The Flames looked to a few of their youngsters to lead the way against the Canadiens

MONTREAL - The Flames looked to a few of their youngsters to lead the way against the Canadiens — and they delivered. Cheap Avalanche Jerseys .Prospect Josh Jooris scored twice and Markus Granlund added another to lead Calgary to a 6-2 victory over Montreal on Sunday night at the Bell Centre. Rookie forward Johnny Gaudreau also added two assists.Together, Jooris, 24, Granlund, 21 and Gaudreau, 21, combined for three goals, five points, and nine shots. They were sharp for much of the game, created havoc around Carey Prices net, and were ultimately the difference-makers.All those young players had great training camps, said Flames head coach Bob Hartley. Thats where it starts. Last year we committed to a rebuild, and those kids are jumping in. Right now, were getting rewarded for our efforts.You have to spread the responsibility out there, and theyre responding well. Theyre rewarding us.Coming into Montreal, the Flames were looking to avenge a 2-1 home defeat at the hands of the Canadiens last Tuesday after Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau scored the winner in a shootout.Harleys men felt they deserved two points from that game after outshooting the Habs 38-19, and came into the Bell Centre on Sunday looking for a repeat performance with a different score line.We had a good game against them last game, so we were prepared, said Jooris, who played 73 games with the American Hockey Leagues Abbotsford Heat last year. We knew what to expect. We wanted to play the same way we did against them.Calgary (7-4-2) came into this one — the teams first stop of a five-game road swing — with just five first-period goals in their first 12 games. Jooris and Granlund, however, managed to put two past Price in the opening 20 minutes on Sunday.Jooris, in just his sixth NHL game, got the ball rolling for the Flames at 4:58 of the first period. The Burlington, Ont. native gobbled up a juicy rebound in front of the net from a Dennis Wideman shot from the point, and patiently waited out Price to make it 1-0. Gaudreau was rewarded for an outstanding first period with an assist on the goal.Its a loud building, said Jooris of his first time playing at the Bell Centre. The nerves were there, but it was good nerves. I was really excited to play here. Its an exciting building to play in. Once we got the first shift in, we settled in.Granlund, in is ninth NHL game, doubled Calgarys lead with 27 seconds remaining in the first period when he deflected a shot from Jiri Hudler past Price with his toe.Gaudreau, who was drafted by the Flames in the fourth round in 2011, got an assist on Granlunds goal and now has eight points in his last seven games since being a healthy scratch versus the Columbus Blue Jackets on Oct. 17.Like Jooris, Gaudreau was quick to shake off the early Bell Centre jitters.Theres a lot of history here, said the rookie, who had aunts and uncles make the drive from Vermont to watch the game from the stands. We just looked at it as a great experience. We wanted to make the most out of it. The older guys led by example.After Curtis Glencross and Max Pacioretty traded goals, Jooris added his second of the game at 8:48 of the third period to give Calgary a 4-1 lead. With the Flames on the power play, Jooris took a long stretch pass from defender TJ Brodie and walked in alone on Price, beating him top corner.With TJ, we like to play a fast-paced game, the full length of the ice, said Jooris. So I tried to get out of the zone quickly. With great vision he found me, and I was able to put it past Price. I tried to get it upstairs real quick.The fact that it was against a great goalie was pretty cool.Lance Bouma and Mark Giordano added goals for the Flames, while Jonas Hiller stopped 18-of-20 shots.Lars Eller scored a consolation goal for Montreal (8-3-1) late in the third. Carey Price made 30 saves in defeat.The loss halted Montreals unbeaten run at home. Previously 4-0-0 at the Bell Centre this season, the Habs were looking to match their best start at home since 1979.The Canadiens, who were outshot 19-4 in the first period, have now conceded the opening goal 10 times in the teams first 12 games.Were making it hard on ourselves with those starts, said Tomas Plekanec, who finished the game with a minus-2 rating. When you score first, its a different story, and you get more confidence to play. If you have to chase the score, its not going to happen all the time.Montreal has a tendency of leaving things late, as Michel Therriens men have now scored 14 of their 27 goals in the third period. But there was no comeback in store on Sunday night.Notes: Brendan Gallagher and P.K. Subban finished minus-3 on the night. … Jiri Sekac, Michael Bournival and Jarred Tinordi were left