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The Prince George Citizen - Saturday. November 7.1998 - 9 Hockey Two arrested in Hogue’s sister’s death ST-CESAIRE, Que. (CP) — Two men morning on a roadside in nearby St- spokesman said Hogue was last seen have been arrested in connection w ith Damase, about 30 kilometres east of leaving the Bar 112, where she the stabbing death of Marlene Hogue, Montreal. worked, with three men last Saturday the sister of Tampa Bay Lightning for A Quebec provincial police night. ward Benoit Hogue. Yann Desrosiers, 21, and Francois Beauregard, 26, were charged with second-degree murder Friday. NOVEMBER 9 TO NOVEMBER 14,1998 ONLY The men were arrested separately Thursday afternoon. A preliminary in quiry is to begin Monday. The body of Marlene Hogue, 30, an exotic dancer at a St-Cesaire bar, was discovcyed by a passerby Sunday IT PAYS TO ( S H O P A T CP photo H ir s c h Edmonton winger Ryan Smyth (94) is checked by Sylvain Lefebvre of Colorado as Avalanche goalie Patrick Roy steers a shot away during NHL action in Edmonton Friday. The Avs beat the ho sts 5-2. h a v in g ■ A A A I ! I S lick O il stu ck fu n a g a in by IAIN MacINTYRE Southam Newspapers WITH ANY PURCHASE OF $100 During his worst moments last year, in A valanche when he thought his NHL career was OR MORE (INCLUDING LAYAWAY PURCHASES) in ruin, Vancouver Canuck goalie EDMONTON (CP) — Valeri Kamensky and Peter Forsberg came out blazing Corey Hirsch viewed his demotion to YOU'LL RECEIVE A $10.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE Friday night, combining for seven points to lift the Colorado Avalanche to a 5-2 the minors like a death sentence. NHL win over the rival Edmonton Oilers. 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Renney had promised would be a fair Hurricanes 3 Capitals 2 fight for the backup goaltending job — \\ At Washington, the Hurricanes broke their seven-game road winless streak at he seemed to slam the door on a Washington as Sami Kapanen scored w ith 8:32 to play. Canuck organization that was as exas Jeff O’Neill and Kent Manderville scored for the third time in two games for perated w ith Hirsch and he was w ith it. Carolina, while Chris Simon and Brian Bellows replied for the Caps. That was before Renney and former Blackhawks 2 Lightning 2 general manager Pat Quinn were fired. Peace of Mind At Tampa, Fla., Chris Chelios scored a power-play goal with 16:05 left in the Mike Keenan came in to coach and, in third period as Chicago tied Tampa Bay. June, Burke was hired to manage. Vincent Lecavalier, the top pick in the 1998 draft, and veteran defenceman Surprisingly, Burke retained Hirsch’s Kjell Samuelsson each scored a goal to give the Lightning a 2-0 lead until Tony rights and eventually resigned the Amonte scored late in the second period for the Blackhawks. goalie. Canucks make new EMPLOYERS! offer to McCabe ARE YOU HIRING? VANCOUVER (CP) — The Vancouver Canucks pitched a Targeted wage subsidy new contract proposal to restricted free agent defenceman Bryan McCabe, the Vancouver Sun reported on Friday. may be available . Canucks general manager Brian Burke confirmed the new offer made Thursday night, but didn’t provide any details. (To eligible em ployers) The Sun reported that Canucks bumped their salary offer For m ore inform ation, please call by $100,000 to $1.6 million US annually for three years, which would delay by a season McCabe’s right to go to Manufacturer's Warranty salary arbitration. 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