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Canada tops U.S. in Four Nations Cup final shootout Canada 3 United States 2 SO KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Canada’s Brianne Jenner is making a habit of scoring big goals against the United States. Nine months after kickstarting her country’s memorable comeback victory in the gold-medal game at the Sochi Olympics, Jenner had the only goal of the shootout Saturday as Canada defeated the U.S. 3-2 in the final of the Four Nations Cup women’s hockey tournament. After an exciting 4-on-4 overtime that included power plays and plenty of chances for both teams, Jenner roofed a backhand in the second round of the shootout before Genevieve Lacasse sealed it with saves on Brianna Decker and Hilary Knight. “It’s always extremely intense,” said Jenner. “We take every game against them really seriously. They’re our rivals and we don’t want to drop a game to them. To see it go to shootout doesn’t surprise me.” The game marked the first final between the two squads since Canada’s dramatic 3-2 come-from-behind overtime victory at the Games in February, and came on the heels of another 3-2 win in round-robin play on Wednesday. “I guess it’s becoming a typical Canada-U.S. game in women’s hockey — just a real exciting game,” said Canadian head coach Doug Derraugh. “A real tough, hard-fought game. Back and forth, both teams had great chances. What more can you ask for? “The players were phenomenal. It was a real energetic, passionate group.” Jennifer Wakefield scored twice in regulation for Canada, while Lacasse stopped 33 shots through 80 minutes of
action. Knight and Decker replied for the U.S., which got 26 saves from Molly Schaus. “What a hell of a game. What an awesome thing for women’s hockey,” said U.S. head coach Ken Klee. “It was a fantastic hockey game. Both teams played well, both teams had chances, both teams moved. It was just an awesome hockey game. “There’s some disappointment. Losing’s no fun and we’re not satisfied with it but we played our hearts out. At the end if you play your hearts out you have nothing to hang your head about.” Canada has now won the Four Nations Cup a total of 14 times — including last year’s event in Lake Placid, N.Y. — while the U.S. owns the other five titles. “I’m really proud of the group and what we accomplished here. This was our goal,” said Canadian captain Haley Irwin. “We got better each game and I think there’s a lot we can take from this. “It’s a bounce here, a bounce there and you just have to make sure you’re leaving everything out there.” The two giants of the women’s game brought vastly different rosters to Kamloops than the ones that took to the ice in Russia for the Olympics as both programs look to develop younger players with an eye towards the 2015 women’s world hockey championship and beyond. Hayley Wickenheiser, Jayna Hefford, Caroline Ouellette and Gillian Apps were among the veterans that didn’t take part in the tournament for the Canadians, while 11 Olympians stayed home for the American team. But the new faces didn’t lessen the importance or intensity of the final at the sold out Interior Savings Centre. Tied 2-2 after two periods,
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Team Canada celebrates its gold medal win over the United States following a shootout at the Four Nations Cup women’s hockey tournament in Kamloops, B.C. Saturday. the U.S. came close to taking the lead three minutes into the third when captain Alex Carpenter fired a shot off the post behind Lacasse that stayed out. Canada looked to have grabbed a 3-2 edge of its own at 9:07 when Natalie Spooner buried a rebound, but the play had already been whistled dead on a delayed penalty. Canada’s Bailey Bram then had other great chance with under two minutes to go off a
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will see every player’s cards at the start of the hand. In past years, ESPN would only reveal everyone’s cards after the hand was completed. It’s also the first time a Brazilian has made it to the tournament’s final round. Bruno Politano, 32, has received characteristically enthusiastic support from his native country, Palansky said. The player starts with the lowest chip count, though. “He’s got the toughest climb ahead of him,” Palansky said. Billy Pappaconstantinou is easily the first foosball champion to make it to the final table after entering the World Series of Poker for the first time. Now he’s eight opponents away from $10 million, the only amateur at a table of pros. Sitting a few seats away from Pappaconstantinou will be 29-year-old Mark Newhouse, the only player who has experienced the final table before and, to add to the distinction, did so in back-to-back years — a feat unheard of since 2004. He was the first player knocked out last year. Norwegian Felix Stephensen, 24, got to the tournament after making an unlikely — and lucky — bet, putting down $1,000 at 60-to-1 odds that Netherlands would beat Australia 3-2 in a World Cup match. After becoming $60,000 richer, he and a friend who joined the bet left London for Las Vegas to enter the World Series. The nine final players will compete to be one of two or three players vying for the top prize Tuesday evening.
