Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 25, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Nesbitt Burns tit Matt m a link Romp at e 1 3 year strip guaranteed resp and Trif eligible 9432384 Scott Taylor at no longer Duck soup it was exactly what the Winnipeg jets they found a formula that actually last night in front of of the faithful they started with an efficient Power took a 30 first period Lead and despite some scary moments late in the Hung on by their and for a team like the hanging on is this cites frustrating hockey team a team that had lost by one goal on four occasions and gone 583 through the first 16 games of the a team that was 142 at Home and had lost six straight times to the purple helmets of Anaheim finally took a big Lead Early in a game and were Able to hold on to Nikolai Khabibulin was Roc solid in the jets special teams were almost perfect and the big Alexei Zha nov and Keith up and played with verve and As a number of struggling jets turned in Good Nelson Emerson had two assists and threw around More body than he has in Dave Manson took a retaliation penalty Early in the game and it seemed to Wake him they said Manson was terrific in he was even better last and Stephane who has not Only been Hurt this season but has also suffered through some painfully bad pulled himself together an played a head sup game on the the final score was Winnipeg Anaheim 2 and the Brilliant Khabibulin deserved a lot of the jets were out shot but Winnipeg new Czar of goal ending made a few More highlight film the jets did everything they could to give it away Early in the third but Czar Nikolai let it great goal ending is what you said you can win Stanley cups with great with Khabibulin in the jets might not be Stanley cup contenders but there pretty he makes big saves in important situations and that what winning net minders have always last nights Victory said a lot about the recent play of the for one they finally beat the for they Are now 532 in the last 10 games and that pretty despite the it want All Silver linings and rainbows last while the checking line of Kris tie Domi and Randy Gilhen played their Best game since the Road trip through Louis and Dallas two weeks the makeshift fourth line of Mike Craig Martin and either Gilhen or Dallas Drake looked weak on the two Anaheim on top of the jets didst seem As solid in the third period As they were in the that the one thing that concerned said associate coach Andy Murray As he pointed to the note Board in the jets dressing just read the fourth we have to instil that in these the fourth note read play the game the same from minute 1 until minute make them pay i the jets still Arent playing 60 minutes of error free but they have won two in a they finally won one at Home and there no longer a ducks head into Toronto for their first appearance on hockey night in Canada John paddocks formula and patience Are beginning to produce Winnipeg free press i i its Section Julian Rachey 6977285 d1 february 1995 pirates make pitch to bring Dunigan Home sports reporter the Matt Dunigan North american tour pulled out of Detroit yesterday after a whirlwind 36hour visit with officials of the Shreveport while Dunigan did the male bonding thing with the pirates owner Bernie and club president some serious con tract talks went on in the Back Dunigan left the negotiating to his lawyer Cal Hopes Money int d3 Kate wont go shopping for d3 Ron Perrick while John Ritchie did the pirates Bernie Glieberman said the time with Duni which concluded after breakfast yester was his first real Opportunity to meet the free agent afterwards Glieber Man said Hes really just a Good v Glieberman made it obvious his Cal fran Chise will not get in a bidding War for the 34 year old the pirates Are sell ing the Dunigan played his College football at Louisi Ana an hours drive from Independence stadium in his family lives in which is three hours and his brother Dan owns a business in Glieberman is of the theory Dunigan is look ing beyond the Money Issue when it comes to settling on a place to Dunigan and per Rick want a guaranteed i dont think this is a numbers i think its More said Matt just wants to feel comfortable with the people Hes going to work i really think Matt wants to be while Dunigan the Winnipeg Blue bombers continued working on who would re place him at the bombers have thought about David talked with Rich considered Terry Dean and chatted about Peter Tom Paul the bombers director of player spoke with Gannon Matt Dunigan to said Winnipeg Gen eral manager and head coach Cal int gone things people Are saying int necessarily what there As Yogi Berra would it aint Over till its Phil free press jets Nelson Emerson attempts to poke puck past Anaheim goalie Mikhail stale nov and defence Man Mark jets finally bag ducks by Tim Campbell sports reporter t he Winnipeg jets won a game of penalty poker to bag their first opening period Power play cements win for Home Side jets4anaheim2 a sizzling Power play blasted in three goals in the games first 12 minutes and then the jets bluffed their Way to a 42 Victory Over Ana Heims mighty it was win Nipges first Ever win in seven tries against the new team from Southern awarded a woman advantage in the opening the Home team scored on both in the ducks had two such two faking one for 52 seconds the other for and flopped on for the most its pretty Good puck said jets pm and coach John paddock about his Power they execute whats what there Alexei Stephane Quin Tal and Teemu Velanne with his Tea leading 10th of the season but first in seven games converted the jets All within a space of its really helped the Zha nov said of the Power which has scored on 12 of its last 31 opportunities and now leads the nil with 22 Power play goals this i think