) their first regulation-time loss of the season. --- Broncos 3 Pats 2 (OT) At Regina, Coda Gordon scored twice, including the overtime winner, and Eetu Laurikainen made 21 saves as Swift Current (4-1-4) edged the Pats (4-5-0). --- Hitmen 5 Oil Kings 4 (SO) At Edmonton, Greg Chase scored the shootout winner and Brooks Macek had a pair of goals in regulation time as Calgary (5-0-2) slipped past the Oil Kings (5-2-2). --- Rebels 2 Tigers 1 At Red Deer, Alta., Bolton Pouliot stopped 32-of-33 shots and Turner Elson had a goal and an assist as the Rebels (5-5-1) beat Medicine Hat (3-5-1) for their third straight victory. --- Rockets 4 Royals 1 At Victoria, Henrik Nybergs second period goal stood up as the winner and Myles Bell chipped in with two assists as Kelowna (4-4-1) downed the Royals (6-4-0). --- Thunderbirds 6 Giants 4 At Vancouver, Brendan Rouse scored three times and Brandon Glover made 28 saves as Seattle (4-3-0) defeated the Giants (2-6-0). Sam Koch Jersey. -- Breaking their silence for the first time, the family of the woman shot and killed by Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher said Monday their "hearts are truly broken" and asked for privacy while they grieve the loss of two loved ones. Joe Flacco Jersey. Raonic, seeded 14th thanks to his career-high ranking, kept his hopes alive for a late spot in the eight-man field at the World Tour Finals in London which starts Monday. http://www.shopravensgear.us/pernell-mcphee-ravens-jersey/. "Football has always evolved, and it always will," he told an overflow crowd of a few hundred. "Make no mistake: change does not inhibit the game; it improves it." In a long-planned appearance that came four days after three starting NFL quarterbacks were knocked out with concussions, Goodell said that the league has already improved the way it handles hits to the head. Ryan McBean Jersey. -- Scott Milanovichs gameplan for Sundays Grey Cup remains a work in progress, but it wont involve the Toronto Argonauts following the same dangerous path that they took to get to the CFL title game. Ramon Harewood Jersey. 1s Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams posted second-round wins Thursday at the Australian Open. The Wimbledon and WTA Championships titlist Kvitova advanced, but only after withstanding a test from Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro. FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Try to shove massive Vince Wilfork out of the middle. Tough to do, isnt it? The 325-pound Pro Bowl tackle keeps sticking around. Wilfork is the only defensive starter left from the New England Patriots last Super Bowl team four years ago. This season, hes rarely come off the field. And why should he? Hes earned all that playing time by crunching runners, charging quarterbacks and clogging holes that offensive linemen struggle to open. "Hes been huge," coach Bill Belichick said. "Vince has had a great year for us. Hes had obviously a great career, had an outstanding year last year, but this year its even gone a step higher." Now he has a chance to reach the top in one climactic game. Wilfork, as usual, will be in the centre of the action at the Super Bowl against the New York Giants on Feb. 5. "I dont care how many Super Bowls youve been to or won. Every chance (you) get to play at this level is the biggest game of your career," he said, but "its still a football game and theyre going to have to line up between the lines and play. "I think the more we can focus on that end and just block everything else out the better well be as a team. But its no question in my mind, these guys will do that." The leadership and inspiration Wilfork provides as a captain -- with his hard-hitting play as much as his soft voice -- pushes teammates to compete despite season-long criticism of their defence that allowed the second most yards in the regular season. But runners who challenge the heart of that defence encounter Wilforks wide body. "He is definitely hard to move," Giants running back Brandon Jacobs said. "He is strong and he is quick for his size. You cant (figure out) one way where he is going to this or he is going to that. He is not one-dimensional. He