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D6 The Edmonton Journal, Wednesday, November 26, 1997 National Hockey League Sports Digest NHL IN THE BLEACHERS By Steve Moore i goal on a classic pre air aw ay in his first return to Madison Square Garden since leaving the Rangers last summer to sign as a free agent with the Canucks. Fans cheered his first appearance on the ice for warmups and then his recognition as the game's first star at the end. First Period 1. Van. Scatchard 4 (Noonan) 4:42 Penalty McAllister Van (hooking) 14:1 1 Second Period 2 Van.

Messier 8 (Lumme. Mogftiy) 16:22 Penalties Staos van frterference) 2:52. Skrudland NYR (tripping) 5:18, Driver NYR (cross-checking) 10:41. Stock NYR Brashear Van (roughing) 15:10. Staos Van (interference) 17:36.

Third Period 3. NYR. LaFontaine 14 (Sweeney, Leetch) 6:48 (pp) 4. Van. Sure 11 (Hedican) 9:47 (sh) 5.

Van. Sihnger 5 (Brashear) 18:42 6. NYR, Sweeney 5 (Stevens. LaFontaine) 19:57 Penalties Scatchard Van (holding) 5:05, Naslund Van (holding) 9:06. Shots on goal by Vancouver 6 15 6 27 NY Rangers 8 4 14 26 Goal Vancouver McLean (W.5-12-3): NY Rangers: Renter (L8-8-6).

Power plays (goals-chances) Vancouver 0-2; NY Rangers 1-5. Referee Don Koharski. Linesmen Pat Dapuzzo. Brian Murphy. Art.

at New York 1800. WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division FA Home 11 6 7 29 71 61 6-2-4 11 8 4 26 78 64 7-5-0 9 11 5 23 58 72 3-7-3 9 15 2 20 68 78 4-8-1 7 12 6 20 57 77 3-5-3 7 14 3 17 65 83 4-6-2 4 15 6 14 62 81 3-7-1 Central Division 15 6 4 34 84 59 7-4-3 15 7 4 34 82 61 6-3-2 15 8 2 32 74 55 10-4-1 12 9 2 26 70 62 9-3-1 9 13 3 21 54 65 5-6-2 8 12 3 19 45 63 4-7-1 WESTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division 16 6 0 32 68 38 10-3-0 13 8 3 29 69 57 8-5-1 13 8 3 29 73 61 5-2-2 8 10 7 23 66 68 4-5-4 9 10 4 22 61 63 3-6-1 7 12 4 18 48 68 2-8-3 4 16 2 10 44 78 3-5-1 Northeast Division 14 7 3 31 76 54 6-5-3 12 9 5 29 73 66 4-4-3 11 9 4 26 58 59 3-5-2 9 11 4 22 62 60 5-7-1 9 11 4 22 66 70 6-4-3 7 11 4 18 59 67 3-5-1 NHL Overall Standings Top eight teams in each conference advance to playoffs: WESTERN CONFERENCE Detroit 25 15 6 4 34 Z-Cokxado 24 11 6 7 29 Dallas 26 15 7 4 34 St Louis 25 15 8 2 32 Las Angeles 23 11 8 4 26 Phoenix 23 12 9 2 26 Anaheim 25 9 11 5 23 Chicago 25 9 13 3 21 Edmonton 25 7 12 6 20 San Jose 26 9 15 2 20 Toronto 23 8 12 3 19 Vancouver 24 7 14 3 17 Calgary 25 4 15 6 14 EASTERN CONFERENCE New Jersey 22 16 6 0 32 Z-Montreal 24 14 7 3 31 PhiaOelphia 24 13 8 3 29 Washington 24 13 8 3 29 Pittsburgh 26 12 9 5 29 Boston 24 11 9 4 26 Rangers 24 8 10 7 23 Y. Islanders 23 9 10 4 22 Ottawa 24 9 11 4 22 Carolina 24 9 11 4 22 Buffalo 22 7 11 4 18 Florida 23 7 12 4 18 Tampa Bay 22 4 16 2 10 -division leaders ranked 1-2 NHL Scoring Leaders Unofficial NHL Tuesdays games Modano. Dal LeClar. Pha LaFontaine.

NYR Lindros, Pha Forsberg. Crji Bondra. Was Corson. Mtl Seianne. Ann Sure.

Vcr Stumpel. LA Tkachuk, Pho Hull. StL Sakie. Coi Reccrn. Mtl Francis, Pgh Gretzky, NYR GAP 11 20 31 18 12 30 14 16 30 9 21 30 6 23 29 16 12 28 9 18 27 20 6 26 11 15 26 7 19 26 12 13 25 12 13 25 12 13 25 10 15 25 8 17 25 7 18 25 "You gotta play with the cards life dealt you, Vinnie.

Know what I'm saying? So just kick the stinkin' ball and forget about the headers." Ex-Ice coach gets new job In less than a month, Dave Siciliano has been fired by the hapless Edmonton Ice and hired by the resurgent Owen Sound Platers. The Ontario Hockey League team introduced the 51-year-old from Thunder Bay, as its new coach on Tuesday Siciliano was hired for the remainder of the season. He replaces John Lovell, who was fired Nov. 3 when the Platers were 6-10-1. "I wanted to get back in and coach as soon as I could this year," said Siciliano, who was fired by the Ice on Oct.

