The worlds premier action sports competition returns to Aspen Snowmass January 26 - 29, inviting the top Ski, Snowboard and Snowmobile athletes to compete in 18 different disciplines over four days of sports, music and festival offerings. X Games Aspen 2017 will also feature musical performances -- in chronological order -- by Bassnectar, Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, The Chainsmokers and G-Eazy.While admission to the action sports competitions and festival village are free to the public, X Games musical performances will require purchase of a ticket. Music fans can purchase an All-Music pass for $125, which will include general admission to all four performances. A limited number of preferred All-Music passes are available for $175, which include preferred viewing, a private entrance to the concert venue, dedicated preferred restrooms and cash bar.Also available to action sports and music fans are the four-day platinum passes, which allow access to the exclusive Platinum Tower at the base of the SuperPipe. The Platinum Tower offer guests gourmet food, beer and wine and the best views of the competitions at X Games Aspen. Platinum Tower pass-holders also receive preferred access to all musical performances, athlete meet and greets and a private tour of the SuperPipe. Fans can purchase tickets and platinum passes now at XGames.com/tickets.After successful competitions at X Games Oslo 2016, X Games will host Womens Ski and Snowboard Big Air finals for the first time in Aspen. This marks the first time Womens Ski Big Air will be held at a domestic X Games event. (Womens Snowboard Big Air was held from 1997 - 2001.) X Games Aspen 2017 will also feature the debut of Snow Bike racing -- a competition of modified dirt bikes which replaces the front wheel with a front ski and snowmobile track in place of the rear wheel. Snowmobile Best Trick will also return to the lineup for the first time since 2013.All medalists from X Games Aspen 2016 who have sport disciplines returning in 2016 received an early invite to compete at X Games Aspen 2017 today. The first full round of invited athletes will be announced November 16.The X Games Aspen 2017 sports and disciplines are as follows:Ski Big Air (M & W) Slopestyle (M & W) SuperPipe (M & W)Snowboard Big Air (M & W) Slopestyle (M & W) SuperPipe (M & W) Special Olympics UnifiedSnowmobile & Snow Bike Best Trick Freestyle SnoCross SnoCross Adaptive Snow Bike RacingIn addition to being the worlds premiere action sports competition, X Games Aspen will showcase an expanded world-class lineup of music artists and performances and an enhanced festival village at Buttermilk Mountain, offering spectators a unique and wide-ranging interactive experience to complement the X Games sports.X Games Aspen 2017 will feature performances by:Friday, January 27Bassnectar: One of the longest-standing and most-respected artists in American electronic dance music, Bassnectar is the brainchild of San Francisco-based DJ, producer and artist Lorin Ashton. Coming from a background in death metal and?the early underground rave scene, Bassnectar released his first album in 2001 as an open-sourced musical experiment exploring the interplay between music and community. He went on to found independent music label Amorphous Music, which he has utilized as a launching pad for a series of groundbreaking releases. Bassnectar has collaborated with a myriad of artists from Metallica to Diplo to Ellie Goulding to Dead Prez, topped the electronic charts?(three?successive number one albums on Billboard),?headlined festivals around the world and sold out extensive North American tours. For more information please visit www.bassnectar.net.Saturday, January 28 Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals: An American singer-songwriter, rapper, producer and drummer, Brandon Paak Anderson is better known by his stage name Anderson .Paak. Getting his start as a drummer at his familys church, .Paak founded the imprint OBE (Outer Body Experience) and released his first LP, Venice, in 2014. His musical range is a unique blend of R&B, 70s soul, hip-hop, EDM, funk and rock. In January 2016, .Paak released his latest solo album, MALIBU. For more information please visit www.andersonpaak.com.The Chainsmokers: Comprised of Alex Pall and Drew Taggart, The Chainsmokers signature sound deftly reaches across indie, progressive and pop realms. Their original tracks and remixes have topped the charts throughout the world, such as the double-platinum Roses featuring Rozes, which Stereogum hailed as one of the 10 best songs of the year and reached the Top 5 on the iTunes Top Songs chart. This success was followed by Dont Let Me Down featuring Daya, marking their third number one on Billboards Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart. The double-platinum track ruled the airwaves, hitting number one at Pop Radio for three straight weeks and Top 5 on the iTunes Top Songs chart. The Chainsmokers recently released their current single Closer featuring vocals from rising star Halsey and the duos own Drew Taggart. The track marks their first number one on the Billboard Hot 100. This year, The Chainsmokers have been nominated for two Billboard Music Awards, two Teen Choice Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards. They