December 4 - The Colorado Avalanche and Carolina Hurricanes have something in common lately, and both teams are trying to shed recent labels. The teams have hit rough patches, making their meeting Thursday night in Raleigh, N.C., crucial for both sides. "I think we know we're in a little bit of funk here with our play," Carolina forward Eric Robinson said. The Hurricanes have lost three games in a row for the first time this season. Their 4-2 loss to visiting Seattle on Tuesday night came while putting just 19 shots on net, a low figure for the normally high-shot team. They had just seven shots through two periods. "We fought back a little bit, but we can't play two periods like that," Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "We were not sharp." The Avalanche hold a 7-5-0 road record after a four-goal third period produced a 5-4 victory Tuesday night at Buffalo. Nathan MacKinnon scored twice and provided an assist in that game as his team rallied from a 4-0 hole. "We went into a couple of things, more details of what we need to do and what we need to see from every guy if we were to get back into that game," Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. "They knew we needed to get more competitive. We definitely got more relentless on the puck." That was just Colorado's second victory in its last five games (2-3-0), with the other win coming in a shootout. So there's a lot to be concerned about for the Avalanche despite the big boost to begin a five-game road trip. "It's nice to see our team dig in," Bednar said. Carolina suddenly has stalled, failing to generate the scoring chances that have often defined the team. Hurricanes forward Martin Necas has a league-high 13 multi-point games, including a goal and an assist Tuesday. He certainly needs more help, and that's something that Brind'Amour has noticed. "Our top guys got to come and that includes everybody," he said. "If we're going to win, we have to have those guys being the top guys." Brind'Amour has adjusted line combinations, hoping to spark some of the forwards into more production. "I've done that, so that's not the answer," Brind'Amour said. "You got to look in the mirror and do your job. We're going to turn the page." There were encouraging aspects despite some dismal numbers for Carolina earlier this week. The Hurricanes have racked up 12 power-play goals across their last 11 games. Colorado goalie Scott Wedgewood, making his debut with the Avalanche, notched his first victory since October with Tuesday's relief effort at Buffalo, stopping all 22 shots. He began the season with Nashville. Wedgewood has had past success against Carolina, making 44 saves in his Dallas debut in March 2022 in a memorable outing in Raleigh. Carolina's 9-3-0 home record reflects back-to-back losses on home ice. Overall, the team has dropped five of its last seven games (2-4-1). Including Thursday's contest, the Hurricanes will play five of their next six games at home. "It's a great opportunity for us to come together and get back to our winning ways," Robinson said. "Everybody is working hard. Everybody wants to win." The visit to Raleigh marks the second stop on Colorado's five-game road trip. --Field Level Media Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. , opens new tabCass Tech beat Hudsonville in the Division 1 state championship game on Saturday, Nov. 30 and here are photos capturing our favorite moments in the game. Recommended Videos Cass Tech junior receiver Corey Sadler made a spectacular catch over a Hudsonville defender to give Cass Tech a 21-0 lead. Senior safety and receiver Alex Graham took a handoff from the quarterback on an end-around and displayed great speed as he outran defenders for a 54-yard touchdown which increased Cass Tech’s lead to 35-0 after a successful two-point conversion. Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams attended the game along with fellow wide receiver and Cass Tech alum, Donovan Peoples-Jones. Cass Tech freshman quarterback Donald Tabron II put on an elite performance throughout the game. He completed 15-20 passes for 176 yards and three touchdowns. At the end of the first quarter Corey Sadler hauled in a 15-yard strike from Tabron II for a touchdown. The score was 14-0 after a successful extra-point. Cass Tech capitalized on great field position after an interception by Graham. Junior wide-receiver William Sykes Jr. scored a touchdown on a 19-yard pass from Tabron II making Cass Tech’s lead 27-0 after a failed two-point conversion. Cass Tech sophomore running back De’Mari Hendrix scored the Technicians' final touchdown of the game on a 24-yard touchdown run. The score was 42-20 after a successful extra-point attempt. The matchup was Hudsonville’s first appearance in the state championship game while Cass Tech won the state title for the first time since 2016.Amid Nigeria’s security struggles, expert advocates peace through amnestyC harlotte Proudman went from being an unknown junior barrister to a social media sensation at the click of a button almost a decade ago. In 2015 she accused a middle-aged male lawyer of making sexist comments on LinkedIn and since then has solidified her position as one of the bar’s most outspoken feminists. This week she scored another victory against the establishment when she was cleared of misconduct over social media posts that criticised a judge for having an “old boys” attitude. Proudman, who spoke to The Times the day after the bar disciplinary tribunal, claims that her professional regulator, the Bar Standards Board, “weaponised” unfair complaints against her. She is calling on the head of the board to resign. 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The leader of Sinn Fein has expressed determination to form a government of the left in Ireland as she insisted her party’s performance in the General Election had broken the state’s political mould. Despite Mary Lou McDonald’s confidence around shaping a coalition without Fine Gael and Fianna Fail – the two parties that have dominated the landscape of Irish politics for a century – the pathway to government for Sinn Fein still appears challenging. With counting following Friday’s election still in the relatively early stages – after an exit poll that showed the main three parties effectively neck-and-neck – there is some way to go before the final picture emerges and the options for government formation crystalise. Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader, Simon Harris, has dismissed talk of a Sinn Fein surge and said he was “cautiously optimistic” about where his party will stand after all the votes are counted. Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris speaks to the media as he arrives at the election count centre at Shoreline Leisure Greystones in Co Wicklow (Niall Carson/PA) The counting process could last days because of Ireland’s complex system of proportional representation with a single transferable vote (PR-STV), where candidates are ranked by preference. The early indications have turned the focus to the tricky arithmetic of government formation, as the country’s several smaller parties and many independents potentially jockey for a place in government. Ms McDonald told reporters at the RDS count centre in Dublin that she would be “very, very actively pursuing” the potential to form a government with other parties on the left of the political spectrum. The smaller, left-leaning parties in Ireland include the Social Democrats, the Irish Labour Party, the Green Party and People Before Profit-Solidarity. Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin speaks to the media at Nemo Rangers GAA Club in Cork (Jacob King/PA). “I think it’s fair to say that we have now confirmed that we have broken the political mould here in this state,” she said. “Two party politics is now gone. It’s consigned to the dustbin of history and that, in itself, is very significant.” She added: “I am looking to bring about a government of change, and I’m going to go and look at all formulations. “If you want my bottom line, the idea of Fianna Fail and Fine Gael for another five years, in our strong opinion, is not a good outcome for Irish society. “Obviously, I want to talk to other parties of the left and those that we share very significant policy objectives with. So I’m going to do that first and just hear their mind, hear their thinking. But be very clear, we will be very, very actively pursuing entrance into government.” Green leader Roderic O’Gorman conceded his party had not had a good day (Brian Lawless/PA) Prior to the election, Fianna Fail and Fine Gael both ruled out entering government with Sinn Fein. Fine Gael leader Mr Harris rejected suggestions Sinn Fein had broken new ground. He told reporters in his count centre in Greystones, Co Wicklow: “Certainly we haven’t seen a Sinn Fein surge or anything like it. “I mean, it looks likely, on the figures that we’ve seen now, fewer people, many fewer people would have voted Sinn Fein in this election than the last one. “In fact, I think they’re down by around 5% and actually the parties, particularly the two parties, the two larger parties in government, are likely to receive significant support from the electorate. So definitely, politics in Ireland has gotten much more fragmented.” He said it was too early to tell what the next government would look like. “I think anybody who makes any suggestion about who is going to be the largest party or the construct of the next government, they’re a braver person than I am,” he said. “Our electoral system dictates that there’ll be many, many transfers that will go on for hours, if not days, before we know the final computations at all. “But what I am very confident about is that my party will have a very significant role to play in the years ahead, and I’m cautiously optimistic and excited.” Fianna Fail’s Mr Martin told reporters at a count centre in Cork he was confident that the numbers exist to form a government with parties that shared his political viewpoint. Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald and deputy president Michelle O’Neill speak to the media at the RDS in Dublin (Brian Lawless/PA) “It’s a bit too early yet to call the exact type of government that will be formed or the composition of the next government,” he said. “But I think there are, there will be a sufficiency of seats, it seems to me, that aligns with the core principles that I articulated at the outset of this campaign and throughout the campaign, around the pro-enterprise economy, around a positively pro-European position, a government that will strongly push for home ownership and around parties that are transparently democratic in how they conduct their affairs.” Asked if it would be in a coalition with Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and the Social Democrats, he said that would be “racing a bit too far ahead”. The final result may dictate that if Fianna Fail and Fine Gael are to return to government, they may need more than one junior partner, or potentially the buy-in of several independent TDs. Mr Martin said it was unclear how quickly a government can be formed, as he predicted his party would gain new seats. “It will be challenging. This is not easy,” he added. The junior partner in the outgoing government – the Green Party – looks set for a bruising set of results. Counting takes place at RDS Simmonscourt in Dublin (Brian Lawless/PA). “It’s clear the Green Party has not had a good day,” he said. The early counting also suggested potential trouble for Fianna Fail in Wicklow, where the party’s only candidate in the constituency, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly, is considered to have a battle ahead, with the risk of losing his seat. Meanwhile, there is significant focus on independent candidate Gerard Hutch who, on Saturday evening, was sitting in fourth place in the four-seat constituency of Dublin Central. Last spring, Mr Hutch was found not guilty by the non-jury Special Criminal Court of the murder of David Byrne, in one of the first deadly attacks of the Hutch-Kinahan gangland feud. Mr Byrne, 33, died after being shot six times at a crowded boxing weigh-in event at the Regency Hotel in February 2016. A Special Criminal Court judge described Mr Hutch, 61, as the patriarchal figurehead of the Hutch criminal organisation and said he had engaged in “serious criminal conduct”. The constituency will be closely watched as other hopefuls wait to see if transfers from eliminated candidates may eventually rule him out of contention. In the constituency of Louth, the much-criticised selection of John McGahon appeared not to have paid off for Fine Gael. The party’s campaign was beset by questioning over footage entering the public domain of the candidate engaged in a fight outside a pub in 2018. The Social Democrats have a strong chance of emerging as the largest of the smaller parties. The party’s leader, Holly Cairns, was already celebrating before a single vote was counted however, having announced the birth of her baby girl on polling day.9-Year-Old Becomes CEO of Gabb, Kid-Safe Tech Company
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