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Show DAILY D4 Sunday, April 20, 2008 HERALD1 NHL PLAYOFF ROUNDUP Bruins hang on to force Game 7 in Montreal Howard Ulman Bruins. "People are going to pull out every stat that's insignificant BOSTON and it's what we talked about The underdog all going into the playoff s," BosBruins keep coming back THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - the way back to a surprise seventh game against the in Montreal Boston overcame three one-godeficits Saturday night and won 54 on Marco Sturm's goal with 2:37 left. Now the Bruins need just one more win to take a series that they trailed "We've battled and battled and battled and got ourselves back in this position," goalie Tim Thomas said. "We still have more work to do." ; The Bruins are 0 in series t hey trailed 1 . They w ere given little chance to knock off the Canadiens even before the playoffs started. Boston rallied at the end of the season to earn the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Montreal had the best record and the No. 1 seed in the East. The Canadiens also were unbeaten in their eight regular-season games against the al 3-- 3-- ton defenseman Aaron Ward said. "We have no pressure on us right now. We were not expected to be in this situation." Neither was Montreal rookie goalie Carey Price. He had allowed a total of five goals in the first four games, three of which were decided by one goal. Then he lost his touch and gave up four . goals in the third period of the Boston's next two games 1 win in Montreal and Saturday's victory. BILL SIKESAssociated Press ' "Our best play er has to be d Boston Bruins left wing Milan Lucie, left front celebrates his our best player," Canadiens Tomas Canadiens center Montreal as coach Guy Carbonneau said Plekanec, goal when asked about Price's prob-- . second from right, hits the goal post behind Canadiens goalie lems. Carey Price, far right, on Saturday in Boston. Sturm scored after Price stopped his first shot but failed chance to win a playoff series to control the rebound. Sturm try to grind it out in the end for the first time in nine years collected it, skated across the and it worked really well," and complete an improbable crease from left to right, and a Sturm said. So the Bruins, who repeatcomeback. The Canadiens, sudsprawling Price couldn't get to the other side in time. denly, are close to extending edly harried the Canadiens in their postseason problems to "We worked so hard just to the neutral zone, still have a V IT- 5-- on this night. With an extra attacker over the final minute, Minnesota accidentally sent seven men onto the on the ice for the final face-of- f right circle in the Avalanche end before Aaron Voros was shooed back to the bench, and the Wild never managed to tie it. just three series victories in 14 seasons. "They were just hungrier. They bore down on every chance they had," Price said after his second straight loss. "Just need to make sure it is not three in a row." The Bruins took their first lead 3 with 4:15 left in the . third period on Phil Kessel's second goal of the ganie. He also scored in Game 5 after being benched for three games because of defensive deficiencies. 4-- Capitals 3, Flyers 2: At Washington, the Washington Capitals stayed alive by knocking the Philadelphia Fryers off stride early and holding onto the lead with another solid game from goaltender Cristobal Huet. Nicklas Backstrom, Sergei Fedorov and Alexander Semin scored the goals one in each period Huet made 30 saves, and league MVP candidate Alex Ovechkin made up for another frustrating offensive effort by depositing Jim Dowd headfirst into the Philadelphia bench for the highlight of the game. The Flyers still have a 2 lead in the series and will have another chance to clinch in Game 6 at home on Monday. I Avs 2, Wild 1: At Denver, Jose Theodore and the Colorado Avalanche withstood another onslaught from the relentless g Minnesota Wild for a series-clinchin- win. third-perio- T Theodore stopped 35 shots, including a glove save off Kim Johnsson's shot with 21 seconds left and the Avs took the series in six games. The Wild won their first division crown this season but Minnesota held a lead in the series for only 4 minutes, hip-che- 3-- 31 Seconds out of a possible 384:23, and not a single second WTT vnfihv mti(Q nn in liatinmil wlWiafo crniiifinak MJ J 1 UMJ111V 13U UiriU IllitlUlllll VUIUjCLIWUj Ut;lllllllIlilU T DAILY BYUUVSC ROUNDUP HERALD The BYU rugby team advanced to the USA Rugby Collegiate Semifinals with a 4 victory over San Diego State in 37-1- Albuquerque, N.M. The Cougars took control of the game in the first half, the Aztecs 20-- BYU extended its lead to 25-- before San Diego State closed within to keep the game interestingBut the Cougars responded with a pair of scores to put away the Aztecs. Up next for BYU is a semifinal matchup with Colorado on May 2 at Stanford University. out-scori- 0 25-1- 4 men's tennis: The BYU men's tennis team ended its regular season at home on Saturday, getting a decisive 1 upset over No. 65 UC Santa BYU 6-- lead. Before the start of singles play, Sanchez, BYU's lone senior, was recognized for his accomplishments over the past early 0 . Barbara. With the win, the Cougars four years and was presented improve to 1 on the season. "I couldn't be prouder of our with his senior blanket. guys," said BYU head coach I BYU women's golf: AlbuquerBrad Pearce. "After a tough loss to Utah last week, they que, N.M., the No. 30 BYU bounced back