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Paw Prints – The Daily UConn Roundup – 12/15

Paw Prints The Daily Roundup

Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men's basketball and women's basketball teams as well as the other sports the student-athletes engage in. We will do our best to bring you the links from all of the media that covers the Huskies on a daily basis. As always, links can be found by clicking on the read more button below if you're on the home page.

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UConn Women's Basketball links

Hartley seeks return to All-American form [carl adamec – sny.com]

UConn Men's Basketball links

Andre Drummond: 'Newtown's Not Far from Where I Grew Up … My Heart Goes Out to Them" [david borges – new haven register]

Andre Drummond's time to shine coming soon in Detroit [new haven register]

UConn Football links

UConn commit wins state title in record fashion [jim fuller – new haven register]

Season review: Offensive line [john silver – journal inquirer]

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Albany Devils 4, Connecticut Whale 3

By Wil Goldsholl

The Connecticut Whale went head to head with the Albany Devils for the second time in a week at the XL Center in Hartford on Friday. Despite an extremely unfavorable shot count, the Whale hung around late in to the game, only to fall 4-3 to their surging division rival.

CT WhaleThe Whale first responded to the Devils’ trap defense by “leading from the back”, as the expression goes. Mike Vernace, Sam Klassen, Logan Pyett, and Matt Gilroy all took their share of opportunities from the blueline in the early goings of the first period.

It was the starting forwards, however, that put the Whale on the board first. Kelsey Tessier fed the puck along the wall to Micheal Haley behind the net. After a brief scrum Haley laid the puck ahead of the short-side post intended for Tessier. Instead, the puck found its way to Ryan Bourque who, while falling, was able to slip it between the legs of Albany backstop Keith Kinkaid. Bourque’s fifth goal of the year came at 6:50 in the first.

Through the first 15 minutes of the period, the Whale defense kept the Devils’ shooters to the outside, and Albany replied by putting more traffic in front of Cam Talbot, who stopped 28 of the 32 shots he faced. Among those saves was a stop on Joe Whitney as he came in on a breakaway with five to play in the first.

An interference call against Ryan Bourque came at 18:39, and the Whale penalty kill would start the second period for 38 seconds.

Shortly after the penalty expired, Tim Sestito potted his second of the season on a shifty backhand. Mattias Tedenby fed David Wohlberg before Sestito blindly wheeled it towards the net. The shot caught Talbot cheating off the post and Sestito would even it up just 95 seconds into period two.

On a choppy chance in front of the net, the Whale earned their first shot of the period nearly seven minutes in. Brandon Segal went for tripping a minute later, but the penalty kill unit had a message to send. Kris Newbury grabbed the puck from Chad Kolarik near center, broke in to the zone and delayed at the circle. Newbury fed it across and the return pass left him alone to finish on the doorstep just 11 seconds in to the man-down situation.

The Devils replied almost instantly. Tedenby picked the puck up behind the net and rolled to the far side. The backhand low-to-high feed found Eric Gelinas at the point for a one-timer to beat Talbot and tie the game yet again.

Second period scoring continued when Jacob Josefson leg-tripped Shayne Wiebe at 11:48, and Mike Sislo was called for cross checking Christian Thomas retreating 17 seconds later. With the extended 5-on-3 opportunity, the Whale converted quickly. J.T. Miller hit Matt Gilroy with a pass at the point. He led the puck across to the young Christian Thomas whose one-time hammer sailed over the shoulder of Kinkaid for the 3-2 edge.

With just over two and a half to go in the period, Sam Klassen’s cross-ice outlet was intercepted by Bobby Butler. He walked in alone and beat Talbot with a top-shelf laser. Despite the Whale being outshot 17-5 in the second, the Whale and the Devils were knotted at 3-3 going in to the third.

The third period rolled by uneventfully; neither team saw a power play opportunity in the final 20 minutes. The squads exchanged chances, but the shooting on the period was only 8-7 in Connecticut’s favor. Kolarik knocked down a breakout pass and hit Miller with a pass that Kinkaid shut down, but that was as close as the Whale would come in the final stanza.

Josefson and Corbin McPherson would assist on a Harri Pesonen game-winning goal that came late. With 2:19 to play, Pesonen collected the puck and slipped between the defenders. A quick release found its way between the legs of Talbot and Albany had the lead for the first and most important time in the game.

Talbot left the net with 1:26 remaining, but the Devils’ trap proved to be too much for the Whale to generate any last-minute opportunities.

No player on the ice produced more than one goal, but Tedenby and Josefson finished with two assists apiece. Kinkaid made 15 saves on 18 Whale shots on goal.

Connecticut will face the Portland Pirates Saturday night at 7pm in Hartford.

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Albany Devils 4 at Connecticut Whale 3
Friday, December 14, 2012 – XL Center Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Albany 0 3 1 – 4
Connecticut 1 2 0 – 3

1st Period-1, Connecticut, Bourque 5 (Haley, Vernace), 6:50. Penalties-Bourque Ct (interference), 18:39.

2nd Period-2, Albany, Sestito 2 (Wohlberg, Tedenby), 1:35. 3, Connecticut, Newbury 8 (Kolarik, Pyett), 8:26 (SH). 4, Albany, Gelinas 1 (Tedenby, Josefson), 8:44 (PP). 5, Connecticut, Thomas 7 (Gilroy, Miller), 12:18 (PP). 6, Albany, Butler 9 17:27. Penalties-Segal Ct (tripping), 8:15; Josefson Alb (tripping), 11:48; Sislo Alb (cross-checking), 12:06; McKelvie Alb (roughing), 14:22.

