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PORTLAND, Ore. -- Brendan Burke stopped 32 shots and Oliver Bjorkstrand had a pair of goals as the Portland Winterhawks blanked the visiting Spokane Chiefs 6-0 on Friday in Western Hockey League action. Brendan Leipsic, Paul Bittner, Adam De Champlain and Keegan Iverson also scored for the Winterhawks (35-12-5), who improved to 10-0-1 in their last 11 contests, while Nicolas Petan and Taylor Leier chipped in with two assists apiece. Defencemen Jeremy McIntosh and Cole Wedman were each a team-worst minus-3 for the Chiefs (31-16-4). Eric Williams started in net for Spokane, but was pulled after allowing four goals on 22 shots. Garret Hughson replaced Williams to start the third period and stopped 9-of-11 shots in relief. Portland went 3 for 6 on the power play while the Chiefs failed to score on either of their chances with the man advantage. --- COUGARS 2 WARRIORS 1 MOOSE JAW, Sask. -- Ty Edmonds stopped 21 shots as Prince George handed the Warriors their eighth loss in a row. Todd Fiddler scored the eventual winner for the Cougars (21-26-7) at 11:30 of the third period while also picking up an assist on Marc McNultys first period goal. Josh Uhrich scored the lone goal for Moose Jaw (13-30-8). Justin Paulic turned away 23-of-25 shots for the Warriors. --- PATS 6 BLADES 0 REGINA -- Chandler Stephenson scored twice as the Pats used a four-goal second period to down Saskatoon. Dryden Hunt had a goal and two assists for Regina (26-21-5) while Daniel Wapple only had to make 16 saves for his third-career shutout. Kyle Burroughs, Logan McVeigh and Connor Gay also scored for the Pats. Troy Trombley stopped 41-of-47 shots for the Blades (14-35-4). --- BRONCOS 4 TIGERS 3 SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. -- Graham Black scored three times and Julius Honka chipped in with two assists as the Broncos slipped past Medicine Hat. Dillon Heatherington had a goal and an assist for Swift Current (26-18-8) while Eetu Laurikainen made 30 saves for the win. Cole Sanford had a pair of goals for the Tigers (29-18-3) and Alex Mowbray scored once. Medicine Hats Marek Langhamer turned aside 34-of-38 shots in defeat. --- HITMEN 7 WHEAT KINGS 4 CALGARY -- Brady Brassart, Greg Chase and Ben Thomas each had a goal and an assist as the Hitmen downed Brandon to halt a three-game slide. Chase Lang, Jake Virtanen, Connor Rankin and Adam Tambellini also scored for Calgary (32-13-6). Ryley Lindgren scored once and set up two more for the Wheat Kings (26-19-6) and Eric Roy, Jayce Hawryluk and Quinton Lisoway had a goal apiece. Chris Driedger made 27 saves for the Hitmen as Brandons Curtis Honey stopped 35-of-42 shots in defeat. --- OIL KINGS 3 AMERICANS 1 EDMONTON -- Tristan Jarry made 28 saves as the Oil Kings extended their win streak to seven games by downing Tri-City. Curtis Lazar and Lane Bauer scored 47 seconds apart in the second period to put Edmonton (36-13-1) ahead for good, and Aaron Irving added one more late in the period. Brian Williams ruined Jarrys shutout bid when he scored at 19:33 of the third period. Eric Comrie stopped 35-of-38 shots for the Americans (25-22-5). --- ICE 4 RAIDERS 1 CRANBROOK, B.C. -- Luke Philp and Zach Franko each had a goal and an assist as Kootenay toppled Prince Albert. Tim Bozon and Zak Zoborosky also scored for the Ice (26-21-4) while Rinat Valiev and Jagger Dirk tacked on two assists apiece. Dakota Conroy scored the lone goal for the Raiders (23-25-3). Kootenays Mackenzie Skapski made 30 saves for the win as Prince Alberts Cole Cheveldave kicked out 29-of-32 shots in a losing cause. --- HURRICANES 6 REBELS 5 (SO) RED DEER, Alta. -- Kolten Olynek scored once in regulation and then the shootout winner as Lethbridge snapped the Rebels five-game win streak. Reid Duke had two goals and an assist for the Hurricanes (10-38-5) while Carter Folk and Nick Walters added the others. Jamal Watson and Riley Sheen each had two assists. Brooks Maxwell had a pair of goals for Red Deer (27-21-2) and Nick Charif, Presten Kopeck and Rhyse Dieno each scored once. Jonny Hogue made 36 saves for Lethbridge as Patrik Bartosak stopped 28-of-33 shots for Red Deer. --- ROCKETS 4 BLAZERS 2 KAMLOOPS, B.C. -- Jackson Whistle stopped 36-of-38 shots as Kelowna doubled up the Blazers. Justin Kirkland and Myles Bell each had two goals and an assist for the Rockets (41-7-3) while Madison Bowey tacked on two assists. Cole Ully scored both goals for Kamloops (11-36-5), which dropped its fifth straight game. Bolton Pouliot turned away 30-of-34 shots for the Blazers. --- GIANTS 5 ROYALS 4 (SO) VICTORIA -- Cain Franson scored once in regulation and then added the shootout winner as Vancouver halted the Royals three-game win streak. Thomas Foster, Tim Traber and Dalton Sward also scored for the Giants (26-19-8) while Joel Hamilton had two assists. Logan Nelson scored twice for Victoria (33-16-3) and Steven Hodges and Brandon Magee had a goal and an assist each. Vancouvers Payton Lee made 28 saves for the win. Patrik Polivka turned away 26-of-30 shots for the Royals. --- THUNDERBIRDS 2 SILVERTIPS 1 EVERETT, Wash. -- Taran Kozun turned aside 24 shots as Seattle held on to hand the Silvertips their sixth straight loss. Ryan Gropp and Mathew Barzal each had a goal and an assist for the Thunderbirds (32-15-5). Everett (25-19-8) got its lone goal from Joshua Winquist. Daniel Cotton stopped 22-of-24 shots for the Silvertips. Wholesale Adidas NMD R2 . - Buffalo Bills running back C. Cheapest Nmd Trainers . LOUIS -- Julius Randle had 19 points and 15 rebounds, Aaron Harrison finished with 18 points and No. http://www.nmdukonlinestore.com/ .com) - Quarterback Cardale Jones will return to Ohio State next season. Latest Nmd Trainers .com) - P.K. 