The Salt Lake Tribune SPORTS Thursday, December 3, 1998 Drury, Avs Wings’ Streak THE ASSOCIATED SABRES 2 DENVER PANTHERS 1 Chris. Drurybroke —tieRookie vame ear ly in the third period andthe = ene PANTHERS | F who had won four straight in placeof injured Chris Osgood, finished olorado goaltender Patrick Roy stopped27 shots, surrender- RANGERS 3 =e USOL Pts onbehalfof the Tulane players. who will play BYU in the Liberty Bowl Ge GA without the coach who led them to WESTERN CONFERENCE CentraDivision WoL TPs GP GA 1 AT Le sg a Sechu‘son Le ms a PPrangers 273-1 Ny COYOTES 3 EDMONTON, tasxc. Mikhail Shilenkoy male 5 Srans 3 saves and Remthrough Murray Scored midway the SHARKS san’ josp.O Calit. — Ra Belfour stopped26shots for tanover Phoenta, ending the his second straight shutout Coyotes’ 14-gameunbeaten becoming the leader among streal active goalies with42 career Shutouts as theDallas Stars Bios the San Jose third period to lift Edmon- Falloon, ia 28. San Jose 7 over le Operauies—Dalas a Sen rebut Gria Lose to Blades in Shootout, Get Player in Trade S KANSASCITY, Mo. — The Utah MMAR Grizzlies may have found solutionto Tio someof their offensive shortcomings 11s Archibald 8 tone), $25.2 Utah, Archi Butnot soon enoughto avoid a 5-4 Ferschweler 3 (Cirone shootout loss to the Kansas City AC folding 1081, Ling, KC Bladeson Wednesday night. isportsmarlike), 164; Dineen, Utah inerferne ) 197 red R a iy, Pn8 ooa Utah (7-12-3) remained near the bottom of the International Hockey Pole 28Mier ‘ah Leaguestandings after losing to the Uh Blades, are last in the Midwest Divisionat 9-10-2, but have gone ansas City, Wood (Ratushing, Cirone intheir past 13 games. sald ‘Sharples Dineen) 1938 Penalties But help is on the way 129, Ready, Utah (roughing Wood, KC (roughing The Grizz completed a trade after Wednesday's gamethat will send for i Knipscheerto the Cincin Poeay Operate tab nes for Don Biggs. The vetua eauen 8 hot2a}Kansai La eran center owns every offensive TeercegnLinemen—Vott, Sick record in ( clones history and has A=3.009 three goai: 7 in 23 games on. Biggs had 25 goals and 52 sts last season, 13 power-play the Grizzso far this s¢ son, especially dalso had twoshort-handed early in games. Dave Archibald’s two et25 or moregoals first period goals on Wednesday equaled the combined first-period ight Goals have been hard to come by for scores the Grizzlies had managed in portedly putting together a deal that would pay the new coach around $400,000 per year. McBride makes just under $300,000 at Utah. oever takes the Hawaii job has his work cut out. Right now, UHis one of thetwoor three worst programs in the country. Since winning the WAC championship and the Holiday Bowl he Rainbow Warriors have 's NC finish, Attendance has plummeted, and the program is their previous 14 road games But the Blades recovered with a four-goal flurry. including Eric Perrin’s goal six seconds intothesecond period to tie the gameat Only Archibald’s goal with 30 seconds remaining kept theGrizz fromfalling in regulation JasonCirone, who set uptwo goals in regulation, ‘scored in the sixth rounds, Utah has played 14 ofits 21 games onthe road. Playing ninegames at the E Center this month- only two more onthe road before the New Yea should help theteamflip: cordto having more wins than I In all, Utah plays seven of the neal nineand10of the next 12at home. But there are no guarantees. The Grizzlies are 4-3 at home andare one ofthelowest scoring teams in the 16. teamleague. at best ought to be getting someflak. I'm The programis at the bottom. It moreupset with myself than anybody wouldbe a great challenge,” McBride else. That's the bottomline acknowledged. “But they have great McBrideis unsure whenhewill talk fans and a lot of great players over with Hawaii officials, though some there. Youcouldwinthere.” timeinthenext weekis probable. He Thoughhardlyunderfireat the U is not the only Utah coach on Hawaii's