Inside: The Week In Sports

NHL
The increase in penalties shows that old-time playoff hockey is back ? Buffalo's Thomas Vanek has become one of the league's most dangerous scorers

College Football
New coach Butch Davis begins his overhaul of the North Carolina program ? Four other prominent coaches who are starting over

LET'S SPRAY ON Shortly after the puck—and some ice—dropped in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal last Thursday at Detroit's Joe Louis Arena, the Sharks and defenseman Scott Hannan (22) jumped out to a 2--0 lead. San Jose hung on to win by that score, but the Red Wings evened the series with a 3--2 victory last Saturday.