CHICAGO - The Chicago Blackhawks seemed a step behind the streaking Dallas Stars much of Sunday night before finding a way to co
CHICAGO - The Chicago Blackhawks seemed a step behind the streaking Dallas Stars much of Sunday night before finding a way to co
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CHICAGO - The Chicago Blackhawks seemed a step behind the streaking Dallas Stars much of Sunday night before finding a way to come out ahead. Cheap Shoes Online Australia .Patrick Sharp scored 1:17 into overtime to give Chicago a 5-4 win that snapped the Stars four-game winning streak.Probably not our best team game in a while, Sharp said, but to come back and win against a division rival, it definitely feels good.Sharp drove past Jason Spezza down the slot, took Duncan Keiths feed from the left point and beat Kari Lehtonen with a shot that slipped between the goalies body and his blocker.That was the only time the Blackhawks led in the contest as Chicago overcame four-one goal deficits and some uncharacteristic defensive breakdowns.We can point the finger at ourselves for allowing those deficits in the first place, Sharp said. A couple mistakes by us.Following a 3-2 defeat in Washington to the Capitals in the Winter Classic on Thursday, the Blackhawks appeared on their way to losing a second straight game for only the third time this season.But Chicagos Brad Richards fooled Lehtonen with an improbable sharp-angle shot with 3:57 left in the third period to tie it at 4 and set up overtime. Richards whipped the puck from the goal line at the left boards and it slipped between Lehtonens elbow and the goalpost.I was hoping for a rebound or something crazy to happen, Richards said. And that went in.The Blackhawks, 14-3-1 in their last 18, ultimately got the bounces they needed, even if they werent firing on all cylinders.We just didnt quite have a great feeling, Richards said. Something was just a little off. We stayed with it. You always know youre going to get a big play out of someone on this team.Brandon Saad, Patrick Kane and Bryan Bickell also scored for the Blackhawks.Erik Cole had two goals and an assist for the Stars. Jamie Benn and his brother, Jordie, also scored for Dallas.I thought we deserved better, and 5-on-5 I thought we had the edge in the game, Dallas coach Lindy Ruff said. I thought the last 40 minutes, our pace was better than theirs.Against their speed, I thought we did a good job.Even with the loss, the Stars are 8-1-1 in their last 10.Were playing pretty solid right now, said Dallas Alex Goligoski, who had two assists. Just have to find better ways to lock those down.Lehtonen made 33 saves, while Chicagos Corey Crawford blocked 30 shots.Blackhawks top prospect, forward Teuvo Teravainen, played his first game of the season.The 20-year-old was recalled from Rockford of the AHL after forward Kris Versteeg suffered a left hand injury when he was hit by a shot in Thursdays Winter Classic in Washington. Versteeg is expected to be out for about a month, according to coach Joel Quenneville.Jamie Benn opened the scoring 3:59 in when he buried a rebound from the edge of left circle into an open net. Crawford had to react quickly to make a pad save on Tyler Seguins initial deflected shot from 20 feet out in slot, and wasnt able to recover.Saad muscled to the net, fought off Stars defenceman Trevor Daly and directed in Jonathan Toews centring pass 1:15 later to tie it at 1.Defensive breakdowns lead to a scoring flurry early in the second.Jordie Benn, a defenceman, trailed into the slot and scored his first goal of the season 2:15 into the period to complete a slick three-way passing play with Cole and Ales Hemsky to put Dallas ahead 2-1. No Blackhawks forwards backchecked on the Stars rush.Kane tied it at 2 at 3:58 to finish a 2-on-1 with Sharp, who created the odd-man break when he blew around Jordie Benn at the Dallas blue line.Cole restored the Stars lead at 3-2 just 45 seconds later when he was left wide open at the side of the net and lifted in a high shot.Bickells power-play tip-in with 1:55 left in the second tied it 3-all. Coles second goal of the game, on a mid-air deflection of Goligoskis floating feed from the left point 4:05 into the third period, put Dallas back ahead, 4-3.NOTES: Versteeg has nine goals and 18 assists in 34 games after fully recovering from knee surgery in March 2013. He missed the first four games of this season with an unrelated lower-body injury. . Dallas C Shawn Horcoff missed his third game with an illness and is on IR. He eligible to return starting Tuesday. . Stars D David Schlemko, claimed from Arizona on waivers, on Saturday, was with the team, but did not dress. Australia Shoes Cheap . - Tom Brady was upset that his New England Patriots hardly looked like a division champion in the first half. Cheap Shoes Australia Free Shipping . First, Ivan Nova decided to have season-ending Tommy John elbow surgery. Then Michael Pineda was suspended for 10 games for using pine tar. http://www.australiashoescheap.com/ . Duhamel, from Lively, Ont., and Radford, from Balmertown, Ont., were second with 77.01 points, just behind Olympic bronze medallists Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany. The four-time world champs lead at 79.I was