PORTLAND, Ore. Jarlin Garcia Jersey . -- Keegan Iverson scored the eventual winner as the Portland Winterhawks extended their win streak to 18 games by doubling up the visiting Kamloops Blazers 4-2 on Friday in Western Hockey League action. Iverson broke a 2-2 tie at 5:27 of the third period for the Winterhawks (44-12-5) while Brendan Leipsic, Taylor Leier and Chase De Leo also scored. Carson Bolduc and Matt Revel scored for the Blazers (12-44-5). Corbin Boes made 14 saves to improve to 9-0-0 with Portland. Bolton Pouliot turned aside 42-of-46 shots for Kamloops. The Winterhawks went 2 for 7 on the power play while the Blazers scored once on two chances with the man advantage. --- TIGERS 6 WARRIORS 0 MOOSE JAW, Alta. -- Marek Langhamer made 34 saves and Chad Butcher had a pair of goals as Medicine Hat blanked the Warriors. Cole Sanford and Trevor Cox each had a goal and two assists for the Tigers (37-21-3) while Miles Koules and Curtis Valk had a goal and an assist apiece. Brayden Point was a team-worst minus-3 for Moose Jaw (15-36-9). Zach Sawchenko started in net for the Warriors but was pulled after allowing five goals on 12 shots in 25 minutes of action. Justin Paulic stopped 11-of-12 shots in relief. --- PATS 3 ROYALS 2 REGINA -- Daniel Wapple made 31 saves as the Pats handed Victoria its first regulation-time loss in 15 outings. Chandler Stephenson and Dmitry Sinitsyn each had a goal and an assist for Regina (33-22-6), which led 3-0 after 40 minutes, and Colby Williams scored once. Brandon Magee and Austin Carroll responded for the Royals (42-17-4), who came into action 12-0-2 in their last 14 contests. Coleman Vollrath turned away 24-of-27 shots for Victoria. --- HITMEN 5 WHEAT KINGS 4 BRANDON -- Jake Virtanen scored once and set up two more as Calgary edged the Wheat Kings to extend its win streak to nine games. Kenton Hegelsen, Adam Tambellini, Connor Rankin and Elliott Peterson also scored for the Hitmen (41-15-6). Brandon (28-26-8) got goals from Quintin Lisoway, Jesse Gabrielle, Jayce Hawryluk and Ryan Pulock. Calgarys Chris Driedger made 25 saves for the win as Jordan Paprny stopped 39-of-44 shots for the Wheat Kings. --- OIL KINGS 4 BRONCOS 1 EDMONTON -- The Oil Kings gave up an early shorthanded goal, but responded with four unanswered goals en route to victory. Ashton Sautner, Riley Kieser, Lane Bauer and Curtis Lazar scored for Edmonton (43-14-2) while Tristan Jarry made 25 saves for the win. Colby Cave scored for Swift Current (29-24-8). Eetu Laurikainen allowed four goals on 20 shots for the Broncos, who turned to Landon Bow for the final 18 minutes of the game. Bow made 15 saves in relief. --- ICE 3 CHIEFS 2 (SO) CRANBROOK, B.C. -- Rinat Valiev scored in regulation and then added the shootout winner as Kootenay slipped past Spokane. Jagger Dirk had a goal and an assist for the Ice (35-22-4), who picked up their fourth straight victory. Keanu Yamamoto scored both goals for the Chiefs (34-21-6) while Eric Williams made 40 saves in defeat. Kootenays Mackenzie Skapski made 25 saves through 65 minutes, and five more in the shootout to preserve the win. --- REBELS 5 GIANTS 3 RED DEER, Alta. -- Rhyse Dieno scored twice and added an assist as the Rebels downed Vancouver to avoid a four-game skid. Kayle Doetzel, Conner Bleackley and Wyatt Johnson also scored for Red Deer (29-29-4) while Haydn Fleury tacked on two assists. Cain Franson scored twice for the Giants (29-24-10), Joel Hamilton had a goal and Jackson Houck assisted on all three. Patrik Bartosak made 31 saves for the Rebels as Vancouvers Jared Rathjen turned away 20-of-24 shots in defeat. --- ROCKETS 4 COUGARS 2 PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. -- Jackson Whistle stopped 35 shots as Kelowna defeated the Cougars for its fifth win in a row. Justin Kirkland, Damon Severson and Marek Tvrdon each had a goal and an assist for the Rockets (48-8-4) and Ryan Olsen added a single goal. Marc McNulty and Todd Fiddler scored for Prince George (25-31-8) and Zach Pochiro assisted on both. Adam Beukeboom kicked out 40-of-44 shots for the Cougars. --- RAIDERS 6 AMERICANS 4 KENNEWICK, Wash. -- Leon Draisaitl had two goals and an assist as Prince Albert handed Tri-City its fifth straight defeat. Shane Danyluk, Collin Valcourt, Carson Perreaux and Gage Quinney also scored for the Raiders (28-28-4). Mitch Topping scored twice for the Americans (27-27-6) and Parker Bowes and Rodney Southam added the others. Cole Cheveldave made 22 saves for Prince Albert. Tri-Citys Eric Comrie stopped 29-of-34 shots in a losing effort. --- SILVERTIPS 2 THUNDERBIRDS 1 EVERETT, Wash. -- Mirco Mueller scored the eventual winner at 10:45 of the third period as the Silvertips held on to defeat Seattle. Dawson Leedhal also scored for Everett (28-23-8), which led 2-0 before giving up a late goal. Justin Hickan scored at 18:57 of the third for the Thunderbirds (37-18-5). Austin Lotz made 17 saves for the Silvertips. Seattles Taran Kozun stopped 26-of-28 shots in a losing cause. Alex Fernandez Jersey . A judge had summoned Clemens and Brian McNamee to federal court in Brooklyn for settlement talks aimed at heading off a trial in the defamation case. McNamees lawyer emerged saying an agreement wasnt likely. "I think this is a case where the lines are deeply drawn in the sand," said attorney Richard Emery. Kurt Abbott Jersey . 