24 after starting this season 0-9-1. "Being with a club that has some potential to make the playoffs is exciting." Ray McKelvie, the Platers' director of hockey operations, said the club isn't worried about Colorado 24 Los Angeles 23 Anaheim 25 San Jose 26 Edmonton 25 Vancouver 24 Calgary 25 Detroit Dallas St Louis Phoenix Chicago Toronto 25 26 25 23 25 23 New Jersey 22 Philadelphia 24 Washington 24 N.Y. Rangers 25 N.Y islanders 23 Florida 23 Tampa Bay 22 Montreal Pittsburgh Boston Ottawa Carolina Buffalo Tuesday Results Vancouver 4 NY Rangers 2 Toronto 3 San Jose 1 Phoenix 3 St. Louis 2 Edmonton 2 Chicago 2 Tonight's Games Carolina at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

NY Rangers at NY Islanders, 5:30 p.m. Montreal at Washington, 5:30 p.m. Colorado at Tampa Bay, 5:30 (7-1-1) and for the fourth tkne in five The Blues have totaled fust four goals In their last four games. First Period 1. Pho, Corkum 4 (Slaney.

McKenzie) 2:58 2 Pho, Tocchet 9 (Yionen. Numminen) 9:37 Penalties Pronger StL (hooking) 5:22. Diduck Pho Onterference) 1 1 :31 Second Period 3. StL, Turcotte 3 (Atcheynum, Pellerin) 17:52 Penalties Chase StL, Tocchet Pho (fighting) 4:26. Bergevin StL, Doan Pho (fighting) 10:26, Campbell StL (high-sticking) 12:18, Turcotte StL (holding) 19:21 Third Period 4.

Pho, Numminen 5 (Drake, Corkum) 1:51 5. StL. Duchesne 5 (Campbell, CourtnalQ 1821 Penalty Stapleton Pho (interference) 10:32. Shots on goal by St. Louis 5 10 13 28 Phoenix 6 14 7 27 Goal St.

Louis: Fuhr (L.12-6-2); Phoenix: Khabibulin 1-9-2). Power plays (goals-chances) St. Louis: 0-2; Phoenix: 0-3. Referee Dan Marouelli. Linesmen Jay Sharrers, Wayne Bonney.

Art. at Phoenix 15,043. Leafs Sharks The Toronto Maple Leafs, the lowest-scoring team in the NHL, broke out for three goals. Shut out 2-0 by Phoenix on Saturday, the Leafs were averaging just 1.9 goals a game before the win. The Sharks, who were playing for the second straight night and for the third night in four, rarely threatened CHARLOTTE CHECKERS Placed Dale Purinton on the 14-day injured reserve list and Bill McCauley on the 7-day injured reserve list.

Activated Milt Mastad from the injured reserve list. JACKSONVILLE UZARD KINGS Placed Kam White on the 7-day injured reserve list. LOUISVILLE RfVERFROGS Suspended Gary Roach. Activated Jeff Kostuch from the injured reserve list. NEW ORLEANS BRASS Activated Kyle Peterson and Eric MontreuH from the injured reserve list.

Traded the rights to Mark Deazaley to the Toledo Storm for cash. ROANOKE EXPRESS Acquired Mike Peron off waivers. TOLEDO STORM Sent Mike KoJenda to Michigan of the IHL Baseball American League CLEVELAND INDIANS Claimed INF Chad Fonville off waivers from the Chicago White Sox. NEW YORK YANKEES-Agreed to terms with INF Dale Sveum on a two-year TEXAS RANGERS Extended the contracts of Doug Melvin. vice president-general manager, and Johnny Oates, manager, for one year through 1999.

Assigned OF Andrew vessel! outright to Siciliano Siciliano's record in the Western Hockey League. "We've done some research on that situation and it was a case where it was an expansion club that didn't have much talent and it lost 31 games by one goal or in overtime last season," said McKelvie. Siciliano served as an assistant coach to Perry Pearn on Canada's gold-medal-winning junior team in 1993 and was head coach of Canada's under-18 team, which won a silver medal that year. He coached the Thunder Bay Junior A Flyers to a Centennial Cup in 1989 and 1992. Siciliano was named coach of the year three times in the United States Junior Hockey League and coached the Flyers to US JHL titles four times.

