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DENVER -- Kari Lehtonen and the Dallas Stars put together a nice finish for a lousy road trip.Lehtonen had 23 saves for his first shutout of the season, and the Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-0 on Saturday night.Tyler Seguin had a goal and an assist, and Patrick Eaves and Curtis McKenzie also scored. Dallas finished 1-2-1 on its trip to St. Louis, Detroit, Pittsburgh and Colorado.Obviously we didnt want to end it with a loss so we came out prepared, Eaves said. I thought we played a structured game. This building has been tough on us in the past.Semyon Varlamov made 30 saves for the Avalanche, who were shut out for the fifth time this season.Colorado played most of the game with five defensemen after Erik Johnson broke a leg blocking Seguins shot in the second period. Johnson will be sidelined for six to eight weeks.Injuries is not excuse, but it helps to have some of those guys in the lineup, coach Jared Bednar said.Lehtonen was sharp in his 35th career shutout, but he didnt face a lot of prime scoring chances. The Stars also were unable to generate many offensive opportunities, but they capitalized on a couple of openings.McKenzie scored at 5:08 of the first period and Seguin added a power-play goal at 6:02 of the second. Jason Spezza nearly made it 3-0 late in the third but his shot on an odd-man rush clipped the post.I said (Saturday) morning I liked five of our last six periods and tonight I liked all three and we finally got rewarded, coach Lindy Ruff said. It was good to see us play that well away from the puck. Its attention to detail and we were able to maintain that for three periods.The Stars outshot the Avalanche in the second and third periods, holding them to 10 total shots while putting up 21.Its nice but it was really like a whole team shutout, Lehtonen said. They took some chances in the first but then after that we just played really solid and that is real nice.The Avalanche pulled Varlamov for an extra attacker, but Eaves picked up an empty-netter for his 10th goal of the season.Penalty kill had big kills for us, power play got one, goalie made some key saves when we needed them, Seguin said. A lot we can build off from tonight.Colorado went 0-4-1 on its homestand. The Avalanches 19 points are the fewest in the NHL.Just playing horrible hockey, center Nathan MacKinnon said. It starts with us key guys. All of us need to be better. We havent been good this homestand; weve been pretty bad.The last-place Avalanche havent scored more than three goals in their last eight games and are 2-5-1 in that stretch.Game notes Stars F Patrick Sharp (concussion symptoms) was placed on injured reserve, retroactive to Thursday. Sharp has missed 15 games this season due to injury. ... Colorado C Rocco Grimaldi was recalled from San Antonio of the AHL on Friday and made his NHL debut against Dallas. ... Avalanche LW Gabriel Landeskog (lower body) skated Saturday morning and should be on the upcoming four-game road trip. He has been out since Nov. 14.UP NEXTStars: Host Calgary on Tuesday night.Avalanche: Play at Nashville on Tuesday night. Charles Mann Womens Jersey . Aside from the trilogy main event title fight, there are a number of intriguing matchups in the heavyweight, welterweight and lightweight divisions. Doug Williams Redskins Jersey . 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The Dane followed up his first European Tour title last weekend with eight birdies and just a single dropped shot on Thursday for a one-stroke advantage over South Africas Allan Versfeld and Portugals Ricardo Santos. CHASKA, Minn. -- When players broke away from the PGA of America in 1968 to form what is now the PGA Tour, two properties had to be divided. The tour took the lucrative World Series of Golf at Firestone. The PGA of America was saddled with the Ryder Cup, which attracted hardly any attention in the U.S.Just look at it now.Try to count the more than 150,000 fans over three days who roamed Hazeltine, standing a dozen deep, shoulder to shoulder, and filled every grandstand even when a match was an hour from getting to that hole.It was the latest example that the Ryder Cup has become the biggest spectacle in golf (but only because the Masters would never want spectacle to be associated with its tournament). The Phoenix Open boasts of record attendance, but those figures tend to be inflated and half the crowd isnt even interested in golf.The buzz at Hazeltine was incredible.It was the brutish behavior that comes with such an enormous crowd that should make the PGA of America pause.The stories players once shared from the Ryder Cup used to be about how nervous they were on the first tee. Now the stories are about the verbal abuse from the American fans -- certainly not the majority, but enough to leave a bad taste.I got called a turd, which is the first time since I was about 12 years old, so it made me feel young again, said Lee Westwood, trying to make light of a dark situation.Emotions were raw Sunday night, and the crude comments from the gallery became a popular topic among the Europeans. This wasnt sour grapes. They simply were answering questions. They gave full credit to the putting and prowess of the Americans that led to a 17-11 victory.Years from now, the 41st edition of these matches will be remembered for shots from the players, not shouts from a few unruly fans.The lasting image from Hazeltine will be Patrick Reed and Rory McIlroy producing a four-hole stretch that instantly became part of Ryder Cup lore, especially on the par-3 eighth hole. McIlroy holed a 60-foot putt and cupped a hand to his ear to bait the crowd. Reed answered with a 25-foot putt and wagged his finger at McIlroy. Both players laughed, bumped fists and patted each other on the back. It was great theater that defined the spirit of these matches.No moment was more painful than Westwood missing two short putts, including a 2-foot birdiie attempt on the 18th hole that cost Europe a crucial point going into the final day.dddddddddddd No one match was more compelling than Phil Mickelson and Sergio Garcia combining for 19 birdies in a singles match that fittingly ended in a draw.All that sullied this week was the crowd.McIlroy got into it with one vulgar fan, stopping to confront him and asking that he be removed. Thomas Pieters was about to take his putter back on a 4-footer to halve the hole in a foursomes match when some genius screamed out, Hit it in the water.The cheering and jeering at the Ryder Cup is unlike any other golf event.There were indications early that Hazeltine might be over the top, however. Fans tend to wait a second or two when the visitors hit a bad shot before cheering the good fortune of the home team. As early as Friday morning, cheers for Europes bad shots were loud and immediate. Andy Sullivan hit a tee shot into the water on the 17th hole and cheers rang out before there was so much as a ripple in the water.And it got worse.We want to play this tournament in the manner in which it should be played, McIlroy said. The American gallery are fantastic. They really are. We play week in, week out on the PGA Tour, and they couldnt be nicer to us. They greet us like we are one of their own. But this week, at times, it went a little bit too far.The PGA of America stepped in, but not until Sunday when the Americans had a three-point lead. It urged fans to be passionate and respectful, and pledged a zero tolerance policy to remove anyone who was disruptive and shouted profanities at players.The Americans dont have an easy time when they play the Ryder Cup in Europe, though the tone is undeniably different. American fans tend to make it personal. Maybe thats a product of having lost the Ryder Cup too many times over the last 20 years.Or maybe there are simply too many fans on the course for 32 matches over three days.Selling more tickets is only going to increase the odds of having more bad eggs who give American fans a bad name. It started at Brookline. It isnt getting better. If the PGA of America is not careful, the biggest spectacle in golf is going to become a spectacle for all the wrong reasons. ' ' '