CHINA DAILY Monday, April 11, 2016 SPORTS 23 ICE HOCKEY Scoreboard BASEBALL Results on Saturday: Aston Villa 1 (Ayew 85) Bournemouth 2 Results of MLB games on Saturday (home (Cook 45+2, King 74) team in CAPS): Crystal Palace 1 (Puncheon 68) Norwich 0 Boston 8 TORONTO 4 Manchester City 2 (Aguero 19­pen, Nasri Sakic won’t freeze out Roy CINCINNATI 5 Pittsburgh 1 66) West Brom 1 (Sessegnon 6) New York 8 DETROIT 4 Southampton 3 (Long 4, Pelle 38, Wanyama CHICAGO WHITE SOX 7 Cleveland 3 55) Newcastle 1 (Townsend 65) LA Dodgers 3 SAN FRANCISCO 2 (10) Swansea 1 (Sigurdsson 25) Chelsea 0 WASHINGTON vs Miami ppd Watford 1 (Holebas 45+3) Everton 1 Avalanche GM BALTIMORE vs Tampa Bay ppd (McCarthy 45+1) St. Louis 12 ATLANTA 2 West Ham 3 (Carroll 44, 45+2, 52) Arsenal 3 Houston 6 MILWAUKEE 4 (Ozil 18, Sanchez 35, Koscielny 70) not blaming coach Philadelphia 1 NY METS 0 KANSAS CITY 7 Minnesota 0 English Championship for club’s failure Chicago Cubs 4 Arizona 2 Results on Saturday: San Diego 16 COLORADO 3 Bristol City 4 Sheffield Wednesday 1 Texas 4 LA Angels 1 Burnley 1 Leeds 0 Oakland 6 SEATTLE 1 Derby 4 Bolton 1 to make playoffs Fulham 2 Cardiff 1 BASKETBALL Huddersfield 2 Hull 2 Ipswich 1 Brentford 3 By ASSOCIATED PRESS Results of NBA games on Saturday (home Middlesbrough 1 Preston 0 in Denver team in CAPS): Milton Keynes Dons 0 Rotherham 4 Phoenix 121 NEW ORLEANS 100 QPR 2 Charlton 1 ATLANTA 118 Boston 107 Reading 0 Birmingham 2 Joe Sakic is in Patrick Roy’s Golden State 100 MEMPHIS 99 Wolves 0 Blackburn 0 CHICAGO 105 Cleveland 102 corner. SACRAMENTO 114 Oklahoma City 112 French Ligue 1 Minnesota 106 PORTLAND 105 Results on Saturday: After the Colorado Ava­ Guingamp 0 Paris Saint­Germain 2 (Lucas lanche ended their season GOLF Moura 56­pen, 71) Angers 0 Gazelec Ajaccio 0 with a 5­3 home loss to the US Masters Caen 1 (Appiah 64) Lorient 2 (Jeannot 17, Leading third­round scores at par­72 Waris 47­pen) Anaheim Ducks on Saturday, Augusta National on Saturday: Reims 2 (Oniangue 11, De Preville 80) Nan­ GM Joe Sakic confirmed 213 ­ Jordan Spieth (USA) 66­74­73 tes 1 (Audel 68) 214 ­ Smylie Kaufman (USA) 73­72­69 Saint­Etienne 1 (Maupay 75) Troyes 0 coach Patrick Roy will return 215 ­ Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 71­72­72, Toulouse 4 (Ben Yedder 57, 80, Braithwaite after missing the playoffs for Bernhard Langer (GER) 72­73­70 62, Trejo 72) Bastia 0 216 ­ Jason Day (AUS) 72­73­71, Dustin a second straight year. Johnson (USA) 73­71­72, Danny Willett German Bundesliga Sakic said he was “very dis­ (ENG) 70­74­72 Results on Saturday: 217 ­ Lee Westwood (ENG) 71­75­71, Brandt Hamburg 1 (Holtby 90) Darmstadt 2 (Sulu appointed” by a season Snedeker (USA) 71­72­74, Soren Kjeldsen 38, Gondorf 54) (DEN) 69­74­74 VfB Stuttgart 1 (Didavi 83) Bayern Munich 3 marred with shaky perform­ 218 ­ Daniel Berger (USA) 73­71­74, Rory (Niedermeier 31­og, Alaba 52, Costa 89) ances at home and blown McIlroy (NIR) 70­71­77 Werder Bremen 1 (Grillitsch 43) Augsburg 219 ­ Justin Rose (ENG) 69­77­73, J.B. 2 (Finnbogason 53, Hong 87) third­period opportunities. Holmes (USA) 72­73­74, Angel Cabrera Eintracht Frankfurt 0 Hoffenheim 2 (Amiri (ARG) 73­73­73 62, Uth 89) The Avs were in contention 220 ­ Emiliano Grillo (ARG) 71­75­74, Jimmy Ingolstadt 1 (Hartmann 87) Borussia Walker (USA) 71­75­74, Matt Kuchar (USA) for the eighth and final play­ Moenchengladbach 0 75­73­72, Billy Horschel (USA) 70­77­73, Lou­ Wolfsburg 1 (Schuerrle 53) Mainz 1 (Jairo off spot in the Western Con­ is Oosthuizen (RSA) 72­77­71, Chris Wood 66) ference before hitting a late (ENG) 72­73­75, Paul Casey (ENG) 69­77­74 221­MatthewFitzpatrick(ENG)71­76­74, Italian Serie A skid. JamieDonaldson(WAL)74­72­75,DannyLee Results on Saturday: (NZL)68­74­79,KiradechAphibarnrat(THA) Frosinone 0 Inter Milan 1 (Icardi 74) “It is frustrating. It’s disap­ 72­72­77,BillHaas(USA)75­74­72,ScottPier­ Chievo 1 (Pellissier 83) Carpi 0 cy(USA)70­72­79,BrysonDeChambeau pointing,” Sakic said. “But Sassuolo 0 Genoa 1 (Dzemaili 42) (USA)72­72­77,CharleyHoffman(USA) AC Milan 1 (Alex 18) Juventus 2 (Mandzukic right now you’re not going to 71­77­73,BrooksKoepka(USA)73­72­76 make any rash decisions. Erik Johnson of the Colorado Avalanche controls the puck as teammate Tyson Barrie draws an interference penalty against