makes it really hard for people to figure out how they are going to block him." In the 23-20 win over Baltimore in the AFC championship game, Wilfork had one sack and six tackles, including a stop of Ray Rice for a three-yard loss that might have pushed the Ravens out of field-goal range with about three minutes left. Wilfork has been primarily a nose tackle since being drafted out of Miami with the 21st pick in 2004. But this season he also lined up at end and tackle in a 4-3 alignment. And he has developed into an every-down player. "You rarely see a defensive lineman playing 90 per cent of the snaps," linebacker Jerod Mayo said. "Hes one of those guys, I dont want to say his weight on camera, but hes a big guy, you can all see that. Thats very impressive in its own right." So are his imitations of fleet, 180-pound cornerbacks. Wilfork, athletic and fast despite his size, had the first two interceptions of his career in the first four games this season. He rambled 36 yards with the first to set up a field goal on the last play before halftime of a 35-21 win over San Diego. Two weeks later he grabbed another pass, returning it 19 yards in the fourth quarter of a 31-19 win over Oakland. "Legendary,"; Belichick called those picks. Anthony Allen Jersey. "A linemans dream," Wilfork said. "Too bad it wasnt a touchdown, but I ended up falling on one in Washington." Oh, yeah, there was that fumble recovery in the end zone for his first career touchdown in a 34-27 win over the Redskins. Somehow, Wilfork seems to be in the middle of the action, even when hes not expected to be. "Sometimes I make plays that are noticeable and sometimes I dont," he said. "I dont get a bunch of sacks. I dont have any sack dance or any dance you can remember me by but, trust me, I do play hard." Often, Wilfork ends up on the ground in a pile with two offensive linemen. Hardly glamorous, but thats one extra blocker his teammates dont have to worry about. "He embraces the success of the team," Belichick said. "A lot of times it comes at maybe personal (expense), eating up blockers and doing things, doing some of the dirty work that helps other players be productive. Hes done a great job with that, embraced it and performed well in whatever role weve asked him to be in." But its tough to hide such a big body, no matter how many blockers try to flatten him. So for the third straight season and fourth time in his career, Wilfork got enough notice to be chosen for the Pro Bowl. Of course, hell skip that game this Sunday to fly to Indianapolis for the Super Bowl. The Patriots won it in his rookie season then came agonizingly close to doing it again and completing a perfect 2007 season. But Eli Manning threw a touchdown pass to Plaxico Burress with 35 seconds left and the Giants won 17-14. "Thats a tough, tough feeling," Wilfork said, "but every chance you get to be in this situation is special." There was another post-season moment he wishes never happened. On the first offensive play of a wild-card playoff game two years ago, Wilfork was blocked onto his back, opening a gap that Rice dashed through on an 83-yard touchdown run. That set the tone for a 33-14 Ravens upset win. Wilfork said he and his defensive teammates havent watched that play since. "It doesnt have any relevance to what were doing," he said. "That was a couple of years ago and this is a new ball club." But Wilfork is still the man in the middle. "Hes really the elder statesman on the defence," Belichick said. "Hes got a great work ethic, very unselfish, does whatever weve asked him to do." No one had to tell him what to do last Sunday when Billy Cundiff hooked a 32-yard field goal attempt with 11 seconds left. That ended the Ravens last chance and sent the Patriots to the biggest game of all. Moments after the miss, Wilfork stretched his arms to the sides with his helmet in his right hand and beamed a satisfied smile, his breath visible in the chill of the evening. "It is an unbelievable feeling," he said. "Its hard to describe, but when you play this game this is what you play for." ------ AP Sports Writer Tom Canavan in East Rutherford, N.J., contributed to this report. ' ' '

