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Section Page 4 wwwstuMelcgrumcoin Monday Ocloher 26 llW8 HOCKEY SOCCER rJ Top pick scores in Lightning's win PAOnC' 1 Pti 6f nt Dallas-' 5 1 1 11 19 11 5-0-0 0-1-1 2-0-0 Los Angeles 3 2 2 8 17 17 1-0-1 2-2-1 0-0-0 Phoenix 2 2 1 5 12 11 2-1-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 Anaheim' 2 3 1 5 11 11 1-0-1 1-3-0 0-0-1 San Jose 0 4 2 2 10 18 0-2-0 0-2-2 0-1-0 CfNTRAl 1 PtS 6f EA HOME AWAY OIV Detroit' 5 2 0 10 21 12 3-1-0 2-1-0 2-0-0 Chitgy' 4 2 1 9 19 19 3-1-1 1-1-0 1-0-0 3 2 1 7 17 16 1-1-0 2-1-1 0-0-1 NaSsWijje 1 5 1 3 15 22 1-2-0 0-3-1 0-2-0 mBftymfr i pa 6f ka home away phi Vancouver 4 3 0 8 19 14 2-1-0 2-2-0 0-1-0 Edmonton 3 4 0 6 21 19 0-2-0 3-2-0 1-1-0 Calflary 2 4 1 5 19 25 0-1-1 2-3-0 0-0-0 Colorado 1 4 1 3 16 24 1-3-0 0-1-1 1-0-0 ARAWTltj I Pti 6f EA HOME AWAY DTK Phltadtlphia 4 1 2 10 18 10 2-1-1 2-0-1 1-1-1 New Jersey 3 3 0 6 12 13 1-2-0 2-1-0 2-1-0 NYtslandcrs 3 4 0 6 15 18 1-2-0 2-2-0 0-2-0 NYWartjjers 2 4 2 6 15 23 2-3-0 0-1-2 1-2-2 Pittsburgh 2 2 1 5 14 18 0-1-1 2-1-0 2-0-1 NORTHEAST I Pti Gf EA HOME AWAY DHL Toronto 5 1 1 11 26 19 1-0-1 4-1-0 0-0-0 Mdjtjreat 3 3 1 7 17 14 3-3-0 0-0-1 1-1-0 Boston 3 4 1 7 15 14 1-0-1 2-4-0 0-0-0 Ottawa 3 3 0 6 17 16 1-2-0 2-1-0 0-1-0 Buffalo 2 3 1 5 14 15 0-1-1 2-2-0 1-0-0 SOUTHEAST I Ptt EE EA HOME AWAY DM Washington 3 2 2 8 13 10 1-2-2 2-0-0 1-0-1 FlotiOa 2 1 3 7 10 11 1-1-1 1-0-2 1-0-1 Carolina 2 2 3 7 17 15 1-1-3 1-1-0 0-0-1 Phoenix stopped Anaheim's first 26 shots before Selanne scored his third goal of the season with 1 1 :38 remaining in the third period It trimmed the Coyotes' margin to 2-1 following goals by Oleg Tverdovsky and Keith Tkachuk Paul Kariya had the puck in the neutral zone and made a flip pass across the blue line that led Selanne in alone on Khabibulin who was beaten to the glove side from 10 feet out Rucchin then converted a rebound from deep in the slot under Khabibulin's pads for the tying goal after the goalie turned aside Selanne's wraparound attempt The Ducks had a great opportunity to win it in overtime but Travis Green couldn't lift the puck over the sprawling Khabibulin with four minutes to play with the puck disappearing under the goalie's leg pad Kariya who assisted on both Anaheim goals had another scoring chance with two minutes to go in the extra period but Khabibulin stopped a shot from 15 feet with his blocking pad Tverdovsky whom the Ducks tabbed as the second overall pick in the 1994 draft before trading him for Selanne in February 1996 opened the scoring just 51 seconds after the opening faceoff The Associated HressS tkvk Ni sius Canucks goalie Garth Snow stops a shot by Lightnings right winger Andrei Nazarov but gave up three goals in Vancouver's 3-2 loss sustained a mild concussion Friday night a 3-2 loss at Tampa Bay Carolina's Gary Roberts tied it at 2 at 3:46 of the third period Coyotes 2 Mighty Ducks 2 ANAHEIM Calif Teemu Selanne scored once and set up Steve Rucchin's tying goal with 4:28 remaining as Anaheim rallied to tie Phoenix Nikolai Khabibulin who blanked the Ducks 6-0 in their preseason finale on Oct 6 in Tampa Bay 3 4 1 7 19 23 3-3-0 0-1-1 0-2-1 Thebft eight teams in each conference quality for the