WINNIPEG -- Rachel Homan didnt care how she got a spot into the Canadian curling trials semifinal, it just mattered that her rink got one. The defending Canadian champion defeated Stefanie Lawton of Saskatoon 6-5 in the final game of the seven-game round robin to finish 4-3, but Winnipegs Chelsea Carey and Ontarios Sherry Middaugh also sported the same mark. Homan got bumped to the semi, though, because her Ottawa rink fared better than Carey and Middaughs teams on rankings based on draws to the button before games throughout the week. "It wasnt important," Homan said of avoiding a tie-breaker. "Its nice to be able to get second place and go into the semi. Either way we had a chance and thats all we needed." Carey and Middaugh will play their tie-breaker Friday at 1:30 p.m. (CT), with the winner taking on Homan later that night at 6:30. Homan, 24, had no preference on which team theyd prefer taking on. "Weve played them both a million times and its going to be a good game either way and hopefully we can win it in 10 (ends)," Homan said. Winnipeg veteran skip Jennifer Jones already earned a bye into Saturday nights final (6:30 p.m. CT) and will watch her competitors battle it out. Jones, 39, defeated Edmontons Heather Nedohin 6-5 to finish her round robin at 6-1, while Nedohin ended with a 3-4 mark. Homan almost had to play in a tie-breaker, but Edmontons Val Sweeting lost 9-8 in an extra end to Renee Sonnenberg of Grande Prairie, Alta., and fell to 3-4. Sonnenberg finished 1-6. Carey had a chance to grab second place outright, but she lost 7-6 to Middaugh. "If theyd told us at the start of the week wed have a tie-breaker, wed take it," Carey, 29, said. Yet she knows her rink will have to curl better to earn a chance to play in an all-Winnipeg final, with the victor representing Canada at next years Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. "We just didnt make enough shots (to win)," Carey said. "I missed a couple bad shots. We just have to make more shots. You just cant be that sloppy against these teams and expect to win." Middaugh, whos competing in her fourth trials, was leading 5-3 after six ends and stole another point in the seventh. Carey rebounded with a nose hit for three in the eighth to tie it 6-6, but Middaugh added one in the 10th for the victory. Middaugh, 47, also saw room for improvement after the win. "The first seven ends were fun and then I turned off my brain in my last shot in eight and then the collar got a little tight after that so I cant lie," Middaugh said. . -- Jonathan Drouin gave Halifax the boost it needed to edge host Sherbrooke Phoenix 3-2 in a shootout in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. [url=http://www.authenticvikingsonline.com/authentic-danielle-hunter-vikings-jer... Hunter Jersey . -- If this was Aaron Gordons final home game at Arizona, and it almost certainly was, then he went out in style. .ca look back at each of the Top 10 stories of 2013. Today, we look back at Boston Strong - a citys recovery from tragedy. [url=http://www.authenticvikingsonline.com/authentic-chad-greenway-vikings-jerse... Greenway Youth Jersey . -- Bobby Ryan helped the U.WORCESTER, Mass. - Harri Sateri stopped 34 shots and Freddie Hamilton had a goal and an assist as the Worcester Sharks downed the visiting St. Johns IceCaps 5-2 on Friday in American Hockey League play. Taylor Doherty, Brodie Reid, Eriah Hayes and Marek Viedensky also scored for the Sharks (13-12-2), who won for the first time in three outings, while Dylan DeMelo and James Livingston each chipped in with two assists. J.C. Lipon and Zach Redmond supplied the scoring for the IceCaps (15-12-3) and Jussi Olkinuora turned aaway 28-of-32 shots in a losing cause.dddddddddddd St. Johns put 16 shots on Sateri in the opening 20 minutes and went into the first intermission with a 1-0 lead on Lipons fifth goal of the season. Hamilton tied the game at 15:25 of the second with a power-play goal and Doherty gave Worcester its first lead just 32 seconds later. Viedensky made it 3-1 for the Sharks at 18:41. Reid and Redmond exchanged goals midway through the third period before Hayes scored into an empty net to secure the victory. cheap custom jerseys wholesale jerseys store cheap jerseys Cheap Jerseys wholesale jerseys ' ' '