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| Stars hope to get back on track against Penguins |
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03/02/2003 |
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| night. Dallas, which has 1-0-2 in its last three on home ice, will be starting a four-game homestand tonight. On their ice this season, the Stars are 21-3-6-1. Pittsburgh, meanwhile, comes into Sunday's tilt on a losing note after falling 4-1 to the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday. Lemieux lit the lamp for the Penguins, who have dropped their last four games to fall deeper out of the playoff picture. With 59 points, the Penguins are tied for 11th in the Eastern Conference standings with the Florida Panthers, eight |
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| Blackhawks limp home to face Avalanche |
NHL Hockey |
03/02/2003 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - The Chicago Blackhawks try to halt a six-game losing streak tonight when they return home to the United Center to face the Colorado Avalanche. The Hawks' latest setback came on Saturday with a 5-4 overtime loss to the surging Nashville Predators, who with 65 points, moved three points ahead of Chicago in the Western Conference standings. Lyle Odelein, Chris Simon, Alexei Zhamnov and Steve Thomas each scored for the Blackhawks, who are 1-8-0-1 in their last 10. The Blackhawks were a |
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| Canucks hope to bounce back in Montreal |
NHL Hockey |
03/01/2003 |
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| likely have to sit this one out. Markus Naslund, who leads the NHL with 41 goals and 84 points, extended his point streak to three games with an assist. He has three goals and eight assists in that stretch. Vancouver, with 85 points, still leads the Colorado Avalanche by seven in the Northwest and have also drawn within two of the Dallas Stars for the Western Conference lead. The Canucks will be starting a six-game trip tonight on the road, where they are unbeaten in their last seven tries (5-0-2). Away from home |
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| Canucks Team Report: Costly loss |
NHL Hockey |
02/28/2003 |
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| soon." Vancouver dropped to 10-1-4 in its last 15 games and lost for the first time since a setback to Detroit on January 24. The loss also snapped a five-game winning streak. The Canucks, though, with 85 points still hold a seven-point edge on the Colorado Avalanche in the Northwest Division and have drawn within two of the Dallas Stars for the top-spot in the Western Conference. After the game, however, all the attention turned to the two injured stars. "You can't replace [Bertuzzi], there's no doubt about tha |
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| Hartley heads to Denver for first time since dismissal |
NHL Hockey |
02/27/2003 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - The Colorado Avalanche try to push their winning streak to three games tonight when they welcome former coach Bob Hartley and the Atlanta Thrashers to the Pepsi Center. Hartley, who guided the Avs to four division titles and a Stanley Cup championship two years ago, was fired back on December 18 after the team got off to a 10-8-9-4 start. The team has flourished under new head coach Tony Granato and after topping the New York Rangers on Sunday, the Avs made it two wins in a row by d |
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| Vancouver targets 14-game unbeaten streak |
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02/25/2003 |
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| r is unbeaten (4-0-2) in its last six home games to improve to 17-9-5 at GM Place. The Canucks are 4-0-0 versus the Southeast Division and 10-3-1 against the Eastern Conference. The Canucks' unbeaten streak has helped them hold off the hard-charging Colorado Avalanche in the Northwest Division. Vancouver owns an eight-point advantage over the Avs. Atlanta is headed in the opposite direction with just a 1-4-2 mark in its last seven contests. The Thrashers did manage to skate to a 3-3 tie with the Edmonton Oilers, |
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| Sakic set to return, as Avs welcome Oilers to town |
NHL Hockey |
02/25/2003 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - Joe Sakic returns for the Colorado Avalanche this evening when they host the Edmonton Oilers at the Pepsi Center. Sakic has been sidelined for the past 15 games with a broken bone in his right foot. The Avs went 12-1-1-1 without Sakic in the five weeks he missed with the injury. Courtesy of its hot play, Colorado has pulled within eight points of first place Vancouver in the Northwest Division. The Avs reside in fifth place in the Western Conference, just one point back of St. Louis |
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| Holik skates back into the Meadowlands |
NHL Hockey |
02/25/2003 |
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| have won 10 of their last 13 games at home, are 16-7-3-3 at home on the season and will head to Long Island to face the Islanders on Thursday. New York, on the other hand, saw its dim playoff hopes get a bit dimmer on Sunday when it fell 4-1 to the Colorado Avalanche. Eric Lindros netted the only goal for New York and Mike Dunham stopped 20 shots for the Rangers, who had a two-game winning streak snapped. Holik has not been the difference-maker he was brought into be. After missing the team's first 18 games, the |
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| Teams to beat in the NHL? Still the usual suspects |
NHL Hockey |
02/22/2003 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - It appears as if we are seeing the dawning of a new age in the National Hockey League. Finally there are teams to challenge the dominance the Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche have established over the past eight years. Looks can, however, be a bit deceiving as we all know. The Ottawa Senators and Vancouver Canucks are the clubs who have broken down the wall that separates the middle of the road and those teams of elite status. After years of being either a low seed or |
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| Avalanche Team Report: Streaks squashed on Long Island |
NHL Hockey |
02/22/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Colorado Avalanche entered Friday's contest at Nassau Coliseum against the New York Islanders riding a pair of significant streaks. The team had not suffered a regulation loss in 14 straight games (11-0-2-1) and had scored the game's first goal in those same 14 contests. Well, Dave Scatchard's goal just 2:28 into the game made the second streak a thing of the past and by game's end, the Avalanche turned their sights on starting a new string because the Islanders and Garth Snow handed them |
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