Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 18, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba C2 sports March 2001 i Brief Khabibulin signs Deal a hockey fans might see Nikolai Khabibulin Back on the ice much sooner than the two time Allstar traded to Tampa Bay this month after sitting out nearly two seasons in Phoenix in a contract signed a multiyear Deal with the lightning the 28yearold restricted free agent was acquired from the Phoenix coyotes March Khabibulin will begin practising with the team right away and Hopes to be ready to play in about 10 if that timetable the Las place lightning would have seven games i definitely want to play this sea Khabibulin drawing cheers from fans allowed to sit in on a news conference at a sports bar inside the ice Khabibulin has appeared in 284 games with the coyotes and Winnipeg compiling a 12511330 record with a goal against the native of was selected to play in the Allstar game in the 199798 and 199899 Gaudet remains unbeaten Utah up Suzanne Gaudet of remained the Only unbeaten squad at the world Junior women Curling championship after routing Switzer land 114 in the fifth draw who scored two in the 10th end to earn a hard fought 43 win Over Japan earlier improved to against Gaudet scored five in the eighth before the Swiss the canadians had a harder time against the after blanking the opening Gaudet watched Japan steal one in the second after her attempted draw sailed past the japanese that was a Clear indication to the Canadian skip that Victory want going to come i completely misjudged the weight of the Rock and there was nothing i could do but watch it pass the Japan she i knew then that we had a Battle on our hands and the whole team started to play it was game of cat and mouse where you had to defend at times when i would have attacked against other we have room for improvement and know that we can Brad Gushue of was Idle in mens action who has a 21 will face Germany Tiger Back on top a Tiger Woods shot a 6under 66 yesterday and holds a on stroke Lead Over Sergio Garcia heading into today final round of the Bay Hill now All he needs is another Good finish for a Chance to win for the first time on the pea tour since the Cana Dian a stretch of eight tour events that constitutes his third longest drought since he turned pro five years Woods was at 12under and had the outright Lead after 54 holes for the first time in 10 pea tour Dat ing to the Nec invitational in Chris Perry had a 69 at will join Woods and Garcia in the final threesomes will Start on both tees this morning because of approaching Schumacher captures sixth straight pole Malaysia a three time world Champion Michael Schu Macher of Germany fended off a stiff Challenge from his to capture the pole at the malaysian grand prix Michael Schumacher captured his sixth straight pole and 34th of his moving him into second All time behind the late Ayrton who had Michael Schumacher battled temperatures of 40 c to average Kilometres per hour for a time of one minute seconds Over the Kilometre Spang International Ralf Schumacher led much of the Way with his time of but finished third when overtaken by brazils Rubens who posted a time of Jacques Villeneuve of qualified seventh in his bar Honda with a time of seventh int Good Villeneuve i was possibly pushing a bit too hard and made too Many mis takes to do the perfect Lap but seventh is Good for the with the pole Michael Schu Macher is just two shy of sennas record for consecutive Morenstam holds Lead Phoenix a the first 59 by a woman in Competition was a round for the now Annika Morenstam wants to forget who made a record 13 birdies had four yesterday but bogeyed the last Hole for a 3under Par leaving her Only three shots ahead of aggressive Seri Pak going into the final round of the Standard Register sore Stams second bogey of the tournament and first in the last 47 holes left her tied with Karrie Webb for the Lygas 54hole scoring record at 23under Webb set the Mark last year in East Pak finished at 196 making this the first Lyga tournament in history in which two players have been 20 under or better after three Williams booed but wins Indian a Serena Williams was booed through most of the match and when she hugged her father and sister following her Victory Over Kim a listers in yester Days women final in the masters series Given a pass to the title match when her sister Venus with Drew from their semifinal two Days lost the first three games of the match to but she then seemed to regain her composure and went on to a Many of the fans began boo ing As soon As Williams took the and again when she walked Over to her father and sister at the end of the Pete Sampras rallied from 41 deficits in both sets to beat Yevgeny Kapelnikov and move into the mens final against Andre who beat Lleyton Hewitt in the other mens press Serena Williams reacts to winning a Point before defeating Kim a listers of Belgium in the final match at the Tennis masters series yesterday in Indian Williams won the match after losing her quarterfinal match against Venus Williams earlier in the Elena Dementeva said Richard Williams would determine which Sis Ter would win their Bart ceo of the Sta immediately denied the saying in a we have seen no evidence to support those assertions and both players have denied Ripken tests rib fort a Cal Ripkens injured rib passed another stress test yesterday and the Balti More orioles third baseman said he will take live batting practice for the first time this Spring within two Ripken fielded simulated bunts from strength and conditioning coach Tim Bishop on a practice rip Ken made 15 or 20 throws in which he would charge a slow Field it and throw to first Ripken fractured his upper right ribcage during a workout in his Balti More Home the week before Spring training his Spring workouts were limited until earlier this when he began hitting off a tee and taking part in team Canada finishes fourth Lisbon up Christine Sinclair had the Lone goal As Canada dropped a 51 decision to China to finish fourth at the Algarme cup women soccer tournament the loss marked an improve ment for the Canadian which finished fifth in this event last Canada completed the tournament with a 22 the wins coming Over the by a 30 score and por Tugal the Victory Over the portuguese moved the canadians into the third place the other loss was a 52 decision to Sweden won the tournament with a 30 win Over Denmark Anderson wins titles Finland Anderson of won the Border Cross final at the snowboard world cup finals yesterday to Clinch that events