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TORONTO - While Canadas world junior team is a long ways away from show time, two players have already shown theyre worthy of that moniker.Forwards Jake Virtanen and Brayden Point were anointed Show Time by teammates in the dressing-room Sunday after Canadas second exhibition game against local university all-stars. Virtanen and Point were among the players who acquitted themselves well over the weekend as selection camp drew to a close.Virtanens two goals and four assists and Points three goals and two assists helped them stand out in the crowd and made them feel pretty good about their chances of making the final 22-man roster.You look at the roster and theres some pretty big names and guys that have done really well for themselves in the past, said Virtanen, a first-round pick of the Vancouver Canucks in June. Coming into this camp its just showing yourself and playing well. I think so far as a team we played well and personally I think Ive done pretty well. I think just showing my 200-foot game and just trying to be a good player all around the ice is what Ive been trying to do.Virtanen, who plays for the WHLs Calgary Hitmen, scored one of his two goals Sunday on a perfect wrist shot just under the cross-bar. After missing Canadas summer camp while recovering from shoulder surgery, the Abbotsford, B.C., product is glad just to be healthy and playing like himself again.Coming into this I knew that I had to really show my stuff, Virtanen said. Especially in the Subway (Super) Series it was huge for me. I know I had to show the coaching staff and the whole staff that I definitely want to be on this team and Ill do anything to be on it.The other goal Virtanen scored Sunday came after Point dazzled defenders and dished the puck to him to put into an empty net.Point, a Tampa Bay Lightning prospect playing with the WHLs Moose Jaw Warriors, was in playmaking and scoring mode in the two games. Coach Benoit Groulx referred to him as relentless and said he likes a lot of things about him.Hes playing with a lot of passion and competes, Groulx said. Hes got a flair out there, a lot of anticipation. Hes been good. Hes been very good.Groulx gushed about Point more than any other player over the weekend. Thats not bad for him.If he saw something he liked, then thats good for me, Point said. You always want to do your best and impress.Neither Virtanen nor Point were considered a sure bet to make Canada when selection camp opened Thursday. But they more than survived the first round of cuts and will be at Meridian Centre in St. Catharines on Monday when main camp opens.Still, forgive Point for not wanting to get ahead of himself and think he has already made the team.Theres a lot of guys that played well, so you never know, Point said. Im just going to try to keep working hard. If I can keep going through the process, then Ill keep working hard.Robby Fabbri, a St. Louis Blues prospect playing with the OHLs Guelph Storm, stood out as well with two goals in Saturday nights exhibition. And Frederik Gauthier, the Toronto Maple Leafs first-round pick in 2013 whos with the QMJHLs Rimouski Oceanic, looked more comfortable in the offensive zone than he has in the past.Nick Ritchie, whom the Anaheim Ducks took in the first round with the pick they got from the Ottawa Senators in the Bobby Ryan trade, also made an impression because he can play on the edge. Thats a tough mix and a thin line to toe, but Groulx thought Ritchie has done a nice job of that so far.You have to watch it, Ritchie said. You cant take too many penalties. I think I did a pretty good job of that, not taking that risk, just playing hard and knowing to stay on the right side.Ritchie could be on the borderline of making the roster, too, but theres time before Hockey Canada has to make that decision.Then there are the no-doubters, the several players who didnt need to take the ice in one or both of the game at Mattamy Athletic Centre because their spots are safe.Injured centre Connor McDavid is a lock as he continues to progress from a broken bone in his right hand, and hes joined by forwards Sam Reinhart, Anthony Duclair, Max Domi and Nic Petan. Defencemen Darnell Nurse, Josh Morrissey and Madison Bowey can also feel good about making it.In goal, Canada only brought Zach Fucale and Eric Comrie to camp, and unless something unforeseen happens, Fucale figures to be the starter. Comrie had a 22-save shutout Sunday in Canadas 6-0 win over the Toronto CIS Selects team.At forward and defence, injuries could affect Canadas short-term future as forward Michael Dal Colle missed Sundays exhibition game and defenceman Joe Hicketts left as a precaution after being hit from behind into the boards. Groulx said the team did not want to take chances with either player.