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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Tuesday, February 3, 2009

For the Record

Advertiser Staff

SPORTS TODAY

BASKETBALL

College, Pacific West Conference, Grand Canyon vs. Hawai'i Pacific at Neal Blaisdell Arena. Women at 5:30 p.m. Men at 7:30 p.m.

High school, Interscholastic League of Honolulu. Division I Boys: Kamehameha vs. Maryknoll, 5:30 p.m. at Mid-Pacific; 'Iolani at Mid-Pacific, 7 p.m.; Damien at Punahou, 7 p.m. Division II Boys: Kamehameha at Punahou, 5:30 p.m.; Hawaiian Mission Academy vs. University, 5:30 p.m. at Manoa Rec. Center; Le Jardin vs. Word of Life, 7 p.m. at Manoa Rec. Center; ASSETS at Hanalani, 7 p.m. Division II Girls: Maryknoll at Hanalani, 5:30 p.m.; Hawai'i Baptist at La Pietra, 6 p.m.

High school girls, O'ahu Interscholastic Association, Red Conference: 'Aiea at Campbell. White Conference: Kaiser at Waialua. JV games start at 5 p.m., varsity 15 minutes after end of JV game.

SOCCER

High school boys, Interscholastic League of Honolulu, Punahou at 'Iolani; Mid-Pacific vs. Damien at Kapi'olani 2; Pac-Five at Saint Louis. Matches start at 4:15 p.m.

SPORTS TOMORROW

BASKETBALL

College, Pacific West Conference, Dixie State vs. Chaminade at McCabe gym. Women at 5:30 p.m. Men at 7:30 p.m.

High school, Interscholastic League of Honolulu. Division II Boys: Saint Louis vs. Island Pacific, 5:30 p.m. at Salt Lake Rec. Center. Division I Girls: Punahou at 'Iolani, 6 p.m.; Kamehameha at Mid-Pacific, 7 p.m. Division II Girls: Hawai'i Mission Academy vs. Lanakila Baptist, 5 p.m. at St. Andrew's; Kamehameha vs. Christian Academy, 5:30 p.m. at Mid-Pacific; University at St. Andrew's, 6:30 p.m.

High school girls, O'ahu Interscholastic Association, Red Conference: Castle at Kalani; Moanalua at Farrington; Roosevelt at McKinley; Wai'anae at Pearl City; Kapolei at Mililani; Campbell at Radford. White Conference: Kalaheo at 'Anuenue; Kaimuki at Kaiser; Leilehua at Waipahu. JV games start at 5 p.m., varsity 15 minutes after end of JV game.

SOCCER

High school girls, HHSAA JN Automotive Group Division I State Tournament, first round, Kapolei vs. Roosevelt at field 5; Kahuku vs. King Kekaulike at field 6; Waiakea vs. Kaiser at field 7; Punahou vs. Pearl City at field 8. All matches start at 3 p.m. at Waipi'o Peninsula Soccer Complex.

High school girls, HHSAA JN Automotive Group Division II State Tournament, first round, St. Anthony vs. Radford at field 9; Kapa'a vs. Mid-Pacific at field 10; Seabury Hall vs. Honoka'a at field 11; Wai'anae vs. Hawai'i Prep at field 12. All matches start at 3 p.m. at Waipi'o Peninsula Soccer Complex.

BASEBALL

O'AHU AJA LEAGUE

SUNDAY

At Ala Wai.

MCCULLY 027 220 1—14 13 1

MANOA 030 000 0— 3 5 4

Jim Okano, Shayne Nakata (6) and Carlton Tanabe, Kyle Higuchi (6). Eric Awaya, Scott Yoshihara (3), Lyle Shimata (7) and Kelly Teramoto, Shane Fujio (6). W—Okano. L—Awaya.

Leading hitters—McC: Gainor Nitta 4-4, 4 RBIs; Duane Ito 2-4, 2 RBIs; Aaron Lum 2-4, double, 2 RBIs; Scott Yasumoto 3-3, double, triple, 3 runs, 2 RBIs.

