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SPORTS Saturday 10 June 2017

Penguins crush Predators 6-0 to take 3-2 lead in Stanley Cup

WILL GRAVES the final. tract himself but couldn’t,
AP Sports Writer “I don’t know if anybody then unleashed a torrent
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The shakes off a game like of punches at Subban’s
night started with a catfish that that quickly,” Nash- head.
throw. ville coach Peter Laviolette “He was doing some sort
It ended with haymaker af- said. “Nobody feels good of UFC move on my foot,”
ter haymaker — both literal leaving the building play- Crosby said. “I don’t know
and proverbial — from Sid- ing the way we did.” what he was trying to do. ...
ney Crosby and the rest of All the good mojo Rinne I don’t know what he was
the resilient Pittsburgh Pen- generated while help- trying to do to my ankle.
guins. ing Nashville rally to tie I was in some kind of lock
The defending champions the series at 2 vanished there.”
provided an emphatic re- in a span of 20 minutes. Subban, who claimed
minder of why they’re on Justin Schultz beat Rinne Crosby was complaining
the cusp of history with a just 91 seconds in , Bryan about Subban’s breath
6-0 demolition of the Nash- Rust and Evgeni Malkin fol- during a Game 3 run-in,
ville Predators in Game 5 lowed before the first pe- just kind of sat there and
of the Stanley Cup Final to riod horn sounded, con- took it. The exchange end-
take a 3-2 lead. Pittsburgh tinuing Rinne’s baffling in- ed with both players head-
will have a chance to be- ability to play effectively in ing to the dressing room
come the first franchise to Pittsburgh during the series. with minor penalties. They
win back-to-back cham- Rinne has stopped just 34 watched on TV as Malkin’s
pionships since Detroit in of the 45 pucks that have wrist shot with 10 seconds
1998 when the series shifts come his way during seven left in the first gave Pitts-
back to Nashville for Game forgettable periods at PPG burgh a 3-0 edge it never
6 on Sunday night. Paints Arena. came close to giving up.
“Still a lot of work to be “It was just one of those “That is, hands down, the
done but the way we games where they were Pittsburgh Penguins’ Chris Kunitz (14) checks Nashville Preda- best game that we’ve
played tonight, if we can going and we were trying tors’ P.K. Subban (76) during the third period in Game 5 of the played in this series to this
build off that momentum, to find it and didn’t really NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final, Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Pitts- point,” Sullivan said.
that’s important,” Crosby get it going at any point,” burgh. Saros hardly fared any bet-
said after collecting three Rinne said. Associated Press ter. Sheary took a pretty
assists. “We know we’re go- Not that the Penguins gave feed from Crosby and sent
ing to be facing a desper- them much of a chance. it by Saros 1:19 into the sec-
ate team.” Conor Sheary, Phil Kessel — ing the franchise’s all-time stands the opportunity that ond to push Pittsburgh’s
One that can’t get back just as linemate Malkin pre- leading scorer in the Stan- this team has and he’s not lead to four.
to the creature comforts dicted — and 35-year-old ley Cup Final, a two-minute taking anything for grant- Kessel ended a six-game
of Smashville fast enough. playoff newbie Ron Hain- roughing penalty for trying ed,” Penguins coach Mike goal drought 8:02 into the
The Penguins chased Pe- sey also scored for Pitts- to dribble Nashville defen- Sullivan said. second. The score had
kka Rinne with a three-goal burgh. seman P.K. Subban’s head And apparently not taking been predicted by Malkin
barrage in the first period It was Crosby who sent the on the ice near the end of any more stuff from Sub- and it came just seconds
and kept it going against message — with his vision, the first period and what he ban either. The two stars after Crosby threw a water
backup Juuse Saros to his creativity and, oddly, his said was an inadvertent flip became tangled up be- bottle onto the ice as the
push the Predators to the fists. of a water bottle onto the hind the Nashville goal late play went by Pittsburgh’s
brink of elimination for the The two-time MVP’s event- ice during play. in the first with Crosby on bench, a move he told ref-
first time during their run to ful night included becom- “I think Sid really under- top. He attempted to ex- erees was unintentional.q

Sharp pulls into tie for lead after 2nd round at Cambridge

CAMBRIDGE, Ontario (AP) the third hole at Whistle to address a chip shot.
— Alena Sharp shot her Bear Golf Club, and then While she didn’t feel she
second straight 66 Friday came back with an eagle had grounded her club,
to move into a share of the on the par-5 ninth and had she conferred with a rules
lead at 12-under 132 after a run of three straight bird- official and took a one-shot
the second round of the ies on the back nine. penalty.
Manulife LPGA Classic. “This week has been dif- “I needed to call it on my-
Sharp, from nearby Ham- ferent,” Sharp said. “I just self because I was going
ilton, was tied with Ameri- walked up to the golf to be thinking about it all
can Lexi Thompson (65) course yesterday and to- day,” Sharp said.
and South Korea’s Hyo Joo day just feeling like it was “I thought I did the right
Kim (68). Perrine Delacour going to be a good day. thing. Went out and birdied
(62) of France, American “Just had these good vibes the next hole and really just
Lindy Duncan (65) amd coming out.” forgot about it.
South Korea’s In Gee Chun A headache that came “Just kept playing the way
(66) were one shot back. on at the 11th hole before I was.”
Shanshan Feng of China her run of birdies had gone Suzann Pettersen of Norway
Alena Sharp of Canada tees off the 12th hole during the second had a 69 to move to 10 away by the time Sharp had a 71 to move to 9 un-
round of the LPGA Classic at Whistle Bear Golf Club in Cam- under, in a tie with Britain’s signed her scorecard. Her der while fellow first-round
bridge, Ont., on Friday, June 9, 2017. Bronte Law (65) and Aus- third-hole misery didn’t last co-leader Mi Hyang Lee of
Associated Press
tralia’s Minjee Lee (66). long either. South Korea remained at 8
Sharp had a penalty stroke Sharp said her ball moved under with a 72..q
and a double-bogey on ever so slightly as she went