season title and the Over All mens Karine Ruby of France won the women Overall and Border Cross despite not making yesterdays Anderson beat Walter Feichter of Italy and Nicolas Huet of France in the mens Austria Claudia Riegler beat sister Manuela in the women Border Cross Sweden won the mens nations ahead of Austria and the French were first among the followed by Italy and labour continued from Page c1 it recent contract standoffs Indi Cates that theres going to be real hard bargaining at the collective the source i really believe an agreement can be worked its a Little too Early to be if the schism Between them the owners and the no la is Large there is a danger for a scorched Earth under such a Bleak every body loses the owners dont the players dont one major litmus test for the nil could be major league which has a collective bargaining agreement due to expire this like the the current mob agreement includes salary no and insignificant Revenue sharing Between big and Small Market so whats happening in major league baseball As their Cuba deadline approaches Chicago White sox slugger Frank Thomas held out from Spring training before recently relent claiming his salary in 2001 was too and los Angeles outfielder Gary who is scheduled to be paid million this has demanded to be traded like he restricted his Poten tial destinations on the grounds that the organization Hast Given him any instead of talking about Revenue mob commissioner Bud Selig has gone on record saying the league should reduce its number of Selig want refer ring to the new York so that not a move that baseball fans in Small Market outposts like Minnesota or Mil Waukee might misconstrue As Revenue whats to be made of All this perhaps Khabibulin new Deal is proof that stalemate can be no mat Ter How entrenched each of the opposing parties that might be Wishful think Given the millions of dollars in stakes that will be on the table in three so excuse me if in a Little but when i posed to Carlyle my theory of a bitter nil labour dispute loom ing on the and How any work stoppage lockout or strike would surely cripple the the former jets defence Man replied with an answer befitting the year i dont replied the Moose who is no stranger to Sar it recovered from the last one quite didst it the game the nil is now 30 int it my what a cynical but you know what the real scary part is carlyles by All the nil and no la Are gearing up for a War where prisoners Are already being but if history has taught us any its that the owners and players can afford at least this to hold the hockey fans As so dont be come septem Ber if that sound you hear is the cell door slamming behind your free press Booth at week for 2 Well be there March its your Chance to win looking for a new car the free press automotive showcase features new car reviews and used car picture every Winnipeg free press postal the free press i available at our h Are you currently a Winnipeg free i press subscriber i no the Winnipeg free press is read by 52 of Winnipeg adults every that in Canada among major Yoyos nil crease filled with cheer from Moose Salt Utah every once in a Story comes along that cant help but bring a smile to your and this one is about a Yoyo that nobody really wants to come Back his name is Johan a swedish and his recent pro motion to the Pittsburgh penguins has been nothing Short of All the Buzz around the who to a player dont seem to want to see the easy going swede Ken Wreggit he bergs old pal and goal ending partner summed it up Best last night when he uttered he Hedberg is the kind of per son you like to see Nice things happen so How Giddy were the Moose on Friday still soaked in sweat from a Tough 21 loss to the visiting Kansas City Blades at the when they were glued to the television to watch the highlights of he bergs first nil As the penguins doubled the Florida panthers 63 but not Only did the affable Hedberg record his first nil but he stopped 41 panthers shots including two breakaways by russian sniper Pavel Bure and held Florida to 0for 8 on their everybody saw the highlight of Mario dropping the puck into his hed bergs Glove and patting him on the offered Moose assistant coach Scott a Grin creeping across his i Hope somebody got a picture of Hes got some great memories of his first Arniel not Only Mario giving him the game but the first nil goal he gives up is Pavel Bures 50th on a then he Hedberg proceeds to Stop him two times after you you get the feeling that the Moose were almost there with their even though Hedberg was in they in he was fun to be around All the Arniel even when he he really bounces that Why everybody gets excited when something Good happens to to it could be considered that the Moose Are so blatantly rooting Hedberg succeeds in since the who compiled a 23137 record in Manitoba this was expected to be a critical piece of the Ihl clubs Puzzle Down the playoff if the newfound Penguin the Moose who Are first in line for his services if Hes demoted will feel his loss the but you talk to Wreggit about he bergs nil and the Veteran sounds More like a proud father than an old i have to the Veteran Wreggit i was a bit Ner Vous for it being his first nil game and in when the Arena scoreboard posted news of he bergs first Vic tory during the Moose game in Fri Day he bergs heart leapt even though he was kind of Busy at the what with the game and i think everybody in the building was Wreggit because they watched him play All year Long and everybody Felt they knew in this Speaks a lot of the Moose character this where players genuinely appear More concerned with the Good Fortune of a lost teammate than dwelling on their own personal according to that also a function of the unique makeup of the Independent who Arent plagued by the backbiting that can Divide nil Affili where three teammates can be fighting for the same big league but the Moose rest assured their full concentration was on the Utah grizzlies last in their critical Western conference Battle at the e Center in Salt but you can also bet no Moose head hit the Pillow with out knowing How Yoyo did in Tampa where last night he made his Sec Ond Start with the the ending was not so memorable in As Hedberg recorded his first nil a 51 decision at the hands of the but for Hast Given up in not really sure anybody knows whats going to he Hedberg gets his feet under him and plays the Way he the team he plays for has a lot of scoring Wreggit so if things Are lined up its kind of neat because we were friends and we had a lot of laughs he were All hoping for we want to see him not too 3 ;