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THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1996 i AjaxJn tyill meet i finals Juventus AROUND THE LEAGUES NBA ROUNDUP Finnish striker Jar! Litmanen broke Greek hearts in Athens with two goals for Ajax Amster dam yesterday as the defending titlist scored a 3-0 victory over Panathinaikos to gain a Champions NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Cup soccer showdown with Juventus. Juventus went down 3-2 in Nantes, but a 4-3 gregate triumph 'n't i nir.rMj means it is the te Italian club has made time is in Rome May 22. Pet. GBl 57 22 .722 x-NewYortt 46 33 .582 11 Miami 41 39 .513 16 Washington 39 41 .488 18' Boston 32 48 .400 K'A New Jersey .........30 50 .375 27'. 17 63 40 Central Division Pet.

GBl i-Chicago 69 9 .885 x-lndiana 50 30 .625 20 X-Detrait 45 34 .570 24'A It-Cleveland 45 34 .570 24)4 i-Atlanta 44 35 .557 25'S Charlotte 40 39 .506 29 Milwaukee 24 54 .308 45 Toronto 20 60 .250 50 Some 75,000 Panathinaikos fans hoped their team would complete the upset of the season after AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division (FINAL) I T01 A 8038 36 6 3 303313 85 3411 4 272264 85 St 31 34 14 4 246274 80 34 3511 0 307308 79 C.Breton 60 33 43 3 4 290323 73 Northern Division 8 T0L A 42 2711 5 272215100 -Worcester .80 36 32 12 4 242244 88 Portland ....80 32 3810 4 292263 78 31 4010 4 264266 76 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division toi A y-Albany 80 54 19 7 0 322218115 -Adirdck 80 38 34 8 2 271 248 86 38 5 4 294297 83 34 39 7 5 250251 80 44 5 7 257307 74 Southern Division a T0L a -Bingham ...80 39 34 7 3 333331 88 36 33 1 1 3 301 287 86 Baltimore ..60 33 38 9 2 279299 77 Carolina 60 28 4111 3 319350 70 Teams rscaiv 1 at. for an owitJns hsst. Clinched playoff berth. y-Cllncbat! division Tuesday, April 16 PEI 4, Frederlcton 3 Adirondack 6, Springfield 2 Saint John 6, Cape Breton 5 (0T) Rochester 5, Baltimore 2 Worcester 6. Portland 3 (End at regular season.) CONFERENCE QUARTER-FINALS (aest-el-fin sarin) Tomorrow's Games Fradericton at PEL, 6:30 p.m.

Baltimore at Hershey, 7:30 p.m. Rochester at Adirondack, 7:30 p.m. Syracuse at Binghamton, 7:35 p.m. Providence at Springfield, 7:35 p.m. Portland at Worcester, 7:35 p.m.

Saturday, April 20 Frederleton at PE L. 6:30 p.m. Rochester at Adirondack, 7:30 p.m. Hershey at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m. Providence at Springfield, 7:35 p.m.

Portland at Worcester, 7:35 p.m. Syracuse at Binghamton, 7:35 p.m. Sunday, April 21 St. John's at Saint John, 6 p.m. Cornwall at Albany, 6 p.m.

AHL SCORING LEADERS (FINAL) SP A PTS 58 126 71 105 68 102 53 101 56 101 67 99 52 95 55 95 56 94 66 94 71 94 45 93 64 93 59 90 49 66 55 66 Smyth, Car 68 Montgomery, Her .....76 Casselman, Car, 70 Ferraro, Bing 68 Dtorme, Ferraro, Bing 77 Charon, 72 Roy, P.E.I 67 Ward, Roch 71 Brunette, Harkins, 55 Morrow, Her 79 Tucker, 74 Murray, House, Norris, Bal 62 PROGRAM 2 HOCKEY thfeir 1-0 victory in Amsterdam two weeks ago wften the Greek club halted the Dutch titlist's 18- match unbeaten run in the competition. But Litmanen canceled out that lead after three minutes and fired another 13 minutes from the end to turn the game around. That goal virtually 5 killed off Panathinaikos's chances and substitute NordinWooter added a third four minutes before the end. AT MANCHESTER, England, Roy Keane I scored the winner against a 10-man Leeds team i- which had its goalkeeper sent off as a tense Man-t Chester United gained a 1-0 victory to remain three points ahead of Newcastle in the title race. Newcastle also scored a 1-0 home victory against relegation-threatened Southampton de-I spite veteran Peter Beardsley missing a penalty.

Kevin Keegan's team trails by three points but has an extra game to play In other Premier League games, fourth place A3ton Villa was held 1-1 at home by West Ham, defending champion Blackburn edged Wimbledon 3-2, and the Nottingham Forest-Coventry and SHeffield Wednesday-Chelsea games were 0-0 ties. SALTILLO, Mexico, Dwayne deRosario of, Toronto scored twice to lead Canada to a 3-0 over Nicaragua yesterday at the CONCACAF uijder-20 soccer championships. Jason Jordan had the other goal for Canada, which has now won both its games at the 12-country qualification tournament for the world under-20 championships scheduled for Malaysia in June 1997. JThe win gives Canada a 2-0-0 record and a share of first place in its pool with Costa Rica. Canada plays Costa Rica tomorrow.

Tennis Top-seeded Toshinide Matsui of Japan defeated Quebecer Simon Lafreniere 6-1, 6-0 to reach the round of 16 yesterday at the Manager Jeans Canadian Junior International tennis champi "i seventh time in eight seasons an it to the final, which this of the year yesterday. Jana Nejedly, both of most improved players. 13 players and coaches Daniel Cloutier of Re HOCKEY mruvoFFS Favorite Odds RANGERS -S2003t SO.Canadtens Overunder total: 5'A goals. FLYERS 1-2 Lightning Overunder total: 5'i goals. LEAFS Blues Overunder total: 5 goals.

