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Tivrs Cot ovist Friimy Di ci mbtr 2005 A2I SCOREBOARD HOCKEY FOOTBALL Stars blank Senators National Hockey League National Football League USTTBK COHFEWaCt Aturnic DnftiM jG I iX A Sw 9 4 44 P- 30 18 8 4 114 9' 40 jc-sc, 14 12 5 101 33 is i-oe-i JO 15 13 2 102 32 .11 6 17 6 82 125 22 northeast Orrteion Ot A Ora .29 22 5 2 124 51 46 B.3 -o 31 20 10 I 102 98 41 Montreal 30 16 9 5 94 Toronto 31 16 12 3 102 97 35 Boston 32 11 15 6 109 28 Southeast OMsiw 6 Mr I OL A Caronna 31 20 9 2 42 Ui-pa8ay ..32 18 11 3 10; 95 39 AMta 33 13 16 4 116125 30 fionoa 33 11 18 4 85 110 26 Washington .29 10 17 2 83 115 22 AMERICAN CONFERENCE NATIONAL CONFEPEkd East HUM PF PA East I Pit PF PA Ne Eng. and 1 6.5 2 2 r. Giants 9 4 0 92 345 241 .6 7 0 4n2 242 31 Ca; IS J3 5 0 .6:5 24 2)3 4 9 0 .338 2S2 was-aJtan ...7 6 0 .538 2S8 24 1 lets 3 10 0 231 1-9 aoe .5 8 0 .35 252 314 South Pet PF PA South I Pet PF PA ire anacxMiS 13 0 0 1 QUO 392 1(0 Ian-pa Bay .9 4 0 .692 246 209 ie 4 0 -6 227 Cj'Cma 9 4 0 .692 300 214 Tennessee 4 9 0 3 252 329 At anta J3 5 0 313 254 12 0 is; 3S4 He 3 10 0 -231 2-M 331 North Oct PF PA North I Pet PF PA Oncmnati ...10 3 0 350 259 C-Kago 9 4 0 .692 210 148 5 0 .6:5 295 234 Minnesota 5 0 .615 246 286 Ba mo'e 4 9 0 308 171 253 Detroit 4 9 0 308 203 257 Cwand 4 9 0 308 703 237 G'een Bay ...3 10 0 .231 255 255 West I Pet PF PA West Pet PF PA O-nrer 10 3 0 I 322 231 Seattle 11 2 0 JH6 3 79 211 5 0 .6:5 752 St LuuiS 5 8 0 307 3 78 Kansas Cty ...8 5 0 6i5 329 2 8 Arizona 4 9 0 308 252 319 Can ana 4 9 0 .306 259 322 San Francisco 11 0 .154 186 381 i-Cunched division titie. Note A tea winning 0vert'Tte shootout is cetHfd th two points ana a victory the coiumn; tne team losing overtime or shootout receives one point wmcn is registered the OL (other loss) column. Pnnadeiphta at St.

Louis. 10 am. Carolina vs. New Orleans. 10 a.m.

San Fran, at Jacksonville. 10 am. rtsburgh at Minnesota. 10 a.m. Cincinnati at Detroit.

1:05 p.m. Cleveland at Oahiand. 1:05 p.m. Dallas at Washington, 1:15 p.m. Atlanta at Chicago.

5:30 p.m. Monday Games Green Bay at Baltimore. 6 p.m. Thursday Eonvmror 5 Montreal 3 Vancouver 5 Pniiaoeipo'a 4 Atlanta 3 New Jersey 2 (OT) Daiias 2 Ottawa 0 Boston 3 Minnesota 2 Carolina 2 Co'umbus 1 Florida 3 Detroit 2 lOT) WEEK IS Saturday Games Bay at New Enqiand. 10:30 am.

Kansas City at VV. ants. 2 p.m. Denver at Bufaio, 5:30 p.m. Sunday Games Jets at Miami.

10 a.m. Arizona at Houston, 10 a.m. Seattle at Tennessee. 10 am. San Diego at (ncianapons.

10 a.m. Harrah's NHL Summaries Saturday Arizona 1 at Houston Favourite Line Underdog at Miami 812 Nr. Jets at New England OFF Tampa Bay Carolina 8 New Orleans at Yv. Giants 3 Kansas City at Washington 3 Dallas Denver 9 at Buffalo Cincinnati 712 at Detroit Sunday at Oakland 3 Cleveland Pittsburgh 3 at Minnesota at St. Louis 312 Philadelphia at inoianaoolis 8 San Diego at Chicago OfF Atlanta at Jacisonvnie 15 San Francisco Monday Seattle 7 at Tennessee at Baltimore 3 Green Bay ECHL AUEHCM CONFERENCE South DrvrsKM LOt SO A J(l 14 6 0 0 73 55 28 Gwrtneti .21 12 5 1 3 91 s5 2 a 24 12 9 2 1 75 B5 27 12 9 0 1 76 64 25 ..26 9 9447825 Cnar.ore ,.21 1 0 'I 2) Pensact.a .24 11 11 1 2 70 95 23 Ajgsta 24 10 12 2 0 69 88 22 Wieeting J3 15 6 1 82 68 32 Reasng ....20 14 5 0 1 81 54 29 Jonnstomn J5 9 10 1 5 64 86 24 .....21 10 8 2 I 79 73 23 T'ent J3 10 12 1 0 45 62 21 Dator 22 7 13 2 0 62 S3 16 NATIONAL CONFERENCE West Dtviston A aska 22 17 3 2 0 77 43 36 tas Vegas .21 15 4 2 0 66 45 "oano 21 14 6 1 0 9b 69 29 Jtah 23 1 3 9 1 0 78 70 2 7 VCtoria ....25 9 15 1 0 77 93 19 c' 'nu ....21 8 11 0 2 56 70 18 Picnic Division Fresno 20 10 4 0 6 63 61 25 San D.ego 12 10 9 3 0 69 69 23 Long Beach .24 11 12 1 0 66 75 23 Bakerst'Oid .19 8 8 2 1 49 65 19 Stockton .17 5 9 0 3 49 59 13 Thursday Result wneei.nq 4 Dayton 2 Friday Games Florida at Charlotte, 4:05 p.m.

To'eoo at Columbia. 4:05 p.m. Gwinnett at Greenville. 4:05 m. Augusta at South Carolina.

4 05 p.m. Fresno at Johnstown. 4:30 p.m. Reading at Wheeling. 4:30 p.m.

Davton at Trenton. 4:35 p.m. Utah at Idaho, 6:10 p.m. Bake'Sf 'eid at Phoenm, 6:11 p.m. Aiaska at Victoria.

