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| Quest for Lord Stanley's Cup begins Tuesday |
NHL Hockey |
04/06/2008 |
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| season, setting the stage for the league's 90th chase for the Stanley Cup, which begins on Tuesday. The Western Conference playoff picture was not cemented until Colorado's 4-3 shootout win over Minnesota vaulted the Avs into sixth spot ahead of the Calgary Flames. Calgary now must face Pacific Division champion San Jose. In the Eastern Conference, playoff seeding was also up in the air until a Flyers win over the Penguins cost the Pens the top seed while elevating Philadelphia to the sixth slot. A Devils sho |
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| Iginla, Flames roast Canucks to end regular reason |
NHL Hockey |
04/06/2008 |
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| Vancouver, BC (MySportsbook) - Jarome Iginla netted his 50th goal of the season and added two assists as the Calgary Flames crushed the Vancouver Canucks, 7-1, in the regular season finale for both teams at General Motors Place. The win gives Calgary 94 points on the season and the team jumped over Colorado for the sixth spot in the Western Conference. However, the Avalanche have one game to play and will face Minnesota on Sunday. Iginla finished the season with 98 points (50 goals and 48 assists), which i |
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| Playoff-bound Flames visit Canucks in season finale |
NHL Hockey |
04/05/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - With all the playoff positions taken in the Western Conference, the Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks will meet tonight at General Motors Place to close out their regular seasons. The Flames made the postseason, while Vancouver, champions of the Northwest Division a year ago, will miss the playoffs for just the second time in seven years. Calgary has 92 points and is currently seventh in the Western Conference standings. The Flames are one point behind Colorado, which plays its final te |
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| Wild aim for Northwest crown in showdown vs. Flames |
NHL Hockey |
04/03/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Wild and Calgary Flames will try to sort out a crowded Northwest Division tonight, or make things worse, as they square off tonight at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild enter this game with 95 points and in first place in the division. For Minnesota, it is simple; win and it clinches its first-ever Northwest title since entering the league in 2000-01. However, should the Wild, who have already clinched a playoff spot for a third straight season, lose, then both the Colorado Avalan |
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| Flames, Oilers tangle in Edmonton |
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04/01/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Calgary Flames continue their season-ending four-game road trip tonight, as they visit the Edmonton Oilers and Rexall Place. The Flames are struggling down the stretch, as they have lost three of their last four games including the opener of this trip on Sunday. David Moss and Matthew Lombardi tallied for Calgary in its 6-2 loss to Vancouver. Miikka Kiprusoff had a horrid night, as he allowed four goals on just 13 shots. Curtis Joseph made 18 saves in relief. Calgary played on Sunday w |
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| Canucks move into eighth in West by routing Flames |
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03/31/2008 |
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| Vancouver, BC (MySportsbook) - Trevor Linden scored a pair of goals and Roberto Luongo made 27 saves as the Vancouver Canucks beat up on the Calgary Flames, 6-2, in a crucial Northwest Division showdown at General Motors Place. Sami Salo, Markus Naslund, Matt Pettinger and Brad Isbister also scored for Vancouver, which snapped a four-game skid and moved a point ahead of Nashville for the eighth and final spot in the Western Conference. Both clubs have three games remaining in the regular season, but the Pr |
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| Canucks moved into eighth in West by routing Flames |
NHL Hockey |
03/31/2008 |
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| Vancouver, BC (MySportsbook) - Trevor Linden scored a pair of goals and Roberto Luongo made 27 saves as the Vancouver Canucks beat up on the Calgary Flames, 6-2, in a crucial Northwest Division showdown at General Motors Place. Sami Salo, Markus Naslund, Matt Pettinger and Brad Isbister also scored for Vancouver, which snapped a four-game skid and moved a point ahead of Nashville for the eighth and final spot in the Western Conference. Both clubs have three games remaining in the regular season, but the Pr |
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| Red Wings top Nashville in OT |
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03/31/2008 |
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| k halted. Franzen's tally ended Ellis' franchise-record 233 minute and 39 second shutout streak. Nashville now has 87 points, but is one behind Vancouver for the eighth and final postseason berth in the Western Conference. The Canucks beat up on the Calgary Flames, 6-2, on Sunday. After a scoreless first period, the Red Wings game out for the second, opening up things on the offensive end, but Ellis, who was coming off back-to-back shutouts of Columbus was equal to the task, knocking away 16 shots in the fram |
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| Canucks and Flames meet in B.C. |
NHL Hockey |
03/30/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Vancouver Canucks will try to snap out of their recent funk and get back on the right track to the postseason tonight, as they welcome the Calgary Flames to General Motors Place. The Canucks have lost four in a row and are now tied with Nashville and Edmonton for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. The Predators, who play today in Detroit, currently hold the tiebreaker with one more win on the year than Vancouver. Both the Canucks and Nashville have four games |
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| Flames, Oilers meet for pivotal test in Calgary |
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03/29/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Calgary Flames will try to gain some ground in the Northwest Division race tonight, as they welcome the Edmonton Oilers for a battle at the Saddledome. The Flames come into tonight's test with 90 points and are tied with Colorado for second in the Northwest, which Minnesota currently leads with 93 points. Both the Avalanche and Wild are idle today. Calgary is also tied with the Avs and Dallas for fifth place in the Western Conference. The Stars will play today in Los Angeles. Edmonton, |
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