Texas Stars Outshine Cuda 3-2 In Shootout

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By Alexandra Evans

CEDAR PARK, TX—The Cuda held on tight for an entire 60 minutes and an overtime period, but could not outshoot the Texas Stars, who took home a 3-2 win in a shootout. Close, but no cigar.

John McCarthy, Filip Sandberg, and Oliver Archambault started in the forward position; Jacob Middleton and Nick DeSimone started on defense; Troy Grosenick started in goal (though he ended up allowing two goals on 26 shots, and one in the shootout). The first period remained silent, ending with no score.

Sandberg has been working on getting faster since arriving in San Jose for his United States hockey debut. The Stockholm, Sweden native’s hard work translated on the ice tonight as he notched San Jose’s first goal of the game fifteen seconds into the second period (assisted by Archambault and Middleton), evening out the score 1-1. Later on in the period, Texas came back when Matt Mangene snaked his way passed San Jose’s defensive zone and scored at 8:25. San Jose held up until the 18:58 mark when Roope Hintz’s shot struck the left post before entering the net.

McCarthy scored his first goal of the season on the power play, tying the game 2-2 at 6:42 into the third period. Rudolfs Balcers and Adam Helewka assisted McCarthy’s goal. Helewka, who has been playing very much in sync with Danny O’Regan the past few games, recently shared that he feels his playing style works in sound with McCarthy in addition. It most certainly appears so.

The score remained 2-2 after 60 minutes, leading both teams into an overtime match. It was still 2-2 after the OT interval, and so the shootout began.

O’Regan, Balcers, and Mike Brodzinski were all given chances to score during the shootout, though they were unable to make it past Texas goaltender Mike McKenna (who made a total of 26 saves out of 28 shots). The Stars took home the 3-2 win after Travis Morin notched the only goal of the shootout.

This may have been San Jose’s second consecutive loss in two days, but it’s not over yet! The Cuda (now 3-4) will travel to Southern California to face the Ontario Reign (the AHL affiliate of the Sharks’ cross-state rivals, the Los Angeles Kings) on November 1.

Random fact: Sharks defenseman Brenden Dillon played for the Texas Stars from 2010-2012. He also made his NHL debut with Dallas during this stint.

Stanford Cardinal Podcast with Matt Harrington: Shaw and Cardinal regroup after razor close win over Beavers; Prepare for WSU for next Saturday

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Stanford Cardinal running back Bryce Love (20) dives toward the goal line on a short run play during the regular season game between the Oregon Ducks verses the Stanford Cardinals on October 14, 2017 at Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto, CA (Photo by Douglas Stringer/Icon Sportswire) (Icon Sportswire via AP Images)

By Matt Harrington

PALO ALTO–The Stanford Cardinal who lost by only one last Thursday are getting back to work to prepare for next week’s game against the Washington State Cougars. Although Stanford got the 15-14 win past the Oregon State Beavers Cardinal head coach David Shaw put the blame of the coaching on himself and the Cardinal failed to beat the point spread and win by two touchdowns.

The absence of Stanford running back Bryce Love was the end result of a late scratch due to a lower body injury as Shaw made that announcement 90 minutes before the game that Love wouldn’t be in the line up. It was a very late surprise scratch and it really gave OSU a lot of confidence in going into that game. Also Love is a potential Heisman Trophy candidate that wouldn’t be on the field and it really took the air out of the sails for Stanford on Thursday.

There’s much more with Matt listen the podcast each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

Sharks End Road Trip With 3-2 Win Over Sabres

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by Mary Walsh

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The San Jose Sharks defeated the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Saturday afternoon. The win extended their win streak to three against a team that was once nigh unbeatable for the Sharks, at least in Buffalo. Sharks goals came from Logan Couture, Joonas Donskoi, and Chris Tierney. Sabres goals came from and Ryan O’Reilly and Jason Pominville. Sharks goaltender Aaron Dell made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win, while Sabres goalie Robin Lehner made 28 saves on 31 shots.

The game concludes a five game road trip for the Sharks, during which they added three wins to their record. After the game, Sharks forward Tomas Hertl said: “Six points on the road trip is huge for us but we have to be ready coming home we got a lot of good teams like Tampa, Nashville and we have to win home. It’s like our building, our tank and we have to play better there.”

Sharks head coach Pete DeBoer said, of the six points:

We’ll take six. You know, six, seven, eight, I mean you want as many points as possible but I like how we’re starting to play. I think the majority of our play is heading in the right direction and we’re giving ourselves a chance to win every night which is a big part of it.