7 m. Las Vegas at Stockton. 7:30 p.m. Long Beach at San Diego. 7:35 p.m.

bchT Coastal Conference Island Division TOL A Salmon Arm 33 24 9 0 0 137 100 48 Penticton .34 22 9 0 3 142 86 47 Vernon .34 19 11 2 2 110 98 42 Merritt .34 16 14 0 4 123 126 36 Pr George .34 15 14 3 2 88 102 35 Trail 32 14 13 0 5 118 125 33 Will. Lake .36 9 19 2 6 103 147 26 Quesnel .36 5 26 1 4 90 178 15 Coastal Conference Island Division Alb. Valley .37 29 7 1 0 146 82 59 Nanaimo .32 26 5 0 1 134 80 53 Victoria .34 14 13 2 5 116 115 35 Cow. Valley 33 13 17 1 2 85 111 29 Powell R. .34 7 23 2 2 99 137 18 Mainland Division Chilliwack .35 20 10 2 3 140 116 45 Burnaby .33 18 12 0 3 120 103 39 Langiey .34 18 13 1 2 107 105 39 Surrey 33 11 20 1 1 91 138 24 Thursday Results No Games Scheduled.

Friday Games Alberni Vaiiey at Victoria. 7 p.m. Pr. George at Williams Lake, 7 p.m. Salmon Arm at Surrey.

7 p.m. Burnaby at Merritt. 7:30 p.m. Chilliwack at Penticton, 7:30 p.m. Cow.

Valley at Nanaimo. 7:30 p.m. Trail at Quesnel. 7:30 p.m. whT EASTERN CONFERENCE East Division OLSO A Saskatoon .37 22 13 1 1 127 109 46 Moose Jaw 34 20 10 2 2 131 99 44 Regma .32 18 13 0 1 103 106 37 Pr.

Albert ..34 9 18 0 7 76 116 25 Brandon .33 9 19 4 1 92 139 23 By The Cumulum l'n Stars 2. Senators 0 At Mart) Turco earned his secund ruilnut "the seavin. and Rivn-den Morrow scored hi- loih iioal and assisted on Jere 1 7ih. lead-in" Dallas over the naiors. Tureo stopped 25 -hoi-, lor his 23rd eareer shutout.

Dallas me 14-3 including a pair ol inning streaks to surg, mto first place in the Pacific Di ision Ottawa, which entered wiih the most goals scored in the NHL 124) and the fewest allowed (59). was shut out for the second time this month and lost for just the third time in 15 home games. Senators rookie Ray Emery made 25 saves, losing his second straight game after setting an NHL record by winning nine straight to begin his career. Hurricanes 2, Blue Jackets 1 At Raleigh. N.C..

Rod Brind' Amour scored tw ice and Martin Cerber made 25 saves to help Carolina hold off Columbus, giving the Hurricanes consecutive home victories for the first time since early November. It was Brind'Amour's first multi-goal game in two months. Mike Rupp scored his first goal of the season for the Blue Jackets to cut the deficit in half early in the final period, but the Hurricanes held on behind Gerber. Bruins 3, Wild 2 At St. Paul.

Marco Sturm scored his fourth goal in six games for Boston in a in over Minnesota. Sturm, who came to the Bruins from San Jose in the Nov. 30 trade that sent captain Joe Thornton to the Sharks, tipped David Tanabes shot midway through the third period as the Bruins recorded their first win over the Wild. Minnesota is 2-5-2 in its last nine games and has failed to score more than two goals in any game. Former Bruins forw ard Brian Rol-ston had a goal and an assist in his first game against his former team.

Sergei Samsonov gave the Bruins their first lead in the second period when he tipped in Tom Fitzgerald's shot. Thrashers 3, Devils 2 (OT) At East Rutherford, N.J., Marc Savard scored a power-play goal with five seconds left in overtime and Atlanta beat New Jersey just over a minute after failing to win it on a penalty shot. New Jersey defenceman Dan McGillis pulled down Marian Hossa during a breakaway at 3:3 1 of the extra session. Hossa didn't convert on the attempt, but the Thrashers immediate ly went on a power play as McGillis was aUo called for roughing, Michael Gamett made 24 i Atlanta. limueur stopped 30 shots.

Ilva Kovalchuk and J. P. Yigier had the Atlanta goals in regulation. Scott Gome and Alexander Mogilnv scored for the Devils. "Panthers 3.

Red W'ins 2 (OT) At Sunrise. )lli Jokinen scored a power-play goal into overtime, pushing Florida past IX-troit. It was Florida's first win over Detroit since Dec. I. IWft.

The Panthers were 0-5-7 since. Gary Roberts and Rasiislav Oles also scored for the Panthers, ho have won four of live at home. Roberto Luongo made 34 saves. Dan Clean and Henrik Zetterberg scored for the Red Wings. Chris Osg(Hd made 27 saves but lost for the first time in 1 7 games in the stale of Florida (1 1-1-5).

Predators 5, Blaekhawks 3 At Nashville. Pekka Rinne earned a victory in his NHL debut as Nashville beat Chicago. The Blaekhaw ks tested Rinne early as Mark Bell scored a short-handed goal on a rist shot from low in the slot that ent in at 2:29 of the first period. Paul Kariya tied it for Nashville 92 seconds into the middle period. Martin Erat put Nashville ahead 2-1 at 10:32 of the period.

Yanic Peneault gave the Predators a two-goal lead ft: 17 later. Vernon Fiddler made it 4-1 Tyler Arnason and Anton Babchuk brought Chicago within a goal but Steve Sullivan made it 5-3 on a short-handed goal. Lightning 3, Coyotes 1 At Glendale, Vincent Lecav-alier scored a short-handed goal, and Fredrik Modin also scored to lead Tampa Bay past Phoenix. Ruslan Fedotenko also had a goal for the Lightning, who won for the I Ith time in 14 games. Sean Burke made 26 saves against his former team for his fourth in in seven starts.

Geoff Sanderson scored and Curtis Joseph made 25 saves for the Coyotes. Oilers 5, Canadiens 3 At Edmonton, Ethan Moreau's power-play goal ith 1:23 left in the third period led the Oilers over Montreal. Fernando Pisani scored his second goal of the game capping a three-point night by scoring into an empty net. Pisani's first came early in the third and tied it 3-3. Marc-Andre Bergeron and Raffi Torres also scored for Edmonton.

Chris Higgins had a goal and assist, and Garth Murray and Michael Ryder also scored for Montreal. NCAA Bowl Tuesday. Dec. 20 New Orleans BowL At Lafayette. LA Arkansas St.

(6-5) vs. 5. Miss 16-5). 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Dec 21 GMAC BowL Mobile. Ala. TX-Ei Paso i8-3i vs. To'eoo i-3). 5 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 22 Las Vegas Bowl Brigham Young (6-5) vs. CA (7-4), 5 p.m. Polnsettia Bowl At San Diego Colorado St (65) vs. Navy (7-4).

7:30 pm Friday. Dec. 23 Fort Worth (Texas) Bowl Houston (6-5) vs. Kansas (6-5), 5 p.m. Saturday.

Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu C. Fla. (8-4) vs. Nevada 18-4).

