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| East meets West in 53rd annual NHL All-Star Game |
NHL Hockey |
02/02/2003 |
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| urgh flank the wings. Jagr was selected to start for the 11th consecutive year, while Kovalev will play in just his second All-Star Game, and first as a starter. Mario Lemieux was voted in to the game as a starter but will not play (groin). Nor will New York Rangers defenseman Brian Leetch, who has been sidelined with a bruised ankle since December 3. The Eastern/Wales Conference holds an 18-7-1 advantage over the Western/Campbell in the all-time series. FIRST-TIMERS Fourteen players will be making their All-St |
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| Rangers lose in Sather's return to bench |
NHL Hockey |
01/31/2003 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - New York Rangers president and general manager Glen Sather returned to the bench as the club's coach on Thursday and the team continued its losing ways with a 4-3 overtime setback to the Colorado Avalanche at Madison Square Garden. Sather announced Thursday that he will assume the head coaching duties, one day after the firing of Bryan Trottier. New York rallied for two third-period goals to grab a 3-2 lead on Thursday, but Alex Tanguay scored with 4:18 left in regulation to tie |
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| Sather replaces Trottier as Rangers coach |
NHL Hockey |
01/30/2003 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - New York Rangers president and general manager Glen Sather announced Thursday that he will assume the head coaching responsibilities for the team. Sather becomes the 31st head coach in Rangers' history and replaces Bryan Trottier, who was fired Wednesday night. The Rangers are a disappointing 21-26-6-1 so far this season, and last in the Atlantic Division. With the 11th seed in the Eastern Conference, the Rangers are on the way to their sixth straight season without a playoff be |
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| Sather leads Rangers against Avs |
NHL Hockey |
01/30/2003 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Glen Sather returns to the coaching ranks this evening when his New York Rangers welcome the Colorado Avalanche to Madison Square Garden in the final game before the All-Star break for both teams. Sather, the team's general manager, takes over the struggling Blueshirts one day after dismissing rookie head coach Bryan Trottier on the heels of a three- game losing streak. The Rangers are a disappointing 21-26-6-1, which is good enough for 11th place in the Eastern Conference and d |
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| Rangers axe first-year head coach Trottier |
NHL Hockey |
01/29/2003 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - The New York Rangers fired first-year head coach Bryan Trottier on Wednesday. The Rangers are a disappointing 21-26-6-1 so far this season, and last in the Atlantic Division. With the 11th seed in the Eastern Conference, the Rangers are on the way to their sixth straight season without a playoff berth despite the league's highest payroll. New York has lost three straight games, including a pair to the lowly Atlanta Thrashers. "After the last three games we made the decision that |
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| Report: Rangers fire Trottier |
NHL Hockey |
01/29/2003 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - The New York Rangers have fired head coach Bryan Trottier, according to a published report on Wednesday. TSN-Canada reported that Trottier, who has guided the Rangers to a disappointing 21-26-6-1 first-half record, will not make it through his rookie coaching season. New York has lost three straight games, including a pair of convincing losses to the Atlanta Thrashers. Trottier was named the 30th head coach in Rangers' franchise history on June 6, 2002. The 46-year-old had been |
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| Caps look to move unbeaten string to five games |
NHL Hockey |
01/28/2003 |
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| ashington, DC (MySportsbook) - The Washington Capitals try to extend their unbeaten streak to five games tonight when they welcome the St. Louis Blues to MCI Center. Washington is 2-0-2 in the last four, including Sunday's 7-2 home pounding of the New York Rangers. Robert Lang scored twice and Sergei Gonchar added a goal and three assists to lead the effort for the first-place Caps. Jaromir Jagr and Kip Miller added a goal and two assists apiece, and Peter Bondra and Calle Johansson tallied as well. Olaf Kolz |
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| Thrashers attempt to match franchise-record unbeaten streak |
NHL Hockey |
01/28/2003 |
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| Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - The Atlanta Thrashers try to match their franchise-record unbeaten streak this evening when they welcome the New York Rangers to town in the second meeting between the two in four days. Atlanta, which is 2-0-1 in its last three, last went unbeaten in four straight from October 21-28, 2000 (1-0-3-0). Dany Heatley's second career hat trick lifted Atlanta to a 4-1 victory over the Rangers on Saturday. Vyacheslav Kozlov had three assists for the Thrashers, who improved to 4-1-1 under |
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| Avs target third consecutive win |
NHL Hockey |
01/28/2003 |
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| fenseman Derek Morris (orbital bone fracture). Sakic will miss another two-to-four weeks, while Morris will undergo surgery today before it's determined how long he'll be sidelined. The Avalanche, who have won two straight road games, will visit the New York Rangers on Thursday to lead into the All-Star Break. Columbus, meanwhile, snapped a two-game losing streak with Saturday's 4-1 home win over the New York Islanders. Marc Denis made 29 saves and the Jackets received goals from Andrew Cassels, Lasse Pirjeta, |
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| Rangers Team Report: Lost weekend |
NHL Hockey |
01/27/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - If Saturday's loss to the Atlanta Thrashers was not bad enough, Sunday's 7-2 setback to the Washington Capitals proved that the New York Rangers still has a ways to go if it plans on returning to the postseason for the first time in six seasons. "There's still a lot of season left and plenty of time to catch fire," said Matthew Barnaby. "But definitely losing these two games is huge and doesn't help us any." Jamie Lundmark provided both New York goals in Sunday's rout, but the Rangers allowe |
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