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| Lightning ride three-game slide into Long Island |
NHL Hockey |
02/11/2003 |
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| Uniondale, NY (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Lightning try to halt a three- game winless slide tonight when they visit the New York Islanders at Nassau Coliseum. Tampa is 0-1-1-1 on the heels of a two-game winning streak, including Saturday's 4-4 tie with the Panthers in South Florida. The Lightning held a 4-1 lead into the second period, but allowed the Cats to score three unanswered tallies en route to the stalemate. Rookie Florida defenseman Jay Bouwmeester knotted the contest on a power-play goal with 12 se |
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| Leafs to honor Sittler prior to tilt with Canadiens |
NHL Hockey |
02/08/2003 |
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| Tim Horton (7), Charlie Conacher and Ted Kennedy (9), Syl Apps and George Armstrong (10) and Frank Mahovlich (27). Barilko and Bailey are the only Maple Leafs to have their numbers retired. Toronto's latest win came on Thursday at the expense of the Tampa Bay Lightning. Nik Antropov scored at 3:49 of overtime to liftToronto to a 3-2 victory over the Lightning. Mikael Renberg and Jonas Hoglund each added a goal and an assist for the Leafs, who have won seven of their last 10. Trevor Kidd played in his first game si |
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| Lightning and Panthers face off in Sunshine State battle |
NHL Hockey |
02/08/2003 |
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| Sunrise, FL (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Lightning will try and stop a two-game slide tonight when they head south to Sunrise to square off with the Florida Panthers in an intrastate battle at the Office Depot Center. After falling to Washington, the Lightning were dealt a 3-2 overtime setback at the hands of the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday. Ruslan Fedotenko and Dave Andreychuk scored for the Lightning, who with 56 points trail the Southeast Division-leading Capitals by six points. Brad Richards assisted |
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| Maple Leafs Team Report: Southeastern sweep |
NHL Hockey |
02/07/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Nik Antropov scored at 3:49 of overtime to lift the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning at St. Pete Times Forum. Mikael Renberg and Jonas Hoglund each added a goal and an assist for the Leafs, who have won four straight games. The Leafs swept through a Southeast Division road trip, toppling Carolina, Atlanta, Florida and Tampa. They outscored the quartette by a total of 17-6. "If we didn't get the points against the clubs you think we should [beat] it would've been |
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| Capitals Team Report: Jagr reaches 500 |
NHL Hockey |
02/05/2003 |
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| would have to post his second hat trick of the year. Hat tricks had come at a premium for Jagr, as he had managed just 10 in his 13-season career. Nonetheless, Jagr came up big and posted a trio of goals in helping the Capitals to a 5-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday. Jagr's three-goal effort came in a barrage early in the game, as he posted the first three tallies of the tilt. The ever-humble Jagr didn't make a big deal out of his feat. "I don't even think about it," Jagr said. "I knew I was pretty c |
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| Canes attempt to halt three-game slide |
NHL Hockey |
02/05/2003 |
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| all (1-8-0-2), fading from the playoff picture. The Hurricanes have fallen into fourth place in the Southeast Division, 15 points behind first place Washington. Carolina went into the All-Star break on a low note after dropping a 3-1 decision to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Jeff Heerema was the lone Hurricane to manage a goal against the Lightning's John Grahame. "We need these points," Carolina defenseman Bret Hedican said. "We know we're a desperate team right now. Right now we're having a tough time and we've got t |
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| Jagr reaches 500 goals |
NHL Hockey |
02/04/2003 |
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| Tampa, FL (MySportsbook) - Washington Capitals star winger Jaromir Jagr registered a natural hat trick and recorded his 500th career goal in the process on Tuesday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Jagr entered the contest with 497 goals and scored the first three of the game to reach the milestone. He became the third player this season to record 500 goals and the 33rd player in NHL history to achieve the mark. Joe Sakic of Colorado notched his 500th goal in December and New Jersey's Joe Nieuwendyk did it |
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| East meets West in 53rd annual NHL All-Star Game |
NHL Hockey |
02/02/2003 |
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| 63a). Other first-time All-Stars for the East are Zdeno Chara (Ottawa), Olli Jokinen (Florida), Patrick Lalime (Ottawa), Vincent Lecavalier (Tampa Bay), Glen Murray (Boston), Jeff O'Neill (Carolina), Tom Poti (New York Rangers) and Martin St. Louis (Tampa Bay Lightning). Highlighting the West first-timers is Vancouver's Todd Bertuzzi, who combines with Markus Naslund to form the most potent scoring duo in the league. Bertuzzi, who will celebrate his 28th birthday on Sunday, is tied for third in the league with 28 |
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| Carolina forward Cole suffers injury |
NHL Hockey |
01/30/2003 |
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| Tampa, FL (MySportsbook) - Carolina Hurricanes forward Erik Cole suffered a broken bone in his lower left leg during a 3-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday. Cole went down at the halfway point of the second period when he absorbed a check by Tampa Bay's Dan Boyle. Cole, who has 14 goals and 27 points this season, would never return to the game. The Hurricanes were also without the services of defensemen David Tanabe and Glen Wesley. Tanabe is nursing a shoulder injury, while Wesley sat out his third |
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| Lecavalier, Satan added as All-Stars |
NHL Hockey |
01/29/2003 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Tampa Bay Lightning center Vincent Lecavalier and Buffalo Sabres right wing Miroslav Satan have been added to the Eastern Conference All-Star team for this Sunday's game. Lecavalier and Satan replace centers Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Mats Sundin of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Lemieux has been sidelined the past three weeks with a groin injury, while Sundin missed six games earlier this month with a shoulder injury. Lecavalier, the first overall selection in the 1998 |
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