The game marked a significant improvement in the Buffalo power play, ranked 27th in the NHL before Saturday. Though they only scored once in five chances, the Sabres showed signs of returning to last season’s top ranked power play. The Sabres’ power play goal ended the Sharks’ impressive streak of 16 consecutive penalties killed on the road trip. The Sharks had three chances on the power play but did not score, and at even strength each team had dangerous moments. Both goaltenders had their work cut out for them, but neither team was especially sloppy on defense.

In a near miss for the Sharks, a Buffalo goal was called off with 2:48 left in the first period for goaltender interference. Sam Reinhart caught Dell’s leg and then blocker while skating through the blue paint, turning Dell away from the play and making it harder for him to get back in position. After the game, DeBoer said of the decision to challenge that goal:

It was a great challenge by Dan Darrow and Johan Hedberg who handle that end for us. That helped us get a little momentum too early… When you look at it, I don’t have those feeds, those guys do. But it’s clear that’s what the rule is in place for, for exactly that situation. So I’m glad they got it right.

The first goal came at the tail end of a Buffalo power play, when Joonas Donskoi came out of the penalty box and catch a stray puck that Matt Tennyson failed to stop at the Sharks blue line. Donskoi broke away with a step on the Sabres defense and had room to pick a spot just wide of Lehner.

The second goal of the game came on the first Sabres power play of the second period. Joel Ward was in the box for hooking. Both teams were on their way into the zone after Timo Meier’s short handed chance. O’Reilly came in as the trailer and beat Dell from above the faceoff circle. Assists went to Kyle Okposo and San Reinhart.

The Sabres took the lead with a goal at 14:51 of the second. Evander Kane pushed the puck down low to Jack Eichel, who passed it back up to Pominville. Pominville got his shot around both Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Justin Braun for his third goal of the year against the Sharks. Assists went to Eichel and Kane.

The Sharks tied the game back up with just 12 seconds left in the second period. Their power play had just expired. Chris Tierney, Melker Karlsson and Timo Meier had just come on the ice. Meier carried the puck behind the net under pressure from Rasmus Ristolainen. Melker Karlsson trailed the pair, pulled the puck off the boards and took a hard shot from just above the goal line. The puck went off of the goalie and Tierney was on the other side to knock it down and in the net. It was Tierney’s second goal of the season. Assists went to Meier and Karlsson.

Logan Couture’s game winner came 16:08 into the third period. He fought his way through a check from Jake McCabe to catch a pass from Tomas Hertl. McCabe followed after Couture and gave him a shove while he took the shot. No matter, the shot went in anyway. Assists went to Tomas Hertl and Justin Braun.

After the game, DeBoer gave his assessment:

Tough game, they’re a desperate team. We wanted to end this road trip right and we knew it wasn’t going to be easy. We shot ourselves a little I thought early in the game with the penalties but recovered and did enough to win, got a great performance from Deller. So it was a good win for us.

The Sharks next play on Monday in San Jose against the Toronto Maple Leafs at 7:30 PM PT. The game will be Patrick Marleau’s first visit to the Tank as a Maple Leaf.

Green and Beal tossed for brawling as Warriors win a wild one as they find a way to beat the Washington Wizards 120-117

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Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) and Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal (3) fight during the second quarter at Oracle Arena.(Photo: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports)

by Jerry Feitelberg

Oakland- The Golden State Warriors won a wild one Friday night as the came back from a fourteen-point deficit at halftime to beat the Wizards 120-117. The Wizards had everything going their way the entire first half of the game. They made eleven 3-point shots while the Warriors were ice-cold from downtown. The Warriors made just three 3-pointers and trailed by fourteen 67-53 at the half. The Wizards had the Warriors on their heels as they ran the court well and had open looks as they drained three-pointers. Otto Porter and Kelly Oubre were doing the damage for the Wizards.

Marcin Gortat tallied twelve for the Wizards, and he was a force under the basket. The Warriors just could not get the offense going, and it looked as if Washington was going to run the Warriors off the court. Klay Thompson led the Warrior attack with 13, Steph had 12, and Kevin Durant was held to 7. However, with 19.5 seconds left to play in the second quarter, Washington’s backcourt ace, Bradley Beal got into a scuffle with Draymond Green. Green had position under the basket. Beal grabbed Draymond’s jersey with one hand and with the other, wrapped his right arm around Draymond’s neck. Draymond and Beal grabbed each other as teammates raced to break them up. Beal was given a technical foul and ejected. Draymond also received a technical but would not have had to leave the game except for the fact that he had picked up a technical earlier in the game.

