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LUBBOCK, Texas - An MRI taken Tuesday night shows hockey Hall of Famer Gordie Howe didnt have a large stroke this week, as the family had feared, his son said.In a text message to The Associated Press, Mark Howe said the test showed his father didnt have a big stroke on Monday. He couldnt immediately provide other details of the MRI, including whether hed sustained a minor stroke. He said the family planned to release a statement.Earlier Tuesday, the hockey players daughter, Cathy Purnell, said her father suffered a significant stroke on Monday, which would have been his third since late October. Howe was stable and a little bit alert Tuesday morning, and doctors at a Lubbock hospital where he was taken were scheduled to do additional tests, she said.Hes a fighter, Purnell said. The man is tough. He has this will to keep going, all things considered.The man known as Mr. Hockey set NHL marks with 801 goals and 1,850 points, mostly with the Detroit Red Wings, records later broken by Wayne Gretzky.Purnell said therapists who have been tending to Howe arrived at her house Monday morning and discovered him nonresponsive in bed. Howe remained that way until evening, when Purnell said he recognized family members once he became alert.Howe suffered what his children called a serious stroke in late October and another in early November. He has been staying at his daughters home in Lubbock.She said the family wants to get the 86-year-old Howe back to her house as soon as possible.It scares the daylight out of me, Purnell said, adding that she told him Monday night to stop pulling these games on me. He gave me a smile. His sense of humour is intact.___Jeff McMurray in Chicago contributed to this report. 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Brayden Schenn and Scott Hartnell scored, Ray Emery stopped 32 shots and the Flyers beat the Calgary Flames 2-1 on Saturday for their fourth straight victory.CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Al Jefferson said he could have returned from a strained groin late in the fourth quarter.The Charlotte Hornets didnt need the big man for a change.The Hornets (8-19) improved to 2-0 with Lance Stephenson out of the lineup and snapped a 10-game losing streak against the Utah Jazz with a 104-86 win on Saturday night.Kemba Walker led the way with 20 points, Jefferson added 19 points and 10 rebounds and Charlotte beat Utah for the first time in six years.Jefferson nearly registered his third straight game with at least 20 points and 10 rebounds but left the game with six minutes remaining with a mild groin strain and did not return. The 6-foot-10 centre didnt return with his team leading by 20.It feels good, Jefferson said. If they needed me, I couldve come back in there.Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Hornets, who have won back-to-back games for only the third time this season.Walker was solid running the point with no turnovers in 33 minutes while getting six assists and four steals.Im not saying hes at an entirely different level, but his defence, his organizational skills as a point guard and his pick and roll game all year is better, Hornets coach Steve Clifford said. He did so much in the summer that hes a totally different player.Gordon Hayward had 14 points to lead Utah (8-20).The Hornets targeted Hayward this off-season as top restricted free agent, signing him to a seven-year, $63 million offer sheet. However, the Jazz matched the offer to retain his rights. The Hornets then turned their attention to Stephenson, who has struggled to fit in with the team and has been the subjeect of trade rumours.dddddddddddd.Charlotte led by 21 entering the fourth quarter, but allowed Utah to get within 10 when Alec Burks knocked down a jump shot with about seven minutes left.About a minute later when Jefferson headed to the locker room to get looked at it appeared the Hornets might be on the verge of yet another second half collapse.But Gerald Henderson and Walker both hit 3-pointers to help the Hornets build the lead back to 21 with 3:23 left in the game and the Jazz never challenged again.Henderson had 17 points on 8-of-12 shooting for Charlotte.Charlotte out-rebounded Utah 49-39.The Hornets set the tone early, shooting 47 per cent from the field in the first half while holding the Jazz to 34 per cent to take a 52-39 lead at the break.Our start hurt us, Jazz coach Quin Snyder said. We let Al Jefferson catch the ball way too deep. They had a couple of easy buckets early and it made us even more tired.It was Utahs fourth game in five nights — all on the East coast.They better get used to it, Snyder said. Thats life in the NBA. We acknowledge there is some fatigue involved but at the same time we just cant accept that fact.___TIP-INSJazz: Hayward has scored in double digits 25 times this season.Hornets: Stephenson missed his second straight game with a groin injury and coach Steve Clifford said he will be out at least through Christmas.GOBERTS SPARK: Rudy Gobert had 11 points and 12 rebounds as the Jazz had its two-game winning streak snapped. He had some energy, Snyder said. He seemed like he had some bounce and freshness.UP NEXTNets: Host Miami on Tuesday night.Hornets: At Memphis on Monday night. ' ' '