3rd Period-7, Albany, Pesonen 3 (Josefson, McPherson), 17:41. Penalties-No Penalties

Shots on Goal-Albany 8-17-7-32. Connecticut 5-5-8-18.
Power Play Opportunities-Albany 1 / 2; Connecticut 1 / 3.
Goalies-Albany, Kinkaid 6-5-3 (18 shots-15 saves). Connecticut, Talbot 9-9-0 (32 shots-28 saves).
A-3,298
Referees-Jeff Smith (49), Ryan Murphy (5).
Linesmen-Jim Briggs (83), Kevin Redding (16).

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Paw Prints – The Daily UConn Roundup – 12/14

Paw Prints The Daily Roundup

Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men's basketball and women's basketball teams as well as the other sports the student-athletes engage in. We will do our best to bring you the links from all of the media that covers the Huskies on a daily basis. As always, links can be found by clicking on the read more button below if you're on the home page.

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Recruit Ekmark survives and advances [carl adamec – sny.com]

Morgan Tuck Waiting For Knee Brace [john altavilla – hartford courant]

Geno Auriemma Show to Debut on SNY Friday [uconnhuskies.com]

UConn Men's Basketball links

Jim Calhoun, Kevin Ollie and Huskies To Distribute Holiday Meals in Hartford on Dec. 18 [dom amore – hartford courant]

UConn’s memorable moments in Big East [kevin duffy – ct post]

Alumni Profile: A.J. Price [uconn huskies basketball]

Other UConn related links

Softball. UConn Softball Announces Hitting And Pitching Clinic [uconnhuskies.com]

It's OK for UConn fans to hit panic button [ct post]

Where does UConn go from here [ct post]

UConn Was There From The Start [hartford courant]

No Sympathy For Big East [hartford courant]

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2013 Golden Globe Nominations

The 2013 Golden Globe Nominations came out on Thursday morning for the awards ceremony that will be held on January 13, 2013 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA and broadcast on NBC.

Golden Globe

On the movie side of things, Lincoln leads the way with seven nominations followed Argo and Django Unchained which both came in with five nominations.

On the television side of things, HBO led the way again with 17 nominations while Showtime pulled in seven. Game Change led the with five nominations while Showtime's Homeland had four. Modern Family, PBS' Downton Abbey: Season 2 and the HBO film The Girl all tallied three nominations

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BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

ARGO

DJANGO UNCHAINED

LIFE OF PI

LINCOLN

ZERO DARK THIRTY

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

Jessica Chastain – ZERO DARK THIRTY

Marion Cotillard- RUST AND BONE

Helen Mirren – HITCHCOCK

Naomi Watts – THE IMPOSSIBLE

Rachel Weisz – THE DEEP BLUE SEA

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

Daniel Day-Lewis – LINCOLN

Richard Gere – ARBITRAGE

John Hawkes – THE SESSIONS

Joaquin Phoenix – THE MASTER

Denzel Washington – FLIGHT

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL

LES MISERABLES

MOONRISE KINGDOM

SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Emily Blunt – SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN

Judi Dench – THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL

Jennifer Lawrence – SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

Maggie Smith – QUARTET

Meryl Streep – HOPE SPRINGS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Jack Black – BERNIE

Bradley Cooper – SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

Hugh Jackman – LES MISERABLES

Ewan McGregor – SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN

Bill Murray – HYDE PARK ON HUDSON

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

BRAVE

FRANKENWEENIE

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA

RISE OF THE GUARDIANS

WRECK-IT RALPH

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

AMOUR (AUSTRIA)

A ROYAL AFFAIR (DENMARK)

THE INTOUCHABLES (FRANCE)

KON-TIKI (NORWAY/UK/DENMARK)

RUST AND BONE (FRANCE)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

Amy Adams – THE MASTER

Sally Field – LINCOLN

Anne Hathaway – LES MISERABLES

Helen Hunt – THE SESSIONS

Nicole Kidman – THE PAPERBOY

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

Alan Arkin – ARGO

Leonardo DiCaprio – DJANGO UNCHAINED

Philip Seymour Hoffman – THE MASTER

Tommy Lee Jones – LINCOLN

Christoph Waltz – DJANGO UNCHAINED

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE

Ben Affleck – ARGO

Kathryn Bigelow – ZERO DARK THIRTY

Ang Lee – LIFE OF PI

Steven Spielberg – LINCOLN

Quentin Tarantino – DJANGO UNCHAINED

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE

Mark Boal – ZERO DARK THIRTY

Tony Kushner – LINCOLN

David O. Russell – SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

Quentin Tarantino – DJANGO UNCHAINED

Chris Terrio – ARGO

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE

Mychael Danna – LIFE OF PI

Alexandre Desplat – ARGO

Dario Marianelli – ANNA KARENINA

Tom Tykwer, – CLOUD ATLAS
Johnny Klimek,
Reinhold Heil 

John Williams – LINCOLN

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE

“FOR YOU” — ACT OF VALOR
Music by: Monty Powell, Keith Urban
Lyrics by: Monty Powell, Keith Urban

