KELOWNA, B.C. - When Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier didnt make Canadas team for the Sochi Olympics, the ice dancers put themselves on autopilot.It was the low point on a roller-coaster season of crazy highs and heartbreaking lows.We really had to keep moving forward, so we had to go home, take it one day at a time really, because we couldnt really dwell on: Well, that was it, Gilles said. We had to turn our minds off for a little bit.Gilles, from Toronto, and Poirier, from Unionville, Ont., captured a silver medal in ice dance at Skate Canada International on Saturday night, and reflected on how far theyve come from last season.Its so nice to be prepared coming into the Grand Prix season this year, I think there are so many positives coming out of this competition, Poirier said.Their Sochi Olympic campaign got off to a nightmare start when Poirier broke his ankle in May of 2013, a break so severe it took three plates and 13 screws to repair it. He wasnt back on the ice until August, and the two werent able to do full run-throughs of their programs until about three weeks before their Grand Prix debut last November.All the while, the American-born Gilles was nervously waiting for her Canadian citizenship, which she was finally awarded a few weeks before the Olympic trials, making her eligible to compete for Canada in Sochi.It wasnt to be — they would finish fourth at the trials, narrowly missing the team.The first couple days (of Sochi) were hard for me, Gilles said. I couldnt watch the first couple of days. But then once your competitors and your friends are all there, youre like, OK, I have to, because you want to cheer them on. And as hard as it is for you, it still gives you the motivation for the next four years.Gilles and Poirier, who are both 22, didnt have much time to dwell on their disappointment. They were named to the Four Continents team, where they finished second, and then were replacements for Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir on Canadas team for the world championships, where they finished eighth.I think more at the end of the season, it was like: Aw man!, Gilles said on not making the Sochi team. But we did worlds and we had a positive worlds, so that kind of helped the negative part of it.It gave us a lot of momentum going into this season and we saw what we could achieve with training behind us, and weve tried to really embrace that this season, Poirier added.Gilles and Poirier say they already have more training under their belts this season than they did all of last year, and with the changing landscape of ice dancing post-Olympics — both Virtue and Moir and U.S. Olympic champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White are taking the season off to contemplate their futures — are keen to position themselves among the worlds best.We really want to make a big statement this year, said Poirier, who was 14th at the Vancouver Olympics with former partner Vanessa Crone. We really want to show were contenders in this quadrennial, and I think it has to start now. Weve really been pushing ourselves because now is the time where we can really break into the ranks.Looking back on the stresses of last season, especially the nerve-wracking wait for citizenship, Gilles said, I wouldnt change it.Were still hoping for our goal, a medal, for the next one, so were still pushing, she added.The end goal is still the same, Poirier said. And were still hoping to get there three and a half years from now. . You can listen to the game live on TSN Radio 690 in Montreal or on TSN.ca/Montreal. Also, TSN.ca features live streaming of the post-game news conferences from the Bell Centre. The Rangers grabbed a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference Final after Sundays 3-2 overtime victory against the visiting Habs. . And former Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson certainly knows his pain. "Its pretty hard to coach there without allowing some of these things to kind of affect you," Wilson told TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun in his ESPN.
http://www.vapormaxcheapoutlet.com/clea ... ere.html.9 million deal Thursday. The 25-year McGinn had 19 goals and 19 assists in 79 games last season in helping the Avalanche tie a franchise record with 52 wins. .com) - The Pittsburgh Penguins will try to complete a sweep of the Washington Capitals when the clubs cap a quick home-and-home series Tuesday night in the Steel City. . The alleged sexual assault is believed to have happened over the weekend of Feb. 1, when the hockey team was in Thunder Bay for two games against Lakehead University. The criminal investigation branch of the Thunder Bay Police Service is leading the investigation with help from Ottawa police.FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Patrick Mullins and Diego Fagundez scored and the New England Revolution extended their unbeaten streak to seven with a 2-1 victory against the D.C. United on Saturday night. New England (7-3-2) is now unbeaten in seven matches (6-0-1), having outscored its foes 19-6 during that span. D.C. United (5-4-3) had its three-match (2-0-1) unbeaten streak snapped as New England avenged a 2-0 loss in the nations capital on April 5. D.C. United leading scorer Fabian Espinddola scored his sixth goal of the season in the 73rd minute to make it 1-1.dddddddddddd The goal was the first allowed by the Revolution at home. Fagundez extended his scoring streak to three matches, getting the winner in the 77th minute on a cross from the right side by Teal Bunbury. Mullins