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Canadas mens hockey team is still six days away from their opening match against Norway and with the NHLs pre-Olympic schedule winding down, the talk and the focus of those chosen to don the Maple Leaf has shifted to how well the 25 players selected for Sochi will come together. The latest to be added into that mix, of course, is 38-year-old Tampa Bay Lightning forward Martin St. Louis. The scoring winger was an easy choice to replace his linemate Steven Stamkos on the roster, according to Canadas head coach. "We didnt have to vote at all; everyone just thought St. Louis was the guy," Mike Babcock told TSN on Friday. "Prior to that, we all voted and if you got consensus you were in and if you didnt get consensus you werent." St. Louis may have been a unanimous choice, according to Babcock, but that had nothing to do with Canadian general manager Steve Yzerman also being the Lightning GM. "It would have been easy for Steve to say Martys on the team [because] I said hes on the team but that to me is not how you manage," Babcock said Friday. "You just do the best thing and I think we have an opportunity and thats all you can ask for." St. Louis has upped his game since being left off the initial 25-man roster on Jan. 7, netting 17 points in 15 games including a two-goal game the night after the announcement and a four-goal game in San Jose on Jan. 18. Babcock understands St. Louis being frustrated with the initial decision, but believes he will now shift his mentality to help Canada in its quest for gold. "I think everyones allowed to be bitter, but I think you get up and get on with it. You know what I mean? Thats life," Babcock said. "If you go through his career, hes been called out lots of times for the fact that oh youre too small, youre too this and hes just been determined. Thats all over with that stuff. Youre on the team – now youve got to find a way to be part of it." St. Louis career is one that has been marked by determination, including being cut adrift by the Calgary Flames after the 1999-2000 season, finding success with the likes of Vincent LeCavalier and Brad Richards and winning a Stanley Cup with the Lightning. He survived a rebuild that saw the Bolts miss the playoffs in five of the last six years and then re-emerged as a scoring threat alongside the younger Stamkos. As for whether hell get a chance to play or is merely along for the ride as the 13th or 14th forward on the team, Babcock believes St. Louis has to be ready for any eventuality. "Be a good pro, be a real good teammate and battle your butt off in a competitive environment to get as much as you can to help the team and its not going to be about any one player." Babcock addressed another positional battle on Friday, too, speaking out about the recent struggles of Vancouver Canucks netminder Roberto Luongo. Chosen alongside fellow goalies Carey Price and Mike Smith to represent Canada, Luongo has lost four straight games, posting a sub-.900 save percentage over those starts. However, Babcock expressed a confidence in Luongo that suggests the 34-year-old will be given a chance at very least to compete for the lions share of crease time in Sochi. "Im not concerned," Babcock said of the man who back-stopped Canada to gold in Vancouver. "I just think hes a really good goalie. Ive been with him a number of times and hes always found a way to deliver. So Im not concerned, no." Nike Air Max Thea Goedkoop .D. -- A University of North Dakota spokesman says the school still plans to drop its Fighting Sioux nickname despite the Legislature voting to order the school to keep it. Adidas Zx 700 Dames . PETERSBURG, Fla. http://www.netherlandsschoenen.nl/nike-air-max-1/nike-air-ma x-1-dames.html . 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The second-seeded former world No. 1 Azarenka got past game Austrian Tamira Paszek 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), while the sixth-seeded Williams doused the No. 4 seed Kvitova in 6-3, 7-5 fashion under the roof on Centre Court at the All England Lawn Tennis Club. Rain forced officials to close the $80-million translucent roof on Day 8. Azarenka and Williams will square off in a marquee semifinal here on Thursday. The 22-year-old Azarenka looked sharp in the opening stanza against Paszek, who was appearing in her second straight Wimbledon quarterfinal, en route to an easy set win. But Paszek would test the Belarusian slugger in the second. Azarenka broke Paszek at love to grab a 5-4 lead in the second set, but the Austrian broke right back to even things up. The Belarusian star broke again for a 6-5 