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"We dont know how much because we need to see how hes going, but hes available," U.Morocco was thrown out of the 2015 African Cup of Nations and dumped as the host Tuesday after refusing to commit to the scheduled dates early next year because of fears over Ebola.The tournament in January and February will now have a new host country only two months before kickoff, the Confederation of African Football said after an emergency meeting at its Cairo headquarters.CAF didnt announce the replacement host, but said it had received some applications.These applications are currently under review, and the executive committee will finalize the selection of the successful national association shortly, the African football body said in a statement.It didnt name any of the candidates.South Africa, Egypt, Sudan and Ghana have all already indicated they are unwilling to replace Morocco, partly because of Ebola. Nigeria, Angola and Gabon have also been mentioned as possible stand-in hosts.The decisions by CAF were taken at a meeting that was forced by Moroccos refusal to hold the tournament on the planned dates of Jan. 17-Feb. 8 because of the threat of the spread of Ebola. The disease has killed about 5,000 people in West Africa, and Morocco wanted the 16-team soccer event postponed until 2016 because of fears the deadly virus would arrive with supporters and other travellers.CAF repeatedly refused Moroccos request to postpone the African Cup, the bodys main money-earning tournament, and gave the country until Saturday to commit to the planned dates. Morocco declined again.The Royal Moroccan Football Federation reiterated its refusal to hold the competition on the dates indicated, CAF said Tuesday. Therefore having firmly and unanimously notified ... its decision to keep the competition on the dates indicated, the executive committee confirmed that the Africa Cup of Nations 2015 will not take place in Morocco.CAFs executive committee also decided that the national team of Morocco is automatically disqualified because of its refusal to host. CAF will decide on further punishments for Morocco for breaching its contract as host, it said.CAF must now decide on a new host nation, one which will have little time to prepare. The decision on the new host would be made shorrtly, CAF said, but it didnt give a solid timeframe.ddddddddddddIt also will have to re-schedule the final draw for the tournament, and the ongoing qualifying competition might be affected if a country currently playing in the qualifiers is given an automatic place in the final tournament as the new host.After Morocco indicated last month that it wanted a postponement, CAF approached seven countries to act as possible short-notice hosts, according to South Africa, one of the nations on the list.No country has publicly said yet that it wants to host the tournament in Moroccos place.Although Guinea is the only one of the three West African countries worst-affected by Ebola to still have a good chance of qualifying for the final tournament, there was nothing stopping fans from the other Ebola countries from travelling, Moroccan authorities said. They warned of the dangers of supporters from football-mad West Africa mixing with large groups of other fans at stadiums.Morocco said it wouldnt stand down over its position because of advice from its health authorities, which took precedence over sports.Moroccan authorities were criticized by some sections of their own media over their decision, which could result in a ban from future editions of the African Cup.While harping on the risk of Ebola, Moroccos position is strongly contradicted by Royal Air Marocs 15 flights a week to countries affected by Ebola, an editorial in the French-language Moroccan daily Les Echos said. There are not less than 1,500 people transported from these countries to Morocco every week, without a single case detected.The paper predicted severe penalties and a negative political impact for Morocco.Morocco is also scheduled to host FIFAs Club World Cup next month, featuring Champions League winner Real Madrid. The country said it was willing to continue with its hosting duties for that tournament because it didnt expect many supporters to travel to it from Ebola-affected regions.The two African teams playing in the Club World Cup are from Morocco and Algeria.___Associated Press writer Paul Schemm contributed to this report.___Gerald Imray is on Twitter at www.twitter.com/GeraldImrayAP ' ' '