playoffs The lower-seeded of the two diviworwinners in each conference Is awarded the second seed in that conference regardless- point totals Yesterday Today Kirtrja 3 atHurrlcanes 2 at Ughtning 3 Canucks 2 CoyotBs2 at Mighty Ducks 2 (OT) Penguins Coyotes at Leafs 6:30 at Avalanche 8 From Wire Rcrxitis TAMPA Fla Vincent Lecavalier the No 1 overall pick in the June draft scored his first NHL goal as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 NHL last night ROUNDUP Lecavalier playing in his eighth game scored on a low wrist shot while falling backward over goalie Garth Snow to tie it at 1-1 at 9:38 of the first period Sandy McCarthy set up the goal with a pass from behind the net "I was very happy to get it in front of them They're leaving tomorrow" Lecavalier said of his parents who were at the game and are returning to their home in He Bizard Quebec "It took me eight games but I finally got it" Jassen Cullimore broke a 2-2 tie with a power-play goal with 12:23 remaining as Tampa Bay increased its winning streak to three games the Lightning's longest streak since a four-game run Feb 20-25 1997 Vancouver defenseman Mattias Ohlund had his first two-goal game scoring twice on rebounds of his own shots Kings 3 Hurricanes 2 GREENSBORO NC Sandy Moger scored with 2:54 Odessa slips by Brahmas By Rick acch Special in the Stir-Telegram FORT WORTH Brahmas coach Terry Menard had nothing but praise for Steve Plouffe after the goalie stopped 40 shots by Odessa last night Unfortunately for Plouffe and his teammates the Jackalopes attempted 45 shots in their 5-4 Western Professional Hockey League victory at the Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum "He's the only guy who came to play tonight" Menard said of Plouffe "Put that in the paper 1 hope they other team members read it" Dan Lavergne had a hat trick for the Jackalopes (2-3-1) His two goals within a span of two and a half minutes in the third period broke a 3-3 tie Lavergne also had a goal at 18:07 of the second period to tie the score at 3 Earlier he had an assist on a goal by Christian Wibner at the 1 1 :44 mark of the opening period to tie the score at 2 The Brahmas (3-3-0) made a late run as Cosmo Dupaul scored off an assist by Martin Lamarche and Ryan Black at 18:51 of the third period Menard then pulled Plouffe to give the Brahmas an extra man offensively but they couldn't capitalize Black while not scoring a goal had three assists He has 13 points this season and is on a pace for 179 which would shatter the league record of 121 After outshooting Odessa 8-5 in the first period and taking a 3-2 J- The Hurricanes' Nelson Emerson right and Curtis Leschyshyn try to stop the Kings' Luc Robitaiile who broke a 1-1 tie with a goal in the second period in Los Angeles' 3-2 victory remaining to give Los Angeles a victory against Carolina Moger took a pass from Mattias Norstrom and fired a shot from 50 feet that skidded under goalie Trevor Kidd's stick Manny Legace making his third appearance for the Kings with regular goalies Stephane Fiset and Jamie Storr sidelined by groin injuries made 29 saves Legace made 49 saves Wednesday night in a 1-1 tie at Florida and Brahmas goalie Steve Plouffe zeroes win 5-4 lead the