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Winnipeg, MB (SportsNetwork. Stitched Pirates Jerseys .com) - Jakub Voraceks goal 10 seconds into overtime finished off a furious comeback as the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Winnipeg Jets, 4-3, on Sunday. Claude Giroux pressured Dustin Byfuglien on the forecheck and Voracek was there to take the loose puck and emerge from behind the net to beat Ondrej Pavelec with a quick wrister for the win. Voracek continued his frenetic scoring pace with two goals and Vincent Lecavalier also scored twice as his marker tied the game late in regulation for the Flyers, who were coming off a 7-4 win over Toronto on Saturday. Rob Zepp stopped 25-of-28 shots in his NHL debut. The 33-year-old became the oldest NHL netminder to win his first career start since 41-year-old Hugh Lehman in 1926. I thought in the third we really dug in and started to compete, Flyers head coach Craig Berube said. I thought (Zepp) really handled himself well. Matt Halischuk, Mathieu Perreault and Byfuglien all lit the lamp for the Jets, who had their two-game winning streak come to an end. Pavelec made 19 stops in defeat. The Flyers began their comeback just over six minutes into the final stanza. Streit faked a shot, skated across the slot and had his wrister deflected by Lecavalier past Pavelec. Winnipeg won a defensive zone faceoff, but Chris VandeVelde charged across the circle and dove to send a pass to Lecavalier, who cooly gathered the puck and sent a shot through the legs of Pavelec to tie the game with 3:14 to play and send the game into overtime. Philadelphia wasted no time getting on the board. Racing into the offensive zone on a 2-on-1, Giroux sent a saucer pass to Voracek, who wristed a shot past Pavelec just 46 seconds into the contest. Winnipeg responded with two goals in a span of 55 seconds. Halischuk took a drop pass from Evander Kane and fired a shot from the high slot that beat Zepp for a tied game 6:38 into the first. Byfuglien moved in from the right boards, made a power move towards the crease and wristed the puck top shelf over a stationary Zepp for a 2-1 lead. at 7:33. The Jets added to their lead with 8:40 left in the middle stanza. The rebound of Mark Scheifeles shot squirted to the right side of the net, where Perreault slipped the puck past the goal line for a 3-1 lead. Scheifele had the chance to make it a three-goal game with 25 seconds to play, but Zepp extended his right leg to deny the Winnipeg forward and keep the Flyers in the game. Philadelphia nearly got within a goal as VandeVeldes one-timer deflected off Pavelecs glove before clanging off the crossbar and the post less than two minutes into the third. Game Notes Zepp became the oldest goaltender to make his Flyer debut at age 33, the previous record was held by Neil Little, who did so at age 30 on March 28, 2002 ... Voracek leads the league with 44 points, two ahead of Dallas Tyler Seguin ... Halischuk ended a 27-game goalless drought with his first goal of the season ... Flyers forward Zac Rinaldo missed the game after he left Saturdays game against Toronto with an upper-body injury ... Perreault extended his point streak to seven games ... Lecavalier fired a game-high five shots on net. Pirates Jerseys 2019 . 1 and reigning champion Caroline Wozniacki was among Thursdays third-round winners, while second- seeded Victoria Azarenka pulled out of the draw at the $4. Pittsburgh Pirates Store . He did one better Sunday by holing out a pitching wedge from 142 yards for eagle, capping a remarkable 28 on the back nine to win The Championship at Laguna National. https://www.cheappiratesjerseys.us/ .com) - American Madison Keys grabbed a first- round victory on Sunday in a rainy start to the Apia International Sydney tournament.Rich Beem admitted he had to arrange some hasty laundry after surprising even himself by making the halfway cut at the PGA Championship. The 2002 champion from Arizona rolled back the years to fire a brilliant opening 69 on Thursday, but he did not make the best of starts to his second round in the early-morning rain on Friday as he bogeyed three of the first four holes.But Beemer, now established as a popular member of the Sky Sports commentary team, rallied with a 30-foot putt for birdie at the fifth, only to give the shot back following a blocked drive into thick rough at the seventh. Beemer broke 70 in the first round at Baltusrol The American, or Sir Richard - as Ewen Murray now calls him after his remarkable performance at Baltusrol - began the back-nine with a nicee birdie at the 10th, although another bogey at 16 left him needing a birdie at one of the final two holes to guarantee a place at the weekend. Custom Pittsburgh Pirates Jerseys. And after missing a great chance from eight feet at 17, Beem was 30 yards short of the 18th green in two before pitching to a couple of feet and knocking in the putt to close out a battling 72 - one over for the tournament. After signing his card, Beemer headed to the Sky Sports commentary box and admitted he had to arrange some fresh wardrobe for the weekend having made the cut for only the fourth time since his memorable win at Hazeltine 14 years ago.Watch the video above to see the highlights of Rich Beems second round as he expresses his delight - and surprise - at making it into the weekend of the PGA Championship. Also See: Baltusrol leaderboard Matsuyama holes out for eagle Beef: The fan favourite Get Sky Sports ' ' ' |
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