He replaced Tyler Myers in the lineup, after the defenseman was ruled out for the remainder of the season after he broke a bone in his leg blocking a shot in a 5-1 loss to Montreal on Thursday.

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Striker Kenwyne Jones was forced off at half-time for Sunderland after injuring his wrist when painfully blocking a Gilberto shot and his replacement O'Donovan almost put his side level when play resumed.

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Tottenham failed to make the most of their superiority and, if they thought it was too easy, they were given a fright when Jaroslav Cerny forced keeper Paul Robinson into a blocking save to keep out a fierce shot.

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Of course, they have to get it to him first and that's a tough task against the shot-blocking New York Rangers.

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Syracuse, which trailed 23-19 after a poor first half, found a way to foil Dieng, Louisville's shot-blocking defensive ace, early in the second half.

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Syracuse, which trailed 23-19 after a poor first half, briefly found a way to foil Dieng, Louisville's shot-blocking defensive ace, early in the second half.

WSJ: No. 10 Louisville beats No. 12 Syracuse 58-53

Gylfi Sigurdsson and Birkir Bjarnason opened up the visiting defence and Kolbeinn Sigtorsson fired in a shot from the near post which Martin saved before also blocking the follow-up from Sigurdsson on the penalty spot.

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The ferocious guard Russ Smith and shot-blocking maven Gorgui Dieng are just as much of a picnic for Michigan as facing waterbug guard Aaron Craft of Ohio State and pterodactyl defender Victor Oladipo of Indiana.

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