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Boston Bruins forward Shawn Thornton will have an in-person hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety for an incident with Pittsburgh Penguins defenceman Brooks Orpik on Saturday at TD Garden. The hearing is set for 1pm et on Friday afternoon in New York City. Thornton was offered the opportunity for an in-person hearing as required by provisions of the Collective Bargaining Agreement for any suspension that can exceed five games. At 11:06 of the first period in Saturdays contest, Thornton confronted Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik in a scrum, pulling him to the ice and throwing punches. Orpik was removed from the ice on a stretcher. Thornton was assessed a match penalty on the play. Orpik was taken to a local hospital, where he was alert and conscious and later travelled back to Pittsburgh with the team. Hydro Flask i Butikk . Former San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds made his longshot request of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit upheld Bonds conviction in September. Hydro Flask Norge . The Canadian Luge Association officially named seven athletes to the 2014 Olympic team Tuesday. Edney, will lead teenagers John Fennell and Mitchel Malyk into their first Games in mens singles. Tristan Walker and Justin Snith will represent Canada in doubles, while Gough, will be joined by Kimberley McRae in womens singles. http://www.norgehydroflask.com/ . “Momentum is only as good as the next days starter,” the long-time Baltimore Orioles manager famously quipped. Hydro Flask Barn . - Defensive end-linebacker Mike Neal apparently is returning to the Packers. Hydro Flask Prisjakt . Stevenson scored the first three goals of the game in the first period for Regina (35-22-6), which has won eight of its last 10 games. Patrick DAmico added two for the Pats, Braden Christoffer had a single and Morgan Klimchuk chipped in a goal and four assists.Former overall World Cup winner Nicole Hosp of Austria led the final downhill training session Sunday ahead of Mondays super-combined race at the Sochi Olympics. Hosp raced down the Rosa Khutor course in 1 minute, 31.36 seconds. Fabienne Suter of Switzerland finished second, 0.21 seconds behind, and Regina Sterz of Austria was third, 0.43 behind. Defending overall champion Tina Maze was fourth while Auustrian standout Anna Fenninger and current overall leader Maria Hoefl-Riesch tied for sixth.ddddddddddddnbsp;Many skiers sat out the fourth training. Hosp won the overall title in 2007 but has not won a race since January 2008. She missed the 2010 Vancouver Games due to injury. The super-combined opens the womens medal events in Alpine skiing, followed by the downhill race Wednesday. ' ' '