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Show The Salt Lake Tribune SPORTS Sunday, December27, 1998 Ohio State QB Germaine Buffalo’s Hasek Earns 4th Shutout ofMonth ‘THE,ASSOCIATED PRESS eabut not necessarily as a quarter- As a secretary for the Cougar Club, Brigham Young sophomore Lori Whiting often drew stares for her penchant of wearing red to support her favorite college football ters: Before labelinghera traitor in the landof blue, know that Whiting was not donning crimson red. Frankly, scarlet, she is an Ohio State fan. Her boyfriend, Joe Germaine,is the Buckeyes’starting quarterback. ig had her choice, Gersalinewoull aot be in New Orleans preparing for the Sugar Bowlagainst ‘Texas A&M on New Year's Day. He would be in Memphiswith BYU’ “He could have done great things here if he had the opportunity,” Whit. ing said. “This is a quarterback factory. You've got the West Coast of. fense. You've gotall kinds of things that make quarterbacks shine here. Ohio State isn’t historically known as a greatpassing school.” it was this year. Germaine, the Big Ten MVP,threwfor morethan 3,000 yards and 24 touchdowns. He passed for at least 300 yards in seven games this season. Comingoutof Mountain View High in Mesa, Ariz., the 6-foot-2 Germaine wanted to play quarterback, BYU and ArizonaState bothwereinterested in Rather than pull a Steve Young and be buried on the depth chart, Germaine set about proving himself at Scottsdale CommunityCollege. After one season, which included throwing 49 completionsin one game,he signed with Ohio S Alter broshe splitting time with Stanley Jackson, Germans assumed the starter’s role this season, “Hehas terrific timing and accuracy,” said Buckeyes quarterbacks coach Tim Salem, “and he is the toughestquarterback I have ever ahnee whatthey say about pay- back. In the 1997 Rose Bowl, Germaine spoiled ArizonaState's dream of a national championship by directing Ohio State on a game-winning 65yard, 12:play touchdown drive in the final'1 Fost for the Cougars, they a‘hot play Ohio State the last three “Joe would haveloved to have gone to BYU,” said his mother, Phillis. Germaine, who is LDS, received a home visit from Coach LaVell Edwards and recruiting coordinator Chris Pella. A huge fan of Ty Detmer, Germaineenvisioned himself in Cou: garStadium. “They had choices to make andit Ohio State quarterback Joe Germaine would haveliked to play quarterback for BYU, where his girlfriend Lori Whiting, right, is a sophomore and secretary for the Cougar Club. didn’t work out,” Germaine said. “ have no bad feelings toward sloen| Coach Edwardsis a great m: Germainewill play in all-star bowl gamesnext month in preparation for whathe hopes is an NFL career. He is readyto prove himself again. “WhenJoe has his mindset on what he wants, it doesn't matter what peoplesay or think about him,” said Whiting, who also is from Arizona “He's going to makeit happen. The fact that people doubted him does fan the flames. It makes him work harder. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Dominik Hasek con: tinued his December shutout surge and Miraslav Satan scoredboth goals as the Buffalo Sabres beat the New Jersey Devils 2-0 Saturday night. Theshutout was the second straight and fourth of the month for Hasek, who made 34saves. Hasek, who leads the NHL with seven shutouts, has not allowed a goal in 163:35. The Northeast Division-leading Sabres, 10-1-1 in their last 12 games, improved to 19-6-5 overall. The Atlantic DiviSion-leading Devils dropped to Burfalo