1-1 'A Canucks Overunder total: 6V4 goals. BASKETBALL NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE Favorite Paints Jazz. 10 MAGIC CAVALIERS, SPURS 7 Hawks 4 Knicks 10'i Laksrs BULLS 11 ROCKETS 11 Pistons Ptck'em Nuggets BASEBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Odds Underdog EXPOS SM'i Phillies CARDS 6V4-7-A Pirates CUBS 5'A-6'A Giants BRAVES 8-9 AMERICAN LEAGUE Favorite Odds Underdog ANGELS. 7-8 Jays ORIOLES 9-11 Sox ROYALS SW Brewers MARINERS 7-8 Horn Team In CAPS. By Michael 'Rosy' Roiboreugh.

31996 Universal Press Syndicate. NFL DRAFT ORDER The selection order for the first mind of me 1996 NFL draft ts be held April 20-21: I. New York Jets; 2. Jacksonville: 3. Ahzona; 4.

Baltimore: 5. N.Y. Giants; 6. St. Louis (from Washington); 7.

New England; 8. Carolina; 9. Houston; 10. Cincinnati. I I New Orleans; 1 2.

Tampa Bay; 1 3. St. Louis; 14. Seattle; 15. Denver; 16.

Minnesota; 17. Oakland; 16. Chicago; 19. Indianapolis (from Atlanta); 20. Miami.

21. Detroit (from San Diego); 22. Tampa Bay (from Indianapolis); 23. Detroit; 24. Buffalo; 25.

Philadelphia; 26. Baltimore (from San Francisco); 27. Green Bay; 28. Kansas City; 29. Pittsburgh; 30.

Dallas. CHAMPIONS CUP Semi-finals, Second Leg Pana'kos (Greece) 0, Ajax Ams. (Neth) 3 Nantes (France) 3, Juventus (Italy) 2 (Juventus wins 4-3) ENGLAND Premier League Aston VI, West Ham 1 Blackburn 3, Wimbledon 2 ManU 1, Leeds 0 Newcastle 1, Southampton 0 Notts 0, Coventry 0 Sheffield 0, Chelsea 0 Division 1 Leicester 2, Oldham 0 Stoke 1, Charlton 0 Tranmere 5, Ipswich 2 Division 2 Shrewsbury 2, Wrexham 2 Swindon 0, Bumley 0 GERMANY Rostock 2, Hamburg SV 0 CONCACAF UNDER-20 Group hi Saitillo, Costa Rica Canada 3, Nicaragua 0 Costa Rica 4, Tnmdad-Tobago 0 Bohdan Ulihrach, Czech Republic, def. Victor Sendin, Spain, 6-0, 7-5. Francisco Roig, Spain, def.

Andrei Medvedev, Ukraine, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (10-8). Jim Courier, U.S., del. Oscar Martinez, Spain, 6-3, 6-3. Roberto Carretero, Spain, def. Jiri Novak, Czech Republic, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.

Renzo Furian, Italy, def. Fabio Maggi, Italy, 4-6. 6-2, 7-5. Magnus Larsson, Sweden, def. Magnus Gustafsson, Sweden, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6.

Todd Martin, U.S., def. Fernando Vicente, Spain, 64, 6-1. Alberto Costa, Spain, def. Sjeng Schalken, 6-7 (8-10), 6-7, Chnstian Ruud, Norway, def. Juan Alberto Viloca, Spain, 7-6 (7-3), 7-5.

Alberto Berasategui, Spain, def. Hendnk Jan Davids, Netherlands, 6-7 (6-8), 7-6, 6-2. Ignacio Truyol, Spain, def. Paul Haarhuis. Netherlands, 7-6 (9-7), 7-5.

Sergi Bruguera, Spain, def. Filip Dewulf, Belgium, 6-4, 6-3. $303,000 XL BERMUDA OPEN At Paget, Berrosda Singles SECOND ROUND Javier Frana (2), Argentina, def. Bryan Shelton, U.S., 6-7 (3-7), 6-2, 6-2. Mats Wilander, Sweden, def.

Patrick Ratter, Australia, 7-6 (7-0), 6-3. Mariano Zabaleta, Argentina, def. Luis Adnan Morejon, Ecuador, 6-4, 6-3. Dirk Dier, Germany, def. Nicolas Lapentti, Ecuador, 6-2, 6-4.

(Sssdings in parsntbases) HIPPODROME onships at the Mirabel Racquet Club. Matsui's next opponent will be 14-year-old Jonathan Arpin of Repentigny, who was a 6-1, 6-0 winner over Philippe Tremblay. Other Quebecers to advance yesterday were fifth-seeded Louis-Olivier Legault of Dorval, 12th-seeded Francois Rioux of Boucherville and WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division y-San Antonio 57 Utah 52 i-Houston. ...46 Denver 34 Minnesota 26 Dallas 24 Vancouver. 3 Pet.

GBL 22 .722 27 33 45 54 54 65 .656 .582 .430 .325 .308 .166 5 11 23 31 32 43 Pacific Division I 17 26 37 40 42 44 50 Pet. .788 .641 .538 .494 .475 .450 .367 GBL 12 20 23 25 27 33 63 x-LA. Lakers ......50 x-Portand 43 -Phoenix Sacramento ....38 Golden State. 36 LA. x-Cllnched playoff bartJi.

-Clinched division title. i-CNnctied conference titla. Yesterday's Gaines New Jersey 107, Toronto 95 Philadelphia 90, Miami 86 Boston 1 21 Washington 1 06 Detroit 102, Indiana 93 Golden State 109, Minnesota 103 Seattle 96, Portland 90 Sacramento 1 03, Phoenix 1 02 Today's Games Atlanta at Orlando. 7:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Chartotte.

