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GREEN BAY, Wis. - A brisk wind blew through the open doors of the Hutson Center, turning the Green Bay Packers indoor practice facility into an ice box.Bundled up in a heavy parka, the conditions felt just right to coach Mike McCarthy.In the cold, the Packers are in their element. It might be one edge that Green Bay could have ahead of Sundays playoff game against the warm-weather Dallas Cowboys at Lambeau Field.Ball security is at a premium in the playoffs. Receivers — and the defensive backs trying to snare interceptions — must be prepared for the sting that comes with trying to catch a cold ball.I think whoever handles the ball best in the cold is going to come up on top. I think we definitely have the advantage, Packers cornerback and special teams ace Jarrett Bush said.At the same time, it is football, and youve got to line up and prove it between the white lines.The forecast Sunday calls for partly cloudy skies with highs in the low 20s. Thats downright balmy compared to the arctic front that encased Green Bay at midweek, when temperatures hovered near zero.To top it off, a snowstorm that was supposed to dump 3 to 4 inches of snow on the area started just before practice began Thursday, forcing McCarthy to move the team indoors for the whole session.It warmed up, but only slightly, which was fine by McCarthy. The Packers were even able to get the temperature inside the facility to about 22 degrees, which would be roughly the high temperature for Sunday.I feel like we got done what we needed to get done these two days, McCarthy said. We were able to get the wind direction changed, so we felt like it was pretty close to what the conditions will be that were playing in on Sunday.Though not nearly as cold as when the teams last met in Green Bay in the post-season — the 1967 NFL championship dubbed the Ice Bowl after being played in brutally cold conditions.It was minus 13 for that game at kickoff. Its not supposed to be that chilly this weekend, though its not exactly weather familiar to some Cowboys, either.According to STATS, the Cowboys are 11-13 since 1991 in games played in with the temperature lower than 40 degrees. Their most recent game in that category: Dec. 4, when Dallas beat Chicago 41-28 at Soldier Field.It comes down to what is your resistance to the cold, how much can you tolerate it, Cowboys cornerback Brandon Carr said. This game, this time of the season, get comfortable. ... Just be comfortable to be at your best.For defensive end Jeremy Mincey, that means sticking with his usual routine of wearing sleeves.Packers guard T.J. Lang said hes going with extra-long elbow sleeves, while receiver Davante Adams is going with bare arms.No sleeves. Never sleeves, the Packers rookie said. Yeah, we dont wear sleeves in the wideout room.But there is more to preparation than making fashion choices.Carr said its important to be fast and light. He wants to stay warm without wearing too many layers. Hell check the condition of the heated field before the game for footing.Bring multiple pairs of clears out, detachables, nubs, long studs, short studs, whatever, Carr said. Just check the field and the footing and see if its soft or it can hold up to up to the studs.Dallas, 8-0 on the road this season, clearly plays well away from home no matter the conditions. McCarthy downplayed any talk of having a cold-weather advantage.I think footballs football. Im not counting the weather, he said.One Cowboy familiar with Midwest winters is quarterback Tony Romo, who grew up in Burlington, in southeastern Wisconsin, and played college ball at Eastern Illinois.Romo is 3-5 as a starter in games played when the temperature dipped below 40. Dont forget that the Cowboys also play in cold weather late in the season if they have road games against NFC East rivals New York, Philadelphia and Washington.It can affect you if you havent played in it before and if youre not prepared, Romo said. For us, well just put our head down and go to work, like we always do.___Online: http://pro32.ap.org/poll and http://twitter.com/AP_NFL___AP Sports Writer Schuyler Dixon in Dallas contributed to this report.___Online: http://pro32.ap.org/poll and http://twitter.com/AP_NFL Shea Theodore Jersey . In the Brewers six games this season, no starter has allowed more than three runs. "We see the guy in front of us do a great job and we want to do even better," Gallardo said after the Brewers beat the Red Sox 4-0 on Sunday, his second straight scoreless start. Ryan Carpenter Jersey . HEROES P.K. 