went ahead 1-0 at 15:34 of the second period on brilliant individual effort by Satan. The Sabres’ forward took a pass from Michal Grosek behind his own blue line and skated downthe right side First Period — NoScoring Penales bal nape gnu, Sm One a ing) 320 Sat a kia ~ Buffalo 0 of 3 ertylyOoOp Grates Hf ae 19854 ssa sas) Nev Je,deur 1584 (2421 aso. Paul Devork A 18040 ISLANDERS 4 BRUINS 2 UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Mike Watt and Claude Lapointe scored in the third period to lift New York past Boston Watt’s shot fromtheleft circle at 9:50 beatgoalie Byron Dafoe while two players were wrestling in front of his crease to break a 2-2 tie Lapointe clinched the vietory with a shorthanded breakawayat 14:51 Zigmund Palffy and Trevor Linden also ‘scored for New York. Chris Taylor and Dmitri Khristich scored for the Bruins Ben Margot/TheAssociated Press Kansas City quarterback Elvis Grbac scrambles away from Oakland defenderDarrell Russell. Chiefs End Dismal Year by Pounding Raiders SOCIATEDPRESS D,Calif. — Eyena victory over the hated Oakland Raiders could providelittle more than temporary joy for Kansas City KansasCity, one of the NFL's biggest disappointments this season, extendedits dominance of Oakland with 31-24 win Saturday — giving Kansas City wins in 17 of iis last 18 games against theRaiders. Derrick Thomas returned a fumble ds for a score, and TonyGonzaight a 20-yard touchdown pass to break a fourth-quartertie. Unfortunately,we can't use this as a springboard, because we're not in the playoffs,” Thomas said, “We'll just have to savor this for a while.”” BamMorris had two 1-yard scor runs and Pete Stoyanovich adde 30-yard field goal for Kansas City (79). Elvis Grbac, in his first start since Nov, 8, was 20-of-32 for 254 yards withtwointerceptionsand the scoring tos: 10 Gonzalez Wetalkedall week about this being theoneyou'regoing to remember for eight to nine months, so there's some solace in that," Kansas City ch Marty Schottenheimer, said But, you know, let's faceit, we expected far more, We're disappoint- ed.” The Raiders lost two quarterbacks to groin injuriesin the contest and finished the gamewith a third quarterback whohas missed most of the sea son with a groin injury. Also standing onthesideline with a groininjury was running back Napoleon Kaufman, who missed thefinal three games of Vikings Headed to Playoffs on a Roll the season We'regoing to haveto find some groin-strengthening machines or something. I've never seen anything like it,” Raiders Coach Jon Gruden said. “A lot of our salary cap was standing onthesidelinewith groin injuries.” GAME SUMMARY Kansas Oy Oakland Pst Quarter (Oak—1 Brown 18 pass (rom Wilson(Dav ick), 822 ‘Oak—Jordan 10 run (Davis kik) 2:18 Second Quarter KC—Morrs 1 run (Stoyanovieh hic), 1238, Qu ater KC—Moris 1 run iStoyanovch kick), 11:16 Oak Davis44,715, KORStoyanovch $0, 9:53, KC—Thomas 44 fumble return (Stoyanovieh ie), 118, Quarter nb8frGreDe Ret 20pas fromGrbac (Stoyanovch kick), 5:58. Kam OY Ralders Fst Downe % 26119 Rashes Vardige 440 F Passing Yards 2) 315 nt Return Yards re) sy Kickoff Return Yards 684 00 Inerreption Return Yards 25 322 Comp. Att 2420 00 Sacked Yards Last 6H 431 Punts 543 uM Pubes at 62 1298 nal tom m6 Time of Possession m4 INDIVIDUAL LEaDeRs RUSHING— Kans City, Morris 17.96, Anders 8:23, Richard son 1 Grae $minas 1), Oak, Jor Wiliams 514 Hols 17, Wison 1-2, Brown, PASUIG fan Cytne 2082238 Ona, Wien 18180127, George 918-0198, Hola 464-60 RBCEIVING Kansas City, Anders849, Goma576, Alex