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SPORTSSaturday 20 February 2016
Wild win 3rd straight under Torchetti, 5-2
over Oilers
Minnesota Wild ‘ Zach Parise it feels like,” Coyle said. “All ers, and Cam Talbot had
(11) crashes against Edmon- of sudden we feel good 22 saves. Edmonton has
ton Oilers goalie Cam Talbot about ourselves, our con- lost three straight and six of
(33) as he dives for the puck fidence is growing each its last seven games.
during the first period of an game and it’s a huge road “When losses start to pile up
NHL hockey game Thursday, trip for us.” there is always going to be
Feb. 18, 2016, in Edmonton, Kuemper said there is a that sense of frustration,”
Alberta. completely different feel Talbot said. “We just have
in his team’s dressing room to keep working, pushing
Associated Press since Yeo’s dismissal. forward and focus on do-
“I think it’s a fresh start for ing the little things right.”
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) everyone. A lot of guys had Minnesota started the scor-
— Mike Yeo is gone and so a lot of negative things go- ing 10 1/2 minutes in on the
is much of the weight off ing on and it’s almost like a power play when a big re-
the Minnesota Wild play- new season in a sense,” he bound came out to Pom-
ers. said. inville, who ripped a shot
Matt Dumba, Thomas “It’s good, we’re playing past Talbot.
Vanek and Mikael Gran- good hockey right now Oilers made it 1-1 just 28
lund each had a goal and and we’re getting reward- seconds later when Mc-
an assist and Minnesota ed for it. It’s nice to see the David turned on the jets to
beat the Edmonton Oilers smiles in everyone’s faces take Benoit Pouliot’s pass
5-2 on Thursday night to again and having some and calmly tuck it into the
win its third straight under smiles coming to the rink net past Kuemper. It was
interim coach John Tor- again makes it a lot easier. the rookie’s 10th goal in 22
chetti. Just the way we’re working games this season.
Jason Pominville and Char- for each other right now The Wild regained the
lie Coyle scored for the and cheering each other lead with 7 minutes left in
Wild, and Darcy Kuemper on, it’s contagious and the opening period when
made 31 saves. Minnesota we’re getting a lot of suc- Dumba’s pass attempt
had lost 13 of 14 games cess.” went in off the skate of de-
under former coach Yeo Connor McDavid and Nail fender Darnell Nurse on an-
before his firing Saturday Yakupov scored for the Oil- other power play.q
night.
“It’s a world of difference,
Errani, Strycova reach final
of Dubai Championships
Barbora Strycova of Czech Republic returns the ball to Caroline vice break in the ninth
Garcia of France during the semi final match of the Dubai Ten- game of the first set, and
nis Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday, Feb. seventh game of the sec-
19, 2016. ond set.
“It was really tough,” said
Associated Press Errani, who will be vying for
her ninth career WTA title.
SANDRA HARWITT Svitolina of Ukraine 6-4, 6-4. “Every point, every game
Associated Press Errani was a Dubai finalist in was really long. It’s unbe-
DUBAI, United Arab Emir- 2013, losing to Petra Kvito- lievable for me to be play-
ates (AP) — Sara Errani of va of the Czech Republic. ing in another final.”
Italy and Barbora Stryco- The 1-hour, 51-minute semi- The 47th-ranked Strycova
va of the Czech Republic final featured long rallies defeated 38th-ranked Car-
advanced to the Dubai and games, eight service oline Garcia of France 6-2,
Championships final on Fri- breaks in 20 service break 3-6, 6-3 to earn a chance
day. opportunities. at a second career title.
The 22nd-ranked Errani de- Errani’s experience finally Strycova has beaten Gar-
feated 21st-ranked Elina prevailed with a final ser- cia four of the five times
they’ve played, including
a straight-set, first-round
win at the Australian Open
last month.
This time they fought for 2
hours, 13 minutes. Stryco-
va even fell behind 40-15
when serving for the match
at 5-3 in the third set.
In the end, Strycova sur-
prised herself when she
ended the match in that
ninth game with two con-
secutive aces. q
