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DARYL 8957 FINAL EDITION SportsNHL 3CTHE NEWS OBSERVERTHURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2002 3C, Thursday, March 14, 2002 BRIEFS FROM WIRE REPORTS Memphis still in mix for Tyson fight NEW YORK A line in Street goes, Beale Street could If it could, it might be saying that Mike challenge to heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis could end up in Memphis, despite Tyson getting a boxing license Tuesday to fight in Washington. Tyson also has been granted a boxing license by Tennessee, and Shelly Finkel, the adviser, said Wednesday, still is in the Finkel also said that he would meet today with officials of the MCI Center, which would be the Washington fight site, that will give us a better A plus for Memphis, Finkel said, the casinos, which would be There are 10 casinos in Tunica County, a county of 9,000 residents less than 30 miles from Memphis. Casino involvement could produce a big live site fee for a Memphis fight. What kind of fee, if any, could evolve from a Wash- ington fight remains to be seen. Wherever the fight is held, the date apparently for the joint pay- per-view venture of Showtime and HBO will be June 8.

The fight could produce $150 million in gross revenue, with Lewis and Tyson each getting at least $17.5 million. Pay-per-view, which could carry a higher price that the usual $49.95, might reach 1.5 million buys. The record is the 1.99 million buys that produced $99.6 million for the Evander Holyfield- Tyson rematch (the Bite Fight) in 1997. It would be the second heavy- weight championship fight ever in Tennessee. Mike Weaver won the WBA title with a 15th-round knockout of John Tate on March 31, 1980, at Knoxville.

Washington has played host to two heavyweight title fights. Champion Joe Louis beat Buddy Baer on a seventh-round disqual- ification May 23, 1941. Riddick Bowe retained the WBA-IBF titles by knocking out Jesse Ferguson in the second round May 22, 1993. The three-member D.C. Boxing and Wrestl ing Commission capped a two-hour meeting by voting unanimously to give Tyson a license.

None of the 60 people who appeared before the panel spoke against Tyson or the fight. Groups that have publicly opposed the fight in recent weeks, including the Greater Washing- ton Board of Trade and the National Organization for Women, did not attend the meeting. Some of those opposed did express their opinions in writing. Tyson served three years in prison in Indiana for rape, and in 1997 Nevada boxing officials revoked his license after he twice bit ears during their bout. The pro-Tyson movement in Washington had a key ally in Mayor Anthony Wi i ams Williams also persuaded MCI Center owner Abe Pollin to allow the arena to be used for the fight a ter guarantee ing sa fe got to balance trying to bring an event here that I think will benefit the city economy, notwithstanding all the contro- Williams said Wednesday.

Among the events already scheduled for Washington on June 8 is what is billed as the largest Girl Scout Sing-Along. More than 100,000 scouts from across the country are expected to attend the event on the National Mall, a 10-minute walk from the MCI Center. Norway wants IOC to revoke medals OSLO, Norway Norway is taking the Internat iona Olympic Committee to a world sports court to demand that all medals be withdrawn from athletes caught for doping in Salt Lake City. The Norwegians claim the charter says any athlete caught cheating at a Games should forfeit all medals. will demand that the medals be withdrawn for the two Russians Lazutina and Olga and Johann Geir Woxholth, a lawyer for the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Sports Federa- tion, said Wednesday.