ett 1:15, Rison 1-6. Oaklaud, 1235, Duley 2:26, Rite2 9 Jordan 2-1, D Brown 1-27, Wilans 12 MISSEDPIELD GOALS — Oakland, Davis 41 (WL) Kansas (ity, Stoyanowieh 47 (WL. fourth-and-10 bounced short. Then, Anderson followed with his third field goal The loss left the Oilers at 8-8 for a third straight season, and they are tired of mediocrity. It's sickening watching teams play inthe playoffs that we beat or barely lost to,” Theloss ruined Tennessee's final game as theOilers, The franchise's nicknamewill be the Titans next season after 39 seasonsas the Oilers in Houston and Tennessee. Theball used on the final play was stashed away and will be shipped to the Hall of Fame. Owner Bud Adams, whohad picked theOilers’ nickname in 1959, stayed away from the game. ‘It is a very emotionalday for me. Adamssaid in a statement. I just thought it was better to spendit with our family and grandchildren, Trailing 23-16, Tennessee (8-8) had one last chance at endingthe Vikings seven-game winning streak. Cornerback Darryll Lewis intercepted Cunningham with 2:46 left, giving the Oil ers the bail at their 16. Steve McNair hit Yancey Thigpen on a 15-yard pass, but he couldn't move them any farther with a sprained index finger on his passing hand. His pass to Derrick Mason on safety Blaine Bishop said. Wehave to do something, we can't continueto be conservative. Evenif theOilers didn’t accomplish their goal of their first winning season since 1993, they at least avoided becoming the Vikings’ latest roadkill. “We didn’t want to be a sparring partner for a heavyweight champiyn,” said Tennessee Coach Jeff Fish- NFL STANDINGS AMERICASCONFERENCE PNY Jets Wh pap Pa ey5 NE De xMami 10 awNew Engl Buffalo Indianapelis yacksnvile Tennessee Kansas City San Diego i Moise $4 08 38 04 18 ental 15 1 938556 296 RO TALL 40 Ta 5 067 392 906 34 M1 FLYERS 3 BLACKHAWKS2 NHL STANDIN: EASTERN CONFERENCE ‘Atlan Divison WL TPu GP GA New Jersey 1994 42 4 8 Philadel Cleveland CHICAGO Eric Lindros and Erie Desjardins scored in thefirst four minutes as Philadelphia beat Chicago to extend its unbeaten streak to seven games, Valeri Zelepukin also scored for the Flyers,4-0-3 Houston in theirlast seven games. 25 Log ea 410 Wis Phildelphia pers 2 NOTE.Topulsar 819 varora vt Fiat Paid 1 Padi.in Lads8 ones 26,2, Padaey lonefora shootout loss. Shotoutlases are ony Amu denoted inthe SOL column, nt the les clu, Saturdays Fort Wayne 3, Cleveland 2 ($0) Chicago 3 Indianapos 1 Detroit Maritota 1 trAmour Phi Grand Raps 4, Michigan0 i aidcago, Gilmour 6 (Che — Cheon. trieC24 LinksFeales Pi earner ekg, slashing 1217 1217) Probert Gh rus Trered — 4 Pdi Zain ones 8325. —C 16H Feats Opportunities — Philadelphia of Coates Piladelpia, Vanbistrouck 11.55 20 shots 18 saves) Chicago, Thibault 11-2 (2% © Referee —Dave Jackson, A—22 392 (20540) RANGERS 6 HURRICANES 3 GREENSBORO, N.C. — Petr Nedved had ‘wo goals and two d_ New York scored sixtimes in the secon period to topple Caroli Uiat angeach Manitoba at Detroit. 