BASKETBALL

COLLEGE MEN

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25 POLL

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 1, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

RECORD PTS PVS

1, CONNECTICUT (64) 20-1 1,792 2

2, OKLAHOMA (5) 21-1 1,691 4

3, NORTH CAROLINA (3) 19-2 1,639 5

4, DUKE 19-2 1,563 1

5, LOUISVILLE 17-3 1,464 7

6, PITTSBURGH 19-2 1,427 3

7, WAKE FOREST 17-2 1,409 6

8, MARQUETTE 19-2 1,358 8

9, XAVIER 19-2 1,176 10

10, CLEMSON 18-2 1,077 12

11, BUTLER 19-1 1,051 13

12, PURDUE 17-4 961 16

13, MICHIGAN ST. 17-4 876 9

14, MEMPHIS 18-3 798 18

15, UCLA 17-4 787 17

16, TEXAS 15-5 724 11

17, VILLANOVA 17-4 698 21

18, GONZAGA 16-4 632 20

19, MINNESOTA 18-3 426 —

20, SYRACUSE 17-5 415 15

21, KANSAS 17-4 316 —

22, WASHINGTON 16-5 216 23

23, ILLINOIS 18-4 198 19

24, ARIZONA ST. 16-5 146 14

25, UTAH ST. 21-1 99 —

Others receiving votes: Dayton 95, Davidson 85, Missouri 39, Penn St. 37, LSU 36, South Carolina 33, West Virginia 33, UNLV 29, Florida 24, Providence 14, Southern Cal 8, Notre Dame 7, Kansas St. 4, Siena 4, Northeastern 3, Ohio St. 3, Arizona 2, Kentucky 2, Florida St. 1, N. Iowa 1, VMI 1.

USA TODAY/ESPN TOP 25 POLL

The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 1, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

RECORD PTS PVS

1, CONNECTICUT (28) 20-1 772 2

2, OKLAHOMA (3) 21-1 729 5

3, DUKE 19-2 682 1

4, NORTH CAROLINA 19-2 670 6

5, PITTSBURGH 19-2 633 3

6, WAKE FOREST 17-2 609 4

7, LOUISVILLE 17-3 604 7

8, MARQUETTE 19-2 586 8

9, XAVIER 19-2 529 10

10, CLEMSON 18-2 487 11

11, BUTLER 19-1 456 13

12, UCLA 17-4 400 16

13, PURDUE 17-4 369 17

14, MICHIGAN STATE 17-4 356 9

15, MEMPHIS 18-3 309 19

16, VILLANOVA 17-4 298 21

17, TEXAS 15-5 274 12

18, GONZAGA 16-4 201 25

19, MINNESOTA 18-3 197 24

20, SYRACUSE 17-5 162 15

21, ILLINOIS 18-4 126 20

22, UTAH STATE 21-1 106 NR

23, ARIZONA STATE 16-5 104 14

24, KANSAS 17-4 100 NR

25, WASHINGTON 16-5 78 NR

Others receiving votes: Dayton 69; Missouri 30; Davidson 27; UNLV 19; Saint Mary's 18; Southern California 15; Penn State 13; LSU 10: South Carolina 8; Florida 6; West Virginia 5; Notre Dame 4; Baylor 3; Georgetown 3; Kentucky 3; Brigham Young 2; Utah 2; Boston College 1.

MAJOR SCORES

EAST

Boston U. 82, UMBC 65.

Fairleigh Dickinson 71, Lafayette 68.

Manhattan 67, Marist 48.

Niagara 65, Iona 53.

Pittsburgh 92, Robert Morris 72.

Siena 74, St. Peter's 63.

SOUTH

Appalachian St. 95, Ga. Southern 82.

Campbell 92, Mercer 73.

Connecticut 68, Louisville 51.

Coppin St. 65, Md.-Eastern Shore 48.

Davidson 89, W. Carolina 65.

Florida Gulf Coast 76, Lipscomb 73.

Grambling St. 75, MVSU 68.

High Point 64, Charleston Southern 57.

Howard 68, Norfolk St. 62.

Jackson St. 87, Ark.-Pine Bluff 83.

Morgan St. 57, Delaware St. 54.

N. Carolina A&T 56, Hampton 55.

Radford 59, Winthrop 55.

S. Carolina St. 67, Florida A&M 52.

Stetson 82, Belmont 71.

UNC Asheville 103, VMI 95, OT.

Winston-Salem 62, Bethune-Cookman 61, OT.

