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| Devil of a game; Elias, Brodeur shine for NJ |
NHL Hockey |
03/30/2003 |
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| high four goals and Martin Brodeur recorded his 64th career shutout as the New Jersey Devils blanked the New York Islanders, 6-0, at Continental Airlines Arena. Scott Gomez tallied five assists for the Devils, who moved four points ahead of the idle Philadelphia Flyers for first place in the Atlantic Division. New Jersey now sits four points behind the Ottawa Senators for first place overall in the Eastern Conference. The Islanders remained in eighth place in the Eastern Conference, three points behind the Boston |
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| Some to watch this spring |
NHL Hockey |
03/30/2003 |
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| if it's a late Andreychuk goal from the side of the crease that proves to be a pivotal play. Old and slow he may be, but he can still score those crucial garbage goals with the best of them. crucial garbage goals with the best of them. TONY AMONTE, PHILADELPHIA FLYERS - No deadline player had made more of an impact in his new digs than Amonte, who was essentially stolen from the Phoenix Coyotes by general manager Bob Clarke. Amonte, who was teamed with old friend and linemate Jeremy Roenick, scored seven goals in |
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| Tie-happy Flyers open home-and-home with Pens |
NHL Hockey |
03/29/2003 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Coming off consecutive ties, the Philadelphia Flyers try to get back to their winning ways tonight when they host the Pittsburgh Penguins at the First Union Center in the opener of a home-and-home. Philadelphia has skated to deadlocks with Nashville and Boston, and is 5-2-2 in its last nine games. With 97 points, the Flyers are fourth in the Eastern Conference -- five ahead of the fifth-place Toronto Maple Leafs with a game in hand. Philly trails New Jersey by four in the Atlan |
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| B's skate into City of Brotherly Love |
NHL Hockey |
03/27/2003 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - The Boston Bruins seek their third consecutive win tonight when they visit the Philadelphia Flyers at the First Union Center. Boston enters tonight's action seventh in the Eastern Conference with 82 points -- two ahead of the eighth-place NY Islanders and three behind Washington, which resides in sixth. The Bruins hold a game in hand on the Capitals. On Monday the B's notched a 3-2 home win over Toronto, as Mike Knuble scored the game-winning goal 15 seconds into the final peri |
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| Hurricanes hope to halt five-game winless string |
NHL Hockey |
03/26/2003 |
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| 2 in Wednesday games this season, are just 2-13-3-2 in their last 20 games away from home and 10-23-3-2 on the road this season. Atlanta, meanwhile, is also just playing out the string and enters Wednesday's battle following Monday's 6-2 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. Ilya Kovalchuk posted a goal and an assist for the Thrashers, who have dropped three of their last four games (1-3). Kovalchuk's tally tied him with Bob Carpenter for sixth on the NHL's career list for goals before the age of 20, with 64. He also m |
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| Devils Team Report: Maintenance men |
NHL Hockey |
03/25/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - There might not be a more important night than Monday for the New Jersey Devils in their quest for the Atlantic Division crown. They were facing a lesser club in the Florida Panthers, while their chasers, the Philadelphia Flyers, were doing the same against the Atlanta Thrashers. A hiccup against a lower-rung squad could have spelled doom for either of the Atlantic combatants. Well, Philly did its job against Atlanta and it was just a matter of Jersey holding off youthful Florida. Martin Brodeu |
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| Flyers try to keep pace in Atlantic |
NHL Hockey |
03/24/2003 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia Flyers hope to remain within reasonable range of the Atlantic Division lead tonight when they welcome the Atlanta Thrashers to the First Union Center. With 93 points, the Flyers are four behind the first-place Devils with eight games remaining. New Jersey will visit Florida this evening. Philly has lost two of its last three contests on the heels of a three-game winning streak. On Saturday, Ken Hitchcock's crew dropped a 2-1 home decision to the New York Ranger |
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| Penguins hope to squash 15-game winless string |
NHL Hockey |
03/23/2003 |
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| streak since its franchise- record 0-17-1 drought during the 1982-83 season -- one year before the arrival of Mario Lemieux. The Penguins will be playing the third leg of a five-game road trip today that winds down with stops against the Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers. Pittsburgh has dropped six in a row away from home and is 11-20-3-3 on the road this season. Chicago, meanwhile, has its own problems and enters Sunday's matinee riding a two-game losing streak after getting embarrassed 8-1 by the Colorado Avalanch |
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| Lightning in a bottle? |
NHL Hockey |
03/21/2003 |
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| uldn't the impotent Flames use that type of punch these days. VACLAV PROSPAL - While St. Louis paces Tampa in the goal-scoring department, the team's leading point man is another hand-me-down in Prospal. The Czech native was a solid prospect for the Philadelphia Flyers in the mid-1990s, but was expendable enough to be included in a 1998 deal to Ottawa for the infamous Alexandre Daigle, who was cementing his status as a bust at the time. With the Senators, Prospal erupted for 22 goals and 33 assists in 1999-2000, b |
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| Devils host Flyers in Atlantic Division clash |
NHL Hockey |
03/17/2003 |
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| East Rutherford, NJ (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia Flyers, winners of two straight, try to grab a share of the Atlantic Division lead tonight when they visit the New Jersey Devils at the Meadowlands. With 89 points the Flyers trail the Devils by two in the race, and both clubs have 12 games remaining. Philadelphia has defeated Carolina and Pittsburgh on the heels of an 0-1-0-2 slide, including Saturday's 4-1 pounding of the host Penguins. Jeremy Roenick led the way with two goals and an assist and linemate T |
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