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LONDON, Ont. Jeff Nelson Mariners Jersey . -- The Guelph Storm booked a ticket to the Memorial Cup final with a 6-3 win over the Val-dOr Foreurs on Monday. At 2-0, the Ontario Hockey League champions were assured a berth in Sundays championship game. The Storm conclude the round-robin Wednesday against the winless London Knights. The Foreurs and Western Hockey Leagues Edmonton Oil Kings were both 1-1 and meet Tuesday night. Kerby Rychel, Zach Mitchell, Jason Dickinson, Robby Fabbri, Pius Suter, and Tyler Bertuzzi all scored for the explosive Storm, who have 11 goals in two games in the tournament. Scott Kosmachuk had three assists for Guelph. Mitchell, Brock McGinn and captain Matt Finn each had two assists. Timotej Sille replied with a goal and an assist for Val-dOr. Anthony Beauregard and Randy Gazzola also scored for the Foreurs. Storm goalie Justin Nichols made 30 saves for the win. Val-dOr goalie Antoine Bibeau stopped 30 of 36 shots. He was replaced after two periods by Keven Bouchard, who turned away all 13 he faced. Storm defenceman Chadd Bauman was tossed from the game in the third period for knee-on-knee contact with Val-dOr defenceman Guillaume Gelinas. The Foreurs assistant captain favoured his left knee as he was helped from the ice. Guelph opened the tournament with a 5-2 win over the Oil Kings on Saturday. The Storm were the highestest scoring major junior team in Canada this season with 340 goals. They continue to demonstrate their speed that stretches a defence as well as a wealth of scoring talent, led by Rychel with three goals and an assist in the tournament. The Storm rattled off four unanswered goals, including three within the first six minutes, before the Foreurs could counter in the second. The team with the best record at the conclusion of the round robin gets the bye to the final. Its an advantage in winning the Cup, but less so than it once was. Since a day of rest between the semifinal and final was incorporated into the tournament format in 2007, the team with the bye hoisted the trophy four of seven years. The teams finishing second and third meet in Fridays semifinal. Two teams tied for third will require a tiebreaker game Thursday. So the host Knights need a win over Guelph on Wednesday or their tournament is over. The Storm eliminated the Knights in the second round of OHL playoffs on Apr. 11. The Memorial Cup went to a four-team tournament with the addition of a host club in 1983. When the semifinal and final were played on back-to-back days, the team with the bye won the Cup 17 of 24 years. The Guelph Storm are looking for their first Memorial Cup in their 23-year history. The Guelph Platers won the Cup in 1986 before relocating to Owen Sound, Ont. Bibeau stopped all 51 shots in Val-dOrs 1-0 win over the Knights to start the tournament, but he gave up three goals on the first seven shots he faced Monday. The Foreurs had just three days between winning Game 7 of their QMJHL final in Baie-Comeau, Que., and their first game in London. But even with two days of rest after their opener, Val-dOr wasnt as tenacious on the puck as the Storm and the defence around their own net was sloppy. Beauregard finished a tic-tac-toe passing play for a power-play goal during Baumans five-minute major midway through the third period. Guelphs Bertuzzi had time for two swings at a rebound and scored with seven seconds to go in the second period to make it 6-2. Fabbri took a backhand pass from Mitchell and whipped the puck by Bibeau at 16:04. Sille poked a loose puck by Nichols during a goal-mouth scramble at 12:55 to temporarily shrink Guelphs lead. Gazzolas wrist shot from the top of the faceoff circle beat Nichols for a power-play goal at 11:59. Guelphs Suter batted a rebound into a backhand at 8:13. The Foreurs allowed Dickinson to buzz across the top of the offensive zone and into the slot, where his off-speed shot squeaked through Bibeaus pads at 5:50 of the first period. Mitchell beat Bibeau with a sharp-angled wrist shot four minutes into the game. Fabbri fed Rychel at the side of the net and the Columbus Blue Jackets prospect chipped the puck in 59 seconds into the game. Mallex Smith Mariners Jersey . Dancevic won his singles match on Friday, defeating Go Soeda 6-4, 7-6 (2), 6-1, to even the best-of-five series at a game apiece. World No. 18 Kei Nishikori defeated Peter Polansky in the opening match, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Harold Reynolds Jersey . The 18-time champions, who havent won the title since 1990, moved two points behind Arsenal after the leaders were stunned 6-3 at Manchester City on Saturday. Defending champion Manchester United trails Arsenal by 10 points after winning 3-0 at Aston Villa to avoid a third successive league loss. https://www.cheapmariners.com/195k-mike-cameron-jersey-mariners.html . Alvarez hit his first career home run, pitched six innings and hurt his right hamstring while running the bases in the Miami Marlins 4-3 win over the Chicago Cubs.(SportsNetwork.com) - Its no Perry Mason moment, but its becoming pretty clear that those dastardly New England Patriots got their hands caught in the cookie jar again. Deflate-gate, though, is a less-than-inspiring sequel to the blockbuster that was Spygate. Nonetheless 11 of the 12 footballs the Patriots provided for this past Sundays AFC Championship Game rout over Indianapolis were underinflated, according to the preliminary findings of an NFL investigation. ESPN, citing league sources close to the inquiry, reported the balls were each two pounds below the league-mandated 12 1/2 to 13 1/2 pounds per square inch (PSI). We are not commenting on the matter at this time, NFL spokesman Michael Signora told SportsNetwork.com in an email late Tuesday evening. Those comments are coming, though, and heres what we know: The Patriots defeated the Colts, 45-7, in rainy weather to earn their eighth Super Bowl berth in franchise history. Indianapolis was tipped off to the Pats shenanigans with the footballs in the second quarter when veteran linebacker DQwell Jackson picked off Tom Brady. Jackson noticed an abnormality and gave the ball to a member of the Colts equipment staff, who brought it to the attention of coach Chuck Pagano. Pagano then relayed the information his general manager, Ryan Grigson, in