It's been revealed Sidney Crosby also suffered a neck injury in addition to his ongoing concussion. The Pittsburgh Penguins confirmed Crosby had the injury but is fully healed from it. The team disclosed the injury but did not detail any specifics, including when Crosby injured his neck or how it may have hampered his comeback. Crosby has played just eight games since suffering a pair of head shots a year ago.
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Boston's Zdeno Chara beat his own record with a 108.8 miles per hour bullet to win the hardest shot event at the NHL skills competition. Ottawa's Daniel Alfredsson's team won the night over Chara's team 21-12.
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It was a weekend to forget to the Regina Pats. One night after losing 3-2 at home to Swift Current on Friday, the Queen City Kids were demolished 8-1 in Saskatoon Saturday night.
Brett Stovin and Josh Nicholls led the Blades with two goals each while Andrey Makarov made 19 saves in their goal. Morgan Klimchuk scored the lone Pats goal while Matt Hewitt (18/24) and Adam Beukeboom (7/9) split time in the Regina net. 4897 were on hand at the Credit Union Centre for the match.
Regina (26-19-5-1) visits P.A. on Wednesday.
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There's a new speedskating world record in the women's one thousand. Canada's Christine Nesbitt crossed the line in one minute 12.68 seconds at the world spring championship.
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Calgary's Rosalind Groenewoud honoured Sarah Burke after winning Winter X Games gold in the women's superpipe. Burke was expected to win the event before dying from a training accident earlier this month.
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Andre Iguodala's triple-double led Philly past Detroit 95-74. Iguodala had 10 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds. Elsewhere in the NBA, Washington beat Charlotte 102-99. The Raptors were off.
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Kyle Stanley has a five-shot lead going into the final round at the Farmers Insurance Open. Stanley's 18-under 198 matched the record set by Tiger Woods in 1998.
(With files from The Canadian Press)
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
BRONCOS 3 PATS 2
REGINA -- Before a season-high crowd of 5671 fans the Swift Current Broncos upset the Regina Pats 3-2 in the Brandt Centre Friday night.
It was 1-1 after one period and 2-1 Broncos after two. Regina's goals came from Dyson Stevenson and Lane Scheidl. Matt Hewitt took the loss in the Regina goal making 13 saves.
Regina outshot the Broncos 31-16. The Pats were 2/4 on the powerplay and 4/4 killing penalties. How did they lose the game?
The Pats visit Saskatoon Saturday night at 7 pm on 620 CKRM (Press Box Sports Bar Pregame Show at 6:35 pm).
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