I The Prince George Citizen - Wednesday, November 27, 1996 - 9 Numbers game Hockey Hockey Basketball WHL East Division G W L T F A P Swift Current 28 19 8 1135 87 39 Brandon 28 18 9 1124 85 37 Regina 26 15 11 0130 92 30 Moose Jaw 28 11 14 3 97 95 25 Prince Albert 30 11 16 3104120 25 Saskatoon 27 5 21 1 88142 11 Central Division Lethbridge 26 20 5 1129 86 41 Red Deer 26 17 7 2118 99 36 Medicine Hat 30 18 12 0115114 36 Calgary 28 6 20 2 78141 14 Edmonton 25 6 19 0 81147 12 West Division Portland 27 18 8 1108 79 37 Seattle 29 14 12 3118106 31 Spokane 28 14 12 2101 79 30 Prince George 31 13 16 2108127 28 Kamloops 29 11 14 4109114 26 Kelowna 24 12 12 0103 97 24 Tri-City 26 5 17 4 64100 14 Tuesday Results Brandon 3 Saskatoon 2 Swift Current 8 Lethbridge 5 Medicine Hat 4 Edmonton 2 Moose Jaw 2 Prince Albert 1 (OT) Portland 6 Tri-City 2 Kamloops 8 Prince George 2 Tonight's Games Prince George at Kelowna Moose Jaw at Saskatoon Brandon at Swift Current Calgary at Lethbridge Medicine Hat at Red Deer Seattle at Portland Regina at Spokane Thursday Games No games scheduled Cougars 2 Blazers 8 First Period 1. Prince George, Smith (Brewer, Roed) 7:37 (PP) 2. Kamloops, McNeil (Baines, Kinney) 10:28 3. Prince George, Hancock (Mehalko) 10:58 Penalties - Chara PG 2:12. Rota Ka 6:08, Smith PG 16:06 Second Period 4. Kamloops. St. Croix (Razin) 4:13 5. Kamloops, Burt (Ainsworth) 5:03 6. Kamloops, Baines (McNeil, Razin) 14:12 7. Kamloops, Rota (Gainey, Albrecht) 15:33 Penalties — Kwiatkowski PG 0:19, Brewer PG 8:49, Petrovicky PG. Skrlac Ka 13:30 Third Period 8. Kamloops. McNeil (Baines, Kinney) 6 09 (PP) 9. Kamloops. Kinney (St. Croix, Petruk) 8:10 (PP) 10. Kamloops, Ainsworth (McNeil, St. Croix) 14:39 (Sh) Penalties — Mehalko PG misconduct 0:48, Hancock PG 4:52, Petrovicky PG minor, major, Rota Ka major 6:56, Hancock PG misconduct 810, Scantlebury Ka 14:22, Kiesman PG 17:13. Shots on goal by Prince George 6 3 14—23 Kamloops 14 16 19—49 Goal — Mason. Prince George; Petruk, Kamloops Attendance —5,187 Hawks 6 Americans 2 First Period 1. Portland, Vesely (Standish, Ference) 4:52 2. Portland, Russell (Tetarenko, Podkonicky) 9:04 (pp) 3. Portland, Robinson (Isbister) 16:51 Penalties — Isbister Pd. Focht TC 4:13. Murray Pd, McCallum TC 4:36, Smith TC 5:52, Gervais TC 7:56, Morrow Pd 11 04. Popp Pd 12:15. McKay TC 15:36, Morrow Pd 15:55, McCallum TC 18:08, Ference Pd double minor, LapeyreTC 19:50. Second Period 4. Portland, Podkonicky (Standish) 1:49 (sh) 5. Tri-Cities, Stahl (Ascroft. Sakai) 12:35 (pp) 6. Portland, Davidson (Podkonicky. Haupt) 17:08 (pp) Penalties — Isbister Pd, Komarniski TC 3:54, Standish Pd double minor, Smith TC 4:45, Tetarkenko Pd, Legault TC majors 7:15, Horning Pd 10:56, Ference Pd 12:35, Flynn TC 15:28, Russell Pd, Ference Pd, Gervais TC. Smith TC majors, game misconducts, Robinson Pd game misconduct, Tetarenko Pd, Lapeyre TC majors, Isbister Pd minor, misconduct, Anderson TC double minor, misconduct 16:39. Vesely Pd 17:50. Third Period 7. Tri-Cities, Hurley (Komarniski 1:19 8. Portland, Morrow (Podkonicky) 7:19 Penalties — Jones-Parry Pd 12:19, Popp Pd, Stahl TC 12:54, Duncan Pd 15:06, Popp Pd, Legault TC majors 17:47, Jones-Parry Pd major, Lapeyre TC minor, major 18:26, Tetarenko Pd 18:51 Shots on goal by Portland 1310 9—32 Tri-Cities 7 10 7-24 Goal — LaBarbera, Portland: Baker, Tri-Cities Attendance — 3,085 Wheaties 3 Blades 2 First Period 1 Saskatoon, Rempel (Johnston, Gaucher) 12 54 (pp) Penalties — Sonnenberg Sa 3:40. Tetrault Br 11:10, Woitas Br (minor, major), Nedjelski Sa (major) 13:52, Goldade Br 17:00, Aitken Br, Rempel Sa (majors) 18:57, Tetrault Br, Sarich Sa 20:00. Second Period 2. Saskatoon, Bonni (Cusson, Werner) 4:13 3 Brandon, Cyrenne (Schaeler, Unterluggaer) 6 29 (pp) 4 Brandon. Kurtz (Schaefer, Cherneski) 16:15 (pp) Penalties — Gaucher Sa 4:33, Steenbergen Sa 11:28, Rempel Sa 15:22, Rempel Sa (misconduct) 16:15. Third Period 5. Brandon, Schaefer (Unterlugguaer, Cherneski) 19:31 PenaWes — Cyrenne Br 2:31, Gaucher Sa. Goldade Br (double minor) 13:24. Shots on goal by: Brandon 5 2113 — 39 Saskatoon 15 4 6 — 25 Goal — Haun, Brandon; Cockell, Saskatoon. Attendance — 2,841 Hurricanes 5 Broncos 8 First Period 1 Lethbridge. Salvador (Josephson. OGrady) 2:18 2. Lethbridge. Josephson (Ritchie, Taylor) 14:44 3. Swift Current, Sopel (Larsen, St. Louis) 19:58 (pp) Penalties— Severson L 6:32, Severson L, Smith L misconduct. Szysky SC, Kirwan SC misconduct 9 47, Josephson L 12:02, Salvador L, Szysky SC majors 15:15. OGrady L. Arbez SC majors 15:20. Purinton L 19:03. Second Period 4. Swift Current, Varlamov (St. Louis) 3:03 5. Lethbridge, Ritchie (Law, Purinton) 5:47 (PP) 6. Swift Current, Sopel (St. Louis, Varlamov) 738 7. Swift Current, Varlamov (St. Louis, Henkelman) 15:15 8. Lethbridge, Brigley 17:35 (sh) 9. Swift Current, Szysky (Perry, Arbez) 18:21 (PP) Penalties— Tobler SC 3:50, Henkelman SC 4:09, Drummond SC 8:59. Ritchie L 10:37, Purinton L. Beagle SC 16:09, Salvador L, Ritchie L misconduct 16:49. Third Period 10 Swift Current, Arbez (St Louis, Henkelman) 5:23 (pp) 11. Swift Current, Perry 