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| Stars shoot for fifth straight win |
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11/20/2002 |
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| naheim in the Pacific. Tonight's contest will start a stretch of three games on the road, where Dallas is 5-4-3 this season. Phoenix also enters Wednesday's tilt on a winning note and is unbeaten in its last two (1-0-1), including a 4-4 tie with the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday. Ladislav Nagy notched a pair of goals and an assist for the Coyotes, who are just 1-3-1 in their last five. Mike Johnson netted the tying goal and had two assists for Phoenix, which came back from two goals down in the third period. Johns |
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| Rangers take ice without Trottier |
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11/19/2002 |
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| he injury has kept Trottier off the ice at practice for over a week. A trio of assistants, Ted Green, Terry O'Reilly and Jim Schoenfeld, will continue to run the squad in Trottier's absence. Before the season, Trottier, a one-time nemesis and former Colorado Avalanche assistant, became the 30th head coach in Rangers franchise history. Trottier scored 524 goals and had 901 assists during his 18- year career as a player in the NHL. He spent 15 years with the Islanders and three with the Penguins before being induct |
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| Blues Team Report: Tough stretch ahead |
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11/19/2002 |
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| mainder of the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), a torn medial collateral ligament (MCL) and torn cartilage in his right knee suffered in Friday's loss at Edmonton. Mayers joins the walking wounded of the Blues that already includes defenseman Chris Pronger (wrist/knee), left wing Keith Tkachuk (foot) and goaltender Brent Johnson (ankle), among others. WHAT'S AHEAD After the game in Columbus, the Blues will head home for three games against the LA Kings, Colorado Avalanche and San Jose Sharks. |
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| Coyotes welcome Avalanche to Phoenix |
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11/17/2002 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (MySportsbook) - The Phoenix Coyotes will try and make it two wins in a row on Sunday when they welcome the Colorado Avalanche to America West Arena. Phoenix, after dropping three straight, responded with an impressive 5-1 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Friday. Tony Amonte, Claude Lemieux and Daniel Briere each registered a goal and an assist to lead Phoenix to the victory. Brian Boucher registered 24 saves for the Coyotes, who scored four second-period goals in the win. Lemieux posted his 4 |
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| Stars target fourth straight win |
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11/17/2002 |
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| etwork) - The Dallas Stars will be shooting for their fourth consecutive win tonight when they host the Columbus Blue Jackets to cap off a two-game homestand at the American Airlines Center. After beating Montreal and Washington, the Stars edged the Colorado Avalanche, 4-2 on Friday to improve to 6-0-0-1 on its home ice this year. Mike Modano became the fifth American-born player to reach 1,000 career points and Pierre Turgeon snapped an early second-period tie with a power-play goal to lead Dallas to the win. Bi |
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| Coyotes Team Report: Amonte starting to break out |
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11/16/2002 |
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| scramble in front of the Thrashers' net. Lying on his stomach, Johnson slapped the puck past Nurminen. "(Our struggles) were certainly not because of Tony," Johnson added. "The problem was that we would get one goal, but were having trouble getting two or three. So this game was big in that we got that second and then the third goal." WHAT'S NEXT The Coyotes will start a three-game homestand on Sunday versus the Colorado Avalanche. The stretch will also include visits from the Dallas Stars and Florida Panthers. |
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| Modano reaches 1,000 points |
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11/16/2002 |
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| Dallas, TX (MySportsbook) - Dallas Stars center Mike Modano became the fifth American-born player to reach 1,000 career points during Friday's game against the Colorado Avalanche. Modano assisted on Ulf Dahlen's first-period goal to reach the milestone. He made a pass from the left circle to Dahlen, who chased his own rebound behind the net and scored after skating back out in front. The other Americans with 1,000 career points are Joe Mullen, Pat LaFontaine, Jeremy Roenick and Phil Housley. In his 14th NHL se |
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| Avs try for second straight win |
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11/14/2002 |
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| Nashville, TN (MySportsbook) - Two nights after snapping a five-game winless streak, the Colorado Avalanche seek their second straight victory when they visit the Nashville Predators at Gaylord Entertainment Center. Colorado, which was 0-3-1-1 during its skid, posted a 5-4 win over Columbus on Tuesday at the Pepsi Center. Milan Hejduk scored twice to lead the charge for the Avs, who battled back from a pair of one-goal deficits and fired 51 shots on net. Peter Forsberg, Radim Vrbata and Steve Reinprecht also t |
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| Avs top Jackets to earn first home win |
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11/13/2002 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - Milan Hejduk scored twice and the Colorado Avalanche fired off 51 shots on their way to a 5-4 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets at the Pepsi Center. Peter Forsberg scored a goal and added an assist for the Avs, who won for the first time at home this season (1-4-3-1). Radim Vrbata and Steve Reinprecht also found the back of the net for Colorado, while Patrick Roy made 31 saves, including 17 in the third period. Reinprecht also registered an assist. Marc Denis stopped 46 shots i |
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| Avs still trying for first win in Denver |
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11/12/2002 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - The perennial powerhouse Colorado Avalanche will try to win for the first time this season at home while ending a season-long, four-game losing streak tonight against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Pepsi Center. In eight games at home this year, the Avs are 0-4-3-1. Colorado has lost four in a row at home and the club is riding a five-game winless streak (0-3-1-1). However, the Avalanche have never lost to the Blue Jackets (8-0). On Sunday, Colorado suffered a 4-3 loss to the Nashvill |
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