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Show DAILY Monday, April 24, 2006 HERALD STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS s past Red Wings, evensseries 1-1 Winchester, who scored from betweenthe circles — the first NHL goal for the rookie — on a shot Legace appeared to have in clear view. Edmonton closed strong after DETROIT — Brad Winchester and Fernando Pisani scored less than a minute apart late in the secondperiod to rally troit Red Wings on Sunday that tied their first-round playoff series. Dwayne Roloson made 33 saves for the Oilers, who also got goals from Chris Pronger andJarret Stoll to get even 1-1 Conference matchup. Edmonton trailed 2-1 before Winchester andPisani connected. Detroit's MannyLegace, who gave up three goals on 16 shots through two periods. finished with 20 saves. Henrik Zetterberg put the Red Wings ahead 2-1 midway throughthe second period, but they could not hold on against the peskyOilers and thenfailed to force a secondstraight overtime. Steve Yzerman had a chance to makeit 3-all early inthe third period, but his swooping shot on a breakaway hit the post Rok son smothered Zetterberg’s breakaway with 8:41 left to ensure there would be no come- backlike the one that produced Detroit's 3-2 double-overtime victoryon Friday The Red Wingshad anextra attackerinthe final 50 seconds — after pulling Legace — but couldn't tie it. Stoll scored into anempty nettoseal the victory inthe final seconds. Game in the best-of-seven series is Tuesdaynight. The Oilers clogged the middle ofthe ice with a trap for muchof the game, butalso did some aggressive forechecking — while Detroit seemed casual with the puck. That led to the tying and go-aheadgoals that madeit 3-2 with1:14 left in the second period Edmonton's Michael Peca forced Kirk Maltby’s giveaway in the corner and centered Sorenstam falters, She laid up with her second shot, then stuck a wedgeright alongside the flag. Sorenstam had a shot at eagle, but her chip Tourvictory in the most unlike- fromthe second cut behind the that allowed the 22-year-old green slid pastthe left edge of the cup. That took the pressure off ly way possible: a final-round collapse by Annika Sorenstam South Korean to win by two strokes Sunday Yim, whorolled in a 4-foot birdie putt to win. Countrywoman Hee-Won in the 60s gave Sorenstamthe lead going to the final dayof the Florida's Natural‘Charity Han, whofinished three shots back, ran onto the green and Afterthree straight rounds Championship.she slumped to a doused Yim with two cans Estes closed witha 69, and Steve Stricker was 12 under after a 66. Mathias Gronbe: paired with Appleby, had a quicklyas possible. Yim, in just her second year tory celebration, which isn’t surprising since she had never finished higher than third until this week. it together at the end. scrambling for a 72 that was good enough to win. She got up and down fromthefringe onthree straight holes before knocking ina shortbirdie putt at the par-5 18th to finish at 16-under 272 Sorenstam was seeking her second straight win at Eagle's Landing Country Club near At- lanta and the 68th LPGA Tour victoryof her Hall of Fame victory. She was tied for the lead heading to No. 17, but she knocked hertee shot out of boundsalongthe right sideof the fairway. After teeing off again, So- » Shell Houston Open: At Humble. Texas, Stuart Applebyshot a 5-under 67 to cap a wire-to- wire victoryin the Shell Houston Openand join Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelsonas the only two-time winnerson the PGA Tourthis year. Appleby, also the 1999 win- nerin Houston,finished at 19under 269 on the newTourna- mentCourse at Redstone,six shots ahead of Bob Estes. Appleby matched the tournament Hill and lost to Chad Campbell. eighth tour win and has two range — for a double bogey. Yim wenttothefinal hole knowingthat a par would prob- ably be good enoughtowin. from Peter Jacobsenand Craig Stadlerin the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf ‘i Haas,the Champions Tour rookie of the year in 2005, shot a 5-under67 for a three-round total of 15-under 20] at The Club at Savannah Harbor. Jacobsen second at 10 under, and Hale Irwin (68) wasanotherstroke back. Haas, who missedthecutlast weekin the PGA Tour's VerizonHeritage in nearbyHilton Head,S.C., led all three days in the 54-hole event. After making the turnat even par, Haas eagledthe 530-yard par-5 Ith andbirdied Nos. 13, 17 and 18 to pull awayforhis first win of the season. . BMWAsian Open:At Shanghai, Asian Open, beating Sweden's end. Appleby, whoturns 35 on May 1, earned $990,000 forhis victories in the same yearfor the first timein his career. In January. Appleby won the sea- son-opening Mercedes Championshipsfor the third straight time. dez-Castano won the BMW Henrik Stensonwith a short birdie putt on thefirst playoff