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.J. -- With the New Jersey Devils fighting for a playoff spot, Jon Merrill
picked the perfect time to score his first NHL goal. The rookie defenceman
connected 2:34 into overtime, and the Devils snapped a two-game skid with a 2-1
win over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday night. "You always dream of this kind of
stuff when youre a little kid," the 22-year-old Merrill said. "After 20 games
went by and I hadnt scored, I think those dreams went away a little bit. I knew
it would come when it came. Tonight was a good opportunity." The goal came in
Merrills 31st NHL game and was set up by Adam Henrique winning a battle in the
corner and Michael Ryder getting the puck and finding Merrill all alone above
the left circle for an uncontested shot against Ilya Bryzgalov. "I saw that four
guys kind of collapsed on Ryds," Merrill said. "I was calling for it and he made
a great play. I was walking in all alone and fortunately it went in." The win
was the second in six games for New Jersey (2-2-2), and it ended a slide that
saw the Devils lose the last two games in overtime after giving up the lead late
in the third period. "It was awesome for him to get his first goal in overtime,"
said Henrique, who might have gotten away with a holding-the-stick penalty just
before the goal. "Its such an important win for the team. Thats one hes going to
remember for the rest of his career." Cory Schneider made 19 saves and
Andrei Loktionov scored in regulation for the Devils, who play Saturday night at
Washington in their final game before the Olympic break. Taylor Hall had the
goal for the Oilers, who lost for only the second time in seven games (5-1-1).
Ilya Bryzgalov made 22 saves for Edmonton, which wont play again until Feb. 27.
"We found different ways to get points in this stretch," defenceman
Justin Schultz said. "We got some solid goaltending. Weve improved our game
against these teams that are battling for playoff spots." The Devils hit three
posts in the game, with Ryder clanging a shot off the crossbar with 9:20 to
play. Both teams went for the win in the final minutes of regulation. Henrique
had two chances in close with just more than 4 minutes to go, and defenceman
Andrew Ference and Matt Hendricks had chances for Edmonton a minute later.
Schneider stopped a chance in close by Jordan Eberle early in overtime. With the
Devils struggling to score, coach Pete DeBoer shook up his lines for the game
and that led to the teams first goal. Loktionov, who was put at centre on
Jaromir Jagrs line, opened the scoring at 11:01 with his first goal since Dec.
4. Jagr and defenceman Bryce Salvador set up the goal. Jagr carried the puck
into the Oilers zone and found Salvador on the other side of the ice. He skated
toward Bryzgalov and sent a cross-ice pass to a wide-open Loktionov for a shot
into an open net. Jagrs assist was the 1,039th of his career, putting him one
behind Marcel Dionne for ninth in NHL history. The public address announcer had
not finished giving out the assists when Edmonton tied the game 29 seconds
later. Hall skated the puck into the Devils end and worked a perfect give-and-go
with Nail Yakupov for his 20th goal of the season. Schneider never had a chance
to stop the shot into an open net. New Jersey had plenty of opportunities to
take the lead in the second period. Devils defenceman Marek Zidlicky hit the
post on a power-play shot and Ryane Clowe hit a post on a breakaway after an
Oilers turnover. Mark Faynes shot from the point was past Bryzgalov and heading
into the net when Ference swept it away from the crease. NOTES: Schultz played
in his 100th NHL game. ... Martin Brodeur has been the Devils backup goalie the
past five games. He has not played since giving up six goals in two periods
during the outdoor game against the New York Rangers at Yankee Stadium. ...
Devils D Anton Volchenkov missed his second straight game with a lower-body
injury. ... Russian Olympian Anton Belov did not play on the road trip.
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. Or at least something approaching the greatness of the New York Rangers
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. -- Chad Ochocinco now is going to try bull riding.Charles Hamelin led three
Canadians into the quarter-finals of the mens 1,000 metres Thursday at the
Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi. Hamelin, of Ste. Julie, Que, who won gold in
the mens 1,500m on Monday, finished first in his heat with a time of one minute,
25.742 seconds. There was an anxious moment for Hamelin, who nearly ran into
Wenhao Liang as he passed his Chinese skater. But a review cleared Hamelin of
interference, allowing the Canadian to move on. Hamelin won three World Cup
races in the 1,000m this season and is a two-time world silver medallist. Charle
Cournoyer of Bouchherville, Que.
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, (1:24.787) and Olivier Jean of Lachenaie, Que., (1:26.089) also qualified for
the mens quarter-finals. Both won their respective heats. Canadas historic total
was increased to eight gold medals and 26 medals overall since the sport debuted
in 1992 after Hamelin on Monday crossed first in the 1,500m. Hamelin captured
his third career gold, to go with a silver from 2006. Should the 29-year-old
capture another medal in Sochi, and its expected, hell tie Marc Gagnon and
Francois-Louis Tremblay for the most medals ever by a Canadian in the sport.
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