First-year coach Willie Desjardins wants consistency from the Vancouver Canucks, and theyve had a great deal of it against the Calgary Flames. The Canucks go for a 10th straight victory over the Flames as they try to wrap up this five-game homestand above .500 on Saturday night. Listen to the game live on TSN Radio 1040 in Vancouver starting at 5pm pt. Chris Higgins returns to the Canucks line-up after missing the last game due to illness. Frank Corrado could make his season debut on defense, although there was no official confirmation after a light optional skate. Neither Canuck netminder took part in this mornings session but Ryan Miller is expected to make his second straight start in goal. Vancouver (23-13-3) is on a 5-6-2 stretch, which includes splitting eight games at home after giving up three unanswered goals in a 3-1 loss to Florida on Thursday. One thing I always want to be is consistent. I dont think theres any reason you cant play a certain way, Desjardins said. I dont think we were sharp the whole night. We dont seem to be able to be consistent. The Canucks certainly are against Calgary (21-18-3), winning nine straight meetings. Theyre also 13-1-1 in the last 15 home matchups, taking eight in a row after winning 3-2 on Christopher Tanevs goal 18 seconds into overtime Dec. 20. Daniel Sedin scored for just the second time in 12 games Thursday, but that stretch also includes nine assists with two coming against the Flames last month. The star left wing, who leads the team with 36 points, has 79 in 77 career regular-season meetings for his highest output against any opponent. Henrik Sedins 73 points in 80 games versus Calgary rank second in his career against any team, and hes compiled 15 of them in the past 11 matchups. Radim Vrbata has a goal in each of the two this season. Vrbata, though, had a three-game goal streak end Thursday after an illness forced him to miss Tuesdays 3-2 win over the New York Islanders. The Flames are opening a five-game road trip after losing the last three of a six-game homestand. They failed to finish that stretch above .500 after a see-saw 6-5 loss to Florida on Friday, falling for the 11th time in 15 tries (4-10-1). T.J. Brodie and Matt Stajan had two goals each against the Panthers after going a combined 30 games without one. Brodies eight goals on the season are a career high and double his previous mark set last season, when he had a personal-best 31 points. Hes three back of that mark in 2014-15, and among the NHLs highest scoring defensemen. The Flames Mark Giordano, who assisted on a goal by Brodie on Friday, is tied with Kevin Shattenkirk of St. Louis with 36 points for the most by a blueliner. Giordano, though, has two points in 11 career games at Vancouver, while Brodie has none in eight. Rookie Johnny Gaudreau, however, is already finding success against the Canucks, scoring two goals in three matchups after netting one Dec. 20. Gaudreau is tied with Jiri Hudler for the team lead with 13 goals, and he has five in the last four road games. Its unclear if Jonas Hiller will be back in net after making 29 saves Friday. Hes lost three straight games - two starts - with a 4.16 goals-against average, but has only started on back-to-back nights once. That could mean Joni Ortio getting his season debut after being recalled from Adirondack of the AHL on Thursday to replace the injured Karri Ramo, who has an upper-body injury. Ortio went 4-4-0 with a 2.52 GAA last season, making 12 saves in a 2-1 loss at Vancouver on March 8. . Henderson (20-3) received winning scores of 48-47 and 49-46, and the other judge scored it 48-47 for Thomson (20-6). The announcement drew boos from the United Center crowd. "Train this hard for this long, its such a long camp and I see my title shot disappear," said Thomson, who fought most of the fight with a broken right hand. . On paper, it looks a little like Andre the Giant taking on a midget wrestler. It has all the makings of a rout with the Americans adding an eighth win in nine outings of this biennial event. The Yanks have eight players in the top 15 in the world while the Internationals have just one.
http://www.cheaplsujerseys.com/.NYCFC confirmed to The Associated Press on Saturday that this week Lampard signed a contract to start in July — midway through the new teams first season in MLS. . She was a pioneer. She did things on skis that made the birds take notice. . Directly ahead was open field, the end zone and the Seattle Seahawks place in the NFC championship game.The Washington Capitals signed unrestricted free agent forward Brandon Segal to a one-year, two-way contract on Tuesday. The 30-year-old dressed for one game with the New York Rangers last season and spent his season with the AHL Connecticut Whale. In 73 games there he had 24 goals and 220 assists along with 82 penalty minutes.dddddddddddd The native of Richmond, B.C. will be joining his fifth NHL club. He has skated in 103 career games for Tampa Bay, Los Angeles, Dallas and the Rangers. Segal was a fourth-round pick of the Nashville Predators in 2002. ' ' '
