Showing posts with label US sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label US sports. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Golf-Ryder Cup

Colin Montgomerie has made it crystal clear what he is looking for from the Europeans at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship this week - bottle.
The opening round on Wednesday in Arizona contains three all-European tussles - Luke Donald against Graeme McDowell, Lee Westwood against Chris Wood and Oliver Wilson against Miguel Angel Jimenez and the Ryder Cup captain wants to see an early indication of how his squad are shaping up.
"I want to see guys who show guts and determination, guys who are maybe two or three down with four or five holes to play but who battle back to win," said Montgomerie.
Writing his latest captain's blog on the European Tour website he added: "It doesn't matter if that's in the first round or the final - trust me, I'll be taking note of it.
"Don't get me wrong. The eight and seven, seven and six wins are great and show a player is playing well, but it is the matches which are tight and where a player comes out the other side that are crucial - and the ones which could be key in shaping my team.
"For obvious reasons, I am intrigued to see how the Match Play unfolds.
"We had a finalist last year in Paul Casey, while Ross Fisher made the semi-finals and Rory McIlroy the quarters, so let's hope this year we can again have a good representation into the latter stages.
"This is a great opportunity for all European players to show me, in a match play format, just exactly what they can do and I will be watching every shot hit.
"I'll be looking out for the results of all of the European players, but also - and perhaps even more importantly - how they achieve those results."

Friday, February 12, 2010

NHL

The Ottawa Senators defeated the Washington Capitals 6-5 in an Eastern Conference battle.
The Senators raced into a 3-1 first-period lead through goals from Jason Spezza, Milan Michalek and Daniel Alfredsson, and although Washington pulled level, the hosts prevailed.
Chris Phillips and Alexei Kovalev netted in the final period to clinch victory.
Western Conference leaders the San Jose Sharks secured a 3-2 shootout triumph at the Detroit Red Wings, with Patrick Marleau netting the decisive strike.
Elsewhere, the Buffalo Sabres suffered a 4-3 loss to Carolina, with Brandon Sutter, Ray Whitney, Stephane Yelle and Sergei Samsonov netting for the Hurricanes.
Alexandre Burrows, Jannik Hansen and Ryan Kesler were on target as the Vancouver Canucks eased to a 3-0 win at the Florida Panthers.
The Boston Bruins scored five unanswered goals - including four in the first period - to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-4.
Mike Ribeiro netted twice as the Dallas Stars came from behind to claim a 3-1 win over the Calgary Flames and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2, with Lubomir Visnovsky scoring the winner after a shootout featuring 20 attempts.