have performed all over the world to sold-out crowds at their own headline shows and major festivals including SXSW, Ultra and Coachella.?For more info please visit www.thechainsmokers.com.Sunday, January 29 G-Eazy: Bay Area rapper G-Eazy is 2016s biggest breakout hip-hop artist. His sophomore album, When Its Dark Out (RVG/BPG/RCA Records), debuted at number one on Billboards R&B/Hip-Hop Chart and Top Rap Albums Chart and number five on Billboards Top 200 Albums Chart and now is RIAA certified platinum selling over 1 million copies in the U.S. The album features his smash single Me, Myself, and I with Bebe Rexha, which is certified three times platinum and has sold over 5 million copies worldwide.?G-Eazy recently completed arguably one of the biggest tours of the summer, The Endless Summer Tour, where he headlined amphitheaters and arenas across the country. This year alone he has played over 150 shows and performed on The Today Show, The Late Show Starring Jimmy Fallon twice, the iHeartRadio Music Awards, Coachella, and most recently Lollapalooza. G-Eazy is currently featured on Britneys Spears Make Me... and performed with her at MTVs Video Music Awards this past August. For more info please visit http://www.g-eazy.com/. 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The Czechs pulled two back in the ninth, but Shusters team of third Jeff Isaacson, second Jared Zezel and lead John Landsteiner ended with another point to secure the last Olympic berth on offer. BOSTON -- The Boston Bruins last season failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second straight season, and it was obvious that defense was their weakness.The Bruins have seven defensemen under NHL contracts who played for them last season, led by captain Zdeno Chara. Only Dennis Seidenberg, who was bought out over the summer, is not back. Without an overhaul of the personnel, the Bruins are hoping a faster pace will help turn things around.The game evolves and were going to evolve with it, said coach Claude Julien, whose team finished fifth in scoring (2.88 goals per game) but ranked 20th in goals allowed (2.78 per game). So I think we have the ability to make our `D corps better this year with our play, and thats where were going to start.General manager Don Sweeney said the play is to be aggressive and spend as much time in the other teams end as possible.Its a mindset of the players to play that way, he said. I think the players would like to play that way and dictate, rather than being on sort of a retreat mentality.Some things to know about the 2016-17 Boston Bruins:MARCHAND MOMENTUMLeft wing Brad Marchand followed up his career-best 37-goal season last season by lighting up the World Cup of Hockey 2016 in September with a tournament-best five goals in six games. He also scored the game-winning short-handed goal in the final minute of Team Canadas clinching victory in the second game of the best-of-three final against Team Europe.Marchand signed an eight-year, $49 million contract, which will keep him from testing unrestricted free agency next summer. Eighteen of his 37 goals last season gave the Bruins a lead.WELCOME BACKESAfter 10 seasons with the St. Louis Blues, including five as their captain, David Backes joined the Bruins as an unrestricted free agent by signing a five-year, $30 million contract July 1. Backes has scored more than 20 goals six times in his career, but the Bruins are also hoping he can take some of the defensive lload off three-time Selke Trophy winner Patrice Bergeron and provide a vocal leader in the dressing room.ddddddddddddASK GETS HELPThe Bruins struggled to find a backup for goaltender Tuukka Rask they could trust the past two seasons. The result was Rask playing 134 games the past two seasons, third among all NHL goaltenders in that span. Despite the workload and a tough start last season, Rask produced a respectable 2.56 goals-against average and .915 save percentage.But the return of the Anton Khudobin, who played for the Bruins 2011-13, should provide Rask with enough rest to be at his best more often in 2016-17.I thought he played well for us, did a great job as a second goaltender ... and I think he won us some big games, Julien said.COACHING STAFF SHUFFLESweeney took a little time after the Bruins missed the playoffs last season to decide what to do with his coaching staff. Sweeney and Julien mutually decided Julien should return for a 10th season.However, the Bruins winningest coach (393-223-88) has new assistants: Bruce Cassidy, formerly coach of the Providence Bruins of the AHL, and Jay Pandolfo, who moves down from the front office, becoming assistant coaches replace Doug Houda and Doug Jarvis.PRACTICING IN LUXURYThe start of Bruins training camp marked the opening of the state-of-the-art Warrior Ice Arena, Bostons new practice facility, in the Brighton neighborhood. The Bruins, who now have a seven-mile commute from TD Garden, trained for more than two decades in the suburb of Wilmington. The new facility provides the Bruins with a larger and more modern workout room, workout equipment, trainers room and players lounge -- all which the team hopes will make the Bruins a destination and will better foster team camaraderie.I would envision that theyre probably hanging out a little bit more, Bruins president Cam Neely said. ' ' '