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| Kings Team Report: Injuries starting to take their toll |
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01/03/2003 |
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| ash of injuries he and his team have had to endure this season. However, it appears as if now those injuries are starting to take their toll on the Kings. LA dropped its third straight game -- fifth in six tries -- Thursday night when it fell to the Philadelphia Flyers, 4-1. "That's a wounded bear over there," Flyers coach Ken Hitchcock said. "We knew they were banged up, and it would have been disappointing for us not to collect the two points because we had more NHL players in our lineup tonight than they did." |
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| Penguins aim to end 10-game losing streak |
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12/21/2002 |
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| the 1992-93 San Jose Sharks. The Penguins, who were tied for first in the Atlantic Division when their streak began, are now tied for last in the standings with the New York Islanders with 29 points. They are also 11 off the pace of the first-place Philadelphia Flyers. The most recent team to make the playoffs despite a losing streak of 10 or more was the 1985-86 Calgary Flames, who went on to reach the Stanley Cup more was the 1985-86 Calgary Flames, who went on to reach the Stanley Cup final that season before |
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| Coyotes conclude franchise-record homestand |
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12/20/2002 |
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| e on the year. Branko Radivojevic and Mike Johnson added goals. Johnson has been hot as of late and has nine points (3g, 6a) in his last nine games. Phoenix made some news off the ice on Thursday when it acquired veteran winger Paul Ranheim from the Philadelphia Flyers for a conditional draft pick in 2004. Ranheim, 36, will be in uniform tonight and will play on the third or fourth line, in addition to the penalty-killing unit. St. Louis enters Friday's tilt on the heels of back-to-back losses, including a 5-2 set |
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| Flyers ship Ranheim to Phoenix |
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12/19/2002 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia Flyers traded forward Paul Ranheim to the Phoenix Coyotes on Thursday for a conditional pick in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. Ranheim has just four assists in 28 games this season for Philadelphia. Flyers President and General Manager Bob Clarke said the team is moving forward with its younger players and didn't have enough room for Ranheim. "At this stage, with almost half the season gone, we think that we are further ahead by playing our younger players, getting |
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| Pens try to end nine-game losing streak |
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12/19/2002 |
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| Thornton. The Penguins, who were tied for first in the Atlantic Division when their streak began, now sit fourth in the standings with 29 points -- just two ahead of the cellar-dwelling New York Islanders. They are 11 off the pace of the first-place Philadelphia Flyers. Pittsburgh, 7-5-1-1 on home ice, kicks off a three-game Igloo set tonight. The Pens will welcome Calgary to town on Saturday. New Jersey, meanwhile, hopes to snap a three-game losing streak on the heels of consecutive losses to the Ottawa Senators. |
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| First-place Flyers roll into Atlanta minus Roenick |
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12/18/2002 |
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| Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia Flyers try to extend their unbeaten streak to five games tonight when they visit the Atlanta Thrashers at Philips Arena. Philly, which leads the Atlantic Division with 38 points, skated to a 2-2 home tie with the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night. The Flyers rallied from a 2-0 deficit and forced the stalemate via power-play goals from Keith Primeau and Mark Recchi. Recchi tied things 12:09 into the third period -- 59 seconds after Primeau put the team on the board. Goal |
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| Flyers' Roenick suspended for two games |
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12/18/2002 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Philadelphia Flyers forward Jeremy Roenick was suspended two games without pay Wednesday for a hit on Dallas' Mike Modano. Roenick received a major penalty for boarding against Modano at 5:20 of the first period in a 2-2 tie on Tuesday. Modano, the Stars forward, had to be helped off the ice. Complaining of headaches, he didn't return to the game. The 32-year-old Roenick will miss games against Atlanta today and Ottawa on December 21. He will also forfeit $83,333.34. He has 11 |
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| Bruins hope to halt season-high skid |
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12/18/2002 |
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| k) are both expected to be back in the lineup tonight for the B's. Samsonov has missed four games, while Axelsson has not participated in the last five for Boston. Meanwhile, Buffalo enters Wednesday's contest on a sour note after falling 2-0 to the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. Goaltender Martin Biron made 31 saves in a losing effort for the Sabres, who have not won in their last three games (0-2-1), following their season-high three-game winning streak. Miroslav Satan, who had his six-game points streak ended |
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| Stars head to Philly to battle Hitchcock and the Flyers |
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12/17/2002 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia Flyers shoot for their fourth straight win tonight when they welcome the Dallas Stars to the First Union Center. The contest will mark Philly coach Ken Hitchcock's first against his former club. Hitchcock, who will celebrate his 51st birthday today, spent parts of seven seasons behind the Stars' bench before he was fired last January. He amassed a 277-166-60 record while with the team, and led them to a pair of Stanley Cup Finals -- winning, of course, in 1999. |
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| Leafs target third win in a row |
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12/12/2002 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Maple Leafs seek their third straight win tonight when they visit the Philadelphia Flyers at First Union Center. Toronto is 8-2 in its last 10 games overall, but remains a distant third in the Northeast Division -- four behind second-place Ottawa and 12 back of first-place Boston. The Bruins are also 8-2 in their last 10, and the Senators are 10-1-3 in their last 14. On Tuesday the Leafs capped off a brief homestand with a 4-2 victory over Mario Lemieux and the Pitt |
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