SAGINAW, Mich.
Swell Lahev . -- Cody Payne scored 4:13 into overtime and Jake Paterson stopped 46 shots as the Saginaw Spirit edged the visiting Erie Otters 7-6 on Monday to take Game 3 in their Ontario Hockey League first-round playoff series. Dylan Sadowy and Jimmy Lodge each had a pair of goals for the Spirit while Eric Locke and Jacob Ringuette scored a goal apiece. Andre Burakovsky and Brendan Gaunce both scored twice for the Otters, who lead the series 2-1. Spencer Abraham and Adam Pelech each had a single goal. Oscar Dansk started in net for Erie but was pulled at the 5:42 mark of the third period after allowing five goals 25 shots. Devin Williams took the loss for the Otters, stopping 11-of-13 shots in 17 minutes of relief. --- GREYHOUNDS 5 ATTACK 3 OWEN SOUND, Ont. -- Darnell Nurse scored twice and Matt Murray kicked out 35 shots as Sault Ste. Marie toppled the Attack to take Game 3 and go up 2-1 in their first-round matchup. Andrew Fritsch, Dylan Corson and Jean Dupuy also scored for the Greyhounds while Tyler Gaudet, Sergey Tolchinksy and Alex Gudbranson added two assists apiece. Thomas Schemitsch, Zach Nastasiuk and Kyle Hope scored for Owen Sound. Attack netminder Brandon Hope made 27 saves in a losing cause.
Swell Levně .J. Ward appeared in court Friday on misdemeanour charges that he threw a glass mug at a bartender at a Denver strip club.
Swell Lahev Cz . Pistorius denied the allegation that he said to the close friend of the girlfriend he killed: "How can you sleep at night?" The accusation by Kim Myers provided a bizarre twist during the trial of the world-famous double-amputee Olympian, who is facing 25 years to life in prison if convicted of premeditated murder for shooting dead Steenkamp, a 29-year-old model, at his home last year.LAS VEGAS, Nev. - UFC 178, previously announced for Sept. 27 in Toronto, has been moved to Las Vegas and a planned December date in Montreal is also in doubt. The September card features a marquee main event rematch between light-heavyweight champion Jon (Bones) Jones and Swedens Alexander (The Mauler) Gustafsson. Jones, currently rated the UFCs top pound-for-pound fighter, won a hard-fought decision the first time they met at UFC 159 last September in Toronto. UFC president Dana White said there were talks with Toronto, Las Vegas, Sweden and several other U.S. cities about holding the Jones-Gustafsson card. White said the decision to go to Vegas was a business decision. "Its a massive fight," White told The Canadian Press on Friday after the UFC 175 weigh-in. "Lets just say Vegas made a lot of sense," he added. "When you have big fights, there are some cities that want big fights worse than other cities do. And Im not saying thats the case with Toronto but Vegas really wanted this fight." He said he could not announce the exact venue because the deal was not done yet. The UFC usually holds fights at the MGM Grand or Mandalay Bay. While the venues in Vegas are smaller than the Air Canada or Bell Centre, they can charge higher prices. Casinos also welcome the show for the business they bring in. Asked if the UFC 178 venue wouldd be one of the normal Vegas venues, White said: "Should be, yeah.dddddddddddd" In January, the UFC announced plans to hold five shows in Canada in 2014: Halifax, Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto and Vancouver. Vancouver and Quebec City have taken place and a UFC spokesman said the planned Oct. 4 televised Fight Night card at the Halifax Metro Centre is still a go. Tom Wright, managing director for UFC operations in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, said the Toronto show will be pushed back to 2015. As for the planned Dec. 6 show at Montreals Bell Centre, Wright said the UFC had dates reserved for both December and March and should have a decision in several weeks on which it will choose. Wright attributed the changes to the need for fluidity in the fight game. Asked what his message was to Canadian fans in the wake of the schedule upheaval, White said: "Love you guys. I love Canada. I probably couldnt say it enough. But Vegas really wanted this one bad." The five Canadians shows originally announced for 2014 were up from three in recent years when Toronto and Montreal were constants on the schedule with another city rotating in. The UFC has held 15 pay-per-view shows to date in Canada: six in Montreal, four in Toronto, three in Vancouver and one in each of Calgary and Winnipeg. The Quebec City card was a televised show. ' ' '