ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 2021 SPORTS 14

Jin misses tying 10-foot par putt Habs advance to 2nd round, Pettit ‘captures’ NCAA men’s title with closing even-par 70

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, June 1, 2019-20 season. “Turk did. Turk had a (AP): Turk Pettit Thad a stellar start to game that could play this course.” beat Maple Leafs in Game 7 his collegiate career, winning a tourna- He still had a fi ght on his hands on ment as a freshman and posting fi ve a course that got fi rmer as the winds top-10 fi nishes. blew each afternoon. Cizikas’ OT lifts Islanders past Bruins 4-3 One bad round seemed to put him Jin, the overnight leader by two, a funk. Then his clubs were stolen. had his chances down the stretch after The tall, lanky player from Alabama struggling early. , June 1, (AP): appeared to get back into a groove in He drove the 330-yard par-4 17th made 29 saves 2020, only to have the season snatched hole, but his eagle putt was well off away by the pandemic. and he missed a 15-footer for birdie. and the Montreal Cana- Perseverance carried him through Still tied with Pettit, Jin pulled his diens advanced to the sec- — all the way to a national title. tee into deep rough left of the 511- ond round by beating the Turk kept his composure on at yard par-4 18th hole — a converted par Grayhawk Golf Club’s diffi cult Rap- 5 — and saw his second shot bound 3-1 in tor Course, saving par from a diffi cult through the green into right rough Game 7. spot on his fi nal along the lake. He chunked it out to 10 Brendan Gallagher, Corey Perry hole to shoot an feet and his putt slid by the right side of and Tyler Toffoli also scored for even-par 70 in the hole, setting off a round of cheers the Canadiens, who stormed back the fi nal round of by Clemson fans across the lake. from a 3-1 defi cit for the third time the NCAA men’s “There’s a lot to take away experi- in franchise history to win a series. championship. Eric Staal had two assists for Mon- Turk fi nished GOLF at 7-under 273 treal, which advanced to the sec- and watched ond round for the fi rst time since from across the ence wise,” said Jin, who shot a fi nal- 2015. lake as Oklahoma round 73 to fi nish 6 under. “I know The Canadiens will take on Winni- State freshman what things I need to improve on, but peg after the Jets swept Edmonton in Bo Jin missed a Jin just a great experience to be a freshman the Canadian-based North Division’s tying 10-foot par in the fi nal group and have a chance to other series. Game 1 is Wednesday at putto on the 511-yard par-4 18th hole. win a championship.” Winnipeg. “Last tournament I ever play as Arizona State’s Ryggs Johnston had a late goal a college golfer and I ended up win- fi nished third at 5 under after a fi nal- and Jack Campbell stopped 20 shots ning,” Pettit said. “I’ve only had two round 69. wins in college golf, so that’s pretty Johnston seemed to be out of con- special.” tention after a double bogey on the The Raptor Course was set up for long par-4 seventh. The sophomore a battle of attrition, the hot, windy from from tiny Libby, Montana — for Toronto, which hasn’t advanced in weather and course conditions — par- population of about 3,000 — surged the postseason since 2004. The Maple ticularly those fi rm greens — forcing back into contention with three birdies Leafs appeared in control of this series players to often shoot for middle of the in four holes, starting on No. 9. while taking a 3-1 lead, but Montreal Montreal Canadiens Carey Price (31) makes a save against Toronto Maple Leafs forward Zach Hyman greens instead of fl ag hunting. Johnston moved to within a shot of forced a deciding Game 7 by winning (11) during third-period NHL hockey game action in Toronto, on May 31. (AP) Pettit stood up to the test, going toe the lead at 6 under with a birdie on the two in a row in . a power play went off Perry in front knotting their second-round playoff se- 100th career playoff game, and Charlie to toe with Jin — even though they par-4 15th and lipped out a 30-foot Montreal opened the scoring at 3:02 putt on the par-3 16th. He landed in of the second on a sequence that start- for his second goal in as many games. ries at one game apiece. Coyle scored Boston’s other goal. were on opposite sides of the course ed with a turnover by Mitch Marner at It was Montreal’s third goal with the Cizikas picked up a loose puck that But that doesn’t mean the Bruins — with superb ball striking and clutch a bunker well short on No. 