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MONTREAL - It was an intense week at the Bouchard household as daughter Eugenie worked her way to the Australian Open semifinals. Brandon Gormley Jersey . "We were yelling like idiots," Mike Bouchard, the players father, said Thursday of his daughters stirring win over Ana Ivanovic in the quarter-finals, which made her the first Canadian to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament since Carling Bassett-Seguso in 1984. It wasnt quite as frenzied at their Westmount, Que., home two nights later, when Bouchard bowed out with a 6-2, 6-4 loss to fourth-seeded Li Na of China in the semis. "It was also exciting, but in the first set Li Na came out strong and Genie was a little nervous," he said. "I felt for her, but she came back well in the second set. Overall, it was an excellent tournament." Bouchard stole the show in Melbourne, where a dozen or so local fans formed Genies Army to cheer her on and toss her stuffed Australian animals after her wins. Several commentators spoke of Bouchard, the 2012 Wimbledon junior girls champion, being the next big thing in womens tennis and a potential future Grand Slam tournament winner. Already, her results are expected to move her from 31st into the top 20 in next weeks rankings. And it has stirred ticket sales for her next appearance on home turf. She will play for Canada against Serbia Feb. 8-9 in a Federation Cup tie at the Claude Robillard Centre in Montreal. Eugene Lapierre of Tennis Canada, tournament director for the Montreal half of the Rogers Cup, said 500 to 600 tickets per day have been sold since Bouchards win over Ivanovic. The 4,000-seat venue will likely be sold out. And ticket sales have picked up for the womens Rogers Cup at Uniprix Stadium next summer, which is rare in January. "It will drag a lot of people out to come and watch her play," said Lapierre. "It will be interesting to see how she makes the switch from a Grand Slam and playing in a 20,000 seat stadium to the Claude Robillard here with 4,000. But it will be a lot of fun." Canadian tennis has been on a high lately with Milos Raonics rise into the top 10 in the world on the mens side and Vasek Pospisil also climbing in the rankings. Both made the Rogers Cup semifinals in Montreal last summer and led the Davis Cup team to a first-ever semifinal appearance. "Its phenomenal what Eugenie has done," said Lapierre. "I wouldnt say she opened the gates for Canada. The boys started that last year. "But its a new era thats started with the sport of tennis in Canada. Itll be tremendous for the promotion of the game in Canada. Thats our goal at Tennis Canada — to get more kids playing the game. Everyones talking about Eugenie, and thats bound to be good for the sport." Louis Borfiga, Tennis Canadas high performance director, said Bouchard could have a similar impact to Nadia Comaneci, the Romanian who drew slews of girls to try gymnastics after her stunning performance at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal. Or the effect that Anna Kournikova and Maria Sharapova had on womens tennis in Russia. "It will enlarge the pool of players and that will produce more very good players," said Borfiga. "Thats the difference between Canada and countries like France and Spain — their pool of players is larger." Mike Bouchard, an investment banker, is fine with having a daughter who may be seen as a role model for young players. He doesnt even mind that she is quickly becoming a celebrity. "Its good for her," he said. "Shes put in so much work and effort. "If she can be an ambassador for tennis and help tennis grow in Canada, thats fantastic. If it becomes bigger than that — international stardom — good for her. She has a strong head. Shes well grounded, and I think shell be able to go through that unscathed." Mike Bouchard knew he had a special daughter when Eugenie was a young child. When she was 12, the family the moved to Florida so she could learn at an academy run by Nick Saviano, who remains her coach. She spent more than three years in Florida before returning to Montreal to work at the national tennis centre. "It was difficult to find players at her own level to play against, and we also wanted to expose her to international coaching," said Mike Bouchard. "It takes a lot of dedication. Everyone in the family chipped in." Eugenie has a fraternal twin sister Beatrice, an 18-year-old sister Charlotte and a 14-year-old brother William, so the move was a big commitment for all of them. It paid off when Bouchard became one of the worlds top junior players and then made a rapid rise in WTA rankings. The group cant go to every tournament and they elected not to go to Australia, where Eugenie lost in the qualifying tournament last year. But her father said he was tempted to jump on a plane when she reached the semifinals. "We never anticipated shed go this far in the first Grand Slam of the year, so we gathered the kids and some friends and we watched (on TV)," he said. "There was a lot of emotions when she was hitting some