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Newspaper Page TextCKxakll'-vift & fcf.trJK.'Lovett ,:>f ^ 258E.13TH AVE. - Pr EUGENE, OR 97401 3 342-7975 Mighty Ducks muscle out Canadiens in Forum ■ HOCKEY: Anaheim team is victorious, 3-2 over Canadtens in overtime match MONTH!-At. (AP) — Paul Kanya got his wish — lo scon* a goal in the fabled Montreal Forum be forts the 73-year-old building is dosed. Ho made d count, boating Palm k Roy with n screened wrist shot 2.35 into overtime to lift the Anaheim Mighty Ducks to a comeback 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadians on Wednes day night "1 think anyone from across Canada — or even Americans or Russians w ants to play in the Forum," Kariya said. "Everyone knows about the mystique of this place It's sad that it's corning down." Kariya, the Ducks T1 year old ■ star from Vancouver, had not enjoyed a stellar game until t!n> five-minute overtime period. He took advantage of a tenta tive Montreal defense to walk in from the blue line and score his 12th goal of the season. "1 wasn't focused for a while out there." he said. "But once l got the butterflies OUt of the Way, i started to t<s*l mure comfortable "I've been looking forward to this." Kariya didn’t get a chance to play in Montreal during his rook ie year last season because the lockout forced cancellation of inter-conference play. The Cana dians are to move into a new building on March lf> Oleg Tverdovskv had lied the game to fort e overtime at 6:04 of the third period on a power play Mike Sillinger scored in the second period for Anaheim, which was coming off a 6-3 loss in Toronto 24 hours earlier The Dm ks have won five of their last six games. Vincent Damphousse and Peter Popovii scored for the Canadiens (7-7-0), who lost for only the ms ond time to nine games since Mario Tremblay took over as head coat h on Oct. 21 "We didn't skate in the first or the se< ond period and when you don't skate, you’re finished.” said Tremblay. The Ducks outshot Montreal 34-33. Play was delayed 10 minutes midway through the third peri od when the t rowd announced at 16,524 littered the ice with debris after referee Dan O'Mal lornn culled three consecutive minor penalties against Minim al. On the third call, Damphousse had chipped the puck by Kariya at the point. He was hooked all tin- way up the ice by Kariya, but fought him off to get a shot away In the end. it was Damphousse who was tailed for high-sticking, bringing a hail of coffee cups ami plastic inter glasses to the ice. Tremblay wasn't impressed "At title point, we were won dering if only one team was get ting penalties." he said. "H'/itTr Ji* you n un I 10 j’or " "/ don'i kih'ii', where </<> you ii\iiif 10 yo? " M .1 s t c r ( .11‘ d . A t c o t c J \\ 11 c i e v c r v o u (.‘ii (.1