Als to play at Molson Stadium The Montreal Alouettes kicked off what they hope will be a franchise-saving season-ticket campaign Tuesday by confirming they will play outdoors at Molson Stadium next year. Team president Larry Smith said the Alouettes will maintain their locker room and practice facili ties at the domed Olympic Sta Hockey AJHL North Dnrtsnn LSwS Gr Prairie 26 17 7 2 1 FA 118 88 39 98 91 35 95 74 38 128100 31 96109 25 86 84 18 82118 16 113 80 36 FortSask. 25 14 7 FtMcMurray 24 16 6 1 1 St. Albert 26 13 10 1 3 Bomyvme 26 11 13 1 1 Uoyomrster 24 9 15 0 0 Sherwood Pk 26 5 17 2 2 South Division Cal Canucks 25 16 6 1 2 Bow Valley 27 13 11 2 1 116102 31 Olds 29 13 15 10 CalRoyals 29 9 13 3 4 Camrose 27 5 20 0 2 102108 28 100117 28 61 124 12 Note: One point for a shootout loss (SI). Tuesday Result BonrtyvHIe 3 Sherwood Park 1 WHL Central Division FA Letnbndqe 28 12 12 4 93 97 28 Calgary 26 11 13 2 96 95 24 Red Deer 24 11 12 1 101104 23 MedianeHat 26 7 18 1 75118 15 Edmonton 23 1 19 3 70122 5 East Division Swift Current 28 20 6 2 120 86 42 Regina 30 17 10 3 139115 39 Brandon 27 14 9 4 110 92 32 Saskatoon 27 12 14 1 110127 25 Prmce Albert 24 9 14 1 79 96 19 Moose Jaw 27 9 17 1 99114 19 West Division Portland 25 19 5 1 109 57 39 Spokane 26 18 7 1 108 76 37 Prmce George 28 18 9 1 115 82 37 Seattle 24 10 11 3 92 97 23 Kelowna 22 10 11 1 98 90 21 Kamloops 25 10 14 1 77 98 21 Tri-City 26 10 15 1 113129 21 Tuesday Results Moose Jaw 7 Saskatoon 4 Calgary 4 Regina 2 Kamloops 6 Kelowna 3 Tri-City 6 Medicine Hat 0 Prince George 5 Brandon 4 (OT) Today's Games Kelowna at Portland Swift Current at Pnnce Albert Spokane at Seattle OHL Standings East Division A Kingston 27 17 7 3 150102 37 Ottawa 25 14 7 4 89 54 32 Belleville 26 14 11 1 107101 29 Pelerborough 24 8 13 3 86101 19 St.

Michael's 24 7 12 5 64 89 19 Oshawa 25 8 17 0 81 119 16 Central Division Barrie 27 19 7 1 100 69 39 Gueiph 25 17 5 3 104 70 37 Kitchener 24 8 11 5 75 89 21 Owen Sound 9 12 1 89102 19 Sudbury 8 14 3 95104 19 North Bay 25 8 14 3 88 98 19 West Division London 23 14 8 1 107 86 29 Plymouth 23 13 7 3 101 81 29 Samia 26 11 9 6 98 94 28 Erie 24 12 11 1 98100 25 S.S.Marie 25 6 15 4 84117 16 Windsor 26 6 19 1 105145 13 Tonight's Game Belleville 7 Sautt Ste. Marie 2 OHL Leaders SCORING GAP Sarno.Wsr 13 36 49 Mailkxix, Kgn 29 17 46 Adduono.Sud 17 26 43 Cadotte.Ldn 18 21 39 Legwand. Ply 24 14 38 Bradley. Kgn 20 18 38 OlivGira, Kgn 13 25 38 GOALTENDERS MP GA SO Avg. 469 15 2 1.92 Hillier, Ott 1050 39 2 2.23 Finley.

Bar 841 32 2 2.28 Hultberg. Bar 785 34 2 2.60 Madden, Gue 1145 55 1 2.88 AHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division 01 A Saint John 19 11 4 4 0 58 43 26 Fredericton 23 10 9 2 2 71 66 24 Portland 22 7 8 6 1 63 61 21 St. John's 20 7 10 3 0 56 66 17 New England Division Springfield 19 10 5 4 0 63 61 24 Worcester 20 10 6 2 2 70 64 24 Hartford 20 10 8 2 0 63 61 22 New Haven 21 9 10 2 0 55 59 2Q Providertce 19 5 10 3 1 57 71 14 WESTERN CONFERENCE Empire Division Hamilton 19 13 5 0 1 59 46 '27 Albany 19 7 7 3 2 64 59 19 Adirondack 22 9 12 1 0 62 70 19 Rochester 16 6 6 4 0 44 50 16 Syracuse 18 6 10 2 0 53 66 14 Mid-Atlantic Division Philadelphia 21 12 4 4 1 84 63 29 Herehey 22 9 10 0 3 60 76 21 Kentucky 20882 2646420 Cincinnati 18 7 6 2 3 62 62 19 Today's Games Providence at Adirondack Hamilton at Cincinnati Albany at Hershey Hartford at New Haven Kentucky at Philadelphia Saint John at Portland Syracuse at Rochester St. John's at Springfield Fredericton at Worcester IHL Tuesday's Results Houston 3 Grand Rapids 0 Orlando 3 Quebec 2 Las Vegas 5 Kansas City 2 Today's Games Cincinnati at Indianapolis Michigan at Cleveland Manitoba at Chicago Las Vegas at Utah Kansas City at Long Beach Jordan 11-25 4-6 26, Brown 6-8 0-2 12, Wennington 1-3 0-0 2. Buechler 0-1 0-0 0.

Burrell 1-3 0-0 2, LaRue 1-10-0 2. Totals 39-84 7-13 90. Baker 9-18 1-5 19. Schrempf 6-16 4-4 17, Mcllvaine 1-2 0-2 2, Hawkins 4-8 0-0 10, Payton 9-16 2-2 22. Perkins 3-5 0-0 9.

Ellis 3-6 0-0 6. Wingate 2-3 0-0 5. Anthony 8-1591. Scoring by quarter Chicago 16 23 27 24 90 Seattle 27 21 15 28 91 3-Potnt goals Chicago 5-11 (Kukoc 5-9, Jordan 0-2), Seattle 9-15 (Perkins 3-4, Hawkins 2-3, Payton 2-3. Wingate 1-1, Schrempf 1-2, Ellis 0-2).

