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SUNRISE, Fla. - Scottie Upshall helped give the Florida Panthers their first home win of the season.Upshall scored at 10:56 of the third period and Roberto Luongo made 32 saves in front of another small crowd and the Panthers earned a 2-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday night.Upshall saw the play developing after Derek MacKenzie blocked a shot from the point on the penalty kill. He intercepted a pass and passed it to Tomas Kopecky right after he was leaving the penalty box.Kopecky passed it back to him on the left wing and Upshall made a nice move on Coyotes goalie Mike Smith before lifting the backhand into the back of the net.To be honest I had a plan before the game with a breakaway, but it wasnt what I used. This was something that I kind of had I guess in the back pocket, said Upshall of his fake on Smith.You always in the back of your mind wonder what youre going to do if that puck kind of squirts free on a PK like that and Kopey made a great pass. He hit me last year with one like that and it was a big goal for us and a big PK for our team.The announced crowd on Thursday was 7,691, which was just 380 more than the franchise record low of 7,311 that watched the Panthers game against Ottawa on Oct. 13th.Were battling hard as a team right now, which is nice. I think defensively, were playing really well, Luongo said. Our forwards are back-checking hard, putting pressure on the other team and our defencemen are doing a great job of playing the net.Were not scoring many goals but thats OK. If we play well in our systems well give ourselves a chance to win every night. The goals will come eventually.Brandon Pirri tied the game in the second period with a power-play goal from the slot at 5:37 of the second period, with Jussi Jokinen and Erik Gudbranson getting the assists.Coyotes goalie Mike Smith stopped 24 of 26 shots.Martin Hanzal scored for Arizona at 17:27 of the first period on the power play on assists from Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Keith Yandle.Theres lot of try there, Coyotes coach Dave Tippett said. Smith was very good tonight. But our execution still has to improve if were going to create more chances to score. We lost on a bad break. Good blocked shot and guy happened to be stepping out of the box. The breaks go against you sometimes. Lots of try, not a lot of finish in our game.NOTE: The Panthers are back at home Saturday against the Philadelphia Flyers. ... Arizona continues its four-game road trip at the Carolina Hurricanes. 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Red Auerbach Celtics Jersey . - Dominika Cibulkova erased three match points in the second set Wednesday and beat Agnieszka Radwanska 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the Sony Open.ACCRA, Ghana - New Ghana coach Avram Grant opened the door for Kevin-Prince Boateng and Sulley Muntari to return to the national team on Thursday after they were banned indefinitely for indiscipline at the World Cup.The pair was excluded by former coach Kwesi Appiah following the problems at the World Cup, when both were thrown out of Ghanas team camp.Boateng was sent home for insulting Appiah at a training session and Muntari was thrown out for hitting a Ghana Football Association official.When being presented as coach, Grant said the Europe-based stars were welcome back, but they need to show that they want to come.Its open for every player that is willing to give everything for his country and to understand that with all the developments in football, money ... the main competition is for the national teams, Grant said. Any player that will be proud to wear the national jersey and give all his passion to the team ... the doors of the Black Stars is open to him.Former Chelsea coaach Grant has agreed a contract with Ghana until after the 2017 African Cup of Nations, and takes over two months ahead of next years African Cup.ddddddddddddHis reconciliatory comments could convince Schalkes Boateng and AC Milan midfielder Muntari to make themselves available for the Cup of Nations campaign in Equatorial Guinea in January and February.Ghana reached the World Cup quarterfinals in 2010 but hasnt won the continental title in over 30 years, losing a final and three semifinals in the last four editions.Appiah left in September after a World Cup in Brazil marred by a dispute over player payments and the incidents involving Boateng and Muntari. Ghana slumped to a first-round exit and didnt win a game, but held eventual champion Germany to a 2-2 draw, the only game the Germans failed to win.I think there is a big potential here, the 59-year-old Grant said. You saw even at the World Cup, though the results werent good you could see the potential is here. ' ' '