OCR Text |
Show DAILY ‘Apel 19, 2006 HERALD NHL ROUNDUP Ottawa locks up top seed in Eastern Conference to goin regulation. The Devils, who were battling for one of the last playoff positions a THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS NEW YORK — Dany Heatleyscored his 50th goal in the third period to help Ottawa toa 5-1 victory over the New York Rangerson Tuesday night that gave the Senatorsthe top seed ronto on March 26. The Devils finished with 101 points, the same as Philadelphia, but won the division with morevictories. They will play the New York Rangers in the playoffs; the Rangers wound up in the Eastern Conference play- offs. The loss knocked the Rangers out offirst place in the Atlantic Division on the final dayof the regular season. They NewJersey onds left tied it for the Blue Jackets. with 100 points. Montreal, which topped its wound upsixth in the East and will play division champion the plavofts. Balas, Playinga en lineup while resting many its top players for thespat, got goals from Niko Kapanen, Steve Ott and Niklas Hagman in a span of 3:36 early in the third period to take a 4-3 lead. Mark Hartigan's one-timer from the point with 56.6 sec- monthago, won their sixth divi- own attendance record, finished seventh overall with 95 in the first round of points after clinching a playoff Heatley. in his first season spot the night before when Atlantalost. The Canadiens play at Carolina to begin the playoffs. with the Senators, reached the 50-goal markforthe first time and extended his Ottawa single-season record. Andrej Meszaros and MikeFisher also over Atlanta that eliminated the Thrashers from postseason contention and clinched a berth for Tampa Bay. scored third-period goals to The defending Stanley Cup champion Lightning are seeded » Flyers 4, Islanders 1: At Union- dale, N.Y., Jeff Carter put Ottawa leapfrogged Carolina, Philadelphiaintofifth place in whichlost 40 at hometo Buffa- * the overall Eastern Ci lo, to grabfirst placein the East. standings, beating Garth Snow The Senatorswill play defending on a breakaway with 7:22 left. The Flyerswillopen the playStanley Cup champion Tampa Bayin the opening round. offs atBuffalo. On the winning goal, Carter The Rangers, wholed the Atlantic for most of this season, picked upthe puck near the blueline,skated in alone on were passed byPhiladelphia Snow and beat him with a backand New Jersey. The Rangers handerforhis 23rd goal. dropped their season-highfifth straight in regulationand will R.J. Umberger had a goal and have tostart their first postseaan assist, Simon Gagne and Michal Handzus added empty-net sonappearance since 1997 on goals, and Robert Esche made the road. New York was trying to win its first divisiontitle 31 savesfor the Flyers, headed to playoffs for the 11th straight sinceits Stanley Cup-winning break opena tight game. season. Gagnefinished the sea- season of 1993-94. son with 47 goals. Defenseman Bruno Gervais scored for the Islanders, out of postseason play for the first » Devils 4, Canadiens 3: At Montreal. Jamie Langenbrunner capped a stunning third-period comebackthat earned the Devils the Atlantic Divisiontitle eighth in the Eastern Confer- fampa Bay Hsmarpes as they headup theice during the first period Tuesdaynight in Tampa, Fla. time in his NHLcareer, Martin Birongot his first shutout of the season and Buffalo dropped the Hurricanes out of the top spot in the East. J.P. Dumonthad two goals and Brian Campbell added an- other for the Sabres, who completed their regular season with five straight victories. They will be the No.4 seed in the playoffs andplay Philadelphia. Hurricanes are headed the other way,losing for the finished 12th in the 15team conference. shoulder of Adam Berkhoel at 1:34 of