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SHERBROOKE, Que. Johnny Manziel Jersey . - Frederik Gauthier had a four-point game as the Rimouski Oceanic demolished the Sherbrooke Phoenix 7-1 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League play Saturday. Gauthier scored two and had two assists for the Oceanic (10-1-1), who pulled away with five unanswered goals. Anthony DeLuca, Peter Trainor, Simon Bourque, Michael Joly and Beau Rusk added singles for Rimouski, while Alex St-Pierre made 28 saves in net. Jean-Francois Plante had the lone goal for the Phoenix (3-9-2), and Gabriel Parent allowed all seven goals on 22 shots. --- DRAKKAR 7 TIGRES 0 At Victoriaville, Que., seven players each scored as Baie-Comeau crushed the Tigres. Frederic Gamelin, Nicolas Meloche, Denis Gorbunov, Bokondji Imama, Dominic Poulin, Gabriel Verpaelst and Valentin Zykov had singles for the Drakkar (9-4-2). Philippe Cadorette made 22 saves in net for Baie-Comeau. At the other end, Brandon Whitney and Steven Veilleux combined to stop 24 shots for Victoriaville (8-4-1). The power play was tough on the Tigres at both ends of the ice — they went scoreless in six opportunities, while allowing the Drakkar to score three on 10 attempts. --- ISLANDERS 3 SAGUENEENS 0 At Charlottetown, Eric Brassard made 34 saves to help the Islanders shut out Chicoutimi. Brassard was especially good in the third period, when the Islanders were outshot 17-11. Matej Beran, Anthony Cortese and Bradley Kennedy each scored for Charlottetown (10-2-1). Domenic Graham stopped 40 shots for the Sagueneens (7-8-0). --- HUSKIES 5 MOOSEHEADS 3 At Halifax, Maxime St-Cyr scored twice to put Rouyn-Noranda ahead for good. Jean-Sebastien Dea, Marcus Power and Justin Guenette also scored for the Huskies (7-4-2). Darcy Ashley scored twice for the Mooseheads (9-7-0), and Max Lindsay also had a single. Rouyn-Noranda goaltender Carl Hozjan made 35 saves, while Kevin Darveau stopped 16 shots for Halifax. --- REMPARTS 5 SEA DOGS 2 At Saint John, N.B., Callum Booth made 35 saves and got lots of help from Quebecs offence for the win. Fabrice Herzog, Jason Houde, Adam Erne, Kurt Etchegary and Anthony Duclair scored for the Remparts (6-5-3). Spencer Smallman and Jason Cameron replied for the Sea Dogs (5-7-1). Sebastien Auger stopped 23 shots for Saint John. --- OLYMPIQUES 3 ARMADA 1 At Gatineau, Que., the Olympiques stifled the league-leading Armadas offence. Robert Steeves needed to make just 12 saves for Gatineau (9-5-0), while Vincent Dunn, Emile Poirier and Vaclav Karabacek each scored. Philippe Sanche had the only goal for Blainville-Boisbriand (10-1-1), and Etienne Marcoux stopped 19 shots. Neither team recorded double-digit shots in any period, and the Armada were held to just three shots in the third. Custom San Diego Padres Jerseys . People familiar with the case told The Associated Press on Friday that arbitrator Fredric Horowitz could issue his decision this weekend. Trevor Cahill Jersey . Former two-time Olympic gold medallist Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle tested positive for the stimulant methylhexanamine in both her "A" and "B" samples, the German Olympic Committee said.TORONTO – As he does at the conclusion of each and every skate, Randy Carlyle gathered his players along the side boards and delivered his message, one that lingered a little longer than usual on this day, his words measured and optimistic amid a late season skid. "Weve given ourselves now a tougher task," said Carlyle after the Friday practice, the Toronto head coach notably chipper and upbeat throughout. "But the bottom line is we just have to win our share of games [and] not worry about what anybody else is doing. Win our share of games. Find a way to get our team playing back to the way were capable of playing." The Leafs – who may have help on the way – have dropped three straight games for the first time in more than two months, their once secure position in the playoff race suddenly veering toward a more uncertain status. Though they still occupy the first wild card spot in the East, their lead on the likes of Tampa, Montreal, New York, Detroit and Washington has narrowed, if not vanished. And a sweltering stretch which saw them rack up at least a point in 18 of 22 games (15-4-3) – following that four-game slide in early January – has quickly become old news. More important now is a looming back-to-back set with the Canadiens and Devils, Montreal notably just three points up as the third seed