10:16 12. Lethbridge, Josephson (Ritchie, Salvador) 15:14 (pp) 13 Swift Current, Perry (Kirwan, Sopel) 17:35 (pp) Penalties— Josephson L 3:24, Smith L 4:19, Arbez SC 13:15. Lethbridge bench (served by Cameron) 16:26, Beagle SC 19:02. Shota on goal by Lethbridge 718 10-35 Swift Current 10 10 9 —29 Goal—Lethbridge: Hoople. Swift Current: Friesen. Attendance—1.798 Tigers 4 Ice 2 First Period 1. Edmonton, Kachur (Dewaele) 15:13 Penalties— Norrie E 1:46, Green MH 2:21, Wasyluk MH 8:59, Dubinsky E 12:38, Svangstu MH, Norrie E (majors) 15:32, Polak MH (minor, misconduct) 15:41. Zorn E 17:56. Second Period 2. Edmonton, Burt (Dewaele) 7:13 3. Medicine Hat, Huppe (Buchko) 19:21 Penalties— St. Martin MH 2:55, Dubinsky E 8:28, Dubinsky E (misconduct) 12:04, Green MH 13:08, Toor E 14:01, Green MH 15:30, Holland MH 19:56. Missed penalty shot— Wasyluk MH 8:11. Third Period 4 Medicine Hat, Wasyluk (St. Martin) 5:07 (sh) 5 Medicine Hat, McDonald (Kuster, Obsut) 9:32 6. Medicine Hat, Chimera (Wasyluk) 10:22 Penalties— Wilchynski MH (minor, major, game misconduct), Penny E 3:16, Polak MH, Henderson E 6:26, Burt E 7:31, Chimera MH, Cabana E (misconduct) 13:08, Hendersson E 18:42. Shots on goal by Medicine Hat 6 8 7—21 Edmonton 8 4 7—19 Goal—Medicine Hat: Schwartz; Edmonton: Winters. Attendance—1,773. Raiders 1 Warriors 2 OT First Period 1. Moose Jaw, Robertson (Twerdun, Laplante) 15:18 (pp) Penalties— Flaman PA 4:16. Brunei PA major, Lynch MJ minor, major 8 26, Pratt PA 9:28, Jacobson PA 14 46, Van Drunen PA. Laplante MJ 16:35. Second Period No scoring. Penalties— Issel PA. Laplante MJ 1:12, Hogue PA 4:26, Kubina MJ 7:28, Morgan PA, Sotiropoulos MJ majors 11:39. Baker PA 17:43, Prince Albert bench (served by Botterill) 20:00. Third Period 2. Prince Albert, Issel (Jacobson) 10:18 Penalties— Menhart PA, Twerdun MJ majors 1:19, Cihak MJ 4:45. Willis PA, Kubina MJ 16:05. Overtime 3. Moose Jaw. Low (T Johnson) 2:45 Penalties — None Shots on goal by Prince Albert 7 9110 — 27 Moose Jaw 12 11 84-35 Goal—Prince Albert: Russell. Moose Jaw: Nunweiler. Attendance—1,690. CHL Rankings TORONTO (CP) — Canadian Hockey League rankings, including games of Nov. 24, listing teams, leagues, records and previous rankings in parentheses: 1 Ottawa 67 s, OHL (18-3-2) (2) 2. Lethbridge Hurricanes, WHL (20-4-1) (1) 3. Sarnia Sting, OHL (16-4-3) (3) 4. Granby Predateurs, QMJHL (19-7-2) (5) 5. Guelph Storm, OHL (15-5-2) (4) 6. Swift Current Broncos, WHL (18-8-1) (7) 7. Red Deer Rebels. WHL (17-7-2) (6) 8 Brandon Wheat Kings, WHL (17-9-1) (10) 8. Hull Olympiques, OMJHL (18-11-0) (NR) 10. Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, OHL (15-8-3) (9) Prospects Game TORONTO (CP) — A list of potential players for the Canadian Hockey League top prospects game Feb. 12 in Toronto, as identified by the NHLs Central Scouting Bureau (with position, team and league). Teams will be selected in January: Scott Barney, C, Peterborough (OHL) Karol Bartanus, RW, Drummondville (QMJHL) Nicholas Boynton. D. Ottawa (OHL) Eric Brewer, D, Prince George (WHL) Stefan Cherneski. RW, Brandon (WHL) Daniel Cleary, LW, Belleville (OHL) Adam Colagiacomo, RW, London (OHL) Benoit Cote, C, Shawinigan (QMJHL) Brad Ference, D, Spokane (WHL) Roberto Luongo, G. Val-d'Or (QMJHL) Paul Mara, D, Sudbury (OHL) Patrick Marleau, C, Seattle (WHL) Alexandre Mathieu, C, Halifax (QMJHL) Jarrett Smith, C, Prince George (WHL) Daniel Tkaczuk, C, Barrie (OHL) Joe Thornton, C, Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) Didier Tremblay, D, Halifax (QMJHL) Jason Ward, RW/C. Erie (OHL) BCHL Coastal Division W L SL GF GA Pts SouthSurrey 21 3 2 178 66 44 Cowichan Valley 17 11 1 122 90 35 Victoria 16 13 0 111 121 32 Chilliwack 15 9 0 110 101 30 PowellRiver 14 15 1 98 130 29 Nanaimo 13 12 0 112 118 26 Langley 11 16 1 120 135 23 Interior Division Trail 18 7 1 132 98 37 Vernon 16 7 3 136 97 35 PrinceGeorge 12 16 1 113 143 25 Merritt 11 12 1 75 100 23 Penticton 10 16 1 120 123 21 Quesnel 3 27 1 100 205 7 NOTE: One point awarded for shootout loss (SL) Tuesday Games Penticton 5 at Trail 9 Cowichan Valley 2 at Victoria 4 RMJHL Castlegar 9 Creston 8 (SO) Free Agents CHICAGO (AP) — The 14 players who will become eligible for free agency under the terms of the labor agreement owners ratified Tuesday (x-offered salary arbitration for 1997 under old rules; y-signed for 1997 under old rules): AMERICAN LEAGUE BALTIMORE (1) — y-Jesse Orosco, Ihp. BOSTON (1) — Tim Naehring, inf. CHICAGO (2) - Tony Castillo. Ihp; Alex Fernandez, rhp. NEW YORK (1) - x-Jimmy Key, Ihp; OAKLAND (1) — Mike Bordick, inf. SEATTLE (1) — Mark Whiten, of. TEXAS (1) - x-Mark McLemore, 2b; NATIONAL LEAGUE CHICAGO (2) — Luis Gonzalez, of; y-Bob Patterson, Ihp. MONTREAL (2) - Moises Alou, of; Mel Rojas, rhp NEW YORK (1)-Brent Mayne, c. SAN DIEGO (1) — Craig Shipley, inf. Free Agent Signings NEW YORK (AP) — The seven free agents who have signed, with name, position, former club if different, and contract. The contract information was obtained by The Associated Press from player and management sources AMERICAN LEAGUE ANAHEIM (1) — Signed