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Tomas Nosek Jersey . - Rookie Tesho Akindele scored three goals and Fabian Castillo added two in FC Dallas 5-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night.VANCOUVER -- The Vancouver Canucks were just over a minute away from celebrating a hard-earned victory Thursday. They were instead left to ponder what went wrong against an opponent that almost always has their number. Tomas Hertl tied the score on a broken play with 65 seconds left in regulation and Dan Boyle won it on the power play at 2:38 of overtime as the San Jose Sharks stormed back to stun the Canucks 2-1. Vancouver had killed 28 straight power plays until Boyle beat Roberto Luongo with a shot that needed video review. "It sucks," said Canucks defenceman Kevin Bieksa, who scored his first of the season for Vancouver. "Sometimes youre on the wrong end of these kind of games. "Getting a point is a positive against the top teams but two points was right there. Its early in the season. You dont want to get too down on yourself, but we deserved those two points." The Sharks have now won 10 of their last 11 against the Canucks. Vancouver led late in the third period until Boyles flubbed shot from the point found its way to Hertl at the side of the goal. The Czech teenager buried his chance past a helpless Luongo for his 11th of the season, which leads all rookies. Canucks captain Henrik Sedin was then whistled for hooking in overtime and the Sharks power play clicked. "We played a great game. I thought they got a really lucky break on their tying goal and they get a power play in OT and thats it," said Luongo, who finished with 28 saves. "Thats how close the NHL is. Were a minute away from playing, what I thought was a really great game, and all of a sudden it turns into a loss." Antti Niemi made 34 saves for the Sharks (12-2-5), who came in having dropped five of their last six and were outplayed for long stretches on Thursday. "This becomes the game you hear hockey people talk about the hockey gods, where it starts to even out," said Sharks head coach Todd McLellan. "We werent the better team tonight and we have been on the other end of that where we were the better team and found a way not to win it. Tonight we found a way to come back." In a scheduling quirk, Thursdays game was the final regular-season meeting between the Canucks (11-7-3) and Sharks in 2013-14, with San Jose winning three and losing one. "Its a kick in the teeth to lose it but looking at the big picture and some of the things we did against a pretty good hockey club, thats what we are going to take out of this," said Canucks coach John Tortorella. "We played a really good game right on through." Bieksa broke the scoreless tie on the power play at 13:40 of the second period when his shot from the point found its way through traffic past Niemi. Canucks forward Alexandre Burrows missed a glorious chance moments earlier before Henrik Sedin fed Bieksa for the one-timer.dddddddddddd The goal snapped a 2-for-28 drought for Vancouver with the man advantage and was just the Canucks third power-play goal at Rogers Arena all season. Niemi kept the Canucks from doubling their lead with a big stop on Ryan Kesler with five minutes to go in the period. Canucks forward Chris Higgins had a chance off the rush early in the third that Niemi was equal to before the Sharks, who had just 17 shots through two periods, started to come on. After Henrik Sedin missed a wide-open net off a feed from his brother Daniel Sedin, Luongo made a big glove save on San Jose forward James Sheppard with under eight minutes to go. "Were trying to find ways," said Boyle. "Thats what its all about and in this league with the extra points they are giving now its just going to come down to the end of the year and you never know which extra point is going to solidify your playoff position or have you on the outside." The Canucks returned home Thursday after a 1-2-1 road trip against Pacific Division rivals, with the only victory coming in 4-2 decision over the Sharks on Nov. 7. Playing their first home game since a 4-0 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Nov. 2, the Canucks had a couple of early chances in a first period that was short on action. Niemi stopped Canucks defenceman Chris Tanev on a chance in the high slot five minutes in before shooting out his left pad to stop Mike Santorelli on the doorstep a few moments later. Vancouvers No. 1-ranked penalty kill was put to the test midway through the period when defenceman Alexander Edler was whistled for interference. The Sharks moved the puck around to Joe Thornton, but the San Jose captains heavy shot from the top of the faceoff circle rang off the crossbar behind Luongo and stayed out. "Youre not going to win every game you play great and sometimes you dont deserve to win and youre going to win," said Luongo. "Thats the way the NHL is. I think the main thing is we cant put our heads down." Notes: The Canucks power play entered the night ranked 28th overall. ... NHL legend Gordie Howe was in attendance and got an ovation midway through the second period. ... Vancouvers victory in San Jose last week snapped a nine-game losing streak against the Sharks dating back to last season. ... The Sharks swept the Canucks four straight in the first round of last seasons playoffs, while Vancouver got the better of San Jose in five games in the 2011 Western Conference final. ... Vancouver left-winger David Booth returned to the lineup after completing a conditioning assignment in the American Hockey League. ... The Sharks are in action Friday night against the Oilers in Edmonton. ... The Canucks continue their season-high six-game homestand Sunday against the visiting Dallas Stars. 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