The Olympic rookie also received a yellow card in the match

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Just because its early in the season doesnt mean its too early for Barry Trotz to shake things up.His Washington Capitals are 9-4-1 despite some inconsistent play, but that didnt stop the veteran NHL coach from making wholesale line changes. Superstar Alex Ovechkin practiced Monday on a line with former fourth-line center Jay Beagle, and the rest of the lineup was about as jumbled as it could get.Ovechkin doesnt have a point in three games, but it was a 5-1 loss at Carolina on Saturday that prompted Trotz to take action.I dont think its to wake up Ovi, Beagle said. Just the team in general to kind of shake things up.Trotz explained it as a way to generate a combination of will and skill on every line. Will over skill is the teams motto, a year after winning the Presidents Trophy and losing to the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round.With Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom and Evgeny Kuznetsov around, the Capitals dont lack for skill. Trotz put the three all-stars on three separate lines in preparation for a road game Tuesday at the Columbus Blue Jackets.Ovechkin said players accept Trotzs decisions and that he and Beagle have some chemistry since theyve been put together a few times in recent years.Its always going to be changing and moving around the bodies, said Ovechkin, who has seven goals and four assists. I think its a regular, normal thing.Backstrom, Beagle and others consider it something of a wake-up call, given that Washington has lost two of three and not been on top of its game lately.I feel like especially the top players, including myself, weve got to get going here, said Backstrom, whos centering leading scorer Marcus Johansson and T.J. Oshie. Weve got to start playing better. Weve just got to be better. We have to create more chances, produce more and help the team out a little more.Beagle has been helping plenty and is surprisingly fourth on the team in goals. The defensive-minded grinder plays the kind of straightforward style previous coach Adam Oates wanted to see more from with Ovechkin, and that could have something to do with Trotzs thinking.Theyve got a lot of skill and theyve got a lot of will, Trotz said of Ovechkin and Beagle. Hopefully they can help each other -- that combination of someone getting pucks, someone shooting pucks, someone helping along, all that stuff. That line should be fine. All the lines have a unique quality to them. I just think theres a balance there.---Follow Stephen Whyno on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/SWhyno . Kole Calhoun Angels Jersey . Belfort (24-10) needed just 77 seconds to down Henderson in the headlining bout of Saturdays "UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson" event at Goiania Arena in Goiania, Brazil. The fight served as a rematch of the pairs 2006 meeting, which Henderson won by decision. Justin Upton Jersey . 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- American beach volleyball player Casey Patterson wants to make it clear that he didnt blow off the post-match handshakes after he and Jake Gibb were eliminated from the Olympics.Patterson told The Associated Press that he congratulated Spain in the media mix zone.I just wanted to make sure everyone knew that was all taken care of, Patterson said on Thursday, a day after the loss to Spain dropped the Americans to 1-2 in pool play and knocked them out later on a tiebreaker. We knew we were potentially out of the Olympics, so I went and sat down and shook their hands later.Patterson said its not uncommon for players to forego the post-match handshake under the net after a big match, when one team is celebrating and the other just wants to get out of there. He said he had never failed to catch up with the winner later to congratulate them, though.Were all really good friends, too, he said, adding that the protocol is to leave the sand within 90 seconds. A lot of times when you win a big match, you yell and scream. By that time the other team has left. We always take care of it either on the way out or later.Patterson made the comments in a telephone interview on Thursday, a day after he walked through the mix zone without talking to repoorters.dddddddddddd. The Olympic rookie also received a yellow card in the match for a prolonged argument with the referee.I think I bolted out of there a little frustrated with how it all went down, he said.Gibb, a three-time Olympian, did talk to reporters, but said it was hard to concentrate on questions when he was preoccupied with whether they still had a chance to remain in the Rio Games.The Americans were eliminated later in the day. They finished tied with Austria, which scored 145 points and allowed 140; the Americans scored 125 and gave up 126.A day later, Patterson said he was able to appreciate the experience.And he said he would do what he could to return in 2020.Ive got the fever, the virus of the Olympics. I see how special and cool it is, he said. Making the Olympics is such a good, special part of my life, and to be able to say Im an Olympian is something Im proud of.I feel like Ive gained so many good friends. Our families have become so close. I think thats the most valuable thing you can ask for anyway, Patterson said. Thats sort of our medal, the relationships weve built. Thats how Ive put it to myself. ' ' '