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ST. Ch... Calgary Flames Jerseys . PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Wild were bewildered by their latest loss. They shot 65 times, and 35 of them were on target. Only one went in the net. This is the way a once-promising season is going for the sputtering Wild, who not only wasted a Saturday night at home full of stellar scoring chances but suffered their second loss of the week to the NHLs worst team. "Im pretty sure we controlled that whole game," said right-winger Devin Setoguchi, who had the only goal in a 3-1 setback against Columbus. The Wild lost by the same score on the road on Tuesday. More humbling for the Wild was the fact that this came against their former coach, Todd Richards. Fired after two seasons in charge of the Wild, Richards is now the interim coach for the Blue Jackets. "Honestly, its not about me. Its not about me feeling good. Im happy that we won the game as a team," Richards said. So for all the areas in which they could point out positives, the Wild were forced to swallow the bitter pill of another loss. In February, for teams with designs on playing in the post-season, forechecking, passing and skating well simply arent enough. The only fundamental that truly matters at this stage is the standings. "This time of year, we know we need wins. At this time of the year, outplaying a team unfortunately doesnt matter a whole lot," Wild coach Mike Yeo said. "Deserving to win, unfortunately, doesnt count for a whole lot. We have to find ways to win. We have to win games where we outplay the team like we did tonight, and we have to win games sometimes where its even or 50-50." The Wild allowed only 19 shots on goal to Columbus on Saturday, but they didnt play with ferocity in front of either net. Thats an attribute their game could use a lot more of, whether its muscling for position for the rebound poke-in or moving a scoring threat out of the goalies way. There is a certain finishing touch theyve been lacking since racing to a 20-7-3 record, the best in the league at that point in mid-December. Since then, theyre 5-15-5. Following Saturdays loss, they are 12th in the Western Conference. Theyre an insignificant four points out of the eighth and final playoff spot, but theyre four teams behind now, and that is significant. "This isnt the time of year for moral victories. We have to find a way to put points on the board," centre Matt Cullen said. The Wild got captain and first-line centre Mikko Koivu back from a left shoulder injury last week, but they were outscored 8-3 in their first two games with him in the lineup. Theyve scored only six goals in the last five games. "If I knew the answer to scoring goals, Id have 50. Its a confidence thing for us right now," Setoguchi said. There are no road trips longer than two games left on the Wilds schedule, so that should help their cause. After tearing into the team following a loss on Thursday to the Vancouver Canucks, Yeo has opted for the more-uplifting approach, trying to remind his players of what theyre capable of. "This teams not going to go away. Were going to get back to work and find a way to win," Cullen said. . Forte sprained the medial collateral ligament in his right knee early in a loss to Kansas City on Dec. 4 and sat out the rest of the season. [url=http://www.stitchednflcheapjerseys.com/]wholesale jerseys . The 36-year-old Calgary goaltender made 32 saves in his return from a sprained knee to lead the Flames to a 4-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks. nfl jerseys china .Va. -- Vijay Singh and Jeff Maggert sent reminders that theyre still able to compete with the younger crowd. . The eight-team, single-elimination CIS championship, hosted by Laval University for the sixth time in history and the first time since 2003, gets under way Friday with the quarter-final round and concludes Sunday at 4:30 p.m. with the gold-medal final.ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Lane MacDermids first goal of the season was the winner as the Abbotsford Heat edged the Oklahoma City Barons 4-2 in American Hockey League action Saturday night. MacDermid gave his club a two-goal cushion midway through the third period but stood as the winner after Curtis Hamilton scored his second of the game just 15 seconds later. MacDermid was acquired by the Calgary Flames through a trade early this season but had recorded no points in 10 games with the Edmonton Oilers minor-league affiliate. Corban Knight had a goal and an assist for the second night in a row, while Markus Granlund and Sven Baertschi also scored for Abbotsford (23-9-2). The Heat have won three straight games and retain first place in the AHLs Western Conference. Joni Ortio made 32 saves, giving him a league-high 15 wins. Richard Bachman stopped 22 shots for Oklahoma City (11-17-5), which is winless in its past six road games and just 1-7-1 in its last eight. It was Hamiltons first career multi-goal game, and also his first two scores this season. Hamilton put the Barons up 1-0 at 7:49 of the first. Tyler Pitlicks shot from the top of the circle was kicked out by Ortio but Hamilton, driving towards the net, knocked the rebound out of midair past the Finnish netminder. Brad Hunt nearly put Oklahoma City up by two with eight minutes to go in the first. He took a feed from Andrew Miller in the slot and beat Ortio glove side, but the puck ricocheted off the post, keeping the score 1-0. Grannlunds 13th goal of the season got Abbotsford even with just 72 seconds remaining in the first. [url=http://www.orgcheapjerseys.com/]cheap nfl jerseys. Granlund crossed the Barons blue-line one-on-one with a defender, stepped to the left and wired a slapshot that beat Bachman glove side, top corner. Thats the Finnish forwards first in five games. The Heat took the lead with less than three minutes to go in the second period. Ben Hanowski found Ben Street down low on a power play and Street quickly fed cross-crease to Knight, who one-timed it home for his ninth of the year and second in consecutive games. The Barons began the third period with a power play but couldnt capitalize. C.J. Stretch had the best opportunity to tie the game but was robbed at the side of the net by Ortio, who made the splits to deny the backdoor play. The teams exchanged goals 15 seconds apart midway through the third. First, MacDermid put the Heat up by two at 10:31, redirecting a great feed from Carter Bancks for his first of the season. Then Hamilton picked up his second of the game, rushing down the left side and hammering a slapshot from the top of the circle. The puck deflected off a defencemans leg, past Ortios glove, cutting the deficit back to 3-2. However, the Barons couldnt claw all the way back, despite outshooting the Heat 11-5 in the final frame. Hamilton sealed Oklahoma Citys fate when he took a slashing penalty with just over two minutes remaining that led to Baertschis power-play goal, a one-timer off a Knight feed. ' ' '
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