Woxholth said he knew of no other similar case against the IOC, making it a precedent-setting process he said could take six months or more. The complaint will be mailed today, he said. OL PTS GF GA HOME AWAY DIV i a i a 3 7 1 8 7 3 8 4 199 149 16-8-3-3 21-10-4-0 7-5-1-1 3 5 2 0 5 7 8 2 197 167 20-8-1-4 15-12-4-3 8-7-1-1 a i a 2 8 2 2 1 3 5 7 4 182 191 12-11-9-2 16-11-4-3 8-3-3-1 To ro 3 4 2 0 8 4 8 0 191 164 20-7-4-0 14-13-4-4 7-3-5-2 aw a 3 3 2 0 8 5 7 9 205 164 16-8-3-2 17-12-5-3 7-5-1-1 I landers 3 2 2 4 7 3 7 4 193 182 15-11-5-2 17-13-2-1 8-6-1-2 2 9 2 5 9 3 7 0 159 153 17-11-4-1 12-14-5-2 7-6-2-1 Rangers 3 0 3 0 4 4 6 8 185 209 18-14-2-1 12-16-2-3 6-6-1-2 re a 2 7 2 7 9 3 6 6 168 176 16-11-5-1 11-16-4-2 4-8-4-1 a i 2 7 2 9 1 0 1 6 5 181 202 18-12-5-1 9-17-5-0 11-4-4-0 a 2 7 2 9 8 1 6 3 170 163 17-13-4-0 10-16-4-1 7-5-3-0 i rg 2 6 3 0 6 4 6 2 160 192 15-16-2-1 11-14-4-3 8-5-1-2 Ta pa ay 2 3 3 2 7 3 5 6 136 163 13-14-3-2 10-18-4-1 5-8-3-0 i a 1 8 3 6 7 5 4 8 145 204 9-19-3-3 9-17-4-2 5-8-2-1 At a a 1 6 3 9 8 4 4 4 154 239 10-17-7-0 6-22-1-4 4-6-4-2 OL PTS GF GA HOME AWAY DIV x- ro i 4 7 1 2 6 2 102 213 145 27-5-3-0 20-7-3-2 9-3-1-1 ra 3 8 2 1 7 1 8 4 176 136 22-9-3-1 16-12-4-0 10-5-4-0 San Jose 3 5 2 0 7 3 8 0 195 158 18-8-2-2 17-12-5-1 6-6-1-1 i a 3 5 2 2 9 1 8 0 185 174 23-5-4-1 12-17-5-0 6-4-4-0 Lo A 3 1 2 2 9 4 7 5 176 153 14-12-5-1 17-10-4-3 6-2-4-2 i 3 1 2 2 8 5 7 5 174 168 22-8-3-2 9-14-5-3 5-6-3-1 St. Lo i 3 1 2 2 8 3 7 3 172 150 20-10-1-1 11-12-7-2 4-5-3-1 a a 3 1 2 3 7 4 7 3 175 170 13-12-5-3 18-11-2-1 8-5-2-0 2 8 2 6 1 1 3 7 0 170 163 16-13-3-0 12-13-8-3 6-4-5-0 Va ve 3 0 2 8 6 3 6 9 201 181 17-10-5-2 13-18-1-1 7-7-2-0 a a 2 7 2 6 1 1 3 6 8 165 178 16-11-4-2 11-15-7-1 6-5-4-0 a hv i 2 5 3 0 1 1 0 6 1 156 175 15-11-7-0 10-19-4-0 6-5-1-0 i a 2 2 2 8 1 0 7 6 1 161 194 12-11-7-5 10-17-3-2 3-9-1-2 A a i 2 3 3 4 6 3 5 5 147 167 12-16-3-2 11-18-3-1 5-6-2-1 1 8 3 7 8 3 4 7 133 194 11-15-5-3 7-22-3-0 4-8-3-2 RESULTS Dallas 5, Washington 2 N.Y. Islanders 3, Buffalo 0 Tampa Bay 4, Atlanta 4 Philadelphia 1, Toronto 1 Ottawa 4, Minnesota 3 (OT) Vancouver 5, Nashville 0 Phoenix 3, Chicago 1 RESULTS Detroit 4, Edmonton 3 (OT) Calgary 3, Florida 3 New Jersey 3, N.Y.

Islanders 2 Boston 3, N.Y. Rangers 1 Pittsburgh at Anaheim, late St. Louis at San Jose, late GAMES Toronto at Boston, 7 Edmonton at Ottawa, 7 Vancouver at Columbus, 7 Dallas at Montreal, 7:30 Calgary at Tampa Bay, 7:30 Colorado at Atlanta, 7:30 Buffalo at Philadelphia, 7:30 St. Louis at Los Angeles, 10:30 GAMES Buffalo at Florida, 7:30 Phoenix at Nashville, 8 Chicago at Anaheim, 10:30 ashington at San Jose, 10:30 NOTES: x- i ay wo po in ts fo a in and one po in a i ove i (OL EASTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE SCORES SCHEDULE SUMMARIES GAMES BRUINS 3, RANGERS 1 Boston 1 1 1 3 N.Y. Rangers 0 0 1 1 i 1 Boston, Zamuner 11 (Ra ls ton Ax- elsson), 5:35.

Pena Bos in te fere 8:37. on 2 Boston, Hogue 7 (G i I n- nis), :58. Pe a a ren, Bos (c ross -check- ing) 11:39. i 3 New Yo a a by 6 i ved) 2 :48. 4 Boston, Axe sson 6 (G i 19:58 (en) Pe a NY (hooking) 9 :40.

