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A stronger Gary Ablett will be unveiled in the 2017 AFL pre-season after the Gold Coast captain successfully underwent shoulder surgery.But 2013 Rising Star winner Jaeger OMearas Suns return has been further delayed due to his troublesome knee.Gold Coast coach Rodney Eade said Wednesdays surgery ensured a new and improved Ablett would run out in the pre-season.That surgery gives him more strength around the shoulder, he said of the dual Brownlow Medallist.He will be able to have a quicker recovery from it.He will be able to run in a couple of months and the pre-season hasnt even started then.You would think at this stage he would be right for NAB Cup.Ablett is expected to return to full contact at training within four months.He underwent a procedure that attached a screw to his shoulder to limit the threat of dislocation.Ablett opted for the more invasive operation after undergoing keyhole surgery when he initially dislocated his left shoulder in 2014.Meanwhile, Eade admitted time was running out for OMeara to play AFL footy again this year after he was sidelined for another week with knee soreness.He has not played since running around for a couple of quarters for the Suns reserves two weeks ago.Overall, off-contract OMeara has played just a handful of quarters for the reserves since suffering a ruptured patella in a 2015 practice match.Asked if OMeara would play AFL this year, Eade said: Were running out of games.Hopefully he can get back next week and that gives him a couple of weeks to play senior footy at the end.The main thing is with his health and his knee, to get that right.In utopia, wed like him to play.But were not a chance to play finals...so theres no need to force him at this stage.The 15th-placed Suns - still buzzing from a rare last round win over Fremantle - tackle Melbourne at the MCG on Sunday.Mecole Hardman Jersey Large . 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Esa Lindell and Rasmus Ristolainen replied for Finland (1-1-0) Lindell opened the scoring for Finland just 41 seconds into the game, but the hosts quickly regained their composure and tied the score less than four minutes later on Wennbergs first of the game.DENVER -- Semyon Varlamov put recent struggles behind him, and the Colorado Avalanches sputtering offense did the same -- at least for one night.Varlamov had 32 saves, Patrick Wiercioch and Rene Bourque scored 22 seconds apart and the Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-1 on Tuesday night.Gabriel Landeskog and Blake Comeau also scored for Colorado, and Wiercioch added an assist for an offense that scored more than three goals for the first time in 12 games.Weve been waiting for this (for) pretty long, Varlamov said of the four goals. Its always nice to see them.Varlamov had been a victim of Colorados lack of offense when he went through a personal five-game losing streak. He struggled, too, posting a 3.07 goals-against average during that stretch, though he bounced back in a losing effort against Boston on Sunday.He followed that 44-save performance with another strong one against the Kings.The team played well in front of me, he said. When the guys score lots of goals it gives you more confidence.Dustin Brown scored for Los Angeles and Peter Budaj stopped 26 shots. It was the Kings fourth straight loss after opening their five-game trip with a win in Toronto.We hit some posts, but we didnt bear down on the chances we had, Drew Doughty said. We have to make our chances count.The Avalanche had not scored a regulation goal for more than five periods before getting two quick ones at the start of the second.Wiercioch broke through when he stuffed the puck between Budajs skate and the post at 1:10 for his second goal of the season.I was skating behind the net and saw him cheating off the post, so I tried it, Wiercioch said. It doesnt work a lot in practice. Maybe he was reading pass because we had a guy coming down in the slot. I was able to get my stick around and jam it off his pad.ddddddddddddBourque then put his stick on Mikko Rantanens shot from the blue line and redirected it past Budaj at 1:32. It was his fifth of the season and third in three games.The Kings had several chances to get back into it before Brown scored. With Tyson Barrie off for hooking, Nic Dowd backhanded the puck to the front of the net and Brown knocked it in to make it 2-1 with 31 seconds left in the period. It was his third of the season and just the second power-play goal in the last 33 chances for the Kings.The Avalanche made it a two-goal game at 11:32 of the third when Comeau beat Budaj with a shot from between the circles. The Kings challenged play, claiming Jarome Iginla interfered with Budaj, but the goal was upheld upon review.We challenged it because the goalies in the blue paint and he gets bumped a little, Kings coach Darryl Sutter said.Landeskog scored an empty-net goal at 18:23 to make it 4-1.Game notesAvalanche C Nathan MacKinnon had a career-high 10 shots on goal. ... Kings C Anze Kopitar missed his second straight game with an upper-body injury but is expected to skate Wednesday when the team returns to L.A. ... Avalanche C Matt Duchene will make the three-game road trip with the hope of playing as early as Thursday. He was on the ice for Tuesdays morning skate and could be a full participant at Wednesdays practice. He has also missed two straight games.UP NEXT:Kings: Host Edmonton on Thursday to start a stretch of four of the next five at Staples Center.Avalanche: Begin their three-game road trip in Dallas on Thursday night. ' ' '