MIDWEST

Wis.-Green Bay 75, Butler 66.

SOUTHWEST

Alabama A&M 77, Prairie View 73, OT.

Alabama St. 72, Texas Southern 56.

Kansas 75, Baylor 65.

Savannah St. 64, Texas-Pan American 58.

W. Kentucky 68, Arkansas St. 63.

COLLEGE WOMEN

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25 POLL

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 1, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

RECORD PTS PVS

1, CONNECTICUT (45) 21-0 1,125 1

2, OKLAHOMA 18-2 1,079 2

3, CALIFORNIA 18-2 979 7

4, DUKE 17-2 917 3

5, LOUISVILLE 20-2 873 6

6, AUBURN 21-1 872 5

7, STANFORD 17-4 852 9

8T, BAYLOR 17-3 792 4

8T, NORTH CAROLINA 19-3 792 10

10, TEXAS A&M 17-3 790 11

11, FLORIDA 20-2 660 12

12, TENNESSEE 16-4 594 13

13, MARYLAND 16-4 586 8

14, OHIO ST. 18-3 514 15

15, FLORIDA ST. 18-4 498 18

16, TEXAS 15-5 444 16

17, VIRGINIA 18-4 435 19

18, KANSAS ST. 18-2 334 14

19, NOTRE DAME 16-4 261 17

20, VANDERBILT 17-5 260 20

21, IOWA ST. 16-4 247 22

22, PITTSBURGH 16-4 215 21

23, XAVIER 19-4 135 23

24, DEPAUL 17-5 99 25

25, S. DAKOTA ST. 20-2 94 24

Others receiving votes: Oklahoma St. 39, Georgia Tech 34, Marist 33, LSU 22, Rutgers 15, Middle Tennessee 11, San Diego St. 8, Boston College 6, Gonzaga 5, Bowling Green 3, Arizona St. 1, Utah 1.

MAJOR SCORES

EAST

Cent. Connecticut St. 68, Wagner 57.

Fairleigh Dickinson 60, Long Island U. 41.

Mount St. Mary's, Md. 70, Quinnipiac 64.

Robert Morris 91, Bryant 80.

Sacred Heart 75, St. Francis, NY 44.

St. Francis, Pa. 64, Monmouth, N.J. 48.

SOUTH

Appalachian St. 65, Wofford 60.

Ark.-Pine Bluff 68, Jackson St. 63.

Bethune-Cookman 67, Winston-Salem 56.

Chattanooga 82, Elon 56.

Coastal Carolina 56, Presbyterian 39.

Coppin St. 71, Md.-Eastern Shore 69.

Delaware St. 60, Morgan St. 50.

Duke 69, Boston College 58.

Florida A&M 82, S. Carolina St. 45.

Georgia Southern 67, W. Carolina 62.

Howard 71, Norfolk St. 45.

Liberty 80, Radford 38.

MVSU 61, Grambling St. 58.

Maryland 72, Florida St. 71.

Mercer 67, Campbell 49.

N. Carolina A&T 75, Hampton 69.

UNC-Greensboro 49, Samford 37.

Virginia Tech 68, S.C.-Upstate 62, OT.

Winthrop 72, Charleston Southern 64.

MIDWEST

Minnesota 60, Michigan St. 44.

Oakland, Mich. 75, N. Dakota St. 54.

S. Dakota St. 83, IPFW 56.

W. Illinois 57, UMKC 51.

SOUTHWEST

Alabama St. 51, Texas Southern 39.

Arkansas St. 78, W. Kentucky 67.

Oklahoma 80, Tennessee 70.

Prairie View 73, Alabama A&M 49.

Texas Tech 80, Savannah St. 39.

FAR WEST

IUPUI 76, S. Utah 53.

NCAA DIVISION II

PACIFIC WEST CONFERENCE

DIXIE STATE VS. BRIGHAM YOUNG-HAWAI'I

YESTERDAY

At Cannon Activities Center.

DSU (11-8, 4-2) 37 40—77

BYUH (10-7, 4-2) 38 43—81

Leading scorers—DSU: Jessie Ingraham 19, Deney Phommabout 16, Tanya Clark 10. BYUH: Latoya Wily 35, Richelle Fenenbock 15, Mahina Gago 14, Dara Tompkinson 10. Rebounds—DSU: Courtney Boyd 8, Clark 6. BYUH: Wily 14, Agnes Tuilevuka 6. Assists—DSU: Boyd 7. BYUH: Fenenbock 6, Gago 6.