Sho ts on goa Boston New Yo Po we lay oppo tun i i es 0 of 1 New York 0 of 2. Goal ies: Bos ton Da foe 29-22-2 (34 shots-33 saves) New York ich te 23-24-4 (23-21). Referees: Mark Faucet te Te regson i ne me a Pr ovos Ray Scap ine RED WINGS 4, OILERS 3 (OT) Edmonton 0 0 3 0 3 Detroit 1 1 1 1 4 i 1 De ro i i ro 8 (O lausson La i- ov) 15 :28 (pp) Pe a i a i ov, Det i i i i 3 2 8 a i i i 1 5 2 3 i k- i 1 5 5 6 i i 1 9 5 7 Second: 2, Detro i ids rom 9 (Lar ionov, Dat- sy 8 4 1 p) Pe a i a ra (holding), Ni inimaa, Edm (holding), 12:28. i 3 Edmonton, Reasoner 3, 1 :03 (pp). 4, Reasoner 4 (Hecht ta ios) 4 :40 p) 5 Detro i i i ams 2 (Rob i ta i La i- ov) 5:35.

6, Edmonton, Comrie 27 (Hecht, Ni- in imaa) 19:44. Pena i ios De (ho ld- ing) :37 Fe rg a i i Ave Det, major ight ing), Dra (ob -hook ing) 4 :31 Po i Edm (hook ing 6:42. i 7 ro i Che i os 5 La i onov, a sy 4 0 0 p) Pe a my i r-m isconduc lash ing 2 :20 go a Edmon ton 10 -12 -15 ro i 9 a i- ies Edmonton 1 5 De ro i 3 of 6. Goal i es a ka 4 4 2 3 1 2 7 aves De ro i Hasek 38-11-5 (38-35). r- ees: Wa ko a Wa ren in es- i re Rac ico Gera rd a i FLAMES 3, PANTHERS 3 Calgary 1 2 0 0 3 Florida 0 1 2 0 3 i rs 1 Ca lga ry, Wr igh 3 (Beg in Gau th ie r) 4:31.

Pe a i Second: 2, Florida, Svehla 5 (Ri tchie, V. re 2 :26 (pp) 3 Ca lgary, Wr i 4 i ay Ly a 9 5 7 4 a a A 1 4 (Mor i Con roy), 18:17 (pp). Pena Ca ipp ing) 1 :43 Pe rov i Cal ro h- ing), Fe rence, la roughing) Ly dman, Cal major ight ing) Ni lson, la, ma jo i gh ing 16 :34 Van Impe la (board ing) 18:02. Thi 5, Flor ida, Wiemer 9 (V.Bu re, Ozo insh) 10:55. 6, Flor ida, P.

re 22 (Ri tch ie, Sve a 11:40. Pe a i Pe rov i Ca ho ld i ng Tu rek, Ca serve by I i a (d ay game) 13 :41 lo ida bench, serve by i l- a ny men) 17:10. i None Pe a i a a a 1 3 1 8 1 1 7 4 9 Flor ida a i- ies: Calgary 1 of Florida 1 of 3. Goal ies: a l- a Tu re 2 6 2 2 1 0 3 4 3 1 av lo i da Luongo 15 -32 -4 (49 -46 av a I a Wa i i a a i a hy. DEVILS 3, ISLANDERS 2 N.Y.

Islanders 0 2 0 2 New Jersey 2 1 0 3 i 1 New Je rsey, ion ta 3 (Pa o) 9 :25 2 New Jersey, Ke i 3 a a i ko ra 10 :45 (pp) Pe a i Kv asha NY i rence) Whi te NJ ro i Stevens, NJ (h igh-s ick ing) 14:01. ec 3 New Jersey, Bry in 11 (G Rafalsk i 5 :31. 4, New York Peca 22 (Auco in Bates) 8 :56 (pp) 5 New Yo Kv asha 6 (C z- kaw sk i Yashin) 9:28. Penal ias, NJ rough ing 6 :49 iede rmay er NJ i pp ing 8 :09 Mezei NY (hooking) Cze kaw i NY (ho ld ing) 17 :19. i None Pena ta NJ i pp ing :29.

