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Home openers are usually a guaranteed victory for the Tri-City Americans, but the Spokane Chiefs played spoilers this year. Dez Bryant Camo Jersey . Mitch Holmberg scored once and setup two more as Spokane defeated host Tri-City 5-2 on Saturday in Western Hockey League action. "Coming into this building you always know it will be hard," Holmberg said. "We were lucky." The Americans had won 11 consecutive home openers, including six over the Chiefs. They last lost a home opener in 2000 -- an 8-0 loss to Spokane. Liam Stewart and Carter Proft each had a goal and an assist for the Chiefs (1-0-0) and Mike Aviani added a single goal. Malte Stromwall and Parker Bowles scored for the Americans (0-1-0). Mac Engel turned away 29 shots for the win while at the other end of the ice Eric Comrie allowed four goals on 34 shots against in a losing effort. Spokane went 1 for 6 on the power play while Tri-City failed to score on three chances with the man advantage. Elsewhere in the WHL, it was: Calgary 5, Kootenay 1; Brandon 7, Regina 4; Swift Current 7, Moose Jaw 1; Prince Albert 5, Saskatoon 2; Medicine Hat 5, Lethbridge 1; Prince George 6, Everett 0; Kamloops 3, Kelowna 2; Portland 6, Seattle 2 and Victoria 3, Vancouver 2. At Kennewick, Wash., after a scoreless first period the Chiefs came to life in the second, scoring four unanswered goals. Fiddler opened the scoring at 9:26, Stewart scored at 17:38, Aviani followed at 18:34 and Holmberg finished off the four-goal period at 19:27. Trailing 4-0 in the middle of the third, the Americans finally got on the board at 11:53 as rookie Bowles scored his first WHL goal. Stromwall would cut Spokanes lead in half with a goal at 17:48. Tri-City pulled Comrie for an extra attacker, but a turnover by the Americans behind the net allowed Proft an easy goal. --- Hitmen 5 Ice 1 At Calgary, Zane Jones scored twice and Darian Henry chipped in a goal and two assists as the Hitmen (2-0-0) defeated Kootenay (0-2-0). --- Wheat Kings 7 Pats 4 At Regina, six Brandon players recorded a multi-point game, including Tyrel Seamen who scored twice, as the Wheat Kings (2-0-0) beat the Pats (0-2-0) for the second straight night. --- Broncos 7 Warriors 1 At Swift Current, Sask., Adam Lowry scored three times and Eetu Laurikainen made 26 saves as the Broncos (1-0-1) crushed Moose Jaw (1-1-0). --- Raiders 5 Blades 2 At Saskatoon, Sask., Logan McVeigh scored two of Prince Alberts (1-0-1) four power-play goals en route to defeating the Blades (1-1-0). --- Tigers 5 Hurricanes 1 At Medicine Hat, Sask., Dylan Busenius scored once and setup two more while Dawson MacAuley made 23 saves as the Tigers (1-1-0) downed Lethrbidge (1-1-0). --- Cougars 6 Silvertips 0 At Everett, Wash., Brett Zarowny stopped all 25 shots he faced and Colin Jacobs had two goals and three assists as Prince George (1-0-0) blanked the Silvertips (0-1-0). --- Blazers 3 Rockets 2 At Kelowna, B.C., Matt Needham scored the winning goal with only 33 seconds remaining in the third period as Kamloops (2-0-0) slipped past the Rockets (0-1-1). --- Winterhawks 6 Thunderbirds 2 At Kent, Wash., Oliver Bjorkstrand scored twice and setup one more, and Nicolas Petan had a goal and three assists as Portland (1-1-0) defeated Seattle (1-1-0). --- Royals 3 Giants 2 At Victoria, Alex Gogolevs second-period goal stood up as the winner as the Royals (2-0-0) downed Vancouver (0-2-0) for the second time in as many nights. DeMarcus Ware Womens Jersey . - Up a man and tied, the Montreal Impact had a chance to seize Saturday nights game against the Colorado Rapids. Miles Austin Authentic Jersey . Italy had more of the possession, the better of the chances, and thoroughly deserved to advance to the semifinals at UEFA Euro 2012 with a penalty shootout win over England on Sunday. http://www.shopthecowboysjersey.com/miles-austin-jersey . The Bengals made it painful for Palmer all-around. And the rest of the Raiders, too. Andy Dalton threw three touchdown passes against Oaklands dreadful defence, and the Cincinnati Bengals showed their former franchise quarterback that theyve moved on without him, beating the Raiders 34-10 on Sunday. Sean Lee Jersey Hall of Fame 50th . -- Jarvis Landry helped LSU keep the SEC championship in reach with a 20-13 win over Arkansas on Friday. Jason