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Sports TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 2001 STAR TRIBUNE PAGE C5 SCOREBOARD STANDINGS LEADERS AUTO RACING BEANPOT TOURNAMENT SemmnalsBoMon Boston College 4. Harvard 1 Boston Univereity 6, Northeastern 4 USCHO DIVISION I POLL Record Pts Pvs Western Conference Northwatt OLPts GF GA Hum Away Dlv LEAGUE NOTES Stars get Maclean in trade with Rangers Colorado Vancouver Edmonton Calgary Wild 35 8 8 1 79 28 18 4 4 64 25 21 8 1 59 18 21 9 4 49 18 22 8 3 47 173 117 175 159 146 149 129 151 112 123 20-3-4-0 15-6-4-1 9-3-1-0 17-8-2-1 11-10-2-3 842 1660 9-15-2-1 7-4-2-0 8-11-5-2 10-10-4-2 32-2 117-2 7-14-1-1 3-5-1-2 1. Michigan St. (28) 22- 3-4 580 2 BostonC. (9) 20-8-1558 3 North Dakota (3) 20- 5-5 639 4.

Colorado College 20- 8-1 470 5. Michigan 20- 74 410 6 Gophers 20- 7-2 400 7. St. Cloud 20- 7-1 383 Central OLPU GF OA Home Away Dlv 74 21-3-2-2 132-0 6-3-1-0 152-2 15-7-2-2 7-2-1-3 NHRA NHRA LEADERS Top fuel: 1. Dsrrell Russell 112; 2.

Mike Dunn 97; 3. Larry Dixon 76; 4. Bobby Baldwin 71; S. Doug Kalrrta 58; 6. (tie) David Qrubnic and Gary Scelzl 54; 8.

Tim Gibson 53; 9. Doug Herbert 35; 10. Andrew Cowin 33. Funny car: 1. Bruce Sarver 114; 2.

Tony Pedregon 94; 3. Chuck Etchells 73; 4. Whit Bazemore 72; 5. Tommy Johnson Jr. 58; 8.

Frank Pedregon 57; 7. Ron Capps 55; 8. Al Hofmann 51 9. Jerry Totver 36; 10. John Force 33.

Pro stock: 1. Kurt Johnson 114; 2. Darrell Alderman 94; 3. Bruce Allen 78; 4. Warren Johnson 77; 5.

Mike Edwards 55; 8. Richie Stevens 53; 7. Jeg Cougb-lin 52; 8. Tom Martino 51; 9. Ron KrisherM; 10.

Jim Yates 33. Pro stock truck: 1. Randy Daniels 1 18; 2. Greg Stanfiekl 93; 3. Scott Perm 76; 4.

Jeff Glacis 74; 5. Bob Panella Jr. 67; 6 Brian Self 54; 7. Todd Patterson 53; 8 Mike Corvo Jr. 51; 9.

Don Smith 35. 10 (tie) Bart Price, Joe Pigford. Mike Coughlm and Mark Whisnant 32. 174 113 155 139 135 145 142 149 34 11 5 30 16 4 23 24 7 21 25 4 17 26 5 St. Louis Detroit Nashville I Chicago Columbus Pacific 8- 130 15-11-1-2 5-70 9- 12-2-1 12-13-2-1 9-50 55 48 43 116 154 12-13-1-2 5-13-4-2 11-2 TOLPts GF GA Home Away Dlv 8.

Providence 15- 7-4 302 11 9. New Hampshire 16- 258 10. Comes 11- 8-4 181 13 11. Michigan 16- 8-6 132 9 12. MSU, Mankato 17-10-1 114 13.

