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CALGARY, Alberta -- After squandering two big leads already this season, the Carolina Hurricanes were determined not to let this one slip away.Victor Rask scored his third goal of the season, Jeff Skinner had a goal and an assist and Noah Hanifin had a career-high three assists to lead the Hurricanes to their first victory of the season, 4-2 over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night.Carolina had started 0-1-2 on a season-opening six-game road trip. In this one, the Hurricanes were up 3-0 before letting the Flames pull within one.Its just part of the process of learning how to win and close out games, Skinner said. They get one late in the second. You dont want to give those up, right when the period ends. They get one there to make it 3-2. We just had to keep our composure and stay tough mentally.Calgarys comeback attempt hit the wall when penalties to Alex Chiasson and Troy Brouwer in the final three minutes put the Flames down two men and the Hurricanes took advantage on Skinners second goal of the season.Skinners five points tied him with Rask and Lee Stempniak for the team lead.With a young team, Carolina coach Bill Peters says its all part of the learning process.Well get better at playing with the lead. Well get better at managing situations as we go. Well learn from each game, he said.Teuvo Teravainen and Viktor Stalberg also scored for Carolina, which won for the first time at the Saddledome in eight tries, dating back to Dec. 12, 2002.Brouwer and Johnny Gaudreau scored for Calgary.Were trying to make plays that arent there and weve got to just make those simple plays, Calgary center Sean Monahan said. It almost feels like were not on the same key. Its not working well right now and weve got to figure it out.Special teams continues to be a point of concern for the Flames. An 0-for-6 night on the power play dropped them to 0 for 19 in their last four games. Carolina went 2 for 8 with the extra man.You cant lose special teams battles in this league or youll lose games, Flames captain Mark Giordano said. Its easy to say but a lot of that is when youre struggling, it comes down to battles and winning those battles and finding ways to get an ugly one.Carolina surged in front 3-0 at 4:55 of the second when Stalberg slipped behind Dougie Hamilton, took a perfect pass from Klas Dahlbeck and beat Brian Elliott on a deke to his backhand.That made it three goals on 13 shots on the Flames new No. 1 goaltender and resulted in a jeer from the agitated home crowd the next time he handled the puck.Acquired in the offseason from St. Louis, Elliott has started the season with three straight losses. After giving up four goals on 32 shots on Thursday he has an .839 save percentage.Its slight breakdowns here and there and it starts with me. Ive got to make a save here and there too, to keep us in it, the 32-year-old said. Its hard coming back in these games when you spot them a couple goals early and youre always coming from behind.Eddie Lack made 24 stops to earn the win for Carolina.Game notesCarolinas six-game road trip to start the season is a result of the North Carolina state fair going on in Raleigh. ... The Flames now begin a difficult stretch in their schedule in which 11 of their next 12 opponents were playoff teams a year ago. ... Former Flames D Jakub Nakladal was among the scratches for Carolina.UP NEXTHurricanes: At Philadelphia on Saturday night in the fifth game of their season-opening six-game road trip.Flames: Host St. Louis on Saturday night in the finale of a three-game homestand.Paul Aguilar Mexico Jersey . 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Andres Guardado Jersey .J. -- Pitcher Carl Pavano is retiring after 14 major league seasons.RIO DE JANEIRO -- Usain Bolt kneeled down and gave the track one final kiss, then flattened his hand, reached down and slapped the white number 3 painted at the starting line.Three Olympics, three races at each, three gold medals every time.He could have just as easily slapped the number 1. That would need no explanation.The man who transcended track and became a world-class celebrity bid a blazing-fast farewell to the Rio de Janeiro Games -- and likely the Olympics altogether -- Friday night with yet another anchor leg for the ages. He turned a close 4x100 relay race against Japan and the United States into a typical, Bolt-like runaway, helping Jamaica cross the line in 37.27.There you go, he said. I am the greatest.Japan won the silver medal, finishing .33 seconds behind.The U.S. finished the race third but endured yet another relay debacle -- disqualified because leadoff runner Mike Rodgers was ruled to have passed the baton to Justin Gatlin outside the exchange zone. That promoted Canada to the bronze medal. The American were protesting the ruling, and as midnight approached in Brazil, there was no word on the outcome.It was the twilight zone. It was a nightmare, said Gatlin, who, along with his teammates, found out about the DQ while parading the U.S. flag around the track. You work so hard with your teammates, guys you compete against almost all year long. All that hard work just crumbles.If the ruling stands, it will mark the ninth time since 1995 the U.S. men have been disqualified or failed to get the baton around at Olympics or world championships. (They blew a 10th medal, the silver at the London Games, after Tyson Gays doping positive.)The disqualification will cause more hand-wringing in the States.In Jamaica, theyll party.Less pressure when you know youre the fastest man out there.Bolts record in Olympic finals improved to nine victories over nine events.Nobodys done that before, and nobodys on the horizon to do it again soon.Along for his final trip down the track were Nickel Ashmeade, training partner Yohan Blake and the Jamaican elder statesman, former world-record holder Asafa Powell.When Bolt received the yellow baton from Ashmeade for his final run down the straightaway, he was even, or maybe a step behind Aska Cambridge of Japan and Trayvon Bromell of the United States.That lasted about four steps.With 70 meters to go, it was over. Bolt lookeed at the clock -- same as he did when he won the 200 the night before.dddddddddddd No world record, but he still has a piece of that one, too -- its 36.84 seconds, set four years ago at the London Games. He also owns the records in the 100 (9.58) and 200 (19.19).I am just relieved. Its happened. I am just happy, proud of myself. Its come true, Bolt said. The pressure is real. I look at it as an accomplishment.Musical selection for Bolts final parade around the track: Bob Marleys Jammin.With most of the other debates over about greatest this, greatest that, a new one might be whether Bolt now surpasses Marley as the most famous person to rock the world from the country known for sea, sun and sprints.Counting all the preliminaries, finals and his approximately nine-second blast down the stretch in Fridays final race, Bolt has spent 325 seconds -- a tad less than 5 1/2 minutes -- running on the track at the Olympics since he made his debut in Beijing eight years ago.Every tick of the clock has been a treasure. And while he may not close things out with 23 golds, the number Michael Phelps left Rio with earlier this week, its hard to argue there is anybody more successful or electric -- or important to his sport, and the Olympics themselves.The anchor sport of the Olympics has been mired for decades, but especially over the past year, in a cesspool of doping, cheating and bad characters.When Bolts on the track, everyone forgets.A great sprinter, said Gay who, once upon a time, was Bolts biggest challenger. Nine gold medals, words cant even describe what hes done for the sport.So much of that is because the show isnt over when hes through running.After crossing the line for his finale, Bolt pumped his fist in the air, slowed down and took off those famous gold spikes. He huddled with his teammates and they prayed. Then, a final, luxurious lap around the track.Ill stay up late tonight, Bolt said when asked how hed celebrate.All week, when asked a hundred different ways if this really is his last Olympics, he kept saying yes.He has also mentioned, more than once, that coach Glen Mills keeps telling him not to rule anything out.Tokyo is four years away, and now the world must ponder: Without Bolt on the track, how will things ever be the same? ' ' '