“NOT RUNNING ANYMORE”—STAND UP GUYS
Music by: Jon Bon Jovi
Lyrics by: Jon Bon Jovi

“SAFE & SOUND” — THE HUNGER GAMES
Music by: Taylor Swift, John Paul White, Joy Williams, T Bone Burnett
Lyrics by: Taylor Swift, John Paul White, Joy Williams, T Bone Burnett

“SKYFALL”—SKYFALL
Music by: Adele, Paul Epworth
Lyrics by: Adele, Paul Epworth

“SUDDENLY” — LES MISERABLES
Music by: Claude-Michel Schonberg
Lyrics by: Herbert Kretzmer, Alain Boublil

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

BREAKING BAD

BOARDWALK EMPIRE

DOWNTON ABBEY: SEASON 2

HOMELAND

THE NEWSROOM

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

Connie Britton – NASHVILLE

Glenn Close – DAMAGES

Claire Danes – HOMELAND

Michelle Dockery – DOWNTON ABBEY: SEASON 2

Julianna Margulies – THE GOOD WIFE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

Steve Buscemi – BOARDWALK EMPIRE

Bryan Cranston – BREAKING BAD

Jeff Daniels – THE NEWSROOM

Jon Hamm – MAD MEN

Damian Lewis – HOMELAND

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

THE BIG BANG THEORY

EPISODES

GIRLS

MODERN FAMILY

SMASH

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Zooey Deshanel – NEW GIRL

Julia Louis-Dreyfus – VEEP

Lena Dunham – GIRLS

Tina Fey – 30 ROCK

Amy Poehler – PARKS AND RECREATION

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Alec Baldwin – 30 ROCK

Don Cheadle – HOUSE OF LIES

Louis C.K. –  LOUIE

Matt LeBlanc – EPISODES

Jim Parsons – THE BIG BANG THEORY

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

GAME CHANGE

THE GIRL

HATFIELDS & MCCOYS

THE HOUR

POLITICAL ANIMALS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Nicole Kidman – HEMINGWAY & GELLHORN

Jessica Lange – AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM

Sienna Miller – THE GIRL

Julianne Moore – GAME CHANGE

Sigourney Weaver – POLITICAL ANIMALS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Kevin Costner – HATFIELDS & MCCOYS

Benedict Cumberbatch – SHERLOCK (MASTERPIECE)

Woody Harrelson – GAME CHANGE

Toby Jones – THE GIRL

Clive Owen – HEMINGWAY & GELLHORN

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Hayden Panettiere – NASHVILLE

Archie Panjabi – THE GOOD WIFE

Sarah Paulson – GAME CHANGE

Maggie Smith – DOWNTON ABBEY: SEASON 2

Sofia Vergara – MODERN FAMILY

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Max Greenfield  – NEW GIRL

Ed Harris – GAME CHANGE

Danny Huston –  MAGIC CITY

Mandy Patinkin – HOMELAND

Eric Stonestreet – MODERN FAMILY

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Report: Red Sox Sign Ryan Dempster To Two-Year Deal

Ryan Dempster #46 of the Chicago Cubs looks on before the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 30, 2012 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois.

One of the positions we knew the Boston Red Sox were looking for during free agency was starting pitching. Up until now, they haven't signed any.

That all changed though on Thursday.

According to multiple media reports, the Red Sox and free agent pitcher Ryan Dempster have agreed to terms on a deal. According to Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com, the deal is worth $26.5 million over the two years.

If the report is true, the Red Sox rotation will consist of Dempster, Jon Lester, Clay Buchholz, John Lackey and Felix Doubront or Franklin Morales. Of course that could change if the Red Sox decided to sign another pitcher.

Dempster spent the 2012 season with the Chicago Cubs before being traded to the Texas Rangers. Combined between the two teams, Dempster was 12-8 with a 3.38 ERA.

He dominated the Red Sox last season going to 2-0 with 0.00 ERA (0 ER/13.2 IP). He's made three career starts at the Fens over the years and is 1-1 with a 6.06 ERA (11 ER/16.1 IP).

Another good signing for Ben Cherington and the Red Sox.

Dempster should help stabilize the Red Sox rotation and eat up innings. Before last year when he threw 173 innings, he had gone at least 200 innings for the four seasons before.

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Red Sox Make Victorino Deal Official

While we wait to hear what's going on with the Mike Napoli deal is, the Boston Red Sox finalized their three-year deal with Shane Victorino on Thursday.

Here's the release from the Red Sox:

The Boston Red Sox today signed two-time All-Star and three-time Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner Shane Victorino to a three-year contract through the 2015 season.  The outfielder has been in postseason play five times in his nine-year career, including back to back pennants with Philadelphia in 2008 and 2009 and the World Series Championship against Tampa Bay in 2008.

Boston Red SoxThe former Phillies star, 32, set a career high with 39 stolen bases in 154 games with the Phillies and Dodgers in 2012, his fourth season with least at least 30 steals.  His 39 stolen bases and 86.7 percent success rate (45 attempts) both placed fourth in the National League last year.

After playing 7 ½ seasons with Philadelphia, he was acquired by the Dodgers on July 31 last year and led Los Angeles in stolen bases (15) and tied for the team lead in walks (18) starting August 1.  He hit a combined .255 (152-for-595) with 29 doubles, seven triples, 11 home runs, 55 RBI, 72 runs, and 53 walks in 154 games last year, and was the 10th-hardest hitter in the NL to strike out (8.33 plate appearances per strikeout).