Wisconsin 15-11-2 113 12 14. dartujon 13- 8-3 103 15 15 Mains 11- 8-8 87 14 Others receiving votes: Denver 62, Miami (Ohio) 31, Rensselaer 18, Neb -Omaha 17, Harvard 16, Ohio Stat 12, Northern Michigan 7, St. Lawrence 4, Mercyhurst 1, UMass-ioweH 1. Collegewomen SanJose 29 15 8 0 66 148 120 14-injji ir-uji las 29 18 4 1 63 142 125 14.11.0.1 iuloji Phoenix 23 16 12 1 59 133 125 14-7-3-1 9-9-9-0 53-1 LosAngeles 23 21 7 1 54 175 160 104-1 13-120 5-5-1-0 Anaheim 16 29 6 4 42 127 170 8.1x5.9 it.ift.4.9 Eastern Conference WCHA Pts GF GA Attarroc TOLPta GF GA Home Away Dhr 1 1 30 37 New Jersey 27 13 9 Philnrialnhifl IBa Gophers 14 Minn. Duluth 11 Wisconsin 9 4 4 BASEBALL 177 124 15-70 124-2 450 158 141 14-70 13-91 6-3-2-1 166 159 13-12-1-0 12-72 6-30 165 188 13-13-1-1 8-15-2-0 21-0 118 164 9-17-1-1 5-14-4-1 3-4-2-1 51 48 59 127 85 Pittsburgh 25 19 6 N.Y.R.

21 28 3 N.Y.I. 14 31 8 8 7 8 6 4 15 0 17 Ohio State St. Cloud St. BemidiiSt. MSU-Mank.

Northeast WIT OLPts GF GA Home Away Dhr Ottawa 29 14 7 1 66 167 127 16-51 1340 8-3-10 25 18 7 4 81 159 133 124-3 13-101 620 Buffalo 25 20 5 1 56 129 119 15-70 10-13-2-1 6-5-20 Boston 22 20 6 SS 1.13 1tt 15JU-1 Roloson, 31, leads the AHL in victories (19), goals-against average (2.13) and save percentage (.933) and is 19-7-2 with two shutouts for Worcester. Slapshots Pittsburgh Penguins captain Jaromlr Jagr might sit out Wednesday's game against the Philadelphia Flyers, after getting hit in the head the last time the teams played. "My head is OK now, so I've got no problem with that," Jagr said after an hour-long workout Monday. "But my neck's still sore. If the game was today, I wouldn't play.

But I'm not sure right now what I'm going to do." He skipped Sunday's NHL All-Star game because of concussion symptoms. A bruising hit forced him to miss the third period of Wednesday's 5-1 loss to the Flyers with headaches and dizziness. Wayne Gretzky and Phoenix developer Steve Ellman plan to close on their purchase of the Phoenix Coyotes on Feb. 14, a consultant involved with the deal said. That would be a day before the third deadline set by the NHL and team owner Richard Burke.

Associated Press The injury-depleted Dallas Stars acquired right wing John MacLean from the New York Rangers on Monday. The Rangers received future considerations for MacLean, a 17-year veteran who had been languishing in the minors. Maclean, 36, played only two of New York's first 16 games and the club offered to buy out 80 percent of the remainder of his contract over two years. He wanted the money up front and wound up being sent to Manitoba of the International Hockey League Nov. 15.

MacLean broke into the NHL in 1983 when New Jersey made him the sixth overall pick in the entry draft. Blues' Turek sidelined St. Louis Blues goaltender Roman Turek will be sidelined indefinitely because of tendinitis in his left elbow. The Blues recalled goaltender Dwayne Roloson on an emergency basis from Worcester of the AHL to replace Turek, who reported soreness after his last start Thursday. Turek is 18-9-5 with a 2.22 goals-against average.