thinking about Melky Cabrera the other day and his odds of being named Comeback Player of the Year. After all, he was a disaster in his first season with the Jays in 2013. It was only after the fact we learned he needed surgery to have a tumour removed from his back, which seriously impeded his abilities last season to be the player he had been in San Francisco and Kansas City. Right now Melky is hitting .298 with 11 homers and 37 runs batted, and is playing better defence in left field than at any point last year. Hes even beginning to put the PED suspension in the review mirror. Yes, he would be a worthy pick for American League Comeback Player of the year. This really is a fascinating award. Its often said it is one no player really wants to win because it means at some point your career has gone off the rails or youve suffered a serious, possibly career-threatening injury. Only one Blue Jays player has even won the award. On May 29 of 2008, second baseman Aaron Hill suffered a concussion when he collided with teammate David Eckstein. Hill missed the remainder of the season. He came back though with a vengence in 2009, batting .286 and 37 doubles, 36 homers and 108 runs batted in. He went to the All Star Game in St. Louis in July, was named Blue Jays Player of the Year, and ultimately, American League Comeback Player of the year. Its interesting that there are actually three versions of this award. The original and the one with the most historic cache was established by the Sporting News in 1965. The Players Association created its version in 1992 followed finally by Major League Baseball in 2005. Two players won it after coming back from heart attacks, Tony Conigliaro of the Red Sox in 1969 and Scarboroughs own John Hiller - the Tigers starter turned closer. In addition to Hiller another Canadian "Hall of Famer" Fergy Jenkins won the award in 1974 with Texas. In 1976, the National League honours went to Tommy John, naturally for the year he had after undergoing the landmark elbow reconstruction surgery that still bears his name. In the American League, three men have won the award twice - Norm Cash of the Tigers, "Boog" Powell of the Orioles and Royals right hander Bret Saberhagen. In the National League, the club is even more exclusive. Former Expos first baseman Andres "The Big Cat" Galaragga won in Colorado in 1993 and Atlanta in 2000, while former Blue Jays right hander Chris Carpenter won twice with St. Louis in 2004 and again in 2009. Former pitcher and current broadcaster Rick Sutcliffe stands alone as the only player to win in both leaguees. Wholesale Shoes Australia. He did it in 1987 with the Cubs and 1992 with Baltimore. Talk about impressive runs, from 1977 through 1979, future Hall of Famers won in the National League three years running, with Willie McCovey, Willie Stargell and Lou Brock so honoured. But the ultimate comeback story is unfolding this season in Cincinnati. Heck this guys entire career has been one gigantic comeback story. Alfredo Simon is a 33 year old right-hander out of the Dominican Republic. He was signed back in 1999 by the Phillies as an amateur free agent. But in those days he went by the name of Carlos Cabrera. He hid his true identity so he could conceal his true age. The Phillies thought he was younger and didnt find out the truth until 2004. Simon has bounced around a lot and didnt actually crack the Majors until 2008 with Baltimore. He had brief snatches of success with the 0s saving 17 games in 2010 and starting 16 in 2011, but in 2012 he was claimed on waivers by the Reds off the Orioles. Before this season, Alfredo Simon had a career record in six years of (17-18) with 19 saves. He had been with six organizations, three of them twice. Yet the other night at 33 he become the National Leagues first 10-game winner this season. In fact he is (10-3) with a 3.05 ERA and he is convinced he can pitch 200 innings this season even though his previous high was 115 2-3 with Baltimore in 2011. A truly amazing story. All of which brings us to Ricky Romero, whos been slogging it out in Triple-A Buffalo trying to find the old Ricky who used to be the ace of the Blue Jays staff three years ago. We learned Thursday, that Ricky had to undergo surgery on his left knee and is done for the rest of this season. Ricky will be 29 years old next season and in the final guaranteed year of his contract. The Jays will be paying him another $7.5 million dollars. Maybe the knee surgery will make a difference and Ricky can author the kind of comeback story that Alfredo Simon has. One more thing on Simon. He had to battle back from Tommy John surgery as well after getting injured in just his second start for the Orioles in 2009.. This weekend marks a special anniversary at Rogers Centre. Saturday it will be 14 years since the only no-hitter in the history of the facility was pitched there. Oaklands Dave Stewart accomplishing the feat on June 21, 1990. Ironically later that same night, Fernando Valenzuela no-hit St. Louis. It was the only time in Major League history two no-nos have been thrown on the same day. Three years later Stewart won a World Series with the Jays and later became their assistant General Manager. ' ' '
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