hole. MTercede Benz of Lindon ® Mercedes-Benz ard Tur C230 Spor Phaneuf countered for Calgary. Miikka Kiprusoff made 16 saves for the Flames. Game3 is Tuesday nightin Anaheim. thefirst overall pick — they have refrained from doing so. Thelingering doubt about who they'll takeis believed to be a fourth overall pick, but so far, general manager Mike Tan- nenbaum hasexpressed no interestin a deal. Of course, The 25-year-old Fernandez- momentuntil the Texans’ 15 minutesontheclock this Sat- urdayareup. Doubting Leinart: Thereis plentyof skepticism among manyteam executives about just howgood a quarterback USC's Matt Leinart will be. For onething,his arm strength continuesto be a source of debate in spite of his brilliant college career. Teams areleery of the fact that Leinart fired his agent; Leigh Steinberg, so soon before the draft. Therearealso concerns about what someexecutivesbelieve is Leinart’s obsessionwith cultivating marketing Opportunities. The Saints areparticularly concerned about what would happen if they can’t trade out of the No. 2 spot and Leinart is still on the board.If they draft him, they'd be pumping a ton of moneyinto the quarterback positionafter giving Drew Brees a hugedealinthe off- season. Iftheydon't take him, in the samebreath. There's a be just another sad chapterin - chance Bing mayslip through Saintslore. Filipe Lima (71) tie for third at is a huge factor) and has concernsthat Leinart would potentially be too caught up with theglitz of playing in New York. » Athens RegionalFoundation Classic: At Bogart, Ga., Australia's Paul Gow wonhis third career Nationwide Tourtitle, } Boston's finest? Scouts are concerned aboutjust how Gow, who spentlast season on the PGATour,had a 21-under 267 total on the Jennings Mill CountryClub course. Heearned $90,000 from the much upsidethereis to Boston College defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka.At6-foot-7, he’s an imposingpresence,but he weighs only around 260 pounds.He'd have to bulk up significantly to be an effective NFLpass rusher. D Darnell Bing is NOT the next Troy Polamalu: Bing would $500,000 purse to jump from certainlyloveto follow in the footsteps of his fellow USC with $112,876. Lile finished with a 72. star, but Bing doesn't have Polamalu’s range to be considered 3ist to fifth on the moneylist the first round. Oneperson familiar with by the EuropeanandAsian tours. over South Africa’s Craig Lile in the inaugural Athens Regional Foundation Classic. at AlumniStadium. and Brees’ shoulder problems the Jets’ thinking said the team is worried about similar things with Leinart. The team simply isn’t sold on him as a quarterback(arm strength closing with a bogey-free 3-under69 for a three-strokevictory File photo Boston College defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka (cq) fights off an offensive lineman during a scrimmagewith the football team don't go away, and Leinart doesturnintoa star, then it'll Castano closed with a 2-under 70 to match Stenson(71) at 7-under 281 on the Tomson Shanghai Pudongcourse. Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie (68) and Portugal's Jose6 underin the event sanctioned Larry H. Miller dermayer,Joffrey Lupul.and SamuelPahisson scored for Anaheim, while JaromeIginla, Kristian Huselius and Dion trade talks canheat up at any and was thefirst player in the event's 60-year historyto lead remarkable save, putting her fourth shot within5 feet of the flag. But her putt slid by the hole — oneofahalf-dozen attempts she missed from that the first period, including two on 5-on-3s. Patrick Marleau also had a goal andassist, and Mark Smith got his second goal of the post- the Stanley Cup final, sat out the Mighty Ducks’ seriesopening overtime loss Friday night because ofa lowerbody injury. Chris Kunitz, Scott Nie- of thespoils of the team with The Texans have reached outto the Jets, who have the China, Spain’s Gonzalo Fernan- renstam nearly pulled off a Bay defenseman Dan Boyle fourthtimeinfive tournaments ened Appleby, who wonforthe when holding the 54-hole lead. His one blemish came in 2004, whenhe closed with a 76 at Bay record for marginof victory from the opening roundto the home-ice advantage by scoring three power-play goals in way forthemto gauge how muchinterest they'll get in a trade (67) and Stadler (70) tied for student was the one whoheld Lightning a2-1 lead in the second period. to match Jerry Smith (72) at 10 under, Noneof themever threat- on the backnineto pull away group with Sorenstam. Amazingly, the part-timeuniversity bouncedbackto wina series theytrailed 0-2. They quickly neutralized this season’s best the Western Conference seTies. Giguere, the Conn Smythe winneras the playoff MVP in 2003 when Anaheim reached The Texans are playing green — little too hard, as it onthetour, played in the final If history