Through Sunday SCORING APIs Sakic. Col 29 43 72 Jagr, Pit 29 40 69 Fleury, NYR 29 36 67 Palffy.LA 25 35 60 Audelte.Atj 25 34 59 Robitaille. LA 25 34 59 Weight, Edm 12 46 58 Kovalev.Pit 27 30 57 Leetch, NYR 14 43 57 Bondra, Was 30 25 55 Straka.Pit 20 35 55 Naslund.Van 31 23 54 Hejduk, Col 30 24 54 Hull, Dal 27 27 54 Turgeon.StL 23 31 54 Ferraro.AtJ 19 35 54 PP GOALS PP Tkachuk, Pho 48 14 Naslund, Van 54 13 Bondra, Was 53 13 Savage, Mtl 48 12 O'Neill, Car 51 12 Audette.Atl 48 11 Fedorov.Det 54 It Bertuzzi.Van 51 10 Bure, Cal 49 10 Messier, NYR 53 10 Robitaille, LA 52 10 Sake, Col 53 10 GW GOALS GWG Hejduk, Col 52 8 Bondra, Was 53 7 Gagne, Phi 53 7 Kovalev, Pit 52 6 Sakic, Col 53 6 Lapointe, Del 54 6 PLUSMINUS Tanguay, Col 53 28 Sakic, Col 53 27 Maclnnis, StL 49 26 Bonk, Ott 51 25 Demitra, StL 35 24 Hossa, Ott 51 23 Hejduk, Col 52 23 Stevens, NJ 51 21 deVnes, Col 53 21 GOAUES GP GAA DiPietro.NYl 2 1.55 Johnson, StL 20 1.84 Cechmanek, PM 34 2 00 Biron.Buf 12 2.01 Burke, Pho 41 2 06 Aebischer, Cot 15 2.07 Nabokov, SJ 43 2 08 Kochan, TB 7 2.08 Roy, Col 41 2.11 Turco, Dal 17 2.12 Fmndz, Wild 31 2.18 Garon.Mtl 8 2.18 Legace, Del 27 2.22 Turek, StL 34 2.22 Lalime, Ott 35 2.24 SHUTOUTS GP SH Belfour, Dal 40 7 Hasek, But 41 8 Cechmanek, PN 34 5 Turek, StL 34 5 Joseph, Tor 45 5 Montreal 18 28 5 3 44 135 151 10-141 8-14-2-2 3-100 Southeast OLPts GF GA Home Away Dry Overall records: Gophers 19-4-1, Minn Duluth 19-4-3, Wisconsin 15-6-5, Ohio State 11-12-3, St. Cloud State 13-11-2, Bemidji St. 6-20-1, Mankato 1-24-1 GAMES FRIDAY St.

Cloud State at Gophers, 7:05 p.m. Ohio State at Minn. Duluth, 7:05 p.m. Nonconlerenee Bemid)i St. at Wayne SL, 3 p.m.

Findlay at MSU-Mankalo, 2:35 p.m. GAMES SATURDAY Gophers at St. Cloud State, 7:05 p.m. Ohio State at Minn. Duluth, 7:05 143 135 16-41 8-150 7-20 135 140 14-9-30 9-112 7-2-30 145 180 7-142 9-120 420 119 163 6-12-40 6-15-4-4 3-7-2-2 Washington 24 19 9 1 58 Carolina 23 20 6 2 54 Atlanta 16 28 9 2 43 Florida 12 27 8 7 39 Tampa Bay 15 30 5 3 38 College BASEBALL AMERICA TOP 2S Record Pvs 1.

Georgia Tech 00 1 2. So. California 30 2 3. Louisiana SL 0-0 3 4 Miami 3-1 4 5 Nebraska 00 5 6 Arizona SL 4-1 8 7 Florida St. 2-0 7 8 South Carolina 2-0 8 9 Notre Dame 04 9 10 Clemson 00 10 11 Auburn 30 11 12 Rice 30 12 13.

Florida 0-t 13 14. Stanford 4-3 14 15. Pepperdine 4-0 18 16. Georgia 00 16 1 7. Long Beach SL 30 22 IB.CalStFutlerton 1-3 15 19 Tulane 30 19 20 C.Florida 1-1 17 21.

Baylor 21 20 22. Mississippi SL 0-0 21 23. East Carolina 00 23 24. Gophers 04 24 25. Oklahoma St.

30 131 184 11-10OO 4-20-2-3 6-53 Note: CI marks a loss in overtime. Teams gain one point tor an OL p.m. SCOREBOARD Dartmouth at Wisconsin, 1:05 p.m. Findlay at MSU-Mankato, 2:35 p.m. Bermdji St.

at Wayne SL, 3 p.m. FOOTBALL MONDAY i No games scheduled SUNDAY i All Star Game North America 14, Work) 12 WEDNESDAY i Wild at Florida, 6:30 p.m. I Y. Islanders at Buffalo. 6 p.m.