5:30 p.m. Monday. Dec. 26 Motor City BowL At Detroit Akron (7-5) vs. Memphis (6-5).

1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. Z7 n. At Orlando, Fla. Champs Sports Bowl, Clemson (7-4) vs.

Colo. (7-5), 2 p.m. Insight Bowl. At Phoenix AZ St. (6-5) vs.

Rutgers (7-4). 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. Dec. 28 MPC Computers Bowl At Boise, ID Boise St.

(9-3) vs. Boston C. (8-3). 1 p.m. Alamo Bowl.

At San Antonio Mich. (7-4) vs. Nebraska (7-4), 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec, 29 Emerald Bowl, At San Francisco Utah (6-5) vs. GA Tech (7-4).

1:30 p.m. Holiday Bowl At San Dleoo Oregon (10-1) vs. Oklahoma (7-4), 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30 Music City Bowl, At Nashville, TN Virginia (6-5) vs.

Minnesota (7-4), 9 a.m. Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Northwestern (7-4) vs. UCLA (9-2). 11 am. WINTER Skiing World Cup Cross-Country Canmore.

Alta. Results Thursday at a World Cup cross-country event: Women's 10-kllometres 1. Julija Tchepalova, Russia. 25 minutes 39.0 seconds; 2. Beckle Scott, Vermilion, Alta, 3.

Evi Sachenbacher Stehle, Germany, 4. Olga Rotcheva. Russia, 5. Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina, Kazakhstan, 6. Kristin Muerer Stemland.

Norway, 7. Elena Burukhina, Russia, Olga Savialova. Russia. 9. Sabina Valbusa, Italy, 10.

Gabriella Paruzzi, Italy. 27:01.3. Overall World Cup Standings (after seven ol 24 events) 1. Martt Bjoergen, Norway, 490 points; 2. Julija Tchepalova.

Russia, 285; 3. Claudia Kuenzel, Germany, 268: 4. Beckle Scott, Vermilion, Alta. 260; 5. Hilde Pederson.

Norway. 237. Men's lS-kllometres 1. Pietro Piller Cottrer, Italy. 2.

Vincent Vittoz, France, 3. Tobias Angerer, Germany, 35:31.3: 4. Ivan Babikov, Canmore, Alta, 5. Jan Egil Andresen, Norway, 6. Ivan Alypov, Russia, 7.

Thrashers 3 al Devils 2 (OT) First Period 0 1. New Jersey. Gomez 9 G'oma. noziov! 16:04 Penalties Mod Ati (holding) 7:32. McG'His NJ (interference; 9:58.

Honk At' 19:14. Second Period 2. Atlanta. Vigier 3 (Sutton. la'Sen) 13:58 Penalties Mogiiny NJ ihoonmg) 2:53.

Panse NJ inooKingi 6:51, Havedd At! (holding) 16:30. Gionta NJ i boarding). Ereiby Ati. Gomel NJ (rougnmgi 18:55, Hulik Ati slashing) 19:48. Third Period 3.

Atlanta. Kovalchuk 20. 4. New Jersey. Mogiiny 11 Penalties Koz'ov Ati (interference) 2:36.

Modry Ati i 11:05. Overtime 5. Atlanta. Savard 14 iKovalchuk. Hossai 4:55 ipp) Missed penalty shot Hossa At).

3:31. Penalties Savard Ati (high-stick-ingi 1:42. McGilNS NJ (roughing) 3:31. Shots on goal by Atlanta I II I 1-33 He Jersey 4 16 0-26 Goal Atlanta: Garnett (W.6-7-2); New Jersey: Brodeur (L. 12-10-2).

Power plays (goals-chances) Atlanta: 1-5; New Je'sey: 0-7. Attendance 12.615 (19.040). Bruins i at Wild 2 First Period -1. Minnesota. Roioson 13 (Cnoumard.

Foster) 10:30 (pp): 2. Boston, Bergeron 10 (Leetch) 12:00 Penalty Gill Bos (high-sticking) 10:19. Second Period- 3. Boston. Samsonov 13 (Fitzgerald.

Zhamnov) 4. Minnesota. Robitaille 6 (Foster, Rolston) 18:26 (pp) Penalties Jurcina Bos (closing hand on puck) 2:41, Daigle Minn (tripping) 15:10, Jurcina Bos (hooking) 18:00. Third Period 5. Boston, Sturm 10 (Tanabe.

Boyes) 11:02 Penalty Aelsson Bos (crosschecking) 7:12. Shots on goal by Boston 12 11 5-28 Minnesota 10 11 10-31 Goal Boston: Raycroft (W.5-12-2); Minnesota: Fernandez (1.9-5-3). Power plays (goals -chances) -Boston: 0-1; Minnesota: 2-4. Attendance 18,568 (18.064). Blue Jackets 1 at Hurricanes 2 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties Hainsey Cbj (hooking) 1:53, Balastik Cbj (slashing) 7:29, Cole Car (hooking), Whitney Car (unsportsmanlike conduct) 9:21, Richardson Cb (interference) 19:59. Second Period -1. Carolina, Bnnd'Amour 11 (Stillman, Whitney) 6:33 (pp); 2. Carolina. Brind' Amour 12 (Ward, Williams) 9:24 Penalties Staal Car (hooking) 1:34.

Hulse Cbj (roughing), Fritsche Cbj (tripping) 5:38, Chimera Cbj (slashing) 18:09. Third Period 3. Columbus. Rupp 1, 1:20 Penalties Shelley Cbj (tripping) 13:33. Whitney Car (holding) 14:23.

Shots on goal by Columbus 7 10 926 Carolina 12 11 9-32 Goal Columbus: Leclaire (L.2-7-0); Carolina: Gerber (W.14-6-1). Power plays (goals-chances) -Columbus: 0-4; Carolina: 1-7. Attendance 11.069 (18.730). Blaekhawks 3 at Predators First Period -1. Chicago, Bell 12 (Vorobiev) 2:29 (sh) Penalties Lapointe Chi (interference) 0:43, Bell Chi (hooking) 3:33, Erat Nash (holding stick) 4:43, Sullivan Nash (hooking) 5:40, Vandermeer Chi (interference) 12:53, Hordichuk Nash (kneeing) 16:11, Sharp Chi (high-sticking) 17:05, Vandermeer Chi (cross-checking) 17:53, Sullivan Nash (tripping) 18:22.

Second Period 2. Nashville, Kariya 10 (Upshall. Allison) 3. Nashville. Erat 8 (Hartneil, Markov) 4.

Nashville, Perreault 8 (Sullivan, Timonen) 16:49 (pp) Penalties Hilbert Chi (hooking) 7:50, Zidlicky Nash (hooking) 11:41, Smithson Nash (tripping) 13:19, Sharp Chi (hooking) 15:03, Fiddler Nash (roughing) Third Period 5. Nashville, Fiddler 2 (Hartneil. Hall) 6. Chicago, Arnason 8 (Spacek). 7.

