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| Conference leaders face off in Big D |
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01/27/2003 |
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| Dallas, TX (MySportsbook) - The two best teams in the NHL square off this evening in Dallas when the Stars welcome the Ottawa Senators to the American Airlines Center. The Senators lead the Eastern Conference, as well as the NHL with 71 points, while Dallas currently paces the Western Conference with 68 points. Ottawa comes into Monday's clash riding a three-game unbeaten string (2-0-1) following Saturday's 4-3 overtime win over the Buffalo Sabres. Daniel Alfredsson scored his second goal of the game 2:22 i |
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| Preds invade Buffalo |
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01/27/2003 |
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| ctober 19 with a concussion. Nashville, which will be starting a four-game road trip tonight, is 6-9-5-4 on opposition ice on the season. Buffalo, meanwhile, has been playing its best hockey of the season, despite Saturday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Ottawa Senators. Chris Gratton scored twice for Buffalo and rookie Ales Kotalik added a goal as the Sabres lost for the first time in their last eight games (5-1-2). Martin Biron, fresh off three consecutive shutouts, stopped 28-of-32 shots in defeat. However, rook |
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| Stingy Sabres try to contain Sens |
NHL Hockey |
01/25/2003 |
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| Ottawa, Ontario (MySportsbook) - The stingy Buffalo Sabres try to extend their unbeaten streak to eight games tonight when they visit the NHL-leading Ottawa Senators at the Corel Centre. Buffalo is 5-0-2 in its last seven tries, and goaltender Martin Biron has posted three consecutive shutouts to keep the run intact. Biron blanked Phoenix, 1-0, a week ago; helped the Sabres to a scoreless tie with Pittsburgh on Tuesday; and stymied Toronto, 4-0, on Friday. Biron made 27 saves against the Maple Leafs, and re |
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| Sens, Panthers face off in Sunrise |
NHL Hockey |
01/22/2003 |
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| Sunrise, FL (MySportsbook) - The Ottawa Senators try to get back on track tonight when they visit the Florida Panthers at Office Depot Center. Ottawa, which leads the National Hockey League's overall standings by two over Dallas with 66 points, had a five-game winning streak snapped in Monday's 6-2 loss to host Tampa Bay. The Lightning broke open a 2-1 game with a pair of second-period goals and two more early in the third. Marian Hossa and Magnus Arvedson tallied in the loss, while Patrick Lalime allowed f |
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| Sens laying the groundwork for something big? |
NHL Hockey |
01/21/2003 |
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| steps. Sometimes you will have a team like the New England Patriots or Anaheim Angels storm out of the blue and win a world championship, but for the most part, a club must go through some trials and failures before winning the big prize. Well, the Ottawa Senators have not won a Stanley Cup yet, and they may never do so, but their path to this point in time has been torturous and unrewarding. Since Jacques Martin took over behind the Ottawa bench midway through the 1995-96 season, the club has steadily risen |
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| Senators shoot for fifth straight win |
NHL Hockey |
01/18/2003 |
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| Ottawa, Ontario (MySportsbook) - The Ottawa Senators try and push their winning streak to five tonight when they welcome the Washington Capitals to the Corel Centre. Marian Hossa scored a pair of goals to lift Ottawa over the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, 3-1, on Thursday. Martin Prusek made 23 saves, but allowed a goal in the third period to halt a three-game shutout streak for the Senators, who last yielded a score at 9:33 of the third period while in Vancouver on Wednesday, January 8. Patrick Lalime, who had |
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| Caps hope to rebound against Maple Leafs |
NHL Hockey |
01/17/2003 |
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| r Mogilny's 20. The Swedish star, along with goaltender Ed Belfour, will represent the Leafs in the All-Star Game. Belfour made 31 saves for his 21st win (21-12-3) on Tuesday. With 51 points the second-place Maple Leafs are 13 behind the first-place Ottawa Senators in the Northeast Division. Toronto, which has lost three of its last four road tilts, will visit Montreal on Saturday. Toronto edged Washington, 5-4, at Air Canada Centre on November 26 and is 4-1-1 in the last six meetings. The Leafs are 2-0-1 in t |
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| Lightning Team Report: Wakeup call |
NHL Hockey |
01/15/2003 |
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| t month-and-a-half have hardly been the same club we saw earlier in the season. John Tortorella's troops have slowly tailed off from their torrid start, and won just six times since November 23. Well, Tuesday night's 7-0 clubbing at the hands of the Ottawa Senators will prove to do one of two things. Either it will wake the club up from its slumber, or ultimately prove that a seven-win month of October was an aberration. "I don't think we have hit rock bottom, and I thought we played a pretty good two periods, |
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| Senators Team Report: Thriving on the headlines |
NHL Hockey |
01/15/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - It seems as if every time the Ottawa Senators make the headlines off the ice, they thrive on it. First they didn't get receive paychecks, and proceeded to pound the Atlanta Thrashers 8-1. Then the club filed for bankruptcy, and the players went out and gutted out a 1-0 victory over the Calgary Flames. The Senators were in the headlines once again on Tuesday, as owner Rod Bryden and a co-investor have submitted a bid for the team and the Corel Centre. They met Tuesday at the offices of the N |
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| Senators' owner submits bid for team |
NHL Hockey |
01/14/2003 |
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| Ottawa, Ontario (MySportsbook) - Ottawa Senators majority owner Rod Bryden and a co-investor have submitted a bid for the team and the Corel Centre, the club announced on Tuesday. Bryden and his co-investor met Tuesday at the offices of the NHL in New York City to submit the bid and discuss its terms with league commissioner Gary Bettman and representatives of senior lenders and Covanta Energy Corporation, a bankrupt firm owed approximately $160 million by the Senators and $210 million for the Corel Centre, |
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