out of the lineup for the Canadiens. Sekac hasnt dressed since Oct. 18 against Colorado, while Bournival has yet to make his season debut. … With Calgarys Joe Colborne out of the lineup with a wrist injury, 22-year-old winger Sven Baertschi got the start on the fourth line. … Prior to the game, Price was awarded the Molson Cup for his stellar play in October. A.J. Greer Jersey .com) - Devin Booker scored 19 points and top-ranked Kentucky put on a defensive clinic in an 83-44 obliteration of UCLA in the CBS Sports Classic. Semyon Varlamov Jersey . Villar connected off Joe Saunders (11-14), sending a drive well over the left-field fence for his first career homer. The Astros scored six times in the first three innings to chase Saunders. http://www.cheapavalanchejerseys.com/?tag=adidas-ray-bourque-jersey . -- Orleans Darkwa ran in from 1 yard with 1:45 left, and the Miami Dolphins rallied from two scores down in the final minutes to beat the Dallas Cowboys 25-20 on Saturday night.The Olympic break in the NHL schedule will be upon us following the conclusion of ten games on Saturday night and players selected to represent their country will head to Sochi with their sights set on a gold medal. And I wanted to take this opportunity to share some of my experiences gained through International competition and the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Seven NHL referees and six linesmen will be assigned upcoming games in Sochi by the IIHF as part of their 28-man officiating roster comprised of 14 refs and 14 linesmen. Referees Dave Jackson, Mike Leggo, Brad Meir, Tim Peel, Kevin Pollock, Kelly Sutherland and Ian Walsh will be joined by NHL linesmen colleagues Derek Amel, Lonnie Cameron, Greg Devorski, Brad Kovachik, Andy McElman and Mark Wheler. The IIHF has also selected linesmen Chris Carlson and Jesse Wilmot (Canada), along with Chris Woodworth and Tommy George (U.S.A. Hockey) to participate. Congratulations and best of luck to each of the officials selected to participate in this International showcase.The IIHF, represented by President Rene Fasel and Officiating Manager Konstantin Komissarov, or their designates will have already briefed the current crop of officials heading to Sochi with regard to rule differences, security measures, travel procedures and many other important matters that surround the Olympic event. Aside from the fact that it will be mostly business for the refs and linesmen once they arrive in Sochi, it is a much different world today than it was in 1998. As such, the current group of officials was strongly discouraged from having any family members join then for this Olympic event. It will be all business with heightened security measures in place! I recall our meeting with Mr. Rene Fasel at the NHL Offices in Toronto a month or so prior to our departure for Nagano. Since this was to be the first time that professional players and officials were being allowed to participate in the Winter Olympics there was extensive information that we were provided. As we were being brought up to speed on rule differences Mr. Fasel, stated that all referees and linesmen were required to wear a helmet and visor! My colleague Ray Scapinello raised his hand and said, "Mr. Fasel I dont wear a helmet let alone a visor." The IIHF President addressed Scapinello directly and informed him if he didnt wear a helmet and a visor he would not be working in the Olympics. Scampy immediately responded with, "My helmet size is 7 1/4 - thank you, sir." Those of us that didnt wear a helmet or visor put one in the last week or two of NHL games in an effort to adjust. As you can imagine I had a very difficult time with it. The visor gave me the feeling of being in a fishbowl. I tried various products and sizes in an attempt to get comfortable and was struggling with it until Ray Bourque helped me out in a game in Boston. He told me I looked ridiculous in the thing I was wearing and had the Bruins trainer put one of his special Oakley visors on my helmet. If nothing else, the style was more appealing and I wore it during the Olympics. In spite of flying business class to Tokyo from North America, it was a very long haul. We were advised to drink plenty of water (limit alcohol consumption) and to get up and exercise throughout the flight in addition to sleep as much as possible. Our Japanese hosts were fantastic. Upon arrival at Narita Airport we were personally escorted to the Bullet Train. We were then handed a ticket with a seat assignment and escorted to the platform where all passengers waited in a very orderly fashion behind a theatre-style rope. The Bullet Train pulled into the station and passengers disembarked. A cleaning crew dressed smartly in uniform and white gloves marched onto the train in single file with their brooms and dusters placed