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The New Jersey Devils made short work of the Philadelphia Flyers, taking their second-round series with a 3-1 Game Five win. Rocky Bleier Jersey . Ilya Kovalchuk had a goal and an assist for the Devils, giving him a team-leading seven points in the four games that he played in the series. Dainius Zubrus added an assist, giving him five points in the series and four other Devils recorded four points; a balanced attack. Devils D Bryce Salvador continued his strong play in the series, leading the Devils in Game Five with 23:43 of ice time and scoring New Jerseys first goal. Salvador, who didnt score a goal and had nine assists in 82 regular season games, has two goals, four assists and a plus-8 rating in a dozen playoff games. With Flyers C Claude Giroux suspended for Game Five, due to his head hit on Zubrus in Game Four, Salvador got to turn his attention to Flyers C Danny Briere, who recorded an assist on the Flyers lone goal, giving him a team-high five points in the series, but he wasnt especially dangerous otherwise. D Andrej Meszaros returned to the Flyers lineup for the first time since March 1. Coming off back surgery, he logged 19:26 of ice time in the series-deciding game. Even though the Flyers won their first round series against Pittsburgh, its not altogether surprising that their goaltending wasnt up to the level necessary to advance further. Ilya Bryzgalov posted a pedestrian .902 save percentage in the series, but the series-winning goal was a back-breaker -- Bryzgalovs attempt to clear the puck hit the shaft of forechecker David Clarksons stick and bounced back between Bryzgalovs legs and into the net. The loss doesnt fall solely on goaltending, however. After a first-round series in which virtually all Flyers contributed offensively, the scoring well ran dry for several, including Jaromir Jagr (one assist, seven shots on goal), Matt Read (one goal, four shots on goal) and Sean Couturier (no points, seven shots on goal). Even if their playoff departure is sooner than they might have hoped, Philadelphia can take heart in their relative success this season. After overhauling their roster last summer and losing D Chris Pronger to a concussion early in the year, the Flyers exceeded expectations and are poised, with a young team, to remain competitive for years to come. On the other hand, the Devils missed the playoffs last year and are on their way to the Eastern Conference Final. New Jersey has stars like Kovalchuk and Zach Parise to lead the way, but its also the foot soldiers, like Salvador, rookie C Adam Henrique and a veteran like Zubrus who have all come up with strong performances when the Devils needed it most. Scott Cullen can be reached at Scott.Cullen@bellmedia.ca and followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tsnscottcullen. For more, check out TSN Fantasy on Facebook. Willie Colon Jersey . Klimchuks second goal of the night lifted the Regina Pats to a 4-3 overtime win over the host Swift Current Broncos in Western Hockey League action. Larry Foote Womens Jersey . Siem had five birdies and a double bogey on the Albatross Course. He had a 6-under 136 total. "I think we had four seasons in a day," said Siem, who has four top-10 finishes this year and won the 2004 Dunhill Championship. http://www.nikepittsburghsteelersjerseyssale.com/kevin-greene-jerseys . -- Eliminating major mistakes was the top priority for Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Brandon Weeden. Jerome Bettis Jersey . The 19-year-old defenceman earned the games first star and has seven assists in his last two outings and 14 assists in 14 games overall. Brody Silk scored three times for the Wolves (7-7-0) as Joshua Leivo and Dominik Kahun each had a goal and three assists. Max Starks Jersey . The Flames said Tuesday in a statement that team officials met with 20-year-old Ferland, who was drafted by Calgary in 2010 and played with the WHL Brandon Wheat Kings, and are taking steps to learn more about the incident.NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr addressed his players on Wednesday by way of a memorandum, providing a status update on negotiations and some details on the specifics proposed by both sides. The NHLPAs proposal calls for "small, but fixed" increases in pay for the players over a five-year proposed collective bargaining agreement. In the first three years of the CBA, the players would get $1.91 billion, $1.98 billion and $2.1 billion, which represents a share of revenue of 54.3 per cent, 52.5 per cent and 52 per cent. This assumes that hockey related revenue or HRR (the revenue pie shared with the players) continues to grow at the usual or historic 7.1 per cent rate. The NHLPA is also proposing a twist in years four and five of the CBA: the players would get $2.1 billion plus 54 per cent of the growth in revenue in years four and five of the CBA. Under the NHLPAs plan, the player share of revenue never drops below 52 per cent and tops out at 54.3 per cent. Again, this assumes steady seven per cent growth. Assuming that HRR grows at a rate of 7.1 per cent over the five years of the CBA, the NHLPA is saying that the owners would save $897 million while the player share of revenue would "rise slowly." For this reason, both sides win according to the NHLPA. The NHLPA has also proposed a number of safety valves protecting both sides if growth was too high or too low. If revenue growth is deemed low - 3.9 per cent or less in first 3 years - then the players share of revenue in years four and five of the CBA would be frozen. If, however, the growth rate is considered high -  8.9 per cent or more over the first three years - the players would be entitled to a 57 per cent share of revenue that exceeds $4.2 billion. The NHLPAs plan also provides that the player share of revenue would never rise above 57 per cent or drop below 50 per cent. According to the NHLPA, the NHLs proposal has the players getting a 49 per cent share of revenue in year one of the CBA, 48 per cent in year two and 47 per cent in the last four years of the deal. The NHLPA sees this as a reduction in the player shhare by 14 per cent in season one, about 16 per cent in season two and 17. Emmanuel Sanders Womens Jersey. 5 per cent in the last four years. Ultimately, the NHLPA believes that if there is the historic growth rate of 7.1 per cent, the players all told would lose about "$1 billion in the first three years alone" under the NHLs proposal. The NHLPA has also proposed an aggressive team revenue sharing program by creating an Industry Growth Fund for struggling teams. It includes that Phoenix, the Islanders, Nashville, Carolina, Columbus, and Florida would automatically participate in the Industry Growth Fund. As well, the Growth Fund teams would receive minimum revenue sharing guarantees and minimum extra draft picks, but the Commissioner can do more if needed. According to the memo, the more than 280 players that attended the recent CBA meeting expressed overwhelming and emphatic support for the NHLPAs proposal and its bargaining approach. Fehr also wrote that the Union wants an agreement that treats the players fairly, encourages revenue growth, and stabilizes this industry so it can break out of the pattern of lockout after lockout after lockout which has become the norm in every salary cap sport. As well, Fehr reminds his membership the key issue at play: what do the players get out of this agreement...other than much lower salaries and far fewer rights?. The memo is clear in its presentation and potentially complicated concepts are distilled nicely for player consumption. This is important for a Union that wants to ensure player unity and solidarity. Understanding competing proposals and their impact, may make it more likely that players will stay banded together.  This memo is of course only the Unions side of things. Whatever the differences in interpretation of the issues, though, it does seem that there are areas of compromise to be had on the revenue sharing side. It also seems that the players are, for now, unified in their efforts, and prepared to follow Fehrs lead. Eric Macramalla is TSNs Legal Analyst and can be heard each week on TSN Radio 1050. You can follow him on Twitter @EricOnSportslaw. ' ' '