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EDMONTON - Jesse Joensuu is having another strong pre-season for the Edmonton Oilers. Justin Hunter Jersey . Now he just needs to make that translate to the regular season as well.Joensuu had a pair of goals as the Oilers managed a 3-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes in pre-season play on Wednesday.I think our whole line played really well, it was a line effort, both goals, Joensuu said. Either they were really, really good or they werent defending me really well. They were both really similar.The 26-year-old Finnish forward scored three goals in exhibition play last year before recording just three goals and five points in 42 games in the regular season.Those numbers put him on the bubble for a spot with the team this year.Im not that good that I dont have to play well in training camp, he said.Benoit Pouliot also scored for the Oilers, who improved to 4-2-0 in exhibition action.It was one of those nights where we didnt have very many complaints, said Oilers head coach Dallas Eakins. All the guys in the lineup showed very well. The pace was there, the execution was there, the hiccups along the way were few and far between.Mikkel Boedker and Rob Klinkhammer replied for the Coyotes, who dropped to 4-1-2.I didnt think we played as well tonight as we did the other night in Vancouver, said Coyotes coach Dave Tippett. We were taking a last look at five or six young players who were pushing for lineup spots.We didnt win enough battles and our execution with the puck was poor at times and got us in some trouble.The game was a bit of a surreal experience for Arizona goalie Devan Dubnyk, who looks like a lock for the backup goalie job in Arizona after a tumultuous season last year that saw him unsuccessfully begin the year as the Oilers starter, get traded to Nashville and then to Montreal, where he ended the season with the Habs AHL squad in Hamilton.I saw a lot of pucks in the first, which helped me forget about the strangeness of the situation, said Dubnyk, who made 30 saves on the night. I felt weird for the first couple minutes, but that was it. I didnt let myself build it up too much and was able to enjoy it. I tried to just treat this as another game. It was definitely nice to get it out of the way and Ill definitely work hard to get the two points next time when it matters.Arizona started the scoring midway through the first period when Oilers starter Ben Scrivens made the stop on a point shot by Connor Murphy, but got caught up in traffic in front of the net for the rebound a€” allowing Boedker to lift the puck into the net.Scrivens almost got caught off guard for a second goal with two minutes left in the opening period when he missed on a poke check attempt on Tobias Rieder. He was able to recover, however, to make a diving save and then another stop on Rieder on the doorstep seconds later.They turned out to be big stops as the Oilers then skated up-ice on a rush. Dubnyk was able to make the initial stop on a shot by Teddy Purcell, but was unable to prevent Pouliot from lifting in the rebound to make it 1-1.The Oilers had another great opportunity with 25 seconds remaining as Brandon Gormley hooked Matt Hendricks on a breakaway, leading to a penalty shot. However, Dubnyk easily made the save on the one-on-one encounter.Edmonton outshot Arizona 17-8 through 20 minutes.The Oilers took a 2-1 lead two minutes into the second period after Steve Pinizzotto slid a puck in front and Joensuu was able to put a quick snap shot through Dubnyks legs.Edmonton had a bit of a scare when forward David Perron was crushed in a mid-ice hit by Arizona defender Matt Smaby and had trouble getting up. After heading down the ramp, Perron would return a few minutes later and finished the second, but did not come back for the third with a rib injury.The Coyotes tied the game with eight minutes remaining in the second when Klinkhammer elected to shoot on a two-on-one break, beating Scrivens with a well-placed shot to the top corner.Edmonton came close to regaining the lead with just over five minutes left in the second period when Darnell Nurse rang a shot off the post on the power play.The Oilers made it 3-2 early in the third when Pinizzotto took the puck behind the net and fed it into the slot for Joensuu, who zipped the puck past Dubnyk.The Oilers continue the pre-season schedule on Thursday night as they host the Vancouver Canucks. The Coyotes play their final exhibition match-up on Friday when they host the San Jose Sharks.Notes a€” Edmonton fans were denied the chance to see former Oilers forward Sam Gagner play for the Coyotes. Gagner was traded in the off-season to Tampa Bay for Teddy Purcell, and then flipped the same day to Arizona. Purcell played his first game as an Oiler in Edmontona€| Forward Justin Hodgman has been making a very good case for himself with the Coyotes after spending last season in the KHL. Hodgman entered the game as the co-leader in the NHL pre-season with four goals in three pre-season games Ernie Stautner Jersey . The All-Pro left tackle agreed to a five-year contract with the Eagles on Wednesday. Peters