European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 25 Rosival finds Way to beat sabres the associated press new York new York rangers coach Tom Renney finds plenty of positive words to describe Michal on he called new Yorks most dependable defens Eman a for fight ing his Way Back onto the ice after a knee injun when Rosival lifted the rangers to a Dou ble overtime Victory Over the Buffalo sabres on Renney referred to him As a Rosival said Little to Praise himself after he scored the goal that gave the rangers a 21 Vic tory in game 3 and got them Back into these Ries against the High flying he went with i was Lucky enough that i had a Lucky and i just tried to put it on Rosival said after the rangers longest game in 36 years ended 16 43 seconds into the second anything can happen when you put it on the Buffalo leads the Eastern conference Semi final series but the rangers can get even tuesday night in Madison Square Rosival led new Yorks defens Emen this season with 10 goals and 40 and with an injured left knee that knocked him out for most of the series Rosival came Back nil Roundup in game 2 and gritted his Way despite getting nicked up his status was question Able sunday but not really in Rosival was Back on the Blue line and played a game High 38 16 seconds All important minutes As the rangers avoided Dalling into a 30 Hole against the the Nils top team in the regular that what champions look Renney those Guys that get the Opportunity to lift the Stanley cup Are pretty beat and Rozie is a pretty Good example of Rosival fired a shot from just inside the Blue line through traffic to win this one and give new York Hope again that it can Knock off the top seed in the it was Captain Jaromir jagr were jagr gave the rangers a 10 Lead in the Sec Ond but the sabres tied it late in the third when Daniel Briere finally took advantage of a slew of Buffalo Power after it was a goal ending Duel be tween Henrik Lundqvist and sabres counter part Ryan Lundqvist stopped 38 shots and became a Winner when Rosival beat Miller with the rangers 46th ducks canucks 2 Corey Perry scored the godhead goal on a Power play into the third period As visiting Anaheim recovered from a double overtime loss at Home in game 2 with a Victory Over Francois Beauchemin and Dustin Penner also and Jea Sebastien Giguere made 24 including three in the final Sec As the ducks took a 21 Lead in these special teams were the difference for the who killed off seven of eight Vancou ver Power plays including two lengthy 5on3 advantages and converted two of four chances at the other Anaheim limited the canucks to two shots during a woman advantage for Early in the third and had just killed off perrys hooking penalty without giving up a shot be fore scoring the winning with Alexandre Burrows off for shooting the puck out of Perry sent a shot through a screen and be tween the legs of Roberto Markus Naslund and Daniel Sedin and Luongo made 21 saves for the who have already bounced Back from a 51 loss in game 1 and can tie the Besto seven Western conference semifinal series at Home on tuesday Falcons Vick meets with nil commissioner the associated press flowery Michael Vick confirmed in a to interview taped saturday that he met with nil commissioner Roger Goodell to discuss prob lems that have plagued the Atlanta Falcons quarterback this off after what happened i just wanted to crawl in a i cant take it no Vick told i walk around with a smile on my face and act like in but on the inside its and its killing i aint got no More Energy left for the More i continue to do things and my name is in the in not going to get esp aired the interview Dur ing the second round of the nil draft on Falcons vice president of communications Reggie Roberts said he haunt spoken with Vick since his conversation with but the quarterbacks personal problems have clearly embarrassed the nil and the in the last Vicks name surfaced when police in Virginia arrested his Cousin on drug charge sports briefs is at a Rural property the Quarter Back police reported that during their investigation they found neglected animals and Evi Dence of dog including veterinary tread Mills for training and blood soaked carpets similar to the ones used in fight Vick also skipped a congressional breakfast hed been invited to earlier in the week on Capitol Hill to discuss Federal funding for Urban football in Vick was stopped at the Miami Airport carrying a water bottle with a secret compartment that allegedly smelled like marijuana Michigan hires merchant As women basketball coach Michigan state on monday said it hired Suzy merchant As its women basketball merchant has been Eastern Michigan coach the past nine seasons and has a 201120 record Overall and a 14790 Mark with the she was a candidate for the vacancy at Michigan before the school chose Kevin Michigan state began looking for a new coach after Duke hired Joanne Mccallie earlier this Mccallie led the spartans to five straight Mcaa tournament including this and to the 2005 National championship she was 14975 in seven seasons at Michi Gan the 37yearold merchant was on maternity leave for much of last winning three of four including the 200th of her career and a school record 147th at Eastern she led the eagles to their first Mcaa tournament appearance in when they almost upset third seeded Boston bucs sign find help for defense the Tampa Bay buccaneers spent most of the weekend drafting help for an aging then addressed a need on offence sunday by sign ing former Seattle tight end Jer Ramy a first round draft pick in was an unrestricted free agent whom the sea Hawks said they were no longer interested in retaining after the player was arrested last month in Scotts for investigation of driving under the influence and Possession of Stevens had a career High 45 receptions for 554 Yards two sea sons ago when he helped Seattle reach the super his production dipped to 22 catches for 231 Yards and four touch Downs in mets Hernandez goes on do new York new York mets Pitcher Orlando Hernandez was scratched from monday nights Start against Florida and placed on the disabled list with bursitis in his right Hernandez was replaced by Chan to who was recalled from triple new 21 with a Era in five told the mets on sunday in Washington that he Felt pain in the shoulder and was sent to new York to see a Park was 31 with a Era in four starts with the al lowing 26 hits in 21 innings including six nil scoreboard playoffs conference semifinals Besto seven Eastern conference Buffalo new York rangers april 25 Buffalo rang ers 2 april 27 Buffalo rangers 2 sunday rangers Buffalo Buffalo leads series 21 tuesday Buffalo at rangers Friday rangers at Buffalo May 6 Buffalo at if necessary May 8 rangers at if necessary new Jersey Ottawa april 26 Ottawa new Jersey 4 saturday new Jersey Ottawa series tied 11 monday new Jersey at Ottawa wednesday 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