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EUGENE, Ore. -- Dakota Prukop has faced UC Davis before, and it went very well for him.The graduate transfer makes his debut at quarterback for No. 24 Oregon on Saturday against a team he faced two years ago while at Montana State. Then a sophomore for the Bobcats, Prukop completed 17 of 22 passes for 361 yards and four touchdowns against the Aggies while rushing for 148 yards and two more scores. Montana State defeated UC Davis 77-37.He didnt even play the fourth quarter.I remember getting pulled out pretty early and not wanting to come out, he told reporters earlier this week. It was a fun game.Last season, Prukop passed for 3,025 yards and 28 touchdowns with 10 interceptions while rushing for 797 yards and 11 touchdowns for Montana State as the Big Sky team finished 5-6.He arrived at Oregon in January and won the starters job in fall camp. Freshman Justin Herbert, a local prospect out of Sheldon High School in Eugene, was listed as Prukops backup for the opener following a competition with Terry Wilson and Travis Jonsen.UC Davis coach Ron Gould remembers Prukop well.I have a lot of bad memories playing against that young man, Gould told the Sacramento Bee newspaper. We know Dakota is a tremendous athlete, a good quarterback. He can beat you with his arm, beat you with his feet.Despite his success against the Aggies, Prukop is still looking for the Aggies to challenge the Ducks.Theyre going to come out and theyre going to be looking for an upset, Prukop said. This team isnt going to lay down. The FCS, the level of play isnt that big of a difference in my opinion.AGGIES QB: As of Thursday, UC Davis coach Ron Gould had yet to name a starter for the game, but both contenders -- C.J. Spencer and Ben Scott -- have experience from last season. Scott, a senior, started the first eight games of the season before he was injured and threw for 1,595 yards and 11 touchdowns. Spencer, a sophomore, appeared in seven games and started in the final three. In his final two games he threw for 623 yards and four touchdowns.CONNECTIONS: Gould played defensive back for the Ducks from 1986-87, while former Oregon coach Mike Bellotti played at UC Davis. Current Aggies assistant Bob Foster was defensive coordinator at Oregon under Bellotti from 1998-99. Former Oregon defensive coordinator Nick Aliotti is also a UC Davis alum.LAST TIME OUT: Oregon went 9-4 last season, ending on a sour note with a 47-41 triple-overtime loss to TCU in the Alamo Bowl. UC Davis, a member of the Big Sky conference, has had back-to-back 2-9 seasons.ROYCE ROLLS: Running back Royce Freeman, who is getting some Heisman mentions, in knocking on the door of several Oregon records. He needs 21 rushing touchdowns to surpass the Ducks career record set by LaMichael James, and 1,882 rushing yards to surpass James for the teams new career mark. For comparisons sake, last season as a sophomore he rushed for 1,836 yards and 17 touchdowns.ABOUT THE D: The Ducks have installed a new 4-3 defense under new defensive coordinator Brady Hoke, the former head coach at Michigan. There will be three new starters on the defensive line to help shore up a unit that allowed 37.5 points per game, most in the Pac-12 last season.OLYMPIAN EFFORT: Quarterbacks coach David Yost said Oregon wide receiver Devon Allen could play against UC Davis. Allen missed fall camp because he was at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, where he placed fifth in the 110-meter hurdle final. Weve yet to find anyone that can run with him or even close to him, Yost said. Hes been taking a lot of reps this week, so my guess is hell be out there running around, catching passes. 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PHILADELPHIA -- After a season-opening 1-1-1 road trip and Thursday nights 3-2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks, the Philadelphia Flyers will try again for their first win on home ice Saturday night when they take on the Carolina Hurricanes, who are coming off their first win of the season.The Flyers (1-2-1) will be without veteran right winger Dale Weise, who on Friday was suspended three games for an illegal check to the head of Anaheim defenseman Korbinianb Holzer. Weise is a repeat offender, having been suspended three games to start the 2013-14 season with the Vancouver Canucks after another check to the head.With Weise out of the lineup, look for Flyers rookie Roman Lyubimov to return to the lineup.The Flyers already have seen three players suspended for 12 games this season. Defenseman Radko Gudas has two games remaining on his six-game suspension, while center Brayden Schenn returned Thursday night from his three-game suspension that carried over from an illegal hit in last years first-round playoff loss to the Washington Capitals.The Flyers received goals from Wayne Simmonds (his third of the season) and Matt Read (his fourth), but went 0-for-7 win the power play in their 3-2 loss to the Ducks, generating just five shots on the man-advantage.Read has been a pleasant surprise for the Flyers after netting just 11 goals in 79 games last season.I was a perimeter player, Read told the Philadelphia Inquirer. Its easy to be a perimeter player if your making plays and stuff like that, but to sscore goals, youve got to get in those tough areas and have tenacity around the net and battle for those loose pucks.ddddddddddddThe Hurricanes (1-1-2) finally put together their best game of the season with a 4-2 win over the Calgary Flames. They grabbed a 3-0 lead and never looked back, getting power-play goals from Victor Rask and Jeff Skinner and a standout performance between the pipes from Eddie Lack.The Swedish goaltender made 24 saves on Thursday night for his fifth win in seven career starts against the Flames.In the beginning of my career (with Vancouver) we played good team games and it was the same today, he said.Its just circumstantial.Carolina coach Bill Peters was pleased with how his team played overall Thursday, and he hopes to jump out to an early lead Saturday.More poise and confidence in each other, in the system, Peters told the News & Observer. Id love to have a three-goal lead every night. Well get better playing with the lead. Well get better managing situations as we go and well learn as we go.The Hurricanes were outstanding on the penalty kill against the Flames, shutting them down on six opportunities.Lack served notice that he could give No. 1 goalie Cam Ward some competition this season, limiting Calgarys potent offense to two goals.The Hurricanes wrap up a six-game road trip to start the season on Saturday and Detroit on Tuesday. ' ' '