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Boston Bruins scoring leader Adam Oates is expected to be sidelined two to four weeks with a right knee injury that should improve without surgery… . Montreal Canadiens left wing Brian Savage was named the NHL player of the week after recording seven goals and nine points in four victories… . Herve Filion, dubbed by one of his attorneys as the “Babe Ruth of harness racing,” pleaded innocent to charges that he fixed races at Yonkers Raceway in White Plains, N.Y. … Doug Barnett, winless in 30 games over three seasons at Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Mont., was fired as football coach… . Fernando Vargas of Oxnard, Calif., considered one of U.S. boxing’s most promising medal contenders for the 1996 Summer Olympics at Atlanta, has been cleared to compete as an amateur after a contract with two professional managers was rescinded.