The switch-hitter is the only Major Leaguer to record double digits in double, triples, home runs, and stolen bases three times since 2009.  Since 2007, only eight other Major Leaguers have tallied a least four 30-steal campaigns.

Victorino has twice led the majors in triples, in 2009 (13) and 2011 (tied, 16).  He ranks second among big leaguers with 46 triples starting in 2009, trailing only Dexter Fowler (50), and is tied for 12th among active players with 65 career three-baggers.

A native of Wailuku, Hawaii, he became the first position player and fourth Hawaiian-born player overall to become an All-Star when he was selected in 2009.  He earned the honor again in 2011, when he also won the Mike Schmidt Player of the Year Award from the Philadelphia chapter of the BBWAA. 

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Victorino earned Rawlings Gold Gloves three straight seasons, 2008-10.  He has primarily played center field in his big league career (762 games), but also has played right (147) and left (111) fields. 

He has committed just 10 errors in 2,226 total chances and leads all active outfielders with a .996 fielding percentage.  He has recorded double digits in assists three times, tying for the NL lead with 11 in 2010.  His 59 career assists rank seventh among NL outfielders over the last 10 seasons while his 18 double plays are third and his .881 zone rating is ninth.

In his career, Victorino has hit .275 (1,060-for-3,852) with 195 doubles, 90 home runs, 409 RBI, 616 runs, 334 walks and 201 stolen bases in 1,076 games with the Padres (2003), Phillies (2005-12) and Dodgers (2012).

Originally selected by the Dodgers in the sixth round of the 1999 June Draft, Victorino was twice taken in the Major League phase of the Rule 5 Draft, by San Diego in 2002 and Philadelphia in 2004. 

Victorino’s 30 career postseason RBI are second-most in Phillies history and his 13 RBI during Philadelphia’s 2008 World Series Championship run set a then-club record for a single postseason.  He clubbed the first grand slam in Phillies postseason history in Game 2 of the 2008 NLDS vs. Milwaukee off CC Sabathia.  He hit .293 (17-for-58) with nine RBI during the 2009 postseason, when the Phillies lost the Fall Classic to the New York Yankees, four games to two.

The Phillies’ nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award in 2010, he launched The Shane Victorino Foundation that year with his wife, Melissa.  The foundation promotes opportunities for underserved youth and provides children in need with educational, recreational, and wellness programs.  He has hosted an annual All-Star Celebrity Fashion Show in Philadelphia and Celebrity Dinner and Golf Classic in Hawaii to benefit the foundation, and treated nearly 500 children to Phillies games through his Flyin’ Hawaiian All-Stars ticket program.

Victorino was recognized nationally for his philanthropy in 2011 with the Branch Rickey Award, which honors humanitarians in Major League Baseball who personify “service above self.”  He also received the Phillies Community Service Award in 2010.

Victorino will wear No. 18.  With the signing, the Red Sox 40-man roster is now at 39.

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Paw Prints – The Daily UConn Roundup – 12/13

Paw Prints The Daily Roundup

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UConn Women's Basketball links

UConn Readies For The Main Course To Come [john altavilla – hartford courant]

Maya Moore leaving mark on Chinese basketball [norwich bulletin]

UConn Men's Basketball links

Final Exam Week: UConn frontcourt by the numbers [kevin duffy – ct post]

UConn Football links

DC answered a question in his mailbag [desmond conner – hartford courant]

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Connecticut Whale 2, Worcester Sharks 1

By Wil Goldsholl

Hartford, CT, December 12, 2012 – The Connecticut Whale hadn’t lost three straight games in regulation on the season, and they kept it that way Wednesday night at the XL Center in Hartford with a 2-1 win over the Worcester Sharks, in which they outshot their Atlantic Division opponents 38-25. Marek Hrivik assisted goals from Chad Kolarik and J.T. Miller to snap a two-game Whale skid.

CT WhaleEarly in the first period, Worcester, the San Jose Sharks’ top affiliate, could not seem to clear the puck out of their own end for long stretches of time.  Even when they did manage an effective break-in, Connecticut quickly turned it around. Chris Kreider blocked Matt Tennyson’s shot from the point in the first few minutes and broke in alone on Sharks backstop Harri Sateri. His snap shot was denied, but it would set the bar for the first 20 minutes. The Whale had a 9-3 lead in the shot count at the midway mark of the first period.

Kelsey Tessier got held up by Matt Pelech breaking in to the zone at 10:54 and Micheal Haley went straight after Pelech, earning his 11th major of the year for fighting in addition to a roughing minor. The Whale killed that penalty and then received a power play of their own when Christian Thomas drew a hooking minor against blueliner Sean Acolatse. Fast puck movement and perimeter setup helped in breaking down the middle for chances. Ninety-five seconds in the offensive zone demonstrated that the Kolarik-Hrivik-Miller line would be running on all cylinders.

With two and a half to play, Kyle Jean came close on a Blake Parlett feed to the back door. A chance from the point soon after changed directions three or more times on the way to hitting Sateri. The first period would end scoreless; the Whale carrying a 13-6 shot advantage.

Cam Talbot, who made 25 saves on the night, earned four of them in the first 90 seconds of the second period as a Parlett penalty rolled over from the last minute of the first.