overtime. Roberto Luongo had 39 saves for the Panthers. About a minute before Van Ryn's goal, Luongo snaggedthe puck with his glove on a shot fired by Vyacheslav Kozlov from the right circle. » MapleLeafs 5, Penguins 3: At : Sunrise, Fla., Mike Van Ryn’s overtimegoal, his second score of the game, lifted the Panthers. ore fe | Aci a ape er as Vegasat Chicago, 2:9 m at Be 8 2MB aS | 2 m ATP Masters Series Mi jonte-Carlo sare mont Results es oon woes wien ta volleyball pol Humanesen Xansas Cy at Columbus, 30m | | | ayatewenaer Yo | oom New York8atCaer. CO Chivas USA. p m , | Football sisa2i0 mS Ba a8 tea 110 20.12 26 ec 1 including the first one Sept. A and football, to media days and 9 against Tulsa, the Cougars’ homeopener. With the networksticking toits original promise that times would be peprallies. That's just the tip of the iceberg,insists CSTV officials. “Wecan all be proud we're the first here, and cutting new ground,” said Chris Bevilacqua, president of CSTV regional networks. The first The mtn. broadcast fan-friendly, BYU will only havetwostartsafter 1 p.m. and none later than the 4:30 showdownat Colorado State on Nov. 4. Other MWC games on CSTV will be announced today “It's going to be great,” BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe will be Sept. 2, the opening Sat- said. “There will be some urday of MWCfootball, when in the road, sure, as we Utah State at Wyoming hits the get started. It’s all new. But airwaves. if you're a fan of BYU or this BYU will have seven (of 12) conference ... there’s going to showcased games on The mtn., be so many things made avail- , + terms with LHP Mike Peschel 89 249 770 Basketball Bah aoe 28 SuzanPtosen Bas Senor Poetaoa pane aes 2 coro 15 nuefoesens Seo Champions Tour loney . Through Ag 2 4 haoron 26 tay Lang Dave Maisie pawens 1 Tom Watson 1415 JAlenDope ay Haas 16 Dawa Eger ike Peeee See: sie | Mey’ rota fio ee erect | b e300 m 67 Si ek 3s2 AY é a fas 238 Rachel Hetherington 31 S627 $382.29 ||. 930 Youn. stnam Nap Sonne} ak ome a & 3 Sram Saseo0 SRO 7 S083 7 ik ee eae § $182.81 6 556 165 Sitar $2352) sooees 5055 Sao $50.107 Eaure 31 | £2 Soyeon | Samet $5.09 si.8 || 645, Sopnie Cane Gstatson Ri | Gime 5 Boston ia wee pation tom Hereyoeaa Sa Baseball ‘Amercan League 0 Bren RAPIDS GRIFFINS—Anrouced Mr aFpser se to the team by rs Gomesfhe as Saeedaly Ut peactscemmerati Seteonan, Yonathan Siva ofS Lous and RHP penetradenver Varner of San Diego for lation of te Minor League Drug| and T Dagon Power ha been assed toe team ‘rom Cleveland of the AHL. ay 242 229 267 259 257 215 230 278 24 316 Ge ga 314 2| 33)43.2FE2 BALTIMORE or Tennis Newan oe 15-7 _ TaToom_Normed eeDt ei: ic 7 Rinna on from the 15-day DL. Placed CF Ken Grey J Gomes Tava whens College RHP ‘COLORADO COLLEGE—Natred Andy Pane onthe 15-day DL Activated RHP Scott Dohmann men's basketball mite 15-day! ‘DAYTON—Named Drew Tyrer men's got! coach, gemeormeecom Ghats nounced the Matt wikerson was assigned tothe team by the See eens on rece 230 256 GF GA 204 260 mis 240 20 “257 gt. Jorge JOE BLACRSNAKES—Agied to tems win INF Roanguez iat League seans—rgrenctarems win isp | Con Am League JERSEY JACKALS—Agreed arts Wit wit leave the men's basket fice. ot Booby May Shwtesorecy efectos uy 15. NORTH SHORE SPIRT—Agreed to terms with Grant men's basketball coach, Wasnegion 23 at 1270 2a) ae RST ae Fe Hock amnion STARS—Recaled D Dan Jancevski from iowa ofISLANDERS-—AecalledD he ARL Cole Jaret and LW Masi Marjamaki from B afte and yan CaldwellAMLto Assigned F Mat Kaasbakes eee ero a om SUC 2937 16Division74 Southeast WoL OT Ps 112 yoaoina $2 22 eas %S Flore vu 85 toa $dnen verona Piladetona NY. anders onawa 5, NY4, Ranges 1 1 unas 3 ea eee ee or caumous eek ties eee eeu eee ‘Ghicago 3, St. Lous 