Chicago. Babchuk 1 (Barnaby. Dowd) 8. Nashville. Sullivan 13 (Smithson, Timonen) 12:15 (sh) Penalties Thornton Chi (roughing) 2:49.

Hamhuis Nash (interference) 10:46, Vandermeer Chi (interference) 14:05. Nashville bench (too many men; served by Upshall) 16:24. Shots on goal by Chicago 11 7 18-36 Nashville 12 10 8-30 Goal Chicago: Anderson (L.2-2-1); Nashville: Rinne (W.1-0-0). Power plays (goals-chances) -Chicago: 0-9; Nashville: 1-9. Attendance Stars 2 at Senators 0 First Period 1.

Dallas. Morrow 10 (Skoula, Barnes) 11:40 (pp) Penalties Volchenkov Ott (tripping) 1:25. Chara Ott (tripping) 9:07, Phillips Ott (delay of game) 10:01, Pothier Ott (delay of game) 11:48, Modano Dal (hooking) 16:39. Second Period No Scoring. Penalties Zubov Dal (hooking) 0:55.

Phillips Ott (hooking) 10:04, Alfredsson Ott (tripping) 17:16, Schaefer Ott (hooking) 18:47. Third Period 2. Dallas, Lehtinen 17 (Morrow) 11:27 Penalties Modano Dal (slashing) 5:21, Smolinski Ott (hooking, unsportsmanlike conduct) 7:04, Heatley Ott (roughing) 15:54. Shots on goal by Dallas I 10-27 Ottawa 10 9 6-25 Goal Dallas: Turco (W.17-7-1); WESTERN CON'WItCt Central Omsiwi 6 OL A 45 41 li7 36 1J6 .0 A rf'ti .33 21 9 3 12? .29 ii i .30 12 16 2 94 .31 9 22 0 5s 6 17 4 7(, Cr.uniDjS St. LOUiS Northwest Drvition JS I Ot Vancouver ...31 20 9 2 10! 42 Cl'93' 31 18 9 4 75 '3 40 Erroomon .32 17 11 4 99 94 38 Cmoraoo .31 16 12 3 1171(4 35 M.nnesota .31 12 15 4 83 77 28 DMsioH GWlOtF A Da as -29 20 8 1 99 los Angeles.

.32 18 13 1 107 93 Pnoem .32 16 14 2 0 64 34 .32 14 13 5 87 86 J9 13 12 4 88 95 30 Ananeim San Jose Nash. ie 5 Ch-caoo 3 Tamoa Ba 3 Phoenix 1 Friday Games Bnaio at P'ttsburgh. torn. St. Louis at Chicago.

5: 30 Los Anodes ar An.ire,m, 7:30 o.m. Washington at San Jose. 7:30 p.m. Ottawa: Emery (L.6-11). Power plays (goab-cfunces) Dai-as: 1-9: Odawa: 0-3.

Attendance 19.598 1 19.153). Red Wings 2 at Panthers 3 (OT) First Period No Scoring. Penalties Fiipputa Del i interference! 9:22. Kwiatkowsm Ha (hooking! 12:17, Williams Det (hooking) 16:48, Second Period -1. Florida.

Roberts 7 (Hm. Bouwrneester) 15:37 Penalties Weiss Fia (high-sticking) 4:53. Draper Det (interference) 6:59. Kraiicek Fla (hooking) 8:50. Montador Fla (high-sticking 11:11, Van Ryn Fla (holdinql 17:18.

Hoimstrom Det, Gratton Fia (roughing i 17:54. Third Period 2. Detroit. Cleary 2 (Flippuia. Lebda) 3.

Florida. Olesz 3. 4. Detroit. Zetterberg 16 (Datsyuk.

Shanahan) 18:58 (pp) Penalties Maitby Det. Roberts fla (tightmgj 7:37. Kolnik Fla (closing hand on puck) 20:00. Overtime 5. Florida.

Jokinen 13 (Weiss. Horton) 1:36 (po) Penalty Schneider Det (tripping) 1:23. Shots on goal by Detroit 7 14 14 1-36 Florida 10 10 1-30 Goal Detroit: Osgood (L.7-4-2); Florida: Luongo (W.ll-14-4). Power plays (goals-chances) -Detroit: 1-6: Florida: 1-4. Attendance 17.716 (19.250).

Canucks at Flyers First Period -1. Philadelphia. Handzus 7 (Radivojevic. Hatcher) 2. Vancouver.

Linden 4 (Allen. Park) 13:40 Penalties Cooke Vcr (interference) 8:09, Ruutu Vcr (hooking) 18:20. Second Period 3. Philadelphia, Johnsson 3 (Handzus) 4. Vancouver.

Baumgartner 2 (Carter. H.Sedin) 14:35 (pp); 5. Philadelphia, Knuble 14 (Kapanen, Rathie) 16:23 Penalties Kavanagh Pha (high-sticking) 2:14, Rathie Pha (holding) 8:32. Handzus Pha (hooking) 14:01. Third Period 6.

Vancouver, Naslund 17 iBertuzzi. Morrison) 3:29 (pp); 7, Vancouver. Carter 9 (D.Sedm. H.Sedin) 4:06: 8 Vancouver. Carter 10 (D.Sedm, H.Sedin) 9.

Philadelphia. Kapanen 3 (Rathje, Meyer) 18:34 (pp) Penalties Allen Vcr (roughing), Gratton Pha (double roughing) 1:47, Allen Vcr (slashing) 5:00. Cooke Vcr (roughing). Forsberg Pha (crosschecking) 10:36, Naslund Vcr (tripping) 14:26, Naslund Vcr (holding) 16:50. Shots on goal by Vancouver 7 10 9-26 Philadelphia 12 11 20-43 Goal (shots-saves) Vancouver Auld (W.12-6-1); Philadelphia: Esche (20-16).

Niittymaki third )(6-5). Power plays (goals-chances) Vancouver: 2-4; Philadelphia: 1-3. Attendance Lightning 3 at Coyotes 1 First Period -1. Tampa Bay, Modin 15 (Richards) 6:03 Penalties None. Second Period 2.

Tampa Bay, Lecavalier 14 (Sarich. Burke) 8:46 (sh) Penalties Nedved Pho (hooking) 1:50. Taylor TB (hooking) 6:50. Scatchard Pho (slashing) 12:58. Morris Pho (delay of game) 14: 1 1, Michalek Pho (infrference) 18:21.

Third Period 3. Tampa Bay, Fedotenko 9 (St. Louis, Boyle) 0:17 (pp); 4. Phoenix, Sanderson 7 (Devereaux, Gauthier) 3:44 Penalties Kubina TB (high-sticking) 1:43, Modin TB (interference) 5:17, Lecavalier TB, Ballard Pho (fighting) 8:02, Nagy Pho (hooking) 12:10. DiMaio TB (slashing) 12:43, O'Donnell Pho (slashing) 12:43, Artyukhin TB (roughing, boarding), Lundmark Pho (charging, roughing, misconduct) 15:41, Nagy Pho (elbowing), Nedved Pho (hooking) 19:01.