McBridehas taken somerecenthits candidatelist. Ute offensivecoordina The Utes finished 6-5 last year, and tor Tommy Leemay alsointerview for just concluded a frustrating 7-4 sea- thepost. Lee’s brother Cal, thelong sonin whichtheirfourlosses cameby time coach at Honolulu’s St. Louis a combinednine points. Utah will sit High. has already met with Hawaii of out the postseason for the second ficials. straight year. Utah has been anoff-and-on home However, McBride has built up to McBride and his wife Vicky since enough goodwill in rebuilding what the late "70s, when former Utecoach was a terrible program — the Utes Wayne Howardbrought him in as his have shared a WACtitle, beaten BYU offensive coordinator. His roots here four times and played in four bowls are deep, and that may ultimately under his watch — that there ae makethe difference. But at age 58 beennoserious calls for and with his Ute program insolid ghangey se tor the criticism, MeBride shape, he has also begun to think about thefinal phaseofhis career gS. “You deserve what you get,” he I guess if I was ever goingto leave said, “We werein a positionto winall now would be as gooda timeas any four of those gamesthat welost. We McBridesaid SNOWMOBILE YELLOWSTONE son Special: 2ears, busSnowmabiting 138 oe 4-800-777-1081 % in_Utah County/Provo 379-0480 _| laughandstuff. That's nice to have sometimes. season long, too, not just Chris Ellison during rivalry week. He's notorious talkingtrash — “I doit in a fun he insists, “I don't hate any player’ — horsing aroundin practice, and affecting a sort of comic-gangsta personality that has its roots in the streets wherehe grew up in Ingle ison loves to sidle up to Coach LaVell Edwards, for in. stance, slip anarmaroundhis shoulder and offer the man hecalls “Vell Dog” somestreetwise advice on how It’s Strange Year than an extra coupleof weeks It has beensomekindof fall from grace for the Cougars, who under Coach LaVell Edwardshavefinished in the Top 25 in 12 different seasons including threeyears in the Top 10 — and No. in 199 months after the monumental Cotton Bowl victory over Kan s State on New Year's Day of 1997 the Cougars have plummeted off the charts. x losses in nine games — fromthetail-endof iast year to the 2 3 start this year — won't even buy you a doughnut and acup of Postumfrom thepollsters But, ah, these born-again, § gars areknocking atthe door ag: is not beyond comprehensionthat defeating the Falcons and Green Wave could catapult the Cougars into the Top20, an acceptable pacifier for a season many Cougar followers had forfeited in September. 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The only justific ionis that the WAC’s Mountain Division was stronger than the Pacaa “A's non-conferencesched. uleo} Fo rest, Army and Navy of prac- ticeand a family getaway to SanDie You're an a for that one Like many of hi s team son harbors re NFL. But he isn’t blind to 1 knows that of apology Fiesta Bowl. DeBBerry has a winning record against every other WAC game and a bowl game mean more 1931 t helps when I'm playing foot ball,” headds, lau ughing. “Likeif I get blockedor cut or something? Then my temper goes off and I'm just like denied thema berthin the prestigious ntinued from D-1 ranked ninthin th poll after their first u 01 e team Fe dSeeubeortare teas played inthe WAC. ehampionshiy Fae against. Wyoming. in 199 and staringata chanc¢ to become pa’ 6; the 11th Edwards team to wit reeled off seven n straight victories since the ignominious 3 21 loss to FresnoState Oct. 3 BYU hi s beater n DeBerry's Falcons 11 time in12 trie S SiN 1984, includ ing a 28-21 winin 19} hat may have cost the then 10-0 Faicons ashotat the national champic onship. Certainly. it For BYU Fans } Especially for a guy like Ellison. whoacknowledges being moody and quick-tempered and himself “abnormal” because ofit. Yetevenindeseribinghis shortcomings, he comes off more like Seinfeld than Dirty