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MOOSE JAW, Sask. Mason Foster Buccaneers Jersey . - Julius Honka scored twice, including the winner, as the Swift Current Broncos edged the host Moose Jaw Warriors 5-4 in overtime on Saturday in Western Hockey League play. Zac Mackay, Andrew Johnson and Jay Merkley also scored for the Broncos (16-10-3) while Graham Black chipped in with three assists. Sam Fioretti led the Warriors (8-16-5) with a goal and three assists as Brett Howden added a goal and an assist. Erik Benoit and Jesse Forsberg each scored once to round out Moose Jaws offence. Eetu Laurikainen started the game for Swift Current, but was pulled after allowing three goals on 16 shots. Landon Bow earned the victory for the Broncos after stopping 23-of-24 shots in 47 minutes of relief. Moose Jaws Justin Paulic made 34 saves in defeat. Swift Current went 1 for 3 on the power play while the Warriors scored three times on five chances with the man advantage. --- RAIDERS 8 HURRICANES 2 PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Dakota Conroy scored three times and added an assist and Leon Draisaitl had a goal and three assists as the Raiders handed Lethbridge its fourth loss in a row. Josh Morrissey and Reid Gardiner each scored twice for Prince Albert (15-9-2) while Jayden Hart tacked on two assists. Griffin Foulk and Bryton Sayers scored for the Hurricanes (3-20-4) and Riley Sheen assisted on both. Nick McBride made 20 saves for the win. Lethbridges Teagan Sacher allowed six goals on 38 shots before getting relieved by Corbin Boes, who stopped 13-of-15 shots in 14 minutes of relief. --- SILVERTIPS 1 HITMEN 0 CALGARY — Joshua Winquist scored the games only goal as Everett blanked the Hitmen for its fourth straight victory. Austin Lotz stopped all 25 shots he faced for the Silvertips (19-4-4) while Winquists goal extended his point streak to 16 games. Chris Driedger stopped 25-of-26 shots for Calgary (13-7-4), which had its three-game win streak snapped. Everett went 1 for 5 on the power play while the Hitmen went 0 for 3. --- ICE 5 WHEAT KINGS 2 CRANBROOK, B.C. — Sam Reinhart scored twice and Luke Philp had three assists as Kootenay downed Brandon. Jaedon Descheneau had a goal and an assist for the Ice (15-11-2) while Rinat Valiev and Levi Cable scored the others. John Quenneville and Ryan Pulock supplied the offence for the Wheat Kings (13-13-1). Mackenzie Skapski made 24 saves for Kootenay as Brandons Jordan Papirny stopped 33-of-38 shots in defeat. --- REBELS 5 COUGARS 1 RED DEER, Alta. — Taz Burman made 40 saves and Dominik Volek scored twice as the Rebels toppled Prince George. Conner Bleackley, Evan Polei and Rhyse Dieno also scored for Red Deer (12-12-2) and Brooks Maxwell picked up two assists. Marc McNulty scored the lone goal for the Cougars (10-15-4). Prince Georges Ty Edmonds turned away 33-of-38 shots in defeat. --- TIGERS 5 PATS 1 MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — Trevor Cox scored once and set up three more and Cole Sandford had two goals and an assist as the Tigers defeated Regina. Curtis Valk had a goal and two assists for Medicine Hat (17-6-3) while Tyler Lewington added a single goal. The Pats (14-12-0) got their lone goal from Geordie Maguire. Marek Langhamer made 23 saves for the Tigers as Reginas Dawson MacAuley stopped 30-of-35 shots in defeat. --- THUNDERBIRDS 5 WINTERHAWKS 4 (OT) KENT, Wash. — Justin Hickman opened the scoring and forced extra time with his second of the game late in the third period as Seattle slipped past Portland. Alexander Delnov scored the winner for the Thunderbirds (13-9-4) while Roberts Lipsbergs and Branden Troock added the others. Taylor Leier and Brendan Leipsic each had a goal and an assist for the Winterhawks (18-5-3) and Nicolas Petan and Keegan Iverson had a goal apiece. Justin Myles made 31 saves for Seattle as Portlands Brendan Burke kicked out 34 shots for Portland. --- CHIEFS 4 AMERICANS 3 (OT) SPOKANE, Wash. — Jason Fram scored 4:36 into overtime as the Chiefs came from behind to defeat Tri-City. Keanu Yamamoto, Carter Proft and Mitch Holmberg also scored for Spokane (16-8-0), which trailed 3-1 with midway through the first period. Philip Tot and Connor Rankin each had a goal and an assist for the Americans (14-11-2) and Lucas Nickles added had the other. Eric Williams made 24 saves for the Chiefs while Eric Comrie turned away 40-of-44 shots for Tri-City. --- ROYALS 5 BLAZERS 0 VICTORIA, — Patrik Polivka made 26 saves and the Royals blew the game open with four third-period goals en route to blanking Kamloops. Tyler Soy had two goals and an assist for Victoria (17-10-1), who extended their win streak to four games, while Taylor Crunk, Isaac Schacher and Keegan Kanzig each scored once. Bolton Pouliot stopped 26-of-31 shots for the Blazers (6-17-3), which is winless in eight contests. The Royals went 2 for 5 on the power play while The Blazers went 0 for 4. --- Jeff Demps Buccaneers Jersey .3 million; RDS: 