Self-promotion in the first tough test: National player John-Jason Peterka scored a hat trick for the Buffalo Sabres shortly after the start of preparations for the new season of the professional ice hockey league NHL. In the 7:3 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins, the German striker scored the goals to make it 1:1 (4th), 2:1 (21st) and 6:1 (26th).
The Sabres had put a lot of pucks on goal and in this respect “did a good job,” said Peterka (22) after his strong performance at the KeyBank Center. The implementation of the training content “worked pretty well.” However, Pittsburgh rested stars such as Yevgeny Malkin, Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang and Erik Karlsson.
Buffalo began its training camp on Thursday, with Lindy Ruff back as head coach. The Canadian has returned to the club after more than ten years.
The Sabres will complete three more tests against NHL opponents before facing Peterka’s former club and host Red Bull Munich at the opening of the SAP Garden in Peterka’s hometown on September 27. The Sabres missed the playoffs for the 13th time in a row in the last regular season – an NHL negative record.
Reus substituted injured in LA Galaxy’s 4-2 win
Former Dortmund player Marco Reus was substituted due to injury in Major League Soccer. Reus had to leave the field in the 66th minute of his Los Angeles Galaxy’s 4:2 win against Vancouver Whitecaps. Immediately after the 1:3 defeat shortly before, he sat down on the grass and grabbed the back of his right thigh.
He had hardly had any notable moments in the match up to that point. After his role as a substitute in the 2:4 defeat against the Portland Timbers, the 35-year-old was back in the starting eleven against Vancouver. For Reus, who is playing football abroad for the first time in his career after twelve years at Borussia Dortmund, it was his fifth appearance after moving to Major League Soccer. The Los Angeles Galaxy are top of the Western Conference and have already qualified for the playoffs.
Basketball superstar Embiid with new mega contract
Olympic basketball champion Joel Embiid says he wants to spend the rest of his career with the Philadelphia 76ers and, according to media reports, has signed a contract worth the equivalent of 173 million euros. “Philadelphia is my home,” the 30-year-old All-Star center wrote on Instagram, among other things, in a photo that apparently showed him with the new contract.
His new contract will also include an option for the 2028/2029 season, the American news agency AP reported, citing a person familiar with the deal who wished to remain anonymous. “I want to be here for the rest of my career. I love this community and everything you have given me and my family,” Embiid wrote.
The 76ers have not won the title in the North American professional league since 1983. Embiid wants to change that, he has been playing in Philadelphia since 2014: “There is still a lot more to do. You deserve a championship, and I think we have only just started.”
Aaron Rodgers leads Jets to victory over Patriots in NFL
The New York Jets won their first home game of the new NFL season by a clear margin. Star quarterback Aaron Rodgers led the Jets to a 24:3 (14:3) victory over the New England Patriots in the North American football league. After eight home defeats against the Patriots in a row, the Jets won against their rivals in their own stadium for the first time since 2015.
Aaron Rodgers thus celebrated a successful return to MetLife Stadium. A little over a year ago, the quarterback tore his Achilles tendon in his first and, to date, last home game for the Jets and missed the rest of the season. The 40-year-old, the oldest player in the league, has shown no signs of injury this season. “It was a really special evening. The chants from the fans meant a lot to me,” said Rodgers after his first home game in over a year.
Rodgers threw two touchdown passes against the Patriots: in the first quarter to Allen Lazard and in the third to Garrett Wilson, giving the hosts a 21-3 lead. Rodgers completed 27 of his 35 passes, covering 281 yards. Breece Hall also scored a touchdown for the Jets on a running play in the second quarter.
The game did not go so well for Patriots quarterback Jacoby Brissett. He was brought down five times by the strong Jets defense and only managed 98 yards. At the end of the fourth quarter, Brissett was replaced by league newcomer Drake Maye. The Patriots lost for the second time in their third game of the season, while the Jets won their second game in their third encounter.
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