11/16/2008 - Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Loui Eriksson scored two goals and Mike Ribeiro collected three assists, as the Dallas Stars defeated the Phoenix Coyotes, 3-2.
Mark Parrish found the back of the net for Dallas, which won for just the second time in its last seven games. Marty Turco stopped 25-of-27 shots to pick up the win.
Steven Reinprecht and Kevin Porter both scored for the Coyotes, who have lost two straight after a three-game winning streak. Ilya Bryzgalov, making his ninth consecutive start for Phoenix, allowed three goals on 19 shots in defeat.
Eriksson's backhander found room on the short side and gave Dallas a 1-0 lead with 2:54 remaining in the first period.
Reinprecht tied the game 2:32 into the middle stanza, but Parrish's power-play marker put the Stars up 2-1 at the 8:13 mark.
Dallas grabbed a two-goal lead with 55 seconds left in the frame on Eriksson's second tally, then Porter, off a great backhand feed from Mikkel Boedker, lit the lamp 17 seconds later.
Turco made six saves in the third period, including a right pad stop in the waning seconds, to preserve the win.
Game Notes
The Stars lost five of eight to the Coyotes in 2007-08...Dallas was 1-for-3 on the power play, while Phoenix finished 0-for-2.
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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.
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