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| Wild Team Report: All good things come to an end |
NHL Hockey |
11/04/2002 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Wild saw their six-game unbeaten string come to an end Saturday night at the hands of the Vancouver Canucks. After Marian Gaborik got the Wild on the board in the opening period with an impressive highlight-reel tally, Vancouver netted three goals in a span of 1:08 to take the lead and control of the contest. "It's hard to let three goals go in the first period and still win the game," Wild goaltender Manny Fernandez said. "We do have a good team, but I can't ask a miracle out o |
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| Avs target first home win of season |
NHL Hockey |
11/04/2002 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - The Colorado Avalanche will try to pick up their first win of the season on home ice this evening when they kick off a five- game homestand against the Vancouver Canucks. Colorado, which has posted an 0-1-3-0 mark at the Pepsi Center, is unbeaten in its last two (1-0-1) overall and most recently skated to a 4-4 tie with the Calgary Flames on Saturday. Joe Sakic had two goals and one assist for the Avalanche in the deadlock, while Peter Forsberg posted a goal and three assists. Colo |
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| Canucks Team Report: Canucks slow down Wild |
NHL Hockey |
11/03/2002 |
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| (MySportsbook) - After winning their first two games of the season in impressive fashion, the Vancouver Canucks have struggled to find their form ever since. Entering Saturday's tilt with the NHL's top-team in the West, the Minnesota Wild, Vancouver had won just once (1-4-4) since its back-to-back wins to start the campaign. So you figured win No. 4 on the season would not be in the cards at the suddenly tough confines of the Xcel Energy Center. Well, guess again. The Canucks used a three-goal first-period fl |
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| Coyotes welcome Predators to town |
NHL Hockey |
11/03/2002 |
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| five tries (1-3-0-1). Branko Radivojevic and Shane Doan both scored for the Coyotes, who allowed at least five goals in a game for the fourth time in 12 games this season. Phoenix begins a three-game homestand tonight that will also include visits from the Minnesota Wild and Vancouver Canucks. The Coyotes, like the rest of the NHL, have dominated the Predators in recent history, winning five straight, and are 7-4-1 in the last 12 meetings. Nashville has lost three straight and four of its last five in Phoenix. |
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| Minnesota tries to improve on NHL's best record |
NHL Hockey |
11/02/2002 |
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| St. Paul, MN (MySportsbook) - The NHL's best team hopes to conclude a three-game undefeated homestand tonight when the Minnesota Wild host the Vancouver Canucks at Xcel Energy Center. Minnesota, which at 18 points sits five points ahead of Colorado in the Northwest, has won two straight, is undefeated in its last six (4-0-2) and is coming off a 2-1 overtime victory over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday to run their home mark to 6-1-0. Sergei Zholtok scored both goals, including the game-winner with just 10 sec |
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| Carolina Hurricanes |
NHL Hockey Transaction |
11/02/2002 |
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| Acquired left wing Jan Hlavac and center Harold Druken from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for defenseman Marek Malik and left wing Darren Langdon. |
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| Hurricanes and Canucks pull off four-player trade |
NHL Hockey |
11/01/2002 |
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| Raleigh, NC (MySportsbook) - The Carolina Hurricanes announced Friday that the team has acquired left wing Jan Hlavac and center Harold Druken from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for defenseman Marek Malik and left wing Darren Langdon. Hlavac is currently in his fourth NHL season and has tallied 139 points (64g, 75a) in 232 career games with Vancouver, Philadelphia and the New York Rangers. He collected 31 points (16g, 15a) in 77 games last season with the Flyers and Canucks. This year for Vancouver, the 2 |
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| Canucks try to cure home woes against Avs |
NHL Hockey |
10/31/2002 |
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| Vancouver, British Columbia (MySportsbook) - The Vancouver Canucks will hope to get their first win on their current four-game homestand tonight when the set at GM Place concludes against the Colorado Avalanche. Vancouver, which is 1-3-2-0 on its home ice this season, is currently 0-1-2 on its current stand, including a 1-1 tie with the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday. Ed Jovanovski scored the lone goal for Vancouver, while Dan Cloutier made 30 saves. The Canucks have won just once in their last eight (1-3-4). Jova |
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| Flames shoot for first home win |
NHL Hockey |
10/31/2002 |
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| ason. The Flames will finish their stand on Saturday versus Colorado, then will embark on a five-game road swing. Buffalo enter's Thursday's Halloween tilt winless in its last three (0-2-1) including a 1-1 tie in its last game on Tuesday against the Vancouver Canucks. Ales Kotalik scored with 2:39 remaining in the third period to lift the Sabres to the deadlock, as Buffalo won just once in their last seven games (1-4-2). Jochen Hecht started the play, carrying the puck into the Vancouver zone along the left wing |
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| Potent Canucks welcome Ducks to GM Place |
NHL Hockey |
10/24/2002 |
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| Vancouver, British Columbia (MySportsbook) - The Vancouver Canucks try to stretch their unbeaten streak to four games tonight when they welcome the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim to GM Place. The Canucks are 1-0-2 in their last three games, including Monday's 5-2 win over San Jose at the Shark Tank. Head coach Marc Crawford reunited the team's top line of Markus Naslund, Todd Bertuzzi and Brendan Morrison, and the trio paced a five-goal outburst during a 6:43 span in the second period. The line combined for four goa |
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