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Detroit used a balanced scoring attack and timely stops from goaltender Jimmy Howard to outlast the Ducks in seven games. The Red Wings had six forwards post two or more goals in the battle against Anaheim. Henrik Zetterberg and Johan Franzen led the way with three goals each, while Pavel Datsyuk, Daniel Cleary, Damien Brunner and Justin Abdelkader notch two goals apiece. Zetterberg led the Red Wings with eight total points in the opening round and Datsyuk finished with seventh. This is Zetterbergs first postseason run as captain after he inherited the "C" following Nicklas Lidstroms retirement last summer. The loss of Lidstrom still looms large on the blue line for Detroit, but the club did finish fifth in team defense this season with just 2.29 goals per game. Howard had a busy series in net for Detroit in the conference quarters, as he faced an average of 32 shots per game against the Ducks. 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Our post-round evaluations and practices went extremely well, and the fact that the players were familiar with one another from the Team Canada program and the World Amateur Team Championships brought a great sense of team to the group." "It feels great to come away with the win," said Conners. "Everyone on the team played great and we had lots of fun. We stumbled a bit at the end, but Albin came through with a huge par on the last to secure the win!" Henderson led Canada in scoring on Sunday with round of 2-under par 70, tops on the day amongst female compettitors in the field. [url=http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/2hhkv2/any_one_know_a_good_place_to_pi... jerseys[/url]. Conners shot 1-over par 73, while Choi posted a round of 2-over par 74. James closed her Copa de las Americas event with a round of 5-over par 77. The duo of Choi and Conners earned runner-up honors in the mens team competition, finishing four strokes back of Mexicos Rodolfo Cazauban and Carlos Ortiz at 3-over par 579. Choi, a former member of Team Canadas National Squad and a junior at North Carolina State University, and Conners, a member of Team Canadas National Squad and a junior at Kent State University, finished at even-par 288 and 3-over par 291 respectively. Team USA, meanwhile, claimed the womens team title for a third consecutive time as Americans Lindy Duncan and Erynne Lee bested Henderson and James by one stroke for the win. The Canadian duo posted a championship tally of 22-over par 598 as Henderson, a member of Team Canadas National Squad, shot 5-over par 293 and James, also a member of Team Canadas National Squad and a sophomore at North Carolina State University, shot 17-over par 305 over the course of the competition. Mexicos Ortiz led the men in individual scoring at 1-under par 287, one stroke ahead of Choi who finished tied for second and four ahead of Conners who was sixth. Lee of the United States led the women in individual scoring at 3-over par 291, two strokes clear of Henderson who placed third and 14 strokes ahead of James who was fifth. A biennial team event, the Copa de las Americas is an amateur team competition for countries in North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. Eleven mens teams and eight womens teams competed in the fifth playing of the championship which consisted of three 72-hole, stroke-play competitions - overall, men and women. Eighteen holes of stroke-play were contested on each of the four days of the event. The 2013 Copa de las Americas marked the first time that the championship was conducted within the contiguous United States of America and hosted by the United States Golf Association. ' ' '


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