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| Marc-Andre Fleury back, but Penguins undecided when he will play |
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02/24/2008 |
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| getting hurt against Calgary, Fleury had won his last four starts and was 9-8-1 with a 2.90 goals-against average. He tied for third in the NHL with 40 victories last season. The Penguins play their next three on the road, starting Tuesday at the New York Islanders. Ty Conklin has a 16-4-5 record as the starter with Fleury out, but Dany Sabourin (10-9-1, 2.75 goals-against average) is also expected to stay with the team. Asked when Fleury might start, coach Michel Therrien said, ``I don't know. He hasn't pra |
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| Surging Ducks take on Blackhawks |
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02/24/2008 |
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| s will aim for their fourth consecutive victory and ninth in 10 games when they welcome the Chicago Blackhawks for tonight's test at the Honda Center. The Ducks are 8-1-0 in their last nine games, a stretch that began with a 3-0 road win against the New York Islanders in Teemu Selanne's first game of the year. Selanne opted to return to the ice rather than retire and signed a deal to stay with Anaheim for the rest of the season. The Finnish winger had three goals and three assists in nine games for the Ducks this |
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| Drury returns to Buffalo as Rangers visit Sabres |
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02/23/2008 |
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| HSBC Arena. The Sabres have won back-to-back games and are 10-2-2 in their last 14 outings. Buffalo comes into today's action with 68 points and is tied with Boston and the Rangers for the final three postseason spots in the Eastern Conference. The New York Islanders are also just one point behind the trio. The game also marks Rangers center Chris Drury's first game in Buffalo since bolting the Sabres for free agency this offseason. Drury played three seasons in Buffalo and scored 37 goals for a Sabres team that |
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| Hurricanes, Caps meet in Raleigh for Southeast showdown |
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02/23/2008 |
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| urricanes, who are 16-11-3 as the host this year. Carolina has won five of six and six of its last eight tests in Raleigh. The Capitals, meanwhile, have lost three of their last four games and are coming off Wednesday's close setback to the visiting New York Islanders. Mike Comrie scored the lone goal of the shootout, leading the Islanders to the 3-2 decision at the Verizon Center. On the last chance of the third round, Comrie skated in, made a quick fake with his stick, and slid a backhander through Olaf Kolzig' |
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| Rolling Isles visit Devils at the Rock |
NHL Hockey |
02/23/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The red-hot New York Islanders will aim for their longest winning streak since the 1989-90 season when they visit the rival New Jersey Devils today for an afternoon battle at the Prudential Center. The Islanders have won six consecutive contests, giving the club its longest winning stretch since another six-gamer from December 21-31, 2003. New York hasn't won seven in a row since a nine-game win streak that went from December 31-January 19 of the 1989-90 season. New York's surge has placed the |
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| New Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross a lifelong fan |
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02/23/2008 |
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| t us to discuss at this time.'' Last year Forbes Magazine valued the Dolphins franchise at $942 million, with a revenue stream of about $215 million. The valuation makes Miami the 15th-priciest NFL franchise. Ross was a minority partner with the New York Islanders, and was part of a group in 1990 that tried to bring baseball to Miami before Huizenga became founding owner of the Florida Marlins. Ross also made an unsuccessful bid for the New York Jets in 1999. ``My interest and passion has strictly been fo |
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| Islanders' center Sillinger to undergo season-ending hip surgery |
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02/23/2008 |
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -New York Islanders center Mike Sillinger will undergo season-ending hip surgery within the next week. Sillinger hasn't played since Feb. 5 when he was forced out of the lineup by a nagging hip injury. The 36-year-old is in the second season of a three-year deal that pays him $2.2 million this season and $2.3 million for 2008-09. The surgery will be performed in Colorado by the doctor who operated on Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro last summer, the team said Saturday before facing the New |
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| Islandders' C Sillinger to undergo season-ending hip surgery |
NHL Hockey |
02/23/2008 |
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -New York Islanders center Mike Sillinger will undergo season-ending hip surgery within the next week. Sillinger hasn't played since Feb. 5, when he was forced out of the lineup by a nagging hip injury. The 36-year-old player is in the second season of a three-year deal. The team said Saturday that the surgery will take place in Colorado.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritt |
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| Isles ink Hunter to five-year deal |
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02/22/2008 |
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| Uniondale, NY (MySportsbook) - The New York Islanders signed forward Trent Hunter to a five-year contract extension on Friday. Hunter, who was set to become an unrestricted free agent this summer, has eight goals and 24 assists in 62 games this season. He has 69 goals and 88 assists in 306 games over five seasons, all with the Islanders. The 27-year-old Hunter was drafted by Anaheim in the sixth round of the 1998 NHL draft, but he was traded to the Islanders in 2000. He has five points in his last eight games. |
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| Hunter signs a five-year extension with the Islanders |
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02/22/2008 |
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UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) -Trent Hunter signed a five-year, $10 million contract extension with the New York Islanders on Friday. Hunter will earn $2 million per season through 2012-13. He is making $1.55 million this season and was set to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1. The Islanders completed the deal ahead of Tuesday's trade deadline. ``This is what I was determined to see happen all along - a long-term deal,'' Hunter said in a release. ``The contract got done today with a lot of respect and cla |
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