MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2014 SPORTS Shani, Richardson triumph Eight ejected Captain Cook mulls quitting NAGANO: Shani Davis and Heather Richardson of the United States in massive brawl SYDNEY: Alastair Cook is considering his future as England’s one-day interna- won their 1,000-meter races at the world sprint speedskating champi- tional captain after his side lost the limited overs series against Australia with onships yesterday. VANCOUVER: Eight players were ejected after a massive brawl erupted yesterday’s seven-wicket thrashing in Sydney. just two seconds into an attritional National Hockey League battle Davis clocked a time of 1 minute, 08.96 seconds to edge Denis Kuzin England’s disastrous tour Down Under continued as they lost their third between the Vancouver Canucks and Calgary Flames on Saturday. The of Kazakhstan by 0.58 seconds. Michel Mulder of the Netherlands was consecutive ODI after being whitewashed 5-0 in the Ashes series. “I think third in 1:09.96. Richardson posted a time of 1:15.28 to win the women’s fiery first period ended with Vancouver coach John Tortorella trying to force his way into the Calgary dressing room, only to be forcefully kept English cricket needs a little bit of a change,” said Cook, who leads England in 1,000, beating China’s Hong Zhang by 0.16 seconds. Margot Boer of the tests and the 50-over format. Netherlands took third place with a time of 1:16.12. out by Flames players and officials. In a game eventually won by hosts Vancouver 3-2 in a shootout, “We’ll talk over a lot of things. I think there will be some changes. We have The world sprint speed skating championships features 50 of the both teams started their fourth line and the result was dropped gloves kept losing games of cricket and I haven’t been able to turn it around.” fastest sprinters in the world competing in 500 and 1,000 meter races. and fisticuffs the moment the opening puck hit the ice. After losing the last ODI against Australia at home, England have lost nine Mulder won the men’s 500 race in a time of 35.12, 0.05 seconds Calgary’s Chris Butler, Blair Jones, Ladislav Smid and Kevin consecutive matches under Cook, including the Ashes tests. “I think ahead of Daniel Greig of Australia. Westgarth, and Vancouver’s Kevin Bieksa, Jason Garrison, Kellan Lain I’m going to have to make a decision on that after you take stock Keiichiro Nagashima of Japan finished third in 35.28. and Dale Weise all received game misconduct penalties for their roles in of the next two games,” Cook said of his captaincy. “There’s two Jing Yu of China won the women’s 500 with a time of the brawl and were ejected. Calgary winger Brian McGrattan and matches left and we have to try to win a game. 37.72, adding to her win in the same event on Vancouver forward Tom Sestito were the only two fighters not tossed “They’ve won a lot of cricket against us over the past two Saturday. Boer was second 0.33 seconds out of the game. The Flames received 77 minutes in penalties from the months and it’s difficult to stop that.” behind Yu. Richardson placed third in fight with the Canucks getting 65 minutes. Further issues plagued the Following the Ashes thrashing, coach Andy Flower and 38.04 seconds. Mulder won the overall period which ended with each team being handed 15 penalties for a Cook were given the backing by the England and Wales men’s title, which combines results from combined 178 penalty minutes. Tortorella then attempted to get into Cricket Board to lead the team’s rebuilding process. Fast both days of competition while Yu won the the opposing locker room at the first break only to be pushed away by bowler Stuart Broad is the captain of England’s women’s title. —AP McGrattan and some Calgary officials. —Reuters Twenty20 team. —Reuters Sharks, Rangers advance TAMPA: Martin St. Louis tied a Tampa Bay Lightning Scheifele also scored for the Jets, who have won On the day he signed a $12.3 million, three-year record with four goals, but Joe Pavelski responded three straight since Paul Maurice took over as coach contract extension, Flyers goalie Steve Mason was scored three of his own in the second period to help after Claude Noel was fired on Jan. 12. yanked from the game after allowing four goals on the San Jose Sharks rally for a 5-4 victory on Jordan Eberle and David Perron had the goals for 24 shots. Ray Emery stopped the five shots he faced Saturday. Pavelski beat goalie Ben Bishop twice in a the Oilers, who went 0-4 on a