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(STATS) -- For the first time in its 11-year history as a member of the Big Sky, Northern Colorado won it conference opener. It beat the team pegged by both the media and the coaches to win the conference crown despite again struggling mightily to defend the pass.Its not going to get any easier for the Bears on Saturday, as they now visit fourth-ranked Eastern Washington, the FCS top passing team.Northern Colorado (3-1, 1-0) opened this season with a feeling of optimism after returning 17 starters from last years six-win team -- the programs most since it was Division I-AA school in 2003. It set a program FCS-record 687 yards in a 55-52 win at Abilene Christian on Sept. 10 before falling 47-21 to Colorado State of the FBS in its final nonconference tuneup.The Bears caught a bit of a break in last weekends Big Sky opener with Case Cookus, the 2015 STATS FCS Freshman of the Year, out with a shoulder injury for Northern Arizona. They pulled out a 21-18 victory, but it was hardly a thing of beauty.Northern Colorado was outgained 493-263 in total yards while picking up just 40 after halftime. The defense was on its heels most of the second half before coming up with a pair of huge takeaways, recovering two NAU inside its own 5-yard-line in the fourth quarter to escape.Theyre just playing together, Bears coach Earnest Collins said. Its leadership. We got some young leaders and some old leaders. Its the continuity and togetherness and the camaraderie of our team is a lot better than its been in the past.Collins likes the direction his team is heading but realizes it has plenty to clean up, especially on defense.Northern Colorado is 12th in the 13-team Big Sky in total defense, allowing 507.8 yards per game, and has routinely been shredded through the air. It ranks 119th out of 125 FCS schools in pass defense at 324.5 yards per game and is one of only seven teams without an interception.None of that bodes well for trying to contain Gage Gubrud, Cooper Kupp and the high-flying Eagles (4-1, 2-0).Gubrud joined Kupp on the STATS FCS Offensive Player of the Year Watch List on Tuesday after passing for a career-high 486 yards with six touchdowns and no interceptions in last Saturdays 63-30 win over UC Davis -- Eastern Washingtons highest-scoring game since 2001. The sophomore quarterback leads the FCS with 1,916 passing yards, 18 touchdowns and 2,191 total yards -- 673 more than the next-closest individual.With a nine-yard pass to Kupp in the second quarter, Kupp set the Division I record for career receiving yards. The senior, who wound up catching 12 passes for 274 yards and two touchdowns, enters with 5,417 receiving yards. The 2015 STATS FCS Offensive Player of the Year also has a Division I-record 63 touchdown catches and his 352 career receptions are second all-time in the FCS to Elons Terrell Hudgins 395.The Bears are no stranger to Kupps exploits.Kupp set a school record with 20 receptions for a career-best 275 yards and three TDs in last Octobers 43-41 victory as EWU improved to 8-0 in the series since the Bears joined the Big Sky.The Eagles Jordan Dascalo hit a 44-yard field goal as time expired after Northern Colorados Michael McCauley had a pair of touchdown catches in a 49-second span to put the Bears ahead with 1:23 to play.It was a battle last year, it was a grinding tough battle here in 2014 and it was a battle down there in our national title year in 2010. It seems like we play competitive battles with them every time, EWU coach Beau Baldwin said. I think coach Collins has a spirit, attitude and a real toughness about him in a great way. I really respect him, and his team emulates him -- there is a toughness, a grit and no fear. Hes done a great job with that program.The ground game has been a big part of the Bears early success, averaging 192 yards to rank third in the Big Sky.Sophomore Trae Riek has amassed 350 yards in the last three games while averaging 5.1 per attempt. He carried the ball 12 times for 62 yards in last seasons matchup and could be primed for a fourth straight 100-yard game going up against an EWU defense that is allowing an average of 218.8 run yards in its last four contests.The thing that we learned from last year is that our kids are starting to believe and understand that we can play with people in this conference, Collins said. We just have to do what were supposed to do and do our job. Curt Schilling Jersey . "Hes going to have hip surgery on Jan. 7, and hell be expected to rehabilitate for four to six months beyond that," Canucks general manager Mike Gillis said Friday in an interview. 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WINNIPEG -- There will be many more showdowns between Patrik Laine and Connor MacDavid, but this one could be the coolest of all time.Probably literally and perhaps figuratively.The two young guns and their teammates on the Winnipeg Jets and Edmonton Oilers, respectively, wage battle in the Heritage Classic on Sunday afternoon on a spectacular outdoor rink in the middle of Investors Group Field, home to the Canadian Football Leagues Winnipeg Blue Bombers.The forecast calls for a high of 45 degrees with a 70 percent of rain showers in the morning, but the precipitation is expected to end several hours before the 2 p.m. CT opening faceoff.Laine is coming off a three-goal performance -- his hat trick was scored in less than 23 minutes -- including the tying and winning goals in a 5-4 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday. The Oilers, meanwhile, defeated the St. Louis Blues 3-1 the same night with McDavid picking up a goal and an assist.The teams will wear throwback jerseys to pay homage to their days in the World Hockey Association, the so-called Rebel League which operated from 1972-79. The Jets and Oilers were two of the four teams to merge into the NHL -- the Quebec Nordiques and Hartford Whalers were the others -- for the 1979-80 season.More than 33,000 people will be in the stands for the game. The Jets sport a 2-2-0 record while the Oilers are 4-1-0.Jets captain Blake Wheeler said the non-stop events surrounding the Heritage Classic weekend have been a circus.We havent really had a whole lot of time as a teeam to try to focus ourselves, he told the Winnipeg Free Press.dddddddddddd But I think once we come into the rink (Sunday), its going to be pretty clear what the objective is. The circumstances and the big stage aside, it is just another game and we need to be prepared to play a certain way if were going to give ourselves a chance to win (Sunday).The teams are experimenting with tinted visors and eye black to counter any glare off the ice.Laine said he didnt notice any difference between the ice at IGF and the Jets home rink, the MTS Centre. Both sheets are artificial.I feel slow on every ice, he told the Free Press. I think its going to be just fine.McDavid, the newly minted Oilers captain, said he was looking forward to playing outside, although it didnt take him back to his childhood as it would with many other Canadian kids.We tried to have a rink one winter but we had a small backyard. We wanted a pool and my dad wanted a deck and a hot tub and that kind of put a dent in the whole backyard thing, McDavid told the Edmonton Journal.In the Heritage Classics opening act, the Winnipeg Jets alumni defeated their Oilers counterparts 6-5 on Saturday afternoon thanks to a last-second penalty shot goal by 46-year-old Teemu Selanne. Known as The Finnish Flash, Selanne was clearly the most dangerous player on the ice, finishing with two goals and three assists. He retired following the 2013-14 season. 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