The Los Angeles Kings have announced big changes by firing longtime general manager Dean Lombardi and head coach Darryl Sutter. Assistant general manager Rob Blake was promoted to General Manager while longtime Kings business executive Luc Robitaille was named team president. The Florida Panthers have named Dale Tallon their new General Manager.
The Saint John Sea Dogs will try to take a three games to nothing lead tonight in the quarter final series in Val-d’Or.
In the Majors, Nick Castellanos drove in the winner off Chris Sale with a two out, go-ahead single in the eighth inning to give Detroit a 2-1 win over Boston……Micheal Pineda took a perfect game into the 7th as the New York Yankees won their home opener, 8-1 over Tampa Bay……The Chicago Cubs raised their World Series banner at their home opener and then got by the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 on a walk off single in the 9th by Anthony Rizzo. In other play, it was Oakland 2 Kansas City 0….San Francisco 4 Arizona 1…..Seattle 6 Houston 0…..Washington 14 St. Louis 6…..NY Mets 4 Philadelphia 3….Cicinnati 7 Pittsburgh 1 and San Diego 5 Colorado 3.
In the NBA, it was Boston 114 Brooklyn 105….Miami 124 Cleveland 121 (OT)….Utah 105 Golden State 99…..Los Angeles Clippers 125 Houston 96….Indiana 120 Philadelphia 111….Milwaukee 89 Charlotte 79…..Chicago 122 Orlando 75…Washington 105 Detroit 101 and Portland 99 San Antonio 98.