7:30 p.m. New York at Cleveland. 7:30 p.m. Detroit at Chicago. 8:30 p.m.

Denver at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. LA Clippers at Houston. 6:30 p.m. LA. Lakers at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.

Utah at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Tuesday, April 16 San Antonio 95. Vancouver 66 Orlando 1 1 3, Washington 95 Cleveland 80, Atlanta 77 Chicago 86, Milwaukee 80 LA. Lakers 113, Dallas 95 Utah 108. LA.

Clippers 65 Phoenix 111, Houston 100 YESTERDAY Nets 107, Raptors 95 TORONTO (99) Murray 8-181-218, 0'Sullivan 6-1 1 3-315, Earl 13-30 2-2 28, Chnstie 3-6 0- 0 8, Robertson 5-81-1 13, King 4-8 1- 29, Lewis 1 -1 0-0 2, Esposito 1 -4 0- 0 2. Totals 41 -86 8-1 0 95. NEW JERSEY (107) Brown 13-18 3-4 30, Gilliam 5-1 3 0' 0 1 0, Bradley 3-1 4 5-5 1 1 Reeves 2-5 0- 0 5, Childs 6-11 0-0 15, Williams 8- 14 0-0 16, Fleming 5-11 0-0 10, Graham 4-7 0-0 10, Mahom 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 46-93 8-9107. Toronto ..........29 25 26 15- 95 New Jersey ....31 25 23 28-107 3-Point goals-Toronto 5-11 (Chnstie 2- 3, Robertson 2-3, Murray 1-4, Esposito 0-1), New Jersey 7-1 2 (Childs 3- 4, Graham 2-4, Brown 1-1, Reeves 1- 3).

Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Toronto 45 (Robertson 1 3), New Jersey 50 (Brown, Gilliam 11), Assists-Toronto 22 (Robertson 8), New Jersey 32 (Fleming 10). Total fouls-Toronto 17, New Jersey 14. Kings 103, Suns 102 PHOENIX (102) Finley 5-12 0-0 1 2, Green 1 -2 3-3 5, Tisdale 7-1 3 2-216, Person 6-1 1 0-1 1 4, Johnson 6-1 2 4-6 1 6, Manning 1 0- 15 2-2 22, Perry 3-4 0-0 6. Bennett 4-7 1-4 9, Carr 0-3 2-2 2.

Totals 42-79 14-20 102. SACRAMENTO (103) Grant 4-101-1 9, Polynice 6-13 1-2 13, Causwell 1-3 0-0 2, Richmond 6-18 16-16 32, Edney 7-14 3-4 18, Owens 6-120-0 12, Smith 2-3 0-4 4, Hurley 0- 1 1-2 1, Marciulionis 0-5 4-6 4, Williamson 1-1 1-2 3, Simmons 2-6 0-0 5. Totals 35-86 27-39 103. Phoenii 32 22 23 25-102 Sacramento ....28 17 30 28-103 3-Pont goals-Phoenix 4-12 (Finley 2- 3, Person 2-6, Johnson 0-1 Perry 0-1, Carr 0-1), Sacramento 6-23 (Richmond 4-11, Simmons 1-3, Edney 1-5, Owens 0-1, Marciulionis 0-3). Fouled out-None.

Rebounds-Phoenix 49 (Bennett 8), Sacramento 57 (Owens 9). Assists-Phoenix 23 (Johnson 12), Sacramento 26 (Edney 9). Total fouls-Phoenix 28, Sacramento 21. unseeded Michal Ciszek. IN TORONTO, Vancouver's Grant Connell, one of the world's top doubles players, and Mon trial's Patricia Hy-Boulais, who anchored Canada's Federation Cup team last season, were named Tennis Canada players paniel Nestor and Toronto, were named the The four were among Sonics 96, Blazers 90 PORTLAND (90) Grant 4-12 2-211, C.Robinson 6-1 5 6-10 21, Sabonis 8-14 2-3 18, McKie 2-6 3-4 8, R.Robinson 3-9 2-2 10, Dudley 1-8 1-2 3, J.Robinson 4-9 0-0 11, Williams 1-5 0-0 2, Wingfiaid 2-6 2-4 6.

Totals 31-83 20-27 90. SEATTLE (96) Kemp 3-5 4-6 10, Schrempf 4-1 3 3-5 12, Johnson 5-8 2-2 12, Hawkins 7-12 2-2 20, Payton 8-16 0-0 17, McMillan 4-5 0-011, Perkins 1-5 2-2 4, Brickowski 2-5 2-2 7, Wingate 1-5 0- 0 3, Scheffler 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-74 15-19 96. Portland. 26 18 20 26-00 Seattle 19 25 34 18-96 3-Point goals-Portland 8-26 (J.Robinson 3-5, R.Robinson 2-4, Grant 1- 3, McKie 1-4, C.Robinson 1-7, Sabonis 0-1 WingfiekJ 0-2), Seattle 1 1 -24 (Hawkins 4-8, McMillan 3-3, Payton 1- 2, Brickowski 1-3, Wingate 1-3, Schrempf 1-4, Perkins 0-1).

Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Portland 50 (Sabonis, Dudley 7), Seattle 52 (Johnson 13). Assists-Portland 18 (McKie 5), Seattle 27 (Payton 10). Total fouls-Portland 22, Seattle 22. Technicals-Dudley, Schrempf.