Fouled out None. Rebounds Chicago 51 (Rodman 17), Seattle 47 (Baker 12). Assists Chicago 24 (Kukoc. Harper 6), Seattle 24 (Payton 12). Total four Chicago 16, s16.

Art. at Seattle 17,072. Kings 97 Nuggets 93 suS DENVER (93) Ellis 3-11 0-2 6. Wolf 1-5 0-0 2, Garrett 5-8 3- 7 13, Washington 5-14 0-0 11, Jackson 4- 11 1-2 9. Newman 7-10 4-6 19.

Fortson 2- 54-48, Goldwire 5-102-213. Lauderdale 5- 5 2-2 12. Totals 37-79 16-25 93. SACRAMENTO (97) Williamson 9-14 6-7 24, Owens 2-7 1-4 5. Polynice 4-7 2-2 10, Richmond 10-19 2-2 22, Dehere 3-7 5-8 11, Johnson 2-7 2-4 6.

Funderburke 2-8 0-0 4. Abdul-Raul 4-7 0-0 8. Stewart 2-2 1-2 5. AbduhWahad 1-1 0-1 2 Totals 39-79 19-30 97. Scoring by quarter Denver 27 20 20 26 93 Sacramento 27 25 23 22 97 3- Point goals Denver 3-12 (Newman 1-2, Washington 1-4, Goldwire 1-4, Ellis 0-1, Wolf 0-1), Sacramento 0-4 (Richmond 0-1, Dehere 0-1, Johnson 0-1, Abdul Raul 0-1).

Fouled out None. Rebound Denver 62 (Garrett 21). Sacramento 39 (Williamson 10). Assists Denver 15 (Jackson 5). Sacramento 25 (Williamson 7).

Total fouls Denver 22, Sacramento 19. Technical Williamson. Art. at Sacramento 12,950. U.S.

College Poll How the top teams In the AP college basketball poU fared Tuesday: 1. Arizona (2-0) vs. No. 8 Kentucky at Lahaina, Hawaii. Next vs.

TBA at Lahaina, Hawaii, Wednesday. 2- Kansas (4-0) did not play. Next: vs. Arizona State at Madison Square Garden, Wednesday. 3 Duke (4-0) beat Missouri 82-59.

Next: vs. No. 1 Arizona-No. 8 Kentucky winner at Lahaina, Hawaii, Wednesday. 4.

North Carolina (3-0) did not play. Next: vs. No. 7 UCLA at Anchorage, Alaska, Thursday. 5.

South Carolina (2-0) did not play. Next: vs. Belmont, Monday. Dec. 1.

6. Purdue (3-0) did not play. Next vs. Alabama-Birmingham at Anchorage, Alaska, Wednesday. 7.

UCLA (0-0) did not play Next vs. No. 4 North Carolina at Anchorage, Alaska. Thursday. dium but play their games at Molson Stadium on the Away 5- 4-3 4- 3-4 6- 4-2 5- 7-1 4-7-3 3-8-1 1-8-5 L10 Strk 4- 4-2 L1 7-3-0 W3 3- 6-1 L1 5- 4-1 L1 2-5-3 T1 4- 5-1 W1 1-6-3 T1 8- 2-1 4-4-2 W2 9- 4-2 6-2-2 W2 5-3-2 4-6-0 T1 3- 6-1 6-4-0 W2 4- 7-1 4-3-3 T1 4-5-2 5-5-0 W1 6-3-0 8-2-0 L1 5- 3-2 6-3-1 L2 8-6-1 6-3-1 W1 4- 5-3 5-4-1 L2 6- 4-3 3-5-2 L2 5- 4-1 4-5-1 L1 1-11-12-8-0 W2 8-2-0 6-3-1 T1 8-5-2 4-4-2 W3 8-4-2 3-4-3 L2 4-4-3 1-8-1 L3 3- 7-1 6-3-1 T1 4- 6-3 4-4-2 L1 p.m.

Boston at Florida, 5:30 p.m. Ottawa at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. New Jersey at Anaheim, 8:30 p.m. Thursday Games Washington at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at St Louis, 6:30 p.m. Chicago at Calgary, 7 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 8 p.m. offensively. They had Just 20 shots on goal including four in the second period.

The Leafs had 31 shots. The win improved their record to 8-12-3 and 4-7-1 at home. It also evened their record In the Western Conference to 7-7-3. First Period 1. Tor, Korolev 7 (Yushkevich.

Schneider) 1:26 (pp) Penalties Rathje SJ Onterference) 1:08, Schneider Tor (highsticking) 3:37, Friesen SJ (charging) 7:14, K. King Tor, Potomski SJ (fighting) 10:05. Second Period No scoring. Penalties Houlder SJ (holding) 4:01, Houlder SJ (hooking) 7:54, Yushkevich Tor (hooking) 15:26. Third Period 2.

Tor. D. King 2 (Modm. Macoun) 9:25 3. SJ.

Ska)de3 18:12 4. Tor. McCauley 2 (Johnson, Schneider) 19:44 (en) Penalties Smith Tor, Nolan SJ (fighting) 7:06, Smith Tor, Nazarov SJ (fighting) 16:05. Shots on goal by San Jose 9 4 7 20 Toronto 7 11 13 31 Goal San Jose: Vernon (L8-8-1); Toronto: Potvin (W.7-7-2). Power plays (goals-chances) San Jose: 0-2; Toronto: 1-4.