Shots on goal by Tampa Bay 9 13 628 Phoenix 10 11-27 Goal Tampa Bay: Burke (W.4-1-2); Phoenix: Joseph (L.14-9-0). Power plays (goals-chances) -Tampa Bay: 1-7; Phoenix: 0-4. Attendance 14,067 Canadiens 3 at Oilers First Period 1. Edmonton. Bergeron 7 (Hemsky, Pronger) 7:21 (pp); 2.

Montreal, Murray 1 (Higgins, Markov) 3. Montreal, Ryder 14 (Ribeiro, Souray) 16:50 (pp) Penalties Peca Edm (holding) 0:39, Pisani Edm (hooking) 2:58, Dandenault Mtl (hooking) 4:54, Plekanec Mtl (holding) 6:48. Smyth Edm (high-sticking) 16:27, Pronger Edm (high-sticking) 16:33. Second Period 4. Montreal, Higgins 4 (Sundstrom, Souray) 5.

Edmonton, Torres 13 (Harvey, Smith) 5:09 Penalties Bouillon Mtl (holding) 6:19, Torres Edm (interference) 8:04, Dandenault Mtl (tripping) 10:52, Begin Mtl (charging) 12:40, Horcoff Edm (interference) 15:09. Third Period 6. Edmonton, Pisani 8 (Moreau, Reasoner) 7. Edmonton, Moreau 8 (Reasoner, Pisani) 18:47 (pp); Edmonton, Pisani 9 (Stoll) 19:52 Penalties Dandenault (double high-sticking) 0:20, Horcoff Edm (holding) 11:15, Ryder Mtl (delay of game) 17:24. Shots on goal by Montreal 13 3 3-19 Edmonton 9 11 828 Goal Montreal: Theodore (L.13-7-5): Edmonton: Conklin (W.2-1-1).

Power plays (goals-chances) -Montreal: 1-7; Edmonton: 2-8. Attendance 16,839 Prospal, TB 14 22 36 Marleau.SJ 12 23 36 Naslund, Vcr 17 18 35 Richards, TB 11 24 35 Ovechkin. Wash 18 16 34 Shanahan, Det 18 16 34 Zetterberg, Det 16 18 34 Lecavalier, TB 14 20 34 Tanguay.Col 11 23 34 Frolov, LA 13 20 33 Nagy. Pho 12 21 33 SaklcCol 12 21 33 Gionta, NJ 18 14 32 Ja.Williams. Det 10 22 32 Crosby, Pgh 13 18 31 Rank Team Prev.

Rank 6. (9) Moncton 24-9-0-1) 7. (10) Barrie (OHL, 21-9-1-2) a (NR) Quebec 24-9-0-0) 9. (7) Medicine Hat 22-8-0-6) 10. (5) Kootenay 24-110-2) Group Espanyol (Spain) 1 Maccabi Petach-Tikva (Israel) Palermo (Italy) 3 Brondby (Denmark) 0 Group Hertha Berlin (Germany) 0 Steaua Bucharest (Romania) Lens (France) 2 Sampdoria (Italy) 1 Group AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands) 1 Grasshoppers (Switzerland Middlesbrough (England) 2 Litex Lovech (Bulgaria) 0 Canadian juniors blitz UBC GOLF the Erie Otters' Ryan O'Marra also scored for Canada in front of about 5(X) spectators at Pacific Coliseum.

Defencemen Sasha Pokulok of Cornell and Marc-Edouard Vlasic of the Remparts each had two assists. Peter Hay replied for the Thunderbirds. The 22-player Canadian team will be announced today and it will consist of two goaltenders, seven defencemen and 1 3 forwards. VANCOUVER (CP) Derick Brassard made a last push to be named to this year's Canadian junior men's hockey team with two goals in an 8-1 exhibition win over the University of British Columbia on Thursday. Benoit Pouliot of the Sudbury Wolves, Michigan's Andrew Cogliano, Boston College's Dan Bertram, Bryan Little of the Barrie Colts, Angelo Esposito of the Quebec Remparts and NFL Odds Schedule mdependence Bowl At Shreveport, LA Missouri l6-5i vs.

5. Carolina (7-4), noon Peach BowL At Atlanta Miami (9-2) vs. LA St. 10-2). 4:30 p.m.

Saturday. Dec. 31 Melneke BowL At Charlotte. NC S. Florida i.6-5) vs.

NC St. (6-5). 8 a.m. Liberty Bowl, At Memphis, Term. Fresno St.

(8-4) vs. Tulsa (8-4). 10 a.m. Houston Bowl Tx chrS- (10-11 vs. Iowa St.

(7-4), 11 a.m Monday, Jan. 2 Cotton Bowl, At Dallas Alabama (9-2) vs. TX Tech (9-2), 8 a.m. Outback BowL At Tampa. Fla.

Iowa (7-4i vs. Florida (8-3). 8 a.m. Gator BowL At Jacksonville. Fla.

VA Tech (10-2) vs. Louisville 19-2). 9 am Capital One BowL At Orlando, Fla. Wisconsin (9-3) vs. Auburn (9-2).

10 a.m. Fiesta Bowl At Temoe. Arli. Ohio St (9-2) vs. Notre Dame (9-2).

2 pm n.i i.in Sugar BowL At Atlanta Georgia (10-2) vs. w. VA (10-1), 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3 Orange Bowl, At Miami Perm St.

(10-1) vs. Fla. St. (8-4), 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan.

4 Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif. Texas (12-0) vs. use (12-0), 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14 All-American Classic At Las BVegas.

6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21 East-West Shrine Classic At San Antonio, 1 p.m. Hula Bowl At Honolulu. 4 p.m.

Saturday. Jan. 28 Senior Bowl At Mobile. 1 p.m. SPORTS Fabio Santus, Italy.

8. Valerio Checchi, Italy, 9. (tie), John Anders Gaustad, Norway, and Christian Hoffmann. Austria. 35:57.6.

Also: 16. George Grey, Rossland, B.C. Overall World Cup Standings (after seven of 24 races) 1. Tobias Angerer, Germany, 376 points: 2. Tor Arne Hetland, Norway, 335; 3.

Vincent Vittoz. France. 239; 4. Pietro Piller Cottrer. Italy, 182; 5.

Jens Arne Svartedal, Norway, 176. Skeleton World Cup Sigulda. Latvia Results Thursday from a World Cup men's meet: 1. Jeff Pain, Calgary, 53.30 seconds 2. Zach Lund.

U.S., 53.72.; 1 Paul Boehm, Calgary, 53.73; 4. Eric Bernotas, U.S.. 53.91; S. Duff Gibson. Calgary, S3.93; 6.

