SOCHI, Russia -- Wheelchair curler Sonja Gaudet has been named as Canadas flag-bearer for the opening ceremony of the Sochi Paralympic Games. Wholesale MLB Jerseys. The 47-year-old Gaudet is the most decorated wheelchair curler in history, having won gold medals at both the 2006 and 2010 Paralympics She also has three world championships to her name. A native of North Vancouver, B.C., Gaudet will lead a Canadian contingent of 54 athletes into the Fisht Olympic Stadium on Friday night. "It carries a lot of purpose for me," Gaudet said at Wednesdays announcement. "Of course were here to compete as athletes with a physical disability at the highest level -- thats what the Paralympic Games are. "It sends a big global message as well about looking past the wheelchair, looking past the visual impairment, looking past the missing limb and really focusing on the person and focusing on whats there." Gaudet is the second on the Canadian squad to skip Jim Armstrong, who said his teammate is deserving of the honour. "In the six, seven years that Ive known Sonja, all Ive done is see her work very hard," said Armstrong, who won gold at the 2010 Vancouver Paralympics with Gaudet. "Her skills have just continued to improve and it has not come easy. She has set a work ethic that any coach would be very proud of." Canada made the podium 19 times in Vancouver and has set a goal of finishing top-three in gold medals in Sochi. The Winter Paralympics include wheelchair curling, sledge hockey, para-nordic skiing and biathlon, para-alpine skiing and para-snowboard. Canada plays two wheelchair curling games on Saturday morning, including a 9:30 a.m. local time (12:30 a.m. ET) start against Britain. MLB Jerseys China .C. -- Angus Reid has always been willing to bend over backwards -- and forwards -- for the B. Cheap MLB Jerseys . 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Evander Kane tallied a career-best four points in Thursdays win, scoring a pair of goals while logging two assists. The forward has seven goals and seven helpers over an eight-game point streak, while Ondrej Pavelec made 33 saves to record his season high-tying fourth shutout of the season. It was also the 10th of his career. Blake Wheeler and Kyle Wellwood added a goal and helper each for the Jets, who put the brakes on a two-game slide and improved to 4-1-2 on their homestand. "We still have to focus on the task. Were happy, the players get in an offensive night, we dont get too many like this," Wheeler said. "We wanted to focus on playing a playoff-style game." Bryan Little, Jim Slater and Nik Antropov also scored for the Jets, who will once again be without Zach Bogosian due to an upper-body injury. The defenseman was just returning to the lineup after missing seven in a row because of a wrist ailment. The Jets are 2-0-1 versus the Sabres this year, splitting a pair of overtime decisions in Buffalo prior to a 4-1 home win on Jan. 19. Pavelec made 25 saves in that win, while Andrew Ladd and Antropov had a goal and an assist each. The Sabres have lost eight of their past 10 on the road in this sseries with the Jets, who were formally located in Atlanta.dddddddddddd The Sabres extended their longest point streak of the season over the weekend with a victory against the top team in the Western Conference. Another win for Buffalo this evening will have them back in the postseason picture for the first time since December. The Sabres close out a five-game road trip against the Winnipeg Jets, who are trying to hold on to the eighth seed in the East in the finale of their longest homestand of the season. Buffalo put its point streak on the line Saturday against the Vancouver Canucks and knocked off the Wests top seed by a 5-3 margin. Ville Leino scored twice in the first 3:44 of the game and Brad Boyes added a goal 5:10 into the opening frame to stake the Sabres to a quick lead. Coming off consecutive shutout wins, Ryan Miller made 32 saves and had his scoreless streak end at 155 minutes and 37 seconds after finally getting bested in the second period. Still, Buffalo improved to 6-0-2 over its past eight games, good enough for the clubs longest point streak since an 8-0-3 run from Dec. 26-Jan. 18 of the 2009-10 campaign. "We knew we had a challenge tonight with the Canucks, theyve been a powerhouse all year, and I thought we did a great job of jumping out to a big lead and battling pretty hard in that first period," said Miller, who is 6-0-1 in his past seven games with a 1.40 goals-against average and .958 save percentage. "It was nice to see our guys get rewarded for making some plays and putting pucks through to the net." 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