The teams traded penalties and scoring chances in the middle portion of the second period but still neither team could find the twine.

Finally, Worcester broke the deadlock with 98 seconds left in the period. James Livingston took a feed from Acolatse at the bench side of the neutral zone and walked in. Seeing Talbot less than perfectly square, snuck a wrister under the glove hand.

The Whale nearly replied a minute later when Tessier received a brilliant outlet pass up the gut. He was hooked on the way in and still got a shot off. Sateri made the save and, sliding backwards, appeared to be completely in the net. The play went for review and was called no goal. Travis Oleksuk was assessed his second minor of the night, this time for hooking at 19:28 of the second.

The third period started with an abbreviated Whale power play, as the second had started for the Sharks. 

Mike Brennan came up with two big shot blocks on the PK to start the period; he stayed on for the duration of the kill but undoubtedly needed some ice packs after the game.

Kolarik tallied his team-leading ninth goal of the year to get Connecticut on the board when he received a feed from the point to the half-boards. Kolarik curled the circle and let a wrist shot go. Sateri got a piece of it but the shot forced its way under his stick side arm. Miller and Hrivik assisted. The goal came 1:23 in to the third period and the game was tied at one.

A few quiet minutes went by before Miller struck with one of his own. The breakout, delivered from Parlett, then Hrivik, led Miller in to the zone where he hammered a slapshot from the left circle, once again under the arm of Worcester’s Finnish goalkeeper.

Sateri made numerous timely saves in the later portions of the third period to keep his team alive. A late power play came on a Kris Newbury roughing penalty and Sateri got out of the net with 70 seconds to go, but the Atlantic Division-leading Worcester squad could not get a puck past Talbot again. Sateri finished with 36 saves.

Worcester falls to 12-9-1-2, while the Whale stay afloat in the Northeast with an 11-11-2-0 record overall. Connecticut will host the Albany Devils and the Portland Pirates on Friday and Saturday, respectively.

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Worcester Sharks 1 at Connecticut Whale 2

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 – XL Center Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Worcester 0 1 0 – 1
Connecticut 0 0 2 – 2

1st Period- No Scoring. Penalties-Pelech Wor (fighting), 10:54; Haley Ct (roughing, fighting), 10:54; Acolatse Wor (hooking), 14:46; Parlett Ct (tripping), 19:27.

2nd Period-1, Worcester, Livingston 1 (Acolatse), 18:22. Penalties-Oleksuk Wor (tripping), 3:44; Miller Ct (hooking), 8:27; Segal Ct (cross-checking), 14:47; Oleksuk Wor (hooking), 19:28.

3rd Period-2, Connecticut, Kolarik 9 (Miller, Hrivik), 1:23 (PP). 3, Connecticut, Miller 5 (Hrivik, Parlett), 6:09. Penalties-Pyett Ct (cross-checking), 8:45; Sheppard Wor (roughing), 12:48; Parlett Ct (roughing), 12:48; Newbury Ct (roughing), 15:31.

Shots on Goal-Worcester 6-14-6-26. Connecticut 13-11-14-38.
Power Play Opportunities-Worcester 0 / 6; Connecticut 1 / 3.
Goalies-Worcester, Sateri 4-5-1 (38 shots-36 saves). Connecticut, Talbot 9-8-0 (26 shots-25 saves).
A-1,921
Referees-Terry Koharski (10), Jon McIsaac (45).
Linesmen-Luke Galvin (2), Paul Simeon (66).

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2013 Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations

The nominations for the 2013 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards came out on December 12, 2012 for outstanding performances in 2012 in five film and eight primetime television categories. The 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards which will be simulcast live nationally on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 27 at 8 p.m. (ET)/5 p.m. (PT) from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center.

Screen Actors Guild AwardsLes Miserables, Lincoln and Silver Linings Playbook lead the way on the movies side with four nominations each.. HBO had the most nominations on the television side of things with 10 nominations. AMC had six nods while NBC and Showtime each had five.

Modern Family leads the way on the TV nominations garnering all four of ABC's chances to win.

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19th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS® NOMINATIONS

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
BRADLEY COOPER / Pat – “SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK” (The Weinstein Company)
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS / Abraham Lincoln – "LINCOLN” (Touchstone Pictures)
JOHN HAWKES / Mark – "THE SESSIONS" (Fox Searchlight)
HUGH JACKMAN / Jean Valjean – "LES MISÉRABLES" (Universal Pictures)
DENZEL WASHINGTON / Whip Whitaker – "FLIGHT" (Paramount Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
JESSICA CHASTAIN / Maya – "ZERO DARK THIRTY” (Columbia Pictures)
MARION COTILLARD / Stephanie – “RUST AND BONE” (Sony Pictures Classics)
JENNIFER LAWRENCE / Tiffany – “SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK” (The Weinstein Company)
HELEN MIRREN / Alma Reville – “HITCHCOCK” (Fox Searchlight)
NAOMI WATTS / Maria – “THE IMPOSSIBLE” (Summit Entertainment)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
ALAN ARKIN / Lester Siegel – “ARGO” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
JAVIER BARDEM / Silva – "SKYFALL" (Columbia Pictures)
ROBERT DE NIRO / Pat, Sr. – "SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK" (The Weinstein Company)
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN / Lancaster Dodd – “THE MASTER” (The Weinstein Company)
TOMMY LEE JONES / Thaddeus Stevens – “LINCOLN” (Touchstone Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
SALLY FIELD / Mary Todd Lincoln – "LINCOLN" (Touchstone Pictures)
ANNE HATHAWAY / Fantine – “LES MISÉRABLES” (Universal Pictures)
HELEN HUNT / Cheryl – “THE SESSIONS” (Fox Searchlight)
NICOLE KIDMAN / Charlotte Bless – "THE PAPERBOY” (Millennium Entertainment)
MAGGIE SMITH / Muriel Donnelly – “THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL” (Fox Searchlight)

