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PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Pirates have activated closer Jason Grilli off the disabled list and optioned catcher Tony Sanchez to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ben Bishop USA Jersey . Grilli hasnt pitched since straining his left oblique in late April. Manager Clint Hurdle says the
right-hander will make a couple of appearances in middle relief before the team
determines whether to return Grilli to the back end of the bullpen. The
37-year-old is 0-1 with four saves in seven opportunities this year.
Mark Melancon has seven saves in eight chances filling in for Grilli. Sanchez
hit .278 with two homers and 12 RBIs in 21 games for Pittsburgh but was forced
back to the minors when the team activated Russell Martin off the disabled list
Thursday. Dustin Byfuglien Jersey .com) - Marian Hossa scored two goals and the Chicago Blackhawks ended the Nashville Predators
seven-game home winning streak with a 3-1 win on Saturday. Brian Rafalski Team USA Jersey . It was Wozniaks second defeat at Roland Garros by a world No. 1 after going out a year
ago to then-top player Caroline Wozniacki. "Ive got to bring my game up a notch
at the key moments," said Wozniak, who marked a personal anniversary in
Paris.Its a return to tradition, as three schools which boast rich histories
along with multiple NCAA Division I championships and one program which shouldnt
be treated like the new kid on the block, comprise the field for the 2014 Frozen
Four, set to kick off today at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Three of the
four programs vying for supremacy -- Minnesota, Boston College and North Dakota
-- account for 65 of 67 collective appearances in the final weekend of the
college hockey season. The other one, Union, entered the tourney as the No. 1
program in the nation after spending the majority of the season climbing up the
top 10. In the early semifinal, the Hockey East regular-season champion faces
off against the pride of the ECAC. Watch it live NOW on TSN2 and TSN GO. UNION
(30-6-4) HEAD COACH: Rick Bennett (78-27-16); Captain: Mat Bodie Newcomers to
the Frozen Four two years ago, the Dutchmen were taken down by upstart Ferris
State in the semifinals, but that only served to stoke their competitive fires.
Last year in Pittsburgh, Union shocked the college hockey world by posting an
easy 5-1 victory over defending champions and 2014 semifinal foe Boston College
in the opening game of the East Regional before they were vanquished by the same
score in the regional final by eventual national runners-up Quinnipiac. This
season, fueled by senior forward Daniel Carrs team-best 48 points, a junior
defenseman in Shayne Gostisbehere who got a taste of national hype machine as a
Philadelphia Flyers prospect and Hobey Baker Award finalist, and junior backstop
Colin Stevens (26-4-2, 1.93 GAA, six shutouts), Union simply has been on the
warpath. It finished the year having claimed the Cleary Cup and Whitelaw Cup as
ECAC regular-season and playoff champions, then ousted Vermont and Providence to
win the East Regional to reach Philadelphia unbeaten in 15 games (14-0-1). After
taking down Dartmouth, Cornell and Colgate in the conference playoffs, the
Dutchmen earned a well-deserved honor, vaulting over the two programs which
checked their rise to the top spot in the country for most of the season. With
Minnesota and BC having bowed out early in the Big Ten and Hockey East playoffs,
respectively, Bennetts kids gained the first No. 1 ranking in program history
and the heads that wear the crown have not grown heavy just yet. Union has its
work cut out, though, if it wishes to claim the programs first hockey
championship. The last time the ECAC boasted back-to-back national titles,
Boston University won under legendary coach Jack Kelley in 1971 and 72. It also
must contend with BCs lingering memory from last years premature exit. BOSTON
COLLEGE (28-7-4) HEAD COACH: Jerry York (963-576-102); Captain: Patrick Brown
The Mighty Mites of the Heights invade the Quaker City looking to uphold a bit
of a recent successful trend. BC has won four national championships since 2000
and three in the last six years, all starting with regional play in nearby
Worcester. The Eagles have triumphed in each of the last three even numbered
seasons (2008, 10, 12) when their path to glory began at DCU Center, and this
year was no different as the Maroon and Gold bounced back from a best-of-three
quarterfinals loss to budding hockey rival Notre Dame by downing Denver and
slipping past UMass- Lowell. Yorks squad has also gained a Frozen Four berth in
eight of the last nine even-numbered seasons going back to 1998, when the
program burst onto the scene with an overtime title-game loss to Michigan in
Boston. Powering the ride is the countrys highest-scoring line of Hobey Hat
Trick member and prohibitive favorite Johnny Gaudreau, Bill Arnold and Kevin
Hayes. The trio has combined for 76 goals and 192 points along with a plus-115
rating in 39 games, including a mammoth 13-point, plus-15 effort in a
tourney-opening 6-2 decision over the Pioneers where Gaudreau -- the nations
leading scorer -- picked up six points (3G, 3A). The Eagles didnt reach this
point solely on offense. Their defense tied with the Fighting Irish for fewest
goals allowed in-conference with 40, and have given up only 89 tallies all
season, third-lowest among the final four schools. Freshman phenom and expected
2014 first-round draft choice Thatcher Demko (16-4-3, 2.16 GAA) along with
junior Brian Billett (12-3-1, 2.42) have done their due diligence, racking up
identical .920 save percentages and combining for three shutouts. Hockey East
and the WCHA have battled for supremacy since the dawn of the new Millennium,
and if BC should win once more, it will pull the former even with the latter
conference for the best in the game. The Chestnut Hill-based school has already
snagged a piece of history in reaching this point, tying Michigan with 24
all-time Frozen Four berths. Derek Stepan World Cup Jersey. . The nightcap features geographic neighbors and former fierce conference rivals which found
themselves in different locations this season for the first time in a long time.
