SHERBROOKE, Que. Nike Air Huarache Sale . -- Jonathan Drouin gave Halifax the boost it needed to edge host Sherbrooke Phoenix 3-2 in a shootout in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. The 18-year-old winger, who was selected third overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning at the NHL draft in June, was assigned to the QMJHL on Monday and held scoreless in his first game back on Tuesday against Saint John. But on Friday, Drouin showed why hes the reigning Canadian Hockey Player of the year as he recorded a goal and an assist in regulation before scoring the winner in the shootout. Andrew Ryan also had a goal and an assist for the Mooseheads (4-5-0), who won for the first time in three outings, while Zachary Fucale stopped 24-of-26 shots for his fourth victory of the season. Jean-Francois Plante and Jean-Christophe Laflamme scored for the Phoenix (2-5-1), who sit last in the West Division. Francis Desrosiers made 28 saves in a losing cause. Ryan opened the scoring at 15:28 of the first period while on the power play, and Drouin followed with another power-play goal in the final minute of the period to put Halifax up 2-0 after 20 minutes of play. Plante responded with a goal playing five-on-four late in the second period and Laflamme tied the game midway through the third period to force overtime. Halifaxs Nikolaj Ehlers and Sherbrookes Daniel Audette traded shootout goals before Drouin scored the winner. The Mooseheads went 2-for-3 on the power play while the Phoenix scored once on three chances with the man advantage. --- Screaming Eagles 5 Sea Dogs 3 SYDNEY, N.S., -- Julien Pelletier and Jeremy Beaudry each had a goal and an assist as Cape Breton downed Saint John. Nicholas Dozzi, Raphael Corriveau and Cameron Darcy also scored for the Screaming Eagles (4-2-2), who have won four of their last five contests, while Justin Hache chipped in two assists. Will Thompson, Nathan Noel and Stephen Anderson supplied the offence for the Sea Dogs (4-3-1). Maxime Lagace made 23 saves for the win as Sebastien Auger turned aside 26 shots in a losing cause. --- Titan 4 Wildcats 1 MONCTON, N.B., -- Jacob Brennan stopped 33 shots as Acadie-Bathurst defeated the Wildcats. Patrik Zdrahal had a goal and an assist for the Titan (4-5-0) while Adam Stevens, Alexandre Gosselin and Nicholas Blanchard added a goal apiece. Mark Stevens scored the lone goal for Moncton (3-6-0), which lost on home ice for the third time in four games. Alex Dubeau turned away 18-of-22 shots in defeat. --- Oceanic 6 Tigres 2 VICTORIAVILLE, QUE., -- Scott Oke scored twice and set up two more as Rimouski beat the Tigres. Peter Trainor, Jean-Francois Lavoie, Simon Fortier and Michael Joly scored for the Oceanic (6-2-0) as Frederick Gauthier chipped in two assists. Angelo Miceli had a goal and an assist for Victoriaville (6-3-0) and Philippe Hudon scored the other. Philippe Desrosiers made 28 saves for the win while Brandon Whitney took the loss after allowing five goals on 35 shots in two periods of play. Steven Veilleux replaced Whitney for the third and made 5-of-6 shots in relief. --- Armada 4 Voltigeurs 1 BOISBRIAND, Que., -- Nikita Jevpalovs scored twice and Christopher Clapperton had three assists as the Armada downed Drummondville to take over first place in the QMJHL. Guillaime Beaudoin and Olivier Picard also scored for Blainville-Boisbriand (7-0-0), which is the only undefeated club remaining to start the season. Guillaime Gauthier scored the lone goal for the Voltigeurs (5-3-0). Etienne Marcoux only had to make 12 saves for the win while Louis-Philip Guindon stopped 33 shots in defeat. --- Huskies 4 Cataractes 3 (OT) ROUYN-NORANDA, Que., -- Francis Perron scored 1:34 into overtime as the Huskies slipped past Shawinigan. Jason Fuchs, Liam OBrien, and Maxime St-Cyr also scored for Rouyn-Noranda (4-3-1) while Mathieu Lemay had two assists. Matthew Boudreau scored once and set up two more for the Cataractes (0-6-2) and Frederick Gaudreau and Francis Beauvillier had a goal and an assist apiece. Carl Hozjan made 20 saves for the win as Marvin Cupper turned aside 43 shots in defeat. --- Foreurs 9 Islanders 4 VAL-DOR, Que., -- Anthony Mantha and Anthony Richard each scored twice as the Foreurs crushed Charlottetown. Nicolas Aube-Kubel had a goal and two assists for Val-dOr (4-4-0) while David Henley, Samuel Henley, Maxime Presseault and Timotej Sille also scored. Daniel Sprong, Bradley Kennedy, Jack Nevins and Deverick Ottereyes scored for the