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| Canucks, Preds tangle in Music City |
NHL Hockey |
12/09/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Vancouver Canucks will try for their fifth straight win over the Nashville Predators, as the two teams meet tonight at the Sommet Center. Vancouver won its last three meetings with Nashville last year and then began this campaign's four-game season series with a 4-0 home win on November 4. Kyle Wellwood scored twice in that game, while Daniel Sedin had a goal and an assist. Robert Luongo made 24 saves in the shutout victory, but he won't be facing the Predators tonight due to a groin inju |
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| Avs win in shootout to continue dominance of Canucks |
NHL Hockey |
12/08/2008 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - Daniel Tjarnqvist tied the game late in the third period and three Colorado players scored in the shootout phase for a 5-4 win over the Vancouver Canucks. Marek Svatos was credited with the winning tally, although Wojtek Wolski and Milan Hejduk also scored in the shootout, as the Avalanche beat the Canucks for the eighth straight time. Hejduk had a goal and two assists in regulation, while Paul Stastny had three assists. David Jones and Ryan Smyth also scored for Colorado, which sn |
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| Canucks continue epic swing in Colorado |
NHL Hockey |
12/07/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Having finally captured the first victory on their current season-long road trip, the Vancouver Canucks continue that seven-game swing tonight in Colorado, where they will battle the Avalanche at the Pepsi Center. The Canucks dropped the first three tests of their swing, getting outscored 12-8 in the losses. However, they picked up a big win in Minnesota on Friday, a 2-1 victory that vaulted them past the Wild for first place in the Northwest Division. Vancouver now owns a one-point lead of i |
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| Wild hope to rebound versus Predators |
NHL Hockey |
12/06/2008 |
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| ce in the Northwest Division, the Minnesota Wild will try to get back on the winning track tonight when they visit the Nashville Predators and the Sommet Center. The Wild carried a one-point lead for the top spot into Friday night's game against the Vancouver Canucks, but a 2-1 loss to the Canucks dropped Minnesota a point back of Vancouver in the standings. Mikko Koivu had the lone goal for the Wild, who have lost two of three, and has five goals and six assists over a seven-game point streak. Koivu leads the c |
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| First-place Red Wings resume residency against rival Blackhawks |
NHL Hockey |
12/06/2008 |
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| t to the season, with their 38 points on the season 10 up on both the Blackhawks and Nashville Predators in the division standings. Detroit has won the first two contests of its current residency, defeating Anaheim, 2-1, on Monday before handing the Vancouver Canucks a 6-5 setback Thursday. Jiri Hudler and Daniel Cleary each scored a pair of goals in the win. Nicklas Lidstrom had a goal and two assists while Derek Meech notched his first NHL goal for the Red Wings, who have won three of their last four games. Br |
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| Schneider, Vancouver get by Wild |
NHL Hockey |
12/05/2008 |
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| St. Paul, MN (MySportsbook) - Jason Jaffray scored the go-ahead goal, and Cory Schneider picked up his first NHL win, as the Vancouver Canucks edged the Minnesota Wild, 2-1. Schneider, a first-round selection by Vancouver in 2004, was recalled from Manitoba of the AHL in late November to help fill the void of Roberto Luongo, who is on injured reserve with a groin injury. Schneider stopped 16-of-17 shots in the win, his fourth career NHL game. Kevin Bieksa also tallied for the Canucks, who snapped a four-game |
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| Wild, Canucks clash in Northwest Division battle |
NHL Hockey |
12/05/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Wild and Vancouver Canucks will battle for first place in the Northwest Division when the clubs meet this evening at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. The Wild enter this test with a one-point lead over the Canucks in the standings. Vancouver, which has 30 points on the season to the Wild's 31, had a chance to leap past Minnesota on Thursday night, but dropped a 6-5 decision to the Detroit Red Wings. Henrik Sedin had a goal and assist while Taylor Pyatt, Kyle Wellwood, Mason R |
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| Hudler and Cleary help Wings edge Canucks |
NHL Hockey |
12/05/2008 |
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| Detroit, MI (MySportsbook) - Jiri Hudler and Daniel Cleary each scored a pair of goals to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 6-5 win over the Vancouver Canucks as the two teams put an early wrap on their season series from Joe Louis Arena. Nicklas Lidstrom had a goal and two assists while Derek Meech notched his first NHL goal for the Red Wings, who have won three of their last four games and continue to lead the Central Division with 38 points. Chris Osgood allowed five goals on 25 shots but was the beneficiary |
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| Former NHLer Martin dies in drowning accident |
NHL Hockey |
12/01/2008 |
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| derful human being and a mentor to me. He was such a great man that did so much for his family and the community. He is going to be missed by everyone in our organization. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family." Martin finished his career with the Vancouver Canucks in 1979, totaling 324 goals and 809 points in 1,101 contests. He was also selected to four All-Star games in four straight years from 1970-74 and won the Masterton Trophy for perseverance and dedication to the sport after the 1969-70 campaign. |
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| Blue Jackets rally past Canucks; Sanford hurt |
NHL Hockey |
12/01/2008 |
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| Columbus, OH (MySportsbook) - Kristian Huselius scored the game-winning goal with 4:44 left in the third period and assisted on another score as the Columbus Blue Jackets notched a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks at Nationwide Arena. Andrew Murray and Fredrik Modin also scored for the Blue Jackets, who won their second straight game after posting just two wins over their previous seven games. Rick Nash posted two assists. Steve Mason made 30 saves, including several dandies in the waning moments, to ea |
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