Dave Hollins, 3b, Seattle, to a $3.8 million, two-year contract. CHICAGO (1) — Signed Albert Belle, of, Cleveland, to a $55 million, five-year contract. SEATTLE (1) — Ro-signed Jamie Moyer, Ihp, to a S3 7 million, two-year deal contract. NATIONAL LEAGUE ATLANTA (1) — Re-signed John Smoltz, rhp, to a $31 million, four-year contract. FLORIDA (1) — Signed Bobby Bonilla, of, Baltimore, to a $23 3 million, four-year contract. PHILADELPHIA (1) - Signed Rex Hudler. of, Anaheim, to a $2.6 million, two-year contract ST LOUIS (1) — Signed Delino DeShields, 2b. Los Angeles, to a $1.9 million, one-year contract. Remaining Free Agents NEW YORK (AP) — The 94 remaining free agents: AMERICAN LEAGUE ANAHEIM (2) — Shawn Boskie, rhp; Jack Howell, 3b. BALTIMORE (8) — Mike Devereaux, of; Pete Incaviglia, of; Roger McDowell, rhp; Eddie Murray, 1b; Mark Parent, c; Bill Ripken, 2b; David Wells, Ihp; Todd Zeile, 3b. BOSTON (2) — Roger Clemens, rhp; Mike Maddux, rhp. CHICAGO (6) - Harold Baines, dh; Pat Borders, c; Marvin Freeman, rhp; Don Slaught, c; Kevin Tapani, rhp; Danny Tartabull, of. CLEVELAND (5) - Mark Carreon, ol; Dennis Martinez, rhp; Kent Mercker. Ihp; Tony Pena, c; Eric Plunk, rhp MILWAUKEE (1) - Doug Jones, rhp NEW YORK (5) - Mike Aldrete, of; Tony Fernandez, ss; Joe Girardi, c; Melido Perez, rhp; John Wetteland, rhp. OAKLAND (2) — Jim Corsi, rhp; Terry Steinbach, c. SEATTLE (4) — Chris Bosio. rhp; Greg Hibbard, Ihp; Mike Jackson, rhp; Terry Mulholland, Ihp TEXAS (10) — Dennis Cook, Ihp; Kevin Elster, ss; Rene Gonzales, 3b; Kevin Gross, rhp; Darryl Hamilton, cf; Mike Henneman, rhp; Jeff Russell, rhp; Mike Stanton, Ihp; Dave Valle, c: Kurt Stillwell. 2b. TORONTO (1) — Juan Samuel, 1b NATIONAL LEAGUE ATLANTA (8) — Steve Avery, Ihp; Rafael Belliard, ss; Mike Bielecki, rhp; Mark Lemke, 2b; Terry Pendleton, 3b; Luis Polonia, of; Dwight Smith, of; Jerome Walton, of. CHICAGO (3) — Dave Magadan. 3b; Jaime Navarro, rhp; Ryne Sandberg. 2b. CINCINNATI (6) — Eric Davis, of; Kevin Mitchell, of: Joe Oliver, c; Mark Portugal, rhp; Chris Sabo, 3b; Lee Smith, rhp. COLORADO (2) — Eric Anthony, of; Bret Saberhagen, rhp. FLORIDA (3) — Andre Dawson, of; Craig Grebeck, inf; Alejandro Pena, rhp HOUSTON (7) — John Cangelosi. of; Danny Darwin, rhp: Doug Drabek. rhp; Xavier Hernandez, rhp; Kirt Manwaring, c; Gregg Olson, rhp; Bill Spiers, ss. LOS ANGELES (2) — Brett Butler, of; Dave Clark, of. MONTREAL (1)-Mark Leiter. rhp. PHILADELPHIA (5)—Jim Eisenreich, of; Sid Fernandez. Ihp; Jeff Parrett, rhp. Benito Santiago, c; David West. Ihp. ST. LOUIS (5) — Luis Alicea, 2b; Mike Gallego, ss; Willie McGee, of; Tom Pagnozzi, c; Ozzie Smith, ss. SAN DIEGO (4) — Chris Gwynn, of, Bob Tewksbury, rhp; Fernando Valenzuela, Ihp; Greg Vaughn, of. SAN FRANCISCO (2) — Shawon Dunston, ss; Robby Thompson, 2b Hockey WESTERN CONFERENCE o CENTRAL DIVISION Vs GF GA G W L T F A Pts Home Away P10 West PG PG Dallas 22 14 7 1 64 52 29 7-3-1 7 40 5-4-1 11-6-0 2.91 2.36 Detroit 24 13 8 3 70 45 29 8 3 1 5 5-2 6-3-1 66-2 2.91 1.88 Chicago 24 11 10 3 64 59 25 5-7-0 633 4-5-1 8 7-3 2.67 2.46 St. Louis 23 12 11 O 72 70 24 7 50 5 6-0 7-3 0 11-6 0 3.13 3,04 Toronto 23 10 13 O 70 79 20 8 50 2 80 3-70 7 80 3.04 3.44 Phoenix 22 6 12 4 50 66 16 3 7-4 3 50 1-6-3 4-8-1 2.27 3.00 PACIFIC DIVISION Colorado 24 15 5 4 91 50 34 8-1-3 7-4-1 7-1-2 12-3-2 3.79 2.08 Edmonton 24 12 11 1 87 75 25 6 4 1 670 5-4-1 7-9-1 3.63 3.13 Vancouver 21 12 9 O 62 63 24 7 40 5 50 6 40 850 2.95 3.00 Los Angeles 22 9 10 3 59 72 21 53 1 4-7 2 5 3 2 3-6-1 2.80 3.42 Calgary 24 9 13 2 60 69 20 560 4 7-2 2-7-1 6-11-2 2.50 2.88 San Jose 23 7 12 4 58 77 18 35-2 472 2-7-1 680 2.52 3.34 Anaheim 23 6 13 4 62 80 16 47 2 26 2 4-4 2 68 2 2.70 3.48 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION Vs GF GA G W L T F- A PfS Home Away Past 10 East PG PG Florida 23 15 3 5 74 46 35 8-2-2 7-1-3 7-2-1 10-3-3 3.22 2.00 Washington 22 12 9 1 66 60 25 6-3-1 660 7-2-1 11-5-1 3.00 2.73 Philadelohia 24 12 11 1 65 64 25 56 1 7-50 5-4 1 7 80 2.71 2.67 New Jersey 20 11 8 1 50 52 23 7-4-1 440 7-30 7-6-1 2.50 2.60 NY Rangers 25 8 13 4 79 76 20 4-6-1 473 2 7-1 584 3.16 3.04 Tampa Bay 20 7 11 2 62 66 16 2 5-2 560 2-7-1 6-8-1 3.10 3.30 NY Islanders 21 4 9 8 52 63 16 3 5-2 1-4 6 2 4-4 3-4-3 2.47 3.00 NORTHEAST DIVISION Hartford 20 10 6 4 60 60 24 7-3-1 33-3 5-32 6-2-4 3.00 3.00 Montreal 24 10 11 3 89 89 23 7-2 2 39 1 5-50 3-6-1 3.71 3.71 Buffalo 22 10 11 1 62 67 21 63-0 48 1 45 1 560 2.95 3.19 Boston 21 8 9 4 59 68 20 4 7 3 4 2-1 44 2 4 4 3 2.81 3.24 Ottawa 20 6 8 6 55 60 18 4 3 4 25 2 3-5-2 4-6-4 2.75 3.00 Pittsburgh 21 7 13 1 65 81 15 6-2-0 1-11-1 5-4-1 4 10-1 3.10 3.86 TUESDAY RESULTS MONDAY RESULTS Boston 2 Philadelphia 0; Florida 4 Buffalo 3; Toronto 3 Montreal 4 Tampa Bay 2. Vancouver 2; NY Rangers 3 Phoenix 1; Edmonton 10 Calgary 1. Today's Games TV Season Series Las Vegas Line Vancouver at Hartford, 4 p.m. 0-0 Hartford Vi-1 Toronto at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Toronto 1-0 Detroit V/i-2 Philadelphia at NY Islanders, 4:30 p.m. SCNY New York 2 0 Philadelphia ’/rl Montreal