Brahmas were outshot 40-17 and outscored 3-1 the rest of the game Plouffe faced down 21 of the 22 second-period shots he faced "We have offense but I tell the guys defense first" Menard said "If it hadn't been for him IPlouffel they Odessa would have scored 10" In his past two games both at home Plouffe (3-1) has stopped 75 of the 85 shots he has faced He stopped 35 of 40 shots Friday in a 7-5 victory against Central Texas 1997 when he was Arena's assistant as DC United won the new league's first two championship games Arena who already owned an NCAA tournament victory over his friend guided DC United to two regular-season victories over Bradley's Fire this year by scores of 3-1 and 4-1 Arena is widely regarded as the top candidate for the vacant US national team job Thornton had eight saves as the Fire shackled United's high-powered offense including league MVP Marco Etcheverry and strikers Jaime Moreno and Roy Lassiter DC outshot the Fire 22-10 and held an 8-4 edge in shots on goal including 6-0 ing the second half Saturday at Stars 2 Sharks 1 Rangers 2 at Fryers 2 (OT) fled Wings 3 at Canadiens 0 Maple Leafs 6 at Penguins 4 Hurricanes 3 at Senators 1 at Islanders 5 Sabres 4 Panthers 2 at Capitals 2 (OT) at Devils 3 Bruins 1 at Blues 4 Flames 3 at Blackhawks 5 Predators 4 at Avalanche 6 Oilers 4 -UI 1 The Associated PressGiKRY Bhoomk Saturday's late summary Avalanche 6 Oilers 4 EdMOStSH Coloradt 1-6 First period 1 Colorado Sakic 5 (Lefebvre Deadmarsh) 3 59 (sh) 2 Colorado Deadmarsh 3 (Gusarov) 7 47 3 Colorado Heiduk 2 (Crowley Sakic) 15 54 (pp) 4 Colorado Lemieux 2 (Fors-berg Kamensky) 18:21 (pp) Penalties Guerin Edm major (fighting) :36 Foote Col major (fighting) :36 Klemm Col (ob -holding) 2:1 Lefebvre Col (hooking) 5 44 McSorley Edm minor-major (roughing fighting) 10 09 Lacroix Col (roughing) 10 09 Odgers Col minor-maior-misconduct (roughing fighting) 10 09 Brown Edm (interference) 14 33 Brown Edm major (fighting) 1631: Deadmarsh Col major (fighting) 16 31: Gner Edm major (fighting) 17 07 Donovan Col major (fighting) 17 07 Marchant Edm (ob -hooking) 1734 Second period 5 Edmonton Brown 3 (SBrown) 5 17 6 Edmonton Guerin 6 (Kovalenko Weight) 11:18 (pp) 7 Colorado Lemieux 3 (Sakic Gusarov) 16:39 (pp) Penalties Forsberg Col (tripping) 3 01 Deadmarsh Col (ob -hooking) 10 22 Millar Edm major-game misconduct (boarding) 11 46 Brown Edm (roughing) 16 07 Forsberg Col (roughing) 16 07 Gner Edm (boarding) 18 41: Buchberger Edm major (fighting) 19 35 Deadmarsh Col double minor-maior-misconduct (elbowing instigator fighting) 19 35 Third period 8 Edmonton Grier 1 (Hamrlik Marchant) 9 Edmonton Marchant 2 (Gner Hamrlik) 15:47 10 Colorado Jones 1 19 52 (en) Penalties Hamrlik Edm (roughing) 4:23 Brown Edm (roughing) 4 23 Jones Col (roughing) 4:23 Miller Col (elbowing) 4 23 Jones Col (goalie interference) 17 27 Guerin Edm minor-major-misconduct (roughing instigator fighting) 19 52 Klemm Col double minor-major (high-stick-ing fighting) 19 52 Jones Col (unsportsmanlike conduct) 19 59 Gner Edm (unsportsmanlike conduct) 19:59 Shots on goal Edmonton Colorado 27 Power-play opportunities Edmonton 1 of 9 Colorado 3 of 5 Goalies Edmonton Shtalenkov (13 shots-9 saves) Essensa 0-2-0 0 00 second (13-12) Colorado