BOWLING

HAWAI'I TV BOWLING

V'S PRO SHOP OPEN SINGLES

SUNDAY

At Hickam Bowling Center.

High qualifier—Blaine Morton 741. Stepladder matches—1, Derrick Pelekai def. Darryl Okamoto 236-234. 2, Kyle Miyamoto def. Pelekai 191-175. 3, Scott Shiira def. Kyle Miyamoto 226-208. Championship—Shiira def. Christine Kato 290-268. Final standings—1, Scott Shiira. 2, Christine Kato. 3, Kyle Miyamoto. 4, Derrick Pelekai. 5, Darryl Okamoto.

Note: This episode will air on Feb. 7, 4 p.m. on KWHE.

HOCKEY

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

All Times Hawai'i.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

ATLANTIC W L OT PTS GF GA

NEW JERSEY 32 15 3 67 157 125

N.Y. RANGERS 29 18 4 62 132 134

PHILADELPHIA 26 14 9 61 159 145

PITTSBURGH 24 22 5 53 157 157

N.Y. ISLANDERS 15 29 5 35 123 169

NORTHEAST W L OT PTS GF GA

BOSTON 37 8 6 80 178 113

MONTREAL 28 16 6 62 154 143

BUFFALO 26 20 5 57 151 143

TORONTO 19 23 8 46 149 182

OTTAWA 17 24 7 41 116 142

SOUTHEAST W L OT PTS GF GA

WASHINGTON 32 15 4 68 166 147

CAROLINA 25 21 5 55 128 147

FLORIDA 23 18 8 54 138 138

TAMPA BAY 17 23 10 44 129 157

ATLANTA 17 29 5 39 148 181

WESTERN CONFERENCE

CENTRAL W L OT PTS GF GA

DETROIT 32 11 7 71 183 147

CHICAGO 27 13 8 62 161 123

COLUMBUS 24 21 5 53 136 142

NASHVILLE 22 24 3 47 119 141

ST. LOUIS 20 24 5 45 141 156

NORTHWEST W L OT PTS GF GA

CALGARY 30 15 4 64 157 145

EDMONTON 25 21 3 53 138 151

MINNESOTA 25 21 3 53 128 114

VANCOUVER 22 20 8 52 143 146

COLORADO 24 26 1 49 142 157

PACIFIC W L OT PTS GF GA

SAN JOSE 36 7 5 77 167 112

ANAHEIM 26 22 5 57 152 148

PHOENIX 24 22 5 53 129 150

DALLAS 23 18 7 53 143 157

LOS ANGELES 20 21 7 47 125 137

Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout loss.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS

Detroit 4, St. Louis 3, SO.

Colorado 4, Calgary 3.

Anaheim 3, Buffalo 2.

TODAY'S GAMES

St. Louis at Columbus, 2 p.m.

Washington at New Jersey, 2 p.m.

Atlanta at N.Y. Rangers, 2 p.m.

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m.

Los Angeles at Ottawa, 2:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Montreal, 2:30 p.m.

Florida at Toronto, 2:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Nashville, 3 p.m.

Calgary at Dallas, 3:30 p.m.

Chicago at Edmonton, 4 p.m.

Carolina at Vancouver, 5 p.m.

TOMORROW'S GAMES

Boston at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.

Toronto at Buffalo, 2:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Detroit, 2:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 2:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Minnesota, 3 p.m.

ST. LOUIS 0 2 1 0—3

DETROIT 0 3 0 0—4

DETROIT WON SHOOTOUT 2-1

Second—1, Detroit, Maltby 5 (Kopecky, Draper), 2:34. 2, St. Louis, Oshie 6 (Colaiacovo, Woywitka), 5:34 (pp). 3, Detroit, Hossa 25 (Datsyuk, Kronwall), 6:32. 4, St. Louis, Berglund 16 (Boyes, Perron), 10:25 (pp). 5, Detroit, Hossa 26 (Leino, Lidstrom), 11:21. Third—6, St. Louis, Jackman 3 (Colaiacovo, Boyes), 11:58 (pp). Shootout—St. Louis 1 (Oshie NG, Boyes G, Perron NG), Detroit 2 (Datsyuk NG, Hudler G, Hossa G). Goalies—St. Louis, Legace, Mason. Detroit, Osgood. A—19,384 (20,066). T—2:40.