Referee Paul Stewart. Linesmen Swede Knox. Randy Mitton. An. at Toronto 16,507, Canucks 4 fc9gT Rangers 2 Csl Mark Messier made a triumphant return to New York as Vancouver beat the Rangers in an emotion-filled night at Madison Square Garden.

Messier scored the Canucks' second Oklahoma of the PCL. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS Named Mark Conner pitching coach. HOUSTON ASTROS Agreed to terms with INF Bill Spiers on a two-year contract. MILWAUKEE BREWERS Named Mike Caldwell pitching coach of Louisville of the Irrtemational League, Don Money manager and Caries Ponce batting coach of Beioit of the Midwest League and Dwight Bernard pitching coach of El Paso of the Texas League. SAN DIEGO PADRES Agreed to terms with Greg Myers on a two-year contract.

Placed RHP Rich Batchelor on waivers for the purpose of giving him his unconditional Basketball NBA MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES Signed Tom Hammonds. Released Clifford Rozter. Football NFL BALTIMORE RAVENS Placed DT Leland Taylor on the non-football injury list. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS Signed DB Rico Clark from the practice squad. GREEN BAY PACKERS Activated Basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Pet GB Miami 9 4 .692 New York 9 4 .692 Orlando 9 4 .692 NewJersey 8 4 .667 Boston 7 6 .538 2 Philadelphia 3 7 .300 4)4 Washington 4 10 .286 5)4 Central Division Atbnta 11 2 .846 Charlotte 9 3 .750 1)4 Milwaukee 7 5 .583 3K Chicago 8 6 .571 3)4 Cleveland 6 6 .500 4)4 Indiana 5 8 .455 5 Detroit 5 10 .333 7 Toronto 1 12 077 10 WESTERN CONFERENCE MKtwe3t Division Pet GB San Antonio 8 5 .615 Houston 6 5 .545 1 Utah 7 6 .538 1 Minnesota 6 6 .500 1)4 Vancouver 6 8 .429 2)4 Dallas 3 10 .231 5 Denver 0 12 .000 7Vi Pacific Division LA.

Lakers 11 1 .917 Seattle 11 3 .786 1 Phoenix 7 2 .778 2)4 Portland 9 4 .692 2)4 Sacramento 5 8 384 6)4 GoktenState 1 11 .083 10 LA Clippers 1 12 .077 10)4 Tuesdays Results Charlotte 90 Detroit 85 Miami 103 LA Lakers 86 San Antonio 102 Dallas 91 Seattle 91 Chicago 90 New Jersey 1 01 Golden State 87 Sacramento 97 Denver 93 Today's Games LA Lakers at Boston, 5 p.m. Atlanta at Toronto, 5 p.m. Cleveland at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m. Miami at Orlando, 6 p.m. Portland at Minnesota.

6 p.m. Vancouver at Milwaukee, 6:30 m. Washington at San Antonio, 6:30 m. New Jersey at Phoenix. 7 p.m.

Sacramento at LA Clippers, 8:30 p.m. Hornets 95 4310 DETROIT (85) D.Reid 0-1 0-0 0. Hill 6-1 4 7-1 1 19, Williams 10-20 7-9 27. Dumars 2-9 1-2 5. Hunter 7-18 0-0 18.

Seaty 2-4 0-0 4, Pollard 1-1 0-0 2, McKie 2-3 0-0 4. Long 2-5 4-4 8. Totals 32-75 19-26 85. CHARLOTTE (95) Mason 1-5 4-7 6, Rice 10-16 0-1 21. Divac 3-5 0-0 6.

Wesley 3-12 5-612. Phills 4-8 4-6 15. J.Reid 1-2 0-1 2, Curry 3-6 2-4 9, Geiger 8-11 1-3 17. Armstrong 0-2 OO 0. Beck 1-2 0-2 2.

Farmer 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-6916-3090. Scoring by quarter Detroit 16 22 19 28 85 Charlotte 24 22 24 20 90 3-Point goals Detroit 2-15, (Hunter 2-8. Dumars 0-5, Seafy 0-1. McKie 0-1), Charlotte 6-12, (Phills 3-3, Curry 1-2, McGill University campus downtown.

The CFL clubs needs to sell at least 10,000 season tickets and raise $1.5 million from corporate sponsors to Oilers 'Hawks First Period 1. Chi. Shantz 4 (Suter. Daze) 11:15 (pp) 2. Edm, Smyth 8 (Weight, Mironov) 15:18 (PR) Penalties McAmmond Edm (hooking) 9:37.

Cummnins Chi, Brown Edm (fighting) 14:07. Mills Chi (high-sticking) 14:24, Hackett Chi fmteference; served by Fetener) 19:47. Second Period 2. Edm, Murray 4 (Lindgren) 13:02 (pp) 3. Chi.

Daze 7 (Krivokrasov, Cheiios) 18:45 Penalties Cummins Chi, de Vhes Edm (fighting) 7:38, Weinrich Chi (interference) 8:50, Laflamme Chi (double high-sticking) 9:58. Arnott Edm (slashing) 16:43. Third Period No scoring. Penalties Cummins Chi (interference) 11:47, Mironov Edm (holding) 13:12, Weinrich Chi (holding, misconduct) 16:09. Overtime No scoring.

