Portland took a 3-2 series lead with the victory, and will have a chance to close out the series Monday night in Spokane at 7:05 p.m.
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A member of the Western Hockey League's Regina Pats was injured following a car accident on Saturday morning outside of Calgary that left an 18-year-old woman dead. The team says 17-year-old Myles Bell was taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries. The woman, who is from Regina, died from injuries sustained in the collision. The RCMP said alcohol and speed were factors in the accident.
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Matt Halischuck scored in double overtime as the Nashville Predators evened their Western Conference semifinal with a 2-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks. Nashville's Ryan Suter banked a shot in off Roberto Luongo from behind the Vancouver net with 1:07 left in regulation to force OT. Meanwhile, the Bruins thumped the Flyers 7-3 to take a 1-0 lead in that series.
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Montreal's Georges St-Pierre won a unanimous decision over Jake Shields at UFC 129 in Toronto to retain his welterweight title. It's the ninth straight victory for the 29-year-old champion, while Shields saw his 15-fight win streak come to an end in a matchup that lacked fizz. In the co-main event before a UFC-record 55-thousand at Rogers Centre, featherweight champion Jose Aldo won a unanimous decision over a gutsy Mark Hominick of Thamesford, Ontario.
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Mike McCoy hit his first home run in the majors and added a dazzling over-the-shoulder catch that led to a double play, but the Blue Jays still fell 5-4 to the Yankees in New York. Robert Andino homered and reliever Mike Gonzalez doused a no-out bases-loaded situation as the Baltimore Orioles sent the reeling Chicago White Sox to their 14th loss in 17 games with a 6-2 victory.
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Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman needs surgery for a torn abdominal muscle and is expected to miss six weeks. Zimmerman is hitting .357 with a triple, homer and four R-B-I's in eight games this season.
(With files from the Canadian Press)
2 comments:
I can't stand Canucks fans so go Nashville.
I love green tea!
I assume those UFC guys are squeeky clean as far as drugs go. They'd have to be because Dana White said they have a good testing plan in place.
Funny thing is though, no known drug testing firms admit to being affiliated with Dana and his band of thugs.
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