Emotional Guay World number one trumps Jansrud Lydia Ko confirms in super-G15 upset Gilchrist16 as coach THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2017 Boxers Wilder, Povetkin in court after canceled fight Page 18 DETRIOT: Columbus Blue Jackets’ center Brandon Dubinsky, left, and Boone Jenner, right, celebrate a goal by Cam Atkinson, not shown, as Detroit Red Wings goalie Petr Mrazek (34) looks back in the first period of an NHL hock- ey game Tuesday, in Detroit. — AP Jones scores in OT to lift Blue Jackets DETROIT: Seth Jones took a drop pass from Brandon and then turned away Pittsburgh’s Phil Kessel and Sidney Dubinsky and wired a high slap shot past Petr Mrazek 3:22 Crosby in the shootout. The Penguins’ Kris Letang hit the Lahm retirement surprises Bayern into overtime, lifting the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 3-2 vic- post on his team’s final attempt. Michael Frolik scored his tory over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night. Dubinsky 13th goal and Micheal Ferland added his eighth as the BERLIN: Philipp Lahm caught team-mates and club bosses wanted to talk about it some more on Wednesday,” but and Cam Atkinson also scored for the Blue Jackets, who had Flames picked up two valuable points in the crowded chase by surprise when he not only announced he will retire in Sports Bild leaked the news and Lahm went public. dropped two in a row and four of five. Sergei Bobrovsky for one of the final playoff spots in the wide-open Western June but also that he will spurn an offer to fill the vacant stopped 24 shots. Nick Jensen got his second career goal, Conference. Crosby inched closer to becoming the 86th sports director role at Bayern. After making his 501st FIRST TREBLE both in the last four games, and Thomas Vanek added a player in NHL history to reach 1,000 points when he assisted appearance for Bayern in Tuesday’s 1-0 German Cup win He will retire as one of the best defenders of his genera- tying score midway through the second period for Detroit. on Chris Kunitz’s third-period goal for career point No. 998. Mrazek made 24 saves. over Wolfsburg, Germany’s World Cup winning captain tion, yet was flexible enough to also play in midfield for MAPLE LEAFS 3, STARS 1 confirmed reports he will stop playing at the end of the club and country. He retired from international football WILD 4, JETS 2 Rookie sensation Auston Matthews scored his team-lead- season - with a year left on his contract. News that he had after lifting the 2014 World Cup with Germany and made Jason Pominville and Nino Niederreiter each scored ing 25th goal and scuffling Toronto picked up a much-need- also turned down the sports director role raised eyebrows. 113 appearances for die Mannschaft. With Bayern, he has twice, and Minnesota closed out a 3-1 road trip. Pominville ed victory. Curtis McElhinney made 39 saves as the Maple Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge put out a statement on won the Bundesliga title seven times, the German Cup six also had an assist, and Charlie Coyle added three assists. Leafs won for the second time in six games (2-3-1). Wednesday saying the club is “surprised by Philipp Lahm times-with more silverware likely to come in May-and has Niederreiter’s second goal was an empty-netter. Devan Struggling defensively of late, Toronto held Dallas in check and his advisor” and he had “assumed a joint statement been club captain since January 2011. Dubnyk made 38 saves for the Western Conference-leading after yielding 22 goals over the previous four games. Jake would be made”. He led them to the 2012/13 Champions League title Wild. Joel Armia had a goal and assist and Bryan Little Gardiner and Nikita Zaitsev also scored for the Maple Leafs. Rummenigge stressed “the door will always be open for when they became the first German club to win the treble scored his 15th goal of the season for Winnipeg. Ondrej Antti Niemi stopped 31 shots and Tyler Seguin scored for Philipp at FC Bayern”, but, for now, the 33-year-old plans to of European, league and cup titles. With midfielder Xabi Pavelec went to the dressing room just over six minutes Dallas. The Stars haven’t won at Toronto since Dec. 23, 2008. walk away from the Bavarian giants, who he joined as an Alonso also retiring in June, Lahm’s added departure will into the second period after stopping 11 of 14 shots. The 11-year-old in 1995. leave Bayern short on experience next