Watch it live tonight on TSN GO at 8pm et/5pm pt MINNESOTA (27-6-6) HEAD COACH:
Don Lucia (650-343-94); Captains: Nate Condon, Kyle Rau Motivated by being
knocked off the No. 1 perch it held for most of the regular season and an
unexpected exit in the inaugural single-elimination Big Ten playoffs authored by
Ohio State, Minnesota has roared back to life with a pair of dominating
victories to reach the Frozen Four for the 21st time in program history. The
Gophers powered past AHA champion and tournament newcomers Robert Morris and
then whitewashed former conference foe St. Cloud State to pull within two
victories of their first national championship since winning back- to-back in
2002-03. Lucia led his charges to the seasons final weekend two years ago, only
to be toppled by an upstart BC club by a 6-1 count, and then ended up on the
wrong side of an NCAA record for the quickest goal scored in overtime in a 3-2
defeat to eventual champion Yale in the first round of the West Regional one
year ago. Minnesota began the year in the top five, hit the ceiling soon after,
then cemented its place there thanks to a 14-1-4 stretch mid-season and rolled
to the Big Ten regular-season crown. Theyve done it with balance: five players
have scored at least 10 goals, and while no player recorded more than Raus 37
points, 14 players have sported double-digit point totals. Defense has also been
a premium, in sharp contrast to their years spent in the high-speed WCHA.
Sophomore stalwart Adam Wilcox, another Hobey Baker finalist, finished 25-5-6
with a 1.89 GAA, .935 save percentage and four shutouts, while he and his fellow
blueliners combined to allow a paltry 78 goals in 39 games, by far the lowest
total and percentage of all four of this years entrants. Owing to their separate
paths, for the first time in 66 years, the Gophers and Fighting Sioux did not
play each other in the regular season. In their 284th all-time meeting, the
stakes have never been higher for these two upper Midwestern schools, their
respective rabid fan bases and bragging rights, since a 1979 NCAA championship
meeting saw Herb Brooks Minnesotans take down Gino Gasparinis Dakotans in
Detroit. NORTH DAKOTA (25-13-3) HEAD COACH: Dave Hakstol (260-132-40); Captain:
Dillon Simpson The solid, but unspectacular Sioux arrive in Philadelphia without
the bona fides of the other three combatants, yet still hold a place in college
hockey lore. UND has reached the national semifinals for the 20th time -- and
first since 2008 -- thanks to sweeping the Midwest Regional as an at-large bid
and lowest seed by taking down top-seeded Wisconsin and then outlasting Ferris
State in double overtime. Despite holding a late-season lead in the brand-new
NCHC, North Dakota conceded the regular-season title to St. Cloud State on the
final weekend, then needed three games to take out Colorado College in the
conference quarterfinals before bowing to Miami-Ohio in the semis. Sophomore
winger Rocco Grimaldi can lay claim to the tournaments first hat trick, which he
recorded in a 5-2 win against the Badgers, and also sits atop the club in
scoring with 39 points (including a team-best 17 goals and a team- high 156
shots on goal). Behind him, the largely-ignored Flyers prospect Michael Parks, a
junior and projected senior leader of the squad with 12 goals and 30 points.
Like their border brothers, the Sioux have made it this far thanks to 14 players
who have tallied at least 10 points, a defense which did not allow more than six
goals in any game, and a unique adaptability to opponents playing styles. North
Dakota faced a known quantity in long-time WCHA rivals Wisconsin, going shot for
shot and stride for stride in victory, then showed uncanny patience in
outwaiting the molasses-in-January pace of the Bulldogs. The Big Green will have
to shift into yet another mode, as Minnesota can stretch the ice like few teams
and turn forechecking schemes into taffy. Hakstol reached the national final in
his first year at the helm of 2004-05, eventually coming up short as Denver
completed its consecutive championships, but hasnt been back since. The Sioux
havent won it all since 2000, beating Boston College in Providence. A berth in
Saturdays terminal contest, and a victory, will go a long way towards securing
his legend and long-term viability in Grand Forks. Saturdays national final is
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