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              Angel Cabrera and


              son win the Father-

              Son Challenge





              ORLANDO,  Fla.  (AP)  —  nine  with  back-to-back
              Angel  Cabrera  and  An-   birdies, and then making
              gel  Cabrera  Jr.  closed  birdies  on  the  13th,  14th
              with  a  12-under  60  for  a  and 16th. The final birdie
              three-shot  victory  in  their  allowed  them  to  tie  the
              debut at the PNC Father-   tournament  scoring  re-
              Son Challenge.             cord.
              The  Cabreras  opened  “This  is  certain  my  best
              with a 59 at The Ritz-Carl-  week  of  the  year,”  said   Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (37) stops the puck with Josh Morrissey (44) battling
              ton  Golf  Club  and  were  Cabrera,  the  2009  Mas-   with St. Louis Blues’ Paul Stastny (26) beside the net during third period NHL hockey action in Win-
              challenged briefly by the  ters  champion  and  2007    nipeg, Manitoba, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017.
              defending    champions,  U.S.    Open     champion
              David  Duval  and  Nick  at  Oakmont.  “To  play        Hellebuyck stops 24  shots,
              Karavites, in the scramble  alongside  all  the  leg-
              format  Sunday.  The  Ar-  ends ... as well as playing   Jets beat Blues 4-0
              gentines  went  out  in  30,  alongside  my  son,  has
              and they had a two-shot  been  the  greatest  week      WINNIPEG,  Manitoba  (AP)  the St. Louis net and was hit  back in the Blues’ lineup af-
              lead  with  Cabrera’s  son  of the year.”               —    Connor     Hellebuyck  by  two  Blues  players  with  ter the captain missed four
              came  within  an  inch  of  The  popular  event  is  for   stopped  24  shots  for  his  the  puck  popping  loose.  games  with  a  lower-body
              chipping  in  for  eagle  on  players who have won a    eighth   career    shutout,  Copp picked it up and sent  injury.  He  logged  just  over
              the final hole.            major  championship  or      Patrik  Laine  got  his  team-  a pass in the crease to Low-  20  minutes  of  ice  time.  ...
              They  finished  at  25-un-  The  Players  Champion-     high  16th  goal  of  the  sea-  ry, who put it in for his fifth of  Winnipeg  went  1  for  4  on
              der  199  for  a  three-shot  ship.  It  is  a  scramble  for-  son and the Winnipeg Jets  the season.            the  power  play  while  St.
              victory  over  Duval  and  mat both days.               beat the St. Louis Blues 4-0  Laine  used  a  wrist  shot  on  Louis was 0 for 4.q
              Karavites,   and    Bern-  In some cases, the major     Sunday night.                Allen’s  blocker  side  to  get
              hard  Langer  and  Jason  champions  lean  on  the      Adam  Lowry,  Mark  Scheif-  his  league-leading  10th
              Langer. The Langer team  power of their sons for the    ele and Josh Morrissey also  power-play goal of the sea-
              won in 2014.               distance.  O’Meara  said     scored for Winnipeg, which  son with 4:47 left in the sec-
              Mark    O’Meara      and  Saturday  that  his  “little   lost 2-0 at St. Louis the pre-  ond while Alex Pietrangelo
              Shaun  O’Meara  tied  for  man”  hit  it  58  yards  by   vious  night.  Morrissey  also  sat  in  the  penalty  box  for
              fourth  at  21  under  with  him on the 18th. And on    had an assist, and Andrew  cross-checking.
              Jerry  Pate  and  Wesley  Sunday, Stewart Cink said     Copp  and  Jacob  Trouba  Scheifele  scored  his  15th
              Pate.                      son  Reagan  told  him  af-  added  two  each  to  help  when  he  re-directed  Mor-
              Cabrera  wasn’t  even  in  ter outdriving him on the    the Jets improve to 2-4-1 in  rissey’s  shot  from  near  the
              the  field  until  two-time  opening  four  holes,  “In   their last seven games. Hel-  top  of  the  circle  at  with
              U.S. Open champion Cur-    this tournament I may be     lebuyck’s  shutout  was  his  8:06 left in the third to make
              tis  Strange  and  his  son,  your  son,  but  right  now   second of the season.    it 3-0.
              Tom Strange, had to with-  I’m your Daddy!”             Jake  Allen  was  back  in  Morrissey then capped the
              draw.                      Jack   Nicklaus   played     goal  for  the  Blues  and  fin-  scoring  less  than  two  min-
              Duval  and  his  stepson  with  his  grandson,  G.T.    ished with 42 saves. Carter  utes later with his shot from
              went  out  in  28,  but  the  They closed with a 64 and   Hutton  had  48  saves  in  St.  the high slot.
              Cabreras  regained  con-   tied for 15th in the field of   Louis’ win on Friday night.  The  Jets  outshot  the  Blues
              trol  by  starting  the  back  20 teams.q               Lowry  got  the  Jets  on  the  12-9 in a scoreless first peri-
                                                                      scoreboard  at  4:32  of  the  od, with both goalies mak-
                                                                      second.  Brandon  Tanev  ing some key saves.
                                                                      brought  the  puck  behind  NOTES:  D  Pietrangelo  was
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