2,07 $39887 $38,602 NHL standi fom i 3 a aN 46 Cums Strange zaooo0 | 47 #ySee 2.034.375 48 Ed Dougherty, n sateiy Transactions Hockey 7 Johnson to a $43 285 Sa208 1309 49. Angela Siantord | 50 Nancy Seranton |5 two-year contract. ri eS ogne ae adn Fnba ege oo See ee eee a nen asta VANDERBILT—Announced frou men's basketball F fotere | cota are a ey tes CSTV Continued from C1 5 Football National Football beeen gyloemeoy ems 14 a AgaDison New Jersey 46.2 10) xPhiadeiina 45 2 11 101 ANY Rangers 44 25 12 100 NY Istanders 36 4 78 Prtsburgh 2246 1S ok Wor pts rt 52 219-113 ligne 42cae31 15 Montreal iger Woods GA 112% 6 ie le oman Ne Be 209 MAEM ah Waist Giger 500 653 650 | (oe Losangees «2 yan Gigs. Announced the retirement of OF Jeremy Busch THINGS— to ano Pack Sty and Aaa Kote Traded RHP Matt Brumt to Atiantic City of or a player to GA 251 255 215 S28 | Cioeee sat $6275 || shnched division Soe inetd onerene tow | $2438 200 257 setae | eae so Mei $572 | swosonts hawp, an pont tr onrine ss ee |emem DAWebeng Mickelson "5 0 $8 are oe | 23 Phi beatone 6 0 S210 Teinsone $124958 Anaheim Pts GF 103. 218 es 256 2 256 Dison 2 OT Pts GF 1s faa Neen | > Jose, ec en 1} | | tum «Edmonton Minnesota 20 Karen Suppes 21. Soo Younga Moon 2 een | a9300 any 750 : 652 an85 & Gandtapes 3 9 0 250 53) OT 1 x: y-Calgary Low 8 Darren Gane 2 | Moms taasty |8 32 Tomkee 3 4 Brad Byant 87 65 GMa Seat Simpson a) teaoa deny Pate 012 A8 taco { Tom Jenkin B M1 Jarad Lavergne and 18 Chare Anderson, kt1 ey UP ‘League A Cpe catey SE ee| Renee catiaHP. 415 57 197 292 eto ome St Louis Tee Douro 112 Paul WeCasey 3 Par Harnngtor | Rionnwe™” | Arena Football League | standit | § Soe a 3osSee § 16 ee 3 $162.72) {specs LT Ps GF GA CSTVIAVCA Div. Fl Oh tae Men's Top 15 2 9 3 4 4 yeam iet-ptace voles) Pix Record Py $29 3 8 § 1OChmens wz3 | 2 Hanan(1) NOTE: Three ports for tory. onesin ore. 5pa 6 OCUnmet a New York 20.0 fat Set Lae our£0po 37 Columbus at Los Angeles. 8 s sind ‘me oes eee or | atte! Stake? LPGA Moar, Leaders ea 15 Swe, q i 362 6. Dave Howell . 1) 1) 2) 631875 | 15 GSMongmene Like Donaio Volleyball ‘Conference 6 Dani Loven 7 red cois © 8 ‘Vaughn Taylor 0 |J 10119 aonOoemase Scott verlank | 12 Jem Key | 13 Chis Dimarco Lucas Glover 15:18. fomtenmen Europe Team Worl Points {op five quality) 1 ose Mara Gaara | 2 Henk Stenson | ‘Saturday's games | Dalias at Georgia. 2 pm |, Tampa By at rand, § 205 mat 8308 New York al Los Angeles 630 m eT he oo | samsion Rea gee e ie tt oo +” 2. A G15 GAG Friday's | Solmaus at riadeona, 59m Soccer 14th career overtime goal, 35 seconds into the extra period gave Columbus victory over _Dallas. Fedorov tied Mats Sundin’s NHLrecordfor overtime » Blackhawks 3, Blues 2: At Chicago, Kyle Calderscored at 3:20 of overtimeas two of the NHL's worst teams concluded their seasons. Calder netted the game-winner for the secondstraight contest, beating Jason Bacashihua from the right side. Radim Vrbata and Dustin Byfuglien scored for the Blackhawks, who finished the season with twostraight wins,but just three in their last 10. Timofei Shishkanov and Scott Young.scored for St. Louis, which wonjust one ofits last 19 games andfinished with the NHL's worst record forthe first timesincejoining the league in 1967-68. FAST FACT Nashville. 6 9m. | ant sas City Coorg, Ym MLS standings » BlueJackets 5, Stars 4: At Columbus, Ohio, Sergei Fedorov's twogoals and added twoassists to finish his best offensive season since 2002. The 35-year-old Sundin finished with 78 points ence and will face top-seeded Ottawa, which won all four regular season meetings between the teams andis 17-2-1 against Tampa Bayoverthe past five seasons, Onthisate in 1998, San Antonio beat Denver 96-82 to set an NBArecord for the largest single-season turnaround. The Spurs improved by 36 games from 20 wins in 1997. Tursunov. Russi, det Gullermo Cora and 5.7 47 | tasyeous virin Gace Agertna 63 64 || tion fg 0 as Manusz Fyrstenterg and Marcin Matkowski, Los Angeles 3 9 0 250 Malsse and Ger foet's eteonan | cinerea plot sot ‘Yves Allegro aod Roger Federer. Switzertand. | def Jaosav Lennsay.Crec Repub MaratSafin, Russia. 