Wesley's first goal in over a year leads Carolina past Philly

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02/23/2007 - Raleigh, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Glen Wesley ended his 82-game scoring drought in style, finding the back of the net 16 seconds into overtime with Carolina down a man as the Hurricanes rallied for a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.

Carolina led 2-0 after the first period but the Flyers answered back as Alexandre Picard's tally with just four minutes remaining in the third period tied the game at 2-2.

Hurricanes captain Rod Brind'Amour was then whistled for tripping with 1:22 left in the game, giving the Flyers their third power play of the contest.

Philadelphia, though, was unable to capitalize and Carolina struck quickly in the overtime period. Justin Williams skated the puck into the Flyers zone and dropped it off a the slot for Wesley, who slipped the puck past the outstretched pad of Antero Niittymaki for the game-winner. It was Wesley's first goal since February 5, 2006.

Brind'Amour and Andrew Ladd each scored, while netminder John Grahame finished with 33 saves for the Hurricanes, who have split their last six games.

Picard and Dimitry Afanasenkov each had a goal and an assist and Niittymaki ended with 27 saves for the last-place Flyers, who have dropped three in a row and four of their last five games.

Right after the Flyers killed off a Carolina power play midway through the first period, the Hurricanes struck first as Brind'Amour, a former Flyer, fired a shot off the glove of Niittymaki and into the Philadelphia net with 6:58 left in the opening frame.

Ladd then made it 2-0 with 1:43 left in the first period when he eventually poked the puck through Niittymaki's pads after several attempts.

The Flyers answered in the middle stanza as Afanasenkov rifled a shot top- shelf on Grahame at the 10:05 mark to cut Philadelphia's deficit in half.

Then, with time running out in the third, Picard netted his first goal since November 15th to tie the game. Michael Richards did all of the grunt work, muscling the puck in front of the net while getting a piece of Grahame. Picard followed the play and was there to stuff home the rebound.

Game Notes

Before the game, the Hurricanes placed left wing Erik Cole on injured reserve. Cole tore a muscle near his hip in warmups before Carolina's loss to the Atlanta Thrashers on Tuesday...The Flyers went 0-for-3 on the power play, while Carolina went 0-for-4...Williams, another former Flyer, finished with two assists.

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).

As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).

Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.

A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.

Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.

"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.

De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.

The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.

The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.

De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.

Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.

But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.

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