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CALGARY -- The Canadian womens hockey team will see palm trees and beaches and feel tropical temperatures when they arrive in Sochi, Russia, next week. This isnt a vacation, however, as they intend to skate hard in the Black Sea resort city that will host the Winter Olympics next February. The Canadian women depart Sunday on a trip designed to be a physical and mental orientation to the Games environment. Theyre scheduled to play the Russian womens team Sept. 8 and Sept. 10 at the secondary rink Shayba -- the venue for the preliminary-round games of the Olympic womens tournament -- before returning Sept. 11. The Canadians will practise and dryland train, as well as tour the athletes village and the city where they intend to defend the gold medal. "I look at it as a test event for us," captain Hayley Wickenheiser said. "Were playing two games against Russia. Competition is important, but its secondary to figuring out what the venues are like and where you are in proximity and what kind of food you need to eat. "Weve got a young group that hasnt done a lot of international travel, so its about adjusting to time change and being expected to perform. I tell the girls were doing Rocky in Russia." There wont be snow to pull a sled through as Sylvester Stallone did in "Rocky IV". Sochi is on the same latitude as southern France and in a zone that supports palm trees. The forecasted high next week is 30 degrees. Head coach Dan Church wants to see his 27 Olympic hopefuls persevere and perform through the fog of severe jet lag. Theyve been training full-time in Calgary since Aug. 6 and their bodies are still adjusting to a heavy workload. "We have to be good at playing a little tired," Church said. "We have to train through this period. The result of the games is secondary to what we need to do to prepare for the overall picture. "First and foremost its to be in the environment. Secondly, we want to continue to develop our players and the team, push some of the systems play we want to implement and finish off this five-week training block with some really good games." He has built one "beach day" into their schedule and some time to explore Sochi. "A lot of people dont realize you can train as hard as you want, but if you dont rest hard, the training isnt as effective," Church said. The majority of the players and Church will experience Russia for the first time. Wickenheiser travelled to the country once when she played mens pro hockey in Finland. But the veteran of five Olympic Games is anxious to see what Sochi has in store for her and her teammates. "Im just curious about the venue," Wickenheiser said. "The only thing that matters to me is the rink. I could sleep in a cardboard box." The 35-year-old from Shaunavon, Sask., has added her voice to widespread criticism of anti-gay laws Russia passed in June. The legislation bans promotion of "non-traditional" sexual relations, which makes Pride events illegal and muzzles gay organizations. A debate is underway on how gay athletes, or athletes who have gay family members or friends at the Games, will be treated in Sochi. International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge says hes received written assurances from the Russian government that everyone will be welcome in Sochi "regardless of sexual orientation" but it is unclear what would happen to athletes or fans if they engaged in behaviour deemed illegal under Russian law. Wickenheiser says she wont censor herself if shes asked about the controversy while in Russia. "I feel this is the way most athletes and most people in the free world think about it," she said. "I do think what theyre doing is discriminating against human rights. I just think its the 21st century. Its 2014. We have to not let those things happen." The Canadian Olympic Committee has trumpeted its support of Canadian athletes participating in Pride events across the country throughout this summer. Speedskaters Denny Morrison, Anastasia Bucsis and Shannon Rempel, as well as luger Sam Edney will walk in Calgarys Pride Parade on Sunday, the COC said Friday in a release. The Russian womens hockey team won the bronze medal at Aprils world hockey championship in Ottawa. It was the countrys first medal since taking bronze in 2001. After years of neglect, the Russian Hockey Federation is investing in female hockey because the host country wants a medal to add to its total in Sochi. Former NHL player Alexei Yashin is the teams general manager. "They have dramatically improved their game," Wickenheiser said. "In talking to some of the players . . . they really like Alexei Yashin and they really feels hes cares about them and is invested in them as hockey players. "I think for the first time ever, they have a spark of hope. They want to train hard. I know some of the training theyve been doing. Its the old Russian Red Army way." Russias support of womens hockey has come too late to challenge Canada and the U.S. for gold in Sochi, but Wickenheiser feels the country is capable of becoming a legitimate rival for the North Americans. "If they did invest in their program over the next five or six years, of any country they could do it," she said. "They have the talent." Jordan Berry Steelers Jersey . Belfort (24-10) needed just 77 seconds to down Henderson in the headlining bout of Saturdays "UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson" event at Goiania Arena in Goiania, Brazil. The fight served as a rematch of the pairs 2006 meeting, which Henderson won by decision. Senquez Golson Jersey . -- Eastern Kentucky thrives off creating havoc for others. http://www.footballsteelersjerseysauthentic.com/Authentic_De rmontti_Dawson_Steelers_Jersey/ . The home side created most of the chances but struggled to break down Braunschweigs resilient defence, resulting in the Bundesligas 1,000th scoreless draw. Markus Wheaton Steelers Jersey Cody Wallace Steelers Jersey .Y. -- Sabres defenceman Tyler Myers had no intention of changing his hard-hitting style before taking part in a disciplinary hearing for his illegal check to New Jersey forward Dainius Zubrus head.NASHVILLE -- Pucks just keep going in for Alexander Steen. Steen scored his ninth and 10th goals of the season to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 6-1 win over the Nashville Predators on Saturday night. T.J. Oshie, Jaden Schwartz, Derek Roy and Alex Pietrangelo also scored for the Blues, who had lost three of four including a home loss to Vancouver in overtime Friday night. Nick Spaling scored for Nashville, which has lost two of three as it sets out on a season-long seven-game road trip. St. Louis has won four straight in Nashville for the first time. "I thought we played really well, but it was a strange game," St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock said. "For the two teams that play each other, we dont give up many of scoring chances and they dont give up many, but there seemed to be a lot of scoring chances." Steen scored the games first goal at 5:27 of the opening period. With the Blues on a power play, Steen beat Nashville goaltender Carter Hutton with a wrist shot from above the left faceoff dot. A screen from teammate Chris Stewart helped Steen score his ninth of the season. "Theres no way that goes in, too far out to beat him with a wrister unless (Stewart) takes away his eyes," Steen said. "I thought we had good jump and we got out of the gates a lot quicker than we did last night." He has at least one goal in all but one of St. Louis games this season. Oshie and Schwartz scored 4:02 apart in the second period to send the Blues into the second intermission up 3-0. 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He was replaced by Magnus Hellberg, who was recalled Thursday after No. 1 goaltender Pekka Rinne had surgery to clear up an infection in the hip that he had surgically repaired in the off-season. Pietrangelo added a power-play goal at 12:58 of the third. "Theyre a shooting power-play; we knew thats what they were going to do," Nashville captain Shea Weber said. "They get pucks through with traffic. They have a great power play and they scored enough tonight." Jay Bouwmeester, David Backes, and Vladimir Tarasenko each had two assists for the Blues. NOTES: Roy played in his 600th career NHL game. ... Blues LW Magnus Paajarvi sustained an upper-body injury in the first period and did not return to the game. ... Before Saturday, Nashville had gone seven games without allowing a power-play goal. .. Predators D Mattias Ekholm recorded an assist on Spalings goal, his first career NHL point. 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