at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m. 0-0 Pittsburgh ’6-1 BuHalo at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Tampa Bay 1-0 Tampa Bay even-% Ottawa at Washington, 4:30 p.m. 00 Washington 1-1% New Jersey at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Dallas 10 Dallas even-% NY Rangers at Colorado, 6 p.m. ESPN2, MSGN 0-0 Colorado 1-1% Los Angeles at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m. Edmonton 10 Edmonton %-l St. Louis at Anaheim, 7:30 p.m. St.Louis 10 Anaheim even-% Chicago at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. SCCH San Jose 10 Chicago even % THURSDAY GAMES New Jersey at Phoenix, 4 p.m.; Los Angeles at Calgary, 6:30 p.m. Leaders Unofficial NHL scoring leaders after Tuesday games: G A P Forsberg, Col 11 24 35 Sakic, Col 10 25 35 Koivu, Mtl 11 22 33 Sundin, Tor 14 18 32 Yzerman, Del 9 23 32 Selanne, Ana 13 16 29 Recchi, Mtl 12 17 29 Gretzky, NYR 9 19 28 Lemieux. Pgh 9 18 27 Ozolinsh, Col 8 18 26 Leetch, NYR 7 19 26 Jagr, Pgh 18 7 25 Amonte, Chi 15 9 24 Savage, Mtl 11 13 24 Arnott, Edm 9 15 24 Francis. Pgh 6 18 24 Weight, Edm 5 19 24 Palffy, NYI 13 10 23 Messier. NYR 12 11 23 Bondra. Was 9 14 23 Kamensky, Col 9 14 23 Nolan, SJ 9 14 23 Oilers 10 Flames 1 First Period 1. Edmonton, Marchant 6.1:54 2. Edmonton. McGillis 1 (Mironov, McAmmond) 18:01 (pp) Penalties — Richardson Edm (hooking), Arnott Edm, Simpson Cal (fighting) 3:53, Gagner Cal (hooking) 4:14, Allison Cal (roughing) 9:38, Weight Edm (double high-sticking) 10:31, McGillis Edm (holding) 15:14, Chiasson Cal (holding) 17:16. Second Period 3. Edmonton. Lindgren 2 (Murray) 1:55 (sh) 4. Edmonton, Marchment 2 (Satan, Norton) 4.44 (pp) 5. Edmonton, Czerkawski 9 (Weight, Smyth) 12:53 Penalties — Czerkawski Edm (slashing) 0:32, Simpson Cal (hooking) 3:05, Titov Cal (hooking) 5:28, Huscroft Cal (roughing) 14:24, Norton Edm, Grier Edm, Hulse Cal, Huscroft Cal (roughing) 19:49. Third Period 6. Edmonton, Weight 5,2:44 7. Edmonton, McAmmond 6 (Richardson) 5:45 (pp) 8. Edmonton, Satan 8 (Richardson, Lindgren) 14:54 9. Calgary, Gagner 9 (Millen) 15:51 10 Edmonton, Kovalenko 12 (McAmmond) 16:20 11. Edmonton, Buchberger 1 (Grier, Marchant) 19:30 Penalties — Chiasson Cal (roughing) 4:26, Richardson Edm, Allison Cal (roughing) 8:40. Hlushko Cal (hooking) 12:33, Fleury Cal (slashing) 13:06. Shots on goal by Edmonton 5 139—27 Calgary 8 179—34 Goalies (shots-saves) — Edmonton: Joseph (W,11-9-1); Calgary: Kidd (L,7-7-1) (10-6), Roloson (5:01 second, 17-11). Power plays (goals-chances) — Edmonton: 4-9; Calgary: 0-5. Referee — Dan Marouelli Linesmen — Swede Knox, Mark Wheler. Attendance —17,146 NYR 3 Coyotes 1 1. NY Rangers, Messier 10 (Kovalev, Driver) 7:29 (pp) 2. NY Rangers, Messier 11 (Beukeboom, Leetch) 12:44 Penalties — Gartner Phx (tripping) 6 12, McKenzie Phx. Langdon NYR (fighting) 10:10 Second Period 3. Phoenix, Tkachuk 7 (Ronning) 19:03 Penalties — Gretzky NYR (tripping) 7:38, Leetch NYR (interference) 11:34 Third Period 4. NY Rangers, Messier 12 (Graves) 19:46 (en) Penalties — Kovalev NYR (boarding) 17:34 Shots on goal by NY Rangers 18 96-33 Phoenix 11 1611-38 Goal — NY Rangers: Richter (W,7-9-1); Phoenix: Khabibulin (L,4-11-3). Power plays (goals-chances) — NY Rangers 1-1; Phoenix: 0-3. Referee — Stephen Walkom Linesmen — Jay Sharrers. Shane Heyer. Attendance — 16,210. Canucks 2 Leafs 3 First Period 1. Toronto, Clark 12 (Murphy, Gilmour) 7:41 (PP) 2. Toronto. Hendrickson 2 (Muller, Domi) 9:49 3. Vancouver. Linden 5 (Walker) 12:50 4. Toronto. Sundin 14 (Berezin, Macoun) 13:28 Penalties — Brashear Vcr, Craighead Tor (fighting) 6:36, Aucoin Vcr (interference) 7:21, Ware Tor (holding) 14:33 Second Period No scoring. Penalty — Gilmour, Tor (interference) 19:41 Third Period 5 Vancouver, Roberts 3 (Walker, Linden) 19:14 Penalties — Roberts, Vcr (tripping) 4:04, Hedican Vcr (interference) 4:51, Modin Tor (interference) 9:14, Macoun Tor (slashing) 10:45 Shots on goal by Vancouver 6 99—24 Toronto 11 77—25 Goal — Vancouver: Hirsch (L.6-4); Toronto: Cousineau (W.1-0). Power plays (goals-chances) — Vancouver: 0-4; Toronto: 1-3. Referee — Bill McCreary Linesmen — Mark Pare, Ray Scapinello. Attendance —15,726. Flyers 0 Bruins 2 First Period No scoring. Penalties — Podein Pha (interference) 6:18, McLaren Bos (interference) 11:53, Wilson Bos (hooking) 15:17. Second Period 1. Boston, Oates 9 (Kennedy, DiMaio) 1:27 2. Boston, McLaren 2 (Stumpel. Heinze) 13:26 Penalties — Therien Pha (holding) 3:42, Heinze Bos (hooking) 17:02. Third Period No scoring. Penalties — Kennedy Bos (boarding) 1:18. Kordic Pha (elbowing) 5:09, Heinze Bos (tripping) 8:43, LeClair Pha (hooking) 9:43. Shots on goal by Philadelphia 14 119-34 Boston 8 98—25 Goal — Philadelphia: Snow (L,2-4-1); Boston: Ranford (W,8-5-4). Power plays (goals-chances) — Philadelphia: 0-5; Boston: 0-4 Referee—TerryGregson Linesmen —Ron Asselstine, Brian Murphy. Attendance —14.915. Sabres 3 Panthers 4 First Period 1 Buffalo, Brown 3 (Ward, Audette) 7:42 Penalties — Burridge Buf (holding) 1:16, Shannon Cjf (cross-checking) 19:49. Second Period 2. Buffalo, Ward 2 (Zhitnik, Burridge) 