the press box and Grigson alerted NFL director of football operations Mike Kensil, who in turn told the on-field officials at halftime. On the first play from scrimmage in the third quarter, the officials held things up and eventually switched out the game ball. Of course, the Patriots led, 17-7, at halftime with the advantage and blitzed the Colts, 28-0, after the officials became aware of the issue. So whats the problem? In theory, a softer football is easier to throw and catch, especially in poor weather conditions, although everything really relates to the quarterback in question. Aaron Rodgers, for instance, prefers an overinflated football, something CBS broadcaster Phil Simms said during a Packers-Patriots game in November, and A- Rod himself confirmed at his season-ending press conference on Tuesday. (Rodgers) said something (that) was unique, Simms said. (Rodgers said) I like to push the limit to how much air we can put in the football, even go over what they allow you to do and see if the officials take air out of it. Because he thinks its easier for him to grip. He likes them tight. Rodgers, who has very big hands, is the exception to the rule, however. There is no advantage in a maximum amount of air in the football, Rodgers claimed. There is with a minimum. A soft football is an advantage if you have smaller hands to throw the football. Simms agreed with that take. Everybody wants it smaller and soft so they can dig their fingers into it, the ex-Giants QB surmised. Including Brady, who tried to laugh off the controversy on Monday. I think Ive heard it all at this point, Brady said. Its ridiculous. I dont even respond to stuff like this. Unfortunately for Tom Terrific, there is a gotcha moment when he discussed his love of a deflated ball when talking about a Ron Gronkowski touchdown on WEEI Radio in Boston back in 2011. When Gronk scores, he spikes the ball and he deflates the ball. I love that, because I like the deflated ball, Brady said at the time. The real question is how did the underhanded, evil genius that is Bill Belichick actually pull off his latest caper. Well, its not all that hard to do. Heres the mechanics of game day when it comes to the actual footballs being used: The NFL rule book states that each team must provide game officials with 12 footballs before every game, and the balls are required to be inflated between the 12 1/2 and 13 1/2 PSI. Its the referees responsibility to inspect the game balls just over two hours before kickoff and he pplaces a special marking on each ball which passes inspection before giving the approved balls to attendants on each team, who are supposed to maintain custody of the balls on each sideline. Alex Rodriguez Jersey. Each team uses its own footballs on offense and clubs are permitted to slightly doctor them to their QBs preference. Things like rubbing up the football with dirt to make it less slippery are commonplace as is adjusting the inflation levels. Former quarterback Brad Johnson even admitted to bribing attendants to have the footballs doctored to his specifications before the 2003 Super Bowl. Johnsons Buccaneers beat the Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII and the Florida State product claimed he paid $7,500 to have 100 different balls scuffed. I paid some guys off to get the balls right, Johnson told the Tampa Bay Times. I went and got all 100 footballs, and they took care of all of them. Before you kill Walt Anderson, the AFC Championship Game referee, understand the difference between say 10 1/2 PSI and 12 1/2 isnt all that noticeable unless youre tipped off. And for those questioning how the Pats could possibly underinflate that many footballs under those strict guidelines, understand its as simple as sticking an inflation needle in the football for a few seconds. The reality here is this is much ado about nothing and a convenient excuse for those jealous of the Patriots success to pounce. And green is never the most flattering color for the envious. Cheating in the NFL didnt start with a disgruntled Eric Mangini skirting omerta to reveal Spygate and it certainly didnt end there as well. Johnson was pretty up-front with his bribery technique on the games biggest stage and to this day Bill Parcells claims the Bill Walsh 49ers used to play games with the communication system in the playoffs. This kind of stuff has been going on in the NFL for quite some time, but it takes different forms, Parcells said on ESPN back in 2011. I know from past history in two playoff games, one of these teams that was famous for using a script, which they rehearsed with their team prior to the game -- they knew exactly what they wanted to do -- mysteriously, two years in a row, when the game started, their phones went down, which mandates that the other side put their phones down. Now, let me get this straight. Youve got your script rehearsed, you know what youre going to do, the defense doesnt know whats coming, but they have to take their phones off? Parcells, himself, was known to play games at the old Giants Stadium and open or close the end-zone gate on windy days in an effort to help his own kicker or hinder the oppositions. There arent many people in this league who believe the Saints side of the things when Mickey Loomis was accused of bugging the oppositions coaching box at the Superdome, and both the Cowboys and Redskins were heavily punished for blatantly skirting salary-cap rules a few years ago. Remember Norv Turners Chargers and Stickum? Or how about Bill Romanowskis revelation that he spent an hour before games using a Q-tip to apply silicone to his gloves for added grip, and Vaseline to his uniform so blockers would hit him and slide off. And dont even get me started on PEDs. Despite all of that, Belichick is the only guilty party when it comes to public opinion and Roger Goodells lack of credibility from all the leagues previous peccadilloes this season almost forces the commish to be heavy-handed in doling out a punishment for this crime. And that just plays into the narrative of the uneducated who believe Beli- cheat is the only scourge among his noble peers, an aberrant who has stained the Patriots legacy. The truth is far less sexy. NASCAR rules have always applied in the NFL -- if you aint cheatin, you aint tryin. And the Patriots? Well, they are always trying. ' ' '