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LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - Going in with the philosophy that you perform how you practise, Canadas Manny Osborne-Paradis pushed the pace in the first World Cup downhill training run of the season.Norways Kjetil Jansrud posted the fastest time at Lake Louise with the Osborne-Paradis right behind him. Jansrud, who won downhill bronze and super-G gold at this years Winter Olympics, laid down a time of one minute 54.21 seconds in falling snow.Osborne-Paradis of North Vancouver, B.C., was .33 back in 1:54.54. Olympic downhill champion Matthias Mayer of Austria was third in 1:54.92.Between 30 to 50 centimetres of snow were projected to fall Thursday and Friday in the mountain parks west of Calgary, which is problematic for training runs scheduled before Saturdays race.That amount of snow significantly adds to the workload of grooming the course, so cancelling one or both training runs to give technicians time to prepare the track for races is a possibility. The first World Cup downhill of 2014-15 is Saturday followed by Sundays super-G.Osborne-Paradis wanted a quality training run Wednesday in case it was the only one. The 30-year-old also wanted to simulate race speed so it wont feel like a completely different gear Saturday.I knew there might not be a (another) training run and for me personally, if I want a chance at any overall globe in my career, to get a higher world ranking or anything, I have to be better in training runs, he said.Its just the same speed in the race instead of having to be way faster. Ive just been trying to keep up that race pace.Jeffrey Frisch of Mont-Tremblant, Que., was sixth. Calgarys Jan Hudec, who won Olympic bronze in super-G, was 17th.The other thing we talked with coach about in the meeting yesterday was this might be our only training run, Hudec said. If you kind of ease your way down today, youve got to pull something big out of the bag on Saturday.Former world champion Erik Guay of Mont-Tremblant, Que., will not race this weekend. Canadas most decorated World Cup racer with 22 career medals has delayed the start of his racing season after a pair of off-season knee surgeries.Lake Louise is the lone Canadian stop on the World Cup alpine ski circuit. Osborne-Paradis was the last Canadian man on the podium in 2009 when he won super-G.That win capped a run of four straight years a Canadian finished somewhere on the mens podium in Lake Louise in either downhill or super-G. Osborne-Paradis was also second in downhill in 2007.I feel confident on my skis, Osborne-Paradis said Wednesday. Thats definitely Step 1. Ive come here before and not felt great, but I dont know if you can really tell a whole lot from today. Hopefully we get another training run and just take it day by day.Norways Aksel Lund Svindal is not in Lake Louise after claiming three straight super-G wins as well as the downhill two years ago. He injured his Achilles tendon playing soccer last month.The prize purse in each race this weekend is $117,000 with $35,000 going to the victor.Osborne-Paradis, 30, married Lana McIntosh on Sept. 20. The couple live in Invermere, B.C.I didnt wear my ring today because its race season, Osborne-Paradis said. I told her I wasnt going to wear it as long as I started actually racing.With the amount of people hitting their hands on gates and stuff, you dont want to break your finger and then lose your ring finger.Former Austrian racer Hannes Trinkl is now an assistant referee in Lake Louise, where he won the downhill in 1999. Trinkl has set a course the Canadians feel is a throwback with less turns.Its probably set the way it was when he raced it more or less. Back when downhill was downhill, Hudec explained. (Teammate) Ben Thomsen made a comment this morning, Im excited to race my first ever World Cup downhill, as a joke because our downhills have been getting turnier and turnier over the years and more technical.People think this suits me more, but obviously Mannys been really fast in training especially in gliding. So far, hes killing it. In those years, Ive learned how to turn so I now like the turns.In other results Wednesday, Morgan Pridy of Whistler, B.C., was 45th and his brother Conrad finished 57th. Ben Thomsen of Invermere placed 61st and Dustin Cook of Lac-Sainte-Marie, Que., was 64th. Broderick Thomson of Whistler placed 73rd and Calgarys Tyler Werry 79th. Discount Ultra Boost China .com) - Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki was named the National League Player of the Month for April. 