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| Isles hope to run unbeaten string to three games |
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10/19/2002 |
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| Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - The New York Islanders try to run their unbeaten string to three games tonight when they battle the winless Atlanta Thrashers at Philips Arena. The Islanders played horribly for the first two periods against the Philadelphia Flyers Thursday, but rallied in the third frame with a pair of goals and skated to a 3-3 tie at the First Union Center. Trailing by two, the Isles pulled within a goal on Mark Parrish's tally with 8:43 left in the third period. Parrish skated to a loose puck i |
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| Thrashers activate Chris Tamer |
NHL Hockey |
10/18/2002 |
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| Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - The Atlanta Thrashers have activated defenseman Chris Tamer from injured reserve. Tamer, 31, missed the first three games of the regular season and the final three pre-season contests with a back injury. He is among the four remaining players selected in the 1999 NHL Expansion Draft still with the Thrashers. Tamer was originally the Pittsburgh Penguins' fourth-round pick in the NHL Entry Draft in 1990. He played in 78 games for the Thrashers last season and had three goals and thr |
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| Lightning hope to improve on best start ever |
NHL Hockey |
10/18/2002 |
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| Tampa, FL (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Lightning hope to continue their best start ever when they wrap up a three-game season-opening homestand against the Atlanta Thrashers at the St. Pete Times Forum Friday. Tampa, which will embark on a three-game road trip after the game, is off to a 2-0 start following victories over Southeast Division foes Florida and Carolina. Following a season-opening 4-3 overtime win over the Panthers in Sunrise, the Lightning pounded the Eastern Conference-champion Hurricanes, 5- |
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| Pens try to make it 13-0 against Thrashers |
NHL Hockey |
10/16/2002 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - The Pittsburgh Penguins seek their third consecutive victory tonight when they welcome the winless Atlanta Thrashers to the Igloo. Pittsburgh will face an Atlanta club that it's a perfect 12-0 against all-time. After getting pounded 6-0 by Toronto in the season opener, the Pens have reeled off back-to-back wins, over the Rangers (6-0) and the very same Maple Leafs who embarrassed them in the opener. Monday's affair at Air Canada Center was much tighter than the teams' first mee |
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| Wild try to stay perfect |
NHL Hockey |
10/15/2002 |
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| preseason (7-0-1). The Panthers are also coming off an overtime affair, their second of the season, but came out on the winning end. Olli Jokinen scored the game-winning goal with 10.2 seconds remaining in the extra session to lift Florida over the Atlanta Thrashers, 5-4, on Saturday. Jokinen also scored the tying goal in the third period and finished with four points. Viktor Kozlov added a goal and four assists for the Panthers, who fell in overtime to Tampa Bay in their opener on Thursday. On a 3-on-3 in over |
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| Blues hope for first win behind rookie netminder |
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10/15/2002 |
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| ots. Carolina, which is wrapping up a brief two-game road trip, will aim to bounce back after an embarrassing 5-1 loss to the hapless Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. The loss was the second game in as many nights for the Hurricanes, who upended the Atlanta Thrashers, 5-3, on Friday for their lone win of the season. Kevin Weekes, who replaced Arturs Irbe at the start of the second period, turned away 14 of the 16 shots he faced for the Hurricanes, who have been outscored 12-7 in their first three games. Irbe all |
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| Wild send Domenichelli to minors |
NHL Hockey |
10/11/2002 |
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| . Paul, MN (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Wild announced on Friday that the club has assigned forward Hnat Domenichelli to the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League. In addition, the club activated defenseman Willie Mitchell from the injured reserve list. The Wild acquired Domenichelli from the Atlanta Thrashers last season in exchange for Andy Sutton. In 67 NHL games last season, Domenichelli finished with nine goals and 16 assists. In 266 NHL games, the 26-year-old has scored 52 goals with 61 assists. |
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| Hurricanes try to stay unbeaten against Atlanta |
NHL Hockey |
10/11/2002 |
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| Raleigh, NC (MySportsbook) - Carolina aims to stay unbeaten against the Atlanta Thrashers and pick up its first win of the year when the two hook up at RBC Center Friday. Carolina is 12-0-3 all-time against Atlanta in the Thrashers' brief three-year history. However, five of the last seven matchups in this series have gone into overtime, including the last three in Hurricanes' home rink. On Wednesday the Hurricanes kicked off their 2002-03 season campaign with a 4-1 loss at the hands of the New York Rangers. |
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| Thrashers decide to rotate team captaincy among four players |
NHL Hockey |
10/10/2002 |
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| Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - The Atlanta Thrashers announced on Thursday that they will not designate one player as team captain. Instead, the Thrashers have decided to rotate the captaincy between Vyacheslav Kozlov, Uwe Krupp, Shawn McEachern and Jeff Odgers. "We're very fortunate to have our team captaincy represented by four veteran players who are proven winners and character people," said general manager Don Waddell. "They provide us with quality leadership and a winning attitude that will be highly bene |
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| 2002-03 NHL Season Outlook |
NHL Hockey |
10/09/2002 |
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| Let's not get carried away. The x-factor remains center Vincent Lecavalier, whose underachievement is a microcosm of the team's forgettable history. Thankfully, goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin will be there to win some games that aren't deserved. 14. Atlanta Thrashers - The team's rise from nothing will continue to revolve around the growth of sophomore stars Ilya Kovalchuk and Dany Heatley, but GM Don Waddell went out and acquired some proven veterans to surround the kids with. While Richard Smehlik, Uwe Krupp, |
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