3:13 (PP) The Citizen’s weekly look at the names and the numbers in the Prince George Sports community 10-pin Tuesday night men W Rowdy Rookies 57.5 Pinheads 52 The Wheelers 51 Entertainment Satellite 50 Cap-Abilities 43 Strike Force 43 Just Team 10 39 High Rollers 38 Rolling Thunder 36 Outlaws 35 The Rat Pack 31.5 Coca-Cola 28 Wednesday Morning Coffee W Bowlaholics All In the Family Knock Em Down Strikers Pilgrams Strikers Jolly Kin Clan Wannabees Pinbusters Blue Devils Hopefuls High Rollers Twinkle Toes V Thursday Mixed Lucky Strike Lane Gliders Sliders Ball-der-bash Tokens Universal Dynamics D-Pack Rookies Rugrats Qualifiers Five Alive Kingpins Rolling Pins Scud Busters Undecided Purple Blaze Wednesday Mixed W Rintstones Lucky Strikes Team 2 Happy Gang L 265 32 33 34 41 41 45 46 48 49 525 56 L 13 19 22 27 29 29 30 34 37 38 40 48 54 70 L 25 27 31 33 33 33 35 39 42 43 43 43 45 47 48 49 L 13 14 14 16 Hot Nuts R Souls C-La-Vee Pinbusters2 One Pin Curse Team 12 Team 11 Strike Force Lane Rangers Team 14 Re/Max Centre City Super League Thursday results Pat's Oasis (Dean Doyle 8 Dan Morris 5 Sandy MacDonald 9 Withey's (Byron Gallagher 3 PetroCan (Bill Lim) 9 Mel McMillan 3 Blake King 8 Dave Johnston 3 Western Seaborad (Brian Bailey) 10 Wood Wheaton (Glen Fraser) 5 Jim Horswell Blackwater Const. 10 Century 21 (Gerry Miller) 3 Mr. G. (Doug Engstrom) 5 Dave Wiasnik 4 DB Law/Shel Jacobsen (Diane Dalio) vs Pacific Western (Patti Knezevic) ppd Dufferin Games (Warren Hall) 8 Laurie Rustad 5 Troy Withey 5 Len Malinowski 3 Frank Boyle 8 Pat Mourad 6 Bill Fillion 13 Lisa Eberherr 6 Standings A Square Masters w Ironhorse 5 Pas 5 Keg 4 Rebels 3 X-BX 2 Bulls 1 Sunday, Nov. 24, results Keg 9 X-BX 2 Keg 7 x-BX 6 Saturday, Nov. 23, results Pas 4 Bulls 4 Pas 7 Bulls 6 Saturday Games (At Roll-A-Dome) 9 and 10 a m - Ironhorse vs X-BX 4:15 and 5:15 p.m. - Keg vs Pas 6:30 and 7:30 p.m - Bulls vs. Rebels W L Pts Blake King 5 1 27 Sandy McDonald 4 2 26 Custom Stitch 3 3 21 Petro Canada 3 3 21 Pat s Oasis 3 3 21 Withey’s 2 3 16 Mel McMillan 1 4 13 B Square Wood Wheaton 4 2 22 Western Sbrd 4 2 22 Blkwater Const 4 2 22 DBLaw/Jacob 2 3 13 Mr G 3 2 13 PacWstBrew 2 2 12 Dave Wasnik 1 4 9 Century 21 0 3 3 C Square Duffenn 6 0 30 Pats Esso 4 2 20 Frank Boyle 4 2 20 Laurie Rustad 3 3 IS Icebreaker Tournament Results from the Prince George Handball Association's icebreaker tournament. Singles A-B Division: 1 Tim Dunkley; 2. Frank Rossi; Consolation: Evan Rosen C Division: 1. Nevio Rossi; 2. John Jenkins; Consolation: Trevor Sakamoto Doubles A-B Division: 1. Tim Dunkley and Frank Rossi; 2. Dan Schwab and Paul Hanki; Consolation: Nevio Rossi and Terry Sakamoto Juniors Open: 1. Sarah Crafta; 2. Samantha England; 3. Graham Arthur; 4. Josh Doll To Nov 20 W L T GF GA PTS Masters A Division Kamyr Const 9 3 0 75 44 18 Ceda Blues 7 3 0 56 40 14 Jenmar 7 3 0 80 42 14 Midas 4 6 1 49 44 9 Buckham Cnst.4 7 0 44 63 8 All West 3 6 2 30 54 8 Pacific Brewers 2 8 1 40 87 5 Masters B Division Crusaders 8 0 2 78 28 18 lronhrse/Hrtlron7 5 1 58 55 15 Fred Walls 5 1 3 49 31 13 Coach's 5 6 1 63 57 11 Hawks 4 6 1 52 73 9 ES Fresght Srvy 3 4 0 26 24 6 Chevron 1 11 0 47 106 2 Recreation A Division Lumber Kings 10 3 0 134 59 20 Bryant 8 3 0 55 35 16 Remax 8 2 0 77 52 16 Bunsmaster 5 5 1 63 63 11 Bugbusters 3 7 0 49 64 6 Folklore 2 7 0 41 88 4 Tabor Arms 0 9 1 34 92 1 Recreation B Division Astoria/Joe's 10 2 1 74 44 21 Dick Byl 9 3 0 69 41 18 Leisure Tub 8 2 2 77 59 18 Ironhorse 8 4 1 73 60 17 UNBC 8 3 1 74 49 17 Smokeaters 7 4 0 63 56 14 IG/Yellowhead 6 5 2 76 63 14 JDT Const 6 5 1 64 58 13 Lions Centre 5 5 1 58 59 11 Alfredos 4 7 1 58 61 9 First Litre 4 7 1 61 64 9 Subway 3 9 0 34 77 6 Canfor 2 7 1 48 61 5 UGRAD 2 9 0 35 64 4 NBC Bulls 1 11 0 35 83 2 Viking 8 Victoria 7 North Della 7 Viking 2 Viking 2 Richmond 1 Playoffs Viking 4 Kelowna 0 North Delta 7 Viking 4 Game for 3rd or 4th Abbotsford 4 Viking 3 Recreation Gentlemen To Nov. 17 W L T F A P N.Auto/Glacier10 2 1 72 32 21 Price Const. 8 1 2 73 47 18 New Canadian 6 4 2 55 47 14 Alpine Pub 6 6 1 47 56 13 Nellies 5 6 1 59 59 11 Farr Install 4 8 2 82 86 10 Western lndust.3 8 1 59 71 7 P.G Computer 2 9 2 37 61 6 Minor Viking Construction Peewee Kings results ffrom the Quebec Carnival qualifying tournament in Princeton. Champion: Richmond Round robin Women W L PTS Custom Stitch 7 0 14 Aleza Athletics 6 1 12 Canaccord-BX Bulls 5 3 10 A&E Charters 5 3 10 UNBC T-Wolves1 2 5 4 Team X 17 2 Coach's Corner 0 7 0 Monday Results A&E Charters 52 UNBC 45 (A&E—Karen Richardson 22: UNBC— Cherie Alexander 11) Canaccord/BX 78 Coach's 17 (Canaccord—Meike Vandervalk 16; Coach's—Kim Greenough 6) Custom Stitch 73 Team X 31 (Custom Stich— Gloria Dutka 20; Team X — Tamara Goerz 8) Thursday, Nov. 21 Results Canaccord/BX 57 Team X 38 (Canaccord/BX—Mieke Vandervalk 19; Team X— Arlene Schultz 12) Aleza Athletics 57 A&E Charter 34 (Aleza—Jeanette crobar 22, A&E—Karen Richardson 16) Wednesday Nov. 20, Results A&E Charters 60 Coach's Corner 26 (A&E— Karen Richardson 15; Coach's— Caprice Scott 10 Aleza Athletics 82 UNBC 57 (Aleza—Louis Holmes 