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NHL Rink Wrap: Gaudreau hat trick; Eichel’s Buffalo return; Maple Leafs issues

There were a couple of outstanding matchups on the Thursday schedule featuring potential Stanley Cup matchups with Colorado facing Carolina and Calgary hosting Tampa Bay. Calgary ended up getting the best of the Lightning in a 4-1 win that was highlighted by a hat trick by Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau as he continues to have an outstanding season for his first place team. He now has 26 goals and 77 points in 57 games this season. Thanks to the Flames win, combined with the Vegas Golden Knights’ loss to the Buffalo Sabres and the Los Angeles’ Kings overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks, the Flames now have a five point lead over the second place Kings and a nine point lead over the third place Golden Knights. They also have two games in hand on both teams. The Pacific Division looks to be theirs.

Allie Johnson uses ‘ski like a girl’ motto as motivation for first Paralympics

“Ski like a girl.” It’s the four-word motto that serves as both motivation and mantra for Paralympic alpine racer Allie Johnson, who’s making her debut for Team USA at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing.

2022 Supercross Power Rankings after Round 9

Eli Tomac’s record sixth win at Daytona further cemented his position at the top of the Monster Energy Supercross Power Rankings after Round 9 as most of the top 10 held their positions this week.

Norwich vs Chelsea final score: Blues edge past Canaries

Chelsea beat Norwich City 3-1 at Carrow Road to strengthen their grip on third-place in the Premier League table after a damaging day for the club off the pitch.

Eichel trade paying off for both Golden Knights, Sabres so far

The big game of the night on Thursday will be in Buffalo where the Sabres will be hosting Jack Eichel and the Vegas Golden Knights. It will be Eichel’s first visit back to Buffalo as a visiting player, and it is sure to be some sort of a circus.

Chelsea heavily impacted as UK sanctions, freezes assets of Roman Abramovich

The potential sale of Chelsea has been thrown into uncertainty, as owner Roman Abramovich has been sanctioned by the UK government and his assets, including Chelsea Football Club, have been frozen.

NASCAR weekend schedule: Phoenix Raceway

The NASCAR Cup Series will be joined by the ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series at Phoenix Raceway this weekend.

Three-time U.S. Open champ Susie Maxwell Berning, pioneer Marion Hollins inducted into World Golf Hall of Fame

Three-time U.S. Women’s Open champion Susie Maxwell Berning likely never imagined her name being said in the same breath as “Tiger Woods,” but that’s exactly what happened Wednesday evening when the two shared the stage as inductees into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

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NHL Rink Wrap: Gaudreau hat trick; Eichel’s Buffalo return; Maple Leafs issues

Allie Johnson uses ‘ski like a girl’ motto as motivation for first Paralympics

2022 Supercross Power Rankings after Round 9

Norwich vs Chelsea final score: Blues edge past Canaries

Eichel trade paying off for both Golden Knights, Sabres so far

Chelsea heavily impacted as UK sanctions, freezes assets of Roman Abramovich

NASCAR weekend schedule: Phoenix Raceway

Three-time U.S. Open champ Susie Maxwell Berning, pioneer Marion Hollins inducted into World Golf Hall of Fame