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8C THE PALM BEACH POST Tl SC 1595 Panthsrs Calendar In the Crease OCT08ERNOVEMSE STRETCHING IT: Tampa Bay opened the Ice Palace with a win over the Rangers. According to center Brian Bradley, the victory meant more than just a couple of points in the standings. "I think we showed everybody what a great building we have," he said. SLEEPWALKING: The Rangers' start has been disappointing, if anything. Some have suggested that nine games in 16 days may have something to do with that.

Coach Colin Campbell isn't buying that'That's no excuse. This isn't March," he said. 11 1 REPORT I felt like I had just scored my first NHL goal. THEOREN FLEURY, Flames captain, on his first goal of the season. Home gardes 22 23 CM 1 I 4kiyaut i I i' a 2 a is sc 27 MONDAY'S GAME Red Wings 3, Kings 0 Panthers 'i ight (and tie) CONFERENCE STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE city stay unbeaten Panthers Statistics PTS PIMPPSH GWGT PCTO ATLANTIC DIVISION I Pts CP GA Home Away Div Florida 4 0 3 11 21 9 1-0-1 3-0-2 2-0-1 Ta-rvpaSav 4 1 0 5 22 15 1-0-0 3-1-0 1-1-0 4 4 0 19 21 2-2-0 2-2-0 1-2-0 NY R3-5s 3 4 2 27 28 3-2-0 0-2-2 0-2-1 Neje-sey 2 3 1 5 13 18 2- 1-1 0-2-0 0- 1-0 NYka-xafS 1 3 2 4 13 14 1- 1-0 0-2-2 1-0-0 Vkasvpan 1 5 0 2 16 22 1-3-0 0-2-0 1-0-0 NORTHEAST DIVISION HartfyS 4 1 0 8 17 12 3-0-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 Ybrre 3 2 2 8 29 25 3-0-2 0-2-0 0-1-1 Bos.3n 3 2 1 7 23 21 0- 1-1 3- 1-0 0-0-0 0733 2 1 3 7 19 16 2-0-1 0- 1-2 1- 1-1 3 4 0 6 14 20 1-2-0 2-2-0 1-0-0 2 5 0 4 15 29 1-1-0 1-4-0 1-3-0 WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION TPts GF GA Home Away Div Da.

25 7 1 0 14 26 17 4- 1-0 3-0-0 3-0-0 Chcaso 5 3 0 10 19 15 2-3-0 3-0-0 3-1-0 St. Lous 4 4 0 8 23 19 2-2-0 2-2-0 1-1-0 P-oeru 3 3 1 7 18 16 2-2-1 1- 1-0 0-0-0 Dero 4 4 0 8 19 13 3-2-0 1-2-0 0-2-0 Tyonto 1 5 0 2 12 23 1-3-0 0-2-0 0-3-0 PACIFIC DIVISION Cokxado 4 3 1 9 34 20 3- 1-1 1-2-0 3-0-1 Cagary 4 4 0 8 20 19 2-1-0 2-3-0 1-1-0 Edmonton 4 4 0 8 22 26 2-1-0 2-3-0 1-2-0 Los Angeles 4 5 0 8 26 30 3-1-0 1-4-0 0-1-0 San Jose 3 3 2 8 23 29 0- 1-2 3-2-0 2- 1-0 Vancouver 3 4 0 6 21 23 2-2-0 1-2-0 1-2-0 Anaheim 1 5 2 4 22 33 0-3-0 1-2-2 0-1-1 Doug MacLean and Bryan Murray fume after a perceived slant in penalties Sunday night. By BRIAN BIGGANE Pa-m Beach Post Staff Writer PHOENIX While a steaming Florida Panthers General Manager Bryan Murray went off to look for referee Dan Marouelli, coach Doug MacLean needed a few more minutes than usual to cool off before facing the media. That was the scene Sunday night at America West Arena after the Panthers were unable to hold a lead in the final seconds of regulation and were left with a 1-1 tie with the Phoenix Coyotes. Florida (4-0-3) remained the NHL's only unbeaten team.

