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RALEIGH, N. Andre Schurrle Womens Jersey .C. -- It looks as if Alexander Semin got the message. Semin scored two goals in the third period to lift the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Saturday night. It was Semins first two-goal game with Carolina, which signed the Russian forward in July 2012, and then gave him a $35 million, five-year extension last March. His seventh and eighth goals of the season came a day after general manager Jim Rutherford told a local TV station that he was disappointed in Semins production. "Hes one of the best talents in the world, and when he plays hard, hes one of my favourite players to watch," teammate Riley Nash said. "Its a real treat to watch him, especially the way he played tonight." Semin has been criticized for not playing hard at times, but he had eight shots against Florida and finished with a plus-two rating. Semin rarely speaks with the media and declined to talk once again after the victory over the Panthers. The teams were tied at one until Semin took control of a faceoff win by Eric Staal and shot past Tim Thomas at 2:31 of the third. He then scored Carolinas league-leading ninth short-handed goal on a breakaway at 8:57, also on an assist from Staal. The Hurricanes ended a two-game skid and improved to 6-2 in their last eight. The Panthers got a goal from Dmitry Kulikov with 5:39 remaining but Anton Khudobin held on from there, finishing with 37 saves in the win. Florida went 0 for 5 on the power play while falling to 7-29-4 at Carolinas arena. Nash broke a seven-period scoring drought for the Hurricanes at 3:37 of the second. Radek Dvorak speared the puck when it appeared headed out of the offensive zone and fired toward the net. Nash kicked it to his stick and scored past Thomas. Marcel Goc scored his ninth of the season for Florida at 15:05 of the second, tying it at 1. Jonathan Huberdeau and Tomas Kopecky assisted. "Its 1-1 in the third, and we have to get points in those games," Florida coach Peter Horachek said. "We created chances to score that weve got to bear down on." Khudobin improved to 7-2 this season. Thomas had 36 saves for Florida. The Hurricanes put pressure on Thomas midway through the first period, but the veteran turned away eight shots in four minutes after penalties to Huberdeau at 6:22 and Ed Jovanovski at 8:27. Florida continued to be hindered by its punchless power play. The Panthers failed to convert on 10 power-play minutes Saturday and are 0 for 32 on the man advantage since Dec. 28. The Panthers failed to score in the second after Kopecky drew a double-minor on Dvorak. During the man advantage, Tomas Fleischmann fanned on one solid scoring chance and Kulikov hit the left post. NOTES: Carolina was shut out by Columbus and Calgary in its previous two games. The Hurricanes last suffered consecutive shutouts in November 2011, losing 4-0 at Montreal and 1-0 at home against Buffalo. ... The Panthers fell to 8-13-3 on the road. ... Jimmy Hayes, Mike Mottau and Scott Gomez were scratches for Florida; the Hurricanes held out Ryan Murphy, Drayson Bowman and Brett Bellemore. ... Since winning five in a row in mid-December, Florida is 4-6-2. ... The announced attendance was 15,476. Thomas Muller Germany Jersey . So on Friday, they went to work. The two-time Eastern Conference runner-ups announced they had signed three free agents -- backup big man Lavoy Allen, swingman C. Franz Beckenbauer Jersey .Dvorak had 590 points (227 goals, 363 assists) in 1,260 career NHL regular-season games. He also played for the Florida Panthers, New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, Atlanta Thrashers, Dallas Stars, Anaheim Ducks and the Carolina Hurricanes.INDIANAPOLIS -- Its official: Andrew Luck will be the No. 1 choice in Thursday nights NFL draft. Rather than keeping the NFLs worst-kept secret under wraps until Lucks name rolled off the lips of commissioner Roger Goodell, general manager Ryan Grigson decided there was no reason to delay the inevitable: Luck will become the successor to Peyton Manning as Indianapolis quarterback and the new face of the franchise. "We didnt the see the point in prolonging what the world already knows," Grigson told reporters Tuesday after a voluntary mini-camp workout. "Its about Andrew and we wanted to do the right thing by him." The decision is no surprise. Last Wednesday, Grigson said the Colts had made a decision about who to take with the first choice but declined to say whether it would be Luck, the Heisman Trophy runner-up, or Robert Griffin III, the Heisman winner. Less than 24 hours later, The Associated Press learned that the choice would be Luck barring an unforeseen accident. Indy has been preparing for Lucks arrival for a while. Grigson said last week that the team made its decision a couple of weeks earlier and that was one reason they didnt have Griffin come to Indy for an interview. The Stanford quarterback plans to have his entire family in New York on draft night. Hell fly to Indianapolis on Friday, where he will take questions from local reporters annd then meet fans at Lucas Oil Stadium, his new home field. Mario Gotze Germany Jersey. . "Ive got his number now. Ive been waiting to give him a call until everything else was figured out," said quarterback Drew Stanton, who the Colts acquired in a trade with the New York Jets last month. "Try and do that and reach out to him and let him know Im going to be every bit of a resource that I can for him." Stanton and Trevor Vittatoe are the only quarterbacks currently on Indys roster, something that will change Thursday night. But thats not the reason Grigson made the impromptu announcement Tuesday. "Really, on behalf the kid, you try to make things a little bit easier on his part. Go ahead and make the decision. Go ahead get it out there officially that hes our guy," new Colts coach Chuck Pagano said. "The intangibles are off the chart. You know the skill set. Youve seen his body of work. Hes a gym rat. Hes a football junkie. Hes big. Hes strong. Hes physical. He can make every throw out there. Hes a great leader in his own way." The Colts have not had the first pick in the draft since 1998 when they selected Manning. They will also have the final pick Thursday night, marking the first time a non-expansion team has had both the first and last pick in a draft since 1967. The then-expansion Houston Texans also had the first and last pick in 2002. cheap jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '