BRIEFLY: BELFOUR SIGNS DEAL WITH DALLAS STARS.Byline: Daily News Wire Services The Dallas Stars signed goaltender Ed Belfour on Wednesday, saying they hope the three-time All-Star, who played for San Jose last season, can take them to the Stanley Cup finals. Belfour signed a three-year contract reported to be $2.5 million this season, $3.25 million in 1998 and $3.50 million in 1999. Belfour will also get a deferred $750,000 bonus. Last year, Belfour was the NHL's fourth-highest-paid goaltender with a base salary of $2.75 million. He rejected a loftier offer from San Jose to join the Stars. He has lofty credentials with a goals-against average that never crept above 2.64 until last year with Chicago and San Jose, when he was 2.89 in 46 games. He twice won the Vezina Trophy and earned the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year Rookie of the Year may refer to:
The New York Islanders The New York Islanders are a professional ice hockey team based in Uniondale, a hamlet located on Long Island in Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States. continued to add free agents, signing former New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York, U.S.A. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). and Vancouver Canucks center Sergei Nemchinov to a three-year deal. Nemchinov wound up with six goals and 19 points for the Rangers in 63 games, and two goals and five points in just six games for the Canucks. The Islanders also re-signed center Claude Lapointe. HOCKEY: Tampa Bay Mutiny The Tampa Bay Mutiny was a professional soccer club located in Tampa, Florida that participated in Major League Soccer from 1996-2001. The club played its home games at Houlihan's Stadium from 1996-1998 and at Raymond James Stadium from 1999 onwards. midfielder Ivan McKinley has been suspended two games and fined $750 by Major League Soccer for his head-butt of Galaxy defender Paul Calgiuri June 28. McKinley will miss Mutiny games on July 4 against New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and July 6 against Washington. COLLEGE: Gonzaga University athletic director Dan Fitzgerald was placed on administrative leave as school officials conducted an investigation of possible NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association violations. The probe centered on management of funds that bypassed the university's control and accounting procedures, the school said. A Miami Hurricanes booster and sports agent has been charged with felony conspiracy for his role in a free limousine ride for three football players. Jim Ferraro, an agent who represents former Hurricanes now in the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga and contributes $10,000 a year to the university's athletic department, was charged with conspiracy to commit unlicensed athlete-agent activity. |
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