winners. We were screaming and laughing and encouraging her." He was a little taken aback at a bizarre question put to Eugenie by an on-court interviewer after the quarter-final. She was asked who shed most like to date. To the apparent displeasure of Genies Army, she named Canadian pop star Justin Bieber. "Youve got to get used to that if youre going to become a celebrity," Bouchard said. "I actually thought she answered pretty well. She said Justin Bieber with a question mark at the end. It was tongue in cheek." It became a little awkward when Bieber was arrested in Florida on Thursday for reportedly taking part in an early morning drag race. "I actually dont follow anything that goes on in his life," Bouchard said with a laugh. "But I did hear about that." Kyle Turris Jersey . Brad Malone had the other goal for the Monsters (1-1-0), while Elliott chipped in an assist for a three-point night and the games first star. Bryan Lerg also had two assists. Corban Knight and Max Reinhart scored for the Heat (1-1-0), who opened their season Friday with a 5-2 win over the Monsters in Cleveland. Stitched Coyotes Jerseys . - Mike Magee converted two penalty kicks in a 10-minute span of the first half and the Chicago Fire beat Sporting Kansas City 2-1 on Sunday. https://www.cheapcoyotes.com/928z-oliver-ekman-larsson-jersey-coyotes.html . -- The Chiefs have signed seven players to reserve/future contracts, including running back Joe McKnight, a former fourth-round pick of the New York Jets.REGINA - Dyson Stevenson scored his 25th goal of the season in the second period, and it held up as the winner as the Regina Pats edged the Kootenay Ice 3-2 in Western Hockey League action on Wednesday. Braden Christoffer and Connor Gay also scored for Regina (29-22-5). Luke Philp had a goal and an assist for Kootenay (31-22-4), while Jagger Dirk rounded out the Ice offence. Pats goalie Daniel Wapple made 27 saves for the victory. Kootenays Mackenzie Skapski stopped 28 shots in defeat. --- RAIDERS 4 OIL KINGS 3 EDMONTON -- Collin Valcourt scored two goals and assisted on another as Prince Albert edged Edmonton. Dakota Conroy had a goal and two assists for Prince Albert (29-22-5), and Leon Draisaitl scored one and helped on another. Henrik Samuelsson scored twice and Cole Benson rounded out the offence for Edmonton (40-15-1), whos win streak was halted at 11 games. Cole Cheveldave stopped 41 of 44 shots for the Raiders, who were outshot by 20. Oil Kings goalie Tristan Jarry made 20 saves. --- HURRICANES 3 WHEAT KINGS 2 (OT) LETHBRIDGE, Alta. -- Taylor Cooper scored in overtime to lift the Hurricanes over the Wheat Kings and snap Lethbridges three-game losing streak. Brady Ramsay and Riley Sheen had a goal and two assists apiece for Lethbridge (12-41-5), who won for just the third time in its last 10 games. Richard Nejezchleb and Ryley Lindgren replied for Brandon (28-22-7). Hurricanes goalie Teagan Sacher kicked aside 25 shots while his Wheat Kings counterpart, Jordan Papirny, made 23 saves. --- TIGERS 4 REBELS 1 RED DEER, Alta. -- Curtis Valk had a two-point night with a goal and an assist to lead the Tigers over the Rebels. Tommy Vannelli, Anthony Ast, and Alex Mowbray also scored for Medicine Hat (34-20-3). Tyler Lewington chipped in with three assists. Keith Tkachuk Jersey. . Connor Bleackley replied with the lone goal for Red Deer (27-26-4). Marek Langhammer made 27 saves for the Tigers while Rebels goalie Patrik Bartosak stopped 34 shots. --- WINTERHAWKS 6 COUGARS 4 PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. -- Keegan Iverson scored twice and WHL point-leader Nicolas Petan added three more to his tally with a goal and two assists to power the red-hot Winterhawks over the Cougars. Oliver Bjorkstrand had a goal and an assist, and Garrett Haar and Tyler Leier also scored for Portland (40-12-5), which has 15 wins in its last 16 games. Troy Bourke scored twice and added an assist for Prince George (24-28-7), and Marc McNulty and Brad Morrison also scored. Corbin Boes stopped 20 shots for the Winterhawks while Ty Edmonds made 29 saves for the Cougars. --- ROCKETS 2 CHIEFS 1 SPOKANE, Wash. -- Cole Linaker scored with 27 seconds left to give the Rockets a close win over the Chiefs. Myles Bell scored a power-play goal to put Kelowna (45-8-4) on the board in the first period. Reid Gow responded for Spokane (32-20-5), tying the game in the third period before Linaker sealed the victory for the Rockets. Jordan Cooke made 29 saves to pick up his 30th win of the season. Chiefs goalie Eric Williams stopped 32 shots in the loss. --- ROYALS 3 AMERICANS 2 (OT) VICTORIA -- Jordan Fransoo scored at 2:26 of overtime to drive the Royals over the Americans. Steven Hodges had a goal and an assist, and Logan Nelson also scored for Victoria (39-16-4), which is 8-0-2 in its last 10. Parker Bowles scored a goal and assisted on another, and Mitch Topping also scored for Tri-City (27-24-6). Beau McCue had assists on both goals. Royals goaltender Coleman Vollrath made 37 saves. Eric Comrie turned aside 25 shots for the Americans. ' ' '