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
ARGO (Warner Bros. Pictures)
BEN AFFLECK / Tony Mendez
ALAN ARKIN / Lester Siegel
KERRY BISHÉ / Kathy Stafford
KYLE CHANDLER / Hamilton Jordan
RORY COCHRANE / Lee Schatz
BRYAN CRANSTON / Jack O’Donnell
CHRISTOPHER DENHAM / Mark Lijek
TATE DONOVAN / Bob Anders
CLEA DUVALL / Cora Lijek
VICTOR GARBER / Ken Taylor
JOHN GOODMAN / John Chambers
SCOOT McNAIRY / Joe Stafford
CHRIS MESSINA / Malinov

THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (Fox Searchlight)
JUDI DENCH / Evelyn Greenslade
CELIA IMRIE / Madge Hardcastle
BILL NIGHY / Douglas Ainslie
DEV PATEL / Sonny Kapoor
RONALD PICKUP / Norman Cousins
MAGGIE SMITH / Muriel Donnelly
TOM WILKINSON / Graham Dashwood
PENELOPE WILTON / Jean Ainslie

LES MISÉRABLES (Universal Pictures)
ISABELLE ALLEN / Young Cosette
SAMANTHA BARKS / Eponine
SACHA BARON COHEN / Thénardier
HELENA BONHAM CARTER / Madame Thénardier
RUSSELL CROWE / Javert
ANNE HATHAWAY / Fantine
DANIEL HUTTLESTONE / Gavroche
HUGH JACKMAN / Jean Valjean
EDDIE REDMAYNE / Marius
AMANDA SEYFRIED / Cosette
AARON TVEIT / Enjolras
COLM WILKINSON / Bishop

LINCOLN (Touchstone Pictures)
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS / Abraham Lincoln
SALLY FIELD / Mary Todd Lincoln
JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT / Robert Todd Lincoln
HAL HOLBROOK / Preston Blair
TOMMY LEE JONES / Thaddeus Stevens
JAMES SPADER / W.N. Bilbo
DAVID STRATHAIRN / William Seward

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK (The Weinstein Company)
BRADLEY COOPER / Pat
ROBERT DE NIRO / Pat, Sr.
ANUPAM KHER / Dr. Cliff Patel
JENNIFER LAWRENCE / Tiffany
CHRIS TUCKER / Danny
JACKI WEAVER / Dolores

PRIMETIME TELEVISION

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
KEVIN COSTNER / “Devil Anse” Hatfield – “HATFIELDS & McCOYS” (History)
WOODY HARRELSON / Steve Schmidt – “GAME CHANGE” (HBO)
ED HARRIS / John McCain – “GAME CHANGE” (HBO)
CLIVE OWEN / Ernest Hemingway – “HEMINGWAY & GELLHORN“ (HBO)
BILL PAXTON / Randall McCoy – “HATFIELDS & McCOYS” (History)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
NICOLE KIDMAN / Martha Gellhorn – “HEMINGWAY & GELLHORN” (HBO)
JULIANNE MOORE / Sarah Palin – “GAME CHANGE” (HBO)
CHARLOTTE RAMPLING / Eva Delectorskaya – “RESTLESS” (Sundance Channel)
SIGOURNEY WEAVER / Elaine Barrish Hammond – “POLITICAL ANIMALS” (USA)
ALFRE WOODARD / Ouiser – “STEEL MAGNOLIAS” (Lifetime)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
STEVE BUSCEMI / Enoch “Nucky” Thompson – “BOARDWALK EMPIRE” (HBO)
BRYAN CRANSTON / Walter White – “BREAKING BAD” (AMC)
JEFF DANIELS / Will McAvoy – “THE NEWSROOM” (HBO)
JON HAMM / Don Draper – “MAD MEN” (AMC)
DAMIAN LEWIS / Nicholas Brody – “HOMELAND” (Showtime)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
CLAIRE DANES / Carrie Mathison – “HOMELAND” (Showtime)
MICHELLE DOCKERY / Lady Mary Crawley – “DOWNTON ABBEY” (PBS)
JESSICA LANGE / Sister Jude – “AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM” (FX)
JULIANNA MARGULIES / Alicia Florrick – “THE GOOD WIFE” (CBS)
MAGGIE SMITH / Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham – “DOWNTON ABBEY” (PBS)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy – “30 ROCK” (NBC)
TY BURRELL / Phil Dunphy – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)
LOUIS C.K. / Louie – “LOUIE” (FX)
JIM PARSONS / Sheldon Cooper – “THE BIG BANG THEORY” (CBS)
ERIC STONESTREET / Cameron Tucker – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
EDIE FALCO / Jackie Peyton – “NURSE JACKIE” (Showtime)
TINA FEY / Liz Lemon – “30 ROCK” (NBC)
AMY POEHLER / Leslie Knope – “PARKS AND RECREATION” (NBC)
SOFIA VERGARA / Gloria Delgado-Pritchett – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)
BETTY WHITE / Elka Ostrovsky – “HOT IN CLEVELAND” (TV Land)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO)
STEVE BUSCEMI / Enoch “Nucky” Thompson
CHRIS CALDOVINO / Tonino Sandrelli
BOBBY CANNAVALE / Gyp Rosetti
MEG CHAMBERS STEEDLE / Billie Kent
CHARLIE COX / Owen Sleater
JACK HUSTON / Richard Harrow
PATRICK KENNEDY / Dr. Douglas Mason
ANTHONY LACIURA / Eddie Kessler
KELLY MACDONALD / Margaret Thompson
GRETCHEN MOL / Gillian Darmody
VINCENT PIAZZA / Lucky Luciano
PAUL SPARKS / Mickey Doyle
MICHAEL STUHLBARG / Arnold Rothstein
SHEA WHIGHAM / Elias “Eli” Thompson
ANATOL YUSEF / Meyer Lansky