A-1 7,072. Warriors 109, Wolves 103 QOLDEN STATE (109) Kersey 5-19 3-4 13, Smith 8-14 5-7 21 DeClercq 4-12 2-210, Sprewell 1 1 19 4-8 31, Armstrong 4-1313-14 23, Marshall 0-1 0-0 0, Coles 4-9 0-0 9, Barry 1-10-0 2, Pfozier 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 37-88 27-35 109. MINNESOTA (103) Gamett 7-104-8 16, Gugliotta 10-22 2- 2 23, Lang 2-5 0-0 4, Rider 2-11 0-0 4, Webb 2-6 2-2 6, Mitchell 8-13 4-5 20, Porter 6-11 6-7 20, West 3-4 0-0 7, Davis 0-0 1 -2 1 Allen 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 40-8319-26103.

Golden Stat ..32 23 28 26-109 Minnesota 26 32 25 20-103 3-Point goals-Golden State t-17 (Sprewell 5-8, Armstrong 2-4, Coles 1 -4. Marshall 0-1), Minnesota 4-13 (Porter 2-5, West 1 -1 Gugliotta 1 -2, Allen 0-1 Webb 0-1 Rider 0-3). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Golden State 51 (Kersey 1 4). Minnesota 58 (Mitchell 1 3).

Assists-Golden State 20 (Armstrong 7) Minnesota 26 (Porter 8). Total fouls-Golden State 21, Minnesota 27. Technicals-Minnesota coach Saunders, Lang, Gugliotta. Flagrant 76ers 90, Heat 86 MIAMI (86) Williams 3-10 2-5 10, Thomas 6-12 0-0 12, Mourning 5-15 6-8 16, Chapman 1-6 0-0 2, Haulaway 5-11 2-3 1 6, Gatling 9-1 0 1 -3 1 9, Smth 1 -6 0-0 2, Askins 3-4 0-0 9. Totals 33-74 11-19 86.

PHILADELPHIA (90) Alston 4-9 0-0 8, Weatherspoon 1 1 16 3-4 25, Thompson 1-5 0-0 2, Maxwell 10-26 10-13 31, Walters 5-8 0-012. Pinckney 0-0 0-0 0, Ruff in 0-2 0-0 0, Massenburg 3-60-06, Sutton 2-5 0-0 6. Totals 36-77 13-17 90. Miami 23 22 21-86 Philadelphia. ...20 21 21 28-00 3-Point goals-Miami 9-16 (Hardaway 4- 6, Askins 3-3, Williams 2-5, Chapman 0-1, Smith 0-1), Philadelphia 5-14 (Walters 2-3, Sutton 2-4, Maxwell 1-6, Ruffin 0-1).

Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Miami 55 (Mourning 11), Philadelphia 39 (Weatherspoon, Thompson 8). Assists-Miami 26 (Hardaway 1 1 Philadelphia 25 (Walters 8) Total fouls-Miami 1 8, Philadelphia 21. Technicals-Miami illegal defence. Celtics 121, Bullets 106 BOSTON (121) Fox 6-1 2 5-5 17, Burrough 6-8 1-1 1 3.

Ellison 3-7 0-0 6, Minor 5-9 0-010, Wesley 4-12 3-4 12, Day 9-13 4-5 28, Barros 5-10 2-213, Lister 0-0 0-0 0, Brown 9-16 1-1 20, Hamilton 0-1 0-0 0. MundtM 0-0 2. Totals 48-89 16-18 121. WASHINGTON (106) Cheaney 9-134-9 24, Howard 13-27 14-1740, Mcllvaine 0-3 0-20, Eackles 5- 1 3 1 -3 1 2, B.Price 7-1 2 2-2 1 8, Legler 0-0 0-0 0. Whitney 1-51-1 3, McCann 2-51-2 5, Butler 1-4 0-0 2, Lewis 1-1 0-0 2.

Totals 39-83 23-36 106. Boston 25 23 41-121 Washington ....25 27 26 28-106 3-Point goals-Boston 9-18 (Day 6-7, Wesley 1-2, Brown 1-2, Barros 1-5, Fox 0-2), Washington 5-13 (Cheaney 2-2, B.Price 2-4, Eackles 1 -4, Whitney 0- 1, Butler 0-2). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Boston 47 (Fox 10), Washington 52 (Howard 13). Assists-Boston 20 (Wesley 7), Washington 17 (B.Price 8).

Total fouis-Boston 29, Washington 24. Technicals-Howard, Boston illegal defence. A-1 8,756. Pistons 102, Pacers 93 INDIANA (93) McKey 3-111-1 7, D.Davis 2-6 2-4 6, Smits 6-1 2 6-8 1 8, Workman 3-8 0-0 6, Jackson 6-12 3-317, Johnson 3-7 0-0 8, A.Davis 2-4 2-3 6, Ferrell 1-5 2-2 4, Pierce 5-10 6-6 17, Best 1-1 2-2 4. Totals 32-76 24-29 93.

DETROIT (102) Hid 5-9 5-5 15, Thorpe 9-12 3-6 19, West 0-2 0-0 0. Houston 9-18 7-8 31, Dumars 4-6 2-211, Ratliff 1-1 0-0 2, Hunter 2-5 0-0 5, Mills 6-10 3-5 19, Curry 0-2 0-0 0, Reid 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-67 20-28 102. Indiana 24 21 28 20- 93 Detroit 30 29 23-102 3-Point goals-indiana 5-19 (Johnson 2-5, Jackson 2-6, Prerce 1-3. Ferrell 0- 1, McKey 0-2, Workman 0-2), Detroit 12-22 (Houston 6-9.

Mills 4-5, Hunter 1- 3, Dumars 1-4, Curry 0-1). Fouled out-Thorpe. Rebounds-Indiana 47 (D.Davis 11), Detroit 42 (Hill 9). Assists-lndiana 20 (Jackson 10), Oetroit 26 (Dumars 11). Total fours-Indiana 26, Detroit 26.

