Shootout

Phil Kessel and Niklas Hagman scored shootout goals in a 2-1 NHL victory over the Washington Capitals, giving the host Toronto Maple Leafs their first win in six games. Hagman also scored in regulation for the Maple Leafs (4-11-6). Alex Ovechkin replied for Washington (13-5-5) with his 16th of the season. Laurel Park: Trainer Eddie Gaudet wrapped up a productive week with a win in a $30,000 allowance test. Lamster ($15.40) gave the Bowie-based conditioner his fourth win of the week in six starts.

Prosecutors say the fatal shooting of an East Baltimore man in February was justifiable self-defense, but they're not letting the shooters off the hook completely. Court records describe Preston Feaster and Jason Ingram barricading themselves inside a home as a group of men armed with handguns shot into the house. Fearing for their lives in a neighborhood where calling the authorities is a last resort for some residents, they shot back from an upstairs window, killing 26-year-old Brandon Washington and injuring Darries Sommerville, who was 17 at the time, police say. "Given that these two individuals [Ingram and Feaster]

T he Ravens and New England Patriots are basically old school. They believe a great defense and a run-oriented offense have been the keys to winning Super Bowls, but both are preparing for a possible shootout Sunday. The winner will be the team that can provide the most pressure and the quarterback who can make the proper adjustments. New England has steady veteran Tom Brady. The Ravens have second-year upstart Joe Flacco, who has played well overall but has struggled in the past two games against blitzes.

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When Saturday's America East men's soccer championship game between UMBC and New Hampshire went to a penalty kick shootout, the Wildcats appeared to have an advantage in the league's top goalie, Colin O'Donnell. However, it was Retrievers goalie Dan Louisignau who came up the biggest, stopping the Wildcats' second attempt, as host UMBC went on to win the shootout, 5-4. The game had remained scoreless through regulation and two overtimes. With the win, the second-seeded Retrievers secured a bid to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1999.

Rivals Severna Park and host Broadneck stayed focused on keeping eight or nine players behind the ball in Tuesday night's Class 4A East regional final, as neither team wanted their season to end because of a defensive lapse or miscue. The tight defense led to 100 minutes of scoreless soccer, forcing penalty kicks to decide the winner. In the shootout, the 10th-ranked Falcons scored on all five of their attempts and goalie Brent Jones came up with a big stop to win the shootout, 5-3. "Once again, we come up against Broadneck and we knew they were going to be a difficult opponent," Severna Park coach Roy Dunshee said.

A father and son have been charged with attempting to kill each other in a shootout in their Wheaton home after an argument over $20.One was armed with an AK-47 assault rifle, and the other with a .22-caliber rifle, police said.Mark Addison, 18, was charged yesterday with assault with intent to murder and reckless endangerment for his part in the Friday shootout in which he was wounded twice, said Detective Gordon Williams of the Montgomery County Police.The father, Gilmore Addison, 38, who was not wounded, was charged with the same offenses on Friday.

Baltimore prosecutors have dropped attempted murder charges against a 28-year-old man accused of initiating a movie-worthy shootout and car chase with three detectives in August in East Baltimore. Prosecutors never sought an indictment. Instead, on May 5, they offered Wayne Brown of the 4100 block of Chatford Ave. a plea to time served for stealing a car, a misdemeanor, after homicide detectives and prosecutors uncovered a host of problems, according to Brown's attorney. According to charging documents, three undercover detectives in the Violent Crimes Impact Division noticed a 1991 Lincoln Town Car in the 1700 block of Bradford St. that "appeared to get their attention."

Brad Rivera said his Archbishop Spalding boys soccer team was ready for every possible scenario -- including a shootout -- going into yesterday's Maryland Scholastic Association A Conference playoff game.Unfortunately for Rivera, so was the opposition.After a scoreless regulation and two five-minute overtimes, McDonogh outpointed the visiting Cavaliers, 3-1, in the shootout to emerge victorious, 1-0.The Eagles (14-2-2 overall) were the second seeds in Division I, while Spalding (8-6-2) was seeded third in Division II."

Alex Ovechkin scored the winner in the shootout as the Washington Capitals took a 5-4 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Verizon Center. In the second round, Ovechkin used a wrister to be Jonas Gustavsson through the five-hold and, after Michal Neuvrith made a blocker save on Nikolai Kulemin's wrister, Alexander Semin sealed the win as he blasted a slap shot past Gustavsson. Semin had a goal and an assist while Tomas Fleischmann, Jason Chimera and Mike Green each lit the lamp for the Capitals, who have won four of their last five.

The Manchester Valley boys soccer team had plenty to deal with in Saturday's Class 1A state final against defending champion Mountain Ridge. The Miners from Allegany County went into the game with 17 wins in 18 tries and averaged 3.7 goals, boasting a relentless offense led by 26-goal scorer Chris Ranker. Through 100 minutes of soccer, the Mavericks stubbornly stood their ground with a defensive effort that forced the scoreless game to be decided on penalty kicks. It was then that Mountain Ridge finally found the mark.

Perhaps Joe Vellano said it best. Clemson is not a team you can afford to get into a "shootout" with. But that's what happened to the Terps, who collected two big turnovers en route to an 18-point, third quarter lead. Give Maryland credit for that. Particularly since the Terps -- minus injured Demetrius Hartsfield and Kenny Tate et al -- were playing a handful of freshmen on defense. Maryland has had six different defensive starting lineups in six games. But there was an  air of inevitability about the Clemson Tigers and big plays, right?

Harry Pawley didn't know he had shot a fellow police officer until a colleague screamed. Then he saw the handcuffs dangling from the wounded man's belt. Latora Craig discovered the mistake only after she saw the badge attached to a chain around his neck. Plainclothes Officer William H. Torbit Jr. had just fired off eight rounds into a crowd of people kicking and punching him as he lay on his back in a parking lot outside a Baltimore nightclub called Select Lounge. Four other officers mistook him for a civilian and fired their .40-caliber Glocks as the crowd scattered into the cold January morning.

A Randallstown counterfeiter, whose co-conspirator was killed in a shootout with Baltimore County police last year, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison Wednesday for making phony $100 bills in a Pikesville hotel room, the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office announced. Darryl S. Bacon, 32, and his partners bleached $5 bills and reprinted them as $100 notes, then spent or sold them, prosecutors said. Bacon pleaded guilty to dealing in counterfeit cash in February, according to court records.

A 36-year-old Catonsville man who was wounded in 2009 during a shootout with nearly a dozen police officers has been convicted by a Baltimore Circuit Court jury of attempted first-degree murder and other charges. Bradrick T. Green, who has a long criminal history, was arrested Nov. 21, 2009, after police said he repeatedly fired a .45-caliber handgun toward 11 officers, some of whom had tried to pull over the hack, or unlicensed cab, in which he was riding on the 200 block of S. Athol Ave. He then fled on foot and continued to fire, said the officers, none of whom was wounded.

Maryland's Court of Special Appeals has struck down the conviction of Darryl A. White Jr. on weapons charges stemming from a 2008 shootout with police in which two men died outside a Fourth of July party in Southwest Baltimore. In the judges' opinion, there was not enough evidence to prove that White was armed or that he knew the two men with him were armed and that they intended to use the weapons against the police. White, 25, will not be retried. Mark R. Cheshire, a spokesman for the Baltimore state's attorney, said that because the appeals court based its reversal on insufficient evidence, prosecutors are barred from trying him again.

Police were looking this morning for a wounded gunman who engaged in a shootout with a uniformed officer shortly after midnight in West Baltimore.Homicide Detective Rick James said the officer, who was not identified, was investigating a report of a stolen car at Belmont Avenue and Rosedale Street when he heard gunshots. He looked up just as a black Jeep Wrangler, with Maryland license plate 390718M, roared south on Rosedale and screeched to a halt in the intersection. A man jumped out and opened fire on the officer with a 9mm handgun, Detective James said.

Baltimore police identified yesterday the man who died in a shootout with officers Thursday night as a 21-year-old who was on parole after having served less than half his prison sentence for illegally possessing a handgun. Ronald Herbert Jones, 21, was shot after police said he ran from a car that officers had stopped in the 600 block of N. Bouldin St. in Southeast Baltimore. Police said Jones hid under a van and, when found, fired several shots with a semiautomatic handgun. Officer Krzysztof Gesla, an 11-year-veteran and a member of the SWAT team, was shot in the leg during the shootout.

Laurel Park Overnight purses to increase Feb. 2 thanks to slots revenue Revenue from slot machines at Hollywood Casino Perryville and The Casino at Ocean Downs will allow Laurel Park to raise overnight purses by an average of $26,000 per day beginning with the Feb. 2 card. Laurel's average daily overnight purse target is now $186,000, up 16 percent from a previous average of $160,000 at the winter meet that began Jan. 1. "This will give our racing office a chance to compete with surrounding states who have used revenue from slot machines to become significant players in the Mid-Atlantic region," Maryland Jockey Club President Tom Chuckas said.