Pavel Padakin scored twice, including a short-handed goal into an empty net, and added an assist as the Calgary Hitmen overcame the Moose Jaw Warriors 6-4 on Wednesday for their eighth straight win in Western Hockey League action. Pablo Sandoval Red Jersey . Jane Virtanen scored two, and Alex Roach and Elliott Peterson rounded out the offence for the Hitmen (40-15-6). Brady Brassart chipped in with three assists. Colton McCarthy scored twice, Brayden Point had a goal and two assists, and Jack Rodewald also scored for the Warriors (15-35-9), who were 2 for 5 on the power play. Calgarys Mack Shields stopped 31 shots while his Moose Jaw counterparts Justin Paulin and Zach Sawchenko combined for 22 saves. Paulic gave up four goals on 24 shots and Sawchenko stopped 12 of 13. --- ROYALS 5 WHEAT KINGS 3 BRANDON, Man. -- Steven Hodges scored a goal and added two assists to lift Victoria over Brandon. Logan Nelson had a goal and an assist, and Keegan Kanzig, Tyler Soy and Austin Carroll also scored for the Royals (42-16-4), who outshot their opponent 49-26. Ryan Pulock and Tyler Coulter had a goal and an assist for the Wheat Kings (28-25-8), while Rihards Bukarts scored the other Brandon goal. Victorias Patrik Polivka stopped 23 shots for the victory. Brandons Curtis Honey stopped 44 shots in defeat. --- PATS 4 BLADES 2 SASKATOON -- Morgan Klimchuk scored three times, including a short-handed goal to open the scoring in the second period, as Regina edged Saskatoon. Logan McVeigh scored the other goal for the East division-leading Pats (32-22-6) and Dmitry Sinitsyn had two assists. Chase Clayton and Ayrton Nikkel scored for the Blades (16-40-5), who were outshot 44-28. Dawson MacAuley stopped 26 shots to take the victory for Regina. Blades goalie Troy Trombley made 40 saves in the losing effort. --- ICE 5 TIGERS 2 KOOTENAY, B.C. -- Sam Reinhart scored a goal and helped on three more to lead Kootenay over Medicine Hat. Tim Bozon and Jaedon Deschen had a goal and two assists apiece, Zach Franko had one goal and one assist, and Luke Philp also scored for the Ice (33-22-4). Chade Labelle and Jacob Doty scored for the Tigers (36-20-3), who outshot Kootenay 42-28. Blake Penner had two assists. Mackenzie Skapski stopped 40 shots for the victory while Medicine Hats Marek Langhamer made 23 saves. --- GIANTS 5 HURRICANES 2 LETHBRIDGE, Alta. -- Jared Rathjen made 27 saves and Vancouver got goals from five different skaters en route to their victory over Lethbridge. Cain Franson had a goal and an assist, and Alec Baer, Travis McEvoy, Joel Hamilton and Carter Popoff also scored for the Giants (28-23-10). Jackson Houck chipped in with three assists. Giorgio Estephan and Carter Folk replied for the Hurricanes (12-44-5), who have dropped three straight. Teagan Sacher stopped 43 of 48 shots in defeat. --- OIL KINGS 4 REBELS 1 RED DEER, Alta. -- Edmonton pummelled Red Deer with 54 shots while holding its opponent to just 15 en route to victory in the Central division matchup. Henrik Samuelsson had a power-play goal and Brandon Ralph, Edgars Kulda and Curtis Lazar also scored for the Oil Kings (41-14-2). Tristan Jarry made 14 saves. Adam Musil had the lone goal for the Rebels (28-28-4), and Patrik Bartosak made 45 saves before being replaced by Taz Burman after 51:11. Burman stopped all five shots he faced in relief. Edmonton was 1 for 7 on the power play as Red Deer racked up 46 penalty minutes on 13 infractions. The Oil Kings took 10 penalties totalling 48 minutes, but the Rebels were scoreless in three chances with the man advantage. --- ROCKETS 5 AMERICANS 1 KELOWNA, B.C. -- Tyler Gouldbourne and Cole Linaker each had a goal and an assist, and Kelowna outshot Tri-City 51-16 en route to victory. Mitchell Wheaton, Nick Merkley and Myles Bell also scored for the B.C. division-leading Rockets (47-8-4), who have won four in a row. Rodney Southam had the lone goal for the Americans (27-27-6) at 18:42 of the third period to spoil Jordan Cookes shutout bid. Cooke made 15 saves, while Tri-Citys Evan Sarthou stopped 46 shots in the losing effort. --- RAIDERS 4 CHIEFS 1 SPOKANE, Wash. -- Dakota Conroy opened the scoring with a power-play goal, and closed it with an empty-netter as the Raiders downed the Chiefs. Conroy added an assist for a three-point night, and Shane Danyluk scored the other two goals for Prince Albert (28-28-4). Collin Valcourt chipped in with two assists. Keanu Yamamoto scored for Spokane (34-21-5), who snapped a two-game winning streak. Cole Cheveldave stopped 36 shots for his 21st win of the season. Chiefs goalie Eric Williams took the loss after making 23 saves. Carl Yastrzemski Authentic .Y. - Tennessee Titans safety Michael Griffin, and New York Jets defensive players Muhammad Wilkerson and Quinton Coples all have been fined for plays during last Sundays game at Nashville. Fred Lynn Authentic . - 