ST.
Paul Stastny USA Jersey . LOUIS -- The St. Louis Blues won a franchise record
52 games this season and general manager Doug Armstrong cant help but sum it up
as a disappointment. "Were in the winning business and were not winning at the
appropriate time of the year," Armstrong said Tuesday. "We have to fix that."
The past two playoffs have been a carbon copy for the Blues. In 2013, St. Louis
won the first two games against Los Angeles at home and then dropped the next
four to the then-defending Stanley Cup champions. This season, St. Louis got the
jump on defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago, then again lost four straight to
end the season. Armstrong said that this years loss to the Blackhawks was worse.
"I felt last year that we were coming off of a year where no one expected us to
be good the year before and we wanted to prove that we were a good team,"
Armstrong said. "I expected us to take it to a higher level this year and the
higher level was going to be a consistent regular season followed by a longer
playoff run. So, this year, theres a true sense that we have squandered an
opportunity and opportunities dont come a lot in this league." While the Blues
have been one of the best teams each of the past three regular seasons -- St.
Louis had 60 points in a lockout shortened 2012-13 campaign and 109 points in
2011-12 -- it has been a different story in April. Armstrong and coach Ken
Hitchcock said that the Blues need to develop a killer instinct if they are to
get over their post-season hump. "We werent able to create the gap in Games 3
and 4 and win on the road, which you have to do in the playoffs," Hitchcock
said. "Thats the killer instinct that you need to have. We werent able to do it
in either series, and it hurts. "Thats everyones responsibility. Mine, Dougs,
the players, other coaches, everybody. Thats the part that hurts. We couldnt
apply the killer instinct in Games 3 and 4 when we needed to in both years."
Several players have been a part of the past three seasons, and figure to be
part of the puzzle moving forward: forwards T.J. Oshie, Alexander Steen and
David Backes, and defenceman Kevin Shattenkirk and Alex Pietrangelo. Armstrong
said it his responsibility to see if this core group can get to a new level or
whether changes are needed. "I look at the regular season success this team has
had over the last three years," Armstrong said "I think our point total is
probably in the top three or four in the NHL over that time frame. So, were
doing some things correctly. But were not doing enough correctly to win in
April, May and June. Quite honestly, I got to quit worrying about May. We got to
get out of April first and were not doing that." One area that will need to be
addressed is goaltending. The Blues thought they had added the final piece when
the traded for Ryan Miller just before the deadline. But Miller, who is a free
agent, allowed 19 goals against the Blackhawks and his save percentage was just
.897. Armstrong said that Jake Allen, who had another strong year in the
American Hockey League, will be one of the teams net minders. Who the will
partner with Allen is up in the air. "Its a two-way street with Ryan right now,"
Armstrong said. "He has opportunities. I want to sit and talk with him and get
his feelings about our organization. See where he thinks were at, see if he even
has any interest in being a St. Louis Blue."
Ryan Suter
Jersey . -- The Windsor Spitfires were left with just one goaltender
Tuesday after having their starter walk out on them midway through Game 3 of
their Ontario Hockey League playoff matchup with the London Knights.
Justin Faulk
USA Jersey . Obasi chested the ball past one defender, prodded it past
another and then rounded the keeper before scoring from a tight angle in the
16th minute. Seconds after the restart, Obasi set up Klaas Jan Huntelaar for the
Dutchmans 11th goal from 13 games this season.
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told him: Its OK. Were going to be all right," Harden said. And they were.
