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| Canucks' Sundin to make return to Toronto |
NHL Hockey |
02/21/2009 |
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| story makes his return to the Air Canada Centre tonight, although he won't be donning the home team's sweater. Mats Sundin will face his former team for the first time since leaving the Maple Leafs in this evening's much-anticipated matchup with the Vancouver Canucks. Sundin's storied 13-season tenure with the Maple Leafs ended when the club elected not to re-sign the now 38-year-old centerman following the conclusion of the 2007-08 campaign. The Swedish superstar then sat out the beginning of this season contem |
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| Reeling Habs return home for Northeast clash with Sens |
NHL Hockey |
02/21/2009 |
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| in the lone matchup between the teams this year at the Bell Centre, the Habs' fifth win in their last eight at home versus Ottawa. The Sens have dropped two in a row following a five-game winning streak, losing Thursday night's home test versus the Vancouver Canucks, 5-2. Dany Heatley and Mike Fisher scored for the Senators, while Brian Elliott took the loss after yielding four goals on just 23 shots. Ottawa announced prior to Thursday's contest that captain Daniel Alfredsson will miss at least a week's worth o |
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| Moose forward recalled by Canucks |
MLH |
02/20/2009 |
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| Winnipeg, MB (MySportsbook) - The Vancouver Canucks recalled Alexandre Bolduc from their American Hockey League affiliate, the Manitoba Moose, it was announced on Friday. The 23-year-old forward has appeared in five games with the Canucks this season, earning one assist and four penalty minutes. In 44 games with the Moose he has 10 goals and 15 assists. |
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| Flames visit Minnesota for Northwest clash |
NHL Hockey |
02/19/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Calgary Flames will try to extend their point streak to six games in tonight's matchup with the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center. Although the Flames come into tonight's battle off a 4-3 shootout loss to the Vancouver Canucks, the extra-session setback did allow Calgary to notch a point in its fifth straight game, going 3-0-2 in that span. This run of points comes on the heels of four straight losses. Miikka Kiprusoff set season highs with 43 shots faced and 40 saves, but the Calgary |
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| Surging Canucks make a stop in Ottawa |
NHL Hockey |
02/19/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Vancouver Canucks will be trying to maintain their high level of play during the month of February in tonight's matchup with an Ottawa Senators club they've had plenty of success against in recent years. The surging Canucks will enter Scotiabank Place on a two-game winning streak and have compiled an excellent 6-1-0 record so far in February. The tear has moved the once-struggling team into a tie with Columbus for fifth place in the Western Conference standings, with Dallas lurking one po |
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| Canucks rally late, beat Flames in shootout |
NHL Hockey |
02/18/2009 |
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| Calgary, AB (MySportsbook) - Kevin Bieksa tied the score inside the final minute of regulation and Pavol Demitra tallied the only goal of the shootout, as the Vancouver Canucks downed the Calgary Flames, 4-3, at Saddledome. Ryan Kesler scored twice for the Canucks, who have won six of their last seven games overall. Roberto Luongo allowed three goals on 41 shots in the victory. Jarome Iginla, Daymond Langkow and Rene Bourque scored for the Flames, who earned at least a point for the fifth consecutive game (3- |
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| Canucks visit Flames for Northwest showdown |
NHL Hockey |
02/17/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Vancouver Canucks begin a four-game road trip tonight, as they visit the first-place Calgary Flames for a Northwest Division battle at Pengrowth Saddledome. Vancouver won't leave Canada on this trek, as it will also visit Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal on the swing. First, the Canucks will try to close the gap a bit in the division standings as they trail the Flames by nine points for the top spot. The Canucks, who are 13-10-4 on the road this year, are also in a three-way tie with Edmonton |
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| Devils' Parise highlights NHL's weekly stars |
NHL Hockey |
02/16/2009 |
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| ver the Philadelphia Flyers. Lombardi picked up second star honors by notching three goals and four assists in four games, helping the Northwest Division-leading Flames go 3-0-1 and up their edge in the standings to nine points over the second-place Vancouver Canucks. Kovalchuk had an NHL-best five goals last week to round out the awards, capped with his 11th career hat trick in an 8-4 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday. Kovalchuk has scored in four straight games overall and helped lead Atlanta to a pair of w |
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| Sedin twins help Canucks continue domination of Canadiens |
NHL Hockey |
02/16/2009 |
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| Vancouver, BC (MySportsbook) - Henrik and Daniel Sedin each recorded a goal and an assist, and the Vancouver Canucks continued to dominate the Montreal Canadiens in recent years with a 4-2 victory at GM Place. Daniel Sedin moved into 10th all-time on the Canucks franchise list of goal scorers with his 172nd career tally, and Vancouver won for the fifth time in six games. Alexander Edler and Ryan Kesler also scored, while Roberto Luongo made 25 saves to earn the victory. The Canucks are now 10-0-0 with a tie i |
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| Habs visit Canucks with shot at back-to-back wins |
NHL Hockey |
02/15/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Montreal Canadiens will try to win back-to-back games for the first time in nearly a month when they visit the Vancouver Canucks tonight at General Motors Place. The Canadiens, who are 1-2 so far on a season-high six-game road trip, are coming off Friday's win in Colorado. Montreal hasn't won consecutive games since posting victories over Nashville and Ottawa on January 15 and 17. Montreal hasn't had much success against the Canucks in recent memory, as Vancouver has won four in a row in |
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