Daniel Ricciardo thinks Red Bull can stay ahead of Ferrari after an impressive opening day of practice in Hungary, albeit in a battle for the final spot on the podium behind Mercedes.Mercedes looks to be in a league of its own this weekend but Ricciardo finished best of the rest behind the championship leader by six tenths. That put him three tenths up on Ferraris Sebastian Vettel and a further four tenths up on teammate Max Verstappen.Asked if that 0.6s gap to the lead Mercedes was genuine, he said: I would say it is pretty genuine. If we are close on Friday it sort of doesnt change too much on Saturday. So I would say that today is probably quite representative.But Ricciardo was much more optimistic about the battle behind the Silver Arrows cars, with Kimi Raikkonen finishing a whole second behind the Australian in the other Ferrari.We are looking pretty good. Obviously wed like to be a bit closer to the Mercedes, but at the moment we are sitting second best. A bit quicker than Ferrari today, so I think we are more or less where we expected to be. We knew it would be close with Ferrari, and if we can keep our nose in front that would be nice.Ricciardo is hoping to reverse Verstappens momentum after his recent purple patch of form and thinks the Hungaroring, where he claimed a memorable second career win in 2014, is the perfect place to do it.It is the way the sport goes, sometimes you get a better run and sometimes you dont. For me this track has been good, it has been good in the past. I still have a lot of confidence in the way I am driving and everything, so I know if I keep just working and doing what I believe I can do, then the result will come. So I hope that is this weekend, that would be a nice time [to return to the podium]. Colorado Avalanche Shirts . Spiller left Week 3s 27-20 loss to the New York Jets with a thigh injury, but fully practiced with the team all week and expects to be ready to go on Sunday. Custom Colorado Avalanche Jerseys . The Dane followed up his first European Tour title last weekend with eight birdies and just a single dropped shot on Thursday for a one-stroke advantage over South Africas Allan Versfeld and Portugals Ricardo Santos. https://www.cheapavalanche.com/ .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. Colorado Avalanche Gear . Hargreaves began his career in 2008 with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and has played with the Edmonton Eskimos and last season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Avalanche Jerseys China . The Clippers were angry about blowing a big lead; the Kings didnt like being in that kind of hole and nearly digging themselves out only to lose. OTTAWA, Ontario -- Former Montreal Canadiens coach Jacques Demers is back at home after going to a hospital Saturday.Demers Senate office would only confirm that the 72-year-old Demers, a Canadian senator, was at home Sunday, but didnt provide any details about the reason he went to the hospital.Demers had suffered a stroke in April, but he was at the Canadiens home opener Tuesday night, smiling in a wheelchair while handing a torch to captain Max Pacioretty to close out a pregame ceremony.Demers led the Canadiens to their last Stanley Cup in 1993. He also coached Quebec,, Detroit, St.dddddddddddd Louis and Tampa Bay in the NHL, as well as Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Quebec in the WHA.Demers was appointed to the Senate in 2009 by then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper, but later left the Conservative caucus in December to sit as an Independent.At the time, he said he was uncomfortable with some of the fallout from the Senate expenses scandal and didnt like to have to vote the Conservative party line all the time. ' ' '