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DAVOS, Switzerland - Canada earned its first win at the Spengler Cup on Saturday with a 3-1 victory over Medvescak Zagreb at the Vaillant Arena. Cheap Wholesale Jerseys .Bud Holloway and Stefano Giliati scored first-period goals for Canada (1-1-0-0) and Alexandre Giroux made it a three-goal game early in the second period. Pascal Pelletier scored midway through the third period for Medvescak Zagreb, a Croatian team from Russias Kontinental Hockey League.Medvescak Zagreb (0-1-0-0) pulled its goalie late in the game but couldnt get another puck past Canadian netminder Drew MacIntyre.I thought the last 10 minutes we didnt give them anything, said Canada coach Guy Boucher. That was pretty impressive and showed the dedication of our players. They were paying the price defensively and our goaltending was solid also.So I think it was a really good team effort and well continue to grow.Calvin Heeter made 16 saves for Medvescak Zagreb while MacIntyre stopped 24 shots for Canada.In Saturdays early game, Ufa defeated Jokerit Helsinki 4-3.Canada, which opened the tournament Friday with a 2-1 loss to host HC Davos, will get a day off Sunday. Canadas position in the three-team Cattini Group standings will be determined after Sundays game between HC Davos and Medvescak Zagreb.The Croatian side has 15 Canadian-born players in its lineup and is guided by head coach Doug Shedden, who served as Canadas coach at the last two Spengler Cup tournaments.The quarter-finals begin Monday. Canada has appeared in 10 of the last 13 Spengler Cup finals and last won the tournament in 2012.HC Geneve-Servette of Switzerland is the defending champion. Authentic Jerseys Wholesale . The Missouri Tigers Defensive End and SEC Defensive player of the year is eligible for the upcoming NFL draft in May. Cheapest NFL Jerseys China .com) - Novak Djokovic captured a mens Open Era-record fifth Australian Open title on Sunday by defeating rival Andy Murray in the final in Melbourne. http://www.collegecheapjerseys.com/ . Serbia captain Bogdan Obradovic said his team will include 9th-ranked Janko Tipsarevic and 27th-ranked Viktor Troicki as he decided to let the top-ranked Djokovic rest. WASHINGTON -- Tanner Roark won his fourth straight start, Denard Span had an RBI double and the Washington Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 Sunday for a split of the four-game series between NL East rivals. Span, Danny Espinosa and Adam LaRoche had two hits apiece as Washington won the final two games of the series. The Nationals improved to 3-7 against Atlanta. They increased their division lead over the Braves to 1 1/2 games. Roark (7-4) went 5 1-3 innings, allowing a run and four hits. Craig Stammen came on to end a sixth-inning Braves rally, and Rafael Soriano pitched the ninth for his 17th save. Washington relievers retired all 11 batters they faced. Freddie Freeman had two hits for Atlanta. Evan Gattis went 0 for 3 to snap his 20-game hitting streak. Ervin Santana (5-5) went six innings, giving up three runs and six hits. He walked one and struck out nine. Atlantas Chris Johnson was ejected for arguing a checked-swing call in the sixth. Teammate Justin Upton was ejected for arguing after a swinging strikeout in the ninth. With Washington leading 3-0, the first two Braves reached against Roark in the sixth. Manager Matt Williams visited the mound but left Roark in to face Jason Heyward. Roark got Heyward on a fly to right, but Justin Upton singled home Freddie Freeman to make 3-1. Stammen came on to pitch to Johnson, who attempted to check his swing on a 1-2 pitch. Nationals catcher Sandy Leon appealed the ball call, and first base umpire Tim Welke ruled Johnson hhad gone around for strike three. Authentic College Jerseys. Johnson immediately began yelling and gesturing at Welke and was ejected by home plate umpire Mark Carlson. Stammen retired Andrelton Simmons to end the inning. Anthony Rendon made it 4-1 when he doubled in the eighth, went to third on a ground out and scored on Luis Avilans wild pitch. Washington got to Santana in the first, getting and RBI single from LaRoche that deflected off diving shortstop Simmons glove. Ryan Zimmerman had a sacrifice fly to make it 2-0. Atlanta threatened in the third. With one out, LaRoche misplayed Freemans grounder down the first base line for a two-base error. But Roark got Gattis on a grounder to third, and, after Heyward walked, Justin Upton hit into a fielders choice. The Nationals made it 3-0 the fifth. Sandy Leon opened with a single and Roark sacrificed him to second. Span then lined a double to left, scoring Leon. Span is 6 for his last 11 against Santana. NOTES: Nationals C Wilson Ramos (left hamstring strain) went 1 for 3 with a homer and three RBIs in his first rehab game with Double-A Harrisburg Saturday night. Hes expected to rejoin the Nationals this week. . Freeman began the day as one of only three NL players to start all of their teams games, along with Starlin Castro (Cubs) and Hunter Pence (Giants). . Atlanta is off Monday before opening a 3-game series Tuesday in Houston. . Gio Gonzalez (3-4, 4.85) opposes Matt Garza (4-4, 4.02) Monday when Washington opens a 3-game series at Milwaukee. ' ' '