by beating a women's golf team achieved finish at a strong second-plac- e good, ranked team. Everyone came ready to play, so I can't the Mountain West Conference say enough good things about Championships. Junior Natalia our team today." Jimenez led all Cougars and To begin the match, doubles finished tied for second place at pair Jonathan Sanchez and A.J. Young jumped out to an "I'm really proud of Natalia for finishing in second," BYU early 54) lead over UCSB's n head coach Sue Nyhus said. Hejazi and Philip Therp on ' Court 1. The duo continued to BYU seniors Juli Erekson dominate the match, recording and Ashley Childers also had an 2 win. Daniel Hwang and strong performances in the Thomas Shubert earned an 5 final round of the tournament. Erekson shot a win of their own at the No. 2 75, position, giving the Cougars an including three birdies on the front nine. Childers followed suit, with three birdies on the back nine and a final round 76. score of "I'm excited that our team elevates their confidence and their skills in every tournament we play in," Nyhus said. 15-1- Bi-ja- 8-- 8-- y vu AS E BAB. Pi JSOEiSTA'IE Holmes currently ranks third 3 in league play. Saturday also in the nation in blocking avermarked the first time since 1992 age (1.50) and fifth in the nation that Utah has defeated BYU, in hitting percentage (.461). He snapping a Cougar winis a two-tim- e selecning streak. The Cougars are tion and three-tim- e now tied for fourth place in the honoree. MWC standings as they prePerez leads the Cougars with pare to enter the MWC Touran average of 4.29 kills per nament in Fort Worth, Texas, F game and currently ranks 12th in the nation in that category. Perez is a two-tim- e selection as well and has received status all four years of his collegiate career. Sorensen makes his first appearance on the list. He is currently 16th in the country in blocking average (1.25) and is a team captain this " next week. I BYU baseball: At Provo, in a game that featured 30 hits, the TCU baseball team completed the three-gam- e sweep of BYU with an 7 win. "We found ourselves in a hole early today and it was tough for us to bounce back," BYU coach Vance Law said. season. "We are not used to being in a rut like we are right now. We BYU track: At Walnut, Calif., have got to find a way to get BYU runner Keith out of our current losing ways." BYU spread all six of its RBI Jensen ran the fastest collegiate time at the Mt. San Antonio on the afternoon between six College Relays on Friday, cross- different players. Brandon Relf and Kasey Ko led the Cougars, ing the line in 1:49.75. Jensen, a junior from Coppell, as they each recorded three hits. Ko scored twice and Relf Texas, and an 800 indoor scored once and had one RBI. qualified for regional with his sub-l:5- 0 The Cougars are now 4 mark. "Some guys shot out pretty in league play. overall and quick, so I was fourth after 400 BYU Softball: At Provo, the meters," Jensen said. "I knew BYU women's softball team lost I Holmes, Perez, Sorensen named I had to start moving up so I The Mountain Pacific moved into second with 200 me- a heartbreaker to rival Utah at Gail Miller Field, falling Sports Federation announced its ters, and I closed in a 2008 200 meters for the win." 64 after an early lead. Volleyball selections on Friday, and three playThe Ute victory evens the ers from the No. 3 BYU men's I BYU women's tennis: At Salt season series at one game Lake City, the No. 40 BYU volleyball team were honored. apiece after BYU recorded an fW) shutout on Friday in the seniors Russell women's tennis team was deHolmes and Ivan Perez earned rival No. feated 1 by first two games of the softball First Team accolades 63 Utah as Mountain West Con- Deseret Duel Rivalry series. and senior Trent Sorensen was ference play came to a close. True freshman Kristin hon-With the loss, the Cougars awarded with airAIl-MPSwent MorA on the fall to 13-- 1 1 on the season and 5- - day with one home run to lead orable mentioa F 11-- . F 15-2- 5-- 7 3-- 0 F 6-- F Dela-houssa- AMI 24 (Ji-io- ;. I UVSC baseball: At Greeley, Colo., the UVSC baseball team held off a rally by Northern Colorado to win a slugfest. 15-1- 4 The Wolverines had a 15-- lead after in the eighth before the Bears (13-2brought the winning run at the plate in the form of their top hitter in the bottom of the ninth. But sophomore Jace Brinkerhoff got Kevin Sand-berwho leads UNC with seven home runs, to ground right back to the mound to end the game. The win made it a perfect day for the Wolverines after defeating Air Force 17-earlier in the day. do-it-a- ll g, 6 800-met- F THURSDAY tne cougars I UVSC softball: At Greeley, Colo., after losing the first game of a doubleheader in heartbreaking fashion for the second time in two days, the UVSC softball team regrouped and picked up a victory to split with Northern Colorado, losing 2 and winning In the first game, Alii Bram-we- ll pitched in a pitchers duel to the end of the game. Bramwell surrendered just one run until the bottom of the seventh when Northern Colorado came up with a walk off grand slam to win the game. In Game 2, after the Wolverines took a lead in the top of the second, it was the Bears that led most of the way. UNC led after five innings before me w oivennes came trom 5-- 6-- 0 5-- 3 behind. "" '''' ' Mill .'SATUEDAV-- i r s - ::::: 'J" Hd'rJTTi - ' a? fTTl?PIl fM mm rate. low this with kicks your StVisit rour Darestwancn NOW THROUGH APRIL! vjv;v.macu.com hy. 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