FLYERS over SABRES 4 to 3
BLUES over MAPLE LEAFS 3 to 0
CANADIES over ISLANDERS 6 to4
HURRICANES over SENATORS 3 to 2
RED WINGS over PREDATORS 5 to 2
LIGHTNING over AVALANCHE 3 to 2
OILERS over PANTHERS 3 to 2
STARS over CAPITALS 5 to 4
WILD over COYOTES 3 to 1
FLAMES over SHARKS 4 to 3
DUCKS over KINGS 3 to 2
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RANGERS over PENGUINS 5 to 2
STARS over BLACKHAWKS 6 to 3
JETS over COYOTES 4 to 3
RED WINGS over SABRES 6 to 4
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ISLANDERS over FLYERS 7 to 4
HURRICANES over MAPLE LEAFS 4 to 1
CANUCKS over PANTHERS 2 to 1
BLUE JACKETS over WILD 3 to 1
BLUES over AVALANCHE 3 to 1
DEVILS over SHARKS 5 to 2
FLAMES over KINGS 2 to 1
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RANGERS over SENATORS 3 to 2
OILERS over CAPITALS 5 to 4
CANADIENS over PREDATORS 2 to 1
RED WINGS over WILD 5 to 4
LIGHTNING over CANUCKS 4 to 1
FLYERS over PENGUINS 3 to 2
BRUINS over STARS 3 to 1
BLACKHAWKS over COYOTES 6 to 1
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SENATORS over MAPLE LEAFS 4 to 3
BLACKHAWKS over PENGUINS 3 to 2
JETS over BLUE JACKETS 4 to 0
AVALANCHE over BRUINS 3 to 2
DUCKS over FLAMES 6 to 3
SHARKS over KINGS 4 to 2
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As per its custom, the NFL will follow a modified set of procedures to prepare game balls for Super Bowl XLIX. Established long before allegations of underinflated balls in the AFC Championship Game, the process includes independent equipment managers and ball attendants. Still, the league "expects that the Competition Committee will review all of these procedures in the offseason. The league found earlier this week that 11 of the New England Patriots' 12 game balls were significantly underinflated during the AFC Championship Game. In that game, the Patriots' equipment staff supplied balls to referee Walt Anderson at the required two hours, 15 minutes before the game for inspection. As per NFL policy, Anderson marked each ball with his approval and ultimately returned them to the Patriots' ball boys. In the Super Bowl, however, the NFL will use Chicago Bears equipment manager Tony Medlin to organize the process. Ball boys were hired prior to last week's games.
Here is the full statement Signora provided:
"Like many aspects of our policies and procedures, there are modifications for the Super Bowl. "At the Super Bowl, the equipment manager of another team [bears, Tony Medlin] is in charge of the game balls and arranging for the ball attendant crews, which are hired before the Super Bowl teams are determined. The officials will maintain strict control of the game balls for the Super Bowl. "Many aspects of the regular-season process are in place. The Super Bowl teams receive balls to work with during practice as per our policies. The balls are then returned to the league late next week. "We would expect that the Competition Committee will review all of these procedures in the offseason." The scope of that review will depend in part on the league's ongoing investigation into the AFC Championship Game. Thursday, Patriots coach Bill Belichick said he had "no explanation" for the underinflated balls.
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Clay Matthews said he wasn't targeting Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson during a second-quarter interception return in the NFC Championship Game, but the Green Bay Packers linebacker was fined nonetheless. The NFL docked Matthews $22,050 for an illegal blindside hit on Wilson. "I was just blocking whoever and it turned out to be the quarterback and obviously calls are going to go in their direction whether it was a blind-side hit or whatever," Matthews said after the game. "I'm just looking to pick up a block and unfortunately that's just how the game played out."
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The NFL has fined Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch $20,000 for the obscene gesture he made after scoring a touchdown in the NFC Championship Game. The league did not specify what the gesture was in the win over Green Bay, but Lynch grabbed his crotch after scoring a go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter. Lynch was fined $11,000 for a similar gesture in Seattle's win over Arizona on Dec. 21. Also, Seattle wide receiver Chris Matthews was fined $11,050, per a league source, for doing the same gesture after Lynch's touchdown. Matthews was the player that recovered the onside kick following Lynch's TD.
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Free-agent outfielder Jonny Gomes has reached agreement a one-year deal with the Atlanta Braves that includes a vesting option for a second year. The deal is worth $4 million. Gomes, 34, is a .244 career hitter with 155 home runs over parts of 12 seasons with Tampa Bay, Cincinnati, Washington, Oakland and Boston. He has a .485 slugging percentage in 1,494 career at-bats against left-handed pitching. Atlanta's projected 2015 outfield consists of Nick Markakis in right field, B.J. Upton in center and a platoon of Gomes and Zoilo Almonte in left field. The Braves traded right fielder Jason Heywardto St. Louis and dealt left fielder Justin Upton to San Diego earlier this offseason.
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A man who severely beat a San Francisco Giants fan outside Dodger Stadium has pleaded guilty to a federal weapons charge. Marvin Norwood pleaded guilty Thursday in Los Angeles to being a felon in possession of firearms. He faces 10 years in prison when he's sentenced May 7. Norwood, 34, and Louie Sanchez, 32, were sentenced to state prison for the 2011 stadium attack that left Bryan Stow with permanent brain damage. Federal authorities arrested Norwood when he finished serving time in the beating case. Police investigating the beating found semi-automatic rifles, other weapons and ammunition during a search of Norwood's home. Both men had previous felony convictions in San Bernardino County. Court records show Sanchez is scheduled to change his plea on a similar count Jan. 29.
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