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ROSEMONT, Ill. — Reto Berra became the 11th goalie in American Hockey League history to score when he fired a shot into an empty net in the Lake Erie Monsters' 5-1 victory over the Chicago Wolves on Friday night.

With Chicago goalie Matt Climie off for an extra attacker, Berra lofted a shot that slid into the empty net with 1:26 left to make it 4-1. He's the seventh AHL goalie to actually shoot the puck into the opposition's net.

Berra made 20 saves in the victory in his first start since the Colorado Avalanche sent him to Lake Erie on Jan. 10 on a conditioning assignment.

HONOLULU — Webb Simpson was so determined to switch to a conventional putting style that he broke his belly putter over his knee so he could never use it again. He might be the most surprised of anyone to be tied for the lead Friday in the Sony Open.With expectations next to nil from using a regular putter for the first time in 10 years, Simpson ran off three birdies over the last five holes for a 4-under 66 to share the lead with Matt Kuchar and PGA Tour rookie Justin Thomas.“The broken belly putter is in my trophy case at home. It's on top,” Simpson said. “I can't use it. I could use it — it would be a short putter.”Kuchar, playing alongside Simpson, had a 63.The big surprise was Thomas, the 21-year-old son of a club pro in Kentucky — not because of his age, or because it's his first time to Waialae, but the way he finished. He hit 8-iron to 12 feet for birdie, hit a wedge to 6 feet for birdie on the next hole, and then pounded a tee shot on the par-5 ninth and had only a 9-iron to the green. He hit that to 18 feet and made the putt for eagle.That gave him a 61 — one off the course record Davis Love III set in 1994.

NEW YORK — Detroit left-hander David Price set a record for the highest one-year contract for a player in salary arbitration, agreeing to a $19.75 million deal as 95 players reached agreements on the busiest day of baseball's offseason.Several other pitchers got big salaries, including Washington's Doug Fister ($11.4 million) and Stephen Strasburg ($7.4 million), San Diego's Ian Kennedy ($9.85 million), and Jeff Samardzija of the Chicago White Sox ($9.8 million).Of the 175 players who filed for arbitration on Tuesday, just 74 exchanged figures with their teams and only 54 were without agreements by Friday.

MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Brent Jones scored 23 points and made a key defensive play in the closing seconds as St. Francis (N.Y.) held off Robert Morris 68-63 on Friday.With the Terriers (10-8, 4-1 Northeast Conference) up 66-63, Robert Morris (7-10, 3-2) got the ball to Lucky Jones in the right corner. As he went up for a 3-pointer, Jones stripped the ball and it went out of bounds off Jones.St. Francis turned the ball over on the inbounds pass but the Colonials couldn't convert on two contested attempts under the basket. Amdy Fall grabbed a rebound and clinched the game with a pair of free throws with five seconds left.

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