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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2008
NHL
Fans see many games go to overtime
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Anaheim Ducks defenseman Mathieu Schneider celebrates his goal with Kent Huskins in the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, in Detroit.
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BUFFALO, N.Y.
Overshadowed after Panthers forward Richard Zednik sustained a deep gash across the neck. Derek Roy scored twice to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 5-3 win over Florida on Sunday night.
Zednik, who had blood gushing from his neck after being cut by a teammate's skate midway through the third period, was transported to hospital and listed in stable condition. The game was delayed for 15 minutes.
Zednik was behind the play and skating into the right corner of the Sabres' zone, when teammate Olli Jokinen was upended by Sabres defenseman Brian Campbell. Jokinen fell head-first to the ice, and his right leg flew up and struck Zednik directly on the side of the neck.
Clutching his neck, Zednik immediately raced to the Florida bench, leaving a long trail of blood. A Sabres trainer jumped on the ice to apply a towel across the player's neck, and Zednik was immediately escorted to the Panthers' dressing room.
Thomas Vanek had a goal and assist, while Jason Pominville and Patrick Kaleta also scored for the Sabres, who improved to 6-0-2 in their past eight games. Ryan Miller stopped 22 shots in earning his 100th career win, while Campbell had three assists.
Nathan Horton had a goal and assist, while Jokinen and Branislav Mezei scored for the Panthers, who lost for only the second time in six games (4-2).
Capitals 3, Rangers 2, OT
WASHINGTON — Mike Green scored a power-play goal 23 seconds into overtime, Ole Kolzig stopped 31 shots in his 700th career game and Washington regained first place in the Southeast Division with a victory over New York.
Alex Ovechkin scored his NHL-high 47th goal of the season, and had assists on Washington's other two goals. It was the 296th victory of Kolzig's career, tied with Ron Hextall for 23rd place on the career list. He has been in goal for 20 of Washington's 27 wins this season.
Chris Drury and Sean Avery scored for New York.
PITTSBURGH - Eygen Malkin scored a goal and set up three others, giving him seven points in two days, and the Penguins finally figured out how to beat cross-state
rival Philadelphia.
The Flyers, swept in eight games by Pittsburgh last season, never trailed them in their four previous victories against Pittsburgh this season with Martin Biron.
Malkin assisted on goals by Petr Sykora, Sergei Gonchar and Kristopher Letang and scored to extend a scoring surge that began when star Sidney Crosby injured his right ankle Jan. 18. Malkin has 21 points, with eight goals, in 10 games with Crosby out.
R. J. Umberger scored twice for Philadelphia and now has seven of his 11 goals this season against his hometown Penguins.
DETROIT — Matheu Schneider had a goal and an assist to lift Anaheim over Detroit.
Ryan Carter and Kent Huskins also scored for defending Stanley Cup champion Anaheim, which won its fourth straight. Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 27 saves.
Pavel Datsyuk and Johan Franzen got the goals for NHL-leading Detroit, which lost its third straight. Chris Osgood stopped 16 shots.
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Wild 2. Blues 1. SO
ST. LOUIS — Brent Burns produced his second game-winning goal in two days, scoring in the sixth round of a shoot-out in Minnesota's victory over St. Louis.
Marian Gaborik scored his 29th goal for the Wild,3-1 against the Blues this season. Neither team has scored more than three goals in any of the games. Paul Kariya got his 14th for the slumping Blues, who have two wins in their past 13 games and are in 12th place in the Western Conference.
Kings 3, Blue Jackets 2,
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Patrick O'Sullivan scored the tiebreaking goal in the shootout after having a go-ahead goal waved off in the third period, and Los Angeles snapped a four-game skid against Columbus with a win.
Dan Cloutier, making his first start of the season and finishing with 31 saves, stopped Jason Chimera before O'Sullivan's chance.
Anze Kopitar scored twice for Los Angeles, the worst team in the league but on a 9-4-1 stretch.
Ron Hainsey and Rick Nash tallied power-play goals for Columbus.
》GYMNASTICS
Hamm wins first full meet in years
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Paul Hamm competes on the pormell horse during the men's Winter Cup gymnastics preliminary event in Las Vegas on Saturday.
BY EDDIE PELLS ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAS VEGAS — Paul Hamm fell, maybe just to prove he's human.
Even that couldn't derail another remarkable performance Saturday night, as the defending Olympic champion breezed to a victory at the Winter Cup Challenge and again showed what a power he could be six months from now in Beijing.
He finished with a two-day score of 185.85, a full 7.25 better than runner-up Raj Bhavsar. Hamm's only error in the finals, just his second full meet since he won the all-around in Athens, was the bad
After his last perfect landing on the floor, he knew hud won and lifted both hands to celebrate, then waved to the crowd. Was he happy? Relieved? Probably both after winning in this, his first full gymnastics meet in 2½ years.
He overcame it — much like he did during his stunning comeback at the Olympics all-around four years ago — and walked away leaving little question as to who America's best gymnast is.
landing on his vault.
Yes, it's still very early, but the giddiness is palpable among the Americans, who now officially have Hamm as part of their 14-man team.
OLYMPICS
British athletes must agree to leave politics out of games
"The reality is, given the level of political scrutiny of the world's media on these games and the way China will handle them, the BOA felt it was sensible and proper to flag that rule to our athletes," British Olympic Association communications director Graham Mewson said Sunday.
LONDON — British Olympic athletes must sign a new clause in their contracts prohibiting politically sensitive remarks or gestures during the Beijing Games.
BY THOMAS WAGNER ASSOCIATED PRESS
In January, Belgian athletes were told they would be prohibited from raising human rights or other
The International Olympic Committee already has a rule that states "no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas."
political issues at Olympic venues. Outside the sports venues and Olympic village, however, they will be frelg to speak their mind.
The BOA is making the change because China's government is widely regarded as sensitive to criticism over issues such as its human rights record and Tibet, Mewson said.
British athletes have been required to sign the 32-page BOA contract for 20 years before competing in the Olympics, but this is the first time such a clause is being added.
Mewson said the clause will not bar British athletes from "honestly answering" questions they are asked during interviews at the Aug. 8-24 games about "politically sensitive issues."
"An athlete who decides to lift up his team shirt to show a 'Free Tibet' one below it, that's very different," Mewson said.