BREAKING BAD (AMC)
JONATHAN BANKS / Mike Ehrmantraut
BETSY BRANDT / Marie Schrader
BRYAN CRANSTON / Walter White
LAURA FRASER / Lydia Rodart-Quayle
ANNA GUNN / Skyler White
RJ MITTE / Walter White, Jr.
DEAN NORRIS / Hank Schrader
BOB ODENKIRK / Saul Goodman
AARON PAUL / Jesse Pinkman
JESSE PLEMONS / Todd
STEVEN MICHAEL QUEZADA / Gomez

DOWNTON ABBEY (PBS)
HUGH BONNEVILLE / Robert, Earl of Grantham
ZOE BOYLE / Lavinia Swire
LAURA CARMICHAEL / Lady Edith Crawley
JIM CARTER / Mr. Carson
BRENDAN COYLE / John Bates
MICHELLE DOCKERY / Lady Mary Crawley
JESSICA BROWN FINDLAY / Lady Sybil Crawley
SIOBHAN FINNERAN / O’Brien
JOANNE FROGGATT / Anna
IAIN GLEN / Sir Richard Carlisle
THOMAS HOWES / William
ROB JAMES-COLLIER / Thomas
ALLEN LEECH / Tom Branson
PHYLLIS LOGAN / Mrs. Hughes
ELIZABETH McGOVERN / Cora, Countess of Grantham
SOPHIE McSHERA / Daisy
LESLEY NICOL / Mrs. Patmore
AMY NUTTALL / Ethel
DAVID ROBB / Dr. Clarkson
MAGGIE SMITH / Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham
DAN STEVENS / Matthew Crawley
PENELOPE WILTON / Isobel Crawley

HOMELAND (Showtime)
MORENA BACCARIN / Jessica Brody
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET / Finn Walden
CLAIRE DANES / Carrie Mathison
RUPERT FRIEND / Peter Quinn
DAVID HAREWOOD / David Estes
DIEGO KLATTENHOFF / Mike Faber
DAMIAN LEWIS / Nicholas Brody
DAVID MARCIANO / Virgil
NAVID NEGAHBAN / Abu Nazir
JACKSON PACE / Chris Brody
MANDY PATINKIN / Saul Berenson
ZULEIKHA ROBINSON / Roya Hammad
MORGAN SAYLOR / Dana Brody
JAMEY SHERIDAN / Vice President Walden

MAD MEN (AMC)
BEN FELDMAN / Michael Ginsberg
JAY R. FERGUSON / Stan Rizzo
JON HAMM / Don Draper
JARED HARRIS / Lane Pryce
CHRISTINA HENDRICKS / Joan Harris
VINCENT KARTHEISER / Pete Campbell
ROBERT MORSE / Bertram Cooper
ELISABETH MOSS / Peggy Olson
JESSICA PARÉ / Megan Calvet Draper
TEYONAH PARRIS / Dawn Chambers
KIERNAN SHIPKA / Sally Draper
JOHN SLATTERY / Roger Sterling
RICH SOMMER / Harry Crane
AARON STATON / Kenneth Cosgrove

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
30 ROCK (NBC)
SCOTT ADSIT / Pete Hornberger
ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy
TINA FEY / Liz Lemon
JUDAH FRIEDLANDER / Frank Rossitano
JANE KRAKOWSKI / Jenna Maroney
JACK McBRAYER / Kenneth Parcell
TRACY MORGAN / Tracy Jordan

THE BIG BANG THEORY (CBS)
MAYIM BIALIK / Amy Farrah Fowler
KALEY CUOCO / Penny
JOHNNY GALECKI / Leonard Hofstadter
SIMON HELBERG / Howard Wolowitz
KUNAL NAYYAR / Rajesh Koothrappali
JIM PARSONS / Sheldon Cooper
MELISSA RAUCH / Bernadette Rostenkowski

