Rick DiPietro is back in professional hockey. Carolina Hurricanes general manager Jim Rutherford confirmed on Saturday that the former New York Islanders goaltender had signed on for a 25-game professional tryout with the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League, Carolinas AHL affiliate. Rutherford also said that the former NHL All-Star and American Olympian will join the team on Saturday night. DiPietro was the first-overall pick in the 2000 NHL Draft, but never lived up to expectations with the Islanders. He famously signed a 15-year, $67.5 mill. deal with the club in September of 2006. The 32-year-old native of Winthrop, Massachusetts was waived by the Islanders three games into last years shortened season and was finally bought out by the team in July. DiPietro has a career mark of 130-136-36 in 318 career games. The Hurricanes are currently without starting goalie Cam Ward, who sustained a lower body injury and is expected out for three-to-four weeks, and back-up Anton Khudobin is recovering from a lower body injury of his own and is expected to begin skating on Sunday. Justin Peters is the current starter in their steads. Ander Herrera Jersey . LOUIS -- Roman Polak was celebrating even before Alexander Steen scored the winning goal in Saturdays 4-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes. Marouane Fellaini Manchester Jersey . They hope to persuade the other team owners and commissioner Roger Goodell to put pressure on Redskins owner Daniel Snyder to drop the nickname they find offensive. "Given the way the meeting transpired," Ray Halbritter, an Oneida representative and leader of the "Change the Mascot Campaign," said Wednesday, "it became somewhat evident they were defending the continued use of the name. http://www.manutdfcsoccershop.com/c-33-andreas-pereira-manchester-united-fc-jersey.aspx . As the crowd erupted, Davis knocked the ball off the glass and back into his hands. With 1:14 to go in overtime, Davis sixth block also became his 17th rebound. That, along with his 32 points -- which tied a career high -- proved too much for Denver to overcome, and the Pelicans held on for their third straight victory, 111-107 on Sunday night. Joel Castro Pereira Manchester Jersey . The Vikings announced Thursday that Priefer will be one of seven holdovers from the previous staff, along with offensive line coach Jeff Davidson, wide receivers coach George Stewart and others. Norv Turner will mark his 30th year of coaching in the NFL as the offensive co-ordinator, as widely reported for weeks, and George Edwards will be the defensive co-ordinator. Marcos Rojo Jersey . Pirlo limped out of Sundays 1-0 win over Udinese after just 13 minutes. Juventus says Pirlo underwent tests on Monday which revealed he has "a second-degree lesion to the collateral medial ligament in his right knee. SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Padres have been searching for clutch hitting all season. For one three-game series, they found the touch. Pinch-hitter Nick Hundley stepped up Sunday, delivering a three-run double in the seventh inning that lifted the Padres to a 5-2 win over the Colorado Rockies. San Diego swept the three-game series with late-inning victories each time. After reliever Roy Oswalt (0-5) walked home the tying run in the seventh, Hundley hit a sharp grounder down the third-base line off Wilton Lopez to clear the bases. "He threw me a real good sinker 0-1 that I swung over the top of," Hundley said. "I thought I was a little long (on my swing). I stepped out because I was trying to do too much. I shortened up a little bit and made the adjustment, and fortunately, I did." The Padres won Friday nights series opener, rebounding from a 3-2 ninth-inning deficit on Chase Headleys leadoff homer and pinch-hitter Jesus Guzmans bases-loaded single. Rookie Jedd Gyorko hit a go-ahead solo homer in the eighth inning Saturday night for a 2-1 win. "I think every manager will talk about that over the course of the year, that in a close game it will come down to a big hit or a big play," San Diego manager Bud Black said. "Nick got a hold of a sinker and dug it out and lined. Nicks a good low-ball hitter, thats his strength." It was the first time since June 1998 that the Padres have won three straight games despite being tied or behind in the seventh inning or later in each of the three games. The Padres have won five of six. The Rockies have dropped five of six. Nick Vincent (4-2) pitched one inning for the win. Huston Street worked the ninth for his 29th save in 30 chances. Oswalt allowed five runs on four hits with two walks in 3 1-3 innnings in relief of starter Chad Bettis.dddddddddddd "I wanted to try and keep it down velocity-wise," Oswalt said. "I felt OK." The 36-year-old Oswalt had been on the disabled list with a left hamstring strain for two months before being activated on Friday. The former 20-game winner was 0-4 with a 7.64 ERA in four starts this season with Colorado. "The bad thing about it is, Im running out of time to get arm strength back," said Oswalt, whose ERA rose to 8.57. "I havent had a lot of luck go my way." The Padres loaded the bases against Oswalt in the seventh on a leadoff walk to Headley and consecutive singles by Kyle Blanks and Ronny Cedeno. After a short flyout, Oswalt walked pinch-hitter Guzman on four pitches to force in a run and tie it at 2. Lopez then relieved Oswalt to face Hundley. The Rockies took a 1-0 lead in the third when Corey Dickerson tripled and Michael Cuddyer doubled. Colorado added to its lead after Charlie Blackmon reached on a one-out error by shortstop Ronny Cedeno in the fourth and Jordan Pacheco followed with a run-scoring double. Renee Riveras sacrifice fly cut the lead to 2-1 in the fifth inning. NOTES: The Padres swept Colorado at home for the first time since September 2006. ... Rockies C Wilin Rosario was not available because of issues with his wisdom teeth. ... Rockies CF Dexter Fowler (right knee strain) missed his second straight game. ... Despite being swept, Colorado won the season series against San Diego 12-7. ... The Rockies play at San Francisco on Monday night when RHP Jhoulys Chacin (13-8, 3.16 ERA) opposes RHP Tim Lincecum (9-13. 4.50). ... The Padres travel to Philadelphia and will open with RHP Andrew Cashner (8-8, 3.45) against RHP Tyler Cloyd (2-3, 3.57) on Monday night. Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '