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The annual game between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Anaheim Ducks at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., on the day after Thanksgiving has become almost as traditional as turkey leftovers, college football and millions of shoppers looking for bargains.When it comes to hockey, the Ducks seek to prevent Black Friday from becoming Blackhawk Friday.Accomplishing that goal means finding the consistency that has eluded the Ducks for the first quarter of their schedule.Anaheim enters Fridays game with two successive losses following five wins in the previous seven games. After being outplayed Sunday night in a 3-2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings, the Ducks sustained another 3-2 loss in a 14-round shootout Tuesday night against the New York Islanders. Anaheims Rickard Rakell scored at 9:08 of the third period to force overtime.Were not getting a lot of bounces right now, Anaheim center Ryan Getzlaf said. But I thought our guys did a good job of battling back and getting a big goal in the end. We came away with a point. I thought we deserved more.Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle also saw some hope after Tuesday nights defeat.Were going to try to build off the momentum, Carlyle said. We did a lot of good things. We need to find ways to win the specialty-teams battles. We lost the specialty-teams battle in the sense that we lost in a shootout.The Blackhawks, meanwhile, confront their own problems in the middle of their seven-game road trip, the teams longest of the season.Despite leading the Western Conference, Chicago lost three of five road games and owns just one victory in regulation. The trip featured two one-sided losses against the Winnipeg Jets and the Edmonton Oilers, an overtime win after trailing 3-0 to the Vancouver Canucks and a victory that Marian Hossa secured by scoring with 2:28 to play in Calgary. Hossas goal culminated a rally in which the Hawks nullified a 2-1 deficit.I know we came back in Vancouver but its not the recipe for success, especially on the road, right winger Patrick Kane told the Chicago Tribune. We want to make sure we try and get the lead, and play with the lead. That should suit us better.The Hawks fell behind early in all five games, and those poor starts are exacting a toll, especially on the offense.Kane, who won the Art Ross and Hart Memorial trophies last season, has yet to score on the trip. Center Artem Anisimov has only two assists in his past seven games. Center Jonathan Toews enters Fridays game without a goal in his past eight, and might not play against the Ducks after suffering an upper-body injury during Wednesday nights 2-1 loss in San Jose.Chicago faces problems elsewhere. Goalie Corey Crawford allowed 13 goals in his past four games after conceding 11 in his previous eight. The Hawks penalty killers permitted four goals in three contests after defusing 25 of 27 opposing power plays.We havent been very productive on this trip in generating offense or enough sustained pressure in the offensive zone, Hawks coach Joel Quenneville told NHL.com. Wed like to play a little bit faster. Wed like to have better starts than weve seen.Joe Morgan Jersey . Now, with Game 6 set for Fenway Park and an 8:07 p.m. ET first pitch, the Detroit Tigers face the unenviable task of having to beat the Boston Red Sox twice, on the road, to advance to the World Series. Yuli Gurriel Jersey .C. -- Kemba Walker and the Charlotte Bobcats got off to a fast start, and the Sacramento Kings were never quite able to catch up. http://www.customastrosjersey.com/custom-doug-rader-jersey-large-616y.html . 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With his new coach and six-time Grand Slam singles champion Boris Becker watching him during an official match for the first time, Djokovic appeared tentative early against the Slovakian player, who often appeared content to keep the ball in play.Cronulla second-rower Wade Graham feels his combination with James Maloney is finally hitting its straps and it could be enough to finally earn him that NSW jumper.Graham admits its been a testing couple of weeks after fulfilling his boyhood dream when he was named in the Blues squad for State of Origin II, only to have it ripped from under him because of a high tackle suspension.He admitted to going through a dark spot which he described as the toughest period of his career.It was so tough for me, its one of the hardest things Ive ever had to do, to watch a game you could have been a part of and were so close to being a part of, Graham said.Its something I dreamed of doing since I was a kid and to actually get there and to achieve it and then to lose it due to circumstances that you cant do anything about, it was obviously tough.But it is what it is.The heartache of having to watch from the sidelines as Queensland sealed victory would have been compounded by his knowledge that his replacement Tyson Frizell was the best on field for NSW and looks certain to retain his spot.However, after yet another standout effort for the Sharrks in their record-setting 34-24 win over Parramatta on Saturday, Graham too has a strong claim for a spot in Laurie Daleys squad.ddddddddddddWhat will only strengthen his case is his partnership on the Sharks left side with NSW playmaker James Maloney which is going from strength to strength.After conceding an early 18-0 lead, it was the Sharks left edge which sparked their revival with Graham looking dangerous every time he ran the ball.Its taken a while for (his partnership with Maloney) to get going this year, Graham said.Working with Jimmy a lot, hes a dominant playmaker and we both play what we see, were ad-lib players, we play up on the ball, we play flat at the defence, and sometimes he sees something different that I see and its taken a while to get that communication right.To get that combination for him to sometimes pull back and let me play and when for me to pull back and let him play.Its a work in progress and weve got a lot of improvement in us and well be working hard to get better. 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