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I Jim Carey st Pfm Even when Jim Carey isn't at his best, the Washington Capitals are. "When Fm off, they're on," Carey said of his teammates after the Capitals beat the New York Islanders 5-4 Tuesday night. "There have been some tough games, but we're getting a great team effort." After a 3-10-5 start, the Capitals are now one point out of first place in the Atlantic Division behind Philadelphia. Washington is 16-12-7. "We all want to win, and well stick up for each other," said defenseman Joe Reekie of Washington's 13-2-2 streak in the past 17 games. It is no coincidence that the Capitals' streak started when Carey was brought up from the American Hockey League. He has started eveiy game in the streak and only missed 34 minutes in a loss to Florida. "He's been playing well," Reekie said of Carey, "and he is getting along with everyone in the room. He's a great kid." Elsewhere in the NHL, it was New Jersey 1, Tampa Bay 1; Buffalo 6, Hartr ford 3; Calgary 3, Chicago 2; and Dallas HE "A . . ........... Housing & Residential S Ill proving he 2, Vancouver 2. Joe Juneau and Calle Johansson each had three assists, and five different players scored for the visiting Capitals as they handed the Islanders their 10th loss in 12 games (1-10-1). Rookies Martin Gendron and Ken Klee scored for Washington, as well as Kelly Miller, Peter Bondra and Dimitri Khristich against goaltender Jamie McLennan, who faced 17 shots in 40 minutes. Bob Beers, Travis Green, Zigmund Palffy and Ray Ferraro scored for New York. "We started out OK," said Islanders defenseman Dennis Vaske ot the team's 8-8-3 start. "But this is not a season where you can afford to have a lapse." Devils lj Lighting 1 Stephane Richer scored on a deflection with 13 seconds left in regulation, giving Neal Broten his 600th assist and New Jersey a tie with visiting Tampa Bay. The tie extended the Devils' seasonhigh unbeaten streak to five games (30-2) and deprived Lightning goalie J.C Bergeron of his first NHL shutout. Xlf I ^ y / to ^ life m< ? 4 a- JPJP Services ~ BCiTjlla illlH I Th? Qaiwcock i's the ace for Until Richer scored, it appeared that former Devil Alexander Semak was going to haunt his old teammates. Semak, traded to Tampa Bay March 14 along with Ben Hankinson for Danton Cole and Shawn Chambers, capitalized on a mistake by Chambers to give the Lightning the lead at 7:51 of the first period. Sabres 6, Whalers 3 Wayne Presley scored twice and Buffalo had two shorthanded goals 21 seconds apart in the second period to beat Hartford in a game marred by a helmetthrowing incident. The Sabres were two men short when Jason Dawe got a breakaway goal while coming out of the penalty box. Moments later, Presley got another breakaway when he grabbed a loose puck off the boards and scored his 11th goal, putting the Sabres ahead 5-1. WViolora rlofonsemnn fflpn Feather stone threw his helmet into the stands i and accidentally hit an usher, prompting police to come to Buffalo's Memorial Auditorium. The usher was not seriously injured, and charges were not filed because it was determined Featherstone's helmet toss was inadvertent. 53 College is one of those experiences in lifp that rannot be recaptured. This is your time to live freely enjoy everything ; has to offer you. s the time to meet sw people, have m, and develop ) you are. College is your first Dpportunity to be ai depend?! active member of ? nmunity and it is y only chance to be a 2mber of such a lar < CUllllIlUllliy <J1 friends. K jj|?|3 Thursday, April 6, 199S ~ the Capitals Flames 3, Blackhawks 2 At Calgary, Joe Nieuwendyk and Kelly Kisio scored on the power play as the Flames beat Chicago. Theoren Fleury had a three-point night, including his 23rd goal of the season, as Calgary improved its record to 5-1-0 in the past six games. Phil Housley had two assists for the Flames. Patrick Poulin and Chris Chelios scored for the Blackhawks, winless (03-1) in their past four games. Stars 2, Canucks 2 Grant Ledyard scored with 4:04 left in the third period to give Dallas a tie at Vancouver. Ledyard slipped a low shot past goaltender Kirk McLean from the slot after some aggressive forechecking by rookies Todd Harvey and Mike Kennedy. Geoff Courtnall gave the Canucks a 2-1 lead 31 seconds into the third period with his second goal of the game against Dallas goalie Andy Moog. Brent Gilchrist scored for the Stars in the second period as the teams played their third consecutive tie this year. HJ sd^sM- ~ -AVV ;C?JBW :'vX SfiSKSM* * < ^jjjjftfl n jjjr jjP^ I Defunct Tiger wi cited for NCAA v A?sodated Pr? 1 CLEMSON? Clemson has admitted ci that its wrestling team used an ineligi- w ble athlete in a-January meet, accord- n ing to its internal NCAA report. tl The school's 14-page report, prepared a by NCAA compliance officer Steve Nel- a son, said the violations were secondary and did not give Clemson a distinct competitive advantage. Clemson eliminat- 0 ed its wrestling program March 16. P Jan. 12, the school discovered that a r wrestler, reported to be sophomore Dan McCollum, was entered under the name t! of Clemson junior Paul Seim in the 158- s Dound class. ~ li The documents also included a let- j. ter from former coach Gil Sanchez, who resigned Feb. 14. Sanchez wrote that he made "a bad decision and a bad coaching error." He said several setbacks led to the f incident, including the team's slow start, s the abrupt resignation of assistant coach Scott Turner and injuries to three starters. I "I believe I allowed the pressures to g cloud my judgment," he wrote. l ^ wtisc-i WBffB ALTERNATIVI ; :S ^ ; >^j|ii 'f'''<:-^.^ ^ 0^ f 7 I resiling squad iolations Clemson said it found violations oclrred when the wrestler, whose named as deleted from copies of the report lade public, traveled and competed with le team when he hadn't officially been dded to the squad. It also found Sanchez's ctions contrary to NCAA rules. The school said it was a one-time vilation and thought it imposed approMrt+A rv\nolfioo urV?ioV? QonpViDT'c liaic i^cncuucoj muvii muuuvu esignation. "A review of the program revealed hat this was the only occasion when a tudentrathlete who was not on the squad ist participated in intercollegiate com etitionthe report said. Nelson said he expected the NCAA's esponse in one to three months. The CAA's infractions committee could im>ose additional penalties or accept the ehool's actions. Clemson Athletics Director Bobby lobinson said he thought the report poke for itself, and he would not specllate on any further NCAA penalties. FM^ Classifieds ?rk! Place an ad in The Gamecock! ) Kfr \l |^O^i|Maj W/a^K1HHBBUBMR ? / Everybody's cheering. PHOTO MANIPULATION by ETHAN MYERSON / The Gamecock P IMPROVE I ..-MR Nltilf I Many accidents are caused by car drivers who didn't see the cyclists. Wear reflective gear and bright clothing. And keep your i p ) evening from being ruined \t/ MOTORCYCLE SAFETY FOUNDATION^