I Atlanta at Toronto, 6:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 1 6:30 p.m. Edmonton at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Colorado, 8 p.m. Carolina at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Anaheim, 9:30 p.m. TODAY Wild 6 30 p.m. at Tampa Bay TV: Ch. 9 Philadelphia 6 p.m. at Boston Buffalo 6 p.m.

at Y. Rangers St. Louis 6 p.m. at Columbus New Jersey 6:30 p.m. at Montreal Ottawa 6:30 p.m.

at Detroit San Jose 8 p.m. at Calgary Chicago 9:30 p.m. at Los Angeles XFL Bombardir will remain captain EAST CONFERENCE PcL PF PA Orlando 1 01.0033 29 Birmingham 0 1 .000 20 22 Chicago 0 1 .000 29 33 NY-NJ 0 1 .000 0 19 WEST CONFERENCE Pet. PF PA Las Vegas 1 010019 0 Memphis 1 01.0022 20 San Francisco 1 010015 13 LosAngeles 0 1 .000 13 15 GAMES SATURDAY Chicago at Los Angeles, 7 m. San Francisco at Orlando, 7 p.m.

GAMES SUNDAY Birmingham at New York-New Jersey, 3 p.m. Las Vegas at Memphis, 6 m. Brad Bombardir is the Wild captain. Again. The Wild has been rotating captains on a monthly basis, but coach Jacques Lemaire was so happy with the job done by Bombardir in January that he will continue as captain through February.

He becomes the first Wild captain to serve a second month. In January, the Wild won six games, more than in any other month. "I said it was an honor just be named captain, but to get it on back-to-back months is a great feeling," Bombardir said. "It's nice to see the coaches have confidence and trust in me." Lemaire said Bombardir will Brad Bombardir Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Twins: Signed RHP Bob Wells to one-year contract extension through 2002 Agreed to terms with INF Casey Blake. INF Jay Camzaro, INF Doug Mientkiewicz, Chad Moeller, A.J.

Pierzynski, RHP Grant Balfour. RHP Jack Cressend, RHP Brandon Knight and RHP Kyle Lohse. Tampa Bay: Agreed to terms with RHP Esteban Yan and OF Jose Guillen on one-year contracts. NATIONAL LEAGUE New York: Named Edgar Arfonzo manager of Brooklyn of the New York-Perm League. Basketball NBA Named Orlando Darren Armstrong player of the week.

Atlanta: Activated Matt Maloney from the injured list. Did not re-sign Tony Smith. Charlotte: Activated Eldndge Re-casner from the iniured list. Did not resign Doug Overton. Football NFL Vikings: Signed WR Billy Cocker-ham, TE Giles Cole, WR Jeremy Earp.

DT Tim Engelhardt, OT Jay Humphrey. WR Lonny Mitchell and DE Antwone Young. Buffalo: Re-signed FB Josh Roth; Corey Hulsey and DE Jarrett Proces. Detroit: Announced Richard Selcer, defensive backs coach. wiH be retained the same capacity.

Announced Pat offensive Irne coach; Jim Zom, quarterbacks coach; and Rob Grat. assistant strength and ccnditiorung coach, not be retaned Houeasn: Named Oan Riey strength and corKMoning coach. ml "He was exactly what we felt he could be and everything went well," Lemaire said. "We played some tough teams, yet the team played well and he played very well" not become the team's permanent captain, but instead, the Wild will continue to name a captain each month. Tom Jones fill! Is If 111 HOCKEY fMiiim WILD VS.

TAMPA BAY AHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Pts GF GA 61 159 128 57 167 151 54 157 151 43 145 176 When Where: 6:30 p.m., Ice Palace TV: KMSP (Ch. 9) Rado: KSGS-AM (950) GF GA 27 14 4 26 18 3 25 23 3 19 27 3 30 13 4 25 17 6 25 17 8 24 23 3 22 25 2 17 23 6 0 Canadian Saint John Quebec St. John's Hamilton New Eng. Worcester Providence Hartford Portland Lowel Springfield 168 125 167 152 156 144 Pts 66 59 58 53 49 45 181 190 144 169 157 170 CONFERENCE Pts GF GA 25 15 136 117 Hockey Defenseman Sean O'Donnell Is one of three veteran free agents on the Wld who might be traded before the deadline on March 13. Star Tribune photo by Carlos Gonzalez WESTERN Mid Rochester Wilkes-Bar PhD.

