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Wednesday, April 13, 2011 Sports Editor DAVID LANGFORD 519-667-4506 david.langford@sunmedia.ca

Its anyones game

1. Roberto Luongo, Canucks 2. Marc-Andre Fleury, Penguins

3. Ryan Miller, Sabres 4. Henrik Lundqvist, Rangers 5. Tim Thomas, Bruins

He didnt play well in a second-round elimination to theHabs last season but, prior to that, he made back-to-back trips to the fi nal. Ultimately, Fleurys success willbe contingent on what co ntribution, if any, can bemade by Sidney Crosby.

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6. Carey Price, Canadiens

7. Antti Niemi, Sharks

12. Dwayne Roloson, Lightning

8. Jimmy Howard, Red Wings

13. Corey Crawford, Blackhawks

9. Ilya Bryzgalov, Coyotes

14. Michal Neuvirth, Capitals

10. Pekka Rinne, Predators

15. Sergei Bobrovsky, Flyers

11. Jonathan Quick, Kings

16. Ray Emery, Ducks

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Last springs Cinderellastory lost just six timesen route to leading theHawks to the Cup. Canhe do the same for atalented Sharks teamthat seems to be fl yingunder the radar thistime around?

Howards laid-backpersona seems like theperfect fi t in Motown,a place where historyshows fans chew upgoalies and spit themout. This is a team thataccepts nothing lessthan a Cup ... or else.

Should getVezina and Hartconsideration.Dont forget that hewas an outstandingfi ll-in for J-SGiguere during theDucks Stanley Cuprun of 2007.

Rinne might get morepublicity in MusicCity writing countrysongs. No matter.Like Bryzgalov, hesa Hart and Vezinacandidate whocan win a seriespractically on his own.

This guy led the Oilto Game 7 of theStanley C up fi nalagainst the CarolinaHurricanes back in2006. The key will behow he physically holdsup for a potentiallydeep playo run.

Crawford is a rookiewho will be lookingto Niemis heroics ofa year ago to showthat experience isnot required to win aCup. Unfortunately,his Blackhawksteam is not nearlyas talented as thesquad that won thetitle 10 months ago.

The Caps creasehas turned into adoctors o ce on ice,with both Neuvirthand SemyonVarlamov takingturns breaking downall season long. Atcertain points, call-up Brayden Holtbyhas been the teamsbest goalie.

Philly Bob has beenone of the truesurprises in the leaguethis season, but hiswobbly play of lateleaves us wonderinghow long it will bebefore coach PeterLaviolette summonseither Brian Boucheror Michael Leighton infrom the bullpen.

Would be ranked muchhigher if not for somequestions about hisphysical state. Not onlydid he undergo hipsurgery a year ago, hewas banged up duringthe fi nal week of theregular season.

Miller has been bangedup for the past coupleof weeks, an issue that

could ultimately be akey factor here. Whenhes healthy, Miller cansteal a series like healmost did against theBruins a year ago.

Given the problems histeammates have encounteredputting goals on the board,

Sir Henrik might want toseek some advice from fellowSwedes Daniel and Henrik Sedinon how to score. Otherwisehe might need to pitch a fewshutouts if the Rangers are tohave post-season success.

Even though Thomas backed upTuukka Rask a year ago, he andhis teammates must get over

the mental hurdle of blowing a3-0 lead in games en route toa 4-3 second-round collapseto the Flyers last season. Timeto shed the chokahs labelgiven them by some of theirdisgruntled fans last spring.

We admit it. We werewrong when we accusedthe Habs of dumping the

wrong goalie in this case,Jaroslav Halak. Price hadan outstanding year. But hehas struggled in previouspost-season appearances,winning just one series inhis career.

Quicks most pressingpost-season problemmight come from a pairof absent players on histeam the injured JustinWilliams and Anze Kopitar.Without them, evenQuicks heroics might notbe enough.

He has won an Olympic gold medal for Canada. Heplays for the deepest team in the league. And, mostimportantly, Dustin Byfuglien wont be standing onhis doorstep making his life miserable like he did inthe Canucks previous playo losses to the Hawks.No more excuses for Luongo.

MIKE ZEISBERGERQMI Agency

DETROIT The crowdsare louder, the games moreintense and the number ofgooey octopi chucked on tothe Joe Louis Arena ice sur-face increases dramatically.

ose were the lessons for

Jimmy Howard a year ago

about the NHL playoffs, hisfirst postseason run as theDetroit Red Wings rst-stringgoalie.

It was baptism by fire forHoward, whose Wings madeit to the second round. AsChris Osgood told him: ebest tip I can pass on to you

about the playo s is that youhave to learn on the go.

Howard recalls that adviceas he enters his secondStanley Cup tournament.

Chris told me: I can tellyou about it but experienc-ing it is totally different. Youhave to go through the upsand downs to learn. Sureenough, I went through my

own bumps and bruises lastyear. It was a unique experi-

ence.Given the Chicago Black-

hawks won the Cup withu n p r o v e n A n t t i N i e m ibetween the pipes, it appearsexperience is no longer thekey for playoff goalies. Nowthe most important elementfor success seems to be who

gets hot at the right time.Exactly, Howard said.

Thats what (all goalies) arehoping to do come April. Idont think you necessar-ily need a guy who has beenthere before.

Will that spell success foran unproven commodity likePhillys Sergei Bobrovsky?Or will a vet like Vancouvers

Roberto Luongo nally meetthe high expectations?

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New season in full swing and already theres newsThe flagsticks are in theground and the courses inSouthwestern Ontario are open,which means the golf season isin full swing.

And once again The FreePress will be the main source for

London and area readers andgolfers to obtain their localgolf news every Wednesday.

If its new owners at a course,a course record, a tournament ora controversy, The Free Press will

cover it. Youll find out h ere firstwhats going on and whats new.

Well be keeping tabs onLondon and area pros Matt Hill,Jace Walker, Andrew Parr, AlanMcLean and Lisa Maunu.

The first putts hadnt foundthe bottom of the cup and

already things had changed.Seaforth Country Classic

lost its main sponsor the

Economical Insurance Groupof Waterloo but t ournamentdirectors Maureen Agar andCarol-Anne Doig have saved theevent. The fourth annual willreceive financial assistance fromthe Canadian Tour.

A couple of courses have

new owners. Andy Shaw andhis family have taken overDorchester Golf Club. Toronto

businessperson Santos Cairnohas purchased Bear Creek inStrathroy from pro Hugh Getliffeand troubled financier RobertVanier. Jen Ruddy is the newshop manager at Bear Creek.

There will be some new facesin many pro shops when you

show up to hit that first shot.Forest City National, FireRock

and RiverBend have new

pros. Paul Lofgren replacesGil Parkinson at Forest City,Dwayne Swinkles takes overfrom Jake Norris at FireRockand Marty Weber replaces DebStevens at RiverBend. LongtimeTillsonburg pro Rick Pero hasmoved to London to assist Mike

Silver at Highland.))

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John Herbert

PARFOR THE COURSE

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nTONIGHTS GAMESTampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. CBC

Phoenix at Detroit, 7 p.m. CBCNY Rangers at Washington, 7:30 p.m. TSN

Chicago at Vancouver, 10 p.m. CBC

Nashville at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m. TSN

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Habs-Bruins best seriesCaps want Cup, heard that before

Oilers get first pick again

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QMI Agencys NHL expertsencapsulate all the Eastern andWestern Conference matchups