to personal reasons. Boston won the first meeting of the two teams

June 4th, 2013 at 02:37 am

WASHINGTON -- The Washington Capitals didnt wait long to make Mike Green a better offer.

Cheap Jerseys . The Capitals signed the defenceman to a $18.25-million, three-year contract on Monday. The move comes a day after Green rejected a $5-million, one-year qualifying offer from Washington and became a restricted free agent. Green will earn $6 million in 2012-13 and 2013-14 and $6.25 million in 2014-15 after playing just 81 games over the last two injury-plagued seasons. "Its been a long process," Green said in a conference call. "Negotiations started early in the year then obviously with the setback of the injury we were going to wait. And then wait after the playoffs, then after the draft, then after free agency so its been pushed back." The 26-year-old Calgary native has seen his production drop over the last two limited seasons. He played just 32 games in 2011-12 due to a groin injury and had three goals and four assists. The Capitals are gambling Green can get healthy and return to his previous form, which saw him break the 70-point plateau in the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons. He has reached double digits in goals three times, including a 31-goal season in 2008-09. "They know what Im capable of," Green said. "It was unfortunate the last couple of years that Ive suffered through some injuries, but I believe that Im over them. I think Ive got them all out of my system. "I think that as happy as I am that theyre happy and they know Im committed to the hockey team and doing the right things to be the best that I can. Its a win-win for everybody." Green has collected 251 points (82 goals, 169 assists) and a plus-62 rating in 398 career NHL games, all with Washington. He said that he looks forward to rediscovering his offensive game under new head coach Adam Oates. "What (former coach Dale Hunter) expected was a kind of grinder, chip-in chip-out kind of game," he said. "And I respect him as a coach and played that way and played hard for him. "But I also at the same time am really excited that Adam is here. From what I heard how he likes to coach fits my style of play ... and hopefully theres a balance between Bruce Boudreau and Dale. And I think Adams the guy." Green was originally drafted by Washington in the first round (29th overall) of the 2004 NHL draft. Cheap NBA Jerseys China . During a spring training game last Monday against the Phillies, a grounder off the bat of Philadelphias Hunter Pence took a bad hop and hit Cabrera near the right eye. Cabrera needed eight stitches to close the laceration and was diagnosed with a non-displaced fracture below the right eye the next day. Cheap NHL Jerseys China . Quarterbacks Steven Jyles and Kerry Joseph combined to complete three touchdown passes as the Eskimos finally produced some offence in a 42-10 romp over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Commonwealth Stadium on Friday. http://www.stitchednfl.com/nba-jerseys_miami-heat-jersey/ . Chicago manager Robin Ventura said Jose Quintana will be called up from the minors and start Friday in his place against AL Central leader Cleveland. Cheap NCAA Jerseys China . Teams interested in Rick Nash say asking price remains high and theres no sense out of Columbus anything is imminent. Likely to be post-July 1. Cheap Soccer Jerseys China . The Winnipeg Blue Bombers re-signed the all-star defensive back Friday.The Winnipeg Jets (5-7-1) host the Boston Bruins (8-2-2) in a 5pm ct/ 6pm et face off Sunday at MTS Centre. Viewers in the Jets region can watch the game starting at 5pm ct/6pm et. I will be joined in the TSN 1290 Radio broadcast booth today by J-P Vigier and Rick Ralph while Dennis Beyak, Shane Hnidy and Sara Orlesky will be on theTSN Jets Regional broadcast. Ondrej Pavelec (Jets) and Tuukka Rask (Bruins) will be the starting goaltenders, today being Pavelecs 200th NHL game. The Jets will be without defenseman Toby Enstrom who suffered a shoulder injury Friday against the Penguins. Head coach Claude Noel told TSN 1290 following practice yesterday that Enstrom is listed as week-to-week. Paul Postma will take Enstroms roster spot. While Pavelec will be playing in his 200th game, defenceman Mark Stuart will suit up for his 400th NHL game. With four wins in their last 10 games, Winnipeg is 14th in the Eastern Conference standings and trail fifth place Boston by seven poinnts. Cheap Jerseys From China. The Jets are only four points behind the Rangers for the eighth and final playoff spot. The Bruins have allowed just 29 goals against this season, the lowest in the NHL along with Chicago, Vancouver and Nashville. They will be without forward Milan Lucic who flew home to Boston yesterday afternoon due to personal reasons. Boston won the first meeting of the two teams, a 2-1 shootout victory on home ice January 21. The final game between the Jets and Bruins is March 19 at the MTS Centre. Jets Projected Line Up: Ladd-Little-Wheeler Kane-Burmistrov-Antropov Tangradi-Jokinen-Wellwood Wright-Slater-Thorburn Hainsey-Byfuglien Postma-Bogosian Stuart-Redmond Bruins Projected Line Up: Marchand-Bergeron-Seguin Peverley-Krejci-Horton Paille-Kelly-Bourque Pandolfo-Campbell-Thornton Chara-Boychuk Seidenberg-Hamilton Ference-McQuaid Following todays game, the Jets begin a five-game road trip Tuesday in Buffalo (6pm ct/7pm et on TSN Radio 1290, TSN Jets). ' ' '

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