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| Crawford and Martin earn All-Star coaching berths |
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01/09/2003 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Vancouver's Marc Crawford and Ottawa's Jacques Martin will be the head coaches for the All-Star Game. This year's contest will be held on February 2 in Sunrise, Florida -- home of the Florida Panthers. The format will return to the East versus West conference matchup after five years of North American stars facing off against World stars. Crawford will coach the Western Conference and Martin will head the Eastern Conference. The Canucks' 6-4 victory over the Senators on Wednesda |
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| Jackets begin life after King in Minnesota |
NHL Hockey |
01/08/2003 |
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| since November 12. They are 2-1-1 in their last four games, but are coming off a 5-1 home loss to Nashville Monday night. With 34 points, Columbus holds the worst record in the Western Conference. General manager Doug MacLean, who guided the upstart Florida Panthers to the 1996 Stanley Cup Finals, will take the coaching reins for the rest of the campaign before searching for a permanent replacement in the offseason. "This was an extremely difficult decision to make because Dave King is a tremendous person who h |
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| Wings resume trek in Sunrise |
NHL Hockey |
01/08/2003 |
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| Sunrise, FL (MySportsbook) - The Detroit Red Wings continue their current road trip tonight when they visit the Florida Panthers at the Office Depot Center. Detroit has lost two of its last three games overall, and had a seven-game road unbeaten streak (4-0-3) halted in Tuesday's 1-0 loss to Tampa Bay. The Wings were stymied by Lightning goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin, who turned aside 30 shots on the night. The Bolts' Brad Richards scored the lone goal of the game, beating Curtis Joseph 2:18 into the third p |
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| Blue Jackets Team Report: Axe falls on King |
NHL Hockey |
01/07/2003 |
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| neral manager of the team in February, 1998, and a month later he was named president of the organization. He has spent the past 17 years in the National Hockey League, serving in a variety of coaching and personnel capacities with the Blue Jackets, Florida Panthers, Detroit Red Wings, St. Louis Blues and Washington Capitals. MacLean also served as head coach of the Panthers, where he compiled an 83-71-33 record. In his first season as a NHL head coach, he led the club to the 1996 Eastern Conference championshi |
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| Columbus fires Dave King |
NHL Hockey |
01/07/2003 |
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| neral manager of the team in February, 1998, and a month later he was named president of the organization. He has spent the past 17 years in the National Hockey League, serving in a variety of coaching and personnel capacities with the Blue Jackets, Florida Panthers, Detroit Red Wings, St. Louis Blues and Washington Capitals. MacLean also served as head coach of the Panthers, where he compiled an 83-71-33 record. In his first season as a NHL head coach, he led the club to the 1996 Eastern Conference championshi |
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| B's try to halt five-game slide |
NHL Hockey |
12/21/2002 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - The Boston Bruins hope to avoid their sixth straight loss tonight when they welcome the Florida Panthers to Beantown in the start of a brief two-game homestand. Boston wrapped up a three-game winless road trip in Washington on Thursday, as it fell 5-3 to the Capitals. The Bruins, who came back from a 4-0 deficit to pull within one, got two goals from Brian Rolston. Joe Thornton also lit the lamp and added an assist for Boston, while John Grahame struggled in the loss. He stopped j |
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| Panthers try to end four-game winless streak |
NHL Hockey |
12/20/2002 |
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| Buffalo, NY (MySportsbook) - The Florida Panthers try to halt a four-game winless streak tonight when they visit the Buffalo Sabres at HSBC Arena. Florida is 0-2-2 during the skid, on the heels of a two-game winning streak. Wednesday against Toronto the Cats capped off a four-game homestand with a 2-2 tie, as Jaroslav Bednar's goal 2:52 into the third period finished as the equalizer. Rookie defenseman Jay Bouwmeester added a goal for the Panthers, while netminder Roberto Luongo finished with 29 saves. The P |
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| Panthers Team Report: Opportunity missed |
NHL Hockey |
12/19/2002 |
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| (MySportsbook) - If the Florida Panthers hope to continue evolving from upstart to contender, they should file Wednesday's 2-2 tie with Toronto away for future reference. Florida rallied from a 2-0 deficit to salvage the cherished point, but fired at an 0-for-6 power-play clip on the night. That includes 1:44 of a 4-on-3 advantage in overtime that the Cats were unable to capitalize on. "I thought our power play was listless," said head coach Mike Keenan. "They weren't working hard enough. When you have good |
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| Leafs resume trek in Sunrise |
NHL Hockey |
12/18/2002 |
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| Sunrise, FL (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Maple Leafs continue a Southeast swing tonight when they visit the Florida Panthers at the Office Depot Center. Toronto has lost two of its last three games, including Monday's 1-0 setback in Atlanta. The Thrashers' Brad Tapper broke a scoreless tie with 3:42 left in the game, and goaltender Pasi Nurminen stymied the Leafs with 30 saves. The contest marked the second time this season that Toronto was blanked. The Maple Leafs went 0-for-6 on the power play Monday to co |
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| Panthers Team Report: Dynamic duo on the prowl |
NHL Hockey |
12/14/2002 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Any decent team in the National Hockey League must have at least two players it can count on to produce nightly. Right now the Florida Panthers have such a luxury. Olli Jokinen and Kristian Huselius have emerged as one of the most consistent one-two scoring punches in the league. Through 30 games the pair has accounted for 30 of Florida's 74 goals, which is a league-high 40 percent of the team's output. Huselius scored his 13th of the season with 4:08 remaining in the third period to lift th |
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