Penalties None. Shots on goal by: Chicago 8 7 7 1 23 Edmonton 13 10 8 0 31 Goal Chicago: Hackett (T.2-4-3); Edmonton: Joseph (T.7-9-6). Power-plays (goafs-chances) Chicago: 1-3; Edmonton: 2-7. Referee Bin McCreary. Linesmen Baron Parker and Mark Wheler.

Aft- at Edmonton 14,473. Coyotes 3 X3P Blues 2 Both Bob Corkum and Teppo Numminen had a goal and an assist, and Nikolai Khabibulin made 26 saves as the torrid Phoenix Coyotes, who won at home for the seventh time in their last nine games Transactions Hockey NHL NHL Suspended Washington Capitals LW Craig Bern be one game for directing a racial slur at Florida Panthers LW Peter Worrell in a Nov. 23 game. MONTREAL CANADIENS Recalled David Ling and Matt Higgins from Fredericton of the AHL. NEW JERSEY DEVILS Loaned RW Bobby House to Quebec of the IHL.

OTTAWA SENATORS Recalled Radim Bfcanek from Manitoba of the IHL AHL HAMILTON BULLDOGS Signed Oleg Tverdovsky to a 25-game tryout contract. IHL FORT WAYNE KOMETS Sent LW Gaetan Poirier to Port Huron of the UHL. HOUSTON AEROS Recalled Kelly Perrault from Austin of the WPHL MANITOBA MOOSE Sigend Kent earns MICHIGAN K-WINGS Recalled Brayn McMullen from Flint of the UHL ORLANDO SOLAR BEARS Signed LW-D Mel Angelstad. East Coast Hockey League BIRMINGHAM BULLS Acquired Patrick Charbonneau from New Orleans for cash and future considerations. Placed Dennis Pinfold on the 7-day injured reserve list.

Curling Canadian Olympic Trials BRANDON, Man. Standings at the Canadian Olympic curling trials: MEN Harris (Ontario) 5 1 Werenich (Ontario) 4 2 Burtnyk (Manitoba) 4 2 Smith (Manitoba) 4 2 MacDonald (Alberta) 3 3 Martin (Alberta) 3 3 Middaugh (Ontario) 2 4 Howard (Ontario) 2 4 Stoughton (Manitoba) 2 4 Park (Alberta) 1 5 WOMEN Schmirler (Sask.) 5 1 Kleibrink (Alberta) 4 2 Law (B.C.) 4 2 Merklinger (Ontario) 4 2 BoOogh (Ontario) 3 3 Borst (Alberta) 3 3 Scheirich (Sask.) 3 3 Goring (Ontario) 2 4 Lalfberte (Manitoba) 1 5 Mattatall (N. Scotia) 1 5 Today's Draw Draw 13. 9 Women Kleibrink vs. Borst; Scheirich vs.

Goring: Merklinger vs. Law; Mattatall vs. Schmirler Bodogh vs. Laliberte. Draw 14, 1 Men Park vs.

MacDonald; Howard vs. Middaugh; Burtnyk vs. Werenich; Harris vs. Martin; Smith vs. Stoughton.

Draw 15, 6:30 p.m.: Women BorJogh vs. Schmtrier: Merklinger vs. Kleibrink; Goring vs. Laliberte; Scheirich vs. Law; Mattatall vs.

Borst. Linescores meet its budget objectives. Hockey Today SCOREBOARD Wednesday, November 28 Los Angeles at Dallas (6:30 The Kings have won seven of their last 10 games and are pushing Colorado for the Pacific Division lead. The Stars are coming off a 5-0 shutout of Anaheim. STARS Todd Harvey.

Stars, scored two goals as Dates blanked Anaheim 5-0. Kevin Hatcher, Penguins, had two goals to lead Pittsburgh to a 6-1 win over Buffalo. Veteran Kelly Hrudey, Sharks, made 34 saves as San Jose stole a point in a 2-2 at Montreal. SENT PACKING The Florida Panthers fired coach Doug MacLean on Monday and replaced him with general manager Bryan Murray, who win do double duty for the rest of the season. MacLean coached the Panthers to the Stanley Cup final in 1995-96.

but Florida was eliminated in the first round last season and struggled at 7-12-4 this season. STEPPING BACK IN Pittsburgh defenceman Kevin Hatcher scored two goals in his first game smce Nov. 8 to lead the Penguins to a 5-1 rout of Buffalo on Monday night Hatcher had missed six games with a bruised lower leg. The Penguins are on a 4-0-1 roll that includes three consecutive wins. STOPPER MILESTONE Tom Barrasso made 21 saves to earn his 306th career win in a 5-1 victory over Buffalo on Monday night.

The win moved Barrasso past Billy Smith into 12th place on the NHL career list. STANDING AROUND Dallas Stars goalie Ed Betfour had to make only 13 saves as Dallas blanked Anaheim 5-0 Monday night, ft was the second straight shutout for Betfour, who faced only six shots in the final two periods and tied a club record with his sixth shutout of the season. SWINGS Kelly Hrudey made 34 saves and the San Jose Sharks tied 2-2 tie with Montreal on Monday night. The Sharks are unbeaten in four games, a streak that includes a home win over Anaheim and road victories in Philadelphia and Washington. The Northeast Division-leading Canadiens have only one win in their last five games.

