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who lost his vast collection of A's memorabilia in the wreckage,Loren Jade Smith, penned a touching letter to the club. An outpouring of responses has followed.
Even Topps Company, the producer of baseball trading cards and collectibles,Authentic Patrick Marleau jersey, tweeted, "can you send us info on how we can help" as Smith's letter went viral.
Smith's letter reads:
"I love watching your A's games. I want to be an A's player and I play at Mark West Little League in Santa Rosa. I played baseball in my backyard all day loving the A's and making up my own game. In my backyard they won six World Series in a row. But my house burned down in the Santa Rosa fire and my saddest things was my baseball collection cards, my 17 jerseys and 10 hats and my baseball from the game and also a ball signed by the whole team and Rickey Henderson and Bob Melvin. My brother and me have so much fun but he is only 9 months old. I am teaching him how to throw balls. I have every single A's card from 2000 to now but I am 9 years old. I had a major league baseball and it all burned up. So sad. I know you are not all together but hope they get this."
The A's have also joined forced with other Bay Area professional sports teams -- San Francisco Giants,Authentic Joe Thornton jersey, San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders, Golden State Warriors, San Jose Sharks and San Jose Earthquakes -- to collectively commit $450,adidas Martin Jones jersey,000 to support fire disaster relief efforts. They've called on fans to assist in these efforts at youcaring.com/firerelief.
The Lightning, after reaching the Stanley Cup final in 2015 and the Eastern Conference final in 2016,Authentic Brent Burns jersey, suffered through an injury-riddled 2016-17 campaign and missed the playoffs by one point.
The Red Wings also failed to qualify for the postseason, the first time that had happened to the team since the 1989-90 season.
Tampa Bay, 2-1 winners over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday, hit the road for a three-game trip after completing a 3-0 homestand. Detroit,adidas Alex Pietrangelo jersey, meanwhile, returns home from a 3-1 road swing and riding a two-game winning streak after back-to-back victories at Arizona (Thursday) and Las Vegas (Friday)
The Lightning are coming off a 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Monday night. For the sixth game in a row, Nikita Kucherov managed to find the back of the net (he actually scored twice, including the game-winner).
When injuries were piling up for the Bolts last season, the Russian winger was the guy they relied on to get the job done. This season, that hasn’t changed. The Lightning are healthier than they were a year ago, but he just keeps on rolling.
Another player who’s performed well, is goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy. The young netminder became the full-time starter when the Lightning traded Ben Bishop to the Kings last season. Although he had some ups and downs last year, he’s been terrific this season.
His individual numbers might not jump off the page (3.00 goals-against-average and a .914 save percentage), but he’s come up with a number of big saves already in 2017-18. Last night’s game against the Wings was no different.
“He’s our starter for a reason,” head coach Jon Cooper said after the win over the Wings, per the Tampa Times. “If you want to win in this league, you have to check and you need your goaltender to bail you out on occasions. And the times we haven’t been checking,adidas Patrick Marleau jersey, Vasy has bailed us out.”
After missing the playoffs last season, many expected the Lightning to be better now. The same can not be said for the Devils, but they’ve been one of the pleasant surprises so far.
New Jersey has a 4-1-0 record and they own a plus-8 goal differential. This young team has really come together early,adidas Joe Thornton jersey, and it’ll be interesting to see if they’re able to keep it together.
Rookies Will Butcher and Jesper Bratt have been nothing short of fantastic in the early going. Butcher, who the Devils signed as a college free agent this summer, has eight assists in five games. Bratt has accumulated six points in five contests, which isn’t bad for a 19-year-old drafted in the sixth round.
“He’s a good player,Authentic Martin Jones jersey,Authentic Alex Pietrangelo jersey,” forward Drew Stafford said of Butcher, per NJ.com. “You guys are seeing that. Doesn’t really surprise me anymore. He’s a heck of a player, so for him to have the success that he’s had so far — granted,adidas Vladimir Tarasenko jersey, it’s power play — but that’s something I feel like he can ride as far as he can.”
In the late game, the San Jose Sharks host the Montreal Canadiens at 10:00 p.m. ET. To stream that game live, click here.
It’s been a tough start to the year for the Canadiens, as they’ve managed to come away with one win in their first five contests.
Despite adding Jonathan Drouin this off-season and having Max Pacioretty,Authentic Vladimir Tarasenko jersey, Alex Galchenyuk and a few others, Montreal is still the only team in the league to has played five games and scored less than 10 goals.
They scored a season-high three goals against the Maple Leafs on Saturday night, but they fell 4-3 in overtime thanks to Auston Matthews‘ game-winner.
“I think our guys are focused on what needs to be done internally, inside the dressing room, and what we’re trying to accomplish here,” Claude Julien said, per the Montreal Gazette. “I think so far they’ve done a pretty good job of that. There’s no doubt when you got some guys that are goal-scorers that haven’t scored yet … it’s a normal thing that they might be squeezing the stick a little bit. But that’s what they got to overcome and that’s what we got to try and do and improve our game as we go along here.”
Pacioretty scored a goal in the season opener against Buffalo, but he hasn’t found the back of the net since. Drouin and Galchenyuk both netted their first goals of the season on Saturday night. Three goals in five games from those three players simply isn’t enough.
This will be the first of a three-game road swing in California that never seems to treat the Canadiens well.
Things haven’t been much better for the San Jose Sharks, as they have just one win in four contests.
“It’s on us as players,adidas Brent Burns jersey,” Logan Couture said, per the San Jose Mercury News. “If we’re playing well, then the lines aren’t going to change. If we’re not, then they’re going to change them around. How we play will dictate what the lineup is.
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