1 goaltender tonight when they conclude a four-game road trip versus the Winnipeg Jets.KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. - Even with his surgically repaired back still nowhere near perfect, defending champion Andy Murray needed only 73 minutes to beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4, 6-1 at the Sony Open on Tuesday and set up a quarterfinal with Novak Djokovic. "My game is getting there," said Murray, the No. 6 seed, who acknowledged he was dealing with a sore back. "The last six sets Ive played, very high-level tennis, very few errors." Hell need to keep it that way against Djokovic, who eased past Tommy Robredo 6-3, 7-5. The second-seeded Djokovic even gave back a point in the second set. A groundstroke from Robredo clipped the baseline and Djokovic couldnt handle it, but the ball was erroneously called out. After a review showed the ball was in, the point was ordered to be replayed. Djokovic shouted "Its OK, its OK" as the fans applauded his sportsmanship. "For me, its something that is part of the sport, fair play," Djokovic said. "I expect everybody else to do the same. Of course, not everybodys the same, but for me, thats something thats normal. Just a normal, natural reaction." Top-seeded Rafael Nadal downed 14th-seeded Fabio Fognini 6-2, 6-2. Nadal has dropped a total of nine games in six sets so far in this tournament. Singles players with a combined 66 Grand Slam victories were in action Tuesday, including Roger Federer — a winner of 17 of them himself. And he looked very much like the Federer of old, needing only 49 minutes to beat ninth-seeded Richard Gasquet 6-1, 6-2. "Look, things went well out on the court today," Federer said, clearly understating matters. Federer, the No. 5 seed, had 25 winners to Gasquets eight, converted five of his six break chances and won 92 per cent of his first-serve points in the second set. Next up for Federer is 20th-seeded Kei Nishikori, who upset No. 4 David Ferrer 7-6 (7), 2-6, 7-6 (9).. Austin Brice Jersey. . Ferrer had beaten Nishikori in the same round at Key Biscayne a year ago, their most recent meeting before Tuesday. No. 22 Alexandr Dolgopolov of the Ukraine also pulled off an upset, topping third-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 to reach the quarterfinals. The last American in the mens draw was ousted when 10th-seeded John Isner lost to No. 7 seed Tomas Berdych 6-3, 7-5. On the womens side, Maria Sharapova rallied from a break down in the first set to oust Petra Kvitova 7-5, 6-1 and earn a spot in the semifinals. Shes been a finalist at Key Biscayne five times, but never the champion. "I love the energy here," she said. The fourth-seeded Sharapova, who needed three-setters to get through her two most recent matches at Key Biscayne, feasted on 30 unforced errors by the eighth-seeded Kvitova. Sharapova won 11 of the final 13 games and moved into a semifinal matchup with Serena Williams, the defending champion who won 62 of 100 points in her 6-2, 6-2 romp over fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber. Williams broke Kerber twice in each set, faced only one break point and held a more than 2-to-1 advantage in winners. "When youre playing champions, you like to play your best," Williams said. "She always gives me her best. ... I love playing her. I really do. It doesnt matter what surface. Shes one of my favourite people to play." Sharapova said she was eager to face Williams again. "Its no secret that shes been a big challenge of mine, an opponent that obviously I would love to beat," Sharapova said. Also, former No. 1 Martina Hingis teamed with Sabine Lisicki to reach the doubles quarterfinals. And foot and vehicle traffic outside the tennis centre was briefly halted during the night session when a suspicious backpack was found near the main gate, but Miami-Dade police responded and quickly determined there was no threat. ' ' '
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