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Long-time Melbourne Victory lieutenant Leigh Broxham says the A-League powerhouse club will be doing it for their fans in Saturday nights Melbourne derby.Its been a year since Victory has tasted success in the Melbourne derby, and Broxham knows its the fans that are hurting the most.While its not quite the 1000 days that Western Sydney fans have been waiting for a Sydney derby success, a year is long enough.Players realise how much it means to the fans more and more as the games come ... its bragging rights, Broxham said on Wednesday morning.The more we play them and the way the derby develops, players know.If you cant get yourself up for this game, youre probably in the wrong game.The past two losses have been among the most painful for the navy blue side of Melbourne.A 4-1 smacking at Etihad Stadium in October - featuring that Tim Cahill wondergoal - announced Citys arrival as a title force and humiliated Victory.Novembers 2-0 defeat in the FFA Cup semi-final put paid to Victorys defence of that competition, and allowed City to lift the clubs first trophy.Either side of those matches this season, City has improved its consistency to sit second on the A-League table, ahead of Victory in third.On the field, it certainly feels as though the derby has turned in Citys favour.Broxham isnt buying it.He says assessments that Victory have been usurped by their cross-town rivals are overblown, even if its City that have been celebrating recent results.Every time we lose to them or weve had a bad result someone will come out and say the same thing. Ive learned over our time to worry about ourselves, he said.The past two results (against City) this season, theyre still the freshest.We want to rectify those.The last time we played them it was a competitive game, it could have gone either way. It wasnt to be but we took some positives out of that.Helping Victorys prospects is the likely availability of Marco Rojas.The New Zealand winger missed Victorys 3-0 away day success over Western Sydney last Saturday but has trained well to date and is in line to feature from the bench at AAMI Park.City has its own selection issue, with guest player Cahill declaring himself an unlikely starter.Cheap Pistons Jerseys Authentic . -- The St. Johns IceCaps weathered a wild first period with the help of goaltender Jussi Olkinuora, before finding offensive inroads in the second. 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Cheap Pistons Jerseys .C. -- Glenn Howard needed an extra end to move into the Masters Grand Slam of Curling final.OTTAWA, Ontario -- Mike Condon showed his new coach he was prepared to debut with the Ottawa Senators despite the circumstances.Condon, who was acquired from Pittsburgh on Wednesday for a 2017 fifth-round draft pick, made 27 saves as the Senators blanked the Vancouver Canucks 1-0 on Thursday night.Upon learning of the trade, Condon flew from Los Angeles to arrive in Ottawa in the early hours Thursday morning and managed to grab a few hours of sleep before meeting with Senators goalie coach Pierre Groulx in preparation for his first game with the Senators.Came as advertised, Senators coach Guy Boucher said. I was expecting nervous, but our goalie coach said hell be calm and thats exactly what he was. He was calm throughout the entire game.Condon made his first NHL start last year in Ottawa on Oct. 11, as a member of the Montreal Canadiens and posted a 3-1 victory.The Senators (7-3-0) couldnt say enough about Condons performance considering the situation over the past 48 hours.Coming in yesterday and then playing today Im guessing wasnt the easiest scenario for him, but he came in and played a heck of a game, said Mike Hoffman, who scored the games only goal. Hes a big reason we came out with two points.Jacob Markstrom made 23 saves for the Canucks (4-6-1), who have now lost seven straight (0-6-1) and have been shut out in four of their last five games.The Senators also shut out the Canucks 3-0 just over a week ago in Vancouver.Its disappointing, Canucks coach Willie Desjardins said. We played them better this time than we did at home. I thought we had a better effort, but at the same time weve got to find ways to score.Condon will likely get the nod in goal Saturday against Buffalo as Craig Anderson has taken an indefinite leave to be with his wife, Nicholle, who was diagnosed with cancer.Andrew Hammond remains sidelined with a groin injury and is expected to miss at least another week.ddddddddddddDespite having played just one period of hockey this season, Condon looked solid by making a number of key saves throughout the game. The Senators helped Condon by blocking 25 shots, including five by Erik Karlsson.Condon made a number of stops in the third to keep the Canucks off the board, including two on Jannik Hansen and Sven Baertschi.I know theyre a desperate team right now and we knew that coming in, Condon said. They like to throw pucks at the net from a lot of odd angles and that causes a little bit of chaos, but our defense did a good job boxing out in front of the net and not letting them get second opportunities so it was a good overall effort.The Senators relied on Condon early in the second as well as Vancouver dictated much of the play. Ottawa had just one shot on goal through the first 10 minutes of the period.We played a really good game and created enough chances for a couple (goals), but thats been the story so far this year, Vancouvers Henrik Sedin said. We realize its only Game 11 and we have to keep working and doing the same things and know its not a lack of chances.Ottawa made the most of a giveaway by Erik Gudbranson at the 14-minute mark of the second period as Markstrom tried to play the loose puck, but instead left a wide-open cage for Hoffman.This was the final meeting between the teams this season.Game notesOttawa RW Mark Stone missed the game due to a neck injury, while D Chris Wideman was a late scratch due to an upper-body injury. LW Max McCormick and Fredrik Claesson were recalled from Binghamton and were in the lineup. ... Vancouver RW Jack Skille and D Alex Biega were healthy scratches.UP NEXT:Canucks: are at Toronto on Saturday.Senators: host Buffalo on Saturday. ' ' '