4 pm Orlandoat Fort Wayne 4p. Indianapolis at Cheng, 5pm {as Vegas at Houston. pm MichiganaCeinat, 5:30 pm againstthe Maple Leafs, and thescorewastied at 1-1 with the third period quickly disappearing ‘Then Quintal, who bast scored a goalal Curtis Josephwith a shot ee tweenthe goalie’s legs on a saving coach Alain Vigneault and his players fromapiece of one of the most dreaded recordsin the storied franchise's history. ‘The Canadiens fell one gameshortoftying the long est winless streakin franchise history, yy the 1925-26 and 1935.30 eas ‘Adain Graves also scored two goals, and Jeff Beukeboom, Sean Pronger and Niklas Sundstrom had two assists apiece for New York. ‘Thesix goals fell twoshy of ara pote the Rangers’ record for Tore 1, intPered— 1, Toronto, Thomas Sunda, goals in a period, set in a 12- Modi, 22 MoreaWencha Penal: 1 win over the California Malakboy, Mi GoldenSeals in 1971 te $y elinbed divisiontitle Saturday Dee 26 Minnesota 26, Tenneste 8 Kansas ity 31, Oakland 24 ‘Tedays Games Bulfalo at New Orleans 110]2m Mam at Alani. 1101 a. ew Englad at New YorkJets, 11-01 am Taunpa By at Cincnaat 1.011 05 WattonaD 0ym Dee. 28 Priubargh at Jcksomne 030pi ular Season Winona Tennessee 30 30-16 Fist Quarer Min-Safety, McNair intestinal groundingent une TerPGDel Gi Seo Quarier Anderson 98 1453 TeaP el Ge 12 TeaGeorge 2runwDGro 5% Mio—PG Anderson 23.14 rd user MinMos pas from Cunningham (Mos pas rom Cunning oon Ten—FGDel Greco 45, 407 in—Carer 8¢ps ro CigAndee 8 Fourth Quart MinPGAnderton 38110 A412 Vikings Oilers n Fist Downs 20 23.103 0 25 284 00 12 eis ous 00 10 2381 18960 7) 2 49 st 0 09 880 8-105, Time of Possession ust 23 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING — Minot FS173, Heard 6 Brae as) Tennessee George 14-4 Vancouver at Eamon, 6 pm Coloradoat Calgary. 7 pm. Vokoun, a 22-year-old from theCzech Republic whois 4in relief of the injured Mike Dunham Washington oo Nash 2103 —1 Nashville, Houghner 1 (Bru nate ieee 2g 2 NaeVachon Lotson), 1021 ov. Was Ceanng| 102: Kanwacha, Was thokag M4 Tord, Was crcetig, 15 $2 eager Nag rng) 5.14 Vopa cu “ NY. Rangers 0608 Carolia 1023 Fins Period — 1. Carolina, Kapaneo 8S sep gard, Primeau a4 Pronger, Peles NYSavard Toro 818 ug) 1610 Seven, Mos fining sex), 935; ooking)WY Valk, tater) Period 3.earl. Qua 1 Kor a2Peles Gal —Monteal 1675-28 Touma a Onpartanies — Monreal 0 of 4 — Montel Hackett 65 90hots 29 16)To Tera Joseph 1122825) wel A= SHARKS2 sou NY. minormajor iseem CANUCKS0 Roberts Car, minor major ( SANJOSE, Calif. — Back PANTHERS3 up goaltender Steve Shields LIGHTNING1 2), Paes recordedhisfirst NHL shutard, Maio. MPA, Fla. -- Sean interference)5 eae out and Patrick Marleau and Burke stopped 23 shotsand Mike Ricci each scored a Bill Lindsay had two goals goal as San Jose beat asFlorida beat Tampa Bay, Vancouver. Power play Opportunities — New York 02 handing the Lightning their Vancouver oo 00 carinaTo ninthstraight home loss San Jose ore Goal York. Richter 10125(2 0 Scoring. Penates — Strud Lindsay scored the game- ‘os waCarolina ire 1193 (85, Kid second. 12,91 winner in the second period "Retere Rev Magure. A — 11059 and added an empty-netter (11058) with 27.3 seconds left to sticking) 642: Meister. Van. major 1 remay hingviie Play PENGUINS 2 14 Si The Lightning, who Van (highsticking) STARS 4 1618 Scard"Vass SENATORS 1 (OT) moved within one game of hesing 1848 AVALANCHE 2 PITTSBURGH — Jaromir matching the franchise re- van Hours 2 SanJaeMara = gears DENVER — Brett Hull Jagr scored at 1:18 of over- cord for consecutive home Vinabe inerteeael06oe, scored two power-play time to give Pittsburgh an losses and two away from ip451 Kertakconesay Sater 1290, . goals, giving him sevengoals overtime win over Ottawa. matching the NHL mark 1615,npg Mats misedin in seven games, as Dallas ex- The Penguins, who had got a goal from Alex saefataitorSind aor ingoe Van roughing tended its unbeaten streak been outshot 13-1 in the Selivanov, Sui Ped2 San Jone2 (ar to 11 by beating Colorado. third period, remained un- ord ‘went, Sturm), 