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With No. 1 goalie Roberto Luongo getting the night off, Lack continued his steady play in helping Vancouver to a fifth straight win. "The thing I like most about Eddie is just his presence. I think he settles the team down," said Tortorella. "Theres not a lot of extra movement in his game. "He doesnt get rattled." Lack usually plays the second game of back-to-backs in place of Luongo and got the nod with Mondays contest coming on the heels of Sundays 3-1 home victory over the Colorado Avalanche. He was solid, if not spectacular, on a night where the Canucks kept the Hurricanes to the outside. "The guys did an unbelievable job," said Lack. "I wouldnt say that I was nervous. It was more excitement." And most importantly after his fourth win of the campaign, he has the confidence of his head coach. "I hope it continues. As a coach youre looking at the present but youre also looking at the future, too, as you go through a long year with a condensed schedule that we have with the Olympics," said Tortorella. "Huge game for him tonight. First home game for him -- I thought he handled himself tremendously." Christopher Tanev and Jannik Hansen, into an empty net, scored for Vancouver (18-10-5), while Chris Higgins added two assists. Tanev and Lack were roommates in the American Hockey League before making the jump to the NHL, so it was only fitting the former provided the game winner for the latters first career shutout. "Im happy for him," said Tanev. "Ive known him for four years now. Hes an awesome guy and its an incredible moment for him." Justin Peters made 24 stops for Carolina (13-13-5), which saw its three-game winning streak snapped. "I think as a team we deserved a better fate," said Peters. "We played the right way, we had some chances, just give credit to their team. Lack was playing well." With Vancouver nursing a 1-0 lead after Tanev opened the scoring in the first period, Lack made two glove saves early in the third, including a hot shot off the stick of Hurricanes forward Nathan Gerbe. Ryan Kesler had a chance to stretch Vancouvers lead a few moments later, but fired wide on a 2-on-1 with Mike Santorelli. Carolina made a push in the dying minutes, with Hurricanes captain Eric Staal comiing the closest, but Lack was there to the shut the door before Hansen scored into an empty net.dddddddddddd "I thought we were coming on," said Carolina head coach Kirk Muller. "You have to fight for your opportunities and in the second we got going and the third we got a lot of juice but they are not giving up a lot of chances." Lacks last start came in the Canucks 3-2 victory over the Hurricanes in Raleigh, N.C., on Dec. 1 and he watched as Vancouver gave him a 1-0 lead early in the first on Monday night. Tanev collected a feed from fellow defenceman Dan Hamhuis and fired a snapshot from the point that found its way through traffic past Peters at 3:35 for his second of the season. Hamhuis then jumped into the rush with Canucks shorthanded, but fired wide of Peters goal. Then with Vancouver still down a man, Peters was forced to make a pad stop on Kesler, two more saves on Hamhuis and then another on Henrik Sedin as the Canucks No. 1-ranked penalty killing unit buzzed around the Hurricanes zone. The visitors started to find their legs in the second period, but found it difficult to get much going against the tight-checking Canucks. In one of the few moments of action, Lack was forced to come up big off the rush, stopping Riley Nash and Patrick Dwyer in quick succession. "I think it was just as boring a game to play as it was to watch," said Kesler. "Those are the games we have to win, though. They didnt give us much and we didnt give them much and Eddie made the saves when he had to." Former Canucks forward Manny Malhotra played in Vancouver for the first time as a the member of the Hurricanes. The Canucks shut Malhotra down after nine games last season, saying they were concerned for the 33-year-olds health following a serious eye injury during the 2010-11 season. Malhotra got an American League Hockey tryout with Carolinas affiliate this season before getting called up to the big club. He made his debut Nov. 1 against the Tampa Bay Lightning. "Its obviously disappointing we didnt get the result we wanted," said Malhotra, who spent three season with Vancouver. "We felt we carried the play for most of the game, we were effective getting puck in deep, getting sustained pressure on them, but Lack saw a lot of pucks tonight. We need to do a better job being in the goalies eyes and battling in front of their net." Notes: The Canucks dont play again until Friday when they welcome the Edmonton Oilers. Vancouver then hosts Boston on Saturday night. 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