20; UNBC—Kari Slater 10) Tuesday Nov. 19, Results Custom Stitch 57 CanaccoidBX 42 (Custom Stitch— Catherine Erricson 19. Canaccord/BX—Kara Karpenko, Karen Myatovic, Sue McDermid 10) UNBC 63 Team X 27 UNBC—Heather Hausot 12; Team X— Tamara Goerz 8) Masters Men W L Pts Soli Catering 6 1 12 Folklore 4 3 8 Teamsport 2 5 4 Women’s Indoor W L T F A PTS P.G. Croatia 5 0 0 36 0 15 Bch Clb/Sgt s 4 1 0 40 7 12 Tmsprt'RnrsWld3 2 0 22 15 9 Dunkley Lumberl 3 1 7 32 4 Northern Tile 1 4 0 11 28 3 P.G Free PressO 4 1 6 41 1 Monday Results Bch Clb/Sgt s 14 P.G Free Press 1 Teamsports/Runners 6 Dunkley Lumber 2 P.G. Croatia 7 Northern Tile 0 Scoring Leaders Gis E Walker.Tmsprt/Runnrs 11 K Ames.CBC/Sgts 7 J Kozak,CBC/Sgt s 7 L.Neuman.CBC/Sgts 7 L.Faltenhine.CBC/Sgt's 6 NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pet Miami 10 4 .714 Orlando 6 3 .667 New York 8 5 .615 Washington 7 6 .538 Philadelphia 5 8 .385 Boston 3 8 .273 New Jersey 2 7 .222 Central Division Chicago 13 1 .929 Detroit 10 2 833 Cleveland 9 3 .750 Charlotte 7 5 .583 Atlanta 8 6 .571 Milwaukee 7 6 .538 Indiana 3 8 .273 Toronto 3 9 .250 WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division W L Pet Houston 13 1 .929 Utah 9 2 .818 Minnesota 5 7 .417 Denver 5 9 .357 Dallas 4 9 .308 San Antonio 2 11 .154 Vancouver 2 12 143 Pacific Division Seattle 12 3 .800 L.A. Lakers 10 5 667 Portland 8 6 .571 L.A. Clippers 6 7 .462 Sacramento 5 9 .357 Golden State 3 10 231 Phoenix 0 13 .000 Tuesday Results Sacramento 98 Toronto 87 Atlanta 101 Vancouver 80 Charlotte 97 Seattle 89 L.A. Lakers 100 Philadelphia 88 Houston 102 Portland 101 Dallas 105 San Antonio 101 Denver 117 Phoenix 108 Miami 107 Golden State 88 Tonight's Games Charlotte at Toronto, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Orlando. 4:30 p.m. Vancouver at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Boston, 5 p.m. Seattle at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Cleveland at Milwaukee. 5:30 p.m. GB 8 l'h 7 8 B'/i 10 '/> 11 Portland at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m Denver at Utah, 6 p.m. New Jersey at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Miami at L.A. Clippers, 7 30 p.m Thursday Games Sacramento at Indiana. 4 30 p m New Jersey at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. U.S. College Poll The top 25 teams in The USA Today-CNN coaches college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 24. total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and last week's ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. Cincinnati (16) 1-0 731 2 2. Kansas (12) 1-0 717 1 3. Wake Forest (1) 1-0 666 3 4. Utah 1-0 621 5 5. Duke 2-0 507 10 6 Villanova (1) 0-0 506 8 7. Michigan 0-0 450 9 Kentucky 0-1 436 4 9. Clemson 2-0 420 17 10. Arizona 1-0 412 16 11. Syracuse 1-0 370 12 12. North Carolina 0-1 332 7 13.Texas 1-0 292 15 14 Stanford 0-0 283 14 15 Iowa St. 0-0 281 11 16. Massachusetts 0-0 264 13 17. Indiana 3-0 260 24 18 UCLA 0-1 258 6 19. Fresno St. 1-0 216 19 20 Arkansas 1-0 205 18 21. Tulsa 2-0 184 - 22. New Mexico 3-0 164 22 23. Iowa 1-0 160 20 24. Boston College 1-0 139 21 25. George Washington 2-0 115 — Others receiving votes: Tulane 110, Minnesota 106, Temple 63, South Carolina 57, Providence 49, Marquette 46, Louisville 43, Purdue 43, Connecticut 35, Georgetown 22. Illinois 22, Texas A&M 20, Florida State 18. Rhode Island 18, Auburn 12, Georgia Tech 11, Missouri 11, Penn State 9, California 7, Delaware 7, Evansville 7, Ark.-Little Rock 6, Miami (Ohio) 6, New Orleans 5. Old Dominion 5, Virginia 5, Illinois State 4, South Alabama 3, Southeastern Louisiana 2, Virginia Tech 2, Boston U. 1, Detroit Mercy 1, Iona 1, Lamar 1, Pacific 1. Tennessee State 1, Xavier 1. 3. Florida, Sheppard 9 (Svehla) 10:48 4. Florida, Sheppard 10 (Mellanby, Straka) 13:10 (pp) Penalties — Murphy Fla (hooking) 2:08, Mellanby Fla (high-sticking) 6:50, Burridge Buf (hooking) 7:52, Peca Buf (roughing) 11:44, Wells Ra (interference) 14:21. McKee Buf (cross-checking) 14.57, Ward Buf (hooking) 17:09. Third Period 5. Florida, Svehla 3 (Mellanby. Lindsay) 1:01 6. Florida, Sheppard 11 (Lowry, Gustafsson) 7:09 (pp) 7. Buffalo. Barnaby 5 (Galley, Plante) 15:18 Penalties — Svehla Fla (tripping) 2:57, Ray Buf (high-sticking, slashing) 5:57, Straka Fla (tripping) 13:14. Shots on goal by Buffalo 7 88-23 Florida 9 1212-33 Goalies (shots-saves) — Buffalo: Trefilov (21-19), Hasek (L,10-9-1) (0:00 third, 12-10); Florida: Vanbiesbrouck (W.11-2-3). Power plays (goals-chances) — Buffalo: 1-5; Florida: 2-8. Referee — Lance Roberts. Linesmen — Dan McCourt, Jean Morin. Attendance —14,703. Most Improved Teams TORONTO (CP) - A ranking of NHL clubs, showing the most improved after 20 games this season compared to last season (with this season's record and last year's record in brackets and the point differential over last season): Calgary (9-9-2,3-13-4) +10 San Jose (7-9-4,2-14-4) +10 Vancouver (12-8-0. 5-9-6) +8 Dallas (13-6-1,8-7-5) +6 Ottawa (6-8-6,6-14-0) +6 Hartford (10-6-4,9-10-1) +5 NY Islanders (4-9-7,4-13-3) +4 St. Louis (11-9-0. 