Houston scored 17 straight points after that timeout, led by 10 from Harden, to
take the lead and roll to an easy 129-106 win.MONTREAL -- If the fans had their
wish, Caroline Wozniacki would be facing local favourite Eugenie Bouchard in the
third round of the US$2.44 million womens Rogers Cup on Thursday. Instead, the
former world No. 1 from Denmark will play Shelby Rogers, the American qualifier
who put a quick end to Westmount, Que., native Bouchards homecoming tournament
in the second round. Wozniacki breezed through a second match in a row with a
6-1, 6-2 win over Klara Koukalova on a side court on Wednesday. She has lost
only five games in two matches so far at the hardcourt event. "Its my favourite
surface," she said. "Ive been playing pretty well lately. "Montreal has always
been a good place for me, winning here a few years ago (2010). Im feeling good
and hopefully I can keep going." In the evening feature, world No. 1 Serena
Williams dispatched Samantha Stosur 6-0, 6-2 in a match interrupted 28 minutes
by a sprinkle of rain. Williams, the defending champion who is coming off a
victory Sunday at Stanford, then surprised the centre court crowd by doing a
courtside interview in French. Wozniacki is coming off her first win of the
season at the Istanbul Cup, where she dropped only two games while beating
Roberta Vinci in the final. Now ranked 13th, Wozniacki will face the world No.
113 in Rogers, who played the spoiler as Bouchard battled rust and her nerves on
Tuesday night. "I know how she looks like, but I dont know much about her game,"
said Wozniacki. "I will definitely have my team tell me how she plays." It
promises to be a quieter match than if it was Bouchard, who had the packed
centre court solidly behind her, as well as her Genie Army fan group in from
Australia. "I dont really care, to be honest," added Wozniacki. "Obviously,
Rogers must have played really well to beat Genie. "With the whole crowd, as
well, for Genie, you know it wasnt easy. But for me, its a new match. It doesnt
matter whos on the other side." If she keeps winning, it may draw attention back
to her tennis game and away from her famous split in May with golfer
Rory McIlroy. Both players seem to be doing better since then, with McIlroy
following his British Open title with a win at last weeks Bridgestone
Invitational. "Ive moved on. I hope everyone else has moved on, too," said
Wozniacki, who will be running the New York Marathon in November, when the
wedding was to have been. Williams needed only 59 minutes of playing time to
improve her career record against Stosur to 7-3.
Jonathan
Quick USA Jersey. Next she will face 15th-seeded Lucie Safarova, against
whom she is 6-0. Safarova beat Magdalena Rybarikova 6-4, 6-2. "She is an
interesting player," Williams said of Safarova. "Shes extremely tricky. "Weve
had some tough matches. I know weve gone to three sets on occasions. Its
definitely not an easy match for me." Williams has won the Rogers Cup three
times when it is held on alternate years in Toronto, including last year, but
she has not played in Montreal since she retired from the final with an injury
in 2000. Odd, since shed be a natural favourite for the mostly French-speaking
crowd. "Im really happy to be a part of the tournament this year. Its just
really cool," she said. "Ive actually been studying French for most of my life,
so yeah, I should be able to speak even better, to be honest. "I love it in
Canada because I understand everything. Its a lot easier for me to speak. The
accent is much easier for me to understand." In a centre court match,
fourth-seeded Maria Sharapova survived a rough first set to down world No. 27
Garbine Muguruza of Venezuela 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. "I was happy that I was able to
turn it around," said Sharapova. "I didnt feel good. "I made a lot of errors in
the first set. When youre able to finish stronger than your start, thats always
a positive because you give yourself an opportunity to keep playing in the
tournament." Her next opponent is 14th seeded Carla Suarez Navarro, who got past
lucky loser Karolina Pliskova 6-1, 3-6, 6-3. British qualifier Heather Watson
upset 10th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5). Watson let a 5-2
lead slip away in the third set before rallying for the victory. The 22-year-old
will face eighth-seeded Victoria Azarenka in the third round on Thursday. Watson
won two qualifying matches on the weekend before downing Tereza Smitkova in the
first round. Cibulkova was coming off a first-round win over 17-year-old
Francoise Abanda of Montreal. Angelique Kerber, the sixth seed, ousted Caroline
Garcia 6-4, 6-1. The two faced one another in Madrid in May, with Garcia winning
when Kerber retired in the second set with a back injury. Second seed Petra
Kvitova downed Casey Dellacqua 6-3, 6-2 and American qualifier Coco Vandeweghe
upset ninth seed Ana Ivanovic 6-7 (7), 7-6 (7), 6-4 in the late matches. In
doubles, Muguruza and Saurez Navarro beat Abanda and Stephanie Dubois of Laval,
Que., 6-3, 6-4.
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