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Joel Quenneville reaches 1,000 victories, joining Scotty Bowman in an elite club for NHL coaches

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Joel Quenneville's 1,000th career victory as an NHL head coach was so dramatic that he almost had to be reminded of the milestone when the clock finally hit zeros on the Anaheim Ducks' 6-5 comeback win. When Quenneville stood at center ice with his wife, his daughter and his entire team for a postgame photo moments later Wednesday night, he allowed himself a moment out of the hockey grind to appreciate history. “I wasn’t prioritizing the number,” Quenneville said after joining Scotty Bowman i...

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NHL-leading Avalanche beat Mammoth 4-2 in return from Olympic break

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U.S. Olympian Brock Nelson scored his 30th goal of the season in Colorado's four-goal second period and the NHL-leading Avalanche beat the Utah Mammoth 4-2 on Wednesday night. Parker Kelly, Victor Olofsson and Martin Necas also scored and Scott Wedgewood made 28 saves for Colorado in the first game for both teams following the three-week break for the OIympics. Nelson scored on a slap shot to make it 3-1 with 7:40 left in the second.

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Mark Daigneault's honest take on Thunder's 'mental toughness' after win vs. Raptors

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Updated Feb 26, 6:04 AM ET

Head coach Mark Daigneault and the shorthanded Oklahoma City Thunder watched their 25-point lead against the Toronto Raptors disappear in the fourth quarter, but still prevailed in a 116-107 win on Tuesday. In yet another Thunder matchup without Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams, among others, Oklahoma City responded with a 15-6 run to secure its […] The post Mark Daigneault’s honest take on Thunder’s ‘mental toughness’ after win vs. Raptors appeared first on ClutchPoints .

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South Africa fields against West Indies in heavyweight clash at T20 World Cup

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AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — South Africa chose to field first against the West Indies in a heavyweight Super Eights clash at the T20 World Cup on Thursday. One of them will lose for the first time in six matches at the tournament. Ahmedabad’s red-soil pitch is expected to give some extra bounce to fast bowlers but both sides are packed with explosive hitters. South Africa named the same squad that trounced co-host India on Sunday. With plenty of left-handers in the Proteas batting lineup, West In...

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No 1 Thitikul struggles in the first round of the LPGA Singapore led by Kim

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Top-ranked Jeeno Thitikul struggled during the first round of the HSBC Women’s World Championship on Thursday, shooting a 1-over 73 to trail the leader by seven strokes. Thitikul won last week’s tournament in her native Thailand and is among nine out of the top 10 players entered in the Singapore LPGA stop on the Sentosa Golf Club’s Tanjong course. American Auston Kim birdied two of her final three holes for a 66 and a one-stroke lead over China's Yan Liu.

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