2:03" Penalties — Snow, Van, bi serve by Seal of game), 37, beaten on home ice against Tempe Ba Ottawa. The Senators are 0- Pit 1 eds wonkt de —1, Colorado, Mee:1 1 p34 elon, TH Nolan SU roughng174tice0 toughing) 13-3. in Pittsburgh since Weak 20 PeayReala oh to joining the NHL in 1992 "Shots 00 Goal — Vancouver 7-810--26. San (ino Nigh128 Laws Pa ‘major 727 Backup goalie Peter SkuMcCarthy. TB, major(i ig overpay Opportunies —Vascove of miesit dra played brilliantly, par- 988 ing), Nazar. TH(holding), i231. M ticularly in the third period, Cobol 0 Cac Vancouver, Sam Bagsat sot rnd Por Lindy § Pr waver Dal teres San JoseSes 243 aH MAHling, lh = tg 1658 De to give the Penguins a nares cree Med ecavalier), 1657 ova, 3) Boston go NY, Islanders 20 Perid —1 New York, Pally (Chara 657.2, New York, Linden 11 (Ceerkavsk, Jo son), 1054 pp) (ob hooking), 1089; Richer ig), 1710; Swveney, Bos (erose-che Boston Taylor (our. ye, Perrara) 835. Pees — Spork NY {Beping. 105), Toran, Huedng Third Period — 4, Boston, Khristich 15 (A sot, 415, 5, New York, Wat 5 (Mle, La 2950 6, New York, Lapointe 9 Linde), 6 ved by any 181 mes) $St" eener NYto olin) Shots onGoal — Baston 107-1027. New play Opportunites — Boston 0 of 3 sorte n, Dafoe 11-056 (2abot 17 saveNewYoruFaber 1 0135) Referee tier — 15174 (629m fe oltrenie jeigant a eae to get their second Th PadOi, al 12 Moda, chance overtime win of the season. Oxaws bere ite as ee ply Opportunies — Dallas 304 Co 2 tava Jano te rier iran)13.1092 1548 ce Garg3 esCbd ~ ling ey 01231019gen Trek $2 19 set 7 emi PerotWe Se “i Bey 0of| sya itSF Fe ‘Tampa CsReferee tirdDa Vas Mamenoven A — i WoreoP Galles Fords, 18061 isnt nking118, Pape tel) sav) TanBy Fanos 1102 83 non ateree Mak Paaee A 17988 Seowenipt. Maral 53. Peay ‘ele, M als 946-23 Colored 6 er ‘The Vikings wanted to playall their starters to keep from losing momentum as they head into the playoffs with a first-round bye and ‘eld advantage. Theydid, butit took them a while to get their offense going Anderson provided their only offensive points in the first half with field goals of 39 and 23 yards. They also got a safety on Tennessee's opening possession when officials ruled Mi arte Mi McNair threw the ball away as he Palmer 28, Bvans 27,6 headed into the end zone 375, Dyaon 3-40, Wyebeck TheOilers led 13-8 at halftime on 1m.2 Tes 331, Rous 1-13, Mason George | two field goals by Al Del Greco and a 2-yard TD run by Eddie George Cunningham,playing with a broken passes for 107 yards and two TDs. bone on his left hand, got untracked in wound up 23-of-35 for the third quarter, completing 9-of-10 235Cunningham yards 8 BY ROB GLOSTER fea on 47, Pee Renu, LL (0 Det (slashing), Erikson, (tipping, 1119 Gil, SUL (i terrence18 ‘Shots on Goal — Detroit 916782 St Louis opi Opportunies — Detroit Oo8: St. sonic ols Datod 1312012sot8 erentLae br ree — Lane — m9 (19,260) ae Has a Huge Fan at BYU BY PATRICK KINAHAN THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE BS COYOTES 2 KINGS 1 INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Greg Adams, who was forced to the bench by a punishing check from Ray Ferraroin the second period, returned to the ice and seored the go-ahead goal with 2:33 leftin the third as Phoenix beat Los Angeles. Period — NoScore Penaities — Tox ching hand on pack), 118; Traverse, Ot 19 7581 BLUES 4 PREDATORS 3 RED WINGS 3 813291 Pte CAPITALS1 T, LOUIS — Scott PelNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Phoenix lerin scored twiceas St. Lou- ‘Power:playOatOpportunites — Ottawa 0 of 4 fie — is extended Detroit's losing awe Tug5 7 shots 15 Rookie goaltender Tomas LaTiraAngeles Period — 1. Lov Angele, Tepakor & Vokoun earned his second streak to a season-high five sare) Ploburgh Shude 139 3130 10hPea ‘double Reteres —Sephen Wale, St Zein A straight win against a 1998 games. 