edge, but Paszek, again, broke right back to send the second set into a tiebreak. In the extra session, Paszek saved a first match point with a big backhand winner to pull within 4-6, but the Belarusian converted on her next match point when Paszek sent one final backhand long after 1 hour, 49 minutes of indoor tennis. Azarenka popped seven aces and broke Paszek three times, compared to only one break for the hard-luck loser. The Belarusian standout will now appear in her third major semifinal (1-1). Williams, meanwhile, bounced the big Czech Kvitova in 84 minutes behind by some brilliant serving. The former world No. 1 star hammered 13 aces, avoided any double faults, and allowed only one break-point chance, which Kvitova was unable to convert on Day 8. Williams smacked three aces in the final game to seal the deal. A determined Williams won the first set easily and got the key break she needed in the second to grab a 6-5 lead when the lefthanded Kvitova netted an errant forehand. In the next game, Williams converted on her first match point by unleashing an unreturnable serve. Williams bested Kvitova in a semifinal here at Wimbledon two years ago. A pleased Williams, who was forced to escape a pair of tough three-set matches in her previous two outings, was asked if she stepped up her game Tuesday. "Yeah, I had to today playing the defending champ," she said after the big win. "Im going to have to [step it up again] if Im going to win the title. Theres a lot of people vying for it still." The 30-year-old Williams owns 13 majors titles, including four in this London suburb, where shes also a two-time runner-up. The powerful American will appear in her eighth Wimbledon semifinal (6-1). Williams will meet Azarenka for a ninth time, with the American comfortably leading their lifetime series, 7-1.dddddddddddd Williams beat Azarenka in a Wimbledon quarterfinal in 2009 and topped her on some blue clay in Madrid earlier this season. In a match that started on Court 1 but finished on Centre, third-seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska held off 17th-seeded Russian Maria Kirilenko 7-5, 4-6, 7-5. The two women started the day on Court 1, but because of rain delays throughout the day, they were forced indoors to finish off their quarter, which ended almost eight hours after it started. Radwanska converted on her first match point against Kirilenko when the Russian misfired wide on forehand after 2 hours, 50 minutes of court time. The Polish Radwanska tallied one more break (6-5) than Kirilenko, who fired nine aces in a losing effort. Radwanska, who owns three WTA titles this year, will now appear in her first- ever Grand Slam semifinal. She had been 0-5 in her previous major quarterfinals. The 23-year-old, who has a shot at claiming the No. 1 ranking this week, will meet eighth-seeded German Angelique Kerber in the final four. Kerber outlasted her 15th-seeded compatriot Sabine Lisicki 6-3, 6-7 (7-9), 7-5, also on Centre Court. The lefthanded Kerber needed five match points to finally put away Lisicki, who ousted world No. 1 Maria Sharapova here on Monday. The 2011 Wimbledon semifinalist Lisicki saved three match points in the second set, including a second one when she safely landed an easy forehand volley to cap a super rally between the two women in the 10th game of the stanza. Lisicki went on to win that game and level the set at 5-all. Kerber lost a third match point when Lisicki ripped a backhand winner to even the second-set tiebreak at 7-7. In the deciding see-saw third set, Lisicki broke for what appeared to be a safe 5-3 lead, as Kerber sulked around the court for most of the stanza. But Kerber broke right back, then held, broke Lisicki again for a surprising 6-5 advantage, and closed out the match with an easy hold. Lisicki saved a fourth match point with a forehand winner down 5-6 in the third, but Kerber finally connected on a fifth match point when Lisicki sent one final backhand wide on tennis most-famous court. Kerber prevailed in 2 1/2 hours despite a 10-ace effort from the big-serving Lisicki. Kerber, however, broke Lisicki eight times, while the Day-8 loser settled for five breaks of serve. Lisicki struck 38 more winners (57-19), but also piled up 37 more unforced errors (50-13). The 24-year-old Kerber improved to 16-1 in three-set matches this season, with her only loss coming in a grass-court final in Eastbourne two weeks ago. Kerber will appear in her first Wimbledon and second career Grand Slam semifinal. She reached the semis at last years U.S. Open. cheap nfl jerseys wholesale jerseys ' ' '
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