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Rees Odhiambo Seahawks Jersey .Y. - Frans Nielsen has seen a lot with the New York Islanders since the 2006-07 season —
and much of it has been frustrating.But in his 455th game, Nielsen notched his
first hat trick, and the Islanders outlasted the Dallas Stars in a wild 7-5 win
on Saturday night.Nielsen beat goalie Anders Lindback with a wrist shot at 9:39
of the third period to break a 4-4 tie after he and Nikolay Kulemin skated into
the Dallas zone on a 2-on-1 rush.He scored again six minutes later and then
finished with an empty-net goal with less than a second remaining. He deferred
to his teammates as the Islanders won for the sixth time in eight games to start
the season.It was pretty cool, the 30-year-old Danish centre said. We know were
a good team and were working hard. We wanted to make a statement in the
beginning, and weve done it.New linemates Mikhail Grabovski and Kulemin also
earned praise from Nielsen, a third-round draft pick by the Islanders in 2002.
Grabovski had two assists and Kulemin scored his first goal with the
Islanders.They are both really smart players, and its fun playing with them,
Nielsen said.Nielsens second goal came at 15:09 off another 2-on-1 with
Grabovski before Shawn Horcoff pulled Dallas to within 6-5 just 23 seconds
later.Backup goalie Chad Johnson made 26 saves for the Islanders in his second
straight start. He has won all three games he has played this season.You wont
score six or seven goals every night so I have to make more key saves, Johnson
said. But a win is a win. You get the two points any way you can.Anders Lee,
recalled by New York from AHL Bridgeport this week, opened the scoring with his
first of the season at 5:11 of the first period.After Vernon Fiddler tied it at
13:25, Kulemin scored on a short-handed breakaway at 18:42.Lees goal came when
he redirected Thomas Hickeys shot past Lindback. It was the 11th goal for Lee in
26 NHL games.Brock Nelson scored his fifth of the season at 1:12 of the second
period to extend New Yorks lead to 3-1.Then Stars leading scorer Tyler Seguin
narrowed the deficit to 3-2 with his sixth of the season at 5:25 before Jason
Spezza tied it with a power-play goal at 6:50.Antoine Roussel put Dallas ahead
4-3 at 15:50 but Islanders defenceman Lubomir Visnovsky ripped a shot over
Lindbacks right shoulder 30 seconds later to tie it again.The goal was the first
of the season for the 38-year-old Visnovsky, who missed the first five games of
the season with a back injury.The Islanders have eight goals from defencemen
this season. They had 23 all of last season from blue-liners.Contributions from
throughout the lineup against Dallas didnt include Islanders leading scorer and
captain John Tavares. Linemates Kyle Okposo and Cory Conacher assisted on
Visnovskys goal.Were doing the right things defensively and that leads to
chances like the 2-on-1 we finally got, Nielsen said. We compete hard, which
leads to bounces going your way. Now we have to keep working hard.New York is
9-3-3 in its last 15 games against Dallas, which fell to 4-2-2 one night after
beating the Devils in New Jersey in a shootout.We created more than enough
chances, but we didnt adjust well enough, Stars coach Lindy Ruff said. We did
some good things and played hard, but we were inconsistent.Grabovski returned
after a three-game absence with concussion symptoms. He replaced Josh Bailey who
went on the injured list after he broke a hand against Boston.Islanders
defenceman Travis Hamonic missed his second straight game due to an upper body
injury.NOTES: The teams meet again in Dallas on March 3. ... Defenceman Matt
Donovan and forward Eric Boulton were scratched by the Islanders. ... Dallas
scratched forward Curtis McKenzie and defenceman Kevin Connauton.
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the Val-dOr Foreur downed the Baie-Comeau Drakkar 6-3 on Sunday to force Game 7
in their Quebec Major Junior Hockey League final series.
