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| Avs win third straight under Granato |
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12/24/2002 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - Rob Blake had two goals and an assist to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 5-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks at the Pepsi Center. Derek Morris and Dean McAmmond each recorded a goal and two assists for the Avalanche, who have won all three games under new head coach Tony Granato and improve to 4-0-1 in their last five contests. Milan Hejduk also scored in the win. Patrick Roy made 33 saves for the Avs. Markus Naslund posted his 23rd goal of the year for Vancouver, which had its two |
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| Avs hope to make it three in a row under Granato |
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12/23/2002 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - The Colorado Avalanche try to make it three wins in a row tonight under new head coach Tony Granato, as they head into the Christmas break with a home tilt against the Northwest Division-leading Vancouver Canucks. Peter Forsberg returned from a three game absence to score a goal and added an assist in Colorado's 4-2 win over Minnesota on Saturday. Rob Blake also had a goal and assist for Colorado. The Avalanche are now 3-0-1 in their last four games. This was Colorado's first win b |
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| Canucks Team Report: Back on track |
NHL Hockey |
12/22/2002 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Vancouver Canucks struggled a bit after their franchise-record 10-game winning streak and dropped three of the four games following the historic stretch. Well the Canucks have worked their way out of the slumber and thanks to its recent 4-1-1 surge, Vancouver is back in sole possession of the top spot in the Northwest Division with 45 points. After Saturday's 4-3 overtime win over division rival Edmonton, the Canucks now hold a two-point edge over the Minnesota Wild, who fell to Colorado |
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| Avs hope to stay perfect under Granato |
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12/21/2002 |
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| ful for tonight's clash. The Avs, who are chasing their NHL-record ninth straight division title, have The Avs, who are chasing their NHL-record ninth straight division title, have slipped to fourth in the Northwest, eight points back of the upstart Vancouver Canucks and Wild. Home ice was a problem at the beginning of the season, but in the past eight games in Denver, Colorado has posted a 4-1-3 mark. On the year, the Avs are just 4-5-6-1 at the Pepsi Center. Colorado wraps up a four-game homestand on Monday ve |
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| Oilers Team Report: Rocky Mountain low |
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12/20/2002 |
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| estion," said head coach Craig MacTavish. "We didn't fire from the start. We were sloppy early on in." The loss was the Oilers third in a row to an opponent in the Northwest Division, where they remain in third place, five points back of the upstart Vancouver Canucks and Minnesota Wild, and now just three points ahead of the suddenly-surging Avs. "We knew they were going to play with a lot of emotion, but we were flat," said Anson Carter. "For one reason or another we were flat. We weren't able to have that jump |
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| Avalanche Team Report: Granato gets win in debut |
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12/20/2002 |
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| s year and guided the team to four conference finals and the 2001 Stanley Cup championship. This season Colorado, which is chasing its NHL-record ninth-straight division title, has slipped to fourth in the Northwest, eight points back of the upstart Vancouver Canucks and Minnesota Wild. However, things seemed to change on Thursday at the Pepsi Center, where the Avs are an uncharacteristic 4-5-6-1 on the year, and Patrick Roy stopped 31 shots in one of his finest efforts of the season, as he came within two secon |
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| Blue Jackets, Blackhawks tangle in Windy City |
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12/20/2002 |
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| is first shutout since January 16 of last season. The Blue Jackets, who are 10-0-2 when allowing fewer than three goals this season, are 3-9-2-1 away from home. Chicago also enters Friday's tilt on a winning note following Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks. Kyle Calder scored with one second left in the game, leading the Blackhawks to the win in the second leg of a five-game homestand at the United Center. Mark Bell and Sergei Berezin also scored, while Jocelyn Thibault made 28 saves in the win. Calde |
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| Canucks set to tangle with Preds in Nashville |
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12/19/2002 |
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| Nashville, TN (MySportsbook) - The Vancouver Canucks hope to get back on the winning track tonight in Nashville when they travel to the Gaylord Entertainment Center to face off with the Predators. Vancouver, currently two points back of the Northwest Division-leading Minnesota Wild, is winless in its last two (0-1-1) following Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks. Matt Cooke and Todd Bertuzzi netted goals for the Canucks, and Dan Cloutier made 23 saves for Vancouver, which lost for just the third time |
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| Wild hope to make it three in a row |
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12/19/2002 |
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| he Wild erased a 3-1 deficit with three unanswered goals to improve to 5-1-1 in their last seven games. Marian Gaborik added a goal and an assist and Manny Fernandez made 31 saves to help lead the Wild, who with 43 points are two points ahead of the Vancouver Canucks for the lead in the Northwest Division. Minnesota, which has earned a point in seven of its past eight games, has been battling the flu and could be without centers Jim Dowd and Sergei Zholtok tonight. Both did not practice on Wednesday. Tonight's c |
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| Park's OT goal lifts Wild over Edmonton |
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12/18/2002 |
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| Fernandez made 31 saves to help lead Minnesota, which beat Edmonton for the first time ever. The win gives the Northwest Division-leading Wild (43 points) a five-point lead over third place Edmonton and a two-point cushion over the idle second place Vancouver Canucks. Edmonton, which has lost two straight after stringing together a four-game winning streak, got two goals from Mike York and 18 saves by Jussi Markkanen. Mike Comrie also scored in the losing cause. After Markkanen was unable to control the rebound |
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