Adam Pengilly, Britain, 53.98; 7. Kristian Bromley, Britain, 54.18; a Masaru Inada. Japan, and Martin Rettl. Austria, 54.25; 10. Phillippe Cavoret, France.

54.34. Overall standings (After four of seven races) 1. Zach Lund, U.S., 340 points; I Jeff Pain, Calgary, 310; 3. Gregor Staehli, Switzerland, 265; 4. Eric Bernotas, U.S., 264; S.

Paul Boehm, Calgary, 258; 6. Kevin Ellis, U.S., 230. Okinawa Open Okinawa, Japan Leading scores Thursday following the opening round of the Asian Tour's Japan Okinawa Open held at the par-71 Naha Golf Club: Dinesh Chand 65 Kaname Yokoo 65 Hiroyuki Fujita 66 Kenochi Kuboya 67 Chris Campbell 68 Jason Knutzon 68 Rick Moir 68 Kiyoshi Miyazato 6B Tom Nakajima 69 Ryuchi Oda 69 AmandeepJohl 69 GauravGhei 69 Also: Rick Gibson 74 National Football League Cleveland Browns Signed linebacker Andra Davis to a five-year contract extension. Tennessee Titans-Claimed WR Bobby Wade off waivers from Chicago. Canadian Football League Winnipeg Blue Bombers-Named Doug Berry coach.

National Hockey League Phoenix Coyotes-Recalled Brian Boucher and LW Steve Gainey from San Antonio of the AHL. Assigned David Leneveu to San Antonio. Pittsburgh Penguins-Fired Ed Olczyk, coach, Joe Mullen and Randy Hillier, assistant coaches. Shane Clifford, goaltending coach, and John Welday, strength coach. Named Michel Therrien coach, Mike Yeo assistant coach.

Forwards Tracy McGrady, Houston 600.507; Kevin Garnett, Minnesota, nwrai; 1 im uuncan, ban Antonio, Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas, Carmelo Anthony, Denver, AmarDe Stoudemire, Phoenix, Elton Brand. L.A. Clippers. Shawn Marion, Phoenix, Pau Gasol, Memphis. Lamar Odom, L.A.

Lakers, 64,676. Guards Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers, 664.744; Steve Nash, Phoenix, Manu Ginobili, San Antonio, 226.875; Ray Allen, Seattle, 204.658; Tony Parker. San Antonio, Baron Davis, Golden State. David Wesley, Houston, Jason Richardson, Golden State, Jason Terry, Dallas, Mike Bibby, Sacramento, 66,004.

Centres Yao Ming, Houston, Marcus Camby, Denver, Mehmet Okur, Utah, Erick Dampier, Dallas, Chris Mihm, L.A. Lakers, Brad Miller, Sacramento, Kurt Thomas, Phoenix, Chris Kaman, L.A. Clippers, Michael Olowokandi, Minnesota, 15,471, Lorenzen Wright, Memphis, 14,043. 167 76 165 159 174 86 163 107 159 86 150 84 173 93 171 70 178 71 144 102 183 79 423 22.3 489 22.2 437 21.9 434 21.7 430 21.5 428 21.4 440 21.0 430 20.5 430 20.5 390 19.5 n7 (7 19.4 South African Open George, South Africa Scores Thursday from the 7.5 million rand (S1.35 million Cdn) South African Open Championship, played at the 7.435-yard, par-73 (36-37) Links, Fancourt golf course: Tim Clark 34-34-68 ROSS Fisher 36-32 -68 Henrik Nystrom 36-33-69 Mattias Eliasson 37-33-70 Chart Schwartzel 35-35-70 James Kingston 33-38-71 Jaco van Zyl 34-37-71 Francesco Molinari 37-34-71 Andrew McLardy 35-37-72 Warrick Druian 38-34-72 Gregory Havret 37-35-72 Michael Hoey 36-36-72 Anton Haig 36-36-72 Myhre helps Huskies reach final TRANSACTIONS The third-seeded University of Washington Huskies, with Victoria's Darla Myhre, advanced to the NCAA Division 1 championship in women's volleyball on Thursday by defeating Tennessee 30-25, 30-19 and 30-21 at the Alamodome in San Antonio. The Huskies will play the winner of the second semifinal between Nebraska and Santa Clara on Saturday.

Myhre contributed seven kills with a team-high six blocks. Central Division Med. Hat .36 22 8 0 6 122 88 50 Calgary .32 24 8 0 0 88 61 48 lethbridge .32 15 12 2 3 90 90 35 S. Current .35 9 18 0 8 76 119 26 Red Deer .34 10 20 1 3 83 115 24 WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. Division Kootenay ..37 24 11 0 2 125 90 50 Vancouver .33 21 8 0 4 113 70 46 21 8 1 1 120 89 44 Pr.

George .34 17 14 0 3 90 93 37 Kamloops .35 18 17 0 0 74 87 36 US. Division Everett .33 18 14 1 0 84 77 37 Portland .30 15 12 1 2 108 110 33 Seattle .32 14 14 1 3 77 95 32 Spokane .31 15 15 1 0 90 96 31 Tri-City .29 11 14 3 1 79 99 26 Thursday No Games Scheduled. Friday Games Moose Jaw at Regina Medicine Hat at Lethbridge Portland at Kelowna Everett at Spokane Tri-City at Seattle Red Deer at Brandon Calgary at Prince Albert Kamloops at Prince George Swift Current at Vancouver AHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division OLSO A Portland .26 17 7 2 0 89 81 36 Manchester .26 16 6 1 3 90 81 36 Hartford .26 14 6 2 4 93 85 34 Springfield .28 14 10 1 3 84 100 32 Lowell 28 12 12 1 3 84 88 28 Providence .23 10 11 1 1 67 60 2 2 Albany 27 8 17 0 2 71 91 18 East Division Wilkes-Barre 25 21 1 2 1 102 49 45 Hershey .28 18 4 2 4 105 78 42 Philadelphia .29 13 14 0 2 69 82 28 Norfolk 25 11 11 2 1 66 69 2 5 Bridgeport .28 10 16 2 0 83 104 22 Binghamton .25 7 15 2 1 67 98 17 WESTERN CONFERENCE North Division Manitoba .32 19 10 1 2 103 85 41 Gr. Rapids .28 18 8 0 2 106 93 38 Rochester .27 15 12 0 0 102 90 30 Syracuse .25 13 10 1 1 79 81 28 Toronto 27 13 14 0 0 82 88 26 Cleveland ...30 12 16 1 1 81 105 26 Hamilton .29 10 17 0 2 81 93 22 West Division Houston .29 19 8 1 1 98 86 40 Milwaukee .25 17 6 1 1 86 57 36 Peoria 26 15 10 0 1 89 72 31 Omaha 29 12 11 0 6 71 82 30 Iowa 25 11 12 1 1 63 73 24 Chicago 23 9 10 1 3 68 74 22 San Antonio .27 9 17 0 1 50 84 19 Thursday No Games Scheduled Friday Games Hamilton at Philadelphia Toronto at Cleveland Norfolk at Binghamton Hartford at Providence Syracuse at Wilkes-Barre Lowell at Bridgeport Albany at Manchester Grand Rapids at Rochester Portland at Springfield Omaha at Milwaukee Chicago at Iowa San Antonio at Manitoba Peoria at Houston NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Pet Philadelphia 12 11 .522 Boston 9 12 .429 New Jersey 9 12 .429 New York 6 15 .286 Toronto 4 18 .182 Southeast Division Miami 13 10 .565 Orlando 9 11 .450 Washington 9 11 .450 Charlotte 6 17 .261 Atlanta 4 17 .190 Central Division Detroit 16 3 .842 Indiana 12 8 .600 Milwaukee 12 8 .600 Cleveland 12 9 .571 Chicago 11 10 .524 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio 18 4 .818 Dallas 16 6 727 Memphis 13 8 .619 New Orleans 10 12 .455 Houston 8 12 .400 Northwest Division Minnesota 12 9 .571 Denver 12 11 .522 Utah 10 12 .455 Seattle 9 11 .450 Portland 6 15 .286 Pacific Division L.A. Clippers 14 8 .636 Phoenix 13 8 .619 Golden State 13 9 .591 L.A.

