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| Waddell named All-Star assistant coach |
NHL Hockey |
01/25/2008 |
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| Atlanta, GA (Best E Casino) - Atlanta Thrashers head coach Don Waddell has been added to the Eastern Conference staff as an assistant for Sunday's NHL All-Star Game. The Thrashers are hosting this year's All-Star festivities. Waddell will replace New Jersey's Brent Sutter as an assistant to East head coach John Paddock of Ottawa. No reason was given for the change. Paddock and Sutter had earned the coaching staff assignments because their respective teams had the conference's top records as of January 5. Wadde |
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| Shanahan lifts Rangers over Thrashers on Brian Leetch night |
NHL Hockey |
01/25/2008 |
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| New York, NY (Best E Casino) - Brendan Shanahan notched the lone goal of the shootout as the New York Rangers celebrated a special night with a 2-1 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers at Madison Square Garden. Shanahan beat Atlanta netminder Johan Hedberg with a shot between the pads on New York's first chance. Henrik Lundqvist turned aside Mark Recchi and Slava Kozlov, while Hedberg stoned Chris Drury and Jaromir Jagