VANCOUVER -- Jason Blake might not have much feeling in his left hand but he hasnt lost his touch around the net. Wholesale Jerseys China . The diminutive left-winger scored twice and helped set up the first goal Sunday as the suddenly surging Anaheim Ducks beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-2. The goals were the second and third in two games for the 38-year-old Blake whose season seemed in doubt after a severe skate cut threatened his career. Theres an ugly scar on his left forearm, just back of the wrist, a result of an accidental collision with Brent Burns of San Jose in October. Blake returned Jan. 4 after missing 34 games. "A lot of people said it could have been worse," he said, pointing to the artery behind the palm of his hand. "I looked at it and Im like, I dont know if it could be worse. I cant feel any of this (the back of his hand and index finger), still to this day." Blake scored what proved to be the winning goal on a second-period breakaway when Canuck defenceman Aaron Rome couldnt handle a pass at the Anaheim blue-line. He then provided a 4-1 lead with a third-period power-play tip-in. "I knew if I just stayed patient and did my rehab and my therapy ... Im just starting, hopefully to turn that corner," said Blake who scored his first goal of the season Friday in a 5-0 win in Edmonton. "My nerves were so damaged they had to put in a tube or something." Anaheim captain Ryan Getzlaf said Blake and his experience were missed by a team that has won five of its last six games with the only loss coming in overtime. "He took a step down to the third line," Getzlaf said of the undrafted former Toronto Maple Leaf who had 10 of his clubs 34 shots on Vancouver netminder Roberto Luongo. "He could have come back and pouted but the way things are going everybodys buying in and everybodys doing the right thing." The Ducks (15-22-7) have eight wins and three regulation ties in 20 games under new coach Bruce Boudreau who replaced the fired Randy Carlyle. The Canucks (28-15-3) missed a chance to regain the NHLs overall lead. They have 59 points, one behind the New York Rangers and Western Conference-leading Chicago after their first loss since taking six of a possible eight points on a road trip. Canuck coach Alain Vigneault said his club didnt get a scoring chance at even strength in the first period. "Defensively I stopped counting the turnovers after a while," Vigneault said. "I think it was pretty evident to anybody watching the game or at the game that it didnt seem like we had a lot of jump and energy tonight." The Ducks, who are playing their best hockey of the season, took an early lead on Nick Boninos third goal since being called up from the American Hockey Leagues Syracuse Crunch a month ago. He eventually buried a rebound after Luongo made a glove save off Blake but couldnt corral the puck. "Its not a usual place to get a rebound, top glove, but it just fell there and I whacked it once," said Bonino, whose right shoulder was wrapped in ice after the game. "I didnt realize he saved it so I just kind of tried to stick with it." Bonino was impressed by Blakes effort after the injury. "Its amazing," Bonino said. "With the year hes had, how he got hurt and he came back ... I guess plan right now is to get him the puck and its going to go in the net." Boudreau noted Blake is in the last year of his contract. "At the age he is you probably start to wonder whats going on," Boudreau said. "Every game hes played a little more, every game hes played a little better and hes gotten his legs." Bobby Ryan got the other Anaheim goal. Cody Hodgson, on a power play, and Mason Raymond scored for the listless Canucks who mustered little offence after three wins on the trip that began with an emotional victory in Boston. "I looked up (at the scoreboard) in the second period with five minutes to go and I said holy crap, they only have five shots on goal?" Boudreau said. "This is unheard of for the Canucks." Luongo, who had to make several saves on his doorstep just to keep the game close, said his club has to be ready to play even if its tired from a road trip. "If we are (tired) we (have to) put on a snoozefest and we play a boring game or whatever it takes, but obviously we werent good enough tonight as a team," he said. Notes: Vancouver forward Jannick Hansen got Gene Simmons to autograph a stick during the pre-game warmup. He then exchanged fist bumps with the Kiss rocker. ... David Booth returned to the Canuck lineup after missing 18 games with a sprained knee. ... Vancouver defenceman Sami Salo missed a fourth game with concussion symptoms after a low hit along the boards Jan. 7 in Boston by Brad Marchand. ... It was the first of four Canuck home games in a 10-day stretch leading to the all-star break. ... The Ducks had outscored opponents 21-9 over their previous five games which included a 1-0 overtime loss in Calgary. Wholesale NFL Jerseys .com) - Sixth-seeded Feliciano Lopez was a first-round winner on Monday at the Delray Beach Open tennis event. Wholesale NFL Jerseys China . In the late match, Freiburg won 4-1 in Frankfurt, executing a counter-attacking game plan to perfection for an important victory against relegation. 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Thats a guy you dont want to see, especially with a side-by-side restart," Franchitti said. "I managed to get a good restart, was able to stay ahead of him, and at the same time he was able to stay ahead of Will. That was 1-2 for the team. Worked out pretty good." The average speed wound up 181.649 miles per hour, and the race was over in less than 55 minutes. There was an abbreviated celebration between races for Franchittis 28th victory, which moved him into 10th place overall on the career list past Fort Worth native and three-time Indy 500 champion Johnny Rutherford. Franchitti shot the customary six-shooters in Victory Lane for his first victory at Texas, where he was twice a runner-up. During the break between races, the starting order for the second race was determined by a blind draw. Tony Kanaan, who finished 11th in the first race, drew the pole position and Franchitti was starting 28th in the 30-car field. Power, the Team Penske driver that entered the weekend as the series points leader by just 16 points ahead of Franchittii, started the second race from the No. Wholesale Cheap Jerseys. 3 position. The race-tightening crash in the opener came with 22 laps remaining when rookie drivers Charlie Kimball and Cunningham made contact in the fourth turn. Wheldon had only a one-race contract with Bryan Herta Autosport at Indy two weeks ago, when he drove to victory in the No. 98 car that was leased from Sam Schmidt Motorsports. Because of damage to one of its other cars at Indianapolis, the Schmidt team decided to use that Indy 500 championship car at Texas for the Firestone Twin 275s as No. 99. It sustained significant damage. Cunningham went to a backup car for the second race, and drew the No. 2 starting spot. Franchitti had built a nearly five-second lead before the crash, but was able to drive around the wreckage without any issues. "I had slowed down already," Franchitti said. "I was already fully in control of where I was going to go." After the first attempt to start the race was waved off because Tagliani took off to soon, they were side-by-side on the second attempt. Franchitti, who qualified second, took the lead in the first turn. "The biggest problem was traffic and working my way through that," Franchitti said. "The first win at Texas feels good." Only 12 of the 30 drivers, the largest field ever at Texas, finished on the lead lap. "Darios car was pretty quick, drove away from the field," Dixon said. "It was fun out there, and then crazy. The race blows by so quick" Before Saturday night, there had only been 17 twin races, nine on ovals, in the history of U.S. open-wheel racing including CART and USAC. All of those twin bills were between 1967 and 1981, the last being a CART-sanctioned event Rick Mears won at Atlanta. NFL Jerseys Cheap China Jerseys Cheap Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Jerseys NFL Cheap ' ' '