806 109 nley Cupfinal pansion Nashville knocked CANADIENS 2 off Washington MAPLE LEAFS 1 Vokoun, who had made50 TORONTO Stephane saves in the Predators’ 5-3 Quintal scored with 4:58 re victory over Detroit on Tage) 49: Tectt Tneinovtne Wednesday, needed tostop 1242 maining Montreal Datothang, 1434 stopped the second-longest just 26 of 27 shots against on Goal — Phoents 1488-31. as An. piston winless streak in team histothestruggling Capitals. — Phoenix 0 of 2 ry by edging Torontc James Black's one-timer ere Phoenix. Khabibulin 14-42 Quinta and his team- fromthetopof the rightcir: shotsGoalies 28 raves) Loe Angeles, Ser361 = cle with 7:07 left in the game mates were winless in 11 (0aloe ThirdPeriod — 7 Dero Larocon 6 (Den 6-5) skating into the game spoiled the shutout bid of Reteree — Grizzlies MoveCloser To .500 Mark @ Continued from B-1 ae Dogslast year. Of the six losses to Long Beach this yearfive have been decided by one goal. That's no sur prise because the Grizzlies are 6-6-4 in one-goal games this year The Ice Dogs (24-10-0) started the night as the best team in the International Hockey League, but the Houston Aeros’ won and took over first place. Long Beachlost foronly thethird timein 16 games in California. A strong sign for Utah was coming back from an early deficit ‘The Ice Dogs entered the game with a 21-1 record whenscoringthefirst goal But Don Biggs — picked up in a trade from the Cincinnati Cyclones on Dec. 2 — tied the gameearly in the second period when an attempted pass bouncedof the leg of a Long Beach defender Theveteran center scored again in the third to increase his scoring streak to seven points (four goals and three assists) in his last five games. John Purves got an assist on both goals increasing his streak to seven points in thelast four games Brad Lauerintercepted a pass at mid-ice early in the third period and skated in with a shot that Long Beach goalie Trevor Koenig got a piece of but couldn? keep ‘ outof the net. The go-ahead goal gave the Grizzlies a rare power-play goal. The puck crawled intothenet. Utah had three golden opportunities to increase a dis. mal 12.6 percent success rate on the powerplay as the Ice Dogs sent two players to the penalty box for more than 90 seconds, but the Grizalies failed to score on the 5-on-3 advantages. Kan: sas City beat Las Vegas in a shootout Saturday and now leads Utah by two points holding on to sixth place in the Western Conference Only thetop six teams make theplayoffs in each confer: ence. However, the Blades have played two more games The teams meetagain this afternoon (5 p.m. MST) in Long Beach. Utah's schedule doesn't get any easier. The Ice Dogs head to West Ti Ut Beach Tint Period — 1, Long Mot, Roach 648 Pent Chaps in a ping, Vato ‘Duk trp 455. estiIne LB, comping 17.57, Roach Uipnt) teking =EhBe 8 rvs Moir 1B, oarag 9ctere LB, Dl ig), 1648, Mates. | Thire Chapin. Uiah: (targa) 411, Winns 1B ih cing605rm Loup 104, Hughes, Usb roughing, 1008 Angus 1B dng) 1514 Laer Ua ag it Gea Vn 1439-48 tn een Power play Opportunities — Utah 1 for Long Beach 1 for 3 Goalies — ~aaee es Valley for the 10th time Tuesday at the E Center Utah wraps up 1998 with a game against Houston at e ’ |