Lakers 12 10 .545 Sacramento 10 13 .435 Thursday Results Cleveland 94 Denver 85 San Antonio 90 Minnesota 88 Houston 104 Seattle 98 Friday Games Utah at Indiana. 4 p.m. New York at Atlanta. 4 p.m. Golden State at Toronto.

4 p.m. Milwaukee at Boston. 4:30 p.m. Denver at New Jersey. 4:30 p.m.

Miami at Philadelphia. 5 p.m. Chicago at Detroit. 5 o.m. Phoenix at Now Orleans, 5 p.m.

Criando at Dalkis. 6:30 p.m. Seattle at Portland, 7 p.m. Washington at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 1 2 2 5 712 212 212 7 412 412 5 6 2 412 1 212 212 6 12 1 2 412 American League Baseball Los Angeles Angels-Waived OF Jeff DaVanon.

New York Yankees-Agreed to terms with LHP Mike Myers on a two-year contract. National League Baseball Pittsburgh Pirates-Agreed to terms with RHP Roberto Hernandez on a one-year contract. San Diego Padres Signed pitcher Doug Brocail to a one-year contract. National Basketball Association NBA-Fined the Los Angeles Lakers $25,000 for public comments made by coach Phil Jackson on Dec. 8 and Indiana Ron Artest $10,000 for making public statements detrimental to the NBA.

Milwaukee Bucks Signed Jermaine Jackson. BASKETBALL 2006 NBA All-Star Game Voting New York Voting results released Thursday for the 2006 NBA All-Star Game which will be played Sunday, Feb. 19 at the Toyota Center in Houston (x-the New OrleansOklahoma City-Milwaukee trade involving Jamaal Magloire was completed after the media panel's deadline for selecting the ballot and therefore he is listed on the ballot as a member of his former team. For tabulation purposes, votes for Magloire will be counted towards the Eastern Conference totals): EASTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN Cnurrorurr TODAY'S EVENTS HOCKEY B.C. League: Alberni Valley Bulldogs at Victoria Salsa, 7 p.m..

Bear Mountain Arena; Cowichan Valley Capitals at Nanaimo Clippers, 7:30 p.m., Frank Crane Arena. HOCKEY ECHL: Alaska at Victoria. 7 p.m., Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. HOCKEY Vancouver Island Junior League: Oceanside at Campbell River, 7:30 p.m.; Kerry Park at Peninsula, 7:30 p.m., Panorama; Victoria at Saanich, 6:30 p.m., Pearkes Arena. BASKETBALL Senior Boys' and Senior Girls' Santa Slam Tournament: Lam-brick Park, 9 a.m.30 p.m.; Mount Douglas, 4-9 p.m Reynolds: 4-9 p.m.; Spectrum: 2-7 p.m.

TODAY'S TELEVISION 6 a.m. on Ch. 47 European PGA Golf: South African Airways. 4 p.m. on Ch.

NHL: Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins. 6:30 p.m. on Ch. 85 NBA: Orlando Magic at Dallas Mavericks. 7:30 p.m.

on Ch. 23 AHL: San Antonio Rampage at Manitoba Moose. SATURDAY'S EVENTS BASKETBALL Senior Boys' and Senior Girls' Santa Slam Tournament: Lam-brick Park. 9 a.m-2 p.m.; SMUS, 9 am-4 p.m.; Stelly's: 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; Pacific Christian: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. NHL Scoring Leaders WHAT'S ON HOCKEY B.C.

League: Nanaimo at Cowichan Valley, 7:30 p.m. Valley Community Centre; Victoria at Powell River, 7:30 p.m., Powell River Recreation Complex. HOCKEY Vancouver Island Junior League: Oceanside at Comox Valley, 7:30 p.m.; Cammpbell River at Kerry Park, 7:30 p.m., Panorama. HOCKEY ECHL: Alaska at Victoria, 7 p.m., Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre. CURLING Bear Mountain Classic Qualifier: Draws 9 a.m, 1 and 6:30 p.m., Juan de Fuca Curling Club.

SATURDAY'S TELEVISION a.m. on Ch. 47 European PGA Golf: South African Airways Open, third round. 79:30 a.m. on Ch, 23 Soccer: Premiership, teans TBA.

9 am on Ch. 85 U.S. College Basketball: UCLA at Michigan. 10:30 a.m. on Ch.

5 and 15 NFL: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New England Patriots. 11 a.m. on Ch. 21 U.S. College Basketball: Louisville at Kentucky.

12:30 p.m. on Ch. 2 World Cup Skiing: Women's Downhill. 1:30 p.m. on Ch.

2 World Cup Skiing: Cross-country. 1 p.m on Ch. 16 Golf: Wendy's Three-Tour Challenge, front nine. Coached by Lou Garraway and Rob Williams. 2 p.m.

on Saturday Dhr. 1-2 and Under-21 Blues Rob Veenhof; Steve Gately; Dean Anderson; Frank Markovic; Dave Gus-tar; John Mennie; Tynan Bouwer; Geordie Lyall; Steve Scott; Darcy Lenton; Gord Johnson: Brett Saunders; Dominic Butcher; Kevin James; Leigh Campbell; George Thomas; Tyler Lem-mon. Coached by Bill Murpy and Kjeld Brads-gard. D'l. l-2and Under-21 Whites Natha.1 Wood; Steve Williams; Mike Moon; Nando Dunic; Adam Amlani; Cooper Barry; Tyler Leightnen; Matt Northrup; Jeff Lenton; Al Moss; Sean Ebbs Canivan; Ben Green; JJ Atterbury; Conor Quinn; Kellen Holden; Ryan Large; Shaun Gurney.

