The Prince George Citizen - Tuesday, December 1 9 ,2 0 0 0 - 11 S p o r t s TIMELY. f"BetterTate than newer . Murphy propels red-hot WingsT O P IC A L DETROIT (AP) — Larry Murphy scored 3:05 into over­ I POTTERY SALEj time as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 TRUSTED. on Monday night. ________________________________ After pouncing on a Nicklas Lidstrom rebound, Murphy PRINCE GEORGE W heel throw stonew are and raku. extended the Wings’ unbeaten streak to four games, while C i t i z e n Plus R aku Christm as Balls handing the Oilers their second straight loss. Kelly Harrison and Karen Yule Detroit’s Tomas Holmstrom scored on a goal-mouth Subscribe now! 53660 Jardine Rd. Cluculz Lake scramble with 33.4 seconds left to tie the game at three and Open now till Christmas Call 562-3301 v:f? | m r. -j force overtime. Phone: 441-3319 Edmonton’s Georges Laraque scored with 4:38 left to give the Oilers a 3-2 lead. Detroit’s Manny Legace made 25 saves, while Edmonton’s Tommy Salo stopped 34 shots. Steve Yzerman had three assists for the Red Wings. Detroit scored on its first shot at 5:23 of the first on a Lid­ strom slap shot. Edmonton tied the game in the first when Janne Niinimaa’s wrist shot fluttered through traffic and past Legace. Shawn Horcoff gave the Oilers a 2-1 lead in the second when he lifted the puck over Legace, who sprawled out to stop a crafty move and shot from Ethan Moreau. Detroit tied the game at 2 at 1:54 of the third on a power- play goal by Pat Verbeek. Blue Jackets 2 Canadiens 0 At Montreal, Ron Tlignutt made 27 saves as the Columbus Blue Jackets beat Montreal 2-0 Monday night, leaving the Cdnadiens last overall in the NHL again. The Canadiens, now winless in eight games (0-6-2-0), en­ tered the evening tied with Columbus at 22 points. A deject­ A P p h o t o ed crowd of 18,449 watched their Habs fall to 30th in theOilers forward Sergei Zholtok, centre, battles for a N(IL for the second time this season. loose puck with Red Wings defenceman Doug Brown Chris Nielsen and Kevyn Adams scored for the Blue Jack­In front of Manny Legace during the first period AND YOU'LL SAVE 10 - 50% ets (10-20:2-2), who stopped a three-game losing streak. M o n d a y In D e tro it. Rangers 6 Panthers 3 the Rangers. Robert Svehla, Serge Payer and Scott Mellanby At New York, Radek Dvorak scored the eventual game- replied for the Panthers. Here/s how it works What we make at lumi winner in the third and Petr Nedved returned from a sus­ Sharks 5 Capitals 3 Come in to Lumi and find the Jackets & Vests • Warm-Up Pants • pension and had three assists. At Washington, Todd Harvey scored a hat trick, including clothes that you like. 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Lemieux, who ainnounced 10 days the Penguins’ owner, will practise dur­ Forward Alexei Kovalev said it’s only ago he was coming out of retirement, ing the road trip, but won’t play until anatural to wonder how quickly Lemieux Being in a Motor will take part in an off-day skate, then Dec. 27 home game against the Toron­can return to the rigours of playing. accompany the Penguins on a two- to Maple Leafs. “Good players never lose their skill, game Florida road trip. Lemieux understands it’s not just the but the energy and things like that are Vehicle Accident It’s difficult to determine who is fans who are curious to see how quick­hard to bring back,” Kovalev said. “It’s more excited about the Hall of Famer’s ly his comeback is progressing, but alsodefinitely going to be interesting first of c a n b e te rrify in g return: Lemieux or his teammates. die Penguins themselves. all, to practise with him. And, most im- “I think it’s going to bring the best“After being off for 3 1/2 years, I’mportandy, to play with him.” Pursuing your claim shouldn’t be. Thornton gets two games If you have been injured in Habs, Oilers NEW YORK (CP) — Boston Bruins centre Joe Thornton a car accident call Dick Byl was suspended for two games without pay Monday for cross-checking Carolina Hurricanes defenceman Dave • We do not charge for an initial consultation swap centresKarpa in a game Dec. 16. • We will bill you a percentage of what we collect The incident occurred at 2:49 of the third period in the MONTREAL (CP) — They may not be getting better, but thegame at Boston. Thornton cross-checked Karpa in the head • There is no fee until you collect last-place Montreal Canadiens are certainly getting bigger sinceand was assessed a major penalty and a match penalty. •We do not send interim bills Andre Savard replaced Rejean Houle as general manager. Thornton will miss Boston’s games on Hiesday against Savard dealt struggling centre Sergei Zholtok to thePhiladelphia Ed­ and on Thursday against Toronto. He will be Dick Byl Law monton Oilers for six-foot-four, 215-pound centre Chad Kil-eligible to return Dec. 23 against Detroit. ger on Monday. Thornton’s suspension wfil cost him $19,073.08. It was Savard’s second trade since he took over on Nov.Thornton was on the receiving end of an incident result­ BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS 20. On Dec. 7, he sent small but feisty winger P.J. Stock and ing in a suspension recently. New York Rangers forward Petr a sixth-round draft pick to Philadelphia for six-foot-three, Nedved was suspended for three games last week after 3 6 4 - 3 4 0 0 210-pound enforcer Gino Odjick. high-sticking Thornton in a Dec. 9 game. “I have nothing against small players, but you need a bal­ ance,” said Savard. “We have a lot of small players.” ICBC hires Prince George lawyers to represent them in Particularly if your small, skilled player has suddenly lost motor vehicle accidents. Other Prince George law firms his scoring touch, like Zholtok. USED HI-WAY TRACTOR act for ICBC on some files, and against ICBC on others. Zholtok, 28, led Montreal with 26 goals last season. But in We never act for ICBC. 32 games this year, the six-foot-one, 191-pound native of Riga, Latvia, has just one goal and 10 assists. 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