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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Japans Kanako Murakami took gold in the womens competition at the Four Continents after a brilliant performance in the free skate on Saturday despite a lingering ankle injury. Murakami finished 10 points above Satoko Miyahara, also from Japan, whose free skate performance vaulted her from fourth to second overall. Despite a sore ankle hindering her practice, the 19-year-old Murakami hit a triple toe-triple toe combination, triple lutz and triple flip-double toe for her first gold at an international championship event. Ahead of her first Winter Olympics next month, Murakami earned a segment score of 132.18 and overall total of 196.91. "I was anxious the whole time because of my leg," Murakami said. "But I was able to relax when my performance started." Making her Four Continents debut, the 15-year-old Miyahara produced a stellar performance which included a triple lutz-triple toe and double axel-double toe combinations for 126.26 in the free skate and a total of 186.53. "I know this will be a great start for the next season," Miyahara said. Li Zijun of China took bronze, ahead of Haruka Imai of Japan and Courtney Hicks of the United States in fourth and fifth respectively. The 17-year-old Li enjoyed a season best of 118.72 for a total 181.56 with a triple flip-double toe and double axel-triple toe combinations. Imai dropped from third in the short program to sixth in the free skate with 112.68. Hicks produced a solid effort that earned her 113.63 and fourth in the free skate. www.hockeypenguinsstore.com/Black-Matt-Niskanen-Jersey/ . -- Asked how miserable he was in a 2013 season in Toronto filled with arm pain and hard-hit balls, Josh Johnson chuckled and shook his head. www.hockeypenguinsstore.com/Black-Brandon-Sutter-Jersey/ . Scott Cullen also has notes on Ryan Murphy, Victor Hedman, Martin Erat, the Blues top line and more. 1. Predators rookie D Seth Jones, fresh of Saturday nights sweet game-winning goal against Montreal, is eating up minutes on the Nashville blueline, averaging 27:22 per game over the last three games. www.hockeypenguinsstore.com/ . Le Sieurs insurance goal became the game-winner as the Shawinigan Cataractes edged the Baie-Comeau Drakkar 3-2 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action Thursday. www.hockeypenguinsstore.com/Black-Kris-Letang-Jersey/ . "I really wanted to make this team," a glassy-eyed, 17-year-old Dumba said back in December of 2011 when he was cut by the Canadian national junior team. www.hockeypenguinsstore.com/Black-Pascal-Dupuis-Jersey/ . Randle also signed an extension with the Blue Bombers. "This is a great day for me as an athlete," said Randle. "To be going to a team that really wants me, and to an organization with great fans, a new stadium, and desire to win, I really couldnt be more excited.DALLAS -- The Dallas Stars signed forward Colton Sceviour to a two-year contract Friday through the 2015-16 season. Sceviour has spent most of his five years in the Stars organization with their affiliate in the American Hockey League. He leads the AHL with 31 goaals this season for the Texas Stars.dddddddddddd A fourth-round pick in 2007, Sceviour made his debut with the Stars in 2011. He has five points (three goals, two assists) in 10 career NHL games. Sceviour has 98 goals and 140 assists in 344 AHL games. ' ' '