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Friday 11 December 2015
NHL Roundup:
Bergeron passes Schmidt, Bruins beat Canadiens 3-1
Boston Bruins’ Patrice Bergeron (37) scores past Montreal the Canadiens lost their In Denver, Beau Bennett Matt Duchene and Erik
Canadiens’ goalie Mike Condon as Canadiens’ Daniel Carr season-high third straight. and Olli Maatta combined Johnson scored first-period
looks on during third period NHL hockey action, in Montreal, on Vancouver’s Daniel Sedin for three goals in 3:24 dur- goals for the Avalanche.
Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. The Bruins defeated the Canadiens and Alexander Edler each ing the third period as the Berra finished with 29 saves.
3-1. had a goal and an assist Pittsburgh Penguins rallied The Edmonton Oilers beat
to lift the Canucks over the to beat the Colorado Ava- the San Jose Sharks 4-3 for
(Paul Chiasson/Canadian Press/AP) New York Rangers 2-1. lanche 4-2. their fourth straight victory
Henrik Sedin added two Bennett had two goals dur- after Taylor Hall scored at
assists for Vancouver, and ing the flurry and Maatta 3:59 of overtime.
Ryan Miller made 32 saves. had the winner. Maatta Leon Draisaitl, Jordan Eb-
The Canucks won consecu- also had an assist. erle and Iiro Pakarinen also
tive games for the first time Bennett tied it at 2 with a scored for the Oilers.
since Oct. 30 and Nov. 2. backhander at 7:19 of the The Sharks lost their fifth
Dan Boyle scored on a third, and Maatta put the straight. Justin Braun, Pat-
penalty shot for the Rang- Penguins ahead 2:05 later rick Marleau and Joe Pav-
ers, and Henrik Lundqvist when his sharp-angle shot elski scored for San Jose.
made 23 saves. went off goalie Reto Berra Draisaitl set up Hall’s winner
Daniel Sedin scored the and popped up in the air. with a pass on a 2-on-1 that
winner on a slick deflection The puck hit the crossbar Hall tipped in for his 12th of
down low at 9:24 of the and went off Colorado’s the season.
third period off a slap pass John Mitchell and into the Pakarinen made it 3-all
from Edler for his 13th of the net. Marc-Andre Fleury had with 4:37 left, and Anders
season just 40 seconds af- 24 saves for Pittsburgh, and Nilsson had 27 saves for the
ter Boyle tied the game 1-1. Matt Cullen also scored. Oilers.q
MONTREAL (AP) — Loui Er- Milt Schmidt for 11th on the
iksson and Landon Ferraro Bruins’ career list with 576
scored third-period goals points. That score capped
42 seconds apart to help a three-goal rally by Bos-
the Boston Bruins rally past ton. Eriksson tied the game
Montreal 3-1 Wednesday 1-1 with his 11th goal 7:53
and end a seven-game into the final period, and
regular-season skid against Ferraro scored on a wrist
the rival Canadiens. shot 42 seconds later.
Patrice Bergeron’s third-pe- Paul Byron scored for Mon-
riod goal pushed him past treal 8:49 into the first, and
Real Madrid loses appeal of
Copa del Rey disqualification
MADRID (AP) — The Spanish verifies that the player was
soccer federation on Thurs- not notified of his ban, the
day confirmed Real Ma- only way the aforemen-
drid’s disqualification from tioned ban can take ef-
the Copa del Rey because fect,” the club said in a
of an ineligible player. statement. “The club has
A federation committee therefore submitted an ap-
dismissed Madrid’s appeal, peal to the Administrative
and the club immediately Court for Sport.”
said it would take the case The Spanish federation
to Spain’s Administrative had already dismissed Ma-
Court for Sport. drid’s line of defense, and
Real Madrid was eliminat- in Thursday’s ruling again
ed in its opening round for disputed the club’s claim
fielding Denis Cheryshev in that Cheryshev was not
a first-leg 3-1 win over Ca- personally notified. The fed-
diz on Dec. 2. Cheryshev eration said that all nec-
was carrying a one-match essary legal proceedings
suspension for yellow were observed.The second
cards last season, when he leg was originally sched-
played for Villarreal on loan uled for next Wednesday
from Madrid. Madrid insists at the Santiago Bernabeu
that Cheryshev was not Stadium, and Madrid con-
properly informed of the tinued to sell tickets for the
suspension. game, saying that “in the
“Real Madrid has received event that the match is not
and analyzed the resolu- played, Real Madrid will
tion of the appeals com- refund the full price of the
mittee, which once again purchased tickets.”q