scored his fourth goal in four matches in the 55th minute. D.C. United played the final eight minutes of the match short-handed after forward Eddie Johnson received a red card. ' ' 'ored for the Predators, who pushed the NHLs best home record to 19-2-1 and tied the franchise record with their eighth straight home win.We like playing in this building, Smith said. We hold a high standard. Its a lot of fun to win in this building. I dont think anybody in here wants to lose right now.Mike Ribeiro had three assists and Shea Weber two as Nashville improved to 9-1-3 in its last 13 games.Carter Hutton made 21 saves in earning his second straight home win in place of injured All-Star goalie Pekka Rinne. In overtime, Hutton stopped a shot by Zach Redmond. Ribeiro then passed to Smith, who beat Semyon Varlamov on the glove side.He got his head up, made a nice saucer pass to the middle, Smith said.Cody McLeod, Jarome Iginla and Nick Holden scored for Colorado, which entered 10th in the Western Conference but only three points out of the final wild-card spot.Holden forced overtime by scoring his fourth this season with 36 seconds left in regulation from in front over Huttons glove. Varlamov had been pulled for an extra skater.It wasnt what Nashville coach Peter Laviolette wanted, but he liked his teams response.Its great to have a good record at home, and we have got to continue to push, Laviolette said.Varlamov made 35 saves, nearly helping Colorado steal more than a point.You want to get that second point, Colorado forward Alex Tanguay said. We had our chance and they had theirs, and they scored.The Predators sent Forsberg, Weber and Laviolette to All-Star weekend where Forsberg, the only rookie in the game, scored two goals for Team Toews.This was the first of four games in six nights for Nashville, and these teams meet again Friday night in Denver as part of the Predators three-game road trip.Forsberg gave the Predators a 3-2 lead 32 seconds into the third. When the rebound of his own shot squirted over to him, he scored on a wrister that went off Varlamovs glove for his 16th this season. That was the only shot Nashville got past Varlamov in the third as the Colorado goalie made 13 saves.Colorado scored first when McLeod got his stick in front of a Nashville player to tip the puck past Hutton for a 1-0 lead at 11:52 of the first period. With seconds left in the period, Hutton stopped a shot from McLeod with a pad save.Josi tied it for Nashville with a one-timer that beat Varlamov at 3:33 of the second. Colorado centre Nathan MacKinnon just missed off the post at 11:22 of the second, then the Predators got the man advantage when John Mitchell was caught high-sticking James Neal. Wilson scored on a slap shot at 13:21 for a 2-1 lead.It didnt last long. Iginla scored on his own slap shot off a drop pass from Matt Duchene at 16:05.NOTES: Nashville also won eight straight home games between Jan. 6 and Feb. 8, 2007. ... Ribeiro has 25 points (five goals, 20 assists) in his last 24 games, including 11 assists in his last 10 games. ... Wilson has 19 points in his last 15 games. ... The Predators are 14-9-2 when giving up the first goal and 20-4-5 in one-goal games. . Left back Armero opened the scoring in the fifth minute when his deflected shot rolled past Greece goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis. Striker Teofilo Gutierrez poked in Colombias second goal from a deflected corner in the 58th and James Rodriguez capped it off with a low shot in stoppage time after a slick backheel flick from Juan Cuadrado. . -- Martin Kaymer never lost sight of opportunity even amid so much evidence of trouble in the closing stretch Sunday at The Players Championship.
http://www.thechiefsshoponline.com/Yout ... fs-Jersey/. Trailing 4-1 in the final set, Sharapova steadied her erratic service game and took command again to beat the 56th-ranked American 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 on clay at the Magic Box tennis centre. The ninth-ranked Russian looked to be cruising before McHale broke late in the second set to tie the match and then took her commanding lead in the final set after breaking Sharapova. . Head of clinic Josef Obrist tells the Austria Press Agency on Thursday that Morgenstern "is doing surprisingly well. ... He still has a memory gap but thats nothing unusual." Morgenstern has moved to a rehabilitation clinic in Klagenfurt for further recovery. . Murray, the defending champion and No. 3 seed, claimed his first match win at Queens in 2005 and went on to win the Wimbledon warmup three times. But he failed to take advantage of eight set points after leading the first-set tiebreaker 6-2, and Stepanek survived to convert with his second set point.CALGARY -- Adam Jones scored seven goals and added an assist and John Grant Jr. scored backwards over his shoulder in overtime as the Colorado Mammoth edged the Calgary Roughnecks 14-13 in National Lacrosse League action on Saturday. Grant scored three, including the winner, and helped on two more, and Joey Cupido, Dan Ball, Jackson Decker and Anthan Iannucci each added a goal apiece for Colorado (2-5). Chet Koneczny had three assists. DDane Dobbie, Shawn Evans, Curtis Dickson, Dan MacRae, and Scott Ranger scored two goals each for Calgary (2-3), Jeff Shattler had a goal and five assists, and Daryl Veltman and Curtis Manning each scored.dddddddddddd Mammoth goalie Dillon Ward made 35 saves for the win. Mike Poulin and Frankie Scigliano split time in Calgarys net, with Poulin giving up 12 goals on 29 shots, and Scigliano making three saves on five shots. ' ' '