Islanders (6-1-1). Francois Tremblay made 33 saves for the win while Eric Brassard stopped 18 shots in defeat. Antoine Bibeau started in net for Charlottetown but was pulled after giving up four goals on 17 shot in 24 minutes of action. Antoine Bibeau allowed four goals on 17 shots Under Armour Shoes Sale . -- The Oakland Athletics and free agent right-hander Bartolo Colon have agreed to terms on a US$2 million, one-year contract, bolstering their depleted starting rotation. Nike Kwazi Sale . Serves hit by her surgically repaired shoulder often missed the mark, resulting in 12 double-faults.CORTINA DAMPEZZO, Italy -- Defending overall World Cup champion Tina Maze finally got her first victory of the season, winning the prestigious Cortina downhill Saturday to signal a return to form just in time for the Sochi Olympics. The Slovenian clocked 1 minute, 37.79 seconds down the Olympia delle Tofane course, which was bathed in sunshine, then performed her trademark handstand celebration during the podium proceedings. "There were a lot of emotions," Maze said. "It was a really long time. ... When I find the right feeling like I found it today I can ski fast." Marianne Kaufmann-Abderhalden of Switzerland finished second, 0.27 seconds behind, and Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein was third, 0.38 back. Maze had a record-breaking season a year ago with 11 wins. This season, she had only three podium results -- until this race. "When you win a lot you dont learn much," Maze said. "With my ups and downs its a lot of learning." Two weeks ago, Maze made a staff change in her personal team, which is run by her boyfriend and coach Andrea Massi. They replaced Walter Ronconi with former Switzerland coach Mauro Pini. The switch seems to have paid off and the timing couldnt have been better -- in the final downhill before the Sochi Games, where the womens downhill is scheduled for Feb. 12. Pini urged Maze to put more emotion into her skiing. "That was really good because Andrea was always saying to ski without feelings," Maze said. "But sometimes thats not possible. "(Pini) brought a lot of peace to our team because compared to Andrea and I hes one step in front of us," Maze added. "And thats what we were expecting from someone in that position. He came really motivated and that makes us easygoing and we have more energy for ourselves." Pini was formerly Lara Guts personal coach and he led the Swiss mens squad at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, when Didier Defago won gold in downhill. He theen coached the Swiss womens team and more recently was a TV commentator. Air Max 360 Sale. "I could sense a good feeling from the first words we shared with each other," Pini said. "Tina never forgot how to ski. She was always capable, she just needed to focus her energy better and get rid of those negative vibes." "At this level a couple different words here or there can create all the difference," Pini added. "Its not like we had to start over from scratch." With the skies perfectly clear to show off the jagged peaks that provide some of the most spectacular scenery in the Dolomite Range, Maria Hoefl-Riesch finished fourth to follow up her victory in Fridays downhill. The German said she felt some pain in her left knee after landing a jump awkwardly a day earlier. Still, Hoefl-Riesch maintained her lead in the overall and downhill standings. In another strong showing from the U.S. Ski Team without injured Lindsey Vonn, Stacey Cook matched her fifth-place finish from Friday and teammate Julia Mancuso placed seventh to match her best result of the season from a super-G two days earlier. "It always stings when you are so close to the podium, but I know this is a positive move heading toward Sochi," Cook said. This was the third of four races in four days. Elisabeth Goergl won a super-G on Thursday and another super-G is scheduled for Sunday. Weirather finished fourth and second in the opening two races this week. "Its hard to have four good races in a row but I will try," she said. Two of the races were originally scheduled for last weekend in Cortina but were wiped out by heavy snowfall. The other two were moved from Garmisch-Partenkirchen due to a lack of snow in the German resort. The womens circuit then moves to Kranjska Gora for a giant slalom and slalom next weekend -- the final races before Sochi and Mazes home event. "Im really excited to ski that slope," Maze said ' ' '
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