After tying up their opening-round series in Brooklyn, the Raptors have an opportunity to do something they havent done in nearly 13 years. Toronto hasnt led a playoff series since 2001 and has been fighting an uphill battle with the Nets from the moment Game 1 tipped off last weekend. Now, with home-court advantage on their side once again, can they finally take control and impose their will on the Nets? TSN 1050s Josh Lewenberg and Duane Watson preview Wednesdays Game 5 in another playoff edition of the Raptors Report podcast. Does the momentum belong to Toronto after a dominant six-minute stand that sealed their Game 4 victory? How much of a concern are the injuries to Kyle Lowry and Amir Johnson moving forward? What can the team do to get Terrence Ross going and how might the Raptors struggling sophomore alter the course of this series if he finds his rhythm? Click here for the podcast. . -- Jesse Lussier scored 8:24 into overtime as the Halifax Mooseheads erased a four-goal deficit to beat the host Val-dOr Foreurs 6-5 on Tuesday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoff action. . -- Crystal Webster avoided elimination at the 2013 Capital One Road to the Roar Olympic pre-trial curling tournament with an 8-5 win over Amber Holland on Thursday.
http://www.cheaporiolesjerseysauthentic.com/.J. -- The New York Jets have promoted Tony Sparano Jr. . The league-leading New York Rangers outhit and outmuscled the Maple Leafs during a 3-0 victory on Saturday. Backup goalie Martin Biron stopped all 20 shots he faced to complete a nice workmanlike effort by the visitors. . The 49ers, 6-2 and riding a five-game winning streak following the bye week, also waived cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha and activated cornerback Eric Wright from the reserve/non-football injury list. Manningham made 42 receptions for 449 yards and one touchdown in 12 games and 10 starts last season before injuring his left knee in a loss at Seattle Dec.St. Paul, MN (SportsNetwork.com) - Jason Zucker netted two goals and the Minnesota Wild cruised past the Tampa Bay Lightning, 7-2, on Saturday. The Wild scored four times on eight shots in the first period and had six different players -- Zucker, Zach Parise, Marco Scandella, Mikko Koivu, Erik Haula and Jared Spurgeon -- light the lamp. We have a good team here. Good chemistry, Scandella said. We just have to keep it going. Darcy Kuemper, fresh off his third shutout of the season in Thursdays win over Arizona, only needed to make 17 saves in the blowout victory. Nikita Kucherov and Anton Stralman each scored goals for the Lighting, who finished up a five-game road trip with a 3-2-0 record. It will be nice to get home, Lightning forward Steven Stamkos said. Hopefully well have a lot better showing in our next game then we did tonight. Evgeni Nabokov was the victim of Minnesotas fast start, while Ben Bishop made 11 saves in a relief rolee.dddddddddddd Scandella and Koivu each scored sharp-angle goals less than a minute apart early on, and after Stralman lit the lamp, Haula made it 3-1 with a goal into the upper right corner. Nabokov was caught flat-footed on Zuckers turnaround wrister with 2:45 remaining in the first period, and his night was over the moment the puck hit the back of the net. Parise knocked in his own rebound 2:11 into the second stanza, and it was 6-1 nine minutes later after Thomas Vanek found Spurgeon for an easy tap-in. Kucherov scored on a deflection with 3:10 remaining in middle period, and Zuckers second of the night capped the rout at the 13:44 mark of the third. Game Notes Minnesota defensemen Keith Ballard and Christian Folin both sat out due to illness ... Tampa Bay has dropped three straight and seven of its last nine in Minnesota ... Vanek and Jason Pominville each recorded two assists for the Wild. ' ' '
