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| Blackhawks sign Strudwick |
NHL Hockey |
07/02/2003 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - The Chicago Blackhawks re-signed defenseman Jason Strudwick on Wednesday. As per team policy, terms of the deal were not released. The 27-year-old played both defenseman and forward for Chicago last season. He posted two goals, three assists and 87 penalty minutes in 48 regular-season games. Strudwick, an Edmonton, Alberta native, has six goals and 19 assists in 309 career NHL games. He also spent four years with the Vancouver Canucks before joining the Blackhawks. |
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| Forsberg wins Hart Trophy |
NHL Hockey |
06/12/2003 |
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| io (MySportsbook) - Peter Forsberg of the Colorado Avalanche has been awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy as the National Hockey League's most valuable player. Forsberg led the NHL in 2002-03 in points with 106 and assists with 77. Martin Brodeur of the Stanley Cup-champion New Jersey Devils, who won the Vezina Trophy as the league's top netminder, was also a finalist for the Hart Trophy. Markus Naslund of the Vancouver Canucks, who finished second to Forsberg with 104 points this season, was the other finalist. |
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| Blues retain services of Osgood |
NHL Hockey |
06/11/2003 |
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| last season despite missing significant time with an ankle injury. Upon his arrival in the Gateway City, Osgood posted a 4-3-2 mark with two shutouts for the Blues. In the first round of the playoffs, Osgood led the way to a 3-1 series lead over the Vancouver Canucks, but the Blues dropped three straight games and lost the series in seven games. Over 10 seasons, Osgood is 274-152-58 with a 2.44 GAA and 38 career shutouts. He was selected by Detroit in the third round of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft and became expend |
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| One-game series: Wild, Canucks try to advance |
NHL Hockey |
05/08/2003 |
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| Vancouver, British Columbia (MySportsbook) - The right to advance will be on the line tonight when the Minnesota Wild and Vancouver Canucks tangle in Game 7 of their Western Conference semifinal series at GM Place. The winner of the contest will move on to play the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the conference finals. That set will begin Saturday in either Minnesota or Vancouver. Minnesota, in its first trip to the playoffs, has obviously never been in a conference final, while Vancouver can secure its first bert |
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| Wild try to force another Game 7 |
NHL Hockey |
05/07/2003 |
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| St. Paul, MN (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Wild try to push things to the limit tonight when they host the Vancouver Canucks in Game 6 of their Western Conference semifinal series at Xcel Energy Center. Minny trails three games to two after staying alive with a convincing 7-2 victory on Monday night in Vancouver. The Wild are trying to become the first team in National Hockey League history to win two series in the same postseason after trailing 3-1, as they already accomplished the feat in the first round a |
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| Canucks grab commanding lead with OT victory |
NHL Hockey |
05/03/2003 |
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| St. Paul, MN (MySportsbook) - Brent Sopel scored a power-play goal at 15:52 of overtime to lift the Vancouver Canucks to a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals at the Xcel Energy Center. Sopel also assisted on Ed Jovanovski's tying goal late in the third period, as the Canucks won both games in Minnesota to grab a commanding 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. Vancouver can wrap it up and advance to the conference finals for the first time since 1994 with a home |
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| Devils try to advance to yet another conference final |
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05/02/2003 |
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| avalier, who has faced sustained harassment by Stevens and Selke finalist John Madden, has a mere one assist. The Lightning have some recent history to draw from as they try to come back from a 3-1 series deficit. Two teams -- the Minnesota Wild and Vancouver Canucks -- accomplished the feat in the first round. "We can't worry about winning three games or thinking about trying to get to a Game 7," Tampa Bay center Brad Richards said. "We have to worry about winning one game and win one game in their building and |
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| Suddenly stingy Canucks can put Wild on ropes |
NHL Hockey |
05/02/2003 |
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| St. Paul, MN (MySportsbook) - The Vancouver Canucks try to put the upstart Minnesota Wild on the brink of elimination tonight when the teams clash in Game 4 of their Western Conference semifinal series at Xcel Energy Center. Vancouver holds a two games to one lead on the heels of Tuesday's 3-2 victory in the third contest. Daniel Sedin's goal midway through the second period snapped a 2-2 tie and the Canucks held on for the triumph. Brendan Morrison and Ed Jovanovski also tallied, while Dan Cloutier needed to |
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| Wild try to rebound from discouraging loss |
NHL Hockey |
04/28/2003 |
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| Vancouver, British Columbia (MySportsbook) - The Vancouver Canucks try to put the upstart Minnesota Wild in a two games to none hole tonight when the teams clash in Game 2 of their Western Conference semifinal series at GM Place. Vancouver won the opener, 4-3, in overtime Friday, as Trent Klatt, a Minnesota native, scored the game-winner 3:42 into the extra session. The heroic marker completed a night that saw the Canucks rally from a 3-1 deficit and knot the score in the waning seconds of regulation. The Can |
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| Opposites attract in Wild/Canucks matchup |
NHL Hockey |
04/25/2003 |
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| Vancouver, British Columbia (MySportsbook) - Two clubs who advanced on resilience clash tonight when the Vancouver Canucks host the Minnesota Wild in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series at GM Place. The matchup pits the league's second-highest scoring team, the Canucks, against a defensive machine in the Wild, who placed fourth in the NHL in goals-against. Both teams rebounded from 3-1 series deficits to win their first-round set in seven games, Vancouver against St. Louis and Minnesota versus |
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