A-1 7,380. PURSI: $4,150. 5.30 4.30 3.00 4.30 3.60 3.20 PljraE: $3,850. 6.30 3.80 3.20 3.60 2.50 2.80 named as recipients of Tennis Canada's awards of INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE CONFERENCE QUARTER-FINALS (Besl-oMlve series) Yesterday's Games Fort Wayne 6, Orlando 1 (Fort Wayne leads series 1-0) Las Vegas 5, Phoenix 4 (Las Vegas leads series 1-0) Today's Games Peoria at Milwaukee, 8:00 p.m, Kansas City at Utah, 9 p.m. Tomorrow's Games Michigan at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Indianapolis at Detroit, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m. Kansas City at Utah, 9 p.m. Chicago at San Francisco, 10:30 p.m. ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE SEMI-FINALS (Sest-ol-savan series) Yesterday's Games Ouelph 3, Belleville 1 (Guelph leads series 3-0) Peterborough 4, Detroit 3 (OT) (Peterborough leads series 3-0) Today's Game Detroit at Peterborough, 7:30 p.m.

Tomorrow's Game Guelph at Belleville, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20 -Peterborough at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 15 Guelph 5, Belleville 3 Sunday, April 14 Peterborough 4, Detroit 3 (OT) Saturday, April 13 Peterborough 7, Detroit 4 Friday, April 12 Guelph 7, Belleville 0 i-H necessary. WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE DIVISION FINALS (Best-ef-seven serfes) Yesterday's Games Prince Albert 6, Brandon 4 (Senes tied 2-2) Kamloops 6, Spokane 5 (Spokane leads series 3-1) Today's Game Kamloops at Spokane, 10:30 p.m. Tomorrow's Game Prince Albert at Brandon, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 16 Prince Albert 5, Brandon 4 Spokane 7, Kamloops 3 Sunday, April 14 Brandon 4, Prince Albert 2 Spokane 6, Kamloops 5 Saturday, April 13 Spokane 4, Kamloops 3 Friday, April 12 Brandon 2, Prince Albert 1 APRIL 18, 1996 APRIL 18 APRIL 18, 196 FOR MISE-O-JEU 5 GAMES OUT OF 5 BET 15 6 GAMES OUT OF 6 BET 25 APRIL 16, 1996 AVAILABLE ON APRIL 1 UNTN. MIDNIGHT ON THURSDAY. excellence for outstanding contribution. QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE SEMI-FINALS (Best-al-serea series) Yesterday's Games Beauport 6, Hull 3 (Beauport leads series 2-0) Granby 8, Chicoutimi 5 (Qranby leads series 2-0) Tomorrow's Games Chicoutimi at Qranby, 7:30 p.m, Hull at Beauport, 7:30 p.m, Sunday, April 14 Beauport 7. Hull 2 Qranby 6, Chicoutimi 4 AIR CANADA CUP At Kanrloops (ROUND-ROBIN) 8 I FA T.Bay 2 2 0 0 12 6 4 Ste.

Foy 2 2 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 11 8 10 1 N.Liskeard... 2 0 11 9 12 1 Red Deer 10 10 1 3 0 N.Kamloops 1 0 1 0 3 6 0 Yesterday's Games Ste. Foy 4, Dartmouth 2 Thunder Bay 6, New Liskeatd 3 Red Deer vs. North Kamloops TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE TEXAS RANGERS-Acquired OF Derek Lee from the Oakland Athletics for future considerations. NATIONAL LEAGUE ATLANTA BRAVES-Placed SS Jeff Blauser on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to April 14.

CHICAGO CUBS-Placed INF Dave Magadan on the 15-day disabled list. Called up OF Robin Jennings from Iowa of the American Association. FLORIDA MARLINS-Placed RHP Alejandro Pena on the 1 5-day disabled list, retroactive to April 14. Activated RHP Terry Matthews from the 15-day disabled list. ST.

LOUIS CARDINALS-Activated LHP Donovan Osborne from the 15-day disabled list. Optioned RHP Richard Batchlor to Louisville of the American Association. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS-Placed SS Kim Batiste on the 1 5-day disabled list. Recalled SS Bill Mueller from Phoenix of the Pacific Coast League. FOOTBALL CFl B.C.

LIONS-Signed OB Paul Williams, RB-SB Pat Williams, DL Joe Seumalo. HAMILTON TIQER-CATS-Signed 0E Sam Hairston and CB John Brown. NFL ARIZONA CARDINALS-Reinstated DB Ben Smith from the reserve-left list. Signed Tony Jones to a one-year contract. BUFFALO BILLS-Announced they will not match the New England Patriots' contract offer to LB Monty Brown.

OAKLAND RAIDERS-Traded their second-round draft pick (No. 46 overall) to the San Francisco 49ers for second-round (No. 57) and fourth-round (No. 1 24) draft picks. Traded the second-round pick (No.

57) to New England for OT Pat Harlow. Signed Harlow to a multi-year contract. ROLLER HOCKEY ROLLER HOCKEY INTERNATIONAL EMPIRE STATE COBRAS-Traded Jason Cirone, John Hendry and Dave Lemay to the New Jersey Rockin Rollers for Scott Burfoot SOCCER MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER N.Y.-N.J. METROSTAAS-Waived Ken Hesse and Jorge Acosta. A -LEAGUE VANCOUVER 86ERS-Signed Micky Ross and Ian Payne from Plymouth of the English Third Division.

JAPAN OPEN At Tokyo, yesterday Men's Singles FIRST ROUND Guy Forget (10), France, def. Joao Cunha-Silva, Portugal. 6-2, 7-5. Jakob Hlasek (1 2), Switzerland, def. Lars Rehmann, Germany, 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 3-0, retired.