Harry I'mjust mood ly.” he says Treally am. See, you wouldn't notice on the football field, be cause | just know howtoplay and — like I'm saying — this is fun. But like in life, when im walking around campus and stuff? And, like driving? People get on mynerve I mean, that quic My temper is that qui ick. Rosetta: © Check modulator and replace hose Ptetdieen CUBS LOW COST. PAYING bad day. Just a terrible day. Then 1 gant playing... it makes you fel b whenyou knowyou've people that care about you who can make you eager for one ride 1 wanted to play football again,” he says T said, “Let me havefun just one round of the shootout for the game: winner. Knipsheer and Chris Kenady scoredfor the Grizzliesin the first five losing money. Finally, Hawaii has been left ina severely weakened WAC following the departureof the eight schools — including Utah and BYU — to form the Mountain West Confe: ence. Hawaii's football future is shaky ALL '98 PRODUCTS MUST GO! AL GOLF OUTLET (1c) EVERYTHING PRICED TO SALE! 745 E. 3300 SO. 463-1323 » with has bothered jury him all year andstill won silow him toraise his arm m uch past his hip. The only other game that Flison did not start was the last one at home, when OW Se hevolunteeredh is spot te nior Derick Bate 3 who had hardly playedexceptfor special teams It’s like brotherhood out here said Ellison Paplieetingy Like some days,out L hes have a come here and we New Year's ame ai feeling hurt inatebetrayed ah to rc But the quarte Kev in might get pissed and us Edw downplayed that the Tulane players might jected. especially since the team motedoffens drigue lar season since to loosen alitt le I never under tand a word he’s saying,” said Edw ards But he smiles e' very time Onthefield, E 1hisonis indispens able. With 83 tackles, he ranks behind AILWAC mic idle linebacker Rob cided that the prospect of having morefun onthefieldbefore join ing the work-a-day world was just too alluring to pass up. He rehabilitated his torn anterior cruciate lig: received a medical redshirt and shoved uponthe Alberta — straight homevictory. Lonag Power play Opportunities—Phoenix ftProd‘ {of 3 Perid "Torn, ein 6 Sundin.” fdnonton Goalies-Phoeni, Khabibul eles, Typlakor 6 p, Berit 7 (Cote Offer by Hawaii Ellison Sense of Humor Toronto Joseph Releer—Pul Stewart ianers HURRICANES4 reerptleNY Bases 8% CANADIENS 1 * Getle8 "tanger Redier 6 GREENSBORO, N.C. — seBmai dt binien abiie0it Ray Sheppard and Keith Primeauscored 5% minutes apart and Carolina won their fourth straight by de- MAPLE LEAFS 3 feating slumping Montreal KINGS 1 Moatreal o1et TORONTO — Sergei Beroft arin, Emerson (Bat ezin scored twiceto lead To2 Mottravel 2 Wein ronto to a win over Los Angeles for their venth Green Wave players might enter their @ Continued from D-1 Serie, OILERS 4 ‘That NY te ee wsoes landers, Lay their 11-0 record if LaVell up and e end Ed Kehl coach should wait until the end ¢ season. I don't think that’s right. Manyof theplayers trudgedout to Keeps His Maniods ‘ta Today's Games ing both goals on Detroit ISLANDERS 2_ power plays. UNIONDALE, N.Y bios Mike Richter stopped 25 Heduk 4 as the New York Rangustrom5 Vaerma shots ers beat the New York Isman 10 (Lidstrom. landers for their third 0 Sake 10 Odgers, straight victory. @ Continued from D-1 practice on Wedr nesday without haying heard that B owden had lane to earn $800. 00 my West's replace 1 knew, and saidhi e could understand why Bowden didi t. The T the Atlantic Co: c where Bowden w il get a chance to coachagainst his father, Florida State Coach Bobby Bow and probably have more of the uxuries that ar conducive to p oducing winni ms Y r afte ear That's a prett dog ne goodjob to pass up,” said Edwar Some_ players lowed that the that T kerithe Green Waveto be ‘ome head h at Clemson But someof the Cougar player xpressedindignation Ratt led,Bulfals, Flonda, ex, Murphy), 54. 3. 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