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(Sports Network) - Martin Brodeur will return to the New Jersey net tonight after missing six games when the Devils host the Toronto Maple Leafs. #39 Miami Dolphins Larry Csonka Lights Out Black Mens Jersey Elite Nike NFL . Brodeur, the NHLs all-time leader in wins and shutouts, has been out since suffering an injury to his right shoulder on Oct. 13. You can see the game on TSN, TSN.ca and TSN Mobile TV beginning at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt, and you can join our Live Blog to chat about the action with your fellow fans. Toronto lost the opener of a three-game road trip Sunday in Ottawa, bringing a two-game winning streak to an end. The Maple Leafs still ended the first month of the season with a strong 7-3-1 record. Toronto, which has missed the playoffs in each of the past six years, didnt get its seventh win last season until Nov. 18. New Jersey, meanwhile, has lost two straight and four of its last five games and recently capped a four-game road trip with a 1-3-0 mark. Johan Hedberg has made six straight starts since Brodeur was injured in New Jerseys third game of the season. The Maple Leafs, who have also been forced to use their No. 2 goaltender in recent games, were dealt a 3-2 regulation loss by the Senators on Sunday, as Kaspars Daugavins notched the game-winner on his first NHL goal. Clarke MacArthur tallied twice for Toronto and Jonas Gustavsson stopped 27 shots in the losing effort. The setback dropped Toronto to 2-3-0 as the visiting team this season. The Maple Leafs are 5-0-1 as the home team. Head coach Ron Wilson confirmed after Wednesdays morning skate that Jonas Gustavsson would start in goal against New Jersey. James Reimer skated this morning but Ben Scrivens will fill the back-up role tonight. Reimer was injured on Oct. 22 in Montreal and is eligible to return from injured reserve at any time. With Toronto also playing tomorrow in Columbus, Wilson could opt to give Reimer another day of rest. In other news for the Leafs, forward Phil Kessel was named the NHLs First Star for the month of October. Kessel leads Toronto and the NHL in goals (10) and points (18) this season. Toronto also recalled forward Joey Crabb from its AHL affiliate and sent forward Matt Frattin to the Marlies. The Devils were dealt a 3-1 loss in Dallas on Saturday, as Vernon Fiddler scored the game-winning goal off New Jersey defenseman Mark Faynes skate. Petr Sykora scored his first NHL goal in nearly two years to account for the Devils only tally. Hedberg let up two goals on 22 shots in defeat. With the score tied, 1-1, Fiddler came around from behind the net and threw a pass out front that caromed off Faynes blade and past Hedberg at the 11:34 mark of the third period. "We didnt have a lot of luck around the net and they got one," DeBoer said. New Jersey is 2-1-1 as the host this season and will play four of its first five games in November at home. The Devils will visit Philadelphia on Thursday before returning to Newark for a three-game residency. The Devils and Maple Leafs split four meetings last season with each club winning a game at home and on the road. Toronto has taken four of seven and five of nine overall in the series, but has lost three of its last four in the Garden State. Jelani Jenkins Mens White Jersey Dolphins Game Nike NFL Road . - Former NFL safety Darren Sharper pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he drugged and raped two women he met at a West Hollywood night club, while the emergence of a new accuser in Florida left him under investigation in five states. Philip Wheeler Youth Orange Jersey Miami Dolphins Elite . Headlining the 27 players were first-round NHL draftees Rasmus Ristolainen and Teuvo Teravainen. Both players are returnees from the 2013 Finnish World Junior team.NEW YORK -- In the wake of the Biogenesis scandal that led to 14 suspensions last summer, Major League Baseball and its players union announced Friday they are toughening penalties and increasing the frequency of testing in the most substantial revisions to their drug agreement in eight years. Players suspended during the season for a performance-enhancing drug violation will not be eligible for that years post-season. In addition, discipline will increase from 50 games to 80 for a first testing violation and from 100 games to a season-long 162 for a second. A third violation remains a lifetime ban. While there were two-to-four major league suspensions annually from 2008-11, the number increased to12 in 2012 and 14 players were penalized following last years investigation of the Biogenesis of America anti-aging clinic. Among them were former NL MVP Ryan Braun, who agreed to a 65-game ban, and three-time AL MVP Alex Rodriguez, who is suspended for the entire 2014 season. "Obviously, that showed that there was a