Central Division road to earn the win in relief. The Flyers are 24-12-5 since span of 21 seconds midway through the period, and trip and were outscored 17-8. Edmonton lost this a 1-7 start. then added the winner a minute before the inter- one when Jets forward Blake Wheeler found Trouba mission. St. Louis scored three times in a span of 7:34 alone in front of the net for the winning goal after he HURRICANES 3, PANTHERS 2 in the first period for his eighth NHL hat trick. The nearly scored himself. Ondrej Pavelec stopped 20 Alexander Semin scored two goals in the third Lightning captain’s fourth goal early in the second shots for Winnipeg (22-23-5), and Ilya Bryzgalov period to lift Carolina over Florida. The teams were tied the team mark set by Chris Kontos against made 36 saves for Edmonton. tied at one until Semin took control of a faceoff win Hockey Hall of Fame goalie Ed Belfour and the by Eric Staal and put a shot past Tim Thomas at 2:31. Chicago Blackhawks in Tampa Bay’s inaugural game RED WINGS 3, KINGS 2 He then scored Carolina’s NHL-leading ninth short- on Oct. 7, 1992. Tomas Tatar scored and Jimmy Howard stopped handed goal on a breakaway at 8:57, also with an Matt Nieto and Patrick Marleau put San Jose all three shots he faced in a shootout, lifting Detroit assist from Staal. The Hurricanes ended a two-game ahead 2-1 with goals three minutes apart midway past Los Angeles. The Red Wings, who lost their two skid and improved to 6-2 in their last eight. The through the first period. St. Louis scored his first goal previous games 1-0, received a big break late in reg- Panthers got a goal from Dmitry Kulikov with 5:39 in between, then struck twice more against Antti ulation. Detroit defenseman Niklas Kronwall’s shot remaining, but Anton Khudobin held on from there. Niemi before the intermission. was deflected and bounced off the net out of play, He finished with 37 saves. came back and struck goalie Jonathan Quick’s back, RANGERS 4, SENATORS 1 and went in to tie the game with 26.1 seconds left. BLUE JACKETS 4, SABRES 3 TAMPA: Brent Burns No. 88 of the San Jose Sharks tries to secure a loose puck after Joe Derek Stepan broke a 13-game goal drought and The Kings tried to protest, but the goal wasn’t Ryan Johansen scored the only goal in the Pavelski No. 8 and Valtteri Filppula No. 51 of the Tampa Bay Lightning collide at the Tampa added two assists in the New York Rangers’ win over reviewable because none of the officials blew a shootout, and Columbus extended its winning Bay Times Forum. —AFP Ottawa. After falling behind 1-0 in the first period, whistle to stop play when the puck hit the net. streak to a team record-tying six games by beating the Rangers (26-21-3) got goals from Brad Richards, Los Angeles took the lead when Jeff Carter scored Buffalo. Brandon Dubinsky, David Savard and Matt when he took a pass from linemate Tyler Bozak and the Flames, who got 31 saves from Ramo. Stajan Rick Nash, Stepan and Mats Zuccarello, and won for off a rebound during a power play with 2:15 left in the Calvert scored in regulation for Columbus. Sergei redirected the puck on net for his 19th goal. scored his seventh of the season, and first in 17 the fifth time in six games. third period. Howard finished with 30 saves. Quick Bobrovsky made 26 saves. Tyler Myers had two games, by chipping a backhand up and over Luongo Richards has nine points in his past eight games. stopped 33 shots. The Red Wings avoided getting goals, including a power-play tally with 24.9 seconds CANUCKS 3, FLAMES 2 at 4:01 of the third period to give the Flames a 2-1 Cam Talbot gave Henrik Lundqvist a rest and made shut out in three straight games for the first time in remaining in regulation. Drew Stafford also scored Chris Higgins scored in the fifth round of the lead. 27 saves for his 10th win of the season. Talbot the regular season, and the first time since the 1945 for Buffalo, which has lost three straight. shootout of a game marked by a nasty line brawl off improved to 6-0 in Saturday games. Stanley Cup finals against Toronto. the opening faceoff and Vancouver defeated DUCKS 3, BLUES 2 Marc Methot scored the lone goal for the MAPLE LEAFS 5, CANADIENS 3 Calgary. Higgins beat Flames goalie Karri Ramo Ryan Getzlaf scored his 25th goal, and rookie Senators (21-19-9), who received 26 saves from Craig FLYERS 6, ISLANDERS 4 James van Riemsdyk scored with 5:33 left in the through the five-hole as Vancouver snapped a Frederik Andersen made 34 saves as Anaheim got Anderson.