was signed for 2014, and his new deal adds four years through 2018. Troy Polamalu Jersey . Today, he looks at the offensive line. 1. Laurent Duvernay-Tardif (OT, McGill) You Should Know: Over the course of his university career, Duvernay-Tardifs commitments to medical school and the family business frequently limited him to one practice per week, yet he was still the Metras Trophy winner as the Top Lineman in CIS football in 2013.HAMILTON - Hamilton kicker Justin Medlock fought through the gusty conditions and made all five of his field-goal attempts to keep his Tiger-Cats undefeated at Tim Hortons Field.Medlocks field goals, and two conceded safeties late in the game, accounted for all the Ticat scoring in a 19-17 victory over the B.C. Lions Saturday night.I love to get the opportunity to put the game on my foot, he said after hitting attempts from 39, 15, 42, 37 and eight yards out. Its tough conditions, but youve just got to get through it.The wind now blows south-north at the new field, and Medlock is still getting used to it.Its a tricky stadium, he said. Its like kicking in an airport. Youre going into a really hard wind and (then) going downwind - its pretty hard.Receiver Shawn Gore and defensive back Josh Johnson each scored a touchdown for B.C. while kicker Paul McCallum hit a 27-yard field goal on his lone attempt.The Ticats (6-7) are on a four-game win streak and have won five of their last six, dating back to Labour Day, when they moved into their new stadium and got quarterback Zach Collaros back on the field after missing five games with concussion-like symptoms. They are now undefeated in their four games at the new stadium and sit atop the CFL East Division.Collaros completed 27 of 43 pass attempts for 367 yards and one interception that was returned 38 yards for a B.C. touchdown by Johnson.The Lions (7-7) have lost their last three games and sit fourth in the CFL West, but still hold a crossover playoff spot with a better record than the Toronto Argonauts — who are tied for second in the East.Its a little frustrating right now, because I thought we had the game, said Lions quarterback Kevin Glenn about his team holding a 17-12 lead midway through the fourth. Its tough when you come in, you fight. When you play this game as hard as weve been playing . . . and you dont come out with victories, with wins, its tough. Weve just got to figure it out. Weve got to stay together and figure it out. Itll happen.Glenn, who was the Tiger-Cat quarterback from 2009 to 2011, completed 19 of 33 pass attempts for 188 yards, no TDs and no interceptions.The B.C. offence wasnt able to get much going all game and found themselves down 12-10 late in the third before Glenn hit Ernest Jackson for a 42-yard gain to the Hamilton 17. Joshua Dobbs Jersey. . On the very next play, he ran a reverse, handing off to receiver Emmanuel Arceneaux who threw into the end zone, finding Gore for the TD and a 17-12 lead.The Lions defence stopped Hamilton on a third-and-one attempt at the B.C. 13-yard line midway through the fourth and looked to have things under control. But when Glenn was sacked at his own six-yard line on the ensuing possession, punter Ricky Schmitt was forced to concede the safety on the next play and Hamilton pulled to 17-14.The Lions were stopped on their own nine-yard line on the next possession, and that led to Schmitt conceding his second safety in a row. B.C. led 17-16.It looked like a late Hamilton drive had stalled at the B.C. 15, but the Ticats successfully challenged a non-call on pass interference between B.C. defender Ronnie Yell and Brandon Banks. That gave Hamilton first-and-goal at the five, but the B.C. defence held firm. Medlock kicked his fifth field goal of the night, this one from eight yards, and the Ticats led 19-17.A wins a win, responded Hamilton head coach Kent Austin when asked if he was concerned his offence wasnt able to get the ball in the end zone, especially when inside the 15. I love winning. Its hard to do.This matchup featured the leagues best pass defence (B.C.) versus the leagues best run defence (Hamilton) and it looked like the first quarter would end scoreless. But McCallum finished off a 57-yard drive for the Lions with a 27-yard field goal to give B.C.a 3-0 lead with 28 seconds left on the clock. Then on the very next play, a Collaros throw to Andy Fantuz was intercepted by B.C.s Johnson who ran it back for a 38-yard TD and suddenly the Lions were up 10-0.A 39-yarder by Medlock put the Ticats on the board early in the second quarter. Midway through, the Ticats still couldnt find the end zone despite a first down inside the B.C. 15 and settled for a 15-yard field goal to pull to 10-6.Another Ticat drive stalled when Collaros was sacked by Johnson at the B.C. 35. That sent out Medlock again, who hit his third field goal of the quarter, this one from 42 yards out, for a 10-9 score.It was more of the same in the third when Medlock had to finish Hamiltons 73-yard drive with a 37-yard field goal giving Hamilton its first lead of the game, 12-10. 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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