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SPORTSSaturday 13 January 2018
Hurricanes beat Capitals 3-1 on day team sale finalized
By The Associated Press Washington Capitals left wing Jakub Vrana (13) tries to get to the puck with Carolina Hurricanes scored to help the Flames
WASHINGTON (AP) — Victor improve to 11-5-4 on the
Rask broke a tie on a de- defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk (57), goalie Scott Darling (33) and center Elias Lindholm (28), road. Gaudreau has nine
layed penalty with 9:06 left assists and 10 points during
to give the Carolina Hur- from Sweden, defending in the third period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018, in a five-game points streak.
ricanes a 3-1 victory over Brayden Point scored for
the Washington Capitals Washington. Tampa Bay. The Lightning
on Thursday night, hours af- lost All-Star defenseman
ter the team’s sale to Dallas Associated Press Victor Hedman midway
billionaire Tom Dundon was through the second with
finalized. 26 saves from Darling. Lars announced Dundon com- FLAMES 5, LIGHTNING 1 a lower-body injury. Hed-
Rask scored with goalie man was hit on side of his
Scott Darling pulled for the Eller scored and Braden pleted his purchase of the TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Johnny left knee during a collision
extra attacker after Tom with Calgary’s Garnet Ha-
Wilson was whistled for Holtby stopped 30 of 32 team from former major- Gaudreau had a goal and thaway and needed assis-
a penalty. The puck pin- tance to the locker room.
balled off several players in shots for Washington. The ity owner Peter Karmanos. an assist, Mike Smith made SABRES 3, BLUE JACKETS 1
front and went to Rask at BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Kyle
the side of the net. Capitals had their five- Dundon, Karmanos and 33 saves, and Calgary beat Okposo had a goal and
By improving to 9-7-8 in assist and Buffalo beat
one-goal games, Carolina game winning streak and commissioner Gary Bett- NHL-leading Tampa Bay for Columbus to snap a five-
leapfrogged the idle Phila- game skid.
delphia Flyers and Pitts- NHL-best 11-game home man will hold a news con- its fifth straight victory. Benoit Pouliot and Jack
burgh Penguins to move Eichel also scored, and
into a playoff position after winning streak snapped. ference Friday in Raleigh to Micheal Ferland, Sam Ben- Linus Ullmark made 44
42 games. Winger Justin saves in his first NHL game
Williams, who left Washing- The Hurricanes celebrated discuss an important step nett, Mark Jankowski and of the season.Ullmark
ton after two seasons, said stopped the first 39 shots
the difference between this victory after the league for the franchise. Matthew Tkachuk also he faced before having his
the Capitals being in first shutout bid foiled on Artemi
place in the Metropolitan Panarin’s power-play goal
Division and the Hurricanes with 6:15 remaining.
down the standings was The Sabres ended an 0-4-
success in tight games. 1 skid and won in regula-
Co-captain Jordan Staal tion for the first time in nine
also scored and Sebastian games. Buffalo’s last victory
Aho added an empty-net- was a 4-2 win over Philadel-
ter for Carolina, which got phia on Dec. 22.q
New Hurricanes owner Dundon values ‘winning more than money’
By JOEDY McCREARY Former majority owner Peter Karmanos, left, NHL commissioner active postseason drought moving into PNC Arena in
AP Sports Writer — eight years. Carolina en- 1999.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Gary Bettman, center, and Thomas Dundon, new majority owner tered Friday night’s home “If we don’t sell more tick-
new owner of the Carolina game against first-place ets, it’s not the fans’ fault —
Hurricanes is new to owning of the Carolina Hurricanes NHL hockey team, laugh during an Washington in playoff posi- it’s our fault,” Dundon said.
a professional sports team tion after beating the Capi- “Clearly, this is a winning
and, for that matter, rela- introductory press conference at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C., tals 3-1 on Thursday night. town, this is a winning place
tively new to hockey. “I’m not patient. with a team that is ready to
But Tom Dundon knows Friday, Jan. 12, 2018. It’s not going to work for win. ... They’ll come when
how to run a successful me to be patient,” Dundon we give them a reason to
business — and he wants to Associated Press said. come.”
win soon. “And the fact that they NHL Commissioner Gary
“The blueprint for the busi- lionaire from Dallas, is the sive club of pro sports own- had a team that can win Bettman says Dundon’s
ness is fairly obvious — not right now, and we can then purchase of the team and
too different from every former CEO of Santander ers. hopefully do some things to commitment to the Raleigh
other business in the world,” bring more fans and more area should bury the talk
Dundon said Friday dur- Consumer USA, a Dallas- “I value winning more than resources and they can about possible relocation.
ing his introduction as the sustain what Ron and these “This is a community that
team’s majority owner. based lending firm. money,” Dundon said, “but guys have built, that was has embraced NHL hockey
“On the hockey side, the the big difference.” and the Hurricanes,” Bett-
advice (has been) re- He’s also an investor in the it doesn’t mean I want to One of Dundon’s top chal- man said.
peatedly, you’ve got to lenges is attracting more “I know over the years,
trust” his hockey-minded Top Golf chain of golf and burn it.” fans. The Hurricanes rank there has been speculation
employees, he added. “I next to last in attendance and rumor and innuendo
don’t think I’m going to entertainment facilities and Dundon, who repeatedly this season, averaging about the future of this fran-
walk in and understand about 12,500 at the 18,680- chise. Let me tell you, as I
more hockey than (general a key financier of a new described himself as impa- seat building. repeatedly said over the
manager Ron Francis). That Their average attendance years, this franchise wasn’t
would be ridiculous.” golf course in Dallas. tient, has taken over the of 11,776 last season was going anywhere and isn’t
Dundon, a 46-year-old bil- the team’s smallest since going anywhere.”q
Now he’s part of the exclu- team with the NHL’s longest