Ricardo Lockette Seahawks Jersey . "Today was a very great day for me. It was always my dream to be good in GS," Wierather
said. "I took quite a long time to get there. It feels awesome to have my first
win (in GS)." Wierather leads overall with 595 points from Lara Gut (568), who
finished second, and Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany (535).WILLIAMSBURG, Va. --
Lizette Salas didnt have to wait long to be tested in her latest attempt at a
breakthrough victory on the LPGA Tour. The challenge came on the first hole
Sunday in the Kingsmill Championship, after she was overly cautious with her
first putt, leaving it nearly 10 feet short of the cup with a sliding, downhill
test to save par. She made it, the start of a day when she did little wrong on
her way to a four-shot victory. "Yeah, that was a big putt just to start off the
day," Salas said. "Downhill slider to the right. I mean, I even threw in a fist
pump because I knew how important that was for me mentally and on a confidence
standpoint." The 24-year-old Salas made it look easy the rest of the way, even
while shooting just an even-par 71 on the River Course. Salas started the day
with a three-shot lead, doubled it with birdies on the par-5 third and par-3
fifth. A bogey on the par-4 eighth was her only hiccup -- and only her third
bogey in four rounds -- until she three-putted the par-3 17th. She finished at
13-under 271 and earned $195,000. Yani Tseng, Kraft Nabisco winner Lexi Thompson
and Sarah Jane Smith tied for second. Salas was never really challenged in the
final round on the River Course, and when her final putt fell on the 18th hole,
she cupped her head in her hands and covered her face in celebration. Her
winning moment was quickly interrupted, however, when four fellow players
arrived and doused her with champagne, water and wine. The victory came after
Salas flirted with victory several times in her three years on tour. It also
came after she missed the cut two weeks ago and realized she needed to change
her mental approach to give herself a fighting chance. "I felt like I wanted to
be perfect all the time," she said. "I felt like I needed to play like a top
tier golfer every week. Thats not it. Its about feeling confident. Golf is a
sport where you cant control everything. ... I just took a step back and looked
at golf differently. I just tried to have fun this week. That was the most
important thing." This year, she tied for third in the season-opening event in
the Bahamas and shared the lead after three rounds in the Kia Classic in her
home staate of California, but Anna Nordqvist closed with a 5-under 67 -- to
Salas 70 -- to win by one.
Byron Maxwell Seahawks Jersey. Last year, playing alongside winner Inbee Park in the final group of the Kraft Nabisco,
Salas shot 79 to tie for 25th. Two weeks later, Salas lost a playoff to Suzann
Pettersen in the LPGA LOTTE in Hawaii. Salas chunked her approach into the water
on the first extra hole after closing with a tournament-record 62. The daughter
of Mexican immigrants, Salas was introduced to the game when her father, the
head mechanic at Azusa Greens west of Los Angeles, did some handyman jobs for
the club pro and, instead of pay, asked him to teach his daughter to play. She
went on to star at Southern California, where she was a four-time All-America
selection and helped the Trojans win the 2008 NCAA title. The victory came on a
rare weekend when her parents didnt come to the tournament, but watched from
their home in California, and it brought tears to the eyes of Hall of Famer
Nancy Lopez, who has been a mentor of sorts for Salas. "Im crying. Im so proud
of her," Lopez said by telephone after watching the celebration on the green.
"She looked great out there, just very confident and swinging great. ... Like
she said on TV, she was ready. It was time." Salas expects "some tears of
happiness" when she sees her parents Monday. Tseng, seeking her first victory
since 2012, got within three with three birdies in a four-hole stretch on the
back nine, but she finished with two pars and a double bogey for a 69, expanding
Salas lead to five shots. Thompson had a 69, and Smith shot 66 -- the best round
of the day. Tseng nearly made it very interesting at the par-5 15th, but her
eagle putt stopped just short of the cup. "One more roll it will be in," she
said. "I know if I make that I have a good chance." The tournament also featured
a golf rarity, a double eagle. It was scored by Frenchwoman Joanna Klatten on
No. 15. Klatten said her drive left her a perfect distance away for her 3-wood,
and she had a feeling something great was coming. "Its intuition. I had a good
feeling about that shot," she said. "Of course there is a little bit of luck in
that."
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