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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Nick Ritchie realizes he is occupying one of the sweetest spots in hockey on a line with Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry for the Anaheim Ducks.The 20-year-old power forward is doing his best to take advantage.Ritchie scored the tiebreaking goal on a rebound with 8:36 to play, Getzlaf had three assists and the Ducks finally opened their home schedule with a 4-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday night.Ritchie batted a pop-fly rebound of Getzlafs shot out of mid-air for his first goal of the season. After six games alongside the Ducks twin franchise pillars, Ritchie finally got a reward for his work -- and Getzlaf even called it Ritchies best game of the season.I think Im getting used to it, Ritchie said. Theyre obviously premier players, but tonight we looked good together, and hopefully we can keep that going. ... Its big (to score). Its encouraging that Im staying together with them.Andrew Cogliano, Cam Fowler and Perry also scored for the Ducks, who have won two straight after a four-game winless start. John Gibson made 17 saves in the Western Conferences final home opener, thanks to a schedule that forced Anaheim to play in five teams home debuts this month.Up until the last two games, we hadnt put 60 minutes together, Fowler said. It was nice to get a big win in Philadelphia and carry that over to the home opener where theres a lot of energy.Henrik Sedin scored the tying goal early in the third period for the Canucks, who lost in regulation for the first time this season after a punishing shootout loss in Los Angeles one night earlier. Bo Horvat scored a short-handed goal , and Loui Eriksson had two assists.I think from the puck drop, we werent ready, said Canucks defenseman Luca Sbisa, a former Anaheim blueliner. They outplayed us, out-battled us. We were very sloppy, especially through the neutral zone. We made uncharacteristic plays and it cost us.Ryan Miller made 33 saves in his first outing since opening night for the Canucks. The veteran stopped every shot he faced while beating Calgary, but missed the next four games with an injury.Fowler made up for the turnover that led to Horvats goal when he put a long wrist shot past Miller, getting his third goal in an outstanding start to the season. Fowler has featured prominently in trade rumors this year tied to the Ducks attempts to re-sign holdout defenseman Hampus Lindholm under their budget.Ive always felt that I can contribute in the offensive end, Fowler said. I worked really hard this summer on my offensive game. ... Its nice to see a few go in early. It always helps with your confidence.After Ritchies tiebreaker, Perry got his third goal of the season with 1:17 to play after a nasty shot fake that caused Alexander Edler to topple.I dont know if we paid for, a little bit, trying to get back against LA, Canucks coach Willie Desjardins said. I hope thats what it is. I thought we were tired as a group. I thought our defensemen were tired. LA is a big, heavy team, and they may have worn a little bit on our defensemen.Forward Joseph Cramarossa made his NHL debut for the Ducks after being recalled from San Diego on Saturday along with defenseman Shea Theodore and forward Michael Sgarbossa, who made their season debuts. Cramarossa, a third-round pick by the Ducks in 2011, spent the past three seasons in the AHL.I was just sitting there thinking about how long Ive waited for this, Cramarossa said. It was amazing. Everyone back home watching was sharing that with me. Ive been waiting so long, and I knew when I got the chance, Id be ready.Game notes Anaheim has hosted the Canucks five times in its home opener, more than any other opponent. ... The Ducks have won 12 of their last 17 against Vancouver. ... Two longtime Canucks, center Ryan Kesler and defenseman Kevin Bieksa, logged major minutes for Anaheim as usual.UP NEXTCanucks: Back home to host Ottawa on Tuesday after this winless two-game trip to Southern California.Ducks: Theyre at San Jose on Tuesday for their sixth road game out of seven to start the season. Nike Air Huarache Discount . Ouellette, from Montreal, already has three Olympic gold medals since joining the team in 1999. Clearance Huaraches . Scott Kazmir allowed four hits in seven shutout innings, Michael Brantley hit a two-run homer in a three-run first inning and the Indians maintained their hold on an AL wild-card spot with a 4-1 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday night. http://www.airhuarachediscount.com/ . "It doesnt get any better than that," Giambi said. "Im speechless." The Indians are roaring toward October. Giambi belted a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a shocking 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, keeping the Indians up with the lead pack in the AL wild-card race. Nike Air Huarache Clearance . The phone hearing is scheduled for 4:30pm et/1:30pm pt. Winchester, who was not penalized for the hit, appeared to make contact with Kellys head early in the first period of Thursdays game in Boston. Nike Air Huarache Cheap . -- Stanfords Kevin Danser knelt on one knee and hardly moved on the sideline as Michigan State celebrated its Rose Bowl victory and his Cardinal teammates made their way to the locker room. RIO DE JANEIRO -- Chinas dominance at the diving pool shows no signs of waning.Si Yajie and Ren Qian went 1-2 in the preliminaries of womens 10-meter platform Wednesday, setting themselves up to challenge for Chinas sixth diving gold medal of the Rio Olympics.Si scored no lower than 76.50 in any of the five rounds and posted the top score of 397.45 points. Ren was a bit off on her third dive but still claimed the second spot at 385.80.No one else was even close. Jessica Parratto of the United States took third at 346.80.The top 18 moved on to Thursdays semifinals.Reigning world champion Kim Kuk Hyang of North Korea wont be one of them. She stunningly failed to advance, finishing 25th out of 28 divers with just 263.20.Kims next-to-last dive was so over-rotated, she nearly did a belly flop entering the water. Her coaches grimaced as Kim climbed out of the pool, taking a quick bow before hustling off the deck. Her last dive was much better, but it didnt make much of a difference.The first aquatics world champion produced by her reclusive nation, Kim finisshed 26.dddddddddddd25 behind teammate Kim Un Hyang, who was the final qualifier.Two-time Olympic champion Chen Ruolin didnt get a chance to make it three in a row. In a sign of just how deep and strong the Chinese are in this sport, she wasnt even picked to compete individually off the tower, though she did win gold in the 10-meter synchronized event teaming with Liu Huixia.With Si and Ren, there appears to be little drop-off.Pandelela Rinong Pamg of Malaysia, bronze medalist in this event four years ago, advanced to the semis with the sixth-best score. She already won silver in 10-meter synchro at Rio, giving her a shot at becoming the first Malaysian athlete in any sport to capture three Olympic medals.Parrattos American teammate, Katrina Young, moved on as well after finishing 12th.---Follow Paul Newberry on Twitter at www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963 . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/paul-newberry . ' ' '