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| Pair of Western Conference heavyweights face off in Vancouver |
NHL Hockey |
01/24/2003 |
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| Vancouver, British Columbia (MySportsbook) - Two of the best teams in the Western Conference square off for the second time in less than a week this evening when the Detroit Red Wings skate into GM Place to face off with the Vancouver Canucks. Vancouver, which defeated Detroit for the second time this season on Sunday, enters Friday's clash on a losing note after falling 3-2 to the Nashville Predators on Tuesday. Todd Bertuzzi scored both goals for the Canucks, who had a two-game winning streak halted. Dan Cl |
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| Wild Team Report: Laaksonen leads late rally |
NHL Hockey |
01/21/2003 |
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| t's what it's all about." Nick Schultz also scored for the Wild, who won for just the third time in eight games (3-5-0). Over its last five games, Minnesota has scored just eight goals and included in that stretch is a five-goal outburst against the Vancouver Canucks. "That was a huge win for us, good for the confidence," Lemaire said. "We've been battling for goals and working harder lately, and to me, it paid off." Dwayne Roloson turned aside 30 shots, while setting a Wild record with his eighth straight appea |
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| Predators welcome Canucks to Music City |
NHL Hockey |
01/21/2003 |
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| Nashville, TN (MySportsbook) - The Vancouver Canucks seek their third straight win this evening when they head to Nashville to battle the Predators at Gaylord Entertainment Center. Dan Cloutier made 30 saves and four different Vancouver players scored, as the Canucks rolled to a 4-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday. Trent Klatt, Bryan Allen, Sami Salo and Matt Cooke tallied for the Canucks, who have won two straight and six of their last nine (6-3-0). All-Star Markus Naslund failed to light the la |
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| Flames, Oilers tangle at the Saddledome |
NHL Hockey |
01/20/2003 |
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| (464) and Ron Low (139). MacTavish is on the verge of becoming the fastest Oilers coach to record 100 career victories, since Sather recorded his 100th victory in his 231st game behind the bench. The Oilers, who trail the Northwest Division-leading Vancouver Canucks by six points, will head home for three games following tonight's affair. Away from home this season the Oilers are 11-8-2-3, and are unbeaten in their last three (2-0-1) on opposition ice. Edmonton, which defeated Calgary earlier in the season, is |
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| Stars attempt 11-game unbeaten streak as Roy approaches milestone |
NHL Hockey |
01/20/2003 |
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| rs back on January 11, Roy was season games. In his last game against the Stars back on January 11, Roy was pulled after two periods in his team's 6-3 loss. Colorado, which sits in fourth place in the Northwest Division - 13 back of the front-running Vancouver Canucks, will wrap up its current three-game homestand on Thursday versus Columbus. The Avs are 7-9-6-2 at home on the year. Dallas is unbeaten in its last six games (4-0-2) against Colorado and are also unbeaten in its last three trips to Denver (1-0-2). |
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| Canucks travel to Motor City for Western Conference showdown |
NHL Hockey |
01/19/2003 |
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| Detroit, MI (MySportsbook) - Two of the best teams in Western Conference face off this evening in the Motor City when the Detroit Red Wings welcome the Vancouver Canucks to Joe Louis Arena. Detroit comes into the heavyweight battle on the heels of a 4-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday. Brendan Shanahan scored a pair of third- period goals, while Curtis Joseph made 36 saves for the Red Wings in the first meeting between the teams since last spring's seven-game Western Conference final series. D |
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| Hawks, Canucks face off in the Windy City |
NHL Hockey |
01/17/2003 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - The Chicago Blackhawks seek their second consecutive win tonight when they welcome the Vancouver Canucks to the United Center. Chris Simon's goal midway through the second period lifted the Blackhawks to a 4-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings in the back end of a home-and-home on Wednesday. Alexei Zhamnov, Eric Daze and Mark Bell also scored for Chicago, which improved to 7-0-4-3 in its last 14 games. Jocelyn Thibault made 26 saves in the win, as Chicago ended a two-game skid ag |
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| Flames try to stall four-game skid |
NHL Hockey |
01/16/2003 |
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| s Drury, however, has struggled lately and has just one goal and five assists in his last 15 games. The Flames, who will be beginning a five-game homestand tonight, are mired in last place in the Northwest Division, 20 points back of the first-place Vancouver Canucks. Nashville, on the other hand, also comes into Thursday's affair on a losing note following Tuesday's 4-3 loss to the Vancouver Canucks. Vladimir Orszagh recorded the first multi-goal game of his career for the Predators, who have dropped two straig |
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| Predators Team Report: Music City breathes a sigh of relief |
NHL Hockey |
01/15/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Midway through their 4-3 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday, the Nashville Predators thought that they might have lost something far more greater than the game. Young superstar Scott Walker, in his second game as the team's interim captain in place of the injured Greg Johnson, left the game in the second period with a knee injury following a hit from Vancouver's Henrik Sedin. Walker had to be carried from the ice and thoughts all around the arena centered around possible ligament dama |
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| Canucks try to avoid season-high skid against Preds |
NHL Hockey |
01/14/2003 |
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| Vancouver, British Columbia (MySportsbook) - The Northwest Division-leading Vancouver Canucks try to halt a two-game losing slide tonight when they welcome the Nashville Predators to GM Place. A setback would mark the club's longest losing streak of the season. Since a three-game winning run, the Canucks have fallen to Columbus and San Jose, including Saturday's 3-0 blanking at the hands of the host Sharks. Goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff stymied Vancouver with 29 saves and became just the second backstop to shut |
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