ho ts on oa York 5 New Jersey a po i i York 1 of New Jersey 1 of 3. Goal i es York, Osgood 24-21-5 (22 shots-19 saves) New Jersey, Brodeur 28-23-9 (20-18). Referees: ick McGeough Dan ran i a i Pa a zo CAROLINA HURRICANES Through Tuesday GP A PTS 10 Ron Fra i 6 8 2 4 4 1 6 5 24 Sami Ka pa 6 5 2 3 3 6 5 9 92 Jeff 6 4 2 5 3 0 5 5 17 Rod Br ind 6 7 1 7 2 9 4 6 13 Bates Bat tagl ia 6 8 2 0 2 1 4 1 26 Erik Cole 6 7 1 4 2 0 3 4 63 Josef Va i 6 4 1 2 1 3 2 5 22 Sean Hil 6 0 5 1 9 2 4 23 Mart in Gel inas 5 8 1 0 1 3 2 3 5 Mare a i 6 8 4 1 5 1 9 45 Dav id Ta a 6 4 1 1 5 1 6 2 Glen We 6 8 4 1 1 1 5 15 Ke Ad a 6 3 5 9 1 4 6 Bre Hed ican 4 3 4 1 0 1 4 4 Aaro Wa rd 6 6 3 8 1 1 11 Jeff Daniels 5 5 4 0 4 20 Darren Langdon 5 0 2 1 3 7 Niclas Wa i 4 4 1 2 3 16 To my We 3 8 0 2 2 12 Cra ig MacDona ld 1 0 0 0 62 Jaro av Svo a 1 0 0 0 21 Josh Holden 8 0 0 0 27 Cra ig Ad a 2 7 0 0 0 TEAM TOTALS 68 182 308 490 OPPONENT TOTALS 68 191 320 511 GP AVG 35 To a ra 3 4 2.61 1 3 1 2 5 .906 1 Ar tu rs I rbe 3 9 2.75 1 5 1 5 8 .896 80 Ke i We ke 1 9 2.89 3 9 0 .915 TEAM TOTALS 68 2.75 28 27 13 .898 OPPONENT TOTALS 68 2.62 27 28 13 .905 LEAGUE LEADERS Through Tuesday GP A PTS Ig in la, Cal 6 6 4 3 3 6 7 9 Sakic, Col 6 7 2 4 4 4 6 8 Nas lund, Va 6 6 2 7 4 0 6 7 Franci Car 6 8 24 4 1 6 5 Oates Wa 6 4 1 1 5 4 6 5 Shanahan, Det 6 6 3 3 3 0 6 3 Yashin, NYI 6 5 2 9 3 4 6 3 Roenick Ph i 6 5 1 9 4 4 6 3 Sundin, To 6 6 3 4 2 8 6 2 Thorn ton Bos 6 1 2 2 4 0 6 2 A redsson, Ot 6 2 3 3 2 8 6 1 i ra, StL 6 4 2 6 3 5 6 1 roy, Cal 6 5 2 2 3 9 6 1 Jagr Wa 5 4 2 4 3 6 6 0 a ze, Chi 6 7 3 1 2 8 5 9 Kova Pi 5 3 2 6 3 3 5 9 a ov, Bos 5 8 2 5 3 4 5 9 apanen a 6 5 23 3 6 5 9 leu ry, NYR 6 7 2 2 3 7 5 9 GOALS GP Ig in la Ca lgary 6 6 4 3 Guer in Boston 6 2 3 4 Sundin, To ro 6 6 3 4 A redsson, Ot taw a 6 2 3 3 ra Wa i 6 2 3 3 Shanahan, Det ro i 6 6 3 3 Modano, Da las 6 1 3 1 a ze, Chicago 6 7 3 1 kachuk, St. Lo i 5 8 2 9 Gagne, Ph i lade lph ia 6 3 2 9 Kova lchuk At a a 6 5 2 9 Yashin, NY Is landers 6 5 2 9 ray, LA-BOS 6 6 2 9 Robi ta i le Det ro i 6 6 2 9 i ros, NY Rangers 5 8 2 7 i re, Phoenix 6 2 2 7 Hlinka in international hall FROM WIRE REPORTS Former Pittsburgh Penguins coach Ivan Hlinka, who sued the NHL team after being fired in October, and seven others were voted into the Interna- tional Ice Hockey Hall of Fame. Hlinka, who filed a breach of contract suit and is seeking $854,000 in back and future pay, had two seasons remaining on his contract when he was fired four games into this season.

