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| PHILADELPHIA -- Steve Mason skated off the Flyers ice to a roar he waited a career to hear. The thunderous cheers quickly changed to an appreciative chant: "Ma-son! Ma-son! Ma-son! Headed to New York with new life, Mason sure earned this curtain call. Mason stopped 37 shots for his first career post-season win, Matt Read and Jakub Voracek scored and the Philadelphia Flyers evened their first-round matchup against the New York Rangers with a 2-1 win in Game 4 on Friday night. In his first start of the series, Mason shut down the Rangers, and shut out the noise of a raucous crowd. "The crowd is unbelievable this time of the year," Mason said. "Its definitely loud out there. Sometimes, its almost too loud for a goaltender. You cant hear the shot being released." He had no trouble keeping his eye on the puck and was in top form almost two weeks after he suffered an upper-body injury. Ray Emery was solid in the first three games but Mason played the final 7:15 in a 4-1 loss Tuesday night. Mason was just getting warmed up. He played perhaps his best game of the season, denying a Rangers team that pressured him with shots all game. He was a wall in the final tense minutes when the Rangers pulled goalie Henrik Lundqvist for the extra attacker. Dominic Moore scored for the Rangers, who squandered their chance to win the series this weekend at home. Game 5 is Sunday at Madison Square Garden. "You dont want to go to MSG down 3-1 in the series and have to win in that building," Mason said. "For us, it was pretty much a must win." The Rangers outshot the Flyers 16-6 and dominated a first period that put Mason to work in a hurry. But the Flyers escaped with a 1-1 tie after Jason Akesons shot off the backboards bounced straight to Read, who beat Lundqvist on his left side for the goal. "He told me he meant to do that," Read said. "It came right to me. I just had to one-time it. I think Lundqvist got a piece of it but well take it." Read caught Lundqvist out of place at the perfect time. "I didnt expect it to come out that fast and on his stick," he said. "It was hard for me to come across." Voracek redirected Brayden Schenns shot from the slot past Lundqvist for a power-play goal and a 2-1 lead. Mason had never played with a lead in five career post-season starts. Mason hadnt started a playoff game in five years since his rookie season with Columbus. The Blue Jackets were swept by Detroit in that series, and the late-season injury against Pittsburgh delayed his Philadelphia post-season debut. "I waited a long time for it, but one doesnt do much in the long run," Mason said. Flyers captain Claude Giroux hasnt scored in the series but his strongest performance came after Game 3s loss when he said, "Were going to tie up the series and go back to New York." Off theyll go to New York, the series tied. "Its going to be better for us mentally to go up there," Giroux said. Giroux limped to the bench after taking a hard hit from Mats Zuccarello late in the third. Giroux, third in the NHL with 86 points, had no shots on goal in the first two games and has only two assists through four games. Moore gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead when he joined the rush out of the penalty box and scored on a wraparound goal 4:38 into the game. The Rangers pounded Mason with shot after shot, doubling the Flyers total for most of the first two periods. Mason was sprawled in the crease stopping several shots and kept the Flyers in a game they desperately needed to win. "He looked confident right from the get-go, and he had to be in the first," coach Craig Berube said. Lundqvist, an eight-time All-Star and 2012 Vezina Trophy winner, stopped 23 shots but was betrayed by an offence that couldnt convert open looks. The Rangers were 0 for 4 on the power play and are 0 for 12 since Game 2. "We got good looks, but this time of year you need more than good looks," Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said. "You need to get the job done." Notes: The Rangers have scored first in the last three games. ... Flyers D Nicklas Grossmann left the game in the second period with a lower-body injury. ... Lauren Hart, the daughter of longtime former Flyers broadcaster Gene Hart, sang "God Bless America," alternating lyrics with Kate Smith, who was on a video image. Smiths rendition of the song has been a rallying anthem for the Flyers since the mid-1970s. ... Game 6 is Tuesday in Philadelphia. Hank Aaron Braves Jersey . The San Angelo, Texas product, who was a high school and college quarterback sensation in the Lone Star State, will start his first CFL game with the Saskatchewan Roughriders (9-4) on Friday at Mosaic Stadium against the leagues top team, the Calgary Stampeders (11-2). Ozzie Albies Jersey . The German has taken the pole for three straight races -- winning the first two. 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Canada Day is here and with it comes Free Agent Frenzy as the NHLs 30 teams storm out of the gate for signing season.KITZBUEHEL, Austria - Screaming for joy and smashing his poles on the snow, Swedish skier Mattias Hargin celebrated his first career World Cup victory on Sunday.Third after the opening leg, Hargin used a flawless second run to land his maiden win at the slalom of the classic Hahnenkamm races.Normally, I am very calm but this is incredible, Hargin said. Finally Ive made it. It feels great the win has come here in Kitz.Hargin posted the second-fastest time in the final run and finished in a total of 1 minute, 43.10 seconds.First-run leader Marcel Hirscher of Austria overcame a mistake halfway down his final run to finish 0.49 behind in second.Felix Neureuther of Germany, who won the race a year ago and also triumphed in Wengen, Switzerland, last week, finished third and remained in the lead of the discipline standings with 480 points, 24 clear of Hirscher.Usually I lose time in the second run, Hargin said. Maybe it was an advantage not to lead after the first run and to just push hard in the second.The 29-year-old Hargin has finished on a podium three times since making his World Cup debut eight years ago. He came closest to a win last season when he finished runner-up to Olympic champion Mario Matt of Austria at a slalom in Val dIsere, France.Its so hard to win a race competing against guys like Hirscher and Neureuther, Hargin said.The Swede drew praise from his rivals for landing Swedens first World Cup victory since Andre Myhrer won a slalom in Levi in November 2012.Mattias has raced incredibly. Hats off! Hes the deserved winner, Hirscher said.The Austrian led Hargin by 0.42 after the opening run and extendeed that lead to 0.dddddddddddd62 before a costly mistake threw him off the race line. He quickly recovered to stay in the race but had lost seven-tenths.The course worsened during the race, with ruts getting deeper and the cloudy weather limiting visibility.With second place and 160 points this weekend, I cant complain, said Hirscher, who also finished runner-up in Fridays combined event. A home race in Kitzbuehel doesnt leave me cold. I do get nervous standing in the start gate and thousands of people waiting for your run.Hirscher was chasing his 16th career win in the discipline, which would have placed him in shared third with Luxembourgs Marc Girardelli on the all-time winners list behind Swedens Ingemar Stenmark (40) and Italys Alberto Tomba (35).Neureuther was fifth after the opening leg, as he was last week on his way to victory in Wengen. The German has won nine World Cup races but is yet to win back-to-back slaloms.Its a different race. The course set is different, the hill is different, the German skier said. I am totally happy. You cant begrudge it to (Mattias) as this was a convincing and deserved win.Alexander Khoroshilov of Russia, who was 0.19 behind Hirscher in second after the opening leg, struggled in his final run and lost speed after several mistakes before finishing in sixth.Ted Ligety was disqualified for missing a gate in the first run, leaving David Chodounsky in 26th as the only American to score World Cup points.The mens World Cup travels to nearby Schladming for a night slalom on Tuesday, the final race before the world championships start in Beaver Creek on Feb. 2. Cheap Jerseys China NFL Jerseys Cheap NBA Jerseys Wholesale NHL Jerseys Wholesale MLB Jerseys Cheap Soccer Jerseys China Wholesale NCAA Jerseys Wholesale Football Jerseys Wholesale Basketball Jerseys Wholesale Baseball Jerseys ' ' ' |
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