its working be cause we have More concentration on there was More right we All think about the shot and it has really after they sprinted to the Early the jets got frequently bogged Down near their own net and made the fans sweat through some shaky play Over the final 40 quite the Way we played the last two periods was said who did some animated coaching during the third we were it Doest feel so they started to try to play outside their limitations and even Guys who dont have that Many were playing soft with the the last two periods were about As bad As weve played since the first game in Van fortunately for the Home there Riding a hot goalie and he was enough to make the Lead stand Rookie Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 39 of 41 shots to up his rec Ord to paddock said Khabibulin will probably play when the jets face the Maple Leafs in Tor onto i can Khabibulin said after his goal against average dropped to theres no to Morrow to worry i Felt a Little tired last but ill get some Anatoli Semenov and Stephan Lebeau were the Only ducks to beat Khabibulin but the visitors could draw no closer than two goals in the final two Ana Heim has just five Power play goals this were just giving up Way too Many paddock through the first 1213 we were giving up hardly Khabibulin has faced 87 shots in the last two both were largely because he stopped 84 of with the the now won two games in a Row for the second time this the ducks dropped to Martin receives rough Welcome by Randy Turner sports reporter it was Craig Martins introduction to the National hockey league and Stu the grim reaper Crimson was there to Roll out the Welcome then Crimson tried to shove Martin under in on Martins first Ever nil shift with the Winnipeg jets last he and the an Aheim mighty ducks resident found themselves face to their gloves dropped before the puck i were going to Martin recalled of his Brief Greet ing to Crimson Midway through the first he nodded and we Welcome to the kid i wanted to show them jets coaches i can but i know what my role the 24yearold right Winger i knew i might not get another Chance so i grasped it while i More Martin grasped Crimson in a rather non eventful fight in the first period at the Arena last it was a shift Martin has been waiting for All his once taken by the jets in the fifth round of the 1990 draft 98th Martin then signed As a free agent with the Detroit red wings in after a solid year with the red wings american hockey league team in Adirondack 15 24 assists and 297 penalty Martin was set to crack the wings lineup last he even played professional roller hockey with the Buffalo Stampede in order to improve his offensive but the owners lockout last fall put his dreams of playing nil hockey on then the jets grabbed Martin in the waiver draft just after the lockout ended in Jan after seven game conditioning stint with the jets farm dub in Martin found himself Back in Winnipeg watching from the press last he finally got his after his tussle with Martin was Given Only Phil free press jets Alexei Zha nov Battles with mighty ducks goalie Mikhail stale nov and Mark Ferner last two other shifts in the entire the ducks scored both times first Anatoli then Stephan be in Martin was not directly responsible for either with one nil game under his he is Only looking Forward to another Laliberte gains berth in final with Tayback last Rock proves decisive by Ralph Bagley free press correspondent Calgary it was a classic last Rock Battle All the Way and Manitoba Connie Laliberte used the Hammer on the final end to win the a 64 Victory Over team Canadas Sandra Peterson gave the Manitoba champions a berth in tomorrows final of the Scott tournament of hearts Canadian women Curling championship at the Max Bell Arena the same two teams May be meet ing because Petersons squad now moves into today semifinal under the Page system playoff for mat in use for the first time in National Curling last nights win was me within a week for the Manitoban Over the two time defending Scott the Laliberte team edged Peterson 43 in the feature match of opening Day last a quiet Tayback with her final Rock removed a Stone which Peter son had just parked on the giving the Manitoban two for the it was the Only Deuce of the after blanking the first the teams traded singles All the Way in the classic Laliberte gave full Marks to her mates for the our team played very Well they pulled me she now were finally in the final and that what we came Here were look ing Forward to Peterson earned the right to meet the firs place Manitoban in last nights quarterfinal by winning the tiebreaker playoff Over Alberta 62 in the the Story leading up to yester Days quarterfinal matches centred around tiebreakers and boasts four some was in the spotlight All the the Borst team played no less than five crucial games in a Little More than 24 practically Liv ing at the Borst scored an extra end 76 win then lost a 42 decision to Saskatchewan in the final round Robin games thursday afternoon and in the three team tiebreaker play the albertan were Back in action at to score an 83 win Over then Back again at to lose a 62 decision to team Canada in the game which decided second place in the that want it was Back to the ice at yesterday in the first quarterfinal where the Borst team eliminated Rebecca Jean Macphee 64 and finally got a Chance to rest up for to Days semifinal the Marathon endurance test faced by the Alberta team brought on some immediate attention from Canadian Curling association officials and an option package will be made ready for Brier teams to con Sider regarding the tiebreaker sys it is Likely Points earned by teams in the hot shots Competition at the Start of the event might be used to break rankings for tiebreak ers if the game records ;