OTTAWA (AP)—Mike Cammalleri, Marc-Andre Bergeron, Andrei Kostitsyn and Scott Gomez each scored and Jaroslav Halak added 45 saves as the Montreal Canadiens stormed past the Ottawa Senators, 4-1 Tuesday at Scotiabank Place in NHL action. Tomas Plekanec added three assists for the Habs, who improved to 15-14-2 on the season. Mike Fisher scored the sole goal for Ottawa, who fell to 14-11-4 with the loss. In other NHL action Tuesday, Philadelphia pounded the New York Islanders, 6-2, Nashville doubled up Vancouver, 4-2 and Anaheim edged Dallas, 4-3 in overtime.

NEW YORK (AP)—Greg Monroe had 24 points and 15 rebounds, while Austin Freeman nailed 4 of 5 3-pointers, scoring 18 points as the #13 Georgetown Hoyas bested the #20 Butler Bulldogs, 72-65 Tuesday at the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden. Monroe, last season’s Big East rookie of the year, posted his third double-double of the season for Georgetown, while the bigger Hoyas enjoyed a 43-30 rebound advantage and outscored the Bulldogs 30-16 inside the paint. Gordon Hayward had 24 points in the loss for Butler. In other Top 25 action Tuesday, Illinois overpowered #24 Vanderbilt, 79-68.

MONROE, Utah (AP)—Brittney Blackner had nine points to key a balanced scoring attack and the Beaver Lady Beavers gashed the South Sevier Lady Rams, 43-27 Tuesday in non-region girls basketball action. Kayla King had 14 points in the loss for South Sevier.

CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP)—Kaity Diaz had 15 points for the Delta Lady Rabbits in a 38-31 win over the Canyon View Lady Falcons in non-region girls basketball action Tuesday.

KANAB, Utah (AP)—Keilani Needham had 14 points and Chelsea Robinson added 13 more as the Desert Hills Lady Thunder edged the Kanab Cowgirls, 47-43 Tuesday in non-region girls basketball action. Samantha Houston had 13 points in the loss for Kanab.

PAROWAN, Utah (AP)—Rickie Warr’s 18 points led the way for the Parowan Lady Rams in a 48-26 rout of the Gunnison Lady Bulldogs in non-region girls basketball action Tuesday. Kayl Frandsen had six points for Gunnision in the loss.

SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP)—Kiz Farrer and Tessa Bradford each had 13 points and the Juab Lady Wasps got past American Leadership, 40-36 Tuesday in non-region girls basketball action.

BICKNELL, Utah (AP)—Chelsea Cox had 11 points, including three treys and the Manti Lady Templars got past the Wayne Lady Badgers, 40-35 in non-region girls basketball action Tuesday. Cassey Manzanares had 11 points to lead Wayne in the loss.

FILLMORE, Utah (AP)—McKinzie Robins posted 19 points and Sydney Asper chipped in with 11 more as the North Sevier Lady Wolves outlasted the Millard Lady Eagles, 49-47 Tuesday in non-region girls basketball action. Krystyn Stevens had 18 points for Millard in the loss.

CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP)—Chelsee Willardson amassed 16 points and Brooke Bliss added 13 more as the Richfield Lady Wildcats dismantled the Cedar Lady Reds, 47-32 in non-region girls basketball action Tuesday. Courtnie Duncan had 12 points for Cedar in the loss.

UTAH COUNTY (AP)—Thousands of NBA fans expecting to see Michael Jordan were instead shown an impostor at a Utah Flash game Monday evening. Flash owner Brandt Andersen denied deceiving anyone as he said if he couldn’t bring Michael Jordan in, he would make halftime entertaining anyway. For months, Andersen promoted a one-on-one matchup between former Utah Jazz forward Bryon Russell and Jordan, while Andersen also offered the winner of the proposed match $100,000 to the charity of their choice. Additionally, an online video was released Monday, depicting a man looking like Jordan eating at an Orem restaurant to boost interest in the game. The rematch was slated to take place during Monday’s Utah Flash game, but what happened next upset most of the 7,000 fans in attendance. During halftime, the lights at the McKay Events Center went dark while Russell came onto the court asking for Jordan. From the other side of the court, the Jordan impersonator came out, surrounded by bodyguards. A few moments later, Russell announced this was an impostor, causing much of the crowd to boo and leave early. Andersen has since apologized on his blog, expressing he didn’t intend to offend anyone.

(SALT LAKE CITY)—Last year’s debate over the use of the term “holiday trees,” instead of “Christmas trees,” is officially over for the Granite School District. Instead, the district is reminding principals that Christmas has a place in the district’s schools. Teachers are being told that while they don’t have to talk about Christmas, they don’t have to avoid it either.

(SALT LAKE CITY)—Republican U.S. Senator Bob Bennett has recruited more than 60 Utah mayors to help with his re-election campaign. Bennett is seeking a fourth term, but is facing several challengers from within his own party. Bennett’s campaign says the mayors will be responsible for recruiting potential delegates to the Republican state convention. Delegates will be selected in March and the convention is in May. Only candidates who fail to obtain 60 percent of delegate votes at the state convention will be forced into a primary.

(SPRINGDALE) – A master painter of southern Utah landscapes has died at the age of 77. Reports say that Jim Jones, a painter whose work became synonymous with the natural beauty of southern Utah, died early Saturday at his home in Springdale. Family members say he struggled with emphysema for many years. Jones painted an estimated 1400 works throughout his life with more than half portraying vistas and landscapes of the Grand Canyon and Zion National Park. Over the years, his numerous paintings have been displayed in the interiors of public schools, private businesses and even LDS temples. Jones was born in Cedar City and for ten years, spent winters in Mexico and summers in Utah. His family said that Jones never married nor had any children and eventually built a home across the Virgin River in the little town of Rockville. His funeral will be this Saturday in Cedar City.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) – The health care debate continues in week two as the Senate discusses various strategies over how to solve the crisis in the country. Sen. Bob Bennett spoke on the Senate floor Monday saying the goal to reforming health care is to turn the cost curve down rather than up but Democrats are boosting costs. Bennett said the costs of Medicare and Medicaid keep going up but if Democrats continue to push their health care plan, those costs will be off the grid and other programs will suffer. He says the “reform” bill will raise taxes, boost premiums and cut nearly a half trillion dollars from Medicare.

(RICHFIELD) – Richfield Fire Department crews were called to the BLM Field Office in Richfield Monday morning on a smoke alarm. Fire Chief Bryan Burrows said crews responded at about 8:30am and only found smoke in the building with no fire. He said crews determined an electrical motor had malfunctioned causing the smoke. No smoke damage was reported and no one was injured in the incident. Fire crews ventilated the building until the smoke was gone.