WINNIPEG -- The captain of the NHL champion Chicago Blackhawks is bringing a very special visitor home to meet his fans -- Lord Stanleys Cup. Jonathan Toews is bringing the cup to his hometown of Winnipeg for a public celebration before gathering privately with his family. Hundreds of fans lined up Friday afternoon to meet Toews -- and the cup -- Friday afternoon at a community centre named after the National Hockey League player. Chris Guimond came from Sagkeeng First Nation with his two sons, six-year-old Sabastien and nine-year-old Felix. "It means a lot to me to see him again," said Guimond, who met Toews in 2010. "I just wanted the boys to recognize who he is and the kind of hard work he does on the ice." Clutching an inflatable Stanley Cup with a Toews rookie card in his pocket, Guimond said he just wanted to say congratulations to Toews. "Two cups in four years is awesome," he said. The Blackhawks won hockeys highest honour last month in a dramatic sixth game victory over the Boston Bruins. Toews scored a goal in the nail-biting 3-2 triumph. He last brought the cup home when the Blackhawks were Stanley Cup champions in 2010. Erin Fowle, 22, missed him during that last visit and was determined not to make that mistake again. She arrived four hours before the cup to snag a place in line. Her birthday was the day after game six. As the Blackhawks trailed, Fowle wished for Toews to win the cup. A few seconds later, the Blackhawks tied it up. "I was so happy. It was the best birthday present possible," she said. "He deserves it. Hes just fantastic" Barry Catt, president of the Jonathan Toews Community Centre, said they only had a few days to prepare for their important visitors. "Its very exciting," he said as hundreds lined up in the centres parking lot. "Every little boy in Canada dreams of scoring the winning goal for the Stanley Cup final. Next week I turn 60 and I still think Im going to score that goal. So yeah, its a big deal." Vans Shoes Canada . In what the team had called a retirement, Ryan said Thursday that he is resigning as chief executive of the Rangers in a move effective at the end of this month. Vans Canada Sale . Cuban testified Thursday that he was upset when the companys CEO told him news that would reduce the value of his shares, for which hed paid $7.5 million. But he said he did nothing improper when he sold those shares over the next two days. http://www.vanssalecanada.com/ . That left plenty of energy for pitching books and swatting away free agency questions. Anthony had 24 points and nine rebounds, and the Knicks avenged an embarrassing home loss with a rout of their own, beating the Boston Celtics 114-88 on Wednesday night for their third straight victory. 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Its hard if you go out and lose.Vancouver, which is attempting to get back to the playoffs after missing the post-season in 2015-16, pulled off back-to-back wins Saturday and Sunday over the Calgary Flames and Carolina Hurricanes. In both cases, center Brandon Sutter, who missed most of last season with jaw and leg injuries, scored the winning goals.The Canucks received points from a range of players in the first two games -- not just stars Daniel and Henrik Sedin, who were relied upon for most of the teams offense in the past.Contrary to last season, Vancouver also displayed an ability to overcome deficits. It beat Carolina by scoring four unanswered goals after the Hurricanes built a 3-0 lead. The Canucks negated a 1-0 deficit in a 2-1 win over Calgary.By comparison, Vancouver won only three of 34 games in which they trailed after two periods in 2015-16.To come from behind twice like that in our own rink is big, something that we didnt do very well last year, said Sutter, who also had an assist against Carolina. It seemed like those close games at the start of the year last year, we ended up losing in overtime and shootouts.But the chances of coming back against the Blues, a stingy defensive team, will be difficult at best, even though the visitors are battling early injuries. St. Louis allowed only six goals in its first three games -- two in each contest, to be precise -- while beating the Chicago Blackhawks, Minnesota Wild and New York Rangers.Meanwhile, the Blues scored 11 goals in the same span. Center Paul Stastny leads the way offensively with two goals and four assists, while winger Vladimir Tarasenko furnished three goals and two assists, and fellow winger Thomas Steen chipped in a goal and three helpers.Stastny and Steen are doing everything for us right now, said Blues coach KKen Hitchcock.dddddddddddd Theyre killing all the penalties, theyre on the power play, theyre out against the top line, theyre playing huge minutes. Both guys are carrying the day for us.St. Louis will attempt to start a season 4-0 for only the second time in franchise history. It initially achieved the feat just three seasons ago, in 2013-14.But even after starting the current campaign with three wins in four nights, the demanding Hitchcock wants to see better efforts from other players -- particularly forwards.We need more participants, said Hitchcock. We need more people giving us better minutes up front. We just cant keep relying on the same two or three guys all the time.Lineup changes are inevitable as Hitchcock deals with the teams injury situation. The Blues lost three players to upper-body injuries during the first two periods of Saturday nights win over the New York Rangers -- centers Kyle Brodziak and Jori Lehtera and defenseman Carl Gunarrasson.Lehtera did not travel to Vancouver, while Brodziak and Gunnarsson are both listed as day-to-day. St. Louis elected not to call up any players from its AHL farm club in Chicago.Meanwhile, winger Jaden Schwartz could make his regular-season debut for the Blues after suffering an elbow injury in the preseason. Schwartz, who signed a five-year, $26.75-million contract on July 15, is starting the season late for the second straight year. He missed the first 49 games in 2015-16 with a fractured left ankle.The Canucks remained healthy through their first two games, although winger Anton Rodin has been sidelined with a sore knee since the preseason. The problem stems from a severed tendon which Rodin suffered last season while playing in Sweden. He underwent surgery to fix the problem but has been experiencing swelling and soreness.Vancouver winger Jack Skille, who cracked the roster after a successful tryout in preseason, could make his debut for the Canucks. Skille is expected to replace forward Brendan Gaunce, who has not done anything overly exciting in the first two games.Tuesdays game is the third of a four-game opening homestand for the Canucks, who are looking to make amends for a slow start last season -- and give their critics less material. ' ' '