Hershey Syracuse Albany Southern Kentucky Cincinnati Norfolk Louisville 155 134 154 162 139 159 140 177 121 170 GF GA 178 130 149 140 163 124 127 194 25 15 23 24 22 26 19 26 18 27 28 16 28 15 24 15 11 36 WILD from CI Legitimate playoff possibility lurks Atlanta: Assigned Brett Clark to Orlando of the IHL Boston: Recalled LW Joe Hufbig, Eric Manlow and Peter Skudra from Providence of the AHL Assigned LW Jay Henderson to Providence. Carolina: Recalled Tyler Moss and Craig Adams from Cincinnati of the IHL Reassigned Jean-Marc Pete-oer to Cincinnati. Chicago: Recalled Robbie Tallaa and Josef Msrha from Norfolk of the AHL Sent Reto Von Are to terjrfo. Dallas: Acquired RW John MacLean from the New York Rangers lor future rxxwderafjons. Los Angeles: Recalled RW Scott Thomas from Manitoba of the IHL N.Y.

Rangers: Recalled Tomaa Kloucek, LW Jeff Ukner and Manny Malhotra from Hartford of the AHL Pittsburgh: Assigned Kip Miller to Grand Rapids of the IHL St. Louis: Recalled Darren Rumble from Worcester of the AHL San Jose: Recalled Mark Smith from Kentucky of the AHL Tampa Bay: Recalled Thomas Ziegler from Detroit of the IHL Activated Grant Ledyard. Washington: Recalled Matt Hen from Portland of the AHL College Arizona: Dismissed Tysek Bon- RECORD: 15-30-5-3, 5th Southeast Lightning update: Tampa Bay is only three points ahead of the Islanders for last place overall in the NHL But the Lightning won its past two games before the All-Star break. The Lightning has given up a league-high 184 goals. Captain and top talent Vincent Lecavalier won't play because of a broken foot.

Also out is veteran defenseman Petr Svoboda (concussion). Tonight marks the Lightning debut of forward Matthew Barn-aby, the bad boy acquired from Pittsburgh last week. The Lightning lost the lone meeting to the Wild. Minnesota's first victory came in a 6-5 game against the Lightning on Oct. 18 in SL Paul.

Tom Jones RECORD: 18-22-8-3, 5th Northwest Wild update: After a six-day break for All-Star Weekend, the Wild plays its fourth consecutive road game. The Wild is 2-0-0-1 on the trip, with an overtime loss at Vancouver in its most recent game. Center Jim Dowd, out the past month because of a rib cage injury, said he was ready to play after practice Monday in Tampa. Right winger Matt Johnson, out the past three weeks because of a concussion and hand problems, also is available. Wild coach Jacques Lemaire said he would decided today if either would play tonight.

Rookie right winger Marian Gaborik is the team's hottest player with a six-game point scoring streak. Look for Manny Fernandez to start in goal. Note: Two points are awarded for a victory; one point for ties and overtime losses. Teams losing in overtime while the goalie is pulled will loss the point for an overtime loss and the result will be recorded in the loss column. RESULTS MONDAY No games scheduled RESULTS SUNDAY Albany 2, Louisville 1 Cincinnati 5.

Hartford 2 Kentucky 3. Hershey 1 Philadelphia 4. Norfolk 3. 0T Portland 5. Saint John 4.

0T Providence 3. Worcester 1 Quebec 4, Hamilton 2 Springfield 4, Lowell 3, 0T GAMES TODAY Wilkes-Barre at St. John 5:35 p.m. Providence at Quebec, 6.30 p.m. IHL EASTERN CONFERENCE GF GA 153 105 169 156 152 113 167 154 134 133 124 189 man from the women's basketball team tor failing to comply with team rules.

34 10 29 18 28 16 26 19 23 23 13 30 Rapids Cincinnati Orlando Cleveland Milwaukee Detroit Crelghton: Announced the resigna WESTERN CONFERENCE I SL PI tion of Bruce Simon, men's soccer coach, to take the same position at Stanford. DePaul: Named Tonya Mornson men's and women's assistant track coach. Staying or going? The Wild has decisions to make on three veterans eligible to become free agents after the season. Here's a guess as to what might happen with the three: Scott Pellerin: The team's top scorer and leader has been offered a contract and he seems interested in staying. Of the three, Pellerin, 31, is the most likely to be in a Wild uniform beyond this season, but he might be too expensive.