In the second half, Coach Steve Kerr had to rely on his bench. David West, the veteran center, gave the Warriors a lift as he made eight shots in nine tries good for 16 points. Kevon Looney and Omri Casspi combined to tally 17. The Warriors started to play better defense, and Kevin Durant and Steph Curry picked up the offense. The Warriors outscored the Wizards 34-30 in the third quarter to trail by 10. Steph Curry made two 3-point shots and two free throws in the last minute of the third quarter.

The Warriors, for the second game in a row, rose to the challenge and came back to send the Wizards down to defeat. The Dubs outscored them 33-20 in the fourth quarter and won by three 120-117. It wasn’t easy, but the Warriors know how to win. They continued to play sound defense, and they made the Wizards work for their shots. The Warriors went on a 9-0 run late in the quarter to take a 116-109 lead.

The Wizards scored the next four points to trail by three 116-113 with 1:41 left. The Dubs made a bucket while the Wizards’ John Wall missed a free throw as the Warriors increased the lead to four 118-114. The Wizards kept the pressure on as they made a three-point shot and it was a one-point-game when they fouled Durant with 9.4 seconds left. Durant made both free throws. The Wizards took a timeout and inbounded the ball from the forecourt. The Warriors did not foul, and it almost cost them as the Wizards missed a three. The Warriors did not get the rebound and with 1.1 seconds left Washington could not capitalize, and the Dubs won.

Game Notes and stats- The Warriors honored Al Attles Friday night. Unfortunately, Al could not attend as he was in the hospital. Attles has been with the club for 58 years. He was a player, coach, general manager, and now the goodwill ambassador for the club. Attles was the coach when the Warriors won the NBA championship in 1975.

Steve Kerr had this to say about Attles. “Great to honor him,” Kerr said. “I know our fans who have been following us for a long time know about Al’s influence, but 57 years with the organization, obviously he won the championship with the team in `75, was GM, drafted Chris Mullin, one of the best players early on in the Warriors history. He’s pretty much done it all. Fitting tonight, we will honor him and his family. We know he’ll be watching on TV. I hope he’s not offended by my suit.”

Kevin Durant led the Dubs with 31 points, six assists, and eleven rebounds. Steph had 20 points, 8 assists, and five boards. Klay added 18. The Warrior bench of David West, Andre Iguodala, Kevon Looney, and Omri Casspi scored 40 points and helped ignite the comeback. Shaun Livingston was not available as he was away attending a funeral. Jordan Bell was inactive for the game.

Leading scorers for Washington were Otto Porter with 29. Kelly Oubre 19, Marcin Gortat 18, John Wall 20, Mike Scott and Jodie Meeks, coming off the bench, tallied 14 and 10 respectively for the Wizards.

The Warriors meet the Detroit Pistons Sunday at Oracle Arena. Game time is at 5:00 pm

Rampage Stomp Barracuda 3-1, SJ’s second loss to San Antonio

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By Alexandra Evans

SAN ANTONIO, TX—The Barracuda had a slow start tonight in San Antonio and fell to the Rampage 3-1, their second loss to this team this season.

The starting lineup for San Jose was as follows:

  • Offense: John McCarthy, Filip Sandberg, Oliver Archambault (his first appearance with San Jose)
  • Defense: Jacob Middleton, Julius Bergman
  • Goaltender: Antoine Bibeau

The Cuda played slow to start, picking up two penalties in the first period (Middleton and Bergman were sent to the penalty box within less than two minutes of one another). This gave the Rampage an opportunity to score, which they did at the 13:16 mark in a 5-on-3 play (San Antonio had the two-man advantage).

In the second period, Adam Helewka and Danny O’Regan showcased their dynamic-duo style plays as Helewka provided his seventh assist of the season to O’Regan, who scored the Cuda’s first and only goal of the game (and his fourth of the season) 13 minutes in. Coincidentally, Felix Girard of the Rampage managed to make his way past Bibeau and score exactly 13 seconds later. The second period was, well, penalties galore. Between the two teams, there were a total of nine. The score was 2-1 at the end.

San Jose was still unable to score in the third, despite pulling Bibeau from the net toward the end. Then again, they were on a penalty kill and still short one man. Sure enough, Duncan Siemens notched an empty-netter from across the ice with 27 seconds left in the match.

Bibeau allowed two goals on 22 shots, while Rampage goaltender Ville Husso made a total of 38 saves and helped them cultivate an eight-for-eight.

