Canadas Sports Leader heads to Hollywood for the biggest awards event in sports, The 2014 ESPYS, hosted by Toronto-born Grammy Award-winning platinum-selling recording artist Drake from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Michael Grabner Coyotes Jersey . One category most Canadians will be watching is for Best NHL Player, with a list that includes three Canadians amongst the five nominees. Sidney Crosby, Ryan Getzlaf, and Jonathan Toews are among the players with a shot at being named Best NHL Player. Anze Kopitar of the Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings and Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers round out this years nominees. Rangers forward Dominic Moore is also nominated for Best Comeback Athlete alongside Crosby. Moore sat out 18 months after the death of his wife. He returned to the ice in 2013-14 and scored the game-winning goal in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The goal sent the Rangers to the Cup Finals. Crosby hadnt played at least 80 games since 2009-10 before this past season, where he led the NHL in points at 104 and was a finalist for the Hart Memorial Trophy. Best Male Athlete 1993-94 Mario Lemieux 1995 Mark Messier 1996 Eric Lindros 1997 Joe Sakic 1998 Mario Lemieux 1999-00 Dominik Hasek 2001 Chris Pronger 2002 Jarome Iginla 2003 Jean-Sebastien Giguere 2004 Jarome Iginla 2005 No Winner - LOCKOUT 2006 Jaromir Jagr 2007-10 Sidney Crosby 2011 Tim Thomas 2012 Jonathan Quick 2013 Sidney Crosby TSN2s exclusive Canadian coverage begins Wednesday at 7pm et/4pm pt with The 2014 ESPYS Countdown followed by The 2014 ESPYS at 9pm et/6pm pt. TSN subscribers can also access live and on demand coverage of The 2014 ESPYS via TSN.ca and TSN GO. Lawson Crouse Jersey . - Gary Kubiak is John Elways No. Oliver Ekman-Larsson Coyotes Jersey .ca. The NHL Play of the Year showdown kicks off with some slick moves going head-to-head with a combination of soft hands and endless patience.STOKE, England -- Stoke added another notch to an impressive list of upset results this season as it beat Arsenal 1-0 on Saturday to seriously hurt the Gunners bid for the Premier League title. Jonathan Walters penalty 14 minutes from time after Laurent Koscielny was penalized for handball was enough to give Stoke all three points. Mark Hughes team has beaten Chelsea and Manchester United at home this season, as well as drawing with Manchester City. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger had not won in his previous seven visits to Stokes Brittania Stadium. Arsenal slipped four points behind league leader Chelsea, which won 3-1 at Fulham. It is two above Manchester City, which has two games in hand. Stoke moved level with 11th-placed Hull after what was only its second win in 11 league games. Arsenal made just the one change to the starting line-up from last Saturdays 4-1 win against Sunderland, with the fit-again Kieran Gibbs replacing the injured Nacho Monreal in defence. Record signing Mesut Ozil was on the bench after missing that match due to injury. Stoke also made just one change from its 1-0 loss at Manchester City, with Steven Nzonzi replacing the injuredd Peter Odemwingie. Alex Goligoski Jersey. . Walters had the first chance of the game when he headed Marko Arnautovics header narrowly wide as both sides struggled to carve out opportunities. There was a flurry of chances at the end of the first half and Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny had to react quickly to parry a swerving drive from Glenn Whelan. At the other end, Stoke goalkeeper Asmir Begovic , who had earlier comfortably gathered a weak header from Olivier Giroud, was called into action to save Santi Cazorlas fierce effort from the edge of the area. Stoke almost took the lead at the start of the second half as Szczesny made a hash of dealing with Geoff Camerons cross, leading to a goalmouth scramble that Arsenal survived Peter Crouch also sent an acrobatic attempt wide as well as forcing a diving save from Szczesny, as Stoke continued to press. Stokes efforts were eventually rewarded as Walters flick struck Koscielnys arm and the Republic of Ireland striker made no mistake from the spot. Mesut Ozil flashed a shot across Begovics goal and fellow Arsenal substitute Yaya Sanogo then struck over the bar but Arsenal couldnt find the equalizer. ' ' '