Coached by Vince Greco 2 p.m. on Ch. 5 and 21 NFL: Kansas City Chiefs at New York Giants. 2 p.m. on Ch.

5 NFL: Denver Broncos at Buffalo Bills. 4 p.m. on Ch. 2 NHL: Toronto Maple Leafs at Ottawa Senators. 9 p.m.

on Ch. 5 Golf: Wendy's Three-Tour Challenge, front nine. 7 p.m. on Ch. 2 NHL: Edmonton Oilers at Vancouver Canucks.

CURLING Select League (At Victoria Curling Club) Standings 1. Dey (Merit Travel) 20 points; 2. Tuson (Nogaard, Neale, Camden) 18; 3. Wood (A Cut Above Tree Service) 16; 4. Dan-gerf ield (Prime Time Sound) 16; 5.

Walker (University Heights Esso) 16; 6. Joanisse (Island Blue Print) 14; 7. Sanders (CanWest Petroleum Corp.) 14; a Montgomery (Creative Woodcraft) 14; 9. Craig (Cognition Management) 10; 10. luvale (Investors Group, Dan Hall) 11.

Hall (CSM Services) 12. Callander (Olympic Physiotherapy) 13. Yardley (Sigma 2 Salon) 14. Epp (Jim and Ed at KIA) 15. Burgoyne (IBP Holdings) 16 Fox (Scotiabank) 17.

Wark 2. Results Wood 7 Wark 0 Dangerfield 7 luvale 2 Callander 6 Burgoyne 1 Yardley 7 Epp 6 Montgomery 6 Fox 0 Tuson 6 Craig 5 Dey 6 Sanders 3 Walker 7 HallO SCHOOL SCENE Basketball SENIOR BOYS Santa Slam Tournament Lambrick Park 78 SMUS 56 (LP: Tyler Christianson 15, Brett Burley 15; SMUS: Dennis Carson 33, Gavin Walman 10) Campbell River Carihi 64 Mount Douglas 57 (CR: Peter Earles 23, Mike Gionet 19; MD: Jason Chen 14, Colevin Crause 14) Courtenay Mark Isfeld 75 Cambie 41 Stelly's 80 Nanaimo Cedar 73 (S: Matt Murray 24, Wade McCulloch 22; NC: Sig-gi 38) SENIOR GIRLS Archbishop Murphy 80 Lambr.ck Park 41 A 50 45 44 44 44 44 43 42 42 39 38 37 37 36 Jagr. NVR 23 27 J.Thornton, Bos-SJ ....11 34 Alfredsson, Ott 21 23 Heatley. Ott 20 24 Kovalchuk, Ati 20 24 Savard. Ati 14 30 Spezza, Ott 11 32 Staal, Car 21 21 Forsberg, Pha 10 32 16 23 McCabe, Tor 10 28 Gagne, Pha 23 14 Datsyuk, Det 12 25 Hossa, Ati 15 21 Forwards LeBron James.

Cleveland, 665 H49: lermainp OMpal inrilana Rasheed Wallace, Detroit, Ron Artest, Indiana, Chris Webber, Philadelphia, 167.436; Paul Pierce, Boston, Grant Hill, Orlando. Tayshaun Prince, Detroit, Chris Bosh, Toronto, Andre Iguodala, Philadelphia, 79,581. Guards Allen Iverson, Philadelphia, Dwyane Wade, Miami, Vince Carter. New Jersey, Jason Kidd, New Jersey, Chauncey Billups, Detroit, 125.494; Steve Francis, Orlando, Gilbert Arenas, Washington, Richard Hamilton, Detroit, T.J. Ford.

Milwaukee, Michael Redd, Milwaukee, 47,464. Centres Shaquille O'Neal, Miami, Ben Wallace, Detroit. 336.518; Zydrunas llgauskas. Cleveland, 55.576; Andrew Bogut, Milwaukee. Samuel Dalembert, Philadelphia, 32.998; Nenad Krstic, New Jersey, Raef LaFrentz, Boston, Eddie Curry, New York, x-Jamaal Magloire, Milwaukee, Jeff Foster, Indiana, 20,758.

SOCCER CHL Rankings Rank Team League Record 1. (1) Chicoutimi 25-7-1-2) 2. (3) London (OHL, 22-6-0-2) 3. (4) Peterborough 23-5-1-0) 4. (2) A-Bathurst 23-9-2-3) 5.

(8) Calgary (WHL, 24-8-0-0) SOCCER Vancouver Island League All-Star Rosters Noon on Saturday (At Hampton Park Turf Field) Dtv 3-6 Team (Red and Black) Erik Jorgenson; Liv Wilson; Philip Bras Jason DeFrias; Chris Nunez; Elvis Sum-berac; Lee Kamertos; Quinn McMorran; Evan Peterson; Gavin Hollet; Lewis Edmunds; Geoff Houston; Cody Fitzsim-mon Andrew Cleaver; Logan Morrison; Matt Scutt; Ryan Schaffer; Alec Morse. Coached by Terry Marra and Mario Rainaldi. Masters Team Blue and Yellow) Max Ascui; Tony Fitteren Tim Richards; Nick Gilbert; Darren McAdams; Tim Sle-van; Rob West; Dean Johnson; David Ravenhill; Jamie Aikenclose; Scott longpre; Rich Allen; Mark Barnes; Jay Wiijjn; Kenny McFarlane; Cam Cighton. Thursday's International Scores NBA Scoring Leaders FG FT AVG Hamilton. Det.

.19 .23 270 215 781 34.0 Bosh, Tor 22 .22 255 154 686 31.2 Garnett, Minn. .20 .20 212 158 614 30.7 O'Neal. Ind. 20 .19 168 137 526 27.7 Carter, N.J 20 .23 213 187 615 26.7 Lewis, Sea. ....20 .21 181 167 557 26.5 Duncan, S.A.

.21 .22 202 135 576 26.2 Davis, 80s 21 .22 210 136 556 25.3 Parker, S.A. ....21 .19 158 119 480 25.3 Yao, Hou 20 .20 168 89 486 24.3 Webber, Pha. .23 .21 165 143 480 22.9 Also: .22 193 77 502 22.8 Nash, Pho 11 Iverson, Pha. Bryant, LAL James, Cle. Arenas.

Wash. Wade, Mia. Pierce. Bos. Nowitzki, Dal.

Brand. LAC Redd, Mil Allen Sea. Anthony. Den. Richardsn, G.S.

FIFA Club World Championship Semifinal, At Yokohama, Japan Liverpool (England) 3 Deportivo Saprissa (Costa Rica) 0 IE FA Cup Group Stage Group A Hamburg (Germany) 2 Slao'ia Prague (Czech Republic) Monaco (France) 2 CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria) 1 136 83 385 18.3.