Monday, June 15, 1998 - The Michigan Daily - 13
Wings one win away from second straight Stanley
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A second straight
tanley Cup and the making of a dynasty are with-
n sight for the Detroit Red Wings. Yet Sergei
edorov chose to look to the past Saturday night.
Minutes earlier, Fedorov's 10th goal of the play-
ifs with 4:51 to play gave the Red Wings a 2-1 vic-
over the Washington Capitals and a 3-0 lead in
Stanley Cup finals.
Fedorov grabbed the game puck after the horn
ounded, a souvenir for an old friend. This one
ould be for either Vlady or Sergei, another
nemento for a season that the Red Wings have ded-
:ated to their injured friends.
Winning Game 3 on Saturday night was special
br all the Red Wings.
Exactly a year ago, they were rushing to the hos-
ital to be with defenseman Vladimir Konstantinov
nd team masseur Sergei Mnatsakanov after they
Bered head injuries in a limousine accident. It
pened just six days after the Red Wings won
ieir first Cup in 42 years.
"I was just thinking about that" Fedorov said. "I
vas coming back from the golf course on the way to
he hospital, I guess it was 6 or 7 p.m., and so I am
rying my eyes right now because I got the puck.
"First I am going to keep it a while and decide
chat I am going to do. Just for the appreciation of
dhat Vlady and Sergei did for this team; just show
iem and maybe one would like to keep it"
plhle it's not certain who will get the puck, it
Zems almost certain that the Red Wings are going
o keep the Stanley Cup for a second straight year.
Only one team in NI II1 history has rallied from a
-0 deficit in the finals to win the Stanley Cup -.
the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1942 against Detroit.
"It can't be better than this, waiting for the fourth
game," said Tomas Holmstrom, who staked Detroit
to an early lead. "It's up to us. It's going to be a bat-
tle out there"
This Detroit club can now become the first since
the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1991 and 1992 to capture
consecutive Cups by winning Game 4 of the best-
of-7 series here tomorrow night.
If the Red Wings do that, they will also become
the first team to win the NIIL title with consecutive
sweeps in the finals since the New York Islanders
capped a string of four consecutive titles with
sweeps in 1982 and 1983.
Coach Scotty Bowman also would tie Toe Blake's
record for Stanley Cup titles by a coach with eight.
"It's deflating," Washington forward Craig
Berube said. "It's do or die Tuesday. We have to go
out and leave everything on the ice. There's nothing
left to save it for."
Holmstrom got the other Detroit goal 35 seconds
after the opening faceolTf Brian Bellows of the
Capitals tied the game at 10:35 of the third period on
a power play. Fedorov's game-winner was magnifi-
cent. le took a pass off the side boards from Doug
Brown at center ice and steamed into the Capitals'
zone with only defenseman Calle Johansson
between him and goaltender Olaf Kolzig.
Fedorov cut inside as he reached the right faceoff
circle and then snapped a shot that beat Kolzig over
his glove.
"I wasn't screened, the shot was re-directed off
Calle's stick," Kolzig said. "That's why he gets paid
S12 million."
Notre Dame may be 12th Big Ten team
NOTRE DAME
etinued from Page 16
years, particularly with the Bowl
Alliance, have made life more dilli-
cult for independents.
In 1996, the Fighting Irish failed to
eceive an invitation to one of the
hree top-tier bowls and decided not to
>lay in any post-season contests. Last
year, in head coach Bob Davie's first
year at the helm, Notre Dame posted a
- record and accepted a bid to the
dependence Bowl.
Because most bowl games have
greements with the conferences to
>lay in their games, it is difficult for
ndependents like Notre Dame to
eceive invitations to quality bowls.
In response to these new problems,
Notre Dame has been negotiating with
he Big East as well about being
neluded in their automatic bowl bids.
An agreement on the issue is expected
Ibe announced in the near future.
Tle addition of Notre Dame would
sost likely be advantageous for the
Big Ten. With 11 teams currently in
:he conference, the Big Ten could add
a 12th, allowing it to split into two six-
eam divisions and set up a conference
championship game. Such a game
:ould provide each school in the con-
ference with as much as $2 million in
additional revenue. Similar formats
* already in place in several confer-
ences, including the Southeastern
Conference and the Big Twelve.
There has been talk for some time
of the Big Ten looking to add another
school. Universities that have been
itentioned as possibilities include
Missouri, Iowa State, Syracuse, Pitt
and Rutgers. But none of these
schools matches Notre Dame's acade-
mic or athletic standards.
There are additional advantages to
adding the Fighting Irish to the Big
Ten schedule. For one thing, its prox-
imity to many of the other conference
schools. would make travel to and
from Notre Dame more convenient
than most of the other schools men-
tioned.
Furthermore, adding Notre Dame
to the Big Ten would give the confer-
ence another tie to the Chicago TIV
market. The Fighting Irish's nation-
wide appeal would give the Big Ten
exposure throughout the country.
One problem with adding the
Fighting Irish to one of the nation's
oldest athletic conferences is Notre
Dame's television contract with NBC.
The school recently signed a new deal
with the network which will pay the
Fighting Irish S9 million a year
through 2005.
The Big Ien last expanded in
1990, when Penn State was added to
the conference. Though purists
lamented the change, the addition of
the traditional football powerhouse
created new rivalries for Michigan and
Ohio State.
The Michigan-Notre Dame rivalry
is slightly older, dating back to 1887.
In that year, the Fighting Irish lost
their first-ever intercollegiate football
game to the Wolverines, 8-0.
Since then, Michigan has won 16
of 27 contests between the two teams.
The Wolverines defeated Notre Dame,
21-14, on September 27, 1997, in the
first game between the two teams
since 1994.
Michigan opens its 1998 season
against the Fighting Irish .on Sept. 5.
Even if Notre Daie decides to join
the Big Ten, it would not begin play-
ing in the conference for several years.
Until then, Michigan fans can be
dreaming of a Michigan victory over
Notre Dame -- not just to win brag-
ging rights, but to win the Big Ten
title.
ALLIANCE
Continued from Page 16
The second step brings in the age of
technology, more specifically the use of
computers. Each team will be ranked
on three ditTerent computers. To pre-
vent too much variation in the comput-
er rankings, there will be a 50 percent
adjustment to the lowest ranking.
For instance, the example given by
the Associated Press deals with a team
possessing No. 3, No. 5, and No. 12
rankings. The No. 12 ranking would
become No. 6. Therefore, the team
would receive 4.67 points.
The third part of the system incorpo-
Red Wings goalie
Chris Osgood
pounds away at
Capitals forward
Esa Tikkanen in
Saturday's 2-1
Wings victory.
With the Wings
up 3-0 in the
series, not even
F Esa's storied
Tikkanese jabber
lig has been able
to distract the
rates an area that was of tremendous
controversy last year - strength of
schedule. Here, the record of each
team's competitors plus the records of
the competitors' opponents are factored
in.
The won-loss record of the competi-
tors accounts for two-thirds, while the
won-loss record of the competitors'
opponents accounts for one-third. Once
a national strength of schedule is put in
place, it will be divided by 25.
The fourth and final aspect deals
with a team's losses. Each one accounts
for one point.
-The Associated Press contributed to
this report.
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