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| Blues Team Report: Osgood as it gets |
NHL Hockey |
03/27/2003 |
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| nded his points streak to five games (0g, 6a). MacInnis leads all NHL blueliners with 65 points (15g, 50a) overall. There is no rest for the weary, as the Blues get right back at it on Thursday when they start a four-game stretch at home against the Florida Panthers. The Blues have won six of their last seven in the friendly confines of the Savvis Center. St. Louis defeated Florida, 2-0, in Sunrise on December 22, 2001 and is 6-1-2 in the last nine meetings. The Cats are 0-3-1 in their last four trips to the St |
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| Sabres welcome Panthers to Buffalo |
NHL Hockey |
03/26/2003 |
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| Buffalo, NY (MySportsbook) - Two teams with their sights on next season face off tonight when the Buffalo Sabres welcome the Florida Panthers to HSBC Arena. Buffalo, which sits in a 27th-place tie with Atlanta in the NHL at 63 points, snapped a two-game losing streak (0-1-0-1) with a 4-3 home triumph over the Colorado Avalanche on Monday. Hecht scored twice, including the game-winner in overtime, as the Sabres came from behind to top the surging Avs. Maxim Afinogenov and Daniel Briere also found the back of |
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| Devils Team Report: Maintenance men |
NHL Hockey |
03/25/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - There might not be a more important night than Monday for the New Jersey Devils in their quest for the Atlantic Division crown. They were facing a lesser club in the Florida Panthers, while their chasers, the Philadelphia Flyers, were doing the same against the Atlanta Thrashers. A hiccup against a lower-rung squad could have spelled doom for either of the Atlantic combatants. Well, Philly did its job against Atlanta and it was just a matter of Jersey holding off youthful Florida. Martin Bro |
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| Potential playoff matchup in Big D |
NHL Hockey |
03/21/2003 |
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| 4-2-2 in its last eight on friendly ice and 24-5-6-1 in its arena this season. Minnesota continues its charge towards its first-ever playoff appearance and comes into Friday's game riding a two-game unbeaten streak after Wednesday's 3-1 win over the Florida Panthers. Dwayne Roloson stopped 25 of the 26 shots he faced to lead the Wild to the win. Antti Laaksonen, Sergei Zholtok and Pascal Dupuis all scored for Minny, which has only lost once in its last six games (4-1-1). Roloson is 2-0-1 in his last four appear |
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| Lightning target fourth straight win |
NHL Hockey |
03/17/2003 |
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| s the Wild' Manny Fernandez for five goals in the first period, and he was relieved by Dwayne Roloson for the remainder of the match. With the loss the Wild currently sit seventh in the Western Conference with 82 points -- one behind Anaheim. They are four up on eighth-place Edmonton. Minny, 1-3-1 in its last five road games, opened a four-game trek Saturday. Jacques Lemaire's crew will visit the Florida Panthers on Wednesday. Minnesota topped Tampa Bay, 5-3, on December 10 and is 4-0 in the three-year series. |
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| Penguins aim to halt winless streak |
NHL Hockey |
03/16/2003 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - The struggling Pittsburgh Penguins will attempt to put an end to their 11-game winless skid (0-10-1) this afternoon, when they host the Florida Panthers at the Igloo. Pittsburgh is in the midst of its third longest winless streak in team history and the longest in 18 years. The Penguins also own a home winless skid (0-6-1), equaling their second-longest ever. Pittsburgh is just 14-8-2-2 at home this year. Pittsburgh's struggles continued on Saturday with a 4-1 loss to in-state |
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| Canadiens skate into Sunrise to tangle with Panthers |
NHL Hockey |
03/12/2003 |
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| Sunrise, FL (MySportsbook) - The Montreal Canadiens, hanging onto faint playoff hopes resume their current road trip tonight when they visit the Florida Panthers at the Office Depot Center. With 66 points the Habs sit 10th in the Eastern Conference -- five behind the eighth-place Islanders, who hold a game in hand. The Rangers stand ninth with 67 points. Montreal made one significant move prior to Tuesday's trade deadline, sending veteran centerman Doug Gilmour to the Toronto Maple Leafs for a sixth-round pi |
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| St. Louis Blues |
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03/11/2003 |
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| Acquired forward Valeri Bure from the Florida Panthers in exchange for defenseman Mike Van Ryn; acquired goaltender Chris Osgood and a 2003 third-round draft pick from the New York Islanders for center Justin Papineau and a 2003 second-round draft pick. |
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| Ducks acquire veteran Niedermayer |
NHL Hockey |
03/11/2003 |
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| ntic NHL trade deadline, which was 3:00 PM (et). The Flames sent Niedermayer to the Ducks for goaltender Jean-Francois Damphousse and defenseman Mike Commodore. Niedermayer was in his second season in Calgary after playing his entire career with the Florida Panthers. The 28 year-old center has never quite lived up to his billing as a fifth overall draft pick (1993). His best season was 1995-1996, the year the Panthers went to the Stanley Cup Finals, when he scored 26 goals and dished out 35 assists in 82 games. |
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| Panthers ship Bure to St. Louis |
NHL Hockey |
03/11/2003 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - The St. Louis Blues acquired forward Valeri Bure and a conditional fifth-round pick in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft from the Florida Panthers on Tuesday in exchange for defenseman Mike Van Ryn. Bure, the younger brother of New York sniper Pavel, has just five goals and 21 assists this season. The 28-year-old right wing has struggled through knee troubles for a better part of the season and has not lit the lamp since November 9, a span of 31 games. Bure is currently sidelined with a |
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