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| Avery returns for second helping with Rangers |
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03/03/2009 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Sean Avery's return to the NHL was finalized on Tuesday, as the New York Rangers claimed him off re-entry waivers from the Dallas Stars. The Stars placed the embattled forward on re-entry waivers Monday, after Avery had not suited up for the club since his inappropriate comments in Calgary on December 2 eventually led to a league-imposed six-game suspension. Avery has been playing for the Rangers' American Hockey League affiliate in Hartford since Dallas placed him on regular wa |
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| Calgary acquires D Nycholat off waivers |
NHL Hockey |
03/03/2009 |
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| Calgary, AB (MySportsbook) - The Calgary Flames acquired defenseman Lawrence Nycholat off waivers on Tuesday. The blueliner registered one assist in 14 contests with Vancouver this season following his trade from Ottawa on September 2. For his career, Nycholat has two goals, seven assists and 24 penalty minutes in 45 games with the Canucks, Senators, Washington and New York Rangers. |
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| Panthers visit Thrashers in Southeast battle |
NHL Hockey |
03/03/2009 |
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| he Southeast-leading Washington Capitals. The win over Washington came just one day after Florida was slammed, 7-2, in New Jersey. With 72 points, the Panthers are 13 behind Washington for first place in the division, but they are also tied with the New York Rangers for sixth place in the Eastern Conference. Bryan McCabe notched a goal and three assists to lead the Panthers to the lopsided win in Washington. Stephen Weiss had a goal and two helpers, while Jassen Cullimore, Richard Zednik, Michael Frolik and Jay |
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| Avery placed on re-entry waivers |
NHL Hockey |
03/02/2009 |
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| n Avery on re-entry waivers Monday. Avery has been playing for the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League since they Stars placed him on waivers February 7 and assigned him to the club three days later. Hartford is the AHL affiliate of the New York Rangers, the team it has been widely speculated that Avery will rejoin. The North York, Ontario native spent two seasons with the Rangers prior to a signing a four-year, $15.5 million deal with Dallas as a free agent this past offseason. Avery logged three |
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| Avs aim to halt four-game skid versus Islanders |
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03/02/2009 |
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| e with just 45 points, while Colorado is 15th in the West with 57 points. The Avalanche have been outscored 10-1 in their last two games, as they were blanked by New Jersey, 4-0, on Thursday before getting handed a 6-1 thrashing Saturday against the New York Rangers. Scott Gomez posted a goal and two assists as the Rangers used a four-goal first period en route to the lopsided victory at Madison Square Garden. Ryan Smyth notched the lone goal for the Avalanche. Starter Peter Budaj was victimized for three goals |
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| Struggling Rangers host Avs at MSG |
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02/28/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - A recent head coaching change was designed to shake the New York Rangers out of a lengthy funk, but so far the switch hasn't produced improving results. The badly-slumping Blueshirts will attempt to snap a four-game losing streak and win for the first time under John Tortorella's watch when the Colorado Avalanche enter Madison Square Garden tonight. The Rangers replaced Tom Renney with the fiery Tortorella, who guided Tampa Bay to a Stanley Cup title in 2003-04, on Monday, one day after a ho |
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| Sabres limp into road test against Isles |
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02/28/2009 |
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| The triumph drew Carolina even with Buffalo in the race for the eighth and final playoff seed in the tightly-bunched Eastern Conference. Both clubs have 69 points, which is one point more than 10th-place Pittsburgh and one less than Florida and the New York Rangers, who are tied for sixth in the standings. The Sabres will attempt to rebound against an Islanders squad that was dealt its ninth defeat in its last 11 outings with Thursday's narrow loss to Toronto. Tim Stapleton scored the winning goal in the third |
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| Leafs streak into Ottawa |
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02/28/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Riding their longest winning streak of the season, the Toronto Maple Leafs head into Ottawa's Scotiabank Place tonight for a divisional showdown with the rival Senators. After sweeping a home-and-home set with the reeling New York Rangers earlier in the week, the Maple Leafs picked up their third consecutive victory by edging the New York Islanders, 5-4, in a shootout Thursday at Nassau Coliseum. Tim Stapleton, making his NHL debut, scored in the third round of the shootout to give Toronto i |
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| Brodeur, Devils host Panthers at the Rock |
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02/28/2009 |
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| 0-10-1 at The Rock this year and haven't lost as the host since February 7. The Panthers were also last in action on Thursday, when they got goals from David Booth and Nathan Horton a minute apart in the third period in a 2-1 win over the struggling New York Rangers. The victory moved Florida into a tie with the Rangers for sixth overall in the Eastern Conference. Both clubs have 70 points on the season and trail fifth- seeded Montreal by three points in the standings. Making his second straight start in place |
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| Cammalleri, Kiprusoff carry red-hot Flames over Wild |
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02/28/2009 |
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| ng in the second. Cammalleri added a power-play goal at 14:39 of the third period, and Bergeron spoiled Kiprusoff's shutout bid less than two minutes later. Game Notes Cammalleri leads the Flames with 32 goals...Originally taken ninth overall by the New York Rangers in 1999, Lundmark scored for the first time since March 21, 2007...Calgary has won all four of its meetings with the Wild this season...Flames captain Jarome Iginla collected an assist and now needs just one point to match Theo Fleury's club record |
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