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(SportsNetwork. Matthew Slater Jersey .com) - Jason Spezza makes his first return trip to Ottawa in a Dallas Stars sweater on Thursday night as his new club takes on the Senators hoping to avoid a third straight loss. The 31-year-old Spezza was the second overall pick by the Senators franchise in 2001 and he compiled 687 points (251 goals, 436 assists) over 686 games and 11 seasons with the club. Spezza served as Ottawas captain last season, but requested a trade last spring and was dealt to Dallas on July 1 along with prospect Ludwig Karlsson, while Ottawa received forwards Alex Chiasson, Alex Guptill, Nicolas Paul and a second-round pick in 2015. In his first season with the Stars, Spezza has posted eight goals and 27 assists while ranking third on the club with 35 points. He inked a four-year extension with Dallas in November. It felt to be good back on the ice. This day has been circled on my calendar, so its nice to have it now and to get it over with (Thursday), Spezza said on Dallas website. It didnt feel different. It brought back some memories, but (Thursday) is when it will be different being on the other side. It wont be Spezzas first time facing the Senators since the trade as the Stars picked up a 5-4 home victory over Ottawa on Jan. 13. The Sens led 3-1 after the first period, but the Stars netted four goals in the second frame. Spezza did not record a point in Dallas sixth straight victory over Ottawa. The Stars have lost seven of their past 10 (3-5-2) overall as they came out of the All-Star break with a 3-2 setback on Tuesday to the Montreal Canadiens, who got 40 saves from Carey Price. Jamie Benn scored for Dallas and assisted on a goal by Patrick Eaves, who returned to the lineup after missing 21 straight with a broken foot. Kari Lehtonen made 23 saves. We had a lot of shots, and the opportunities were there, Seguin said. Carey made some great saves tonight. Hes one of the best goalies in the league. Forwards Erik Cole and Brett Ritchie both missed the game with injuries, but practiced on Wednesday and are questionable to return tonight. Lehtonen, meanwhile, is 8-5-0 lifetime versus the Senators with a 2.86 goals against average and .909 save percentage in 16 games (13 meetings). Ottawa has been out of action since last Wednesdays 4-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Sens had lost three of four going in, but got a pair of goals from defenseman Erik Karlsson. Mike Hoffman posted a goal and an assist as he is tied for the NHL lead among rookies with 16 goals, while Mika Zibanejad also lit the lamp. Craig Anderson made 37 saves in the win. It was a big win for us, said Anderson. We make sure the fans get everything they pay for when we make it close at the end. 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Napoli and Ortiz hit consecutive homers with one out in the 10th inning and the Boston Red Sox rallied past Minnesota 2-1 Wednesday, sending the Twins to their fifth straight loss.NICOSIA, Cyprus -- It wasnt the result he wanted but John Herdman was pretty happy about how Canada finished the Cyprus Cup womens soccer tournament. Diana Matheson and Sophie Schmidt scored second-half goals as Canada rallied for a 2-1 win over Ireland to secure fifth place. It marked the first time in six years the Canadians hadnt reached the tournament final, but Herdman was encouraged by how his team dealt with that adversity. "The team showed a real resilience and that second-half performance was just phenomenal," he said. "This is a very unique group of women, when the chips are down they really can pull it out of the bag. "You think theyre out and then they come back and keep fighting but I thought the second half wasnt just about fight. They played just some wonderful football. The Irish were on the rocks for 45 minutes and we knew it was just a matter of time." Ireland opened the scoring early in the first half before Matheson tied it at the 56-minute mark. Schmidt highlighted a wild finish, scoring at the 90-minute mark. Canada, ranked seventh in the world, has traditionally fared well in this event. The national team won the tournament three times and was a finalist the last two years. But that streak ended with a 2-0 loss to England on Monday. And considering all the Canadians needed to advance was a draw, Herdman admitted the defeat was a bitter pill to swallow. "Absolutely," he said. "In previous tournaments we dodged the bullet of having England or France in our qualifying group and when we ended up (with England) in our group, we knew that was the game that was going to make the difference. "Getting the girls up for this one was tough because we were pretty devastated. But we tried to focus on this being a World Cup and just losing the final game in our group but still having qualified with another game to play and what strategies wed have to put in place to get things pulled around and in focus. It was a pretty good two days for our team." Despite the fifth-place finish, Herdman said the Canadian team learned many valuable lessons at the tournament. "We struggled, and Ill tell you why we did against the English and Irish defensive tactics," Herdman said. "The English held a really deep defensive block and hit us on the counter-attack, they just preyed on our sloppy play and within seconds were firing shots or crosses and I think that was the real learning this year. "Against a zone or 4-4-2 we did well, we did well against Italys 3-5-2 but against that deep 4-5-1 block, which is also what the Irish did, we struggled. Stephon Gilmore Jersey. . But what was exciting about that last game was we were able to get hold of a tactic and the players really made a big push." The 2014 and 15 seasons are big ones for Canadian womens soccer. In August, the world under-20 tournament will be held in four cities -- Edmonton, Moncton, Montreal and Toronto. Then in 2015, Canada will host the womens World Cup with games in Edmonton, Moncton, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver and Winnipeg. And following Canadas stirring bronze medal victory at the 2012 London Summer Games, there will be plenty of expectations on the national teams shoulders in 2015. That fact certainly isnt lost on Herdman, who said the squad has a definite plan in place. "Its always been said Canadians are great in the power phase, theyre good at defending and theyre good at the counter-attack," he said. "But the ability to control and develop possession through the thirds of the pitch, thats the strand thats been missing. "Weve put a massive amount of focus in that and at times it has been to our detriment. We couldve went into the England game and said, Look, well drop a deep block, well launch it from the keeper every time we get it because the only focus is about winning the tournament, but we didnt. We played our way." Herdman said playing their way meant a definite eye to the future and not just another solid Cyprus Cup showing. "If we were going to win the tournament, we were going to win it a certain way that would also help us be more successful against teams in the womens World Cup playing a brand these girls wanted to be recognized for," Herdman said. "Even after we went up 2-1 against the Irish, the girls were still doing things trying to play a certain style of football where normally youd try to kill a game off. "At this stage of our development I think thats OK but when it comes down to the World Cup, well be in a stage where we know how to play those games like we did at the Olympics." So for Herdman, his measurement for success at the Cyprus Cup goes way beyond wins and losses. "I think we definitely got better, our statistics were way better than theyve ever been," he said. "There are things we wanted to work on post-Olympics to get the team ready for 2015 and those have improved. "Its just now chemistry and understanding when we play our way how that fits against the models of other teams. Weve got a year-and-a-half to figure all that out and get the plans ready." Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Jerseys From China Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys ' ' '