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| Phoenix Coyotes |
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06/22/2008 |
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| Acquired right wing Alex Bourret from the New York Rangers for a third-round pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. |
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| Kings buy out Cloutier |
NHL Hockey |
06/21/2008 |
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| from Vancouver, where he had posted three straight 30- win seasons, in July 2006. He proved to be a bust in Los Angeles as he appeared in just 33 games over two seasons and just nine last season. Over those 33 games he posted a 8-18-3 mark with a 3.83 goals-against average and a .844 save percentage. A first round pick by the New York Rangers in 1994, he has appeared in 353 games (322 starts) and has posted a record of 139-144-34-4 with a 2.78 GAA and 15 shutouts with the Rangers, Lightning, Canucks and Kings. |
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| NHL threatening Rangers' owners |
NHL Hockey |
06/19/2008 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - The National Hockey League could start disciplinary proceedings against the ownership of the New York Rangers, if a judge agrees that the team breached its contract by challenging league rules. League actions that could be taken against Madison Square Garden, which owns the Rangers, could include a suspension or termination of ownership. The NHL filed a counterclaim in a U.S. District Court on Thursday, asking a judge to allow the league's Board of Governors to start disciplinar |
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| 2008 NHL Entry Draft: Players to Watch |
NHL Hockey |
06/18/2008 |
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| 5-pound centerman recently completed his freshman season at Boston University and was third on the Terriers in scoring with 35 points (12 goals, 23 assists). Wilson played for Team USA at the 2008 World Junior Championships in the Czech Republic and notched six goals and one assist in six games. Although he's not known as a strong skater, Wilson's strength and balance are his biggest assets on offense. He also has an NHL pedigree as his father Carey Wilson played for Calgary, Hartford and the New York Rangers. |
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| Anderson, Larionov headed to Hockey Hall of Fame |
NHL Hockey |
06/17/2008 |
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| 50-goal plateau twice (1983-84, 1985-86) and scored 100-or-more points three times (1981-83, 1985-86) for the Oilers, and was an integral piece of the franchise which won five Stanley Cups in seven seasons from 1984-90. Anderson was also part of the New York Rangers' 1994 Cup victory. Larionov enjoyed two distinct careers during a 26-year hockey sojourn. The Russian center spent 11 seasons in his homeland, including eight with the famed Red Army squad. Teamed with wingers Sergei Makarov and Vladimir Krutov, the |
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| Caps' Ovechkin wins NHL MVP, now seeks the Cup |
NHL Hockey |
06/12/2008 |
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| >Martin Brodeur, meanwhile, refuses to give up the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's best goaltender. The New Jersey Devils stalwart won the award for the fourth time in five seasons, edging Evgeni Nabokov of the San Jose Sharks and Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers. ``I was really happy with the way I played,'' said Brodeur. ``(My health) has been great in the last four or five years. I don't know if it was the rest during the lockout or what, but I feel great.'' His four Vezinas are second only to the six |
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| Ovechkin and Boudreau honored in Caps' big night |
NHL Hockey |
06/12/2008 |
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| d finished the year with 96 career shutouts - seven shy of leader Terry Sawchuk. He reached 40 wins for the third straight year and the seventh time in his career. Brodeur had a 44-27-6 record with a 2.17 goals-against average and four shutouts. New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist was a finalist for the third straight season, and San Jose's Evgeni Nabokov - who led the NHL with 46 wins - was a first time finalist. In other awards, Jason Blake of the Toronto Maple Leafs, diagnosed with leukemia just b |
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| NHL 2007-08 Awards Finalists |
NHL Hockey |
06/12/2008 |
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| Phaneuf, Calgary Flames.Lady Byng TrophyMost Sportsmanlike Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings; Jason Pominville, Buffalo Sabres; Martin St. Louis, Tampa Bay Lightning.Vezina TrophyTop Goaltender Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils; Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers; Evgeni Nabokov, San Jose Sharks.Masterton TrophyPerseverance, Sportsmanship and Dedication to Hockey Jason Blake, Toronto Maple Leafs; Chris Chelios, Detroit Red Wings; Fernando Pisani, Edmonton Oilers.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. |
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| Linden retires from NHL after 2 decades |
NHL Hockey |
06/11/2008 |
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| assists, second to only Markus Naslund with 318 goals, and as the team's career playoff leader with 118 games, 34 goals and 95 points. Linden made the team in 1988, scoring 30 goals and finishing second in voting for NHL Rookie of the Year behind New York Rangers defenseman Brian Leetch. By the age of 21, he was named the youngest captain in the NHL. And in 1994, his sixth season, Linden led the Canucks to the Stanley Cup final, scoring both goals in a 3-2 Game 7 loss to the Rangers. Traded to the New York |
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| Stars' Norstrom retires after 14 season in NHL |
NHL Hockey |
06/11/2008 |
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DALLAS (AP) -Dallas Stars defenseman Mattias Norstrom retired Wednesday, ending a 14-year career that included stops with the New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings. The 36-year-old Norstrom played 903 career NHL games, most of them in Los Angeles, where was a captain. Five of Norstrom's seven career playoff points came in this year's trip to the Western Conference finals, the deepest postseason run for Dallas since 2000. The Stars were eliminated in six games by Stanley Cup champion Detroit. ``This wa |
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