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| Avs look to secure home-ice advantage in first round |
NHL Hockey |
04/04/2003 |
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| ivision title since winning the Smythe in 1993 and in the process halt the Avalanche's amazing eight-year run as division champions. Colorado wasted a golden opportunity to narrow the gap on Wednesday when it dropped a 5-3 decision to the struggling Los Angeles Kings. Vancouver had skated to a tie with the Phoenix Coyotes earlier in the night. Steven Reinprecht posted a goal and an assist for Colorado, which had its three-game winning streak stopped. Milan Hejduk and Martin Skoula also scored, while Patrick Roy |
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| Canucks Team Report: Almost there |
NHL Hockey |
04/03/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - If the Vancouver Canucks wind up holding on to win the Northwest Division title, head coach Marc Crawford might want to place a call to someone in the Los Angeles Kings organization and offer his team's thanks. On Wednesday the Canucks entered the day just two points up on Colorado for the division lead with both in action that evening and the Avs still holding a game in hand. The Canucks, who played first, made things a bit interesting, as they skated to a 3-3 tie with the Phoenix Coyotes. W |
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| Canucks continue push towards Northwest title |
NHL Hockey |
04/02/2003 |
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| ods, are 8-3-4-1 in their last six road games and 23-10-6-1 away from home on the season. Phoenix, meanwhile, is just playing out the string and comes into Wednesday's affair riding a six-game losing streak after Monday's 5-4 overtime setback to the Los Angeles Kings. Mike Johnson scored twice, while Paul Mara and Paul Ranheim each added a goal for the Coyotes, whose current slide comes after three consecutive wins. Phoenix has dropped two straight at home and is 16-16-5-2 at America West on the year. Vancouver |
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| Canucks continue quest for top seed in LA |
NHL Hockey |
03/29/2003 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - The Vancouver Canucks will try to move closer to the top seed in the Western Conference this evening, when they head West to take on the Los Angeles Kings at the Staples Center. Vancouver is just two points back of top-seeded Dallas and one point behind second-place Detroit. The Canucks still haven't locked up the Northwest Division title, as Colorado is just four points behind with a game in hand. The Canucks have their next three contests on the road after winning three of t |
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| Avs welcome Kings to the Pepsi Center |
NHL Hockey |
03/27/2003 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - The Colorado Avalanche hope to regain their grasp on home- ice advantage tonight when they welcome the Los Angeles Kings to the Pepsi Center. The Avs, 0-0-1-1 on the heels of a 7-3-1 spurt, enter the night tied with the St. Louis Blues for fourth in the Western Conference at 95 points. Both clubs have six games remaining, and the Blues will host Florida this evening. Colorado is coming off Tuesday's 2-2 tie in Ottawa, as Alex Tanguay tied the game with 10.2 seconds to go in regulat |
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| Lightning's Prospal earns NHL weekly honor |
NHL Hockey |
03/17/2003 |
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| lied six points (three goals, three assists) and a had a plus-four rating in three Tampa Bay victories last week. The Lightning currently lead the Southeast Division with 82 points. Prospal recorded one goal and two assists in a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on March 12. Two days later, he had two goals and one assist in a 4-2 triumph at Buffalo. He is the club's leading scorer this season with 71 points (20 goals, 51 assists) in 70 games. Others considered for the award were Toronto Maple Leafs goalten |
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| Caps try to keep on rolling |
NHL Hockey |
03/14/2003 |
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| Washington, DC (MySportsbook) - The Southeast Division-leading Washington Capitals try to keep on rolling tonight when they welcome the Los Angeles Kings to MCI Center. Washington is 5-0-1-2 in its last eight tries and enters tonight's action with a lead of one on the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Southeast, and the latter club holds a game in hand. On Monday the Caps posted a 2-1 overtime win against visiting Philadelphia, as Peter Bondra scored a power-play goal 21 seconds into the extra session. Robert Lang t |
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| Rangers face NHL-best Senators |
NHL Hockey |
03/13/2003 |
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| he National Hockey League mountain with 86 points -- one ahead of Dallas -- and has opened up a seven-point lead on New Jersey in the Eastern Conference. The Senators were also active at the trade deadline, picking up center Bryan Smolinski from the Los Angeles Kings for prospect Tim Gleason. Smolinski has 18 goals and 20 assists in 58 games this season. The Sens have won four straight games and six of their last eight overall. On Tuesday they notched a 4-3 overtime win against Boston, as Radek Bonk provided the |
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| Phoenix welcomes Schneider, Red Wings to the desert |
NHL Hockey |
03/12/2003 |
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| his evening when they close a three-game road trip in Phoenix against the Coyotes at America West Arena. The Red Wings bolstered their lineup at the trading deadline on Tuesday, as they acquired offensive-minded defenseman Mathieu Schneider from the Los Angeles Kings for defenseman Maxim Kuznetsov, forward Sean Avery, a 2003 first-round pick and a second-round pick in 2004. On Monday, Detroit got a first-hand look at their new power-play quarterback, as the Red Wings responded from having their eight-game winnin |
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| Ottawa Senators |
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03/11/2003 |
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| Acquired center Bryan Smolinski from the Los Angeles Kings for the rights to defenseman Tim Gleason. |
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