in the Atlantic division. "I dont think if you go back and watch the game-tape wed say were playing terrible games," said Joffrey Lupul of close losses to the Capitals, Red Wings and Lightning. "Were working, were skating, [but] were making some critical mistakes to not give us a chance to win." Among those errors was a mistake by Lupul in the middle frame of a Wednesday loss to Tampa, one that saw the 30-year-old winger fail to chip a puck out along the boards, the mistake resulting in Steven Stamkoss third goal of the game. Execution errors of that kind were common in the first half of a 5-3 loss to the Lightning – now five points up on Toronto with a game in hand – the Leafs late push, like others in Washington and Detroit, just too late to snap a three-game skid. Carlyle told his team that their competition level, which helped manifest 22 third period shots opposite Ben Bishop, needed to become a more consistent reality. "That has to be 60 minutes," he said. But whats plagued the Leafs in recent days isnt altogether different from whats lingered beneath the surface all year, defensive concerns standing most prominent. Unlike most of the season, however, their top line has quieted some (with secondary support still inconsistent) and the goaltending in Jonathan Berniers absence has been merely average. James Reimer has a .901 save percentage in five consecutive appearances. Special teams, additionally, have both struggled. "Its just been a mistake here or a mistake there or not getting the job done on special teams,&quoot; said Lupul. Wil Myers Jersey. . Help could be on the way with Dave Bolland "probable" to return against the Canadiens, Bernier remaining out a fourth straight game because of a groin injury. Sidelined for nearly five months Bolland is expected to play alongside Mason Raymond and David Clarkson, exuding a real excitement about returning to the Toronto lineup for the first time since Nov. 2. "Things are going upwards," the 27-year-old said ahead of the Saturday tilt. Bolland has missed the past 56 games with a severed tendon in his left ankle, grueling through months of slow-moving rehab. He appeared close to a return in early March, but was still having trouble crossing over, pushing his timeframe further back than even the team expected. "Its a grind and its not fun coming to the rink early in the morning and then leaving later after the guys and then getting there for the game and working out and seeing whats going on on the ice," said Bolland. "Its not a fun moment for hockey players to go through that, to battle through that. "You dont get any excitement. You dont really feel the excitement that the guys feel when they win … Youre sort of in the background when things are going on. Its good to see that everything is going upwards." Bernier was on the ice for a third straight day Saturday morning, but was not yet at 100 per cent, according to Carlyle. His status for Sundays game in New Jersey also appears in question with a return more likely early next week. "We were pretty excited with some of our additions coming into camp and it seems that we havent had everyone in there as a whole yet," said Lupul. "Itll be interesting to see." Altering some of the recent maladies though will require improvements elsewhere. Phil Kessel, James van Riemsdyk and Tyler Bozak were due to cool off from a scorching two-month run and they have, meaning that more is required offensively from Lupul, Nazem Kadri, David Clarkson and other sources of depth from the group up front. Toronto forwards have just seven goals in the last six games. Unable to outscore teams recently, the Leafs have actually cut down on the number of shots against, yielding only 31 on average during the three-game skid. But theyve ceded far too many high-quality opportunities – notably to Stamkos most recently – many of which Reimer could not turn aside as Bernier has for most of the season. Their power-play, additionally, is in need of a spark with just three goals in the past 14 games. And their penalty kill, once rising, has given up five in the three losses. Unpredictable and unwaveringly confident all year in the face of adversity, theres no reason why the Leafs cant turn things around in a hurry. But with just 11 games to play and a stake in their second straight trip to the postseason on the line, the clock is certainly ticking. Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China NFL Cheap Jerseys ' ' '
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