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With the second round of the NHL Playoffs set to begin, heres a look at a handful of players that might provide good value in the Playoff Hockey Challenge, a contest in which you set your lineup under a $100 salary cap. Drew Doughty, D, Los Angeles (Cost: $6.8) - After scoring a point-per-game (1 G, 6 A) against San Jose in the first round, Doughty appears to be at his best, which means hes as valuable as any defenceman in the game and Doughty comes at a cost of $0.9 less than top-priced P.K. Subban and the same price as Matt Niskanen and Andrei Markov. Dougie Hamilton, D, Boston (Cost: $4.7) - The second-year blueliner is emerging as a bigger contributor, getting more power play time late in the regular season and into the playoffs, putting up four points (1 G, 3 A) in five games against Detroit in Round One. Hamilton isnt yet as productive as the top defencemen, but hes dramatically cheaper, which could allow for more roster flexibility elsewhere. Paul Martin, D, Pittsburgh (Cost: $4.6) - Opened the playoffs with four straight two-assists games, playing big minutes on the Penguins blueline, including the power play. For the same price as Robyn Regehr and Raphael Diaz? Yes, please. Justin Williams, RW, Los Angeles (Cost: $5.8) - Consider the Kings a good value team going forward, but Williams, who tied Anze Kopitar for the team lead with four goals, and led the Kings with 21 shots on goal in Round One, costs less than MatT Moulson, Nick Bonino, Brandon Saad or Reilly Smith (among many others). Patrice Bergeron, C, Boston (Cost: $6.6) - Produced an efficient five points (1 G, 4 A) in five first-round games and is one of the games premier two-way talents. He also has 17 goals and 43 points against Montreal in his career, tying for his best against any team, so grabbing Bergeron for the same price as Reilly Smith or Patrick Maroon is a gift. Bryan Bickell, LW, Chicago (Cost: $3.4) - If youve maxed out your budget and are left perusing the bargain bin, dont overlook Bickell, who had three points (2 G, 1 A) in the first round, while ranking third on the Blackhawks with 19 shots on goal. Hes back on the wing with Jonathan Toews, so for the same price as Justin Fontaine or Teemu Selanne, Bickell offers a favourable alternative. Click here to set your Playoff Hockey Challenge roster for the second round. Scott Cullen can be reached at Scott.Cullen@bellmedia.ca and followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tsnscottcullen. For more, check out TSN Fantasy on Facebook. Wholesale Air Max 270 . -- Brendan Leipsic had two goals and an assist and Nicolas Petan extended his point streak to 11 games as the Portland Winterhawks slipped past the Red Deer Rebels 5-4 on Saturday in Western Hockey League action. 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The Sooners are coming off their most spirited defensive effort of the season on Wednesday night, holding Texas Tech to a mere 36 points in a 45-point home win. The victory snapped a two-game slide for OU and evened the teams league mark at 4-4, which is where OSU stands at the moment as well. Oklahoma set a record for the fewest points allowed in a conference outing and notched the second-largest margin of victory in Big 12 play, behind only a 49- point thrashing of Baylor during the 2002-03 campaign. As for the Cowboys, they too are coming off a win earlier in the week, having taken down nationally-ranked Baylor on Tuesday by a final of 64-53 at home. The victory was the second in the last three outings for the program and was the fourth straight home win. Oklahoma leads the all-time series by a 132-95 margin, winning the most recent meeting at home in Norman two weeks ago, 82-65, as Buddy Hield shot a perfect 10-of-10 from the floor, including 4-of-4 behind the 3-point line, en route to a game-high 27 points for the hosts as they overcame 17 turnovers by shooting 55.8 percent from the field, compared to only 37.3 percent for the visitors. The Sooners stomped the life out of Texas Tech a few nights back, allowing the Red Raiders to shoot a paltry 21.2 percent from the field, including 3-of-17 behind the 3-point line, all while turning the ball over 17 times, leading to 32 Oklahoma points. On offense the hosts relied on Ryan Spangler too tally a game-high 20 points on 8-of-9 from the field, followed by Hield and Isaiah Cousins with 15 and 13 points, respectively.dddddddddddd Oklahoma, which led by as many as 49 in the meeting, made good on 52.5 percent from the field. Over the course of eight conference games, Hield has connected on 49.1 percent of his field goal tries, en route to a team-best 20.6 ppg, not to mention coming up with 6.3 rpg as well. He has managed to extend defenses by knocking down a team-best 22 triples in league play, while Cousins (11.9 ppg) has come up with 19 3-pointers of his own. Spangler (10.5 ppg), who is only 1-of-9 out on the perimeter, should understand that his strength lies on the interior where he paces the group with 7.4 rpg. OSUs recent victory may not have been as substantial in terms of margin, but taking down a nationally-ranked conference foe is still a major accomplishment for the Cowboys nonetheless. Phil Forte helped lead the way with 16 points on 4-of-7 shooting behind the 3-point line, while LeBryan Nash and Jeff Newberry accounted for 13 and 10 points, respectively. Anthony Hickey nearly pulled off a double-double as he tallied eight points and handed out a game-high 10 assists, while Michael Cobbins finished with a stat line of six points, 11 boards and five blocked shots. Forte has been making his 3-point attempts at a 47.8 percent clip during league play, resulting in 17.9 ppg which paces Oklahoma State entering the weekend. Nash produces another 16.0 ppg as the duo combine to account for better than half the units 61.6 ppg. At the defensive end, Nash also has 11 blocks, second to Cobbins who has logged 21 rejections, resulting in opponents putting up only 59.5 ppg. ' ' '