ERIE, Pa.
Air Force 1 For Sale . -- Dane Fox scored his 61st and 62nd goals of the season and Brendan Gaunce had a goal and three assists as the Erie Otters downed the Kitchener Rangers 7-3 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action. Connor McDavid scored once and set up two more for the Otters (49-15-2), who extended their win streak to five games, while Joel Wigle, Troy Donnay and Andre Burakovsky added a goal apiece. OHL leading scorer Connor Brown chipped in with two assists for Erie and now has 123 points in 65 games. Nick Maygar, Ryan MacInnis and Matia Marcantuoni supplied the goals for the Rangers (22-40-3), who are on an eight-game slide, and Frank Hora tacked on two assists. Oscar Dansk allowed three goals on 12 shots for the Otters before giving way to Devin Williams, who stopped all six shots he faced in 29 minutes of relief. Kitcheners Matthew Greenfield stopped 29-of-34 shots in defeat. --- PETES 7 67s 0 PETERBOROUGH, Ont. -- Josh MacDonald and Greg Betzold each scored twice and Andrew DAgostini stopped 30 shots as the Petes blanked Ottawa. Hunter Garlent had a goal and two assists for Peterborough (31-28-5) while Nick Ritchie and Nelson Armstrong had the others. Travis Konecny and Jacob Middleton were a team-worst minus-3 for the 67s (23-36-5), who sit seventh in the Eastern Conference standings with four games remaining on the regular-season schedule. Ottawas Philippe Trudeau stopped 30-of-37 shots in a losing cause. --- KNIGHTS 5 ATTACK 1 OWEN SOUND, Ont. -- Jake Patterson stopped 28 shots for his ninth win in a row as London toppled the Attack. Gemel Smith, Brett Welychka, Bo Horvat, Max Domi and Chandler Yakimowicz scored for the Knights (47-13-5) and Ryan Rupert chipped in with two assists. Kyle Hope scored the lone goal for Owen Sound (29-28-8). Brandon Hope turned away 9-of-12 shots for the Attack, who gave up two empty-net goals late in the third.
Air Force 1 Discount . Nick Young scored 17 points for Los Angeles, which lost five of its last seven before trouncing the Pelicans, who beat them handily last week in New Orleans. Jodie Meeks and Xavier Henry scored 15 points apiece for the Lakers, who led by 20 points in the first half before coasting to their 12th win in their last 13 regular-season meetings with New Orleans.
Air Force 1 Online . Footballs governing body said Tuesday that of the 2,577,662 tickets allocated for this years tournament, 1,041,418 have gone to people in Brazil. The U.TORONTO -- Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos said Thursday that hes confident hell have financial flexibility should he need it later in the season. Anthopoulos, who held a media availability before his team opened a four-game series against Kansas City, was asked about an online report by columnist Peter Gammons that quoted him saying the team is "pretty much maxed out" in terms of payroll. "Were at our number to start the year," Anthopoulos explained to reporters. "Thats fair so I dont think it varies from anything else weve ever said." The Blue Jays, who have a payroll of about US$135 million, dont have a locked-in salary ceiling. If a situation presented itself, it appears there would be room to heighten it if needed. Toronto has been one of the surprises of the American League this season, rising to the top of the East division and taking a nine-game winning streak into Thursdays game. Talk of potential upgrades and loading up for a post-season run is already underway in the playoff-starved city even though the season is barely one-third old. Anthopoulos said while its still quite early, he does not expect to be hamstrung when it comes to finances. "I have every confidence that if we have a need come the trade deadline, which is obviously late July, I have every confidence that well have the resources to do that," Anthopoulos said. "I dont have any doubts about that at all." The teams purse strings were in the news last April when reports surfaced that some Toronto players discussed deferring portions of their salary to help land Ervin Santana. The free agent pitcher ended up signing with Atlanta for the same one-year US$14-million deal offered by the Jays. But Anthopoulos stressed that if something came up in the next month or two, he feels the team could take on salary if required. "We may need to be creative, we may needd to do some things," he said.
Air Force 1 China. . "But weve been able to add payroll when needed." One potential upgrade area is the starting rotation, which has improved significantly this season despite Brandon Morrow going on the 60-day disabled list and a variety of pitchers handling the No. 5 spot. Anthopoulos gave credit to his starters and said their performance will be key going forward. "I know the offence has been great, were hitting home runs and all that, its fun to watch," he said. "But we will go as far as the rotation will bring us, there is no doubt about that." The Blue Jays could get an in-house upgrade if Morrow is able to return to form. "Well have more of a report by the end of June," Anthopoulos said. "Hes going to be back around the all-star break and by late June, he should be going out on a rehab assignment. So I think it could actually time well." For now, Anthopoulos is focusing on preparations for next weeks draft. He expects GMs to pick up trade discussions once the selection process is complete. "Were not having any active talks at all," Anthopoulos said. "Were really immersed in the draft right now. But I do expect once that draft is over and we get to the Monday after the draft, I think thats when everyone is going to start making the calls again." The teams play over the next month will determine the GMs next move. But again, Anthopoulos doesnt believe money will be an issue. "I think if were in a good position at the beginning of July, well know the landscape a little bit more with what our needs are," he said. "I have every confidence in the world that I can have that conversation with (president) Paul (Beeston), and Paul has that conversation with ownership. "But one, we need to be playing well at that time and were still very far away from that (date)." ' ' '