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ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Elena Delle Donne scored 34 points in the first game after helping the United States win an Olympic gold medal, leading the Chicago Sky to a 90-82 win over the Atlanta Dream on Friday night.The Sky (12-13) used a 15-0 run in two minutes in the third quarter to take the lead and then pulled away after the Dream (13-13) cut a 13-point deficit to one with four minutes to play.After the Atlanta spurt, Delle Donne scored six straight, four from the foul line, where she was perfect on 14 attempts. Courtney Vandersloot, who had 14 points for Chicago (sixth in the AP power poll) made it 90-80 before the Dream scored again.Atlanta (fifth in the poll) was leading 60-53 after Tiffany Hayes 3-pointer midway through the third quarter. Delle Donne started the run with a 3-point play and Vandersloot ended it at the 2:23 mark with a pair of free throws, making it 68-60. Chicago had 31 points in the third quarter.Cappie Pondexter had 17 points and Cheyenne Parker 14 for Chicago.Angel McCoughtry led Atlanta with 22 points and Elizabeth Williams had 20 with eight rebounds and six blocks.(Corrects McCoughtry to 22 points, adds Williams first name) Balenciaga Speed Trainer Saldi . Its the second straight game Bell has scored in extra time for Kelowna, which beat the Brandon Wheat Kings 6-5 on Friday, and he now has four game-winning goals on the season. Air Max 270 React Saldi .875,000, avoiding arbitration. Clippards deal Monday means all eight Nationals players who filed for arbitration wound up settling before a hearing. http://www.outletscarpesaldi.it/air-max-720-prezzo-basso.html . The mixed zone is not a place to make friends. Vans Scarpe Scontate . Following a lopsided 5-2 loss against the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday night, Paul MacLean told reporters that "theres a lack of focus, theres a lack of leadership and theres a lack of preparation" with his struggling team. That came on the heels of Bryan Murray taking the unusual step of going into the locker room at the Prudential Center and addressing the players himself. Air Force 1 Nere Scontate . The move comes after the Canadiens were approached by the Buffalo Sabres for permission to speak to Dudley - a former Sabres player and head coach. "The Sabres called for permission and I appreciate that, Im flattered, Dudley told TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun of ESPN. The NHLs Western Conference should be wild all season, perhaps as much as ever as parity reigns and points are tough to come by on any given night.A slew of teams have a shot at advancing to the Stanley Cup finals.The defending Conference champion San Jose Sharks, who had five players in the World Cup of Hockey finals , certainly appear to have a chance to be among the final two still skating in mid-June. That alone would be a feat because no team from the conference has pulled it off since the Detroit Red Wings, now an Eastern Conference team, won the Stanley Cup in 2008 and came within a win of repeating.Chicago, Los Angeles, Anaheim and St. Louis will likely be among the contenders. Dallas, too.The Blackhawks and Kings, who alternated as champions from 2012 to 2015 and won five Cups in a six-season span, failed to even make it out of the first round last in 2016.Both teams certainly have a chance to bounce back this season.This is my sixth season in the Central Division and this looks like the most challenging year yet, Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said Thursday in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. The crunching between the top and bottom started last year, and its going to be closer this year.Hitchcock and Stars general manager Jim Nill both believe the teams that were at the bottom of the conference last season on moving up.The Winnipegs and the Colorados are going to be better teams, Nill told the AP. I think its going to be tighter than ever.How tight?Everyone has a shot, San Joses Logan Couture said.How many teams?Fifteen, Couture insisted. There are no easy-to-beat teams in our conference.Some things to watch for this season:SHARP SHARKSSan Jose, which joined the league in 1991, advanced to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time last season. The Sharks pushed Pittsburgh to Game 6 before its speed proved to be too much to handle. The Sharks showed they have some of the best players on the planet at the World Cup with Couture, Joe Thornton, Brent Burns aand Marc-Edouard Vlasic helping Canada win the title against Team Europe and one of their new teammates, Mikkel Boedker.dddddddddddd The Sharks signed the forward to a four-year, $16 million deal on Day 1 of free agency.HUNGRY HAWKSThe Blackhawks, who hoisted the Cup in in 2015, 13 and 10, are coming off their shortest postseason run in coach Joel Quennevilles eight seasons. The Blues beat Chicago in Game 7 of their first-round series, giving its players a longer-than-usual summer. I think it will help us recharge, Marian Hossa said.SWAN SONGHitchcock has said hes retiring after this season more than 20 years after getting his first job with the Stars. The Blues plan to replace him with Mike Yeo. The 64-year-old Hitchcock led the Stars to the Cup in 1999 and St. Louis to the last conference finals, its longest playoff run since 2001. Im excited about the year because weve raised the bar with expectations and accountability, Hitchcock said.SPLASHY SUMMERA handful of teams in the West made major moves July 1, including the Edmonton Oilers signing winger Milan Lucic to a $42 million, seven-year deal to give 19-year-old center Connor McDavid some help. Vancouver, which failed to make the playoffs in 2016 for the second time in three years, added winger Loui Eriksson with a $36 million, six-year contract to give the 36-year-old Sedin twins, Henrik and Daniel, an opportunity to make at least one more postseason push. Calgary signed forward Troy Brouwer to a four-year, $18 million deal, hoping he can provide a steady veteran presence to go with spectacular, 23-year-old Johnny Gaudreau. Four years after giving Zach Parise and Ryan Suter 13-year, $98 million contracts, the Minnesota Wild signed center Eric Staal to a three-year, $10.5 million deal.---Follow Larry Lage at www.twitter.com/larrylage and follow his work at www.bigstory.ap.org/content/larry-lage ' ' '