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. LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- When the time came for BYU to make a run, Marquette was ready. Darius Johnson-Odom and Jae Crowder came up with big shots every time the Cougars threatened, and the Golden Eagles withstood another furious second-half rally by BYU for an 88-68 victory in the NCAA tournament Thursday. Crowder finished with 25 points and 16 rebounds, while Johnson-Odom scored 12 of his 20 points in the second half. "We knew they were going to come out with a run. They have fight in them like any team in the NCAA tournament, and they did not want to go home," Crowder said. "We had a lot of poise. We just wanted to overcome it, and I think we did that." Brandon Davies had 19 points and 12 rebounds for the 14th-seeded Cougars (26-9), who looked for a brief while as if they might have a chance to top their historic comeback against Iona in the First Four on Tuesday night. But a year after advancing to the regional finals, the Cougars will have to settle for a place in the history books. Noah Hartsock added 15 points for the Cougars despite playing only 10 minutes in the first half after picking up his third foul. "I dont think they played any harder than we did. I dont think they fought any harder than we did," BYU coach Dave Rose said. "They were just a little better." Toronto guard Junior Cadougan had five points and five assists for the Golden Eagles (26-7), who now play sixth-seeded Murray State in the third round Saturday. The Racers beat 11th-seeded Colorado State 58-41 earlier Thursday. Marquette is a No. 3 seed for the first time since 2003, back when a guy named Dwyane Wade led the Golden Eagles all the way to the Final Four in New Orleans. Marquette is hoping to make its way to the Big Easy again this year, but the Golden Eagles cant afford little lapses like the ones they had against BYU. After leading by as many as 19 in the first half, Marquettes lead was pared to single digits three times by the scrappy Cougars. "Everyone was believing the whole time that we could come back," Craig Cusick said. Davies, who missed the NCAA tournament last year after being booted from the team for an honour code violation, opened the second half with three straight buckets to get BYU within 10. He drew a charge when he got flattened by Todd Mayo, and Cusick drilled a 3-pointer at the opposite end of the floor to cut the lead to 50-43. It was the first time BYU was within single digits since 12:22 left in the firstt half. Pablo Sandoval Authentic. Marquette didnt make its first field goal of the second half until the 15:41 mark, a short jumper by Jamil Wilson, and the crisp passing and efficient offence from the first half were nowhere to be found. But what the Golden Eagles lacked in style in the second half, they made up for with brute strength, overpowering the smaller Cougars. Johnson-Odom knocked down a 3 after the Golden Eagles outmuscled BYU for back-to-back offensive rebounds, and Davante Gardner followed with a finish down low that drew a foul. Gardner converted the three-point play, and Marquette found itself back up 69-52 with 10:56 left. BYU would never get within single digits again. "Im not a home run coach. I didnt hire home run assistant coaches," Marquette coach Buzz Williams said. "We just want to be a good pitch team. And I think for the most part, we were able to throw good pitches today." Four Marquette players scored in double figures, and the Golden Eagles had a 48-34 rebounding edge. Marquette also made nine 3-pointers, six in the first half. "Our game plan was to try and keep them away from basket and make them make shots, and they did," Rose said. "If Marquette makes nine 3s next game, that team is going to have a hard time beating them. If they make nine 3s the game after that, that team is going to have a hard time beating them. "They were terrific tonight." This was probably never going to be a fair fight, not with the Cougars only 36 hours removed from the biggest comeback in NCAA tournament history. BYU beat Iona 78-72 in the First Four on Tuesday night after erasing a 25-point, first-half deficit. The Cougars then drove the 150 miles from Dayton, Ohio, arriving Wednesday. "It might have been a little bit (of a factor), but we were able to get through the game," Hartsock said. The bigger problem was Crowder. The Big East player of the year personally outscored BYU 9-5 in the first five-plus minutes of the game as Marquette jumped out to an 18-5 lead. He had a double-double before halftime, and he was on such a hot streak that even his mistakes were good. When he took a 3-pointer with about 90 seconds left in the first half, the ball hit the back of the rim and looked as if it was going to carom off. Instead, it rolled back and dropped through the net for a 47-31 Marquette lead. "We had chances," Cusick said. "Marquette did a good job of holding us off." cheap nfl jerseyscheap jerseys ' ' '
