Florham Park, NJ (SportsNetwork.com) - A new era of New York Jets football began on Wednesday. The franchise formally introduced new general manager Mike Maccagnan and head coach Todd Bowles. Bowles comes to New York having spent the last two seasons as the Arizona Cardinals defensive coordinator, while Maccagnan was an executive with the Houston Texans. Jets owner Woody Johnson called Bowles a natural leader at the introductory news conference. New York fired former GM John Idzik and head coach Rex Ryan on Dec. 29 following a 4-12 season. Ryan was eventually hired as head coach of the Buffalo Bills. Going forward, were going to be a tough team, were going to be an intelligent team. Were going to do things the right way, said Bowles. Neither Bowles nor Maccagnan had anything noteworthy to say about the teams current roster. Todd and I really have to sit down and review the roster ourselves, said Maccagnan. I do think theres a good foundation in place. The Jets have missed the playoffs four straight seasons. . - Zac Leslie scored two goals and assisted on two more, and Justin Nichols made 34 saves as the Guelph Storm blanked the Kitchener Rangers 6-0 in Ontario Hockey League action on Sunday. . Right-hander Todd Redmond took the loss. Jose Bautista hit his second home run of the spring. Here are a handful of tidbits from around camp: Hutchison impressive The Blue Jays are being cautious when talking about their young arms but internally, excitement is building over the way Drew Hutchison is looking and performing this spring.
http://www.cheappistonsjerseysauthentic ... ith-jersey. The football club recently announced an increase in season ticket prices in five of the seven categories at Investors Group Field for 2014. While most increases are in the two to three per cent range, the clubs most affordable season tickets will jump from $199 to $250 — a 26 per cent leap. .ca. Hi Kerry, Welcome back! Im sure you heard Peter Forsbergs comments last week regarding Canadian referees in the gold medal game. Seems to me that he was questioning the integrity and impartiality. . Needing to bulk up on both sides of the line, the Falcons agreed to terms with guard Jon Asamoah, defensive end Tyson Jackson and defensive tackle Paul Soliai. Asamoah and Jackson played last season with Kansas City, where Asamoah lost his starting job.PHILADELPHIA - The Flyers found an easy way to get out of a recent funk — shoot the puck.Wayne Simmonds had a goal and an assist and four other Flyers scored in Philadelphias 5-1 rout of the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday.I dont think a lot of guys were shooting the puck, Simmonds said. Everyone is starting to shoot the puck now. And when you get shots on net, youre going to get second and third opportunities. Thats when youre going to score.Scott Laughton got his first career goal and Sean Couturier, Jakub Voracek and Michael Raffl also scored for Philadelphia (11-13-5), which improved to 3-0-2 in its last five. Simmonds has five goals over the stretch.Eric Staal scored for Carolina (8-18-3), which dropped its fifth straight game. The Hurricanes have scored one goal in each of their last five contests.I dont think our execution was very good, Staal said. Obviously, its been frustrating. Weve played some good hockey before tonight, but tonight not good enough all around anywhere.Staal pulled the Hurricanes within 2-1 just over three minutes into the second period with a highlight-reel, wraparound tally that snapped Carolinas 0-for-14 skid on the power play. It was the 100th career power-play goal by the Carolina captain.But Voracek answered just under three minutes later by firing a wrist shot from close range past sprawling Carolina goalie Anton Khudobin after a nifty cross-ice pass from Simmonds.We needed a kill there, Hurricanes coach Bill Peters said. We have to compete, have to be better defensively, have to manage the puck, have to move the puck better and thatll give us a better chance.The power-play goal gave the Flyers a goal on the man-advantage in seven straight games.Khudobin, Carolinas backup, dropped to 0-7-2 this season. He made 18 saves.Steve Mason made 25 saves for Philadelphia.Lauhghton made it 4-1 with 12:31 left in the period by racing down the right side before going top shelf onn Khudobins stick side.ddddddddddddThe 2012 first-round pick raised his arms in triumph after the tally. Laughton also assisted Simmonds first-period goal.When you score that goal you dont really remember anything, Laughton said. It definitely was a good feeling. Been a long time coming.Raffl scored on a rebound for Philadelphias third goal over a 5-minute, 11-second span of the second period, giving Philadelphia a four-goal advantage entering the final period.Flyers coach Craig Berube was pleased with how his team held the lead in the final 20 minutes.We kept skating in third period, kept moving the puck and doing the right thing, he said. I was impressed we kept skating and working and kept checking.The Flyers scored twice in the opening period, with Couturier staking Philadelphia to a 1-0 lead just 53 seconds into the contest by beating Khudobin from behind the net. It extended Couturiers point streak to six straight games, matching the longest such streak of his career. Couturier has three goals and four assists over the stretch.Simmonds made it 2-0 with 8:33 left in the first period when he ripped a slap shot from the right circle that zoomed past Khudobins blocker side.Besides getting more shots on goal, Simmonds said an increased focus on defence has helped of late.Weve been playing a lot better defensively and a lot more guys are starting to contribute offensively and its definitely helping, he said.Notes: After sitting five straight games as a healthy scratch, Philadelphia C Vincent Lecavalier (lower body) didnt dress Saturday due to injury. ... Staals tally snapped a five-game pointless drought. ... Saturday was the first of five games between the teams. The Hurricanes won all four meetings last season. ... Carolina D Andrej Nestrasil (upper body) missed his second straight game. ... Flyers RW Claude Giroux, who entered sixth in the NHL with 32 points, had a pair of assists. ' ' '