The Cuda, who set a shots-on-goal record tonight with 39, are now 3-4, and the Rampage’s win tonight put them at 6-1.

Next, the Barracuda will face the Texas Stars at home on October 28, 5:00 p.m. PT.

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: MLB Postseason–Two Managers lost their jobs

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 Washington Nationals manager Dusty Baker (12) sits in the dugout during game five of the NLDS between the Chicago Cubs and the Washington Nationals on October 12, 2017, at Nationals Park, in Washington D.C. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Washington Nationals, 9-8 to advance to the National League Championship game. (Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire) (Icon Sportswire via AP Images)

By Amaury Pi Gonzalez

Two managers that took their teams to the postseason were fired, one had a team to go all he way, the other one had a team that surprised everybody, may I say even some in their own organization.

Dusty Baker (Washington Nationals) Dusty Baker was fired after his Nationals were eliminated in the National League Division Series by the Chicago Cubs,

The Washington Nationals did have the team expected to make it all the way to the World Series. Dusty spent the past two seasons as Washington’s manager, leading the team to back-to-back NL East titles and 97 wins in 2017. Baker’s contract expired after the 2017 season. This 2017 team was poised to go all the way to the World Series. After his dismissal he said he was “surprised and disappointed” and added “I really thought this was my best year,” he added. “We won at least 95 games each year and won the division back-to-back years but they said they wanted to go [in] a different direction. It’s hard to understand.” I have never heard a bad word by a player that played for a Dusty Baker team, Dusty is the ultimate “players manager”, He is truly a baseball man and a very good man overall. During the years I worked broadcasting Giants games I learned more about what kind of a guy Dusty is. He has a great passion and dedication to the game.

Dusty played for 18 years in the majors from 1968 to 1986 (his last two years 1985-86 with the Oakland A’s) he always had roots in the Bay Area and later would managed the Giants, Cubs, Reds and Nationals. With the San Francisco Giants he managed from 1993 to 2002, winning the National League pennant in 2002 and losing the World Series to the Angels. His record as a manager. 840 wins and 715 loses. Although I did not wanted him to get fired, it did not surprised me that the Nationals dismissed him. After losing closer Melancon to the free agent market, his bullpen was the Nationals weakness, although management acquired Doolittle, Madson from the A’s and Kintzler from the Twins at mid-season, their bullpen got stronger during the second half of the season. It is obvious the Nationals owners were eyeballing a World Series berth this season, they did not make it, so they fired Dusty Baker

Joe Girardi (New York Yankees) A very good manager, managing in one of the toughest cities to succeed. His surprising 2017 Yankees were not expected to go very far, yet they did. Regardless of what you see on Facebook by snotty 12 year old Yankee fans which a couple of weeks ago talked about this 2017 Yankee team like they were the 1927 Yankees. They are a good young bunch of players that should be in the race next season again. However, just like I did expected Dusty Baker to get fired if he did not advanced to the World Series, I did not expected Joe Girardi to be fired as manager of the Yankees. But that is Yankee baseball.

Girardi managed the Yankees for 10 seasons,(2008-2017) won the 2009 World Series(the 27th and last title for the Bronx Bombers)and as a Yankee won a total of 910 games (910-710). In the great history of the Yankees only Joe McCarhty(1,149-696) Joe Torre (1,173-767) and Casey Stengel (1,149-696) won more games for the Yankees than Girardi. In total(since Girardi began his managerial career in 2006 with the Florida Marlins, where he won 78 games, to this day, Girardi has won 988 games in his career. A very nice record for another baseball guy who was a catcher during his playing days.

Both of these managers have this in common: They managed a team for 10 consecutive seasons, Dusty the Giants and Joe the Yankees and it is fair to say that a 10 year career for a manager in one city is a long one and not very common these days.

They are two managers than could be back, during a year where not many skippers got the guillotine.

 

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Barracuda Left Winger Adam Helewka – Profile

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By Alexandra Evans

SAN JOSE—Adam Helewka was born and raised in Burnaby, British Columbia, just outside of Vancouver. He spent his youth hockey years in both cities (mostly the former), up until grade 10 where he played for a boarding school in Saskatchewan called Notre Dame. When he reached grade 12, Helewka left home for the first time to play for the Spokane Chiefs of the WHL, with whom he would spend four years.

In his third season with Spokane, Helewka notched 40 goals and 43 assists for a total of 87 points. This has been his greatest accomplishment to date.

