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MONTREAL -- Milan Lucic admits he felt a little awkward going home to Vancouver for the summer after winning the Stanley Cup with the Boston Bruins. Adidas Yeezy Boost 550 Black . The victory came at the expense of his hometown Canucks, with the Game 7 final series clincher played in Vancouver. "Yes, it was interesting going back," the Bruins winger said Monday. "But it wasnt as bad as I thought. "The people were actually very respectful to me and my family. And being a home town boy a lot of people were coming up to me to say they were happy I won the Cup. It was great to be able to go home and see everyone and share what I achieved with them." The Bruins were the team that got hot in the post season and went on to claim their first Cup since Bobby Orr and Co. won in 1972. It made for a short, intense summer in which players mixed celebrations with recovery from their many bumps and bruises and trying to get ready for the 2011-12 campaign. Pesky forward Brad Marchand, a playoff stalwart in his rookie season, spent his summer all the way across Canada in Halifax. "It was really hectic," he said. "I wasnt expecting everything that came with it, but obviously Id take it any day. "Everywhere you go people are congratulating you. But there was a lot of responsibility that came with it. There are requests every single day for different events and you cant do them all, especially with such a short summer. It gets overwhelming. And people start to expect things from you just because youre from a certain town or area or you met someone some time. But at the same time, its a lot of fun." Coach Claude Julien said the fun times are over and now his club has to get down to the difficult business of trying to pull off the rare feat of repeating as champion. It hasnt been done since the Detroit Red Wings in 1997 and 1998. It seems that "turn the page" has become the teams new motto. "Were Stanley Cup champions from last year, not this year, and if we plan on being in the mix, its important that we focus on starting the season the way we did last year and taking it one chunk at a time," said Julien. "You have to establish yourself in a playoff spot before you can even think about the playoffs. "So weve got 82 games that will be tough, with targets on our backs. Teams are going to up their games against us and we have to up our game." It will help that general manager Peter Chiarelli was able to keep most of his roster intact, and even brought it in with US$5.1 million to spare in salary cap space. Veteran Mark Recchi retired and winger Michael Ryder left as a free agent for Dallas. They picked up winger Benoit Pouliot and defenceman Joe Corvo. When Chicago won in 2010, cap concerns sparked a mass exodus on players, forcing the Blackhawks to rebuild around their core group of stars. That is not the case in Boston, where the top line of centre David Krejci with Lucic and Nathan Horton remains, and Rich Peverley was already on hand to replace Recchi on the second unit with Patrice Bergeron and Marchand. Late-season pickup Tomas Kaberle is gone, but the defence still has Zdeno Chara, Andrew Ference, Dennis Seidenberg, Adam McQuaid and Johnny Boychuk. And Vezina Trophy winner Tim Thomas, who took the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP, is also back, although Julien said the 37-year-old will likely give up the net a few more times to backup Tuukka Rask this season to save energy after a demanding 2010-11 campaign. The Bruins got good news this week when Horton played a full pre-season game without any after-effects from the crushing hit from Vancouvers Aaron Rome that knocked him cold and put him out of the final with a concussion. And they can probably count on more production from second-year centre Tyler Seguin, the highly skilled second overall draft pick of 2010. Whether all that translates into a repeat championship remains to be seen. Lucic, for one, isnt looking that far ahead. "Our main focus now is to get off to a good start to the season and rebuild that team chemistry and identity we had last year," the burly winger said. "Its pretty much the same team as last year, but you still have to go through the same process of building it like we did last year. "We cant talk about the playoffs unless we have a good season and get back in them. As youve seen, a lot of teams coming off a Stanley Cup have a tough time even making the playoffs. Its great that we didnt have to blow up our team like Chicago had to. I think that gives us a lot of confidence to go into this season with the same group of guys. But you still have to go through that process." Ultra X Yeezy Boost Black . LOUIS -- From the first pitch, Adam Wainwright thought this could be the day he threw a no-hitter. Adidas Yeezy Boost 350 UK . -- Dak Prescott threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more scores and Mississippi State trounced Rice 44-7 on Tuesday in the most one-sided Liberty Bowl victory in the games 55-year history. PHOENIX -- Yovani Gallardo has always pitched well against Arizona. Home, away, doesnt matter. He has the Diamondbacks number. Gallardo outpitched Chase Anderson in seven strong innings to remain undefeated against Arizona, lifting the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-1 win over the Diamondbacks on Thursday. "Sometimes you look at it as how this game is," Gallardo said of his track record against Arizona. "There are certain things like that I wish I could explain, but I just cant." A day after losing to Arizona on a walkoff hit, the Brewers beat the Diamondbacks for the third time in four games behind Gallardo (5-4). The right-hander entered the game with a 1.93 ERA against the Diamondbacks and lowered it by holding them to a run over seven innings. He improved to 7-0 in 10 career starts against Arizona and earned his 86th career win, tying Ben Sheets for fifth on Milwaukees all-time list. "Weve had him on the ropes several times, but his somehow wriggles out of it, but today he just kind of dominated us," Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson said of Gallardo. "There wasnt a lot of opportunities out there for us and when we had the opportunities we didnt do anything with them." Milwaukees Carlos Gomez had a run-scoring single in the eighth inning to extend his career high-hitting streak to 15 games and reached base for the 32nd straight game, the majors longest active streak. Francisco Rodriguez worked around a hit in the ninth inning for his majors-leading 23rd save this season and 327th career, moving past Roberto Hernandez for 14th all-time. Gallardo did most of the heavy lifting. Coming off two solid starts, he retired the first 10 batters he faced until Chris Owings blooped a single to right in the fourth inning. Owings reached third, but Gallardo stranded him there. The Diamondbacks had two hits to start the fifth inning and scored a run on Didi Gregorius grounder, but that was it off Gallardo. He alloweed five hits and struck out four, improving to 5-0 in six career starts at Chase Field. Adidas Ultra Boost sale UK. . "He gets to where hes throwing a lot of strikes and you know hes going his rhythm going then," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said. Anderson (5-2) wasnt bad, either. He had a superb start to his major league career, becoming the first Diamondbacks rookie to win his first five starts. Even though he pitched well, his run came to an end in his last start, when he allowed two runs on four hits in five innings of a 4-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The right-hander was good again against the Brewers, holding them without a hit until Aramis Ramirez led off the fifth inning with a double. Lyle Overbay followed with a run-scoring double and Elian Herrera added an RBI single to put Milwaukee up 2-0. Ramirez made it 3-1 with a run-scoring single in the sixth after Jean Segura wound up on second with an infield single and a throwing error by Anderson. Anderson allowed two earned runs on five hits and struck out five in six innings. Hes allowed two earned runs or less in six of seven starts. "That was one of the better days Ive felt out there," Anderson said. "A couple of bloop hits, but limited the damage and felt good." Gomez struck out three times before hitting a run-scoring single in the eighth off Matt Stites, who made his major league debut. NOTES: Gregorius, a shortstop throughout his career, made his first career start at third base to give Martin Prado a rest. He was tested right away and made a nice play, snaring leadoff hitter Scooter Gennetts sinking liner. ... 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