Hlinka coached the Czech Republic to gold medals at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan, and the 1999 IIHF World Championships in Norway. He also was general manager of the Czech team that failed to win a medal at last Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. He played center in the NHL with the Vancouver Canucks from 1981-83, getting 42 goals and 81 assists in 137 games. Hlinka also competed in 11 IIHF World Championships with the Czech national team, winning three gold medals, and he played in the 1972 and 1976 Olympics. Joining Hlinka in the IIHF Hall of Fame will be Ernest Aljancic a Slovenian hockey pioneer who played until age 41; Matti Keinonen, who played 18 seasons in the Finn i sh nat iona eague Gordon Renwick, the IIHF vice president from 1978 to 1994; Nisse Nilsson, who was chosen the best forward at the 1960 Winter Olympics; and longtime Russian coach Vladimir Yurzinov, who was an assistant for the Russian team in Salt Lake City.

BRIEFLY: The Nashville Preda- tors looked to the future Wednesday by swapping their one and only captain, Tom Fitzgerald, to the Chicago Blackhawks for a fourth-round draft pick in 2003. Fitzgerald, 33, a forward, criticized the Predators on Sunday after a 5-1 road loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning, calling it their worst game of the season. The Buffalo Sabres have recalled goalie Mika Noronen from Rochester of the AHL. The Rico Fata, left, and Mike Richter try to keep the puck from P.J. Axelsson.

AP PHOTO BY MARK LENNIHAN Bruins move up Short-handed Rangers lose right wing Dvorak FROM WIRE REPORTS Byron Dafoe made 33 saves as the Boston Bruins moved into second place in the Eastern Con- ference with a 3-1 victory over the visiting New York Rangers on Wednesday night. The Rangers failed to make up ground in the standings and have a much greater problem to deal with a lack of manpower. New York right wing Radek Dvorak, who sprained his right knee and also has a likely ACL tear, is out for the season after a collision with Gord Murphy in the second period. The Rangers are also without captain and steadying force Mark Messier until at least the beginning of any postseason run. Against Boston, New York missed Eric Lindros, Mike York and Michal Grosek, a recent call- up whose strong and physical game is desperately needed.

Lindros, the leading goal scorer, has a bruised foot and missed his second straight game. York and Grosek have nasty cases of the flu. The Rangers, clinging to the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, have back-to-back games this week- end. They play at New Jersey on Saturday and are home for league-leading Detroit on Sun- day. Rob Zamuner, Benoit Hogue and P.J.

Axelsson scored for Boston, while Dafoe turned in a strong, acrobatic performance. The Bruins are still without leading scorer Joe Thornton, out with a sore shoulder, and Martin Lapointe, who aggra- vated a hamstring injury last week and is day-to-day. ALSO WEDNESDAY DEVILS 3, ISLANDERS 2: Brian Gionta and Jim McKenzie scored early on consecutive shots, and New Jersey and Martin Brodeur held off visiting New York. Sergei Brylin also scored as the Devils opened a three-goal lead and then relied on some Detroit goalie Dominik Hasek stops a shot by Shawn Horcoff, one of 35 he made in the OT win. AP PHOTO BY CARLOS OSORIO spectacular saves by Brodeur to preserve the ir second straight win.

Michael Peca and Oleg Kvasha scored for the Islanders, who had a two-game winning streak snapped. RED WINGS 4, OILERS 3 (OT): Chris goal four minutes into overtime gave Detroit an overtime victory over visiting Edmonton. Igor Larionov had three as- sists for the Red Wings, all on the power play. It marked the fourth time this season Detroit scored three power-play goals in a game. The victory was the ninth in 10 games for the Red Wings FLAMES 3, PANTHERS 3: Jason Wiemer and Pavel Bure scored 45 seconds apart in the third period as Florida rallied for a tie with visiting Calgary.

LATE TUESDAY COYOTES 3, BLACKHAWKS 1: Daniel Briere scored his team- leading 27th goal, and Robert Esche made 38 saves as Phoenix edged visiting Chicago for its fifth straight win. CANUCKS 5, PREDATORS 0: Todd Bertuzzi had two goals and two assists, and Brendan Morrison added a goal and two assists as Vancouver shut down host Nashville. SENATORS 4, WILD 3 (OT): Mag- nus goal 1:41 into overtime lifted Ottawa to a vic- tory over host Minnesota. Pascal goal 2:26 into the third period tied the score for the Wild, which entered play with a three-game win streak..