CALGARY 1 2 0—3

COLORADO 1 3 0—4

First—1, Calgary, Bourque 17 (Bertuzzi, Langkow), 7:43. 2, Colorado, Svatos 10 (Arnason), 12:37. Second—3, Colorado, Hejduk 19 (Svatos, Smyth), :34 (pp). 4, Calgary, Aucoin 8 (Conroy), 2:23. 5, Colorado, Salei 3 (Clark, Smyth), 3:26. 6, Calgary, Iginla 20, 11:01. 7, Colorado, Svatos 11 (McLeod, Arnason), 15:22. Goalies—Calgary, Kiprusoff 30-13-3 (42 shots-38 saves). Colorado, Budaj 15-20-1 (39-36). A—13,409 (18,007). T—2:22.

BUFFALO 1 0 1—2

ANAHEIM 0 1 2—3

First—1, Buffalo, Kaleta 3 (Paille, Gaustad), 13:17. Second—2, Anaheim, Pronger 9 (Montador, D.Miller), 12:43. Third—3, Anaheim, Kunitz 14 (Ebbett, Selanne), 3:34 (pp). 4, Anaheim, Perry 17 (Montador, Selanne), 9:44 (pp). 5, Buffalo, Rivet 1 (Gaustad, Paetsch), 13:27. Goalies—Buffalo, Lalime. Anaheim, Hiller. A—16,874 (17,174). T—2:30.

RUNNING

PEARL HARBOR BIKE PATH 10K RACE

SATURDAY

Male—Overall: 1 Pete Bokanski 36:31. 2 Jordan Kahawai 39:04. 3 Michael Georgi 40:16. 1-16 years old: 1, Isaiah Sato 40:23. 2, Dannen Kaneko 40:38. 3, Ricky Suyat-Okamoto 44:20. 4, Bryson Au 44:24. 5, Kyle Nakatsuka 46:11. 6, Loa'a Pine 46:27. 7, Austin Chun 47:20. 8, Alika Bell 48:39. 9, Ridge Kaneshiro 48:40. 10, Leonard Paressa III 49:11. 11, Zach Batara 51:31. 12, Tyler Makaiwi 51:58. 13, Jordan Bush 53:18. 14, Wyatt Ferreira 53:22. 15, Mikel Thoma Morita 53:39. 16, Joshua Alu 54:34. 17, Shannon Keola 54:39. 18, Kamuela Lau 55:47. 19, Dylan Silva 55:50. 20, Mason Castro 56:42. 17-19: 1, Ikaika Kekua-Luis 43:50. 2, Harley Holt 44:26. 3, Shayne Matsu 44:31. 4, Andrew Garcia 46:38. 5, Kimo Kaliikane 47:12. 6, Anston Kanehailua 47:14. 7, Kamuela Kalilikane 47:17. 8, Jensen Lopes 47:48. 9, Kaluma'ina Jones 47:58. 10, Edmund Kamano Jr. 49:36. 11, Nathan Sunada 50:08. 12, Ryland Ariola 50:10. 13, Randy Tandal 50:16. 14, Iokepa Fraticelli 50:20. 15, Christopher Pascual 50:47. 16, Kyle Haraguchi 51:39. 17, Barrington Kane 51:46. 18, Otto Teson 52:11. 19, Ryne Haitsuka 52:15. 20, Maika Mataele 52:16. 30-39: 1, Kane Ng-Osorio 45:44. 2, Keali'ihauo Manner 1:24:47. 40-49: 1, Joseph Allen 43:37. 2, Anson Quach 43:51. 3, Darrin Chun 46:47. 4, Andy Winer 49:11. 5, Shane Akamine 52:44. 50-59: 1, Michael Kasamoto 45:43. 2, Paul Dower 51:06. 60-69: 1, Edwin Kamikawa 55:05. 2, Gary Obrecht 1:18:25. 70-79: 1, Kit Smith 55:08. Female—Overall: 1 Mina Casey-Pang 43:26. 2 Kelli Lyau 44:59. 3 Kristin Ali Keith 48:41. 1-16: 1, Shayna Hu 51:47. 2, Alana Wilson 53:41. 3, Sunshine Gay 54:07. 4, Tianee Ramones 54:22. 5, Shawna Kinilau 58:38. 6, Kelli Aken-Pagdilao 1:00:59. 7, Tristin Vincent 1:01:14. 8, Kaaimea Mckee 1:01:16. 9, Rychele Tacadena 1:02:28. 10, Shanlee Nihoa 1:02:29. 11, Ko'ala Matsuoka 1:03:43. 12, Brianna Pratt 1:04:45. 13, Noelle Espero 1:05:46. 14, Michelle Hironaka 1:07:23. 15, Nanea Akiona 1:07:57. 16, Amber Cuban 1:07:59. 17, Lokelani Cummings 1:08:00. 18, Robbi Bulatao 1:08:09. 19, Nohealani Canon 1:08:51. 20, Sky Akau 1:08:53. 17-19: 1, Kelia Parrilla 54:16. 2, Amy Bumatai 54:18. 3, Sanoe Keli'inoi 54:35. 4, Ashley Murakami 55:04. 5, Savannah Wolfe 55:06. 6, Kealohilani Serrao 55:25. 7, Breyandi Andrade 56:54. 8, Kacie Kamakaala 59:21. 9, Cara Rosehill 1:01:16. 10, Megan Yamamoto 1:01:18. 11, Courtney-Rh Turner 1:01:38. 12, Rayann Onzuka 1:01:47. 13, Haley Miranda 1:01:55. 14, Steffany Wong 1:02:55. 15, Carolynn Kitamura 1:03:22. 16, Malia Pantastico 1:03:23. 17, Caelan McAfee-Torco 1:04:17. 18, Whitney Viveiros 1:05:53. 19, Alyssa Fujimoto 1:06:11. 20, Kimberly Ubilas 1:06:59. 40-49: 1, Cindy Silva 1:20:28.