LAS VEGAS — This year’s World Series of Poker final table is a young man’s game. When nine players take their seats around a studio-lit poker table at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas starting Monday night to vie for a $10 million top prize playing Texas Hold ’em, they will be among the tournament’s youngest and greenest in recent history, with none having won a title before. One is a foosball champion who had never competed in the World Series of Poker. Another gets a second chance in a rare back-to-back appearance after an early knockout last year. The rest of the table is made up of poker players from all over the world — none older than 32. The average age is 28, not as young as in 2010 but even that year, the oldest player was 37. Not a one of them has a gold bracelet, the signature award for the top winner in any of the individual World Series of Poker events. The tournament spans seven weeks in June and July and has attracted close to 80,000 people who played (and paid with hefty buy-ins) to win in 65 events. The World Series of Poker of today is a far cry from its original incarnation back to 1970. That’s when Benny Binion set up a single table at his Horeshoe Casino and invited players who ultimately voted on a winner at the end. The main event, culminating this week, is just one of the series events but certainly the most watched. Dubbed the “November Nine,” the finalists have returned after a fourmonth break since they outplayed nearly 6,700 other players who paid $10,000 each up front to play, among them some of poker’s biggest names. In addition to the $10 million pot of winnings, the last player standing also wins one of the World Series of Poker’s coveted gold Soderquist Appraisals has an opening for an bracelets. Administrative Assistant The final field’s youth can be tied to the growing popularity of online pok- A full-time Administrative Assistant required for busy er, where younger players professional services office. Good working knowledge of have the luxury of playing Microsoft Office Word and Excel required as well as strong many more hands, gaining organizational and time management skills. Duties will the experience in far less include reception, file management, basic research, general time than a 60-year-old office tasks, etc. poker player might have gained sitting at the green Please apply in confidence by submitting resume with felt for years, said Seth salary expectations via email only to Palansky, spokesman for mike.garcelon@soderquist.ca the World Series of Poker. There are a few firsts no later than Friday November 14th. No phone calls please. heading into Monday. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. It’ll be the first time 51925K14 viewers watching at home
scramble in front as her shot from the side of the net slid through Schaus and just wide of the opposite post. The hosts then had another opportunity when Irwin was hauled down by Megan Bozek with 25 seconds left in regulation, but they were unable to capitalize in the dying seconds of regulation or early in the extra period. Down 1-0 after the first, the Americans tied the game just 50 seconds into the second
when Decker moved down the right side and fired a shot that snuck inside Lacasse’s post for her second goal of the tournament. “Every time we play the Canadians it’s going to be a onegoal differential,” said Decker. “It didn’t go in our favour tonight (but) we’re learning from it. “Coach just said there’s no such thing as moral victories, but it’s a learning experience.”
Saint Preux stuns Shogun in first round at UFC Fight Night in Brazil THE CANADIAN PRESS UBERLANDIA, Brazil — Ovince Saint Preux earned the most impressive win of his career to date, needing just 34 seconds to dispose of Brazilian MMA legend Mauricio “Shogun” Rua on Saturday night in the main event of UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Saint Preux. Rua came out quickly to start the fight, landing a few chopping leg kicks in the early going. But as Saint Preux (17-6) began to push forward, he landed a short left hook to the chin that landed on the button and sent Rua (2210) crashing to the floor. Saint Preux quickly followed, jumping on top and punching away. “He came in a little aggressive and threw a lot of looping punches, and when he did that, I stepped back and caught him clean on the chin,” Saint Preux said. Referee Mario Yamasaki gave Rua ample time to recover, but he was trapped on the floor, and the bout was waved off just 34 seconds after it began, with Saint Preux the winner by TKO. “I was really well-trained, and I always feel obligated to do my best,” Rua said. “Fights in this division are like this, and he got the win. Now it’s time to come back home and stay with my fam-
ily.” In the night’s co-feature, “The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3” winner Warlley Alves (8-0) kept his professional record unblemished, but it came as a result of a controversial decision win over Alan Jouban (10-3). While Alves came out in his trademarked aggressive style, Jouban survived the early flurries to battle back and impose his own will over the final two rounds. Jouban flashed impressive combinations as he moved forward, while a tiring Alves settled for single shots, hoping to land a knockout blow. At the close of the fight, an exhausted Alves struggled to remain on his feet to hear the judges’ decision, yet he was awarded the fight 29-28, with all three officials giving him the first two rounds. “I want to apologize for not performing the way I would like to, but I’m not ashamed of it,” Alves said after the win. “Next time I will give a show. Alan is a tough opponent and I would like to thank him for this fight.” Meanwhile, Jouban disagreed with the call. “”Obviously I don’t agree with the result,“ Jouban said. ”He got the first round, I got the second round, and I dominated in the third. He couldn’t even stand up for the decision. I’m a little heartbroken.“
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