season, but he Jets announced he wasn’t returning because of a lower- LIGHTNING 5, KINGS 0 The timing of Lahm’s decision is strange, but his hand explained his reasons. “I see my leadership role the same body injury. Ben Bishop made 28 saves, Nikita Kucherov scored twice was forced by magazine Sports way as I give my best every day, give my all in training and during a three-goal second period and Tampa Bay won con- RANGERS 4, DUCKS 1 Bild, who first broke the in every game,” Lahm told reporters. “I believe I am capable secutive games for the first time since Dec. 20-22. Jonathan news on Tuesday, hours of doing that this season, but not after that, so it was clear Henrik Lundqvist made a season-high 43 saves, Michael Drouin, Gabriel Dumont and Braydon Coburn also scored for before the Wolfsburg for me, that I would stop at the end of the season. “We are Grabner scored twice and the Rangers won for the sixth time the Lightning. Kings goalie Peter Budaj turned aside 16 in eight games. Mats Zuccarello and Oscar Lindberg also match. talking about more than a year and I believe that I am not shots in losing for the second straight game after a five- scored, helping coach Alain Vigneault to his 600th career vic- “On Friday, Lahm able to maintain the level that I am used to and my team game winning streak in which he had three shutouts. Budaj turned Karl-Heinz mates are used to.” Bayern’s Germany centre-back Mats tory. Lundqvist gave up fewer than three goals for the sixth time in his last seven starts, improving to 6-1-0 in that was pulled after allowing four goals over two periods in Rummenigge Hummels only learnt of Lahm’s decision in post-game Sunday’s 5-0 loss at Washington. It was Bishop’s first shutout down, but interviews and said: “It’s a pity he won’t be here from this stretch. In this one, he topped the 40 saves he made in a 3-2 win at Philadelphia on Nov. 25. Jakob Silfverberg scored for this season. it is not summer. I am surprised, but I respect it. He’ll have his rea- BLUES 6, SENATORS 0 Anaheim and John Gibson finished with 16 saves. The Ducks sons.” Lahm’s decision to turn down the sports director job, have lost five of their last seven (2-4-1). Jake Allen made 30 saves and Vladimir Tarasenko scored vacated by Matthias Sammer last year, caught Hoeness off twice, leading St. Louis to the road win. Magnus Paajarvi, guard. AVALANCHE 4, CANADIENS 0 Patrik Berglund, Alex Steen and Ivan Barbashev also scored “I’m just surprised. We did not see there being a rush. Mikko Rantanen scored three times for his first career hat for the Blues (27-22-5). It was Allen’s second shutout of the The job would have only started on January 1 2018 and he trick, Calvin Pickard stopped 27 shots and the Avalanche season. Ottawa goaltender Andrew Hammond had 24 saves had the job description,” Hoeness told the Funke Media posted back-to-back wins for the first time since November. in his first start since Dec. 18. He had been sidelined by a Group. “There were four meetings about it and I can Andreas Martinsen added a goal as last-place Colorado won high ankle sprain. The Senators (27-18-6) were coming off a imagine that he will one day work for FC Bayern.” two straight at home for the first time this season. Pickard 4-0 loss at Buffalo on Saturday night. They dropped to 1-3-1 also had an assist. All-Star goaltender Carey Price wasn’t in their last five games. POWER STRUGGLE? sharp early, giving up two quick goals, and the Canadiens PREDATORS 4, CANUCKS 2 Sport Bild claim Lahm turned down the job never recovered. This after routing Colorado 10-1 on Dec. 10 because it did not include a position on Bayern’s in Montreal. The Atlantic Division-leading Canadiens are 1-4- Viktor Arvidsson and Calle Jarnkrok each had a goal and board and he wanted to have the same power as 1 over their last six games. an assist, powering the Predators to the home win. Filip Rummenigge and Hoeness. Forsberg and Mike Fisher also scored and Pekka Rinne made 31 saves for Nashville. Roman Josi added two assists. Markus Lahm painted a different picture, not wanting to go CAPITALS 5, HURRICANES 0 Alex Ovechkin got his 26th goal of the season, helping Granlund and Alexander Edler had the goals for Vancouver, from his playing career into a high-profile position at which has lost four straight. common to go Bayern, even with a break. “There were talks and I decided the NHL-leading Washington earn its fourth straight victory.