VOLLEYBALL

COLLEGE MEN

BISON/AVCA DIVISION I-II MEN'S COACHES TOP 15 POLL

Released yesterday.

PTS REC PVS

1, PENN STATE (16) 240 7-0 1

2, PEPPERDINE 220 8-0 3

3, UC IRVINE 202 8-2 T-4

4, CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE 183 6-2 2

5, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 178 5-2 T-4

6, STANFORD 164 6-3 6

7, LONG BEACH STATE 148 4-3 7

8, UCLA 130 4-5 8

9, BYU 112 5-4 9

10, UC SANTA BARBARA 94 3-5 10

11, HAWAI'I 88 3-6 12

12, OHIO STATE 62 3-4 13

13, BALL STATE 38 1-3 NR

14, LEWIS 23 3-2 11

15, UC SAN DIEGO 15 3-5 NR

Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: Saint Francis 10; George Mason 6; IPFW 5.

Note: Penn State received 16 first-place votes.

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cincinnati Reds—Agreed to terms with C Humberto Cota on a minor league contract. Announced the retirement of C Ryan Jorgensen.

HOCKEY

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

NHL—Suspended Los Angeles D Denis Gauthier for five games as a result of a blow to the head delivered to Montreal D Josh Gorges during a Jan. 31 game. Suspended Pittsburgh F Tyler Kennedy one game for his involvement in an altercation in a Jan. 31 game against Toronto.

Atlanta Thrashers—Activated D Garnet Exelby from injured reserve. Placed F Jim Slater on injured reserve.

Boston Bruins—Assigned G Tuukka Rask to Providence (AHL).

Buffalo Sabres—Recalled D Mike Weber from Portland (AHL).

Chicago Blackhawks—Reassigned LW Pascal Pelletier to Rockford (AHL).

Los Angeles Kings—Recalled D Davis Drewiske from Manchester (AHL).

Ottawa Senators—Fired coach Craig Hartsburg. Named Cory Clouston coach.

Philadelphia Flyers—Sent D Luca Sbisa to Lethbridge (WHL).

Phoenix Coyotes—Recalled D David Schlemko from San Antonio (AHL).

COLLEGE

Delaware—Named Jim Hofher offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

Florida State—Dismissed junior WR Preston Parker after his second arrest in less than a year.