SPEAKING "(The fans) are unbelievably loyal (in New York). They expect a lot and demand a lot, but there's nothing wrong with that. The good thing is I'm going to come back and have an opportunity to play in front of those fans." Vancouver captain Mark Messier, playing at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night for the first time since leaving the New York Rangers and signing with the Canucks during the offseason. Blaine McElmurry from the practice squad. Waived CB Bucky Brooks.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS-Fired David Peiletier, director of public relations, effective at the end of February. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS Released Isaac Davis. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS Signed Rohn Stark. Re-signed CB Dexter Setgiet Waived Kyle Richardson and DE Brett Williams. Returned Greg Bloedhom to the practice squad.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS Signed DT Steve Emtman. Soccer NPSL BUFFALO BLIZZARD Signed Marco Rizi and Jimmy Glenn. CINCINNATI SILVER BACKS Traded the rights to Blair Ouinn to the Kansas City Attack for a third-round draft pick and cash. EDMONTON DRILLERS Signed Ziad Allen. Waived MF Benji Hayford and MF KANSAS CITY ATTACK Signed Blair Quinn.

MILWAUKEE WAVE Signed Craig Posstet and placed him on the developmental list. PHILADELPHIA KIXX Activated Marcelo Valencia from the injurd list. WICHITA WINGS Signed MF Brian Haynes and Carsten Siersbaek. Wesley 1 -3, Rice 1-4). Fouled out D.Reid.

Rebounds Detroit 48 (Williams 10). Charlotte 51 (Mason 15). Assists Detroit 17 (Hunter 6), Charlotte 21 (Wesley 8). Total fours Detroit 23, Charlotte 20. Technicals Hill.

Art. at Charlotte 22,81 7. Spurs 102 Mavericks 91 SAN ANTONIO (102) Duncan 5-9 1-6 11, Elliott 8-13 0-0 19, Robinson 8-12 6-8 22, Alexander 7-11 0-0 17, Johnson 3-7 0-0 6, Perdue 0-3 1-4 1, Jackson 4-8 1-1 9, Herrera 1-2 0-02. Rose 2- 4 3-4 7, Person 3-6 0-0 8. Totals 41-75 12-23 102.

DALLAS (91) Scott 7-12 0-0 15, Green 2-6 2-2 6. Bradley 8-17 0-016, Finley 7-15 5-5 20. Reeves 4-10 0-0 11 Walker 2-8 1-3 5. Strickland 5-1 1 0-0 13. Davis 2-7 1-2 5, Ollie OO 0-0 0.

Totals 37-86 9-12 91. Scoring by quarter San Antonio 40 24 19 19 102 Dallas 17 23 35 16 91 3- Pokit goals San Antonio 8-15, (Alexander 3-4, Elliott 3-6, Person 2-4, Jackson 0-1), Dallas 8-19, (Strickland 3-4, Reeves 3-6, Scott 1-4, Finley 1-4, Davis 0-1). Fouled out Bradley. Rebounds San Antonio 57 (Robinson 11), Dallas 40 (Bradley 10). Assists San Antonio 27 (Johnson 9), Dallas 18 (Finley 7).

Total fouls San Antonio 13, Dallas 16. Flagrant tour Peeves. Art at Dallas 11,557. Heat 103 Lakers 86 LA LAKERS (86) Fox 1-30-0 2, Horry 2-4 3-4 8, Campbell 7-16 3-4 17, Jones 4-12 3-4 11, Van Exel 7-17 4-6 21. Fisher 1-30-03, Blount 1-2 0-0 2, Rooks 1- 2 1-2 3, Bryant 7-21 1-516.

Barry 1-2 0-1 3, Bennett 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-82 15-26 86. MIAMI (103) Mashbum 8-17 5-8 22. Brown 2-7 1-2 5, Austin 7-13 5-8 19, Lenard 4-8 0-0 12. Hardaway 9-22 1-1 22, Strickland 2-3 3-4 7, Mills 2-3 2-2 6, Majene 1-3 2-2 5, Murdock 2- 4 1 -2 5, Askins 0-2 0-0 0.

Smith 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 37-82 20-29 103. Scoring by quarter LA Lakers 22 29 15 20 86 Miami 23 26 25 29 103 3-Point goats Los Angeles 7-23 (Van Exel 3-8, Horry 1-2. Fisher 1-2 Barry 1-2, Bryant 1-5, Fox 0-1. Jones 0-3).

Miami 9-19 (Lenard 4-5, Hardaway 3-8, Mashbum 1-2. MarSrie 1-2, Askins 0-2). Fouled out None. Rebounds Los Angeles 54 (Horry, CampbeH. Jones 7), Miami 61 (Austin.

Strickland 9). Assists Los Angeles 20 (Jones 6), Miami 14 (Hardaway 7). Total fours Los Angeles 22. Miami 26. Technical Miami, illegal defence.

Art. at Miami 15,200. tfyii ionics 9. 90 -y- Bulls CHICAGO (90) Kukoc 11-17 3-5 30. Rodman 2-5 0-0 4, Longley 6.

Harper 3-11 0-0 6. But should the ticket and sponsorship campaign flop, Smith said there was no guarantee the team could continue to operate in Montreal. "If we don't reach our goals, well, we'll talk about that," Smith said. "By March, we'll have a good idea of whether sales are going good or not," he added. "This year, we're starting earlier and we have a lot more support in the community now." The Alouettes signed only a one-year agreement with McGill in order to see if a change of venue succeeds in drawing a reluctant public back to CFL football.

