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SAN JOSE, Calif. Anthony Davis Pelicans Jersey . -- San Joses worst played game of the week delivered the best result for the Sharks.Logan Couture and Kevin Labanc scored less than 2 minutes apart in the second period and the Sharks bounced back from consecutive losses by beating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Saturday night.When you look at the week out of the three games we played, it was probably our poorest of the three, coach Peter DeBoer said. But we found a way to win, and the other two we lost, maybe we deserved better. Thats hockey.Patrick Marleau scored 12 seconds into the game and Paul Martin added his first goal of the season for the Sharks, who had allowed late tiebreaking goals in their previous two games to lose to Ottawa and Anaheim.Backup goalie Aaron Dell made 30 saves to earn his third win in four starts this season. His only loss was a 1-0 defeat in Carolina last month but he got much more support this game.Its always nice to get some good bounces like that, Martin said. Most of the season weve been creating chances, getting pucks to the net. At some point its nice to get rewarded for that kind of stuff when guys are working hard and creating opportunities.Lee Stempniak and Derek Ryan scored power-play goals and Joakim Nordstrom added a short-handed tally but it wasnt enough for the Hurricanes, who earned three points on their three-game California swing. Cam Ward made 16 saves.They had momentum right off the bat, Carolina coach Bill Peters said. We were chasing the game most of the night.After a lackluster start to the second period for San Jose with no shots in the first 8 minutes and then allowing a game-tying short-handed goal by Nordstrom, the Sharks took control with a quick flurry.Seconds after Ryan returned from a slashing penalty, Brent Burns kept the puck in at the point and sent a shot toward net that Couture deflected past Ward for his 11th of the season.Just 1:52 later, Labanc came on the ice after Marleau broke a stick and skated right toward the net. That put him in perfect position to knock the rebound of Dylan DeMelos into an open net to make it 4-2.Ryan cut the deficit to one when he scored on the power play early in the third period after Brenden Dillon was sent off for cross-checking Sebastian Aho well behind the play.Carolina nearly got another power play later in the period when Burns was called for hooking, but Jeff Skinner also got sent off when the referee called him for embellishment.The Hurricanes pushed for the equalizer late but Dell stopped Jeff Skinners 11th shot on goal of the night to seal the win.were always trying to battle back and get back in the game as best we can and I thought we did a good job in the third at least to make it interesting, defenseman Matt Tennyson said.The game got off to an action-packed start with three goals in the opening 3:14. Marleau started it when Justin Braun sprung Joe Thornton on a 2 on 1 to set up the quick score.The teams then traded goals shortly after that with Stempniak scoring first goal in 23 games on the power play before Martins point shot deflected off defenseman Brett Pesces skate to put San Jose back ahead.Game notes The fastest goal in Sharks history came 8 seconds into the game by Stephane Matteau on Jan. 11, 2000, against St. Louis. ... Carolinas top-ranked penalty kill unit has four short-handed goals this season, while allowing only six power-play goals. ... Sharks D Marc-Edouard Vlasic left in the second period with a lower-body injury and is day to day.UP NEXTHurricanes: Host Vancouver on Tuesday.Sharks: Start a four-game trip at Toronto on Tuesday. ETwaun Moore Pelicans Jersey . Scott Kazmir allowed four hits in seven shutout innings, Michael Brantley hit a two-run homer in a three-run first inning and the Indians maintained their hold on an AL wild-card spot with a 4-1 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday night. JJ Redick Jersey . Clarke was injured while practicing on the Doha Golf Club range after the pro-am on Tuesday. The Northern Irishman arrived at the course on Wednesday hoping to start, but after hitting a few balls on the practice putting green Clarke advised officials he was not fit to play. https://www.pelicanslockerroom.com/Josh-...Edition-Jersey/ . Mitch Holmberg added a goal and three assists. Connor Chartier also scored for the Chiefs (3-0-0). Luke Harrison spoiled Garrett Hughsons shutout bid with a power-play goal at 13:17 of the third period. The Spokane goaltender finished with 28 saves, including a Brandon Fushimi penalty shot in the second period that would have tied the game 1-1. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The leader of the U.S. Olympic Committee warned of turning the effort to fix the worlds broken anti-doping system into a Cold War-style showdown between East and West.Speaking to the U.S. Olympic Assembly on Thursday, chairman Larry Probst reiterated his support for the International Olympic Committees near-unanimous rubber-stamping of president Thomas Bachs decision not to ban the entire Russian team from the Rio Olympics.If were going to address the inadequacies of the current anti-doping system, we cant devolve into a Cold War mentality of us versus them, Probst told the audience of U.S. Olympic leaders. The global system is broken and it needs to be fixed -- the sooner the better.While few dispute the second part of Probsts statement, the idea of framing the Russian doping problem as a political issue certainly plays much better outside the West than inside. The World Anti-Doping Agency and other anti-doping leaders called for a blanket ban of the Russians from Rio after investigations found widespread, state-sponsored doping inside the Russian sports system. Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the doping allegations a dangerous return to ... letting politics interfere with sport.Bach, citing the concept of individual justice over collective punishment, delivered a decision that allowed 271 Russians -- about 70 percent of the countrys proposed roster -- to compete in Rio. Those athletes collected 56 medals, fourth-most in the Games.Among those in the room listening to Probsts speech Thursday were Travis Tygart, the CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, and Max Cobb, the executive director of U.S. Biathlon. Both wanted a complete Russian ban from Rio. Neither was in a mood to undermine Probst and the U.S. Olympic Committee in what is supposed to be a celebration of a successful Olympics and a look ahead to the bid for the 2024 Olymmpics. Darius Miller Pelicans Jersey. USADA spokesman Ryan Madden said the agency had no comment.I remember Larry Probst saying (earlier this summer), that we dont have a political problem, we have a doping problem, Cobb said. Anyone who tries to put this in a political light -- its a red herring.And yet, Probst may not have been speaking only to those in the room.Shortly before his comments, he played a videotaped message from Bach, in which the IOC president congratulated the U.S. Olympic team for its 121 medals at the Rio Games and for its successes off the field, which included the recent appointment of American Angela Ruggiero to the IOC executive board.Bach also lauded Los Angeles for what he called a very strong bid to land the 2024 Olympics.With the Rio Games now over, the L.A. bid moves higher on the USOCs list of priorities. The federation has nothing to gain by alienating itself from international partners, and certainly finds no need to rock the boat too hard on the anti-doping front.Probst said he was looking forward to having a hand in reinventing WADA, and turning it into an agency with stronger investigative powers and the ability to impose fines and sanctions. He will be at an IOC meeting next month during which some proposed changes will be discussed.Probst reiterated the USOCs recent 20 percent increase in funding to USADA, which remains an independent anti-doping agency tasked with testing and education of American athletes and those who train and compete in the United States.But the chairman also stayed firm on a point he made over the summer, after raising his hand in favor of Bachs decision not to bar Russia from the Olympics.Doping in sport isnt simply the problem of one country, Probst said, nor can it be solved by targeting one team. ' ' '