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| Leafs hope to halt three-game slide |
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01/29/2003 |
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| Raleigh, NC (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Maple Leafs try to put the brakes on a three- game losing streak tonight when they visit the Carolina Hurricanes at RBC Center in a rematch of last spring's Eastern Conference finals. Carolina, of course, disposed of Toronto in six games to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals. Martin Gelinas, now with the Calgary Flames, scored the series-clincher in overtime of the sixth match up at Air Canada Centre. Entering tonight's contest, the Maple Leafs have fallen to Philadelphia |
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| Lecavalier, Satan added as All-Stars |
NHL Hockey |
01/29/2003 |
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| nter 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 Entry Draft, will be making his All-Star Game debut. T |
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| Avs target third consecutive win |
NHL Hockey |
01/28/2003 |
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| The Colorado Avalanche seek their third consecutive victory tonight when they visit the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena. Colorado, which is 3-1-1 in its last five, has posted consecutive shutouts -- against these Blue Jackets (5-0) and the Toronto Maple Leafs (3-0). On Saturday in Toronto, Patrick Roy made 20 saves for the blanking, and Alex Tanguay, Milan Hejduk and Steven Reinprecht all scored. Roy has held the opposition scoreless for 160 minutes, 40 seconds of consecutive action. With 63 career shuto |
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| Belfour pulls out of All-Star game |
NHL Hockey |
01/27/2003 |
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| Toronto, Ontario (MySportsbook) - Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Ed Belfour has pulled out of the NHL All-Star game because of a sore back. Patrick Lalime of the Ottawa Senators was named to the squad in Belfour's place. Belfour, 37, wants to rest his strained back and be healthy for the last two months of the regular season. The netminder missed four games in October with back spasms and was unavailable for three straight games before returning to the lineup over the weekend. Lalime has helped the Senators to |
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| Devils tangle with Ducks in Anaheim |
NHL Hockey |
01/24/2003 |
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| last eight. Jeff Friesen and Scott Niedermayer each posted a goal and an assist for the Devils, while Martin Brodeur finished with 32 saves. Brodeur will likely give way tonight to backup netminder Corey Schwab, who has not played since blanking the Toronto Maple Leafs on January 3rd. New Jersey, which trails Philadelphia by one point in the Atlantic Division, is unbeaten in its last four road tilts (3-0-1) and is 12-6-2-2 on opposition ice this season. Anaheim comes into Friday's contest on the heels of a wild 6- |
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| Sabres try to stretch unbeaten streak to seven |
NHL Hockey |
01/24/2003 |
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| Buffalo, NY (MySportsbook) - The Buffalo Sabres try to extend their unbeaten streak to seven games tonight when they welcome the Toronto Maple Leafs to HSBC Arena. Buffalo is 4-0-2 during its current tear, including a scoreless tie with visiting Pittsburgh on Tuesday. Martin Biron made 23 saves for his second consecutive shutout, and has a scoreless string of 141:12 intact. Biron's personal best for such a sequence is 144:04 -- set last season -- and the Sabres record is 178:33 (Dominik Hasek, February 17 - 23, |
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| Flyers Team Report: Philly halts Leafs' streak |
NHL Hockey |
01/22/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Jeremy Roenick and Mark Recchi scored 22 seconds apart midway through the third period to lift the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre Tuesday night. Philadelphia has won four straight and 10 of its last 11 games, while the Maple Leafs had their 13-game unbeaten streak at home ended (12-1-1). "This winning is an addiction, and right now, we have a big addiction," Roenick told the Philadelphia Daily News. "There is a really good feeling in the locke |
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| Maple Leafs Team Report: Home streak squashed |
NHL Hockey |
01/22/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - It's hardly a surprise that the Toronto Maple Leafs will not be taking a run at the franchise record for a home unbeaten streak. After all, entering Tuesday's matchup with the Philadelphia Flyers they were shorthanded in the worst area possible -- net. Both Ed Belfour (back) and Trevor Kidd (groin) were unavailable due to injury, and rookie Mikael Tellqvist was called upon to make his first National Hockey League start. Philly's Jeremy Roenick and Mark Recchi scored 22 seconds apart midway thro |
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| Leafs put home unbeaten streak on line against Flyers |
NHL Hockey |
01/21/2003 |
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| Toronto, Ontario (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Maple Leafs try to extend their home unbeaten streak to 14 tonight when they welcome the Philadelphia Flyers to Air Canada Centre. Toronto is 12-0-1 in its last 13 home matches, dating back to a 2-1 loss to Detroit on November 16. The run marks the longest of its kind for the Leafs since 1970-71 when they didn't lose at Maple Leaf Gardens for 14 straight. The franchise record for a home unbeaten streak is 18, last set during the 1953-54 season. The Maple Leafs have |
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| Sens laying the groundwork for something big? |
NHL Hockey |
01/21/2003 |
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| ast spring, of course, that opening-round lull was broken with a five-game victory of the troubled Philadelphia Flyers in the Eastern Conference quarterfinals, and Martin was welcomed back to Ottawa with open arms despite falling in round two to the Toronto Maple Leafs. What we learned in the postseason was that the team did in fact have the internal fortitude to win a best-of-seven playoff round. One round, however, might not cut it come April and May when you consider the Senators' play here and now. Instead of |
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