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Hurricanes assistant coach John Plumtree has a place in his heart for the Sharks as the two best teams yet to win a Super Rugby title get set to square off.The top-qualifying Hurricanes host the eighth-seeded Sharks in a quarter-final on Saturday, with one team set to extend a lengthy run of dead-end appearances in the knockout phase.Nobody has a more frustrating record than the Durban-based visitors, who have qualified for the play-offs nine times but never won a title.Their record includes four losses in the final.The Hurricanes arent much better, with seven failed play-off visits, which includes last years loss to the Highlanders on home soil in the decider.That result continued a soul-destroying record for Plumtree, whose five seasons in charge at the Sharks featured three post-season appearances.It ended with a final loss to the Chiefs in 2012, having been forced into an exhausting campaign which featured wins in Brisbane and Cape Town followed by defeat in Hamilton.It is that very series which has Plumtree on edge, along with a worrying Sharks history of success on New Zealand soil.This teams not scared of travelling. Theyve got a lot of massive characters in that team and they know how to win in New Zealand, Plumtree said.Them coming to us, it wont be a problem for them.Plumtree says he feels all the pain of Sharks supporters over their poor play-off record and suggests they are stinging at least as much as the Hurricanes - the only Kiwi team still to claim the title.The Sharks dominated up front in a 32-15 win when the teams met in Durban in May, with the Hurricanes sub-standard efforts that day forming a big part of their buildup.We pretty much got man-handled. They slowed down our ball and we cant afford that type of thing to happen, he said.BEST OF THE 10 TITLE-LESS SUPER RUGBY TEAMS9 play-off appearances - Sharks (4 times in final)7 - Hurricanes (2)6 - Stormers (1)2 - Lions (0)1 - Cheetahs (0)0 - Force, Rebels, Kings, Jaguares, Sunwolves. Stitched Red Sox Jerseys .J. -- Marty Brodeur beat the Pittsburgh Penguins yet again. Fake Red Sox Jerseys . The news was first reported on Gonzalezs Twitter account and confirmed by the Rockies. Gonzalez has a six-week window before position players have their first workout at spring training in Arizona. https://www.cheapredsox.com/ . Brandon Morrow allowed five runs on six hits over three innings. He struck out two, walked one and hit a batter. Edwin Encarnacion had a two-out, bases loaded two-RBI double in the third inning. Boston Red Sox Pro Shop . The Montreal Canadiens announced on Friday that the veteran forward will return to the teams line-up on Saturday night when the Habs visit the Nashville Predators. Boston Red Sox Shirts . -- For the first time in two months, an opponent was standing up to Alabama. NORMAL, Ill. -- Paris Lee scored 18 points with six assists and Illinois State defeated IUPUI 77-63 on Wednesday night for the Redbirds second straight win.Lee was 7 of 9 from the floor, including 3 of 4 on 3-pointers with all five Illinois State starters in double figures. MiKyle McIntosh added 14 points, Deontae Hawkins 13, D.J. Clayton 12 and Phil Fayne 11 for the Redbirds (3-2), who shot 50 percent. All five had at least six rebounds with Clayton pulling down eight and Illinois State outrebounding the Jaguars 42-311.ddddddddddddMatt OLeary scored 17 points, for his career-high sixth straight game in double figures and added seven rebounds for IUPUI (2-5). Ron Patterson, with three 3-pointers, scored 15 points and Darell Combs 13.A 14-2 run with six points from Fayne gave Illinois State a 25-14 lead with they extended to 44-29 at halftime. The Redbirds maintained a double-digit lead in the second half. ' ' '