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While the Toronto Maple Leafs signed head coach Randy Carlyle to a two-year extension on Thursday, the contract includes a team option for the final year. Carlyle had one year left on his existing deal, meaning his new contract runs through the 2016-17 season. "Leafs are not locked into Carlyle. If things dont work out, hes gone next year or year after," tweeted TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger. Carlyles assistants Dave Farrish, Greg Cronin and Scott Gordon were not retained for next season. "We feel that this group can continue to grow into a higher level of a hockey club," said Carlyle during a conference all on Thursday. "We just have to find and continue to push for a little bit more from the individuals and we are going to do everything we possibly can to change some of the things that are happening with our group." The Maple Leafs started the 2013-14 season on a 10-4-0 run, but Carlyle worried at the time that his team was getting away with sloppy play in the defensive zone. Going into and coming out of the Olympic break, the Leafs were rolling despite being badly outshot on most nights. When they beat the Kings in Los Angeles on March 13, they were in second place in the division. But starting goaltender Jonathan Bernier aggravated a groin injury that night, and though it was not considered serious at the time, it proved to be devastating. James Reimer lost five straight games and was pulled March 23 against the New Jersey Devils before Bernier returned and lost three more. The final night of that losing streak, March 29 against the Detroit Red Wings, was effectively the death knell for Torontos playoff hopes. Air Joran Outlet Cheap . Louis second-period goal increased the New York Rangers lead but Dustin Brown has countered for the Los Angeles Kings who now trail the New York Rangers 2-1 in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final at Madison Square Garden. Discount Jordan Shoes Wholesale . 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And the Heat, apparently, are nothing to fear.Melbourne, Australia (SportsNetwork.com) - Czech Lucie Hradecka sent shockwaves on the first day of the Australian Open by ousting fifth seed Ana Ivanovic, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, at Rod Laver Arena. The Serb Ivanovic, who was the runner-up to Maria Sharapova in 2008, suffered her earliest exit at a Grand Slam event since the French Open in 2011. She was a quarterfinalist here last year. I think the whole match I didnt really feel like myself out there, Ivanovic stated. It was really tough for me to find a rhythm a little bit. In the third set, I really felt like she raised her level. Hradecka, playing her first Grand Slam main draw since last years Australian Open, lost in qualifying at other three majors in 2014. The doubles specialist entered the week ranked 142nd in singles play. She has 18 doubles titles, but none in singles. In the first set I was so nervous, Hradecka said. I couldnt hit any balls in the court. When I went outside, I started to serve in the second set, I thought, Okay, it cannot be the worst. Lets play every point and lets see what will happen. Its the earliest exit by a top 5 seed since 20003 when then No.dddddddddddd. 3 Jennifer Capriati was ousted by Marlene Weingartner. Romanian Simona Halep, the No. 3 seed, topped Italian Karin Knapp, 6-3, 6-2. Its a fresh start for Halep, who began the 2015 season with her ninth career title at Shenzhen, but then withdrew from an event in Sydney due to illness. Another upset saw Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania beat No. 9 seed Angelique Kerber of Germany, 6-4, 0-6, 6-1. In other seeded action Monday, No. 21 Peng Shuai of China, beat Germanys Tatjana Maria, 6-4, 7-5; 22nd seeded Czech Karolina Pliskova defeated Evgeniya Rodina, 7-5, 6-1; Belgiums Yanina Wickmayer downed 23rd-seeded Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; Frances Caroline Garcia upset No. 27 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, 6-4, 6-2; Frances Kristina Mladenovic toppled No. 28 seed Sabine Lisicki of Germany, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; and Germanys Julia Goerges upended 32nd seed Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, 6-2, 6-1. Li Na, who has since retired from the WTA, beat Dominika Cibulkova in last years final at Melbourne Park. Victoria Azarenka had won the previous two finals. ' ' '