Witten Womens Jersey . The 25-year-old Na-yeon strengthened her bid for a successful defence by moving to a total of 10-under 132 at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club. Na-yeon had shared the first-round lead with Karrie Webb of Australia after both put up six-under 65s on opening day.MILTON, Ont. -- The NHL and the NHL Players Association are set for another round of negotiations this week with the hope of establishing a new collective bargaining agreement before the current one expires on Sept. 15. Executive Director Donald Fehr says owners "have pointed us in a direction of some very tough hills to climb," with three days of talks set to begin Tuesday in Toronto. Fehr says the NHLPA is not yet prepared to make a counteroffer to the owners initial proposal. Fehr says the players will make their offer, "when were ready." There were multiple reports coming out of the last round of talks that the owners offer included players hockey-related revenues get slashed from 57 per cent to 46 per cent. It also was reported that players would be forced to wait 10 years before becoming unrestricted free agents and that contracts would be limited to five years. "Weve asked for a bunch of additional financial information," Fehr said at an NHLPA charity golf tournament at Milton, Ontario. "Theyve indicated that the preparation is in progress and well need to review that before we come to any final conclusions." The owners want to cap salaries and shorten years of a deal, but that didnt stop the Philadelphia Flyers from signing Nashville Predators defenceman Shea Weber to a staggering 14-year offer sheet worth $110 million last week. "What Ive said about player contracts, and Ill continue to say especially when you see one like that one, or the earlier ones this year or things in past years and so on, is that contracts speak for themselves," Fehr said. "You dont have to be somebody extraordinarily well-versed in the intricacies of hockey and economics and capology to draw conclusions from it." Fehr said negotiations are scheduled to go on next week, as well. "Theres a ways to go yet," he said. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman oversaw the 1994-95 NHL lockout that delayed the start of the season and forced a 48-game regular-season schedule. When llabour problems lingered in 2004-05, Bettman shut down the league. Troy Aikman Womens Jersey. It took years for the NHL to recover from the lost season. "The momentum thats been gained, kudos should be given to a lot of people on both sides that weve had record revenues growing over the last seven years," Chicago Blackhawks defenceman Steve Montador said. "Everybody wants to grow. Yeah, we want to keep going. We want to play. We dont want to have any hiccups, and theres still time to get through that." Fehr appeared opposed to the idea of shortening contracts and limiting player salaries. "What would you feel like if somebody came to you, or what would anybody else feel like, especially in an industry in which revenue has gone up extraordinarily over the last seven years, but thats what were faced with," he said. Montador, the teams player representative, said it was too early to worry about a potential lockout. "Theres a lot of time, and if we have to, we can continue playing under the old rule if we want," he said. "Thats something I think everybody would want, business as usual at least as far as getting a chance to start on time." Fehr is very protective of the players prerogatives under the National Labor Relations Act. He believes players are effectively 50-50 partners with owners over anything that affects their work rules, such as realignment, which stalled last season after the players association refused to agree to the changes. Montreal Canadiens defenceman and team representative Chris Campoli is glad to have Fehr, who represented baseball players for years, on his side. "Theres no one more qualified to be doing what hes doing," he said. "Hes the best in the world. As a player, in my opinion, I have a sense of comfort with that. We know weve got the best. So going in, I think theres a confidence when it comes to that. and theres a lot of composure we have as a group because of it. The NHL regular season is slated to start on Oct. 11. ' ' '
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