Sean O'Donnell: He's the Wild's most consistent and best defensive defensemaa The Wild would love to sign him, and O'Donnell, 29, is considering it, too. But in the end, he likely will tell the Wild, "No thanks," choosing to return to Los Angeles or New York, near where his fiancee, an actress, can work. Best bet is the Wild will trade him for picks andor prospects. Curtis Leschyshyn: He makes nearly $2 million a year, and the development of rookie Filip Kuba makes Leschyshyn expendable. The Wild likes and respects the job Leschyshyn has done, but he probably makes too much for his age (31) for the Wild to consider resigning him.

Best bet is Wild will trade him for a draft pick. Tom Jones GF GA 138 129 160 171 136 146 129 146 146 165 Manitoba 26 16 6 58 Kansas City 26 23 2 54 Utah 24 25 3 51 Houston 22 21 6 50 Chicago 20 22 5 45 Awards Ivy League: Named Harvard teen-man Hana Peljto women beskefhei rookie of the week tor the fourth the season. NCC: Named the lonowra tM f- Note: Two points for a victory; one or a shootout loss RESULTS MONDAY No games scheduled RESULTS SUNDAY Chicago 3. Kansas City 1 Cleveland 4, Grand Rapids 1 Milwaukee 3. Detroit 1 Orlando 4.

Cmanrtati 1 Utah 2. Manitoba 0 GAMES TODAY Kansas City at Houston, 7 m. Grand Rapids at Cincinnati, 7 30 p.m. Detroit at Utah. 8 p.m.

a Ulzh 21 ball players of the week: St CteudSkae junior Tina Schreiner (Cow Minn.) and South Dakota seraw Jsnn Kudera (DeH Rapids. SO NSIC: Named the toaViwv tow ball players of the week WMvne hM senior Krista Bemad) (HMwmv NuttX Minnesota Duluth om Cum (Portage, Wis.) and MavteeoeaVMv ston senior Nek Coara Vhcent Lecavaler Petr Svoboda Matt Johnson JbnDowd I Tampa Bay statistics Wild statistics "Did I think, a month and a half ago, that we would be talking about the playoffs today? No," Lemaire said. The playoffs still are a stretch. The Wild probably has too many points to make up and too many teams to pass to secure the eighth spot. Then there's the schedule.

Of the 3 1 games remaining in the regular season, 18 are on the road. Plus, the Wild has two games each against Mario Lemieux and the Penguins, the St. Louis Blues and the San Jose Sharks. And three each against Dallas and Colorado. "I don't think we're thinking about it either way," Wild goalie Jamie McLennan said.

"It's the old cliche', but it's true: We're taking it one game at a time. Our team battles hard every night, but we never look beyond each night, each game. Most of us don't know who we're playing after the next game. So we're not looking ahead and thinking about anything other than our next game." Risebrough, though, has no such luxury. He has plenty to think about and much to plan during the next three months.

His first order of business is what to do with the three veterans who will be unrestricted free agents after the season: forward Scott Pellerin and defensemen Sean O'Donnell and Curtis Leschyshyn. AH three play pivotal roles and provide invaluable leadership, helping the Wild to the surprising record it has. But Risebrough must consider payroll and the future. He must weigh the pros and cons of winning now, but remain true to his long-range plan. The Wild's unexpected season has forced Risebrough to reconsider some things.

"Performance of the team has always been our focus," Risebrough said. "We wanted to build a strong work ethic and character team and improve along the way. That thinking hasn't changed. Improving is our focus, not the playoffs. If we keep getting better, we'll be happy and if the playoffs happen to come into the picture, then so be it But our thinking has never changed.

We just want to keep getting better." So what would happen if Risebrough had chances to pick up veterans with the cost being the future of the organization? "I'm not sure we have the assets yet that Collegemen SCORING TO GP A Pts PIM WCHA NBA Dakota Colorado Minnesota GF GA 97 67 85 66 79 50 75 56 74 63 55 61 TODAY St Cloud 51 9 51 11 CHARLOTTE 4 DETROIT 7 0wt MSU.Mank 11 8 10 8 MIAMI 7H ov 9 10 MllWAUMt4ti Wisconsin Denver Mich. Tech Alaska An Mm Duluth NtWJtHStV 56 63 51 84 49 82 52 91 4 15 1 3 16 3 2 17 1 PHOtNIX 1 1 CM 44 9 44 6 48 7 GP A Pts PIM 53 15 27 42 5- 8 51 24 16 40 3 34 42 15 19 34 20- 32 51 10 21 31 4- 24 47 9 17 26 9- 41 49 9 15 24 5- 2 49 8 14 22 11- 70 48 6 10 16 6- 2 51 6 10 16 17- 34 43 5 11 18 15- 40 40 2 12 14 5- 48 51 5 8 13 9- 28 27 2 4 8 8- 12 45 1 4 5 18- 63 47 1 4 5 7- 168 45 4 0 4 10- 38 14 2 2 4 8- 14 48 0 3 3 2- 57 21 1 1 2 7- 16 15 1 0 1 2- 8 53 131 222 353 42- 817 24 32 6 37 11 23 2- 14 12 21 2- 14 9 20 7- 25 12 20 0 34 16 20 2 37 14 18 5 16 8 17 4 24 11 17 2- 16 9 16 3- 31 10 14 0 16 7 12 6- 32 9 12 0 102 12 12 1- 26 6 9 9-2 5 7 1- 14 5 7 4- 20 3 6 2- 96 3 4 3 11 0 1 4- 94 1 1 2 38 88 300 3- 749 NHL WNdeveivtttwl BufMoeveitistawiHV "St DETmmn.tew.yWo LOS A irt rM lWjlteMIMlhtft1i.nK.w PhHlktesVW St Low San Jtwe Vs NCAAbasXtfMt SCORING Player Brad Richards FredrikModin Vincent Lecavalier Mike Johnson Brian Holzinger Martin St. Louis Pavel Kubkia A Khantonov ToddWarrtner Paul Mara Andrei Zyuzin Ryan Johnson StanDrulia CorySanch Matthew Barnaby Sheldon Keefe Nils Ekman Jassen Cullimore Craig Millar Sergey Gusev ToUls GOALTENDINQ Player Kevin Weekes DanOoutier Totals 37 5 51 3 41 0 Scott Pellerin Marian Gaborik Antti Laaksonen WeeWalz Lubomlr Sekeras Jim Dowd Stacy Roest Darby Hendrickson FilipKuba Aaron Qavey Sergei Krlvokrasov Roman Simlcek' Sean 0'DonrteH Brad BombartUr Jefl Nielsen Cam Stewart Ladislav Benysek Andy Sutton Curds Leschyshyn Matt Johnson Syrvaln Btouln Total Cgoaltending Player Manny Fernandez Jamie McLennan Totals might interest other teams in that Risebrough said. "See, I can't answer that question because it's difficult to guess where we are going to be two months from now. To be honest, at this time of year, I'm returning a lot more calls than I'm making." That means Risebrough likely is getting offers for veterans such as Pellerin, O'Donnell and Leschyshyn and is focusing most keenly on the future.

Still, isn't it nice Risebrough can contemplate such a prospect, if for only a moment? "This team has been resilient, it plays hard and I can't tell you how much I like what this team has done," Risebrough said. "Whether the playoffs are possible, I don't know. A lot of teams would have to falter for it to become a reality. "Sure, though, it's a nice thought." Tom Jones can be contacted at TODAY Overall records North Dakota 20-5-5, Gophers 20-7-2, Colorado College 20-6-1, St. Cloud State 20-7-1.

Mankato 17-10-1, Wisconsin 15-11-2, Denver 14-12-3. Michigan Tech 6-18-2. Alaska Anchorage 5 1 8-3. Mum Duluth 521 2 GAMES FRIDAY Gophers at MSU, Mankato, 7:35 p.m. Minn.

Duluth al Michigan Tech, 8 05 p.m. Wisconsin at North Dakota, 7:35 pm. St. Cloud State at Alaska-Anchorage. 1035 pm.

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