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| Kovalev and Rangers skate into Sunrise |
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02/12/2003 |
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| Sunrise, FL (MySportsbook) - Alexei Kovalev will don Broadway blue tonight when the New York Rangers visit the Florida Panthers at the Office Depot Center. Kovalev will make his first appearance for the Blueshirts since being acquired from Pittsburgh in an eight-player deal on Monday. The Penguins sent Kovalev, forward Dan LaCouture and defensemen Janne Laukkanen and Mike Wilson to the Rangers in exchange for forwards Rico Fata and Mikael Samuelsson and defensemen Joel Bouchard and Richard Lintner, and a cas |
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| Penguins welcome Eastern Conference leaders to the Igloo |
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02/12/2003 |
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| matches, will host Edmonton on Thursday. Pittsburgh, meanwhile, snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over Boston on Saturday. But tonight's game will involve a very different Penguins team, as star winger Alexei Kovalev was traded to the New York Rangers in an eight-player deal on Monday. The cash-needy Pens shipped Kovalev, forward Dan LaCouture and defensemen Janne Laukkanen and Mike Wilson to the Rangers in exchange for forwards Rico Fata and Mikael Samuelsson and defensemen Joel Bouchard and Ric |
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| Another milestone for Modano |
NHL Hockey |
02/11/2003 |
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| s 1,000th game when his Stars welcome the Carolina Hurricanes to American Airlines Center. Modano, who will be honored by the team before the game, will become the second American player to reach the milestone with one franchise. Brian Leetch of the New York Rangers was the other. This has been a banner year for the 32-year-old Modano, who tallied his 500th career goal earlier in the season and just last Wednesday tallied his 600th assist to join Jeremy Roenick as the only American-born players to reach 400 goa |
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| Kovalev headed back to Big Apple |
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02/10/2003 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - The New York Rangers acquired forward Alexei Kovalev from Pittsburgh in an eight-player deal on Monday. The Penguins also sent forward Dan LaCouture and defensemen Janne Laukkanen and Mike Wilson to the Rangers in exchange for forwards Rico Fata and Mikael Samuelsson and defensemen Joel Bouchard and Richard Lintner. Kovalev, 29, ranked second on the Penguins and currently is fourth in the NHL with 64 points, tallying 27 goals and 37 assists in 54 games this season. Kovalev made |
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| Rangers skate into City of Brotherly Love |
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02/08/2003 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - The New York Rangers try to build upon their first positive sign under Glen Sather today when they visit the Philadelphia Flyers at First Union Center. After going 0-1-0-1 in Sather's first two games as coach, the Rangers skated to a 4-4 tie in St. Louis on Thursday to snap an overall five-game losing streak. Mikael Samuelsson scored two goals for New York, including the equalizer 13:28 into the third period. Bobby Holik and Boris Mironov added a goal and an assist apiece, w |
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| Hurricanes deal Kapanen to Philadelphia |
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02/07/2003 |
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| ut last year for the Flyers, scoring one goal in eight games. Brendl, who is still listed as a rookie, has a plus-minus rating of plus-eight this season. Brendl, 6"1' and 206 pounds, was selected with the fourth overall pick in the 1999 Draft by the New York Rangers. He joined the Flyers' organization prior to the start of last season as part of the trade that sent Eric Lindros to the Big Apple. "We were able to acquire two very good, young players for our team," said Hurricanes general manager Jim Rutherford. |
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| Rangers Team Report: Sather gets a point |
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02/07/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Anytime you get a point on the road you should be happy. However, if the New York Rangers plan on ending their postseason drought they have to start getting some victories, as they remained winless in their last six (0-4-1-1) after a 4-4 tie with the St. Louis Blues on Thursday. "It's one point and we had a good effort so we salvaged a tie," Bobby Holik said. "But we need to win games. It's better than losing. But great? No, not great." Displaying the lack of discipline that led to Bryan Tro |
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| Senators Team Report: Good point |
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02/07/2003 |
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| ining in the first. Daniel Alfredsson hustled in on a break-away but Cechmanek stacked his pads for the save. However, an onrushing White wristed the rebound high into the net for his 20th goal. White scored a pair of goals during a 5-3 win over the New York Rangers on Wednesday night. Roenick registered the equalizer at the 15:59 mark of the second period. Chouinard skated along the right boards into the Ottawa zone and banked a pass off the boards to Roenick. The All-Star forward then fired a shot through Pru |
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| Sens carry three-game losing streak into New York |
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02/05/2003 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - The Ottawa Senators try to snap a three-game losing streak tonight when they begin their post-All-Star break schedule against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. The Sens went into the league's hiatus with consecutive road losses in Dallas, Anaheim and Los Angeles. With 71 points, they are tied with the New Jersey Devils for first place in the Eastern Conference standings. Last Thursday in LA the Senators suffered a 3-0 defeat to the Kings, as they Last Thursday in LA |
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| Avs ride five-game unbeaten streak into Beantown |
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02/04/2003 |
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| Network) - The Colorado Avalanche try to carry their pre- break momentum over tonight when they put a five-game unbeaten streak on the line in Boston tonight. Colorado is 3-0-2 during its run, including last Thursday's 4-3 overtime win over the host New York Rangers. The win leaves the Avs with 56 points, which is still good for just fourth in the Northwest Division. They sit nine behind the first-place Vancouver Canucks. Against New York, Greg de Vries scored 2:29 into the extra frame to provide the heroics an |
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