8-10-2) +4 Edmonton (9-1-0,5-10-5) +3 Chicago (10-8-2,9-8-3) +1 New Jersey (11-8-1,10-8-2) +1 Colorado (13-4-3,13-4-3) 0 Florida (12-3-5,14-5-1) 0 Tampa Bay (7-11-2, 6-10-4) 0 Washington (10-9-1,10-9-1) 0 Boston (7-9-4,8-9-3) -1 Buffalo (9-10-1, 9-9-2) -1 Detroit (11-7-2,12-6-2) -2 Los Angeles (9-8-3,10-5-5) -4 Philadelphia (10-10-0.10-6-4) -4 Phoenix (6-11-3,9-9-2) -5 Montreal (7-10-3,12-8-0) -7 Toronto (9-11-0,11-6-3) -7 NY Rangers (6-10-4,11-7-2) -8 Anaheim (4-13-3,10-10-0) -9 Pittsburgh (6-13-1,12-5-3) -14 IHL Detroit 5 Quebec 1 Las Vegas 5 Utah 4 (SO) Orlando 7 San Antonio 4 AHL Worcester 6 Fredericton 1 ECHL Peoria 3 Wheeling 0 South Carolina 6 Knoxville 5 (SO) Tallahassee 3 Louisiana 2 Central Macon 6 Nashville 1 Colonial Port Huron 5 Quad City 4 (SO) OHL Sault Ste. Marie 5 London 2 NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pd. PF PA Buffalo 9 3 0 .750 257 202 New England 8 4 0 667 310 262 Indianapolis 6 6 0 500 219 264 Miami 6 6 0 .500 278 249 N.Y. Jets 1 11 0 .083 211 333 Centra I Pittsburgh 9 3 0 750 282 180 Houston 6 6 0 500 256 244 Cincinnati 5 7 0 .417 272 288 Jacksonville 5 7 0 ,417 233 251 Baltimore 3 9 0 250 289 352 West x-Denver 11 1 0 .917 317 192 Kansas City 8 4 0 667 234 206 San Diego 7 5 0 583 270 278 Oakland 5 7 0 .417 257 227 Seattle 5 7 0 417 243 283 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pet PF PA Washington 8 4 0 .667 281 230 Dallas 7 5 0 .583 233 191 Philadelphia 7 5 0 .583 279 265 Arizona 6 6 0 500 231 291 N.Y Giants 5 7 0 417 200 226 Central Green Bay 9 3 0 750 318 174 Minnesota 6 6 0 500 202 228 Chicago 5 7 0 417 185 220 Detroit 5 7 0 .417 239 261 Tampa Bay 4 8 0 .333 153 219 West San Francisco 9 3 0 .750 291 188 Carolina 8 4 0 .667 268 164 St. Louis 3 9 0 250 220 324 Atlanta 2 10 0 .167 224 359 New Orleans 2 10 0 .167 174 265 x-clinched playoff spot. Thursday Games Kansas City at Detroit. 9 30 a m Washington at Dallas, 1 p.m. Sunday. Dec, 1 Arizona at Minnesota, 10 a.m. Buffalo at Indianapolis, 10 a.m. Chicago at Green Bay, 10 a.m. Cincinnati at Jacksonville, 10 a.m. New York Giants at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. Pittsburgh at Baltimore. 10 a.m. Tampa Bay at Carolina. 10 a.m. Seattle at Denver, 1 p.m Houston at New York Jets. 1 p m Miami at Oakland, 1 p.m. St. Louis at New Orleans, 1 p m. New England at San Diego, 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2 San Francisco at Atlanta, 6 p.m. Odds RENO, Nev (AP) — Odds for the college and professional football games this week from Harrah s Reno Sports Casino. NFL Thursday Kansas City minus 2 1/2 at Detroit Dallas minus 8 1/2 vs. Washington Sunday Pittsburgh OFF at Baltimore Green Bay minus 91/2 vs. Chicago Buffalo minus OFF at Indianapolis Philadelphia minus 61/2 vs N.Y. Giants Minnesota minus 41/2 vs. Arizona Carolina minus 6 vs. Tampa Bay Jacksonville minus 3 vs. Cincinnati Oakland minus OFF vs. Miami Denver minus 10 1/2 vs. Seattle New Orleans minus 3 vs St Louis Houston minus 3 1/2 at N.Y. Jets San Diego minus 2 1/2 vs. New England Monday San Francisco minus 9 1/2 at Atlanta Northern Toyota 2 5 4 Friday, Nov. 22 Results Folklore 78 Northern Toyota 77 (Folklore—Grant Borden 31. Larry Lavallee 17, Gary Nesbit 16; Northern Toyota—Hans Minck 25. Les Husband 19) Soil Catering 121 Teamsport 88 (Soil Catering—Ken Jackson 35, Doug Strachen 16; Teamsport—Larry Joheneson 38) B.C. Sections Prince George Figure Skating Club (PGFS) and Spruce City Figure Skating (SCFS) results from the B.C. Section Figure Skating championships in Kamloops Oct. 21-23. Women Juvenile: Erin Pedersen (PGFS) 13th Pre-Novice: Danya Coole (PGFS) 16th Men Juvenile: Kyle Postmus (SCFS) 12th; Jason Goldsmith (SCFS) 13th , Pairs Juvenile: Kate Lancaster and Kyle Postmus (SCFS) 1st BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Named Mark Tramuta area scout for Mid-America, Ubaldo Heredia area scout for Venezuela, and Patrick Guerrero area scout for western Dominican Republic. CLEVELAND INDIANS—Named Bill Schmidt national scouting crosschecker; Jesse Flores, Jerry Jordan and Bob Mayer regional scouting crosscheckers; and Mike Toomey, Jim Gabella, Chris Jefts, Ted Brzenk and Jay Franklin area scouts. SEATTLE MARINERS—Agreed to terms with OF Rich Amaral on a two-year contract and OF Lee Tinsley on a one-year contract. National League ATLANTA BRAVES—Agreed to terms with RHP Bryan Harvey on a minor-league contract. CHICAGO CUBS—Agreed on a two-year contract with C Scott Servais. FLORIDA MARLINS—Signed OF John Cangelosi to a two-year contract. NEW YORK METS-Signed 3B Jose Oliva to a minor-league contract. PITTSBURGH PIRATES-Named Richie Hebner hitting coach for Lynchburg of the Carolina League. SAN DIEGO PADRES—Agreed to terms with INF Rene Gonzales on a minor-league contract. International League PAWTUCKET RED SOX-Announced Buddy Bailey, manager, is resigning to become advance scout for the Boston Red Sox. New York-Penn League BATAVIA CLIPPERS—Named Jason Smorol general manager. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DENVER NUGGETS—Announced Bernie Bickerstaff has resigned from his coaching duties and will remain as president and reclaim the title of general manager. Named Dick Motta coach and signed him to a multiyear contract Announced Todd Eley, general manager, has been demoted to vice president of basketball operations. ORLANDO MAGIC—Signed G Dell Demps PHILADELPHIA 76ERS-Placed F Mark Hendrickson on the injured list. Activated G Doug Overton from the injured list PHOENIX SUNS-Activated C John Williams from the injured list Placed F Ben Davis on the injured list. PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS-Activated G Aleksandar Djordjevic from the injured list Placed G Reggie Jordan on the injured list. FOOTBALL National Football League JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS-Placed DT Andre Davis and LB Nate Dingle on injured reserve. Signed DE Juan Hammonds. Activated TE Chris Griffin from the practice squad. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL—Suspended LW Sasha Lakovic of the Calgary Flames for two games and fined him $1,000 for trying to jump into the stands on Saturday; suspended D Grant Ledyard of the Dallas Stars for two games and fined him $1,000 for kneeing C Rob Niedermayer of the Florida Panthers on Friday. BOSTON BRUINS—Recall RW Sheldon Kennedy from Providence of the AHL. BUFFALO SABRES—Recalled LW Barry Moore from Rochester of the AHL. DALLAS STARS—Recalled D Sergey Gusev from Michigan of the IHL and F Marc Labelle from Milwaukee of the IHL; placed F Todd Harvey and F Bill Huard on the NHL injured reserve list NEW JERSEY DEVILS—Acquired D Ken Sutton and a 1999 second-round selection from the St. Louis Blues for F Mike Peluso and D Ricard Persson. OTTAWA SENATORS—Recalled D Radim Bicanek from Worcester of the AHL. SAN JOSE SHARKS-Loaned G Wade Flaherty to Kentucky of the AHL American Hockey League BALTIMORE BANDITS—Recalled RW Trevor Senn from Richmond of the ECHL. KENTUCKY THOROUGHBLADES-Added G Wade Flaherty from San Jose of the NHL; added D Jason Widmer returned from San Jose. PROVIDENCE BRUINS—Released D Justin Gould SYRACUSE CRUNCH—Recalled RW John Badduke from Wheeling of the ECHL. International Hockey League CLEVELAND LUMBERJACKS—Recalled C Ryan Savoia from Johnstown of the ECHL. Recalled C Andy Weidenbach from Hampton Roads of the ECHL. GRAND RAPIDS—Traded LW Darin Smith to Las Vegas for LW Pavol Demitra East Coast Hockey League ECHL—Announced the Louisiana IceGators will forfeit nine games due to the use of an ineligible player CHARLOTTE—Added Evgeny Ryabchikov. DAYTON BOMBERS—Signed D Ryan Gillis. HAMPTON ROADS-Added F Joel Theriault from Portland of the AHL. MISSISSIPPI—Added RW Roger Maxwell from Phoenix PENSACOLA—Added D Shawn Davis. PEORIA—Placed RW Brad Essex on seven-day injured list. RALEIGH—Added D Mark Visheau from Quebec. RICHMOND—Added C Mike Taylor from Baltimore; deleted RW Trevor Senn TALLAHASSEE—Added D Rodrigo Lavinsh from Kentucky of the AHL. WHEELING—Added C Doug Ast from Syracuse Central Hockey League CHL—Suspended G Shamus Gregga of the Macon Whoopee for one game for fighting Saturday Western Hockey League WHL—Named Brent Peterson of the Portland Winter Hawks as head coach for the Western Conference all-star team. World Junior SEOUL (CP) — Results Tuesday from the opening day of the world junior figure-skating championships1 PAIRS Shorl program (field of 18) 1 Victoria Maxuta and Vladislav Zhovnirsky, Russia, 0 5; 2. Maria Petrova and Teimuraz Puoline, Russia, 1.0; 3 Evgennia Filonenko and Igor Marchenko. Ukraine, 1 5; 4 Danielle and Steve Hartsell, U.S., 2.0; 5. Sabrina Lefrancois and Nicolas Osseland, France, 2.5; Canadians 8 MarniWade. Enmsmore, Ont., and Lenny Faustino, Woodbridge, Ont., 4.0 ICE DANCE Compulsories (field of 29 1 Nina Oulanova and Mikhail Stifounin, Russia, 0.4; 2. Oxana Potdykova and Denis Petoukov, Russia, 08, 3. Agata Blazowska and Marcin Kozubek, Poland. 1.2; 4 (tie). Magall Sauri and Nicolas Salicis, France, and Jessica Joseph and Charles Butler. U S.. 18 Canadians 12. Jaqueiine Wicket. Chatham, Ont.. and Mark Bradshaw. Aurora. Ont., 4 8; 20. Cindy Bourasm. Boucherville, Que., and Jean-Nicolas Chagnon, Cap Rouge, Que., 8 0 Canadian Rankings TORONTO (CP) — Tennis Canada rankings released Monday (numbers in parentheses indicate any applicable rankings from the ATP Tour and the COREL WTA TOUR): MEN SINGLES 1. Daniel Nestor, Toronto (114); 2. Sebastien Lareau, Boucherville, Que. (104); 3. Albert Chang, Calgary (216), 4 Jocelyn Robichaud, Joliette, Que (859), 5 Sebastien LeBlanc. St-Bruno. Que. (630); DOUBLES 1 Grant Connell, Vancouver (3); 2. Daniel Nestor, Toronto (11); 3. Sebastien Lareau, Boucherville, Que, (17); 4. Sebastien LeBlanc. St-Bruno, Que (146); 5 Glenn Michibata. Oakville, Ont. (280); 6. Jocelyn Robichaud. Joliette, Que (376); 7 Bobby Kokavec, Tecumseh. Ont (392). 8T Jamie Laschmger, London. Ont ; 8T. Frederic Niemeyer, Magog. Que; 10. Robert Janecek, Toronto (585). WOMEN SINGLES 1 Patricia Hy-Boulais. Montreal (67); 2. Rene S'mpson, Toronto (132): 3. Jana Nejedly. Oakville. Ont. (135); 4 Maureen Drake. Toronto (175); 5 Sonya Jeyaseelan, North Vancouver, BC (179); r