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TORONTO -- Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron have been skating, scoring and setting each other up as if theyre in midseason form with the Boston Bruins.Sidney Crosby, picking right up where he left off a few months ago in winning the Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins, looks as dominant as ever before the start of the regular season.The trio played together on the same line during Canadas undefeated run through the World Cup of Hockey, giving them a chance to get and stay in a groove that should serve their teams and perhaps the entire NHL well.The two-week, best-on-best tournament that ended Thursday night with the Canadians beating Team Europe forced the games top players to start training earlier than usual. It also put the leagues standouts and stars in highly competitive games that tested them in a way preseason games simply cant.I think theyre going to come out flying, Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill said. Theyve been playing at a high level. Everybody else is just getting into that level. Theyve been there for a month already. Theyre playing against the best. The pace and the tempo theyve been playing at, I think those players I think are going to be leading the league early on.In addition to individual players getting a boost, some teams may have an edge early in the season because they had multiple players taking advantage of the opportunity to sharpen their skills before the preseason.More than half of the league had at least six players picked to play, including Tampa Bay (12) and Chicago (10) with double digits in participants.Its a great way to jumpstart your season, said Brent Burns, one of seven San Jose Sharks in the World Cup. I think guys will feel like theyre in rhythm and ready to go.St. Louis Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said it was difficult to start training camp without seven key players because they were in Toronto.It was a reality check, Hitchcock said. The real challenge is pulling your system together once they all join us and we have our team together. The players that played in the World Cup will be mentally more alert and theyll be ready for the tempo, which will make our team better and the league potentially better. But were not going to have a lot of time to implement everything we want to do this season.The World Cup is also going to hurt some teams who will start the season without a key player because of an injury sustained in September.The Los Angeles Kings are expected to be without Marian Gaborik for several weeks because of a foot injury. Pittsburgh may not have goaltender Matt Murray for a month because of a broken hand. Calgarys Mikael Backlund and Floridas Aaron Ekblad had concussions at the World Cup and the head injuries always have the potential to linger.The high-flying players from the North American 23-and-under team will likely be ready to roll when the puck drops for the regular season with a new level of confidence after seeing for first-hand that their speed could help them have success against established stars in the league.But even for players who survived the grind without an injury, theres a chance they added wear and tear on their bodies that may not show up until later in the long regular season and possibly the playoffs.This is our ninth game before October, said San Joses Logan Couture, counting the pre-tournament games in his total. Thats a lot of hockey early in the year. Well see how that affects us going forward. Im sure with our coaching staff well come up with a plan with rest. Hopefully, we can jump in and feel good at least at the start of the season.Swell Trinkflasche . Catch all the action on TSN2 at 11pm et/8pm pt. The nine-time Big 12 champion Jayhawks are positioning themselves for another title, as they have run out to a flawless 6-0 mark in conference play thus far. Swell Flasche Marmor . The 20-year-old Pelicans big man glanced up and smiled widely at the well-wishers -- a fitting end to a day he wont soon forget. Davis responded to his selection earlier in the day as a Western Conference All-Star with 26 points and 10 rebounds, and the New Orleans Pelicans overcame a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves 98-91 on Friday night. http://www.swellflascheschweiz.ch/ . -- Vincent Lecavalier got everything but the desired result in his return to Tampa Bay. Swell Flasche Blumen . The defending champion beat Gael Monfils of France 7-6 (6), 6-3, while second-seeded Andy Murray of Britain dispatched Edouard Roger-Vasselin, also of France, 6-3, 6-3. Making his first appearance since injuring his wrist a month ago, Del Potro had difficulty with his service games in the first set. Hydro Flask Kinder . -- About a third of the way through the regular season, the Washington Wizards are at .DOVER, Del. -- With one big move, Tony Stewart put Juan Pablo Montoya and a sluggish season well behind him. After a mundane start, Stewart is back in Victory Lane -- and in the thick of Chase contention. Stewarts outside pass on Montoya with three laps left was enough to win Sunday at Dover International Speedway and snap a 30-race winless streak. "Our guys at our shop have been digging," Stewart said. "None of these guys get down. We have been down, but they havent gotten down. That is what carries you to days like today at the end of the day." Stewart was stuck in 20th in the standings and didnt even have a top-finish before he rallied in Dover. Stewart hadnt won on the concrete mile track since he swept both Cup races in 2000. The No. 14 team erupted in celebration in the pits after winning for the first time since last July in Daytona. It was a long time coming for the two-time Cup champ. "Its been such a tough year," Stewart said. It got a little easier Sunday. Stewart stoutly defended crew chief Steve Addingtons performance this year and thanked Hendrick Motorsports for supplying engines to his Stewart-Haas Racing team. He also knows their work is far from finished. "We realize this could put the 14 team in contention to make the Chase," he said. "Thats not good enough." Meaning, he wants to not only make the 12-driver field, but know hes a top contender to win another championship. His 48th career win pushed him to 16th in the points standings and aided his cause for a wild-card spot. The two drivers in the 11th to 20th spot in the standings with the most wins earn a slot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. Stewart is the only driver in those spots with a win. "Its been very hard when you have the start of the season that we had," Stewart said. "You start questioning, you start doubting, you start looking for answers that you dont have the knowledge to diagnose. That makes you feel very helpless at times." Seven-time Dover winner Jimmie Johnson appeared to have the car to beat, but jumped a restart and had to serve a pass-through penalty. Johnson argued over the radio and stayed on the track before he finally hit pit road. With Johnson out of the picture, Montoya and Stewart battled for the lead the rest of the race. Jeff Gordon was third, followed by Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski. NASCAR said Keselowski, the reigning series champion, failed post-race inspection because the entire front of his No.dddddddddddd 2 Ford was too low. This was crew chief Paul Wolfes first race back after a two-race suspension for unapproved parts. Stewart tested at Dover and hoped that would help at a track thats given him fits the last few years. He hadnt finished better than 20th in his last four races at Dover. He might not have gotten this win had Johnson not been penalized with about 19 laps left. Johnson jumped ahead of Montoya out of the restart box and NASCAR quickly threw the black flag. "We certainly had the winning car," Johnson said. "Well have to come back and do it in the fall." Montoyas only two career Cup victories came on road courses. He tried to play the spoiler after Johnsons penalty but just didnt have enough to hold off a hard-charging Stewart. "The car was a little bit too much of a handful at the end," Montoya said. "We tried. I think it was too hot on the tires the run before and our left tires were completely gone." Johnson, who kept the points lead, finished 17th. "He just wanted to get the jump on me," Montoya said. "He just jumped it too much. I would have tried to do the same." Matt Kenseth and Martin Truex Jr., both in the top 10 in points entering the race, made early exits because of engine issues. Pole sitter Denny Hamlin finished 34th after he hit the wall late in the race. Hamlin needed a big points day to try and crack the top 20 if he has any hope at a Chase for the Sprint Cup championship wild-card berth. Hamlin is 26th in the standings, 122 points out of 10th and 74 points out of 20th. Few drivers run as well deep into the season as Stewart. It might be time again for him to get rolling. "Its not a fix-all for what weve got going on," Addington said. "Its a step in the right direction." Stewart-Haas Racing appeared to turn a corner last week at Charlotte after Ryan Newman finished sixth and Stewart was seventh. Stewart said one strong weekend wasnt going to cure all of SHRs problems. Make it two and with a big win in hand. "We got two weeks of momentum under our belt now at two totally different race tracks," Stewart said. "That is big. 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