is an indicator, this was a mustwin for the Sharks whohave never pull even with the Flamesin things close to the vest for now. Rather than engage in contract discussions — part if Webb and Cristie Kerr. “It was not a very good day for me.” Sorenstam said. “I Several fans duckedto avoid ville in the first-roundseries in the Western Conference. The Sharkswill look to take the series lead at home in Game 3 on Tuesdaynight » Mighty Ducks 4, Flames 3: At Calgary, Alberta, Jean-Sebastien Giguere made22 savesin his return to Anaheim’slineup, helping the Mighty Ducks Draft had aneagle and threebirdies getting hit, and Yim let out an embarrassed grin, Clearly, she still needs to work on hervic- had a goal and twoassists to get the Sharks even with Nash- postseason appearance for the Continued from C1 grassy bank surrounding the wantto forget about this dayas early in the third. » Sharks 3, Predators 0: At Nashville, Tenn., San Jose cleaned upits act after giving up four power-play goals in the playoff opener, and Jonathan Cheechoo three points, including his first goalofthe series to give the scored to make it 3-3. waytie forsecond with Karrie didn’t play well at all. I just playoff games and Tampa Bay Martin Havlat scored a tying goal for the second game in a row, then made sensational play to set up Peter Schaefer's captain Brad Richards had the boards andpassedit to Detroit's Jason Williamsalong » Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf: At Savannah, Ga., Jay Haas turned out. the Eastern Conferenceseries at a gameeach. John Grahame made 22 saves forhisfirst winin four career St. Louistiedit at 1 in thefirst and put the Lightning aheadfor good 55 seconds after Tampa of Coke. Yimthen slung her ball into the fans sitting on the 3-over 75thatleft herin a three- his second goal of the game earlyin the third period and TampaBaybattled from behind twice to beat Ottawa, evening Pronger tookthe puck from the puckfor Pisani's goal GOLF ROUNDUP STOCKBRIDGE. Ga. — Sung AhYimpicked herfirst LPGA. goal which put Ottawa up 3-2 tawa, Martin St. Louis scored CARLOS OSORIO Assocvate Nashville won an NHL-best that wentoff his skates, the side of the net and Roloson’s skate. » Lightning 4, Senators 3: At Ot- Detroit Red Wings winger Henrik Zetterberg (40) handles the puck before scoring behind EdmontonOilers goalie Dwayne Roloson. son game. Predators and they came out sluggish and sloppy. Outshot 37-25, they gavelittle help to goaltender Chris Mason. Zetterberg put the Red Wings up 2-1 whenhegothis stick on a puckin the crease, turned and shotit past Roloson. off series. The Senators were unable to win Game 2 each of the previous five times they shutout in his second postsea- won a playoff series opener. liamstied it with a lucky goal in the best-of-seven Western yet to take a 2-0 lead in 13 play- — his secondsuch goalin two games — gave the Oilers a 1-0 lead. Two-plus minuteslater, Wil- Pronger’s long slap shot victory over the top-seeded De- 32 shots for Ottawa, which has season. Vesa Toskala st 25 shotsfor his first playoff 32 games at home this season, including five in a row and 12 of 14. But this is only the second scoring 12:32 into the game the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-2 Game 3 will be played Tuesday in Tampa Bay. Rookie Ray Emery stopped » Cornerbackorsafety? That’s the debate surrounding Michael Huff of Texas. Most teams project him as a safety, althoughheisn’t a punishing hitter like Roy Williams, his predecessorat Texas. Huff has better speed, though, and can be a disruptive force as a pass rusher and a guy who covers well.... It’s almost inconceivable that disgruntled formerLions quarterback Joey Harrington will play anywhereelse but Miami in 2006. The Lions and Dolphins are deadlocked on draft-choice compensation.Detroit is demandinga fourth-roundpick this year, and Miami is offering a sixth-roundernextyear. ... Problems? What problems? Chargers coach Marty Schottenheimer brushed aside continued reportsofhis testy relationship with GM A.J. Smith, saying that both men are on the same page. “We both wantto win,” Schottenheimer said. Even so,it's best to keep an eye on how these two guys get along, because chances are oneor bothwill be gone after next season.If Smith wins the power struggle, he’s almost certain to promote defensive coordinator Wade Phillips as head coach. The only way both guysstayis if the Chargers, who are now in the untested hands of quarterbackPhilip Rivers, make the playoffs.... USC tailback LenDale White's stock has most assuredly dropped becauseof hamstring and weightissues, and teams are taking a close look to makesure there are nooff-field concerns. But he has nevertheless drawn the attention of the Panthers and Steelers, both of whom prefer powerbacks. 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