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EDMONTON - It didnt take long for Mason Raymond to make an impact with the Calgary Flames. Gabriel Jesus Brazil Jersey .Raymond recorded his third career hat trick as Calgary spoiled the home opener of their provincial rivals, defeating the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 on Thursday.The Flames signed the 29-year-old Cochrane, Alta., native to a three-year deal this year in hopes he could help replace some of the offence taken out of the lineup by Michael Cammalleris free-agent departure.Raymond said that while he appreciated the personal accomplishment, he felt it was more important to get the victory with the team starting a six-game road trip in Edmonton.Those two points were huge for us, he said. It got us in the win column and trending in the right direction. We let them back into it after a good start, but we battled back hard and that showed some character.Flames forward Mikael Backlund said Raymonds performance was a good sign, especially considering the new Flame was limited to just a pair of pre-season games because of a lower-body injury.It is great for him, great to see him get those goals, he said. Just like me, he missed most of camp, so it is nice to see him get a confidence boost.Jiri Hudler and T.J. Brodie also scored for the Flames, who avoided losses on consecutive nights to improve to 1-1.Karri Ramo made 38 saves to record the win in the Calgary net.I was lucky a few times, Ramo said. It was a real battle for us. We figured it out at the end and we kept on battling and working harder than them. That is how it is going to have to be the whole year. We have to be the harder working team.Teddy Purcell and Taylor Hall scored for the Oilers, who are 0-1.Thats a frustrating way to start the season, said Oilers head coach Dallas Eakins. I thought we had a ton of good in our game. ... Our power play was excellent.Im not going to walk out here and say we played crappy, because we didnt. But we lost the game and thats unacceptable.Hall said it is important that the team recognize how they did dominate the game for most of the first and second periods.We feel like we came with the right game plan and for the most part executed. That (slow start) happens, he said. I thought we did a pretty good job of recovering and sticking to our game plan throughout the game. We definitely gave up some Grade A chances, thats for sure, but hope to shore those up and keep doing the things we did well.Calgary silenced the home crowd early with a goal three minutes into the game when Joe Colborne made a nice feed to Mark Giordano in the slot. Giordanos shot was tipped by Raymond past Edmonton starter Ben Scrivens. It was Raymonds 100th career NHL goal.Exactly a minute later, the Flames went up 2-0 as Sean Monahan got the puck on a defensive miscue behind the Edmonton net and passed in front to Hudler, who scored on Calgarys third shot of the game.Edmonton got back into the game with seven minutes left in the first period with a power-play goal. David Perron made a long pass to Purcell at the opposite face-off dot and he blasted a shot past Ramo.The Oilers outshot Calgary 14-7 through the first 20 minutes.Edmonton tied the game with eight-and-a-half minutes remaining in the second period as Ryan Nugent-Hopkins criss-crossed with Hall on a two-man advantage and Hall unleashed a rocket into the top corner to make it 2-2.The shots favoured Edmonton 25-11 at the end of the second period.Calgary managed to regain the lead four-and-a-half minutes into the third period as Lance Bouma made a nice chip pass to send Raymond away on a partial breakaway. Raymond beat Scrivens high to the glove side for his second of the game.The Flames put the game away with five minutes remaining as Hudler saw Raymond charging hard to the net and sent it in front for a tip-in to complete the hat trick.Brodie made it 5-2 on a scramble in front of the Edmonton net in the final minute on a Calgary power play.Both teams return to action on Saturday as the Oilers begin a three-game trip in Vancouver against the Canucks while the Flames play the second game of their six-destination road swing in St. Louis.Notes: The Oilers had the added pressure of playing in front of the 1984 Edmonton Oilers Stanley Cup-winning squad, in town to celebrate their 30th anniversary of their first of five NHL titles in a seven-year span. Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, and Lee Fogolin dropped the puck before the game and will be featured in a special gala celebration on Friday at Rexall Place. a€| The Flames announced on Thursday that 2014 fourth overall pick Sam Bennett will undergo shoulder surgery next week and is expected to miss four to six months after getting injured in the pre-season. a€| The third overall pick from 2014, Leon Draisaitl made his debut for the Oilers. a€| Calgary made a pair of significant lineup changes after its 4-2 loss in Vancouver on Wednesday. Raphael Diaz replaced Dennis Wideman on defence and David Jones played up front in place of Brian McGrattan. a€| The Flames won three of the five games in the season series against Edmonton last season. .. Oiler defenceman Jeff Petry started the game after missing the entire pre-season. Pedro Geromel Jersey . 