17, hit to the offensive blue line. The Canadiens man advantage in two games after go- bounced off Boston forward Charlie weren’t putting pucks in the nets. putts. about 25 feet and left his birdie putt headed the other way and Gallagher ing 0 for 15 to start the series. Coyle’s skate and raced in all alone on After Coyle gave Boston the lead His biggest came at the 468-yard short. scored his fi rst goal since April 1 af- The Leafs, who fi nished 18 points Tuukka Rask before beating the Bos- in the fi rst, Bailey tied it when he par-4 ninth, where he made a 5-foot An errant tee shot into the desert ter missing six weeks with a broken ahead of the Canadiens in the regular ton goalie high on the stick side. bounced one off Bruins defenseman birdie putt after his approach shot from left of the 18th fairway led to a bogey, thumb. season and haven’t won the Stanley Game 3 is Thursday night at the Jeremy Lauzon’s skate and into the a fairway bunker came up well short. dropping Johnston two back. The Maple Leafs nearly tied it mo- Cup since 1967, got a power play to Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New goal. Four minutes later, Rask himself Pettit’s win was Clemson’s fi rst in- “I was just trying to go out and play ments later when Price stopped Zach start the third. But Price denied Hyman York. swiped a puck into the net with his dividual national championship since the best I could,” Johnston said. “I Hyman in tight before Auston Mat- on a redirect at the side of the goal. Josh Bailey, Kyle Palmieri and glove after saving Palmieri’s attempt Charles Warren in 1997 and sent Larry wasn’t trying to make it too important thews ripped a shot off the post on a Toronto pulled Campbell with 3:35 Jean-Gabriel Pageau all scored in the to stuff it in. Penley out on top after 38 years of to win.” 2-on-1. left, but Toffoli scored into an empty second period — with a little help from With less than three minutes left in coaching. Arizona State surged into the No. 1 But the Canadiens went up by two net just over a minute later. the Bruins — as the Islanders rallied the second, a pass from Mathew Bar- “We never fi gured out this golf seed for the start of Tuesday’s match at 15:25 when Nick Suzuki’s shot on Nylander added team-high fi fth from a 1-0 defi cit to take a 3-1 lead. zal was defl ected by Boston defense- course,” said Penley, who announced play with a 5-under round to pass of the series with 1:36 to end Price’s But Brad Marchand set up Patrice man Connor Clifton right to Pageau, this would be his last year before the Oklahoma State. bid. Bergeron’s one-timer to make it a one- who beat Rask to make it 3-1. It was Islanders 4, Bruins 3 goal game midway through the third. Boston’s fi rst two-goal defi cit this In Boston, Casey Cizikas scored on Then Marchand tied it with a goal of postseason. a breakaway with 14:48 gone in the his own about fi ve minutes later. But Bergeron made it 3-2 midway fi rst overtime and Semyon Varlamov Varlamov, who started both losses through the third period and, with just returned to the net to make 39 saves, in the six-game victory over Pittsburgh under fi ve minutes left in regulation leading the to a in the fi rst round, stopped all six Bos- and the Islanders shorthanded for a too 4-3 victory over the and ton shots in overtime. many men , Marchand wristed Tuukka Rask made 38 saves in his one past Varlamov to tie it. Marin injured, won’t defend title MADRID, June 1, (AP): Olympic star is expected to undergo surgery this was injured during training last week. badminton champion Carolina Marín week. She had a similar injury in her right Boston Bruins’ Sean Kuraly is hit up will not defend her title at the Tokyo “It’s another tough blow that I will knee in 2019. high by New York Islanders’ Nick Games because of a knee injury. have to overcome,” Marín said on her Marín was one of Spain’s best Leddy in the fi rst period of Game Marín said Tuesday that medical Instagram account. “But make no mis- hopes for a gold medal in Tokyo, hav- 2 during an NHL hockey second- tests confi rmed she has damage to her take about it, I’ll be back.” ing reached the fi nal in all fi ve tourna- round playoff series, on May 31, in meniscus and a torn anterior cruciate Marín, a three-time world champion ments she played this year, winning In this Oct. 7, 2019 fi le photo, Clemson’s Turk Pettit tees off during an Boston. (AP) ligament in her left knee. The Spanish and a fi ve-time European champion, four of them. NCAA golf match in Dublin, Ohio. (AP)