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TORONTO -- The Colorado Avalanche can only improve after they lost 10-1 Saturday night to the Montreal Canadiens.They will not have long to linger on the humiliation. They play the Toronto Maple Leafs Sunday night at the Air Canada Centre.The Maple Leafs come home on a high after defeating the Bruins in Boston 4-1 on Saturday night.It was only the third win on the road this season (3-6-5) for the Maple Leafs. They also ended a three-game losing streak.I never thought much about that, it was just winning the game and we feel weve been getting better, Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock said about improving on the road. The last three games the first period kind of did us in, we didnt start on time and it was nice to see that we started, we were able to hold on. It wasnt the start we wanted but we didnt give up the goals, not because we had any, but because the guys battled. And then we were able to execute a little bit.The Avalanche were down 5-0 only 8:41 into the game in Montreal.Tough to describe, Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. Im going to take the blame for that one because we werent prepared to start the game. Theyre the best team in the league with the best record at home and were all the way down in the standings and we werent prepared to play. So that ones on me. ... If you have one or two players who dont show up, then thats on them. When you dont have the whole team show up, then thats on me.The Avalanche (10-15-1) are 1-2-0 on a four-game road trip that ends Sunday in Toronto. They are 1-6-1 in their past eight games. Colorado defeated the Bruins on Thursday.Colorados starting goaltender Calvin Pickard three goals on 10 shots Saturday before being replaced by Semyon Varlamov, who allowed six goals on 16 shots through the end of the second period.If you look at the mistakes we made the way we were playing, it was inevitable, Bednar said. We pulled Pick to maybe try to spark our team. That didnt work. So we put him back in. He had a good third.The Maple Leafs, meanwhile, had good goaltending again Saturday from Frederik Anderson.Our first period, we didnt do anything, Babcock said. We didnt win any battles, we didnt skate. I thought we were way better in the second -- we skated and had much more of the play. In the third period obviously it was great to get the win. (Andersen) played real well, especially early in the game, for us. He gave them the one there at the end of the second but was able to battle hard in the third.The Maple Leafs (11-10-5), who were outshot 33-20, escaped the first period with a 0-0 tie and outscored the Bruins 2-1 in the second period.Freddy made some big saves in the first to keep it a game and we kind of picked up our game as the game went on, said James van Riemsdyk ,who scored his 12th goal of the season. I thought the third period was our best period. 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The Clippers were angry about blowing a big lead; the Kings didnt like being in that kind of hole and nearly digging themselves out only to lose. Vapormax Plus Herren Schweiz . Artturi Lehkonen, Joni Nikko and Ville Leskinen had the other goals for Finland (1-0) while Juuse Saros stopped 28 shots. Tim Robin Johnsgard had the lone goal for Norway (0-2).Game shows? Santa Claus? Cops? Rocky?! Only one kind of moment in college football can cast such a wide net of props or visitors ... and emotions. That, of course, is when walk-ons are given scholarships.Fortunately for those of us who arent in the team meeting rooms when scholarships get issued, social media has helped turn these awards into something of an annual event every August during camps across the country. Once again, this year did not disappoint.No one is better at creating elaborate scholarship reveals than P.J. Fleck and Western Michigan, which is basically the Alabama of walk-on surprises, but there were plenty of other chilling moments across the country.Today, we present to you the ultimate power rankings of walk-ons earning scholarships.10. Chris Finke, Notre Dame, 2016 Notre Dames WOPU Nation is no laughing matter. From Chris Salvi to Joe Schmidt, no shortage of contributors started their college careers as members of the Irishs Walk-On Players Union. This month, cornerback and WOPU general Jesse Bongiovi -- yes, the son of that Bongiovi -- had a few words about a soon-to-be-former compadre after practice. Coach Brian Kelly took it from there, announcing that Finke, a redshirt freshman receiver, would be put on scholarship. The player reactions, as always, are the best part.9. Gabe Ovgard, Oregon State, 2016 Ovgard, a scout-team receiver-turned-starting safety last season, was one of the Beavers feel-good stories. To honor Ovgards work, coach Gary Andersen gathered players before a winter workout and had them pick prizes out of a hat for their teammates. The final prize, of course, was a surprise full-ride for Ovgard. (Ovgard medically retired from football this month, saying he had suffered four concussions in the past year.)8. Clark Eyers, Ford Howell and Josh Taylor, NC State, 2016 Coach Dave Doeren has been a huge champion of walk-ons during his time with the Wolfpack, giving out 13 scholarships to walk-ons since his arrival in 2013. Doeren went the surprise route this time, putting on a comedy bit in a team meeting that compared NC State players and coaches to their celebrity lookalikes. You know how this one ends.7. Grant DePalma, Western Michigan, 2014 It says something about WMU that the use of Santa Claus to issue a scholarship isnt even one of the Broncos most creative ways of surprising walk-ons. Still, the presence of St. Nick in a team meeting before a bowl game was certainly a special moment for DePalma, who received the most-expensive Christmas gift of his life: a full ride.6. Danny Doyle, Duke, 2016 Credit coach David Cutcliffe for having a few tricks up his sleeve, as the 61-year-oold Duke coach shocked Doyle, a defensive end, by having Doyles parents call during a postspring meeting and deliver him the news.dddddddddddd Its nice to see parents be a part of moments like these, too, since theyre the ones who often foot the college bill for their kids.5. Josh Anderson, Notre Dame, 2015 Notre Dame checks in on this list twice, thanks to Brian Kellys creativity. The Irish were revealing their one-off Shamrock Series uniforms, and they granted Anderson the honor of modeling them for his teammates. As if that moment wasnt exciting enough for a group of college kids, Kelly then announced that Anderson, a running back, was a model student-athlete at Notre Dame, and that hed be going on scholarship because of it.4. Kyle Seger, Ball State, 2016 Who doesnt love game shows? First-year Ball State coach Mike Neu decided to put a local spin on the game, having player personnel director Tilmon Clark dress up as a host for The Cardinal Is Right. Clark calls players up individually to guess what is on the screen behind them, with the help from their position groups. When Seger finally gets called and his answer pops up, the entire team storms the stage. Hilarious and chilling, all at once.3. Trevor Sweeney, Western Michigan, 2015 An onside kick? With a note wrapped around the football? So much planning had to go into this WMU surprise, and even then, so much had to go exactly right: The kick, the recovery, the teammates keeping their straight faces for so long. In the end, we get Sweeney being lifted by fellow players as he reads a letter from coach P.J. Fleck. Amazing.2. Daniel Maynes and Rob OConnor, UMass 2012 Cops interrupted a team meeting and said they had documents with Maynes and OConnors names on them. The concerned looks on the players faces -- and on coach Charley Molnars, who was in on the act -- were priceless. Credit Molnar and UMass for being forward-thinking here, as this stunt came in 2012, way before awarding scholarships became a fashionable moment to film and post.1. Kasey Carson, Western Michigan, 2016 Its not enough that the 35-year-old Fleck comes out in full uniform here. Or that he challenges a player to the Oklahoma drill, with a potential night off as the winning prize. Or that the player, Carson, wins. Fleck then directs the team to the videoboard, where Rocky himself, Sylvester Stallone, appears with former WMU letterman Alec Gores to tell Carson he has a scholarship. There may be some boat-rowing -- and drinking -- involved at the end, too. Incredible. ' ' '