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The 27-year-old lightweight from Montreal spent much of his 10-week training camp for American Myles (Fury) Jury working with UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre. The two have trained before but the busy St-Pierrre was in Montreal for an extended period of time -- "which is rare," according to Ricci -- that dovetailed with Riccis camp. "He has been my main sparring partner for this fight," Ricci said. "Ive done most of my rounds this training camp with him." Not surprisingly, Ricci (9-3) lost most of those rounds against the bigger man, and a champion to boot. But the 155-pounder says he began to steal the odd one. "It feels good when youre working and working and you win small battles here and there against guys like that," he said. "You know youve been improving." Light-heavyweight title-holder Jon (Bones) Jones takes on Swedens Alexander (The Mauler) Gustafsson in Saturdays main event at the Air Canada Centre. Ricci is one of seven Canadians on the undercard. Francis Carmont, a French middleweight who fights out of Montreal, is on the main card. Ricci also trains with welterweight Rory (Ares) MacDonald, a close friend, at Montreals Tristar Gym. Like GSP, MacDonald is preparing for a fight at UFC 167 in November. St-Pierre takes on No. 1 contender Johny (Bigg Rigg) Hendricks in the main event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas while No. 3 MacDonald faces No. 8 (Ruthless) Robbie Lawler. Ricci says St-Pierre is more than generous with his time in the gym. "Its unreal. If Georges wanted to, he could just do his own thing and then leave," said Ricci. "But he stays and he puts in work with guys. Not only just me because I have a fight coming up, hell work with everybody. "You could even see this guy maybe even developing into a great coach one day. He stays, he puts in the work and he puts in the time and he explains things. And he gets to the bottom of them. Ill do a round with him and then after hell be like OK we have to work on this when sparrings over. Its great to have him as a training partner. And I havent had him around this much and working with me this much in a while. It was a very good experience." Fighting as a welterweight, Ricci lost last December to Colton Smith in the final of Season 16 of "The Ultimate Fighter." He bounced back at UFC 158 in March to defeat Colin (The Freakshow) Fletcher, a finalists in the Australia versus U.K. TUF spinoff. It was a doominant win, albeit one that was less than stirring in terms of entertainment. Renato Augusto Jersey. But it was a memorable night for Ricci, coming in front of a hometown crowd. He walked out to the Phil Collins song "In the Air Tonight," explaining later that the story said it all. "I have been waiting for this moment all my life," he said later, quoting the song. "I grew up wanting to win in the Octagon and Ive spent six years on a road of blood and sweat to make sure I got here. "I had some UFC jitters, but I spoke with GSP two days ago and he said Listen, get used to them because they never, ever go away so I was nervous but I expected to be going in. Winning a UFC fight means everything to me." Ricci walked out to the cage in traditional martial arts garb, complete with a sword. He says his goal in the Fletcher fight was simply the win. "I felt like my position (in the UFC) wasnt as secure as Id like it to be ... I came back down to my weight class and I just felt it was the fight I had to win. "You get into those fights where you know you can win them if you do as youre supposed to do," he added. "You know you will 100 per cent win and I knew that I would 100 per cent beat Fletcher if I stuck to a game plan. "But I wasnt 100 per cent sure if I would finish him with that game plan. But the win to me was more important. So I went down that road. ... I hit him plenty of times. Could I have hit him more? Yes. Could I have been more aggressive? Yes. But I did what I had to to win and stay safe. I feel like my position is more solidified now" Thats good because the 24-year-old Jury represents a step up. Jury (12-0) has won all three of his UFC fights since appearing on Season 15 of "The Ultimate Fighter." He was on Season 13 initially but had to leave through injury. Ricci says he chose Jury over two other opponents. "Easier fights, to be honest with you," Ricci said. "This is the fight that I wanted. This is what felt like it was supposed to happen to me." Jury is not short of confidence, judging from the bio on his website (www.teamfury.com). "At just 24 years old, Jury is what the experts refer to as the new breed of the sport; a hybrid fighter, well versed in all aspects of the demanding game," the bio reads. 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