Dafoe

The Washington Capitals recalled goalie Byron Dafoe, center Steve Konowalchuk and right wing Pat Peake from the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League yesterday.With his team 0-5 -- two games away from tying the club's all-time season-opening losing streak and four from their all-time opening winless streak -- general manager David Poile didn't try to hide the reason."We're obviously trying to put as much pressure as possible on the current roster," Poile said. "I want it made clear that no one is guaranteed a spot, game-to-game.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Last week, goaltender Byron Dafoe stopped 42 shots for the New Haven Nighthawks as they won an important American Hockey League road game against the Capital District Islanders.Dafoe was on loan from the Baltimore Skipjacks, who reclaimed him that night. In Dafoe's return to the New Haven Coliseum last night, the Skipjacks surrendered an early two-goal lead and were 7-4 losers to the Nighthawks before 2,244.The Skipjacks thought they might have shaken their funk Monday, when behind Dafoe they beat Utica to end a 10-game winless streak.

They were roommates once, but that was yesteryear. Tonight, from opposite ends of the rink, Byron Dafoe and Olaf Kolzig will compete against each other.Dafoe will be in the goal for the Skipjacks when they oppose the Rochester Americans in the first of three weekend road games. Baltimore will visit the Capital District Islanders tomorrow night and the Hamilton Canucks Sunday evening.Kolzig, like Dafoe a member of the parent Washington Capitals organization, is on loan to Rochester and will be in the Americans' goal.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Last week, goaltender Byron Dafoe stopped 42 shots for the New Haven Nighthawks as they won an important road game against the Capital District Islanders.Dafoe was on loan from the Baltimore Skipjacks, who reclaimed him that night. In Dafoe's return to the New Haven Coliseum last night, the Skipjacks surrendered an early two-goal lead and were 7-4 losers to the Nighthawks before 2,244.The Skipjacks thought they might have shaken their funk Monday, when behind Dafoe they beat Utica to end a 10-game winless streak.

The Washington Capitals assigned four Skipjacks players to the Hampton Roads Admirals of the East Coast Hockey League in order to get them more ice time, team officials said.Centers Vic Gervais and Harry Mews, defenseman Jiri Vykoukal and goalie Byron Dafoe will play in Friday's opener in Hampton, Va., against Columbus.Dafoe, who has started three games for the Jacks with a 3.69 goals-against average, will return to the Jacks when Don Beaupre moves onto the Caps roster, which will probably be next Tuesday in Pittsburgh.

The Washington Capitals go into Philadelphia tonight with their goaltender situation sorted out.Veteran Don Beaupre will be in the nets for the 7:05 game and rookie Olie Kolzig, the winner of a preseason dual for the backup spot, will be on the bench."

TROY, N.Y. -- A quick start and a strong finish were all the Baltimore Skipjacks needed last night against the Capital District Islanders.The Skipjacks scored three first-period goals and then watched rookie goalie Byron Dafoe protect their lead as they went on to post a 4-3 American Hockey League victory over the Islanders at the Houston Field House.Dafoe stopped 31 shots as he raised his record to 5-2-0. Fifteen of those saves came in the third period, enabling the Skipjacks to split their two-game weekend series with the Islanders.

After a fast, smart start, "White Sands" implodes like a black hole, sucking all goodwill from the atmosphere of the theater, turning those of us who started to love it into embittered cuckolds.Great setup: Willem Dafoe, a deputy sheriff in New Mexico, comes across the body of a possible suicide in the desert. Besides a bullet in the head and a gun in the hand, the stiff is clutching (with the other hand) a suitcase loaded with $500,000 in small, dirty bills.Everything in the early sequences is absolutely first rate.

After a fast, smart start, "White Sands" implodes like a black hole, sucking all goodwill from the atmosphere of the theater, turning those of us who started to love it into embittered cuckolds.Great setup: Willem Dafoe, a deputy sheriff in New Mexico, comes across the body of a possible suicide in the desert. Besides a bullet in the head and a gun in the hand, the stiff is clutching (with the other hand) a suitcase loaded with $500,000 in small, dirty bills.Everything in the early sequences is absolutely first rate.

The Skipjacks finally are on a winning streak. It may be a small one -- two games -- but it's still something that was missing for nearly two months.Last night, before 5,415 at the Baltimore Arena, the Skipjacks defeated the Rochester Americans, 3-2, in an AHL Southern Division game for their second straight win after winning only twice in 21 previous games.Ken Sabourin, Ken Lovsin and Reggie Savage scored for Baltimore. Savage's third-period goal on a nifty cross-slot pass from Simon Wheeldon was the clincher and gave the Skipjacks a 3-1 lead with 4:13 remaining.