need for harsher and stiffer penalties -- and this is a very clear and resounding answer for all of that," Los Angeles Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis said. Detroit shortstop Jhonny Peralta and Texas outfielder Nelson Cruz returned from their 50-game suspensions in time to participate in last falls playoffs. Peralta became a free agent and was given a $53 million, four-year contract by St. Louis during the off-season. "In the past it hasnt been fair that guys, they get popped, they serve their suspension and they come back and play in the playoffs," said Oakland reliever Sean Doolittle, whose team lost to Peralta and the Tigers in the division series. "Then on top of that, guys parlay it into a bigger contract and getting a raise ... it was frustrating, mainly because he did so well against us." Accused of being slow to react to steroids in the 1990s, baseball started testing with penalties in 2004, established a 10-day suspension for an initial testing violation in 2005 and increased discipline to 50 games in 2006. In the last year or two, many players spoke out and said the deterrent wasnt sufficient. "There are 32 states that have the death penalty for murder, and murders happen in those states every single day. Its not going to stop people from committing the crime, even if you have a death penalty," Arizona pitcher Brad Ziegler said. "Youve got to put things in place better to get them caught. Thats the thing. People do it when they think they can get away with it." New union head Tony Clark, a former All-Star himself, said his members wanted to make sure "a player is not coming back and affecting a change in the post-season as a result of the decision that particular player made earlier in the year." "Our hope here is that the adjustments that weve made do inevitably get that number to zero,"; Clark said. Elite Dion Sims Miami Dolphins Alternate Jersey Orange #80 Mens NFL. "In the event that that doesnt happen, for whatever reason, well reevaluate and move forward from there. But as I sit here, I am hopeful that players make the right decisions that are best for them, for their careers and for the integrity of the game." Players who serve a PED suspension also will not be eligible for automatic post-season players pool money shares but may be given cash awards at the discretion of their teammates. "There are a lot of guys who havent done it right," San Francisco pitcher Tim Hudson said, "and I think the one thing that puts a bad taste in peoples mouth that are playing are the guys who have messed around with the stuff but then somehow have still benefited contractually and gotten paid more money than they might have done if they had been clean. Those are the things that kind of stick some players." A player serving a season-long suspension will lose all his pay. Under the previous rules, Rodriguez gets 21-183rds of his $25 million salary this year, or $2,868,852. "Although we had the strongest program in professional sports before these changes, I am committed to constantly finding ways to improve the program in order to eradicate performance-enhancing drugs from the game," said baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, who had called a year ago for harsher penalties. An arbitrator would be allowed to reduce a suspension for a first or second testing violation by up to 50 per cent if a player proves by "clear and convincing evidence" that a positive test was not caused by his "significant fault or negligence." However, penalties may not be cut for muscle-building substances such as testosterone, human growth hormone, Boldenone, Nandrolone and Stanozolol. In-season random urine tests will increase from 1,400 to 3,200 overall in addition to the minimum two for each player, and off-season tests will rise from 250 to 350. There will be 400 random blood collections used to detect human growth hormone in addition to the mandatory one for each player during spring training. "We want to have a level playing field," Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez said. Players with PED violations, other than those who penalties are reduced for mitigation, will receive six additional random urine tests and three more blood tests annually for the rest of their careers. Foreign players entering the major leagues and those not subject to the major- or minor-league testing program for at least a year will be required to take urine and blood tests before signing contracts. "There are certain considerations we need to make in an effort to put guys in a position where the guys who are doing it correctly arent being adversely affected any more than necessary," Clark said. AP Baseball Writer Janie McCauley and AP freelance writer Mike Cranston contributed to this report wholesale jerseys cheap jerseys ' ' '



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