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SPORTS Wednesday 24 OctOber 2018
Rantanen scored twice, leads

Avalanche past Flyers 4-1

By The Associated Press Nolan Patrick scored a Andreas Athanasiou
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Mikko third-period goal for the Fly- scored for Detroit.
Rantanen had two goals, ers. Brian Elliott finished with JETS 5, BLUES 4, OT
Matt Nieto and Gabriel 29 saves. WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP)
Landeskog also scored, HURRICANES 3, RED WINGS — Bryan Little tied it late in
and the Colorado Ava- 1 the third period and Jacob
lanche beat the Philadel- DETROIT (AP) — Michael Trouba scored in overtime
phia Flyers 4-1 on Monday Ferland scored in his fourth to help Winnipeg over-
night. straight game and Se- come a two-goal deficit.
The Avalanche contin- bastian Aho had an assist Trouba took a pass from
ued their early-season hot and set a franchise record Kyle Connor and shot into
streak and finished 3-0-1 on for points in consecutive an open side of the net
their four-game road trip. games to start a season as behind goalie Jake Allen.
Landeskog had a hat trick Carolina snapped a three- It was Trouba's first goal of
on the trip against New Jer- game losing streak. the season.
sey and clinched this one Defenseman Justin Faulk Mark Scheifele scored
with his eighth goal of the also scored, and Jordan twice and Ben Chiarot
season early in the third pe- Martinook added an emp- added a goal Winnipeg.
riod. Semyon Varlamov was ty-net goal for the Hurri- Ryan O'Reilly had a goal
solid in net and stopped 37 canes. and two assists for St. Louis,
shots. Petr Mrazek, who was and David Perron, Vince
The Flyers suffered their third drafted by Detroit in 2010 Dunn and Colton Parayko
home loss of the season. and played a number of also scored. Philadelphia Flyers goalie Brian Elliott lies on his stomach after
the goal by Colorado Avalanche's Mikko Rantanen during the
Rantanen needed only seasons with the Red wings, Connor Hellebuyck made first period of an NHL hockey game, Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, in
3:23 to beat Brian Elliott for made 20 saves. 30 saves for Winnipeg (6-2- Philadelphia. At right is Flyers' Christian Folin.
his third goal of the season Sebastian assisted on Fer- 1), which has points in five Associated Press
and the quick lead. Nathan land's second-period goal. straight games (4-0-1).
MacKinnon set up Ran- The assist stretched his sea- Allen stopped 31 shots for had two goals and two as- Troy Stecher and Sven
tanen for the power-play son-opening points streak the Blues (2-3-3), who fin- sists to lift Washington over Baertschi scored for the
score, and they became to nine games (four goals ished a three-game trip (1- Vancouver. Canucks.
the first players in franchise and 10 assists), surpass- 1-1) through Canada. The defending Stanley Cup Braden Holtby stopped 22
history with concurrent ing the franchise record of CAPITALS 5, CANUCKS 2 champions also got goals shots for Washington, while
nine-game point streaks to eight by Victor Rask (2016- VANCOUVER, British Colum- from John Carlson, Evgeny Vancouver's Anders Nilsson
start the season. 17). bia (AP) — Alex Ovechkin Kuznetsov and T.J. Oshie. turned away 28.q

Charles Wang, former New York

Islanders owner, dies at 74

OYSTER BAY, N.Y. (AP) in an accounting fraud
— Charles Wang, a scandal at the company
technology company in 2006 and served a prison
founder and former owner term.
of the New York Islanders At the time of the Islanders
hockey team, died Sunday. purchase, Wang told
He was 74. The New York Times, "We
Wang died of lung cancer want to make the New
in Oyster Bay, New York, his York Islanders the world-
attorney, John McEntee, class sports franchise that
said in an emailed our community deserves,
statement. wants and needs."
Wang "was an Wang had attended only
entrepreneur, visionary, one hockey game before
author, and philanthropist buying the team for almost
but will be remembered $190 million, McEntee said.
most affectionately by But in 2009, he told
those who knew him for Newsday he regretted
his love of life, family, and buying the money-losing
friends," McEntee said. team, saying, "If I had the
He bought the Islanders chance, I wouldn't do it
in 2000 along with Sanjay again."
Kumar, then the president Wang announced in 2014
of Computer Associates that he was selling the team
International, which Wang to a group of investors,
founded in 1976. He later and it took effect in 2016.
bought out Kumar's stake in Since then, he had been a
2004. Kumar pleaded guilty minority co-owner.q