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| Wild Team Report: All good things come to an end |
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11/04/2002 |
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| ly NHL season, as the perennial doormats have vaulted to the top of the Northwest Division standings with 18 points (8-2-2-0), four ahead of the Colorado Avalanche. Minnesota currently has the best mark in the Western Conference and is tied with the Philadelphia Flyers for the most points in all of the league. However, on Saturday the team was unable to recover from the quick Vancouver onslaught and suffered just its second loss in eight tries at the Xcel Energy Center. "It gives you a little bit of a shock," Wild |
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| Wild hope to get back on track versus Kings |
NHL Hockey |
11/04/2002 |
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| ason, each contributed an assist as well. Gaborik leads the Wild with seven goals and 16 points, while the veteran Ronning, obtained via trade this past offseason, is second with 12 points. Even with the defeat, surprising Minnesota is tied with the Philadelphia Flyers for the top spot in the entire National Hockey League, with 18 points. The Wild, 2-0-2 on the road, begin a four-game swing tonight. The trek continues Thursday in Phoenix, and will also include stops in San Jose and Anaheim. Anaheim. Los Angeles, m |
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| Coyotes welcome Predators to town |
NHL Hockey |
11/03/2002 |
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| ts and has allowed 13 goals in his last two games. Nashville will playing the third installment of a seven-game road trip, and has been outscored 13-5 in that span. The Coyotes also enter Sunday's tilt on a losing note after being stomped 6-2 by the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday. Brian Boucher, starting his fifth straight game in place of the injured Sean Burke, stopped 29-of-35 shots in the setback, as Phoenix fell for the fourth time in its last five tries (1-3-0-1). Branko Radivojevic and Shane Doan both scor |
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| Flyers hope to stay unbeaten at home |
NHL Hockey |
11/02/2002 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia Flyers will try and push their winning streak to five this evening when they welcome the Washington Capitals to the First Union Center in the second meeting of the season between the two teams. Back on October 19, Philadelphia topped the Capitals, 3-1, and has beaten Washington five straight times. The Flyers, who have posted a 4-0-1 mark on their home ice, enter Saturday's tilt on the heels of a 6-2 drubbing of the Phoenix Coyotes on Thursday. Michal Handzus a |
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| Former Flyer awarded $1.37 million by jury |
NHL Hockey |
10/31/2002 |
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| Atlantic City, NJ (MySportsbook) - Former Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Dave Babych was awarded $1.37 million on Thursday by a jury, which ruled that improper treatment of a broken left foot forced him to end his career prematurely. The six-woman, three-man jury awarded Babych $1.02 million in lost earnings and $350,000 for pain and suffering. The 41-year-old Babych was an 18-year NHL veteran, but said his career was cut short after he was forced to play with the injury. He sued Comcast-Spectacor -- the corpor |
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| Trading places: Boucher, Esche battle in Philly |
NHL Hockey |
10/31/2002 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia Flyers seek their fourth consecutive victory tonight when they welcome the Phoenix Coyotes to the First Union Center. The contest will be a matchup of goaltenders who were traded for one another this past offseason. Robert Esche is scheduled to start for Philadelphia, and Brian Boucher is slated to be in net for Phoenix. Esche and center Michal Handzus were dealt to the Flyers for Boucher and a third-round pick on June 12. Esche's Flyers have toppled the Canadi |
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| Flyers hope to bounce back after first loss |
NHL Hockey |
10/24/2002 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia Flyers will try and bounce back from their first loss of the season when they welcome the Montreal Canadiens to the First Union Center on Thursday. Eric Weinrich had the lone Philadelphia goal and Roman Cechmanek stopped 29 shots for the Flyers, who moved to 3-1-2 on the year with a 2-1 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday. Trailing by a goal, Weinrich evened the game at 8:13 of the middle period with a power-play tally. Kim Johnsson sent a cross-ice pass to W |
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| Sabres Team Report: Ruff's club continues mastery of Flyers |
NHL Hockey |
10/23/2002 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The fact that there were only 10,140 people in the HSBC Arena stands -- it holds 18,690 -- Tuesday night didn't lessen the Sabres' enthusiasm as they tried to keep a firm hold on the Philadelphia Flyers. Buffalo earned a 2-1 victory over Philly, its fifth consecutive win in the series -- sixth if you include the Sabres' series-clinching win two springs ago in the first round. And even more important than beating the Flyers once again was the fact that the Sabres managed to snap a three-game win |
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| Flyers hope to remain undefeated |
NHL Hockey |
10/22/2002 |
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| Buffalo, NY (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia Flyers try to remain one of two unbeaten teams in the National Hockey League tonight when they visit the Buffalo Sabres at HSBC Arena. Philly shares the spotlight with Tampa Bay amongst the ranks of the undefeated. Philadelphia (3-0-2) is coming off Saturday's 3-1 victory over the Washington Capitals at the First Union Center. After they fell behind 1-0 in the first, John LeClair and Simon Gagne scored second period goals to put the Flyers ahead, and Donald Brashear |
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| Penguins' Lemieux named NHL Player of the Week |
NHL Hockey |
10/21/2002 |
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| and followed that performance with three assists in a 3-2 home victory over Atlanta on October 16. Three days later, he notched an assist in a 3-3 tie against Tampa Bay. This marks the 24th time Lemieux has won or shared NHL Player of the Week honors, second to Wayne Gretzky (44) on the all-time list since the inception of the award in the 1980-81 season. Minnesota Wild goaltender Manny Fernandez, Philadelphia Flyers left wing John LeClair and Boston Bruins center Joe Thornton were also considered for the award. |
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