Alex Radulescu, Ger, def. Gouichi Motomura, Japan, 7-6 (7-5), 6-0. Johan van Herck, Belgium, def. Anders Jarryd, Sweden, 7-5, 6-2. Thomas Johansson, Sweden, def.

Gianluca Pozzi, Italy. 6-0. 4-6. 6-1. Wayne Black, Zimbabwe, def.

Andrei Olhovskiy, Russia, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2. Chris Wilkinson, Britain, def. Marcos Ondruska. South Africa, Jean-Phtlippe Fleurian, France, def. Alexander Voikov, Russia, 6-4, 6-4.

Lionel Roux, France, def. Alex O'Brien, U.S., 7-5, 5-7, 6-3. Kotaro Miyachi, Japan, def. Jerome Golmard, France, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7-5). Fredenk Fettertein, Denmarfc, def.

Martin Damm, Czech Republic, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (8-6). SECOND ROUND Pete Sampras (1), U.S., def. Lionel Roux, France, 6-3, 6-2. Michael Chang (2), U.S., def. Alex Radulescu, Germany, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1.

Thomas Enqvist (3), Sweden, def. Johan van Herck, Belgium, 6-2, 6-1. Wayne Femeira (4), South Africa, def. Thomas Johansson, Sweden, 5-7, 6- Mark Woodforde (5), Australia, def. Wayne Black, Zimbabwe, 6-4, 6-2, Richard Krajicek (6), Netherlands, def.

Jean-Philtppe Fleurian, France, 6-3, 6-3. Sebastien Lareau, Boucherville, def. Jan Siemerink (7), 6-7 (4-7), Todd Woodbridge (8), Australia, def. Takao Suzuki, Japan, 6-2, 6-1 Guy Forget (10), France, def. Kotaro Miyachi, Japan, 6-0, 6-3.

David Prinosil (11), Germany, del. Jan Kroslak, Slovakia, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, Fredenk Fetterlein, Denmark, def. Jakob Hlasek (12), Switzerland, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4. Qreg Rusedski (13), Britain, def. Shuzo Matsuoka, Japan, 6-7 (4-7), Magnus Norman, Sweden, def.

Kenneth Carlson (16), 6-3, 6-2. Richey Reneberg, U.S., def. Steve Campbell, U.S., 6-1, 6-4. Jeff Tarango, U.S., def. Chris Wilkinson, Britain, 6-4, 6-3.

Hendrik Dreekmann, Germany, def. Joem Renzenbrink, 6-1, 6-3. Women's Singles FIRST ROUND Amy Frazier (3), U.S., del. Kazue Takuma, Japan, 6-2, 6-3. Laurence Courtois, Belgium, def.

Yone Kamio (7), Japan, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3. Marianne Werdel Witmeyer (6), U.S., def. Annabel Ellwood, Australia, 6-3, 6-4. Nanne Dahlman, Finland, def. Kyoko Nagatsuka, Japan, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4.

Naoko Kijimuta, Japan, def. Petra Kamstra, Netherlands, 6-0, 6-2. Corina Morahu, U.S., def. Stephanie Rottier, Netherlands, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. Kimberty Po, U.S., def.

Linda Wild, U.S., 7-6(13-11), Yuka Yoshida, Japan, def. Nancy Feber, Belgium, 9-7, 6-4, 6-1. SECOND R0UNO Kimiko Date (1), Japan, del. Ann Grossman, U.S., 7-5, 6-4. Ai Sugiyama (4), Japan, def.

Mana Endo, Japan, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5. Karin Kschwendt, Germany, def. Nanne Dahlman, Finland, 6-4, 6-4. Katarina Studenikova, Slovakia, def. Laurence Courtois, Belgium, 6-4, 6-2.

BARCELONA OPEN Attarcaiaaa Singles SECOND ROUND Thomas Muster, Austria, def. Alex Corretja, Spain, 6-1, 6-3. Montreal's Cristina Popescu and Jocelyn Ro-bichaud of Joliette were named the top junior players. Sylvain Bruneau and pentigny and Robby Minard of Montreal were among those honored all be honored for their con tributions in athlete development 'dii TOKYO, after receiving massage to relieve a Lareau of Boucherville, stiff neck, Sebastien proved to be a pain in the Jan Siemerink of the Netherlands. Lareau advanced to rVHSE-O-JEU TOTAt MATCH TIME VISITOR (1) ODDS HOMETOWN (2) ODDS POINTS 1 Montreal 180 New York 1.60 5 5 2 725P SaJfflLouis 1 95 Toronto 1.50 55 3 Tampa Bay 365 Philadelphia 110 6.5 4 955p Vancouver 3 B5 Colorado 1 20 65 APRIL 19 5 Washington 2 45 tBburgh L30 65 6 7j25p Winnipeg 365 Detroit 110 65 7 6 25p Calgary 1 15 Chicago 1 40 5 5 BASEBALL aprilib MISE-O-JEU TOTAL MATCH TIME VISITOR (1) ODDS HOMETOWN (2) ODDS POINTS 8 125p Pittsburgh 2 05 Saint Louis 1 45 6.5 9 1 55p San Francisco 1 80 Crjcagq 160 8 5 10 255p Boston 2 45 Baltimore 130 85 Jll Jtohda 245 Atlanta V30 76 t2 7 25p Philadelphia 1.95 Montreal 150 9 5 13 755p Milwaukee 195 Kansas City 150 95 14 956p JJroi1 2J5 eattte 140 11.5 15 9 55p Toronto 2 15 California 140 10 5 APRIL 19 16 2 55p San Francisco 190 Chicago 1 55 85 J7 Boston 2 25 Cleveland 1 35 95 18 6 55p Los Angeles 1.55 jonda 1.90 7 5 J9 725p Jlorado 180 NewYork 160 95 20 7 25p Pittsburgh 2 05 Montreal M5 8 5 21 7 25p anOjego 195 Atlanta 150 7 5 22 Saint Louis 175 Philadelphia 1 65 8 5 23 Cincinnati 1 75 Houston 165 8 5 24 7 55p Milwaukee 1 65 Kansas City 175 6 5 25 7.55p NewYork-K 160 Minnesota 180 105 26 825p Baltimore 1 80 Texas 1 60 9 5 27 9 55p Chicago-O 1 56 Oakland L90 10 5 28 955p Detroit 216 California 140 105 29 9 55p Toronto 1 95 Seattle 1 50 105 Japan Open tennis tournament with a 6-7 (7-4), 6-2, 61 win over Siemerink, months over Siemerink.