---Follow @SWhyno on Twitter Devin Singletary Bills Jersey .com) - Jeff Teague had 25 points, eight rebounds and seven assists as the Atlanta Hawks defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 90-85 on Saturday night. O. J. Simpson Bills Jersey . 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Nick Young scored 17 points for Los Angeles, which lost five of its last seven before trouncing the Pelicans, who beat them handily last week in New Orleans. Jodie Meeks and Xavier Henry scored 15 points apiece for the Lakers, who led by 20 points in the first half before coasting to their 12th win in their last 13 regular-season meetings with New Orleans.MILWAUKEE -- Kyle Lohse had the Chicago Cubs hitting harmless groundballs early in counts. He threw in the occasional fastball to keep batters off balance. The Cubs struggled at the plate with the Milwaukee Brewers veteran locked in with his slider and sinker. Lohse allowed just three hits in a complete game shutout, and Ryan Braun had a two-run homer in the first inning of a 9-0 rout against the Cubs on Sunday. Milwaukee pounded Cubs ace Jeff Samardzija (1-5) for eight earned runs in three innings, raising his ERA from 1.68 to 2.54. "I figured it would be low-scoring on both ends. I knew Kyle had a good chance of keeping them down and I didnt expect to get a lot of runs off Samardzija. Great offence," manager Ron Roenicke said. Braun homered to left on the first pitch he saw from Samardzija, and the Brewers rolled from there with Samardzija having trouble locating his fastball. Lyle Overbay broke the game open with a three-run double in the third. Even Lohse had success at the plate with an RBI single to drive in Overbay to make it 8-0 for the pitchers second run-scoring hit of the game. Lohse (7-1) needed just 93 pitches in tossing his eighth career shutout. "Its fun to go out there and help out, add on, but thats not my main job," Lohse said about his 2 for 3 day with the bat. "My main job was to go out there and get us deep in the game, and I take a little more pride in that." With Lohses pitch count at just 83 pitches after eight innings, Roenicke wasnt even thinking about pulling the veteran. "I didnt even go talk to him. When you see that kind of game and the pitch count that low, its impressive," the skipper said. One of the few highlights for Chicago was Brian Schlitters single to lead off the seventh for the relievers first major league hit. Otherwise it was a frustrating day for the last-place Cubs. They lost their 14th straight series on the road, a streak dating to last September. Samardzijas "command wasnt the bbest today, but it was just one of those days for him," manager Rick Renteria said.dddddddddddd "I think very rare." The eight earned runs allowed were as many as Samardzija had given up in his previous six starts. Scooter Gennett had two doubles off Samardzija before hitting his third homer of the year in the fifth off reliever Justin Grimm. Gennetts first double exemplified the Cubs afternoon. A high fly to shallow left-centre in the second fell in between backpedaling shortstop Starlin Castro and charging outfielder Junior Lake, who looked away in frustration as Gennett hustled into second. "You have to take advantage of mistakes against a good pitcher like that. When a team makes mistakes like that, you have to jump on it," Braun said. Two innings later, Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo was ejected by home plate umpire Jerry Meals for arguing a called third strike and Chicago trailing by eight. The left-handed slugger turned to face Meals and pointed angrily with his left arm at the ground before being sent back to the dugout by Renteria. "I said my peace and I definitely understand why I got ejected," Rizzo said. "Im going to move on." Braun hit his ninth homer of the year and second in three days. The Brewers hope it might be a sign that hes over the right oblique injury that sidelined him for two weeks in May. Notes: Chicago planned to give Luis Valbuena a couple days off as a precaution after Renteria said the infielder was "a little tired, a little sore" with what he described as an abdominal ailment. ... Brewers 3B Aramis Ramirez (hamstring) went 0 for 2 and fielded a grounder in four innings in his first game of a two-day rehab stint at the teams Class A affiliate in Appleton. ... ... Chicago is off Monday and opens a three-game series Tuesday against the visiting New York Mets. RH Matt Garza (2-4) starts Monday when Milwaukee welcomes the Minnesota Twins for a two-game series. ' ' '