Canadas Sports Leader heads to Hollywood for the biggest awards event in sports, The 2014 ESPYS, hosted by Toronto-born Grammy Award-winning platinum-selling recording artist Drake from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Michael Grabner Coyotes Jersey . One category most Canadians will be watching is for Best NHL Player, with a list that includes three Canadians amongst the five nominees. Sidney Crosby, Ryan Getzlaf, and Jonathan Toews are among the players with a shot at being named Best NHL Player. Anze Kopitar of the Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings and Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers round out this years nominees. Rangers forward Dominic Moore is also nominated for Best Comeback Athlete alongside Crosby. Moore sat out 18 months after the death of his wife. He returned to the ice in 2013-14 and scored the game-winning goal in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The goal sent the Rangers to the Cup Finals. Crosby hadnt played at least 80 games since 2009-10 before this past season, where he led the NHL in points at 104 and was a finalist for the Hart Memorial Trophy. Best Male Athlete 1993-94 Mario Lemieux 1995 Mark Messier 1996 Eric Lindros 1997 Joe Sakic 1998 Mario Lemieux 1999-00 Dominik Hasek 2001 Chris Pronger 2002 Jarome Iginla 2003 Jean-Sebastien Giguere 2004 Jarome Iginla 2005 No Winner - LOCKOUT 2006 Jaromir Jagr 2007-10 Sidney Crosby 2011 Tim Thomas 2012 Jonathan Quick 2013 Sidney Crosby TSN2s exclusive Canadian coverage begins Wednesday at 7pm et/4pm pt with The 2014 ESPYS Countdown followed by The 2014 ESPYS at 9pm et/6pm pt. TSN subscribers can also access live and on demand coverage of The 2014 ESPYS via TSN.ca and TSN GO. Lawson Crouse Jersey . - Gary Kubiak is John Elways No. Oliver Ekman-Larsson Coyotes Jersey .ca. The NHL Play of the Year showdown kicks off with some slick moves going head-to-head with a combination of soft hands and endless patience.STOKE, England -- Stoke added another notch to an impressive list of upset results this season as it beat Arsenal 1-0 on Saturday to seriously hurt the Gunners bid for the Premier League title. Jonathan Walters penalty 14 minutes from time after Laurent Koscielny was penalized for handball was enough to give Stoke all three points. Mark Hughes team has beaten Chelsea and Manchester United at home this season, as well as drawing with Manchester City. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger had not won in his previous seven visits to Stokes Brittania Stadium. Arsenal slipped four points behind league leader Chelsea, which won 3-1 at Fulham. It is two above Manchester City, which has two games in hand. Stoke moved level with 11th-placed Hull after what was only its second win in 11 league games. Arsenal made just the one change to the starting line-up from last Saturdays 4-1 win against Sunderland, with the fit-again Kieran Gibbs replacing the injured Nacho Monreal in defence. Record signing Mesut Ozil was on the bench after missing that match due to injury. Stoke also made just one change from its 1-0 loss at Manchester City, with Steven Nzonzi replacing the injuredd Peter Odemwingie. Alex Goligoski Jersey. . Walters had the first chance of the game when he headed Marko Arnautovics header narrowly wide as both sides struggled to carve out opportunities. There was a flurry of chances at the end of the first half and Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny had to react quickly to parry a swerving drive from Glenn Whelan. At the other end, Stoke goalkeeper Asmir Begovic , who had earlier comfortably gathered a weak header from Olivier Giroud, was called into action to save Santi Cazorlas fierce effort from the edge of the area. Stoke almost took the lead at the start of the second half as Szczesny made a hash of dealing with Geoff Camerons cross, leading to a goalmouth scramble that Arsenal survived Peter Crouch also sent an acrobatic attempt wide as well as forcing a diving save from Szczesny, as Stoke continued to press. Stokes efforts were eventually rewarded as Walters flick struck Koscielnys arm and the Republic of Ireland striker made no mistake from the spot. Mesut Ozil flashed a shot across Begovics goal and fellow Arsenal substitute Yaya Sanogo then struck over the bar but Arsenal couldnt find the equalizer. ' ' '