610,000), preliminary data from BBM Canada confirms. The most-watched television program of the past two years, the Seattle Seahawks commanding 43-8 victory over the Denver Broncos attracted more than 18 million unique viewers – or more than one-in-two Canadians (53%) – on CTV or RDS. Dane Fletcher Buccaneers Jersey . Jay Bruce homered and drove in three runs and the Reds snapped a three-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over the Phillies.LONDON -- England secured its place in a three-way fight for the Six Nations title next weekend by blowing away Wales in a 29-18 win at Twickenham on Sunday, delivering a potent mix of clinical finishing, flawless place-kicking and non-stop intensity to capture the Triple Crown. Welsh hopes of landing an unprecedented third straight championship outright were ended thanks to first-half tries by Danny Care and Luther Burrell and seven successful kicks - five penalties and two conversions from flyhalf Owen Farrell. England banished the painful memories of a 30-3 loss to Wales in last seasons Six Nations title decider by dominating almost every facet of a game played at a searing pace. The visitors scrum was demolished, their tackling and handling was sloppy and they only stayed in contention because of fullback Leigh Halfpennys own blemish-free record of six penalties. "Weve tried to remove the fear of playing, and when youve got the courage of your convictions, it generally pays off," England coach Stuart Lancaster said. "Its nice to put last years result in Cardiff to bed. We lost fair and square on that day, but today was our day." England joined France and Ireland on six points from four matches, setting up a thrilling last round of matches. Owning a far superior points difference of +81, Ireland will win the title - and seal a perfect international sendoff for retiring centre Brian ODriscoll with a victory over the French in Paris in the last of the three games. England simply has to beat Italy in Rome, which should be a given on this performance, and hope Ireland lose. If that happens, Lancasters side should lift the trophy for only the second time since winning the World Cup in 2003. The English just keep raising the bar under Lancaster, who has changed the teams mentality and approach in his two years in charge. He claimed that the toughed-out 13-10 win over Ireland two weeks ago was the highlight of a reign that includes a record victory over New Zealand, but this success will take some beating. It clinched the Triple Crown - a sweep of wins over the home unions for the first time since 2003 and was the perfect answer to a midweek taunt from Wales coach Warren Gatland - who challenged whether the English had turned frrom boys to men in the last 12 months. Dashon Goldson Buccaneers Jersey. This Wales side contained 12 players that featured in the British Lions series-clinching win in the third test against Australia last July. Wales had more than double the amount of caps as England here. "We didnt keep the ball well enough today, there were too many turnovers and we were hammered at the scrum very disappointing," Gatland said. A bad day for the Welsh became even worse with the news that Halfpenny will miss the rest of this season after dislocating his right shoulder toward the end of the match. On a red-hot day in southwest London, England brought a scorching intensity that the Welsh couldnt live with. At scrumhalf, Care was the conductor-in-chief and from one of his trademark quick taps, England went in front after just five minutes. Care noticed Wales defenders had turned their backs after referee Romain Poite awarded a penalty following a long advantage, and Care darted past Poite and into a gap to dive over the line. It was Englands first try against Wales in 282 minutes. Wales often had no answer to its opponents line breaks and hard running, but with the adrenalin flowing England gave away some soft penalties at the fiercely contested breakdown that Halfpenny punished in the ninth, 23rd and 31st minutes. Two of those came from near halfway. With Farrell booting two penalties of his own, England held a 13-9 lead just after the half hour but that lead turned to 11 points when Wales over-threw a lineout and the ball was recycled out to the English left wing, where Jonny May cut inside. Play was set up for Billy Twelvetrees to slither a grubber kick into the left corner where Burrell collected on the dive for a try, converted from out wide. England was much the better side yet two more well-struck penalties by Halfpenny in the final three minutes saw Wales somehow jog back to the dressing rooms just five points behind. However, Welsh errors - both handling and tactical, continued after halftime and Farrell was unforgiving from the kicking tee. England was never in danger of blowing its lead. "We grew a lot as a team over the last year," England lock Courtney Lawes said, "and a performance like that has been a long time coming." ' ' ' |