over their shoulders like rifles. They cleaned the train and then marched off in unison the same way they entered. An attendant removed the clip from the rope restrainer and the customers walked onto the train in a calm and orderly fashion, single file. For all of us that had been pushed and jostled on filthy trains throughout the North Ameerican public transit systems (especially the New York subway) this was an amazingly pleasant experience. Joe Sakic Jersey. We rolled into the mountain region of Nagano 24 hours after our flight had departed from North America. We had one day to quickly recover, meet with our IIHF colleagues in a morning skate and then work the games. The extensive travel to get to Sochi will be a challenge for the current group of officials to overcome as well. In a short tournament on the world stage, every game is crucial and the officials feel the pressure and demand to be at their very best. All of us had extensive Stanley Cup playoff experience (including multiple Cup Finals for several of us) but we were the new kids on the block regarding Olympic competition. The camaraderie that was quickly established between the amateur and professional officials in Nagano made for a unified group of zebras. We were able to share our officiating experience and help one another adjust to the bigger ice surface and style of play that we would encounter. We immediately gelled with our International colleagues and became a unified team. It was obvious to me very early in the tournament that the Czechs were going to be a team to be reckoned with. They had many talented players, but unlike their dismal performance in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey where they were individualistic and disjointed, this group appeared united and going for the gold. Their captain, Vladimir "Rosey" Ruzicka (233 NHL games with Edmonton, Boston and Ottawa) hadnt played in the NHL since the 1993-94 season but was performing at an incredibly high level; one that I had never seen from him previously. He was definitely the leader of this Czech team. And of course, they had The Dominator (Dominik Hasek) in goal! I was the backup referee for the gold medal game between Czechoslovakia and Russia. I was seated in the first row of the lower balcony beside my wife Kathy when Bill Wirtz and his wife arrived to occupy the seats beside us. The stairs were extremely steep and as Mr. Wirtz got to the railing he tripped and started to fall forward. I grabbed him by his belt and yanked hard pulling the Blackhawks owner backward into his seat before he fell over the railing. Startled, he look at me and said, "Thanks Kerry, that was a close call!" Just before the opening puck drop, Mr. Wirtz asked me who I thought was going to win the game. I told him the Czech team had really impressed me throughout the Olympics and I thought they stood a real good chance. He said that was good info because he had laid down a large bet in Vegas for the Czech team to win. The reasoning he shared with me was that he had bet against Dominik Hasek once before when he traded the goalie away from the Hawks. Mr. Wirtz said he wasnt going to bet against Hasek this time around! The Dominator shut out the Russian team and the Czechs won the gold medal. We were a tired but jovial bunch that boarded a bus arranged by Sr. V.P. of Hockey Operations Brian Burke to transport us from Nagano back to Tokyo following the gold medal game. And Burkie was busy snapping pictures of everyone as for his Nagano album. Following a brief sleep in the airport hotel, we boarded an early morning flight back home. Our stay at home was extremely short because the referees had to all fly to Toronto early the next morning for a meeting that NHL commissioner Gary Bettman insisted we attend. While we were in Nagano, the Commissioner had us craft a document with referee-in-chief Bryan Lewis in an attempt to solve the ongoing obstruction crisis in the NHL. As such, we had to jump on a plane and attend a referees-only meeting. Fortunately, those of us that had worked the Olympics were given a week off to recover from the jet lag. The meeting held in Toronto didnt prove all that productive since it wasnt until 2006 that a meaningful difference resulted in dealing with obstruction! The Olympic experience is a highlight of everyones career, whether as a player or as an official. I am quite sure the group working in Sochi will feel the same way. Best of luck boys and above all, please remain safe! Cheap Steelers Jerseys Cheap Patriots Jerseys Cheap Bills Jerseys Cheap Jets Jerseys Cheap Giants Jerseys Cheap Redskins Jerseys Cheap Bears Jerseys Cheap Eagles Jerseys Cheap Cardinals Jerseys Cheap Jaguars Jerseys Cheap Raiders Jerseys Cheap Dolphins Jerseys Cheap Panthers Jerseys Cheap Lions Jerseys Cheap Browns Jerseys ' ' '