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Weekend Sports Preview–March 30-April 1–World Figure Skating Championships, World Men’s Curling Championship, Soccer, March Madness, NHL, NBA, Tennis

Friday, March 30th, 2012

Patrick Chan (David Carmichael, Wikimedia Commons)

2011 Lionel Conacher Award winner Patrick Chan of Ottawa, Ontario is one step closer to defending his title at the World Figure Skating Championships in Nice, France.

Today, Chan put down a solid short program, and leads the Czech Republic’s Michal Brezina by 1.74 points. Due to the fact the television coverage on CBC is absolutely lousy, the event can be seen live on www.cbcsports.ca or if you have Bold. The final flight of skaters in the men’s event is at 8am and the final flight of skaters in the women’s event is at 1:30pm on Saturday with Alena Leonova of Russia in the lead. In the pairs competition today, Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov hammered the strong German pair of Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy by 8.04 points, but only hung onto the silver medal behind the Germans after a poor short program.

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Weekend Sports Preview–December 10 & 11–NHL, NFL & Figure Skating

Saturday, December 10th, 2011

Alex Tanguay (James Teterenko, Wikimedia Commons)

The Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames battle in Part Three of the Battle of Alberta tonight at the Scotiabank Saddledome (CBC, 8pm). Oilers fans will hope a different chapter is written this time around after the first two were significantly similar. In both occasions, the Flames came from behind in the third period to grab two points in the Northwest Division standings.

On October 18, Jay Bouwmeester and Alex Tanguay each scored in the last six minutes as the Flames defeated the Oilers 2-1. Then last Saturday, Derek Smith, Mikael Backlund and Olli Jokinen scored third period goals for the Flames that eliminated a 3-2 lead for the Oilers en route to a 5-3 Calgary victory.

If Edmonton is going to contend for a playoff spot in March, better consistency throughout the entire 60 minutes is in order. Last night in their 4-1 win over Colorado, they had a solid third period effort while leading 4-1 and didn’t allow a strong quality scoring chance for the Avalanche in the final twenty minutes.

As for the Flames, they are back on track a little bit, at the .500 mark at 13-13-2. They are three points back of the San Jose Sharks, Dallas Stars and Oilers for the final two playoff spots in the Western Conference.

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Tags: akiko suzuki, alena leonova, alex tanguay, calgary flames, carolina kostner, chicago bears, cody hodgson, dallas cowboys, denver broncos, derek smith, detroit lions, Edmonton Oilers, green bay packers, javier hernandez, jay bouwmeester, jeremy abbott, jovan haye, Mikael Backlund, minnesota vikings, new york giants, oakland raiders, olli jokinen, Ottawa Senators, patrick chan, Vancouver Canucks
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