Bure Leads World Team to NHL All-Star Game Victory Perhaps 2000 is the Year of the Panther. Pavel Bure collected three goals, an assist and a new pickup truck and Florida Panthers teammate Viktor Kozlov added three assists to power the World team to a 9-4 rout of North America at the 50th NHL All-Star Game Sunday. Playing on a line with younger brother Valeri, Bure scored twice in the second period and completed the 11th hat trick in All-Star history in the middle of a third-period flurry that put away the game. He was the easy choice as Most Valuable Player, which includes a new Dodge pickup truck. ``It was just a special night for me,'' the elder Bure said. ''I was playing with my brother, he set up two goals for me. Plus, he helped me get MVP. Just a special night.'' Pavol Demitra of the St. Louis Blues scored twice and Martin Rucinsky of the Montreal Canadiens also had three assists for the World squad, which recorded its first victory in three tries under this international format. The five-goal victory, meanwhile, was the most lopsided since the Prince of Wales Conference crushed the Campbell Conference, 16-6, in 1993. The exploits of Pavel Bure, Kozlov and Panthers left wing Ray Whitney -- who had a goal and an assist for North America -- lent a distinctly South Florida feeling to All-Star weekend. The Panthers sit atop the Southeast Division at the break. ``Always nice to see your teammates doing so well,'' Bure said. ``Ray Whitney was playing really great. He got a goal, great setup. Kozlov was on our line, so he helped us a lot, too.'' ``I'm sure our management is happy with the way these guys performed,'' Whitney added. ``It's a good showcase for Florida, who hasn't had (an All-Star) representative for the last couple of years.'' A first-time All-Star, Kozlov helped the World capture Saturday's SuperSkills competition by sharing victory in the accuracy shooting competition. ``It's been a very good year for us,'' he said. ``And the year is not over.'' Sunday belonged to Pavel Bure, the NHL's leading goal-scorer and arguably its most exciting player. After assisting on a first-period tally by Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Dimitri Yushkevich, he was set up twice by his brother in the opening nine minutes of the second. ``He's a very electrifying player,'' Valeri Bure said of his sibling. ``He brings a lot of fans out of their seats. I am his biggest fan. Sometimes when I am watching, I am doing a lot of the standing.'' The World team peppered the net with 20 shots -- two short of a record -- in the opening period before scoring on its first attempt against five-time All-Star Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils in the second. ``He's a talented player and he looked like he wanted to win the MVP award out there,'' Brodeur said. ``He was working real hard.'' Pavel took a perfect pass from Valeri and scored on a slap shot from the top of the left faceoff circle at the 33-second mark. The ``Russian Rocket'' struck again at 8:38 off another pass from his less-heralded brother. ``It is actually pretty easy to play with him,'' said Valeri Bure. ``Every time you give him the puck, it is 99 percent a goal.'' While the Bures were wreaking havoc at the other end, Tommy Salo of the Edmonton Oilers was putting on a show in the World net, stopping breakaways by Brendan Shanahan of the Detroit Red Wings and John LeClair of the Philadelphia Flyers -- both former 50-goal scorers -- and Whitney. ``It was fun,'' said Salo, a first-time All-Star. ``I told myself to have fun, whether they score goals on me or not. It's fun to see the great players coming down on breakaways, and it's even better to stop them.'' ``We missed some breakaway opportunities in the second and I just blame the forwards,'' joked North America coach Pat Quinn of the Maple Leafs. The Swedish netminder finally surrendered one at 12:14 to Tony Amonte of the Chicago Blackhawks after Mike Modano of the Dallas Stars skated behind the net to get Salo out of position. Ray Bourque of the Boston Bruins, who already tied Wayne Gretzky's record with his 18th consecutive All-Star appearance, established another mark with his 13th career assist. Just under five minutes later, however, Mark Messier of the Vancouver Canucks matched Bourque's record by setting up Whitney's goal that made it 5-4. But the third period was one of World domination. Demitra got his second of the game at 8:52 at the end of a pretty three-way passing play. Pavel Bure completed the fourth All-Star hat trick in as many years just 39 seconds later, knocking in a rebound of a shot by World captain Nicklas Lidstrom of the Red Wings. Miroslav Satan of the Buffalo Sabres got into the act 80 seconds later, making it 8-4 by deflecting in a backhanded pass by Mariusz Czerkawski of the New York Islanders. Radek Bonk of the Ottawa Senators capped the rout in the final minute. Olaf Kolzig of the Washington Capitals stopped eight shots to become the first goaltender to emerge unscathed in All-Star competition since Brodeur played a scoreless first period in 1996. ``In an All-Star Game, the Europeans know how to play puck control and fill the lanes and hit people at top speed. It didn't help that we weren't backchecking,'' Whitney said. The North Americans appeared out of sync in the first period, falling behind, 2-0, on goals by Demitra and Hart Trophy winner Jaromir Jagr of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Curtis Joseph got a piece of a point-blank shot by Maple Leafs teammate Yushkevich and the puck glanced off the right goalpost. But Demitra swept it in from the bottom of the right circle to open the scoring at 3:12. Roman Turek of the Blues made several stops to protect the lead before Jagr, who garnered a record total in All-Star fan balloting, scored his fourth career All-Star goal. He beat Devils defenseman Scott Stevens to a rebound and put the puck under Joseph at 10:50. Joe Sakic of the Colorado Avalanche got the North Americans on the board on their 11th shot at 13:56, but Yushkevich awakened the hometown fans 39 seconds later to restore the World's two-goal lead. The North American stars got within 3-2 in the final minute of the period as Modano intercepted Turek's clearing attempt and found Jeremy Roenick of the Phoenix Coyotes alone in the low left circle for his fifth career All-Star goal. Roenick has scored in five of his six All-Star appearances.