Roy 1-3-1 (35-31) 16061 (16061) Referee Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen Wayne Bonney Mike Cvik NHL Leaders Through Saturday Goal Scaring 5 5 Special to the Star-TelegrainKiiN LawdiiRMILK in on the puck last night but the Odessa Jackalopes found the net often to Summaries Kings 3 Hurricanes 2 La Angeles 0 2 Cirolim 0 1 First period None Penalties Donnell LA (hooking) 2 46 Duchesne LA (interference) 16 44 Second period 1 Carolina Kron 2 (Primeau Sheppard 806 2 Los Angeles Robitaiile 4 (Fer-raro 9 22 3 Los Angeles Murray 2 (Robitaiile) 13 92 Penalties MJohnson LA minor-miscon-dud (roughing) 9 27 O'Donnell LA (roughing) 9 27 Karpa Car (roughing) 9 27 Dineen Car (roughing) 9 27 Leschyshyn Car (holding) 13:22 Third period 4 Carolina Roberts 2 (Battagha ONeiU) 3 46 5 Los Angeles Moger 1 (Norstrom) 17 06 Penalties Moger LA (slashing) 4 14 Norstrom LA (high -sticking) 8 23 Shots on goal Los Angeles Carolina 8-13-10 31 Power-play opportunities Los Angeles 0 of 1 Carolina 0 of 4 Goalies Los Angeles Legace 1-0-1 (31 shots-29 saves) Carolina Kidd 0-2-1 (25-22) A 5569 (11 059) Referee Mark Faucette Linesmen Thor Nelson Baron Parker Lightning 3 Canucks 2 Vancouver 1 1 Tanpa Bay 1 0 First period 1 Vancouver Ohlund 2 (May 7ezei) 7 17 2 Tampa Bay Lacavalier 1 (McCarthy P-jppa) 9 38 Penalty Hedican Van (high-stick- irq) 11:50 Second period 3 Vancouver Ohlund 3 IMessier Beriuzzi) 8 30 Penalties Cooke Van (htgh-st Wring) 3 50 Kubina TB (interference) 11 12 McCarthy TB (ob -interference) 15:16 Tucker TB (unsportsmanlike conduct) 1704 Mogilny Van (holding stick) 18 11 Third period 4 Tampa Bay Clark 5 (Janney) 43 5 Tampa Bay Cullimore 3 (Janney Sykora) 37 (pp) Penalties May Van (charging) 7 16 Anderson TB (ob -hooking) 8 24: Tucker TB (ob -hjldm'g) 19 49: Tucker TB misconduct 20:00 Shots on goal Vancouver 7-6-4 17 Tampa Bay Power-play opportunities Vancouver 0 of 5 Tampa Bay 1 ot 4 Goalies Vancouver Snow 4-3-0 (26 shots-23 saves) Tampa Bay Puppa 2-2-1 (17-15) A 6315 (19758) Referee Richard Trottier Linesmen Dan McCourt Mark Pare Coyotes 2 Mighty Ducks 2 Phoeitii 1 1 0 (P2 Anaheim 0 0 2 First period 1 Phoenix Tverdovsky 3 (Toe-chat Ronning) :51 Penalties Lumme Pho (holding stick) 3:54 Khabibulm Pho served by Doan (roughing) 7:37 Mckenzie Ana (charging) 16:43 Marshall Ana double minor (high-sticking) 17:19: Tocchet Pho maior (fighting) 18 59 Pushor Ana major (fighting) 18 59 Second period 2 Phoenix Tkachuk 2 (Lumrie Drake) 6 23 Penalties Doan Pho (roughing) 3 59 Gnmson Ana (high-sticking) 21 1 Phoenix bench served by Tocchet (too many men) Third period 3 Anaheim Selanne 3 (Kanya) 8 22 '4 Anaheim Rucchin 1 (Selanne Kanya) Penalties Sullivan Pho (high-sticking) 3 53 McKenzie Ana (roughing) 1220 Gvtrtim None Penalties Roenick Pho (roughing) 4 24 Marshall Ana (roughing) 4:24 9hots on goal Phoenix Anaheim Power-play opportunities Phoenix 0 ot 5: Anaheim 0 of 5 Goalies Phoenix Khabibulin 2-2-1 (34 shois-32 saves) Anaheim HetoerJ 2-2-1 (36-34) A 16113 (17174) Referee Hob Shick Linesmen Shane Heyer Jay Sharrers I United can't stamp out Fire in MLS Cup Former assistant guides expansion team past his old boss in championship game The Brahmas were 2-for-6 on power-play opportunities The Jackalopes were 2-for-8 and the Brahmas withstood a 5-on-3 disadvantage early in die third period Rick Mauch (817) 548-5479 Mkh 2 1 FW Brahms 3 0 2-5 First period 1 FWB Slrohack (Black) :35 2 ODE Hagman (Equate) 2 28: 3 FWB Rice (Dupaul) 4 29 4 ODE Wibner (Ohrstedt Lavergne) 1 1 44: 5 FWB Miaskowski (Black Rice) 16:26 Penalties Rodrigue ODE (interference) 3:53 Hogg FWB (interference) 10:54 Gallagher FWB (holding) 12:08 Rodrigue ODE (tripping) 17:21 Dunn ODE (hooking) 19 21 Second period 6 ODE Lavergne (Rodrigue) 18:07 The first half featured continuing attacks by both sides with DC taking three shots in the opening four minutes and Chicago also came forward on the attack coming closest to scoring early when Chris Armas' shot was cleared by United defender Jeff Agoos just inches from the line six minutes into the game Podbrozny a native of Poland who is one of a quartet of Chicago's "Eastern Bloc" players finished what was a textbook bit of passing to give Chicago the lead in the 29th minute Gutierrez started the sequence just outside the DC box passing to Lubos Kubik from the Czech Republic Kubik passed the ball to Peter Nowak of Poland who Penalties Hogg FWB (holding) 3:03 Rodrigue ODE (tripping) 11 55: Strohack FWB (interference) 11:46 Anderson ODE (slashing) 14:09 Carter FWB (holding) 14:09 Carter FWB (holding) 17:34 Dunn ODE (unsportsmanlike) 17 34 Rodrigue ODE (hooking) 1946 Third period 7 ODE Lavergne (Rodngue) 18:07 8 ODE Lavergne (Dunn Wibner) 9:27 9 FWB Dupaul (Lamarche Black) Penalties Hogg FWB (holding) 3:36: Carter FWB (interference) 4:53 Fiorni ODE (fighting slashing) 9:08 Lamarche FWB (fighting slashing) 9:08 Hogg FWB (holding) 9:08 Gallagher FWB (hooking) 10:28 Morque ODE (holding) 17:30 Lukals ODE (roughing) 17:30 Reimann FWB (roughing) 17:30 Rodngue ODE (cross checking) 1826 Larocque FWB (slashing) 18:26 Shots on goal ODE 5-22-18 45 FWB B-B-9 25 Power-play opportunities ODE 2 of 8 FWB 2 of 6 Goalies ODE Pye 1-3-1 (25 shots 21 saves) FWB Ploufle 3-1-0 (45 shots 40 saves) AH 1 510 Referee Doug Wittig Linesmen Bob Walkins Robert Williams fed Ante Razov as the United defenders tried an offsides trap Razov rolled a perfectly paced pass beyond the defensive line and Nowak sprinted to the ball and dribbled toward the left post with goalie Tom Presthus forced to come out on him Nowak rolled the ball slowly across the goal mouth and the charging Podbrozny tapped it into the open net to complete a scoring sequence in which half the Fire's position players touched the ball Fire 2 United Chicago 2 DC United 0 0-0 First half 1 Chicago Podbrozny (Nowak Razov) 29th minute 2 Chicago Gutierrez (Nowak) 45th minute Second half none Goalies Chicago Thornton DC Presthus 51350(23865) The Associated Press PASADENA Calif The expansion Chicago Fire ended DC United's two-year reign as Major League Soccer's only champion with a 2-0 victory yesterday in the MLS Cup In the process coach Bob Bradley finally won a game against his longtime friend and former boss Bruce Arena Jerzy Podbrozny and Diego Gutierrez scored goals 16 minutes apart in the first half and goalkeeper Zach Thornton and the Fire defense did the rest before a 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