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TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have back-to-back pre-season wins over the Buffalo Sabres a€” but both victories came at a cost.Defenceman Cody Franson left with what appeared to be a left leg injury and forward David Booth suffered a bone bruise after blocking a shot in Torontos 3-2 shootout win over Buffalo on Sunday.Peter Holland scored the winner in the third round of the shootout for the Leafs (4-1-1), while Phil Kessel and James van Riemsdyk had goals in regulation time.Toronto head coach Randy Carlyle didnt have a definitive answer when asked for an update on Franson.He went awkwardly into the boards and he fell pretty hard, said Carlyle. It looked like he hit his knee cap or some part of the leg went underneath him into the boards first so I cant really make a comment other than that synopsis.The Leafs lost defenceman Henrik Tallinder to a dislocated shoulder and forward David Clarkson to a facial injury in Fridays 6-4 victory in Buffalo.You never really like to see hits at that part of the ice when guys are skating that fast into the wall, said van Riemsdyk of the Franson play. Youd like to see a little more caution used there. If youre going to hit a guy there, at least guide him.Obviously its a fast game, Im sure he wasnt trying to hurt him or anything, but hopefully Frannys OK.Booth played over six minutes in the second period after blocking the shot before leaving.The Sabres (1-2-1) also fell victim to injuries on Sunday, losing forwards Patrick Kaleta and Johan Larsson. Mikhail Grigorenko and Nicolas Deslauriers scored for Buffalo.Jonathan Bernier made 36 saves in his first complete game while Andrey Makarov stopped 26 shots for Buffalo.Franson went heavily into the end boards behind the Leafs net after he was shoved by Sabres forward Torrey Mitchell at 11:15 of the third. The Leafs defenceman had to be helped off while putting no pressure on his left leg.Sunday marked the first time the Leafs top line of James van Riemsdyk, Phil Kessel and Tyler Bozak skated as a unit in the pre-season.Kessel got Toronto on the board in the second period with his first goal of the pre-season. Van Riemsdyk tied it 2-2 midway through the third with a power-play goal, putting home the rebound off a Kessel shot.It was fun, we were a little off at times. We thought we couldve had a lot more opportunities or goals. Their goalie played pretty well, said Bozak, who was playing in just his second pre-season game after nursing a lower body injury. Definitely fun to be back out there playing with them and we created some good chances.The Sabres opened the scoring 25 seconds in to the second as Grigorenko knocked down a Cody Hodgson saucer pass and beat Bernier stick-side for his first of the pre-season on Buffalos eighth shot of the night.Sabres head coach Ted Nolan praised Grigorenkos work ethic post-game.Im a big believer that good things happen when you do the right thing more often than not, said Nolan. He did the right thing this summer by working himself in better shape. He came to camp with a real positive attitude. Willing to earn things and hes had a tremendous attitude from the get go.Its great to see him get rewarded tonight.Deslauriers gave Buffalo a 2-0 lead at 9:24 of the second getting his stick on a Rasmus Ristolainen point shot.The Sabres lost a pair of bodies in the first when Kaleta took a Morgan Rielly slapshot to the face at 11:32 of the opening period.Then with less than a minute remaining in the first, Larsson skated into the elbow of an unsuspecting Petter Granberg and headed for the dressing room early.Neither player returned. Nolan said both players would be re-evaluated when the team returned to Buffalo.Notes: Leafs forward David Clarkson is scheduled to see a specialist Monday for his cheekbone injury. a€| Toronto defenceman Stephan Robidas (leg) has been cleared for contact and is targeting the pre-season finale Oct. 3 for his Leafs debut. a€| Blue liner Henrik Tallinder is awaiting further results on his dislocated shoulder. .Martin Caceres marked his return from injury by scoring in the 3-1 win at Napoli and he believes Juventus sent out a warning to the rest of the league with that result.We go out on the pitch every game looking to give our all, Caceres said. .com) - Guard Greivis Vasquez and forward Patrick Patterson, two key pieces to the Toronto Raptors run to an Atlantic Division title in 2013-14, were both given qualifying offers by the team on Saturday. http://www.cheapbearsjerseyssale.com/?t ... ersey-sale. The club says its first-choice centre back "underwent medical tests on Wednesday morning" which confirmed he has injured his right hamstring. The injury was caused in the second minute of Tuesdays 4-1 league win over Real Sociedad in the Camp Nou when teammate Sergio Busquets accidentally struck Mascherano just above the knee with an outstretched boot. . Theres little time for rest, too. The Flyers and Rangers play again Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden. Simmonds scored in the first period and twice more in the second for his first career post-season hat trick. Mason survived a busy first period and stopping 31 straight shots until Carl Hagelin scored late in the third. . According to TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun, Brodeurs agent Pat Brisson has spoken to six teams so far regarding the veteran goaltender.PARIS -- Marianne Vos of the Netherlands won the inaugural womens version of the Tour de France on Sunday, a 55-mile (88.5 km) circuit on the famous cobblestones of ParisChamps-Elysees. "I felt quite good," the Rabobank-Liv team rider said after the race. "My team was upfront all the time -- we were in every breakaway so I could stay relaxed. It gave me extra motivation to be there in the final sprint and to push maximum power." Vos teammate Kirsten Wild finished second and Leah Kirchman of Canada was third. In this first edition of "La Course by le Tour de France," 120 women from 20 teams raced thirteen laps of Paris broad tree-lined boulevard for a prize of (euro)22,500. For many of the professional cyclists, being able to race in Paris was a gift in itself. "Its fantastic to be here, on the Champs-Elysees and to have this opportunity for women cycling to show ourselves in front of this crowd and in front of the whoole world," Vos said.dddddddddddd In the crowd, cycling fans were equally enthusiastic. Dirk Dillen, from Belgium, said it was about time this race was created. "Women do the same efforts as guys, so they deserve to get more in the picture. And its a very good thing that they can ride here in the picture." British Olympic silver medallist Emma Pooley said she hopes this race will be the start of something bigger. "It will take time and it has to be sustainable," said Pooley. "It has to have the viewers and the sponsors. I think this is a really good test." Tour de France Director Jean-Francois Pescheux said he was already looking to the future. "The next step will be, first to consolidate as much as possible this race, to make it sustainable in the long run, and then to try and organize a race with different stages which would really respond to the demands of professional female cyclists." ' ' ' |
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