Ryan Garbutt of the 222 ­ Davis Love III (USA) 73­73­76, Rafael 27, Pogba 65) Cabrera (ESP) 74­73­75 “We’re all upset and need to Anaheim Ducks at the Pepsi Center in Denver on Saturday. The Ducks won 5­3. DOUG PENSINGER/ GETTY IMAGES/AFP 223 ­ Adam Scott (AUS) 76­72­75, Webb Spanish La Liga Simpson (USA) 77­72­74, Harris English Results on Saturday: take a couple weeks off and (USA) 74­73­76, Shane Lowry (IRL) 68­76­79 Real Madrid 4 (Rodriguez 5, Vazquez 18, then get back to work, make 224 ­ Patrick Reed (USA) 76­73­75, Troy Ronaldo 20, Jese 39) Eibar 0 Merritt (USA) 74­71­79, Keegan Bradley Espanyol 1 (Diop 28) Atletico Madrid 3 (Tor­ some tough decisions going it was unacceptable to see successful and make the the ice by playing the right (USA) 74­73­77, Anirban Lahiri (IND) 76­73­ res 35, Griezmann 58, Koke 88) forward, do what we have to from the start of the year to playoffs. It’s the objective way.” 75, Bernd Wiesberger (AUT) 73­72­79 Real Sociedad 1 (Oyarzabal 5) Barcelona 0 225 ­ Sergio Garc (ESP) 69­75­81, Victor Real Betis 1 (Ruben Castro 81) Levante 0 do to try and get better.” the middle of the year to the that we have to make the Roy,a Hall of Fame goalten­ Dubuisson (FRA) 73­76­76, Kevin Kisner The Hall of Famer turned end of the year, blowing playoffs. There’s no doubt der, was NHL coach of the (USA) 77­72­76, Kevin Streelman (USA) TENNIS 71­75­79, Henrik Stenson (SWE) 72­75­78 WTAKatowice Open executive does not fault Roy, Players know games by being undisci­ about it.” year in 2013­14 during his Results on Saturday (x denotes seeding): his longtime friend and plined out there. One thing that did not sit inaugural season on the Colo­ ICE HOCKEY Semifinals Camila Giorgi (ITA x5) bt Jelena Ostapenko former teammate, saying: exactly what “But we have a plan. This well with Sakic was the lack rado bench. Results of NHL games on Saturday (home (LAT x3) 6­4, 6­3; Dominika Cibulkova (SVK “We’re in this thing together.” isn’t a quick fix. We still have urgency of the players with He led the Avalanche to a team in CAPS): x8) bt Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 7­5, 6­0 Ottawa 6 BOSTON 1 The tandem captured two he wants. It’s to be patient with some of our the postseason on the line. franchise­record­tying 52 NY RANGERS 3 Detroit 2 WTACharleston PHILADELPHIA 3 Pittsburgh 1 Semifinals: Stanley Cup titles together younger players.” He did not feel as if they wins and a Central Division Anaheim 5 COLORADO 3 Sloane Stephens (USA x7) bt Angelique during their playing days one of those Roy appreciated Sakic hav­ had the “the emotion you title, but the team lost a first­ MONTREAL 5 Tampa Bay 2 Kerber (GER x1) 6­1, 3­0 ­ retired; Elena with the Avalanche. ing his back — even if he nev­ needed to make the playoffs”. round playoff series to the FLORIDA 3 Carolina 2 Vesnina (RUS) bt Sara Errani (ITA x5) 6­4, things where NEW JERSEY 5 Toronto 1 4­6, 6­2 “We all have to look in the er felt in danger. “We just didn’t manage the Minnesota Wild. COLUMBUS 5 Chicago 4 OT Calgary 2 MINNESOTA 1 ATP Casablanca Open mirror and figure out why it you don’t “I have a great relation­ games very well,” Sakic “He’s got the passion. He’s a Buffalo 4 NY ISLANDERS 3 OT Semifinals: happened like this,” said ship with Joe,” Roy said. “We explained. winner and he wants to win,” Washington 5 ST. LOUIS 1 Borna Coric (CRO x3) bt JirVesely (CZE x8) DALLAS 3 Nashville 2 7­6 (5), 7­6 (5); Federico del Bonis (ARG x4) Sakic, whose team finished all have to be better, the “We have to see — take a Sakic said of Roy. VANCOUVER 4 Edmonton 3 SO bt Albert Montanes (ESP) 6­4, 6­3 always look at Winnipeg 4 LOS ANGELES 3 SO 17­20­4 at the Pepsi Center coaching staff, the players, couple of weeks off to reflect, “Players know exactly what SAN JOSE 1 Arizona 0 ATP Houston Open this season. the coach.” the core, we know we have discuss and figure out if these he wants. It’s one of those Semifinals: Jack Sock (USA x4) bt John Isner (USA x1) “At the end of the day, I to do things a bit different guys want to learn what it things where you don’t SOCCER Joe Sakic, Avs GM 7­6 (4), 6­3; Juan Monaco (ARG) bt Feliciano know by watching our club, nextyearinordertobemore takes to win and show it on always look at the coach.” English Premier League Lopez (ESP x3) 6­4, 6­2.