6-3. 3-6, 10-6 be im Henman and Andy Muay. Brain. det Tomas berayn tee Repu Neminen. Finiand, 3-2. retired Williams scored his first NHL goal in his first game. Toronto, Mats Sundin scored SCOREBOARD Prep sports This week's schedule Today's + ference with 90 points. Jeremy Steve McCarthy scored and the games tosettle for second in (31 goals and47 assists) in 70 games, his best since he got 80 pointsin 82 games in 2001-02. Not bad for a guy who missed a dozen games atthe start of the season after fracturing the orbital bone overhis left eye. Darcy Tucker added his 28th goal, a career high, for the Maple Leafs, ‘who finished the seasonninthin the Eastern Con- andhis slap shot went over the fourth time in the final five » Panthers 2, Thrashers 1; At » Sabres 4, Hurricanes 0: At Raleigh, N.C., Chris Drury scored to reach 30 goals for the first Van Ryntook a pass from Joe Niewwendyk intheleft circle Berkhoel made 27 saves for Atlanta. time since 2000-01. New York with their lth straight victory. Brian Gionta had three points, including his franchise-record 47th and 48th goals, then Langenbrunner scored with 2:23 CHRIS O°MEARA/Associated Press ing center Vincent Lecavalier, left, tangles with Washington Capitals’ Alex , able. There will be audio and —_as fans in MWC markets will which startsthis fall. Right video streaming on the Internet, and so manytelecastsin a lot of sports. You'll be ableto likely demandthe service. The MWCspans three time zones, seven states and 22 mil- now, the networkis mostly available in MWC markets on digital cable, which costs sub- get what you want.” lion homes with cable televi- scribers more‘money thanthe ing times on non-traditional oflast year’s addition of niith Bevilacqua was asked afew sin, Fans are encouraged to standard service.. : different ways how CSTV call their local cable companies. Money is aa wordinthe planned to makeitself more “Weshouldbe widely avail-_relationship. MWCschools prominent in markets like able becauseofthe local apwill receive about $1.1 mil_Salt Lake City and Las Vegas, peal,” Bevilacqua said. lion each, per year, from the where primary cable providers In August of 2004, the MWC contract. The deal don't plan on offering the sta- . signed on with CSTV,which tht in between $650,000 tions on basic packages. ESPN was recently boug! and 000 a year. The cash doesn't havethat problem. Corporation. Tired of late start- is split up a little more The CSTV rep declined to fo into much detail, saying didn’t want to negotiate through the media. But he, like ee expects a resolution within the next few months, days, which ESPN commanded for marquee sports men’s basketball and football, the league signed an unprecedented seven-year, $82 million contract member TCU, which madethe league moreattractive toa network because of the large Dallas-Fort Worth television market. According toleagueofficials, ESPN guaranteed MWCteams —_about 300 hours of programming per year on its family of networks. CSTV guarantees about 1,300 hours.It will show 36 football games on The mtn., along with 150 basketball contests and a horde of other sporting events from the MWC. “From inception (of the deal with CSTV), the backbone of Mountain West Conference coverage has been program- —_ming on our ownregional network,” MWC commissioner ome said. “We are iled to offer this unprecedented exposure to our fans.” |