What upset Murray and Mac-Lean was MarouehTs penalty distribution. Of the 18 penalties he whistled, 13 were on Florida, leaving a power-play discrepancy of 10-2 in favor of trie Coyotes and one of those two Panthers power plays lasted all of four seconds. "We were fighting city hall tonight," goalkeeper John Van-biesbrouck said. "We were forced to kill penalties for a full period," MacLean said. "I thought we outplayed them.

We outshot them the last two periods it was an unbelievable effort." Four of the Panthers' penalties came in overtime, when referees normally hold their whistles. Three came with 21 seconds remaining in response to what the Panthers considered to be a blatant charging penalty by Jeremy Roenick, who left his feet and threw himself at defenseman Gord Murphy behind the Florida net with no penalty being called. "I've been warned plenty of times for doing just what he did hitting a smaller guy who doesn't HIGHLIGHTS MONDAY'S RESULTS SCORES Detroit 3, Los Angeles 0 Only game scheduled TODAY'S GAMES Gp 6 A POSHO. PLAYER 27 29 5 44 11 14 21 20 26 4 9 18 10 3 19 24 55 30 12 7 34 28 2 Soon Melianoy Jofian Garpertov Gord Murpriy Rob fueoermayer Lindsay Stu Barnes Tom Fitzgerald Brian Swudland Ray Sneppard Per Gustafsson Brad Smyth Mike Hough Dave Lowry Pad Laus Raoek Dvorak Robert Svertia Ed JovanovsAi Marts Frtzpatnck JodyMt Rnett wareoer J. Vnbsirotx Martm Strata Terry Carhner have the puck," said Tom Fitzgerald, who picked up a slashing penalty after getting into a confrontation with Keith Tkachuk.

"That's how it all started. Let's do your job, Mr. Marouelli. He can't do that" Fitzgerald and Tkachuk got matching penalties; Terry Carkner also was sent off for high-sticking, and the Florida bench also got a minor when a piece of gum was thrown on the ice. Marouelli chose to give the Coyotes a 5-on-3 for the final 21 seconds, but Phoenix was unable to capitalize.

The teams played more than 50 minutes of scoreless, close-checking hockey before Scott Mellanby opened the scoring with 8:55 remaining when he poked a loose puck between the legs of goaitender Nikolai Khabibulin. Just when it started to look like the goal would hold up, Rhett Warrener was sent off for holding with 42 seconds left, and when Phoenix pulled Khabibulin for an extra skater, the Coyotes had a 6-on-4 advantage in skaters. Mike new permanent home for the Lightning in Tampa Bay," said NHL Commissioner Gary Bett-man. "We are thrilled to be able to give the club and the Tampa Bay area a chance to show it off." The Ice Palace has seating capacity of 19,500 for hockey, and features 72 luxury suites and 3,000 club seats. This year's game will be played in San Jose, and next year's will be at Vancouver's GM Place.

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Colorado at Calg3ry, 9:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. St. Louis at Phoenix, 10 p.m. 8 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 8 8 7 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 14 14 4 8 23 0 0 32 2 0 8 13 11 17 17 13 17 17 14 12 7 5 10 6 3 3 20 11 0 3 4 0 2 2 23.1 27.3 118 11.8 7.7 .0 17.6 14.3 8.3 14.3 20.0 10.0 16.7 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 Gartner tied it with 14 seconds left on what Vanbiesbrouck called a "scrambly" goal.

"He backhanded it, it hit (Murphy's) shin and my armpit and went in," Vanbiesbrouck said. Gartner and Tkachuk both had great chances to win it in overtime, but Vanbiesbrouck came up with a pair of remarkable saves to maintain the stalemate. Phoenix had two goals disallowed earlier in the game, one because Gartner hit the puck out of the air with a high stick and the second when a replay requested by the Panthers detected forward Jim McKenzie with a skate in the crease. After playing five of their first seven on the road, the Panthers return home for six of their next eight. Of the 1-0-2 trip, Vanbiesbrouck said: "We grinded and played hard, which is what you have to do on the road.