GLEE (FOX)
DIANNA AGRON / Quinn Fabray
CHRIS COLFER / Kurt Hummel
DARREN CRISS / Blaine Anderson
SAMUEL LARSEN / Joe Hart
VANESSA LENGIES / Sugar Motta
JANE LYNCH / Sue Sylvester
JAYMA MAYS / Emma Pillsbury
KEVIN McHALE / Artie Abrams
LEA MICHELE / Rachel Berry
CORY MONTEITH / Finn Hudson
HEATHER MORRIS / Brittany Pierce
MATTHEW MORRISON / Will Schuester
ALEX NEWELL / Wade Adams/Unique
CHORD OVERSTREET / Sam Evans
AMBER RILEY / Mercedes Jones
NAYA RIVERA / Santana Lopez
MARK SALLING / Noah “Puck” Puckerman
HARRY SHUM, JR. / Mike Chang
JENNA USHKOWITZ / Tina Cohen-Chang

MODERN FAMILY (ABC)
AUBREY ANDERSON-EMMONS / Lily Tucker-Pritchett
JULIE BOWEN / Claire Dunphy
TY BURRELL / Phil Dunphy
JESSE TYLER FERGUSON / Mitchell Pritchett
NOLAN GOULD / Luke Dunphy
SARAH HYLAND / Haley Dunphy
ED O’NEILL / Jay Pritchett
RICO RODRIGUEZ / Manny Delgado
ERIC STONESTREET / Cameron Tucker
SOFIA VERGARA / Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
ARIEL WINTER / Alex Dunphy

NURSE JACKIE (Showtime)
MACKENZIE ALADJEM / Fiona Peyton
EVE BEST / Dr. Ellie O’Hara
BOBBY CANNAVALE / Dr. Mike Cruz
JAKE CANNAVALE / Charlie Cruz
PETER FACINELLI / Dr. Fitch Cooper
EDIE FALCO / Jackie Peyton
DOMINIC FUMUSA / Kevin Peyton
ARJUN GUPTA / Sam
LENNY JACOBSON / Lenny
RUBY JERINS / Grace Peyton
PAUL SCHULZE / Eddie Walzer
ANNA DEAVERE SMITH / Gloria Akalitus
STEPHEN WALLEM / Thor Lundgren
MERRITT WEVER / Zoey Barkow

THE OFFICE (NBC)
LESLIE DAVID BAKER / Stanley Hudson
BRIAN BAUMGARTNER / Kevin Malone
CREED BRATTON / Creed Bratton
CLARKE DUKE / Clark
JENNA FISCHER / Pam Halpert
KATE FLANNERY / Meredith Palmer
ED HELMS / Andy Bernard
MINDY KALING / Kelly Kapoor
ELLIE KEMPER / Erin Hannon
ANGELA KINSEY / Angela Martin
JOHN KRASINSKI / Jim Halpert
JAKE LACEY / Peter
PAUL LIEBERSTEIN / Toby Flenderson
B.J. NOVAK / Ryan Howard
OSCAR NUÑEZ / Oscar Martinez
CRAIG ROBINSON / Darryl Philbin
PHYLLIS SMITH / Phyllis Vance
CATHERINE TATE / Nellie Bertram
RAINN WILSON / Dwight Schrute

SAG AWARDS HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Columbia Pictures)
THE BOURNE LEGACY (Universal Pictures)
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (Warner Bros. Pictures)
LES MISÉRABLES (Universal Pictures)
SKYFALL (Columbia Pictures)

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO)
BREAKING BAD (AMC)
GAME OF THRONES (HBO)
SONS OF ANARCHY (FX)
THE WALKING DEAD (AMC)

LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
 
Screen Actors Guild 49th Annual Life Achievement Award
DICK VAN DYKE

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Whale Announce Roster Changes

HARTFORD, December 12, 2012:  Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the Whale has signed goaltender Bryan Hince to a Professional Tryout (PTO) agreement from its ECHL affiliate, the Greenville Road Warriors, and that fellow backstop Jason Missiaen has been reassigned from the Whale to Greenville.

CT WhaleHince, a third-year pro out of SUNY-Plattsburgh, has played three games for the Road Warriors this year, going 1-2-0 with ten goals-against on 113 shots for a 3.36 goals-against average and a 91.2% save percentage.  The 6-0, 195-pound Kapukasing, Ontario native registered his first professional shutout in his Road Warrior season debut, a 3-0 win at Trenton November 24 in which Hince made 30 saves.

Since turning pro in 2010-11, the 26-year-old Hince has appeared in 15 ECHL games with the Road Warriors and Idaho Steelheads, with a 12-3-0 record, a 2.91 GAA, a 91.0% save percentage and one shutout.  He has also logged 50 Southern Professional Hockey League games with the Knoxville Ice Bears, going 31-15-0 with a 2.70 GAA and a 91.7% save percentage.

Missiaen has played in seven games for the Whale this season and has compiled a record of 2-3-0, with a 4.94 GAA and an 85.0% save percentage.  He was a free-agent signee by the parent New York Rangers March 24, 2011 out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

BRYAN HINCE’S AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL RECORD

The Whale are in home-ice action tonight at the XL Center, taking on the Atlantic Division-leading Worcester Sharks in a 7:00 PM game.  Tickets for that game, and all Whale regular season home games at the XL Center, are on sale now at the Public Power Ticket Office at the XL Center, through TicketMaster Charge-by-Phone at 1-800-745-3000 and on-line at www.ticketmaster.com.

Season tickets for the Whale’s 2012-13 AHL season are also available. For information on season seats, and all of the Whale’s many ticketing options, visit www.ctwhale.com, or call the CT Whale ticket office at (860) 548-2000 to talk with an account executive today

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