Up next for Lareau Rfcneberg. Lareau and neck for seventh-seeded the third round of the Lareau's third in four is American Richey American partner Alex Roux. 7-6 (7-0), 6-3 win over are also the fourth seeds in doubles. American Pete Sampras, back atop the world rankings, fired 15 aces in a 6-3, 6-2 second-round win over France's Lionel PAGET, Bermuda, Mats Wilander of Sweden advanced to the quarter finals of the Bermuda Open with a POTENTIAL WIN FOR TOTAL 3 MATCHES OUT OF 3 SXBET I MATCHES OUT OF 5 16 BET 4 MATCHES OUT OF 4 8XBET I 6 MATCHES OUT OF 6 25 BET PROGRAM 3 BASKETBALL DE MONTREAL RESULTS APRIL 18 MQJ MATCH TIME VISITOR HOMETOWN jSo 1 7j25p Attanu Orlando -6 5 2 7.25 Milwaukee Charlotte 3 7j25p New York Cleveland -4 5 4 Denver Dallas 0.5 5 Detroit Chicago -135 6 Inglewood San Antonio' 7 Los Angeles Houston 8 Utah Vancouver 10.5 APRIL 19 MQJ MATCH TIME VISITOR HOMETOWN 9 Washington Toronto 7.5 10 Boston New Jersey 11 Minnesota Seattle Exacta: 7-5, $124.70 Also Ran: Favori Angus, Durtiams Radiant, Rebellious Gypsy, Pegasus Racing, Bob Hopes. Times: .28.1, 0.58.3, 1.28.2, 1.59.4.

SEVENTH RACE: Pact, 1 Mils. PURSE: $4,000. 8-Killer Montcalm (D. Dube) 19.50 6.40 3.40 1-Mark Willie (D.St. Pierre) 5.20 3.40 7- Armbro Miracle (G.

Plourde) 2.20 Trifecta: 8-1-7, $185.90 Exacta: 6-1, $98.20 Wln-4: 10-5-7-8, $559,85 Also Ran: Pacific Run, Katia Montcalm, Wait Allegro, Fanny Fanny, Heliodore. Times: .29.1, 1.00.3, 1.30, 2.00.1. EIGHTH RACE: Pace, 1 Mile. PURSE: $1 ,870. 10-Smashing Victory (S.

Filion) 13.60 5.70 3.80 8- Dolby Nord (A. Corbin) 3.00 2.30 6-Dulac Angus (S. Bouchard) 6.60 Trifecta: 10-8-6, $151 .40 Exacta: 10-8, $40.40 Also Ran: Finale Concerto, Js Meadow, Charlie Shes Laughing Now, Fan Fan Angus, Wild Rabbit, Anns Mike. Times: .28.3, 0.59.4, 1.30.2, 2.02. NINTH RACE: Pace, 1 Milt.

PURSE: $4,150. 1- Ad Exotic (G. Lamy) 3.20 3.20 2.70 2- Gates Brown (M. Barrieau) 6.60 6.00 10-Bruno Sams (J. Hebert) 4.70 Trifecta: 1-2-10, $87.40 Exacta: 1-2, $14.80 Win-3: 7-8-10, $102.60 Also Ran: Kevin, Winbak Cash, Moe Letsgo, Azzarra Pearls For Girls, Nuclear Energy, Sullivan Hanover, Times: .28, 0.57.2, 1 .26.3, 1 .57.2.

Patrick Rafter of Australia. JWilander, who has won seven Grand Slam titles, mpets second-seeded Javier Frana of Argentina tomorrow. Also advancing to the quarter-finals were 18-year-old qualifier Mariano Zabaleta of Argentina and unseeded Dirk Dier of Germany. Miscellany Rick Todd of Toronto earned his fourth top-five finish of the season last weekend, moving him closer to claiming the Asian Golf Tour money title and a spot on the lucrative Japanese PGA Tour. Todd, who fired a 69 in the final round to finish fourth at the Maekyung Open in South Korea, has not missed a cut in 12 events on the Asian circuit He leads the Asian Tour Order of Merit with winnings of about $150,000.

He is ahead of Edwart Fryatt of Britain by nearly $40,000, while Jim Rotledge of Victoria is in third spot with about $100,000. AT STOCKHOLM, Canada scored another lopsided victory yesterday at the four-country world ringette championships, pasting Sweden 22-0. The win sets up an expected gold-medal showdown with Finland, which beat Canada 6-2 Tuesday JN SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, South Africa beat India by five wickets in the allotted 50 overs of the Pepsi Cup cricket match. But the two teams will meet again in tomorrow's final. India qualified for the championship game by scoring 215 for 9 in 50 overs, eliminating Pakistan on a better run aggregate.

AT FORT MYERS, Connie Mack father of Florida's US. senator and son of Hall of Fame baseball manager Connie Mack, died yesterday from cancer of the esophagus. He was 83. Mack, formally known as Cornelius McGillicuddy moved to Florida in 1951 after 15 years as an executive with the Philadelphia Athletics, owned and managed by his father. He played baseball and basketball at Duke before going to coach with the A's in 1935 at age 22.

