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CALGARY, Alberta -- Jamie Benn snapped out of an early season slump in a big way Thursday night.The Dallas Stars captain ended a nine-game scoring drought with two goals, including the game-winner, in a 4-2 victory over the struggling Calgary Flames.It seems like I go through a streak like that every year. It just so happened to come pretty early this year, said Benn, who only had two goals in his first 13 games after a career-best 41 last season.When an offensive-zone penalty by Alex Chiasson put the Stars on the power play early in the third with the score tied, it took less than a minute for Dallas to convert with Benn firing a feed from Tyler Seguin past Brian Elliott to make it 3-2.He was really buzzing out there tonight, Seguin said. Thats what we needed. We needed a leader, especially our captain, to lead the way after the embarrassing loss we had the other night.The Stars were routed 8-2 on Tuesday in Winnipeg, to extend their winless skid to five games.We all knew that eventually he would come out of it. But I thought tonight, obviously, it was the best game hes played in a while, Dallas coach Lindy Ruff said. He came out physical. He started with that. I thought he was skating and going through people.Special teams was the story with Dallas converting on its lone third-period power play and Calgary failing to score on its one chance, which came with just over 4 minutes remaining.The Stars finished 1 for 3 with the extra man while Calgary was 0 for 2. Its become a familiar story line for the Flames with the power play ranked 30th and the penalty kill 29th.Three mistakes, said Flames coach Glen Gulutzan, when asked about the go-ahead goal. Make two, its probably going to end up in your net. You make three and its going to end up in your net.Captain Mark Giordano says its on the players to improve their performance.Weve talked about it. The guys, who are playing PP and PK, weve got to get the job done, he said.Lauri Korpikoski and Antoine Roussel, with an empty-netter, also scored for Dallas (5-6-3). The Stars five-game trip continues Friday in Edmonton.Johnny Gaudreau scored both goals for Calgary (5-9-1). The Flames have lost five of six overall.Were finding ways to lose, Gulutzan said. We need somebody now to step up and find a way to win and stop playing the victim.With the Flames trailing 2-0, Gaudreau came out flying to start the second, breaking a six-game scoring drought with his third and fourth goals on his first two shifts to pull Calgary even.It was nice to find the net finally, said Gaudreau, who scored 30 goals in his sophomore season. Me, (Monahan) and (Chiasson) played a good 60 minutes tonight. We were in their zone most of the night.Calgary opened the game taking the play to the Stars and running up an 8-1 lead on the shot clock. But they could not beat Lehtonen and at 12:31, Korpiskoski snapped a shot into the top corner.Benn made it 2-0 3 minutes later when the entire slot opened up before him and he took the puck to the net, zipping a backhand past Elliott.It was a better night for Kari Lehtonen after giving up four goals on 11 shots against the Jets. He finished with 29 saves to improve to 2-4-2.Elliott, who had 18 saves, fell to 3-7-0.Game notes Calgary is 0 for 26 with the extra man at home. ... Gaudreaus parents were in the crowd, having just flown in from New Jersey. ... Flames rookie Matthew Tkachuk did play after getting stitches in his hand at practice on Wednesday. Hes day to day. ... Stars D Jamie Oleksiak was in the lineup after being a healthy scratch the past nine games.UP NEXT:Stars: Visit Edmonton on Friday.Flames: Host the New York Rangers on Saturday. 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MINNEAPOLIS -- The University of Minnesota football teams boycott started with a bold demand for apologies and a threat to skip a bowl game if 10 teammates suspended after a sexual assault investigation werent reinstated.It ended less than 36 hours later, the university leadership never blinking, and the players backing down amid pressure from many who read details of the allegations.The Golden Gophers players announced Saturday morning that they planned to play in the Holiday Bowl, rescinding their boycott after two exhausting days of meetings with attorneys, school President Eric Kaler and athletic director Mark Coyle.As a team we understand that what has occurred these last few days and playing football for the University of Minnesota is larger than just us, receiver Drew Wolitarsky said.The school declined the players request to reinstate the suspended players. The team will now go ahead with its Dec. 27 game against Washington State in San Diego after getting assurances that those accused will get a fair hearing next month.Wolitarsky, reading from a statement, said after many hours of team discussion and speaking with Kaler, it became clear that our original request of having the 10 suspensions overturned was not going to happen.And many of the players who made the initial stand Thursday had not read the universitys 82-page report detailing the womans specific allegations. The university kept the details private under federal law, but players saw it after KSTP-TV published it Friday. The details fractured the groups resolve, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly for the group.The Star Tribune of Minneapolis first reported how the report affected the groups thinking.Kaler and Coyle issued statements Friday, and reiterated to the players in a meeting late Friday night, that they had no intention of changing their decision after an internal investigation determined the suspended players violated school conduct codes in an encounter involving a woman and several players at an off-campus dorm Sept. 2.Im very pleased that the football team has realized the opportunity to represent the university and come out strong in support of the victims of sexual violence, Kaler said Saturday. Theyve come out strongly in support of the victims of sexual violence. I have promised a very fair hearing to the students involved and charged and I attend to have that be true. We will judge them very fairly.The Holiday Bowl is one of the most lucrative and well-known of the second-tier bowl games. The payout to the school was $2.8 million last year. Not including the New Years Six bowls that are tied to the College Football Playoff, the Holiday Bowls distribution was the fifth largest of the other 34 postseason games.Bowl revenue is pooled and shared by conferences. For the Big Ten, which distributed more than $30 millionn to each of its 14 members last season, Holiday Bowl revenue is a small piece of a large pie.ddddddddddddFour players were initially suspended for three games earlier this season while the police investigated allegations by a woman, who said several players pressured her into having sex with them after a season-opening win over Oregon State. No arrests or charges were made and the players, who maintained the sex was consensual, were reinstated after a judge lifted a restraining order.She described it as a line of people, like they were waiting for their turn ... She recalls yelling for them to stop sending people in the room because she couldnt handle it, one of the reports said.The university said it holds its students to higher standards than those applied by the law, and its announcement of the suspensions Tuesday caught the team off guard.Wearing their maroon game jerseys, the entire team issued a statement Thursday saying they would boycott all football activities until Kaler and Coyle apologized for their lack of communication and reinstated the suspended players. But after hours of sometimes contentious meetings on Friday, a group of players gathered Saturday morning to denounce sexual assault and say there is no place for it on campus.There is only one acceptable way to treat all women and that is with the utmost respect at all times, Wolitarsky said. We are not here to judge nor defend their actions. That is for the authorities.The players also asked the university to show support for the team and the character shown by the great majority of our players and help them use our status as public figures to bring more exposure to the issue of sexual harassment and violence against women.Players said Saturday they were most disappointed with the lack of communication and due process.As football players, we know that we represent this university and this state and that we are held to a higher standard, Wolitarsky said. We want to express our deepest gratitude to our coaching staff and so many others for their support during this difficult time, and we hope that our fans and community understand why we took the actions that we did.Dean Johnson, chairman of the universitys Board of Regents, said he supports the decision to end the boycott and to keep the 10 players under suspension.He added that the situation has shown that while the university does not tolerate sexual violence, more must be done to ensure the campus is safe for all students. That change, he said, could come in stronger policies, enforcement or more educational opportunities and sensitivity training.Its not been a good thing for the University of Minnesota, with donors, with ticket holders, with the administration, the regents -- its not been a proud week, Johnson said.---Associated Press writer Amy Forliti contributed to this report. ' ' '