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BUFFALO, N. Antonio Gates Womens Jersey .Y. —The father
of light welterweight boxer Nick Casal considers his son lucky to be alive after
sustaining several deep cuts to his head in an attack last weekend. Calling his
son “blessed,” Ray Casal told The Associated Press by phone on Monday that Nick
is conscious while recovering at a Buffalo hospital. The most recent tests
conducted earlier in the day showed no signs of brain damage, and doctors expect
him to make a complete recovery, the father said. “Its miraculous actually. Even
the doctor was shocked,” Casal said. “For him to come out of it with no
problems, its unheard of.” The attack occurred Saturday morning in the town of
Niagara, said police, without revealing other details because the investigation
continues. Casal said his son lost a large amount of blood, and that it took
doctors three hours to close several gashes on the side and back of his head.
His sons tooth was chipped and one arm severely swollen but not broken after he
was struck at least 15 times across the head and body with what the father
described to be a light metal object. Despite the severity and depth of the
cuts, tests also showed Casals skull was not fractured. The injuries forced the
cancellation of a fight between Casal (22-4-1) and Ruslan Provodnikov (21-1-0)
for the World Boxing Organizations intercontinental title at a Niagara Falls
casino next month. Because it was the main event, the entire card has been
cancelled. Casal said police have statements from at least three witnesses, and
have already interviewed his son. Casal said the attack occurred at around 4:30
a.m., when his son went to meet his girlfriend at the home of her ex-boyfriend.
From what Casal said his son can recollect, he and his girlfriend were leaving
when he was attacked from behind. “Nick started walking with her to the car, and
all of a sudden he said, Her eyes got real big, and he got hit, boom,” Ray Casal
said. Casal then turned to hit his attacker, before being struck numerous times
with such force that it knocked him to the ground, the father said. Casal,
however, managed to get up, which his father said might have spooked the
attacker, who then ran off. What followed next was more disturbing to the
father, who said rather than taking his bloodied and bruised son to the
hospital, the bystanders instead took him home and left him there alone. It
wasnt until around 9 a.m., when Ray Casal learned of what happened. Thats when
he got a call from a friend, who had been contacted by one of the bystanders
regarding the attack. Casals wife and a friend went to the sons apartment to
find him unconscious on the bed. Thats when they called an ambulance.
Remarkably, Casal said his son woke up while being rushed to the hospital. “Hes
a lucky man. Hes blessed,” Casal said. “He couldve died twice that night, but he
didnt.” Casal elected not to go to his sons home. “It you want to know the
truth, I thought the worst,” Casal said. “With those severe wounds, with the
bleeding, the way my friend talked, it sounded like it was bad.” Casal said its
unlikely Nick will stop boxing because of this. But he added, hell leave that
decision up to him. Should he decide to continue, Casal would have to pass
numerous tests to be cleared to fight by state boxing officials. All of that can
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coach of the Los Angeles Kings, Darryl Sutter described the current NHL as a
“3-2 league.” He was right. Dustin Brown scored in the third period and got the
deciding goal in a shootout, lifting the Kings to a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim
Ducks on Thursday night. Mike Richards scored in his return to the lineup from a
concussion, Drew Doughty had two assists and Jonathan Quick made 20 saves.
“Theres nothing like game day. Ive always said that,” Sutter told reporters
afterwards in very hushed tones as he began his 13th season behind an NHL bench
and first since 2005-06 with Calgary. “Even when I was sitting upstairs (as a
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pretty focused all day, but I was thinking more about how to use the players.
These young guys are a big reason why I came here.” Despite their second
straight 3-2 shootout win, it was the 13th straight game in which the Kings
scored fewer than three goals in regulation—their longest such streak in
franchise history. The previous worst was a nine-game stretch under interim
coach John Torchetti during the 2005-06 season, when they beat San Jose 4-0 in
the season finale. The Kings are one of six teams to make a coaching change
since the start of the season, and the only one that needed an interim coach to
bridge the gap until the replacement came on. John Stevens was 2-2 after the
dismissal of Terry Murray, who was one victory shy of 500 when he was fired on
Dec. 12. The Kings fired Murray just 12 days after the Ducks fired Randy Carlyle
and replaced him with former Washington coach Bruce Boudreau, who is 2-6-2 since
taking over—including a 3-2 victory over the Kings that gave him his first
win as Ducks coach. Niklas Hagman and Lubomir Visnovsky each had a goal and an
assist for the Ducks, who have lost four straight and are winless in their last
13 road games. Jonas Hiller made 32 saves. Anaheim is 0-9-4 away from Honda
Center since its last road victory on Oct. 27, a 3-2 decision over Minnesota.
Anaheims Saku Koivu missed his sixth straight game because of a groin strain and
linemate Teemu Selannes point streak ended at nine games, the longest in league
history by a player who was 41 or older. “We are a little desperate at this
point,” captain Ryan Getzlaf said. “We need to take a little bit away from
tonight—the fact that we battled hard and responded when we needed to and
scored a big goal in the third period. Those are things we have to build on and
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40-footer that beat Hiller high to the stick side through a screen for his
eighth goal. “It was a hard-fought game,” Sutter said. “We got off to a good
start and did a lot of good things. I liked the way the forwards played in all
three zones and we moved the puck pretty good.” Visnovsky got the tying goal
against his former club with 3:11 left in regulation, beating Quick through a
screen with a 45-foot slap shot from above the right circle. Hagman opened the
scoring at 13:55 of the second, redirecting a long screened slap shot by
Visnovsky for his sixth goal of the season and fifth in 16 games since he was
claimed off waivers from Calgary on Nov. 14. Richards tied it at 16:17 of the
period, tipping in a shot by Doughty for his 12th goal overall and 10th in his
last 12 games after winning a faceoff deep in the zone. Richards missed eight
games with a concussion, which occurred on Dec. 1 when he was hit in the head by
Floridas Sean Bergenheim. The Kings were 2-6-0 in his absence. “Mike Richards is
a tenacious player and it was good to get him back in the lineup,” Sutter said.
“He makes a big difference.” The Kings have allowed just three goals in 57
short-handed situations over their last 14 games, but are only 4 for 54 on the
power play in their last 15 contests. They were 0 for 4 against the Ducks.
Notes: The Kings are 10-11-0 with three ties in their first game under a new
head coach, including a 4-2 win over Philadelphia in their inaugural game in
1967 under Red Kelly. Their home record under those circumstances is 7-4-0 with
two ties. ... The Kings have made the playoffs three times when changing coaches
during a season—1982 after Don Perry replaced Parker MacDonald, 1987 after
Mike Murphy took over for Pat Quinn, and 1988 after Robbie Ftorek succeeded
Murphy. ... The Kings will play all three of Sutters former teams—Chicago,
San Jose and Calgary—within the next 3 1/2 weeks, starting with the Sharks on
Friday night at San Jose. ... Sutter and Boudreau were teammates briefly with
the 1985-86 Blackhawks, on a roster that also included current Ducks general
manager Bob Murray. ... The Kings were 24-19-5 with five ties against teams
coached by Sutter, but finished lower in the Western Conference standings than
Sutters clubs in seven of his nine full seasons behind the bench. ... The last
time Sutter coached a game at Staples Center was April 2, 2004, when the Flames
clinched a playoff berth with a 3-2 win. ... The Ducks and Calgary are the only
teams that havent scored a short-handed goal. ’ ’ ’
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