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RED DEER, Alta. Air Max 270 Sale . -- Brendan Leipsic had two goals and an assist and Nicolas Petan extended his point streak to 11 games as the Portland Winterhawks slipped past the Red Deer Rebels 5-4 on Saturday in Western Hockey League action. Paul Bittner, Chase De Leo and Alex Schoenborn also scored for the Winterhawks (22-5-4), who are 6-0-2 in their last eight outings, and Petan tacked on two assists to give him 29 points during his streak. Conner Bleackley and Adam Musil each had a goal and an assist for Red Deer (14-15-2) while Vukie Mpofu and Dominik Volek added the others. Portlands Jarrod Schamerhorn made 32 saves for the win as Patrik Bartosak kicked out 34-of-39 shots for the Rebels. --- WHEAT KINGS 3 WARRIORS 1 MOOSE JAW, Sask. -- Curtis Honey made 29 saves as Brandon handed the Warriors their fifth loss in a row. Eric Roy, Tyler Coulter and Quintin Lisoway scored for the Wheat Kings (16-14-2) while Brett Kitt chipped in with two assists. Reid Zalitach scored the lone goal for Moose Jaw (8-19-6). Zachary Sawchenko stopped 23-of-26 shots for the Warriors. --- PATS 3 BLADES 2 SASKATOON -- Dyson Stevenson scored twice, including the winner at 16:26 of the third period, as Regina edged the Blades. Dryden Hunt had a goal and an assist for the Pats (17-13-1) while Boston Leier had two assists. Cory Millette and Brett Stovin each had a goal and an assist for Saskatoon (10-20-3), which has lost six in a row. Dawson MacAuley made 21 saves for Regina as Troy Trombley gave the Blades a chance to win by turning away 46-of-49 shots. --- HITMEN 5 HURRICANES 2 CALGARY -- Pavel Padakin and Jake Virtanen scored 32 seconds apart in the first period for the Hitmen en route to defeating Lethbridge. Radel Fazleev and Alex Roach also scored for Calgary (17-7-4), which extended its win streak to four games, while Virtanen added his second goal of the game in the third period. Giorgio Estephan and Taylor Cooper scored for the Hurricanes (4-24-4). Mack Shields made 24 saves for the Hitmen while Corbin Boes allowed five goals on 30 shots for Lethbridge. --- TIGERS 4 RAIDERS 3 MEDICINE HAT, Alta. -- Ty Stanton broke a 3-3 tie with a power-play goal at 13:44 of the third period as the Tigers toppled Prince Albert. Tommy Vanelli scored twice for Medicine Hat (18-8-3) and Trevor Cox had a goal and an assist. The Raiders (17-12-2) got goals from Leon Draisaitl, Reid Gardiner and Dakota Conroy. Daniel Wapple made 26 saves for the Tigers as Prince Alberts Cole Cheveldave stopped 26-of-30 shots in a losing cause. --- SILVERTIPS 7 BLAZERS 0 KAMLOOPS, B.C. -- Ben Betker and Ivan Nikolishin each had a pair of goals as Everett handed the Blazers their 11th loss in a row. Austin Lotz made 26 saves for the shutout while Jujhar Khaira and Carson Stadnyk contributed a goal and an assist apiece. Mirco Mueller added a single goal to round out the Silvertips (21-6-4) offence. The defensive pairing of Matt Thomas and Josh Connolly combined to go minus-6 for Kamloops (6-20-4). Taran Kozun started in net for the Blazers but was pulled after giving up five goals on 29 shots. Cole Kehler took over and stopped 9-of-11 shots in 16 minutes of relief. --- COUGARS 5 AMERICANS 2 PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. -- Ty Edmonds made 29 saves and Troy Bourke set up three goals as the Cougars halted Tri-Citys three-game win streak. Tyler Mrkonjic, Todd Fiddler, Klarc Wilson, Jordan Tkatch and Alex Forsberg scored for Prince George (12-16-5). Philip Tot and Brandon Carlo replied for the Americans (17-13-3). Tri-Citys Eric Comrie turned aside 34-of-37 shots in defeat. --- ROCKETS 2 ICE 1 KELOWNA, B.C. -- Myles Bell scored the eventual winner at 12:20 of the third period as the Rockets edged Kootenay. Carter Rigby also scored for Kelowna (21-3-2) and Bell earned an assist on the goal to finish with a two-point night. Luke Philp scored for the Ice (16-14-2). Jackson Whistle made 19 saves for the Rockets while Kootenays Mackenzie Skapski turned away 28-of-30 shots in a losing cause. --- THUNDERBIRDS 4 CHIEFS 2 KENT, Wash. -- Ryan Gropps power-play goal at 10:20 of the third period broke a 2-2 tie and lifted Seattle to its fifth straight victory. Alexander Delnov, Ethan Bear and Jaimen Yakubowski also scored for the Thunderbirds (18-9-4) while Adam Henry and Shea Theodore tacked on two assists each. Mitch Holmberg and Connor Chartier scored for Spokane (18-12-2). Danny Mumaugh made 28 saves for Seattle. Eric Williams stopped 18 shots for the Chiefs. --- GIANTS 7 ROYALS 4 VICTORIA -- Carter Popoff scored once and set up three more as Vancouver defeated the Royals. Cain Franson and Trent Lofthouse each had a goal and two assists for the Giants (14-12-7) while Shaun Dosanijh, Thomas Foster, Mason Geertsen and Dalton Thrower scored a goal apiece. Steven