The Als were encouraged by the crowd of more than 16,000 that turned out for an Eastern semifinal playoff game on Nov. 2 at Molson Stadium nearly double their average gate during the season at the Olympic Stadium. Injured hockey player dies A Saskatchewan hockey player who fell into a coma after a freak accident during a game died Tuesday after being taken off life support a couple of days earlier. Laliberte 102 010 100 5 Kleibrink 020 201 012 8 Schmirler 010 301 101 1 8 Sheirich 002 020 010 0 5 Goring 100 200 110 0 5 Bodogh 021 011 000 1 6 Borst 100 102 011 2 8 Merklinger 011 040 300 0 9 v. Graham Christie, 20, was disconnected from life support Sunday night.

Christie, from Grenfell, was critically injured a week ago when a puck struck him in the chest during a Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League game between Christie's Nipawin Hawks and the Humboldt Broncos. The force stopped Christie's heart and cut off oxygen to his Christie World Curling Tour CALGARY Money leaders after nine weeks and 40 events of the 1997-98 World Curling Tour 1 Jeff Stoughton, Winnipeg. $73.21 5 2. Kevin Martin, Edmonton, $67,000 3. Kerry Burtnyk Winnipeg, $53,000 4.

Ed Werenich, Holland Landing. Ont, $32,400 5. Mike Hams. North York. Ont $31 .600 6 Brent MacDonald.

St-Albert, $28,450 7. Rich Moffatt, Ottawa. $26,800 8. Dale Duguid, Winnipeg. $24,965 9.

Dave Smith, Winnipeg, $23,715 10. Guy Hemmings, St. Louis, $21,400. 11. Russ Howard, Penetanguishene, 12.

DienoJohnson, Edmonton, $18,050: 13. Lowell Peterman, Red Deer, $17, 250; 14. Wayne Middaugh, Brampton, Ont, $17,250: 15. Doug Walker, Beaumont, 16. Al Hackner, Thunder Bay, 17.

Dwayne Dunkle. Castor, $13,000: 18. Gerald Shymko, CakJer $13,000: 19 Scott Henderson. Thunder Bay, 20. Howard RestaU, Winnipeg, $12,000.

Molson Roaming Buffalo Classic Results from the Walnwright event Monday: Final Lowell Peterman 6 Tom Reed 5 (1 1) Semifinals Lowell Peterman 7 Reg Enright 1 Tom Reed 8 Brad Heidi 6 Quarter-finals Reg Enright 7 Mel Weds 4 Lowell Peterman 5 Ron Grunow 3 Tom Reed 8 Dean Jacula 6 Other Results Ken Berg 9 vern Trenerry 5 Mel Wells 8 Ron Grunow 5 Bob Manners 9 Dean Olson 5 Tom Reed 8 Craig Bell 2 Dale Swyripa 8 Brian Olson 3 Gary Greening 7 Dean Jacula 4 Lome Fell 7 Brent Fischer 5 Reg Enright 6 Tony Germsheid 4 Lowe Peerson 11 Jamie King 4 Don Hrit2uk 6 Rob Schlender 4 Lloyd Fell 6 Ryan Keane 5 Dean Jacula 10 Len Jones 4 Brent Fischer 9 Bern Ulsifer 7 Ken Berg 7 Mel Wells 6 Dale Swyripa 7 Tom Reed 6 Craig BeH 8 Darren Trenerry 2 Ron Grunow 9 Brian Olson 8 Dean Ross 7 Darren Fish 2 Gary Greening 8 Lorne Fell 3 Reg Enright 8 Bob Manners 5 Brad Heidt 8 Brent Olson 3 brain. Doctors had said it was highly likely he suffered severe brain damage. Wayne Kartusch, president of the SJHL, said the league was very saddened to hear of Christie's death. "It's certainly a tragic accident," said Kartusch. "We were hoping for that miracle." Kartusch said all players in the league will wear a patch on their helmets with Christie's number on it.

He also said it was the first time in the league's history that a player died from on-ice injuries. Christie's teammates had announced earlier Tuesday they had set up a trust fund for him in cooperation with the Bank of Montreal. And The Ottawa Gee-Gees football program is under investigation by the Canadian Inter-university Athletics Union for unidentified breaches of CIAU rules. MEN Draws Smith 120 203 xxx 8 Howard 001 020 xxx 3 Martin 001 000 xxx 1 Burtnyk 230 021 xxx 8 Stoughton 201 001 010 00 5 MacDonald 010 100 200 11- 6 Werenich 101 002 000 4 Park 000 010 100 2 Middaugh 010 202 002 7 Harris 002 020 131 8 Drew fi Werenich 101 011 000 4 Harris 010 200 111 8 Stoughton 010 200 201 2 8 Park 003 010 020 0 6 Martin 101 002 030 7 Howard 010 020 101 5 Middaugh 000 OOx xxx 0 Smith 401 12x xxx 8 MacDonald 010 201 OOx 4 Burtnyk 003 030 03x 9 WOMEN DrswS Law 100 004 010 2 8 Mattatal 001 110 101 0 5 The Canadian women's hockey team cut goaltender Danielle Dube Tuesday, leaving Lesley Reddon and Manon Rheaume as the "7 Of -1 (-J netminders for the Winter Olympics in Nagano. Bora MilutJnovic was fired as coach of the Mexican national team Tuesday, a move that had been rumoured for weeks despite his leading Mexico to an 11th appearance in the World Cup finals..