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Vikings roster moves and updates: Harrison Smith, Irv Smith Jr., Za’Darius Smith
Vikings security Harrison Smith will not play in Sunday’s recreation towards the Bears after experiencing knee soreness on Friday, the workforce introduced on Saturday. Smith practiced all week, however the Vikings will maintain him out of a principally meaningless recreation for precautionary causes.
Josh Metellus will make his third begin of the season reverse Camryn Bynum. Smith finishes the common season with 5 interceptions, which is one behind the league leaders and ties his single-season profession finest. He is tied with Devin McCourty for the lead amongst lively gamers with 34 picks, one forward of teammate Patrick Peterson.
Za’Darius Smith will play towards the Bears, however he’ll journey individually to Chicago after lacking Friday’s follow to take care of a private matter.
The Vikings are anticipated to play their starters to open the sport, however there is a good likelihood a lot of them will not be on the market for 4 quarters, notably if Minnesota can open an early lead towards Nathan Peterman and firm.
The Vikings additionally made 4 roster strikes on Saturday. TE Irv Smith Jr. and DL Jonathan Bullard have been each formally activated from injured reserve, returning to the 53-man roster in time to play towards Chicago. That’ll be a helpful tuneup for each gamers forward of the postseason.
Additionally, LB Ryan Connelly and G Kyle Hinton have been elevated from the follow squad. Connelly will play on particular groups and may very well be wanted as a depth linebacker if Brian Asamoah (questionable) would not play. CB Cameron Dantzler can be questionable.
Chris Reed will begin at middle after working intently with Kirk Cousins all week to iron out a number of the snapping points he had in Inexperienced Bay. Newly-acquired veteran Greg Mancz would be the backup, with Hinton obtainable as depth at both middle or guard.
Kickoff is on Sunday at midday on FOX. If the Vikings win and the Cardinals pull off a shocking upset over the 49ers, Minnesota could be the No. 2 seed within the NFC. If not, they’re going to go in because the No. 3 seed and host the Giants on wild card weekend.
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Goalie Nicole Hensley stars as league-leading Minnesota Frost top New York Sirens in shootout | CBC Sports
Nicole Hensley made back-to-back saves in the shootout and the Minnesota Frost earned their fourth straight victory with a 4-3 win over the New York Sirens on Sunday in Newark, N.J.
It was the fourth time in seven all-time meetings that a game between the teams was decided in OT and the second this season. New York won the season opener in St. Paul, Minn.
Kendall Coyne Schofield scored two first-period goals to stake the Frost to the early lead and Taylor Heise beat Kayle Osborne, who relieved starter Abigail Levy in the New York net to start the second period, two minutes in to make it a 3-0 lead.
WATCH l Heise scores shootout winner:
But Osborne did not allow another goal in regulation and wasn’t seriously challenged in overtime while the Sirens staged a comeback. Brooke Hobson and Elizabeth Giguere each scored in the second period and Alex Carpenter pounced on a loose puck and lifted a shot over Hensley’s shoulder from deep in the face-off circle to tie the game midway through the third period.
Hensley was brilliant in overtime, turning away four close-in, open shots by the Sirens (2-1-1-1), two of them on breakaway chances.
Minnesota (4-0-1-0) got goals from Denisa Křížová, Grace Zumwinkle and Heise in the shootout. Noora Tulus and Carpenter each converted in the shootout for New York, but Hensley came up with a save on Sarah Fillier before stopping the final two shooters for the Sirens.
Hensley finished with 33 saves on 36 shots to earn the win. Osborne made 18 saves on 19 shots over her 45 minutes in goal for New York. Carpenter’s two-goal effort lifted her past Coyne Schofield and into the league lead with four goals in her first five games and she now has a league-leading seven points.
WATCH l Sirens’ Fillier, Carpenter test their off-ice chemistry:
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Unique northern Minnesota border airport closing after 70 years
A northern Minnesota airport with an unusual claim to fame is closing after 70 years of operation.
The Piney-Pinecreek Border Airport near Roseau is the only airport with a paved runway crossing the U.S.-Canada border.
The border airport opened in 1953 to expedite customs processing for air travelers and was regularly used by hunters and anglers flying to Canada.
Initially, the airport had a grass runway that ended at the border, but in 1978 a runway expansion added a paved runway that extended into Canada.
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Customs agents would meet travelers on either side of the border.
But declining usage and significant impending repair costs led to the decision to close the one of a kind operation, said Ryan Gaug, director of the Minnesota Department of Transportation aeronautics office.
“We know that the pavement condition has declined significantly over the years and will need a reconstruct most likely in the next one to three years,” said Gaug.
Short-term costs to bring the facility up to safety standards is estimated at $3.8 million.
Piney-Pinecreek is the only airport owned by MnDOT, and it is operated in collaboration with the Rural Municipality of Piney, Manitoba.
A Canadian official said the local government could not raise the money to pay its share of the planned improvement costs and Piney officials ended the joint operations agreement.
Gaug said an estimated 200 airplanes a year use the facility, far lower than traffic at similar sized facilities.
There are six airports on the U.S.-Canada border, but Piney-Pinecreek is the only one with a paved runway.
“It’s always been the No. 1 fun fact that I’ve shared with friends, family, coworkers, colleagues here at MnDOT,” said Gaug.
“It’s a tough decision to close an airport ever, but the evidence was all there that now was the time,” he said.
There are no local airplanes based at the airport.
“It’s very sad for the community to lose its airport,” said Marlin Elton, a local resident who served on the airport commission and helped maintain the facility for 30 years.
Elton said the closure hasn’t raised concerns in the community because “if you don’t fly, it won’t affect you. The ones who will be affected are the pilots who use it.”
Gaug said MnDOT reached out to pilots and aviation groups to gauge support for keeping the airport open but found “there just isn’t a strong user base for this airport and that also led to not a strong local support fighting to keep this airport.”
The final day of operations for the Piney-Pinecreek airport is Dec. 26.
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