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Hockey. NHL. Regular season. “Toronto” – “Buffalo” – 2:3 (OT) – Kulemin “T” (0+1) , “Philadelphia” – “Florida” – 1:4, “Islanders” – “Tampa” Bay - 2:4, Pittsburgh - New Jersey - 0:4, Dallas - San Jose - 2:4, Edmonton - St. Louis -- 2:7, "Atlanta" -- "Montreal" -- 3:4 (OT) -- Kovalchuk "A" (1+0), Kozlov "A" (0+1), Markov "M" (0 +1), Afinogenov "A" (0+1) , "Carolina" - "Rangers" - 1:3 - Samsonov "K" (1+0) , "Ottawa" - "Boston" - 0 :2, “Minnesota” – “Colorado” – 3:4, “Phoenix” – “Columbus” – 5:2.
New Jersey goalkeeper Martin Brodeur continues to update various goalkeeping records. Having kept a clean sheet in the meeting with the Penguins, he broke Terry Savchuk's 45-year-old record for the number of shutouts in the regular season. Now Martin has 104 such fights. Earlier in December, Brodeur broke Patrick Roy's record for most games played by a goalkeeper.
The Kings played 35 points
Basketball. NBA. Regular season. "Orlando" - "Utah" - 104:99, "Chicago" - "Sacramento" - 98:102, "Phoenix" - "Cleveland" - 91:109, "Indiana" - "Milwaukee" -- 81:84, "San Antonio" -- "Clippers" -- 103:87.
An amazing match was played in Chicago, where Sacramento eliminated a 35-point deficit that arose during the match. 8.50 before the end of the third quarter, the Bulls' advantage reached its maximum - 79:44, and then the guests began to gradually reduce the gap. The last quarter was won by the “kings” with a score of 33:10. For 13 years, no NBA team managed to do something like this. In November 1996, Utah trailed Denver by 36 points after two periods (34:70), but ultimately won 107:103.
Russian national team forward Andrei Kirilenko (Utah) entered the game from the bench, spent 26 minutes of net time on the court, brought the Jazzmen 14 points and made six rebounds. The St. Petersburg basketball graduate was good at long-range shots - three well-aimed shots out of five attempts. The best scorer of the game day was the first pick of the 2005 draft, Milwaukee center Andrew Bogut - 31 points (plus 18 rebounds and three blocked shots).
Ten best athletes of the year named
The Federation of Sports Journalists of Russia (FSJR) summed up the results of 2009. Based on the results of a survey of media representatives, the top ten athletes, two best coaches and the best team were determined. At the end of January, the Russian Olympic Committee will host a ceremony to present awards to the laureates, and all the lights will receive the traditional FSJR prizes - the Silver Doe statuettes.
Here are the top ten athletes of the year according to the FSJR in alphabetical order: Valery Borchin (athletics - walking), Olesya Vladykina (swimming - Paralympic sport), Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (freestyle wrestling), Nikolay Davydenko (tennis), Olga Zaitseva (biathlon) , Natalya Ishchenko (synchronized swimming), Evgenia Kanaeva (rhythmic gymnastics), Olga Kaniskina (athletics - walking), Yaroslav Rybakov (athletics - high jump), Yuri Ryazanov (gymnastics, posthumous).
The best team in the country was recognized as the Russian men's ice hockey team, which defended its title as the strongest on the planet at the World Championships in Switzerland. Our ice team mentors Vyacheslav Bykov and Igor Zakharkin won the coaching category.