During Helewka’s final season in the WHL, he was drafted by San Jose in the 4th round (106th overall) of the 2015 NHL Draft.

One of the most significant things Helewka has learned since joining the professional hockey leagues has been, he says, accountability. He discovered the importance of self care and maintaining good overall health.

Helewka, 22, devoted is summer to getting healthier. He focused on cardiovascular training while making substantial dietary changes, emphasizing real food and the consumption of carbohydrates only as needed (post-workout). At the beginning of the season, Helewka noted that these lifestyle shifts yielded great results; he felt far more energized and much stronger than before.

“I feel like I am a completely different player,” Helewka said in a post-game interview on October 18. “It helped me get in better shape and become a lot faster.”

So far this season, Helewka has demonstrated said speed both physically and mentally. The latter is mostly represented by his solid hand-eye coordination and quick decision making skills on the ice. Physically, he is great at making smooth passes which lead to goals (or, simply put, providing assists) and taking care of the defensive zone, exemplifying a two-way playing style.

“Right from when I got drafted, [it has been] a dream come true. [San Jose] is a great franchise, all the way from the general manager down to the equipment trainers. Great people, great staff, it’s been very fun so far.”

Helewka was a staunch follower of the Detroit Red Wings growing up and garnered much of his inspiration from center Pavel Datsyuk, a 14-year NHL veteran.

Another random fact: Helewka’s favorite movie is Stepbrothers. Back home, he and his friends enjoy quoting humorous movies.

Sports Headlines Podcast with London Marq: If first two games are any indications this series could go long; Game three in Houston tonight

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Los Angeles Dodgers’ Justin Turner hits a two-run home run during the sixth inning of Game 1 of baseball’s World Series against the Houston Astros Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)

By London Marq

It’s all academic the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers and the Houston Astros both teams are hitting the ball out of the park and this is how it was during the regular season. Both teams hit the most home runs for a World Series game in game two on Wednesday night in LA. They had five home runs in extra innings. They’ve hit a lot of home runs during the regular season and there was no difference during the post season.

Game two was a really exciting game the crazy thing about that game was there were so many runs in extra innings. This could be a series that goes seven with game three the first of three in Houston and games six and seven if necessary back to LA. Houston Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel says the baseballs are wound up too tight and the seams are sewed in tight and the balls are juiced reasoning why there are so many home runs.

London Marq does weekly headline sports each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

 

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Oakland Raiders Podcast with Joe Hawkes Beamon: Raiders begin this week the first of four away from the Oakland Coliseum

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By Joe Hawkes Beamon

ALAMEDA–The Oakland Raiders after three straight home games will begin a one month hiatus away from the Oakland Coliseum which includes trips to Buffalo (Oct 29), Miami (Nov 5), Bye week (Nov 12), and Mexico City where they’ll be the home team against the New England Patriots (Nov 19) before returning to the Coliseum on Nov 26th to face Denver.

The Raiders went 1-2 during their three week homestand. Their headed to Buffalo this weekend and the Raiders will be playing in Miami on Nov 5. The upcoming game in Buffalo with the time change losing three hours going back east it’s never easy starting a ball game at 10AM. The Raiders match up this weekend against one of the surprise teams in the AFC.

The Bills are 4-2 they have a good coaching staff, a good veteran staff, a home field advantage and a great improved offense with  Tyrod Taylor as starting quarterback. Le Sean McCoy the Bills running back has been one of the key reasons for the Bills successes. Tight ends Charles Clay, Nick O’Leary have also been helping out big.

The Oakland Raiders podcasts can be heard weekly with Joe Hawkes Beamon at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

San Francisco 49ers Podcast with Joe Lami: Reid gets switched to linebacker say locker room situation not positive; Could be dealt by the end of the season

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By Joe Lami:

The San Francisco 49ers linebacker Eric Reid who formerly played safety and is making that switch this weekend and Reid will play his first game exclusively as linebacker. Reid is not entirely happy about the switch but that comes down to the fact that the Niners and head Kyle Shanahan see that it is necessary. It seems like the 49ers have a chance to make it seems likes it going to be a little bit of moving around on the player roster.

Reid will be traded? So far the 49ers have not made any long term commitments to Reid and his contract runs out at the end of the season. Reid mentioned after last week game’s with the Dallas Cowboys at Levis Stadium that the disappointing loss was not positive in the locker room. Seeing the way things are going for Reid he may not be with the 49ers at the end of the season. His agent says he’s one of the best safeties in the NFL.

Joe Lami does the podcast each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com