We wound up with a couple ties, but we had the opportunity to win every game. That's all you can ask." Noteworthy: Colorado center Joe Sakic, who had nine points in three games, was named the NHL's Player of the Week. Sakic, a nine-year veteran, currently leads the NHL in scoring with 15 points, including 11 assists. He had a goal and five assists in a 7-2 win over Edmonton last Tuesday and two goals and an assist in a 9-2 victory over Vancouver on Saturday. He was held scoreless Thursday in the Florida Panthers' 2-1 victory in Denver.

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Detroit was O-for-7 on its power play, and has failed to score on all 33 of its chances with a man advantage this season. Osgood, who blanked Edmonton 2-0 on Oct 9, stopped 19 shots for his 10th career shutout Kings goalie Stephane Fiset made 37 saves. Shanahan, who went without a goal in his first five games since ST ill TnE FAO btACrcS OJLT ESTJTJ.iWEV Wan -Sat Sam Suryjay Z1 Noon I W.P.B. 683-3454 4425 Southern Blvd. INTIMACIES -r i Body Shampoos JJ 684-9343 2424 t'ongrew Ae.

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"It will take time with soccer, but this was a good first start." The average 17,416 attendance through 160 regular-season games was more than double anticipated with some huge crowds Los outdrawing even the hometown baseball Dodgers. More than 92.000 turned out the Galaxy beat the Tampa Bay Mutiny at the Rose Bowl in the second part of a double-header after the United States played Mexico. "We definitely need to do a better marketing job in several of our markets Denver, Tampa and perhaps even Kansas City make the audiences grow in those particular locations," said MLS Commissioner Douglas THE ASSOCIATED Los Angeles goaitender Stephane Fiset stops a shot during the Kings' 3-0 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Monday. Roundup Detroit obtained him in an Oct 9 trade with Hartford, scored in the first and second periods. His first goal came just 17 seconds into the game.

Shanahan skated between two defenders at the left circle before wristing a shot past Fiset for his first goal since his last game with the Whalers on Oct 8. Ice Palace announced as All-Star host: The NHL announced that the 1999 NHL All-Star Game will be played in Tampa. The game will showcase the Ice Palace, the Lightning's $160 million arena that opened Sunday night "We are very excited about the BODYWORKS JZ SHAMPOOS 4- 863-7337 It! EI 727 Northlakt Bh d. I H'rt cjvt Far NPB PHOTO STUDIO 625-9060 jam ZorwSymmK I -r arwc -trx -ry ham Photo Studio 689-7974 9 AM SAM 7 DAYS Hi Jw wv OUTRAGEOUS ADULT EriTEUTA! u.nu riL i Thrilling title but league has PaiTi Beacn Post W.re Sevces LOS ANGELES -As if there was any doubt about which brand of football reigns supreme in the United States, look no further than Sunday's television ratings. estimated 16.5 million people watched the San Francisco 4Sers beat the Cincinnati Bengals in a mid-season NFL matchup.

In contrast, about 1.6 million viewers tuned in to the inaugural MLS Cup Major League Soccer's version of the Super Bowl. But what a game they saw, along with some 32,000 sodden fans at Foxboro Stadium outside Boston. When Washington DC United came from two goals down to beat the Los Angeles Galaxy 3-2 on a water-logged pitch in overtime, Hollywood could not have written a better plot to showcase the game to the American sports public. MLS officials could not have hoped for a better spectacle in its first championship match, a contest sure to win over some new supporters as the world's sport struggles to elbow itself into the big leagues in a country where American football, baseball, basketball and hockey monopolize the in as to i-sTTTt i-Ti -TT 1 1 1 "'-HIIT li itliin 1H1T11 iMtatM4BHMMMMBMMMM i i 1 1 IVlUI iBna on ii 1 2 ME! PERFECT TOUCH 737-8580 nw 1 ATM SC CS.