Hodges led Victoria (20-12-1) with two goals and Ben Walker had a goal and an assist. Austin Carroll also scored for the Royals. Payton Lee made 29 saves for Vancouver. Patrik Polivka gave up four goals on 26 shots before being replaced by Coleman Vollrath, who stopped 14-of-17 shots in 30 minutes of relief. Air Jordan Sale . -- Stacy Lewis shot 7-under 65 to lead the LPGA Tour team to the championship of the 3Tour Challenge on Tuesday. Nike Shoes Sale .com)LeBron clearly likes his Italian sports cars, and thats ok with me, so up next up is the 458 Spider. https://www.wholesaleshoesforcheap.com/under-armour-shoes-sale/ . After making his All-Star debut in Fridays Rising Stars Challenge, the Raptors sophomore centre wont be sticking around for the duration of the weekends festivities, thinking about the big picture instead.The NCAA drops the puck today on their mens hockey tournament and there will be no shortage of Canadians on the ice as 16 teams try to make their first step to becoming National Champions. The tournament includes a total of 109 Canadian players. There are 35 players from Ontario, 35 from British Columbia, 18 from Alberta and seven each from Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Many of those players are trying to follow in the footsteps of several successful Canadian NHLers who went to college, including four members of the gold-medal-winning Sochi Olympic team: Jonathan Toews (North Dakota), Martin St. Louis (Vermont), Patrick Sharp (Vermont) and Chris Kunitz (Ferris State). "I think that if more Canadian families were exposed to what college can do — as parents for your kid socially, athletically and academically ... I think more people would be doing it," said University of Denver coach Jim Montgomery, a Montreal native who went to Maine and ended up playing 122 NHL games. Among the 945 players to see NHL action this season, 100 were Canadians who played at a U.S. college. Naturally, many went the more traditional road, through the QMJHL, OHL or WHL. But the NCAA is slowly becoming another acceptable way to get there. "Theres no wrong path," Phoenix Coyotes assistant general manager Brad Treliving said. "I think as a Canadian guy you grew up and youre around major junior hockey more, so ... youre closer to it than you are U.S. colleges, but, jeez, theres no wrong answer. Its an individual choice and theres benefits to both." Treliving said major junior hockey is the "quicker" path to the NHL because it has more of a pro-style schedule and grind. But others point to colleges 40-game season as a better chance for some players to develop. Theres more opportunity to lift weights and practice. "Theres the Sidney Crosbys and the Ovechkins and the Malkins of the world that could grow under a rock and are going to play in the NHL," Montgomery said. "Theres otther perfect examples — elite players like the Paul Kariyas of the world. Fake Wholesale Shoes. . Those are the ones everyone knows but its like, did he really need to go to college? Well, Paul Kariya needed to go to college because he was 155 pounds and in 18 months of college he was 175 pounds ready to play against 30-year-old men that are 225 pounds. "It teaches you how to be a man quick." Perhaps some notoriety can come from watching this NCAA tournament. Boston College defenceman Michael Matheson (Pointe-Claire, Que.) is a first-round pick and top prospect for the Florida Panthers, while Quinnipiac has Connor and Kellen Jones (Montrose, B.C.) and Matthew Peca(Petawawa, Ont.). Wisconsin goaltender Joel Rumpel (Swift Current, Sask.) has been one of the best in the country this season and could soon follow in the footsteps of other recent Canadian college players like Matt Read, Ben Scrivens and Cory Conacher who have signed NHL contracts. Hamilton brothers Greg and Matt Carey recently signed deals with the Coyotes and Chicago Blackhawks, respectively, after playing at St. Lawrence University in upstate New York. Greg Carey came away satisfied with his direction, which was only possible because playing tier-2 junior hockey opened him up to the world of U.S. colleges. "You have friends, older friends on your team who have the ability to go and to head down to the States and play and it looks like a lot of fun," Carey said in a phone interview. "And then you get to go on your visits and you get exposed to this world that you really dont see as a Canadian kid growing up. We see a lot of the major junior with the Dub and the O and the Q and the NHL is right there, front and centre, so we dont really get the NCAA." Looking at the tournament from an NHL draft perspective, the top eligible player in the tournament, according to Craig Buttons rankings, is Boston Colleges starting goalie Thatcher Demko. Demko posted a .921 save percentage and 2.13 goals against average in 21 starts this season. ' ' '