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Anaheim 4 San Jose 1ANAHEIM, Calif. — Right when the opening puck dropped, Ryan Getzlaf and Joe Thornton dropped gloves. The star centres’ simmering dislike erupted into a brawl dominated by Thornton, who pummelled Getzlaf with at least two flush blows to the face.

Chicago 4 Calgary 1CALGARY — Whooping, hollering and maybe a water fight in the locker room are what you might expect from a young Chicago Blackhawks team who’d won their city’s first NHL playoff series in 13 years.

Red Deer’s Carson Kallis tied for ninth in the 2009 CN Future Links Pacific Golf Championship Sunday.

Mike Keenan appealed to his players’ pride and captain Jarome Iginla called on teammates to prove the Flames have the depth to stave off elimination from the NHL playoffs despite their injuries.

Eric Staal scored two goals less than three minutes apart, Cam Ward made 28 saves in his third career playoff shutout and the Carolina Hurricanes routed the New Jersey Devils 4-0 on Sunday night to force a decisive Game 7.

The Chicago Blackhawks blitzed the Calgary Flames early, rolled to a convincing victory and took control of their Western Conference quarter-final.

Sidney Crosby stood near centre ice, answering questions from a television reporter while a few lingering fans berated him.

Don’t count out the San Jose Sharks just yet, not while their captain still has his clutch scoring touch.

Even though Canadian goalie Chris Mason is attending the IIHF World Hockey Championship for the third time, you won’t find his name in any official tournament statistics.

Flames head coach Mike Keenan dodged most questions about the health of individual Calgary players, but did offer one piece of good news following an hour-long United Center practice on Friday.