He spent one season on the sidelines before going to the team's front office. IN HUY, Belgium, U.S. cyclist Lance Armstrong dominated the Walloon Arrow cycling event yesterday, shaking off his last challenger on the final climb to win his first race of the season. FAVORED TEAM POTENTIAL WIN 3 GAMES OUT OF3. BETX5 OF4 BET 8 4 GAMES OUT PROGRAM 4 YESTERDAY'S CARD (Rssalts are received frra Hippodrome de Moitrsil nd ir get coasidsrad ollicial.) FIRST RACE: Tret, 1 Mile.

PURSE: $4,000. 3- Elsa Angus (M- Charron) 6.60 5.40 4.20 4- Lukes Susudio (Y. St. Jacques) 4.50 4.10 1-Mue Pacha (Q. Qirard) 4.20 Trifecta: 3-4-1, 581.90 Exacts: 3-4, $33.30 Also Ran: Super Flak, Gogette Dol, Charty Gabe, Condos Mark.

Times: .29.3, 1.01.3, 1.32.3, 2.05.1. SECOND RACE: Pact, 1 Milt. PURSE: $2,860. 6- Dice Bayama (S. Filion) 3.00 2.70 2.10 1-BoFshtch Tears (G.

Gendron) 6.50 2.60 10-T A Corrigan (M. Barrieau) 2.70 Trifecta: 6-1 Exacta: 6-1, $19.10 Dally Double: 3-6, $11.00 Arso Ran: Kellys Boy, Ginger Rumpus, Funtastic Weapon, Cherry Kiev, Figaro. Times: .29.2, 1.01.4, 1.32.1, 2.02.2. THIRD RACE: Trot, 1 Mil. PURSE: $2,090.

9- Dan Dan Cole Man (Q. Hebert) 10.10 4.20 2.50 4-Teddy Lauxmont (Y. Poirier) 3.40 2.70 1- Mi Small Wonder (G.Lamy) 2.40 Trifecta: 9-4-1, $59.50 Exacta: 9-4, S27.60 Also Ran: Bidou Flo, Roxie Robl, Julis Lerom, Cas El Maskerade, Costaud. Times: .30, 1.00.4, 1.32, 2.04.4. FOURTH RACE: Pact, 1 Mil.

PURSE: $2,860. 10- Good Investment (M. Barrieau) 3.30 2.40 2.10 7- Lidos Boy (G. Gendron) 3.10 2.70 2- The Black Trooper (S. Bouchard) 4.90 Trifecta: 10-7-2, $102.10 Exacta: 10-7, $7.00 Also Ran: Sarchi, Magic Design, La Magnat, Harbour Songbyrd, Fame Girt.

Times: .28.1, 0.59.4, 1.31, 2.02.2. FIFTH RACE: Inst, 1 MIX. PURSE: $3,530. 5- Kalahari Desert (A. Boucher) 13.00 4.90 2.80 4- Mighty Delight (G.

Plourde) 10.50 3.90 1-Lucette Somolli (G. Lamy) 3.30 Trifecta: 5-4-1. S462.00 Exacta: 5-4. $66.20 Also Ran: Zezette. Miller Time Baby, Video Crown, Lady Prospect, Laudes Tempo, Mademoiselle Test Le Chat.

Times: .30.1, 1.01.1, 1.31.3, 2.03.4. SIXTH RACE: Pact, 1 Mite. PURSE: $4,000. 7-Garsonne (G. Gendron) 18.20 10.20 5.00 5- Tarpon Almahurst (G.

Lamy) 12.90 13.30 1-Heaven Intentions (R. Qingras) 5.60 SOCCER MISE-O-JEU HATCHDATE TIME TYPE VISITOR HOMETOWN 1 2 14 Thu 18 CUP Feyenoord Hapid Vienna 3.80 3J5 1.50 15 2 55p CUP La Coruna Parta-SG 3.80 3.16 150 16 Frl19 QERMN SC-Frerburg Uerdingen 1.80 2 60 3 25 V7 QERMN Kaislautem Kansruhe-SC 4B5 306 1.40 18 Sat 20 QERMJ Leverkusen HamOurCrSV 4.95 3 06 L40 19 QERMN Munich-1860 Rostock 3 25 2 70 1 75 2T) QJRMN Stultoart Werder-Breme 295 270 165 21 FRNCE Aunerw Bastia 165 66 305 22 FRNCE Lens Bordeaux 2.75 2.45 2.10 23 FRNCE Mett St-Etienne 2J0 246 275 24 FRNCE Strasbourg Nantes 3 95 2 85 1 55 TENTH RACE: Tret, 1 Mile. 6- Slrff Competitor (S. Bouchard) 5-Kawartha Debonair (a Plourde) 7- Senio (Q. Gendron) Trifecta: 8-5-7, $135.30 Exacta: 8-5.

$27.50 Also Ran: Count Willie, Cam Trip, Farfekj Angus, Lukes Achybreakie, Vondas Road. Times: .29, 1.01.3, 1.32, 2.03.1. ELEVENTH RACE: Pact, 1 Mil. 1-Jony Montcalm 13. Lamy) 4-Wildcnt (E.

Hebert) 7-Ad Fetiche (L. Blais) NEXT PROGRAM WILL BE GAMES 16 TO 24 CAN BE BET TTtraeta: 1-4-7, $112.30 Exacta: 1-4. $27.40 Also Ran: Super Henrick, Terroristic Threat, Slgnstur Series, Legends De Cow Gypsy Atanak, Romance. Tims: .29, 1.02, 1.31.4, 2.02. Network Attendance: 4,750: Mutual: $21 306; Off-Track Batting: $1 Network Grand Total: $419,571.

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