SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. - Max Lajoie scored the only goal of the shootout, and Landon Bow stopped 48 shots in total to lead the Swift Current Broncos to a 5-4 win over the Calgary Hitmen in Western Hockey League action on Wednesday.Jake DeBrusk scored twice for Swift Current (20-17-4), including a tie-breaking power-play goal with 49 seconds to play, and Colby Cave and Tyler Steenbergen rounded out the offence.Jake Virtanen, Connor Rankin, Elliott Peterson and Carsen Twarynski, with a short-handed goal, scored for the Hitmen (22-15-4). Bow stopped 43 shots through regulation and overtime and all five skaters in the shootout.Calgary goaltender Mack Shields made 37 saves through 65 minutes and four more in the shootout.---RAIDERS 5 WARRIORS 1PRINCE ALBERT, Alta. — Tim Vanstone scored two goals, including one shorthanded, and Rylan Parenteau turned aside 44 shots as the Raiders downed Moose Jaw.Craig Leverton, Jordan Tkatch and Matteo Gennaro had a goal and an assist apiece for Prince Albert (17-23-1), which was outshot 45-28.Jack Rodewald had the lone goal for the Warriors (16-22-4). Zach Sawchenko made 23 saves.---PATS 3 SILVERTIPS 1REGINA — Pavel Padakin had a goal and an assist to lead the Pats over Everett.Braden Christoffer, with a power-play goal, and Jesse Gabrielle also scored for Regina (25-12-3).Nikita Scherbak replied for the Silvertips (24-12-4).---CHIEFS 4 WINTERHAWKS 1SPOKANE, Wash. — Devon McAndrews struck twice as the Chiefs toppled Portland.Jason Fram had a goal and an assist for Spokane (22-14-3) and Adam Helewka added an empty-net goal at 18:32 of the third period. Oliver Bjorkstrand had the lone goal for the Winterhawks (21-18-3), finding the back of the net with his 22nd of the season in the first period.---AMERICANS 5 COUGARS 3PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Evan Sarthou stopped 33 shots and five difference Tri-City skaters scored in its victory over the Cougars.Jordan Topping, Richard Nejezchleb, Justin Gutierrez and Taylor Vickerman had a goal and an assist apiece for the Americans (19-19-2) while Nolan Yaremko rounded out the attack.Brad Morrison, Zach Pochiro and Josh Anderson supplied the offence for Prince George (20-22-0). 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Lamar Jackson Jersey .TV Series: Duck Dynasty. Baltimore Ravens Jerseys . The international synchronized skating competition takes place from January 31 - February 1, 2014, and features 39 teams from 10 countries, in senior, junior, and novice.Way back at the start of the season, amid all the whistles and fouls, the defensive-minded teams appeared to be in trouble, a seemingly dying breed hamstrung by the NCAAs new hands-free rules. As the season progressed, the top coaches and teams adjusted to the changes and found ways around the impediments. Now, after the all increases in scoring and shooting percentages and offensive flow, the season has come down to a Final Four of teams held together by one common thread: shutdown defences. "In general, its like most sports: Defence wins championships," said Bill Frieder, a longtime coach and TV/radio analyst. "You still need to score, but basically when it gets right down to it, you have to make stops. The teams that can make a stop or two back to back are the teams that advance." The Final Four teams in this wild ride of an NCAA tournament earned a trip to North Texas this weekend because they can do just that. Florida is the best defensive team in the country, allowing just 88.5 points per 100 possessions, according to the analytics of KenPom.com. The Gators can be downright dominating on the defensive end, swarming ballhandlers and luring shooters into a fall sense of security before rising up to swat shots back in their faces. Defence has been a cornerstone for Bo Ryan since he won four national championships at Division III Wisconsin-Platteville and its been the calling card -- along with that ultra-patient offence -- since he arrived at Madison. The Badgers are fundamental and fierce, allowing about 56 points per game to NCAA opponents -- nearly eight less than before the tournament. For all the flash of Kentuckys fabulous freshmen, these young Cats can get after you on D. Kentuckys latest one-and-done lineup is filled with long, athletic players who can harass on the perimeter and guard the rim -- 10th nationally with 6.1 blocked shots per game -- like few teams in college basketball. And for all the hype heaped on Connecticuts Shabazz Napier, the Huskies are pretty husky when it comes to defence. Ryan Boatright has become a point-guard stopper -- he had four steals and helped limit Michigan States Keith Appling to two points in the East Regional final -- and UConn seems to have an entire roster of rim protectors, ranking 16th nationally with 5.8 blocked shots per game. "We are predators out there," UConn coach Kevin Ollie said. In most years, the high-scoring teams often get the attention, whether it was Florida Gulf Coasts Dunk City a year ago or backk to Houstons Phi Slamma Jamma of the early 1980s.dddddddddddd What usually happens at the finish? The best defensive teams end up with the hardware. Louisville rode its swarming, chaos-inducing defence to a title last season. The year before that, Anthony Davis and Kentuckys shot-swatting young Cats set an NCAA record with 335 blocked shots on their way to the national championship. In 2011: Connecticut 53, Butler 41. Great defensive teams litter the list of national champions throughout history, too. UNLV ran its wrecking crew through the bracket in 1990. North Carolina State and Georgetown let the air out of Phi Slamma Jamma in consecutive title games. Indiana played superb team defence during the last perfect season in 1976. Lew Alcindor and Bill Walton anchored the UCLA teams that ran off 10 titles in 12 years. Go all the way back to the 1950s and the San Francisco teams that won consecutive championships had a young Bill Russell dominating the middle before he went on to do the same thing for the Boston Celtics. "In the NBA, its always seems to come down to the teams that play the best defence and its no different in college basketball," Arizona State associate head coach Eric Musselman said. "At the end of the day, no matter how well you score, youve got to be able stop people." The Final Four teams have proven they can do it so far in the tournament. Wisconsin opened the NCAA tournament by holding American to 35 points and reached the Final Four by preventing Arizona from getting off a potential game-winning shot before the buzzer sounded in overtime. Kentucky held Kansas State to 49 points in its NCAA opener and held Michigan scoreless for nearly 4 1-2 minutes of a three-point Midwest Regional final win that sent the Wildcats to the Final Four for the third time in four seasons. UConn went toe-to-toe with one of the nations best defensive teams in the East Regional final, holding Michigan State to 39 per cent shooting and two field goals -- one at the buzzer after the game was decided -- over the final 5 minutes. Florida is the third team in NCAA tournament history to win four games by double digits and hold opponents under 70 points per game en route to the Final Four, limiting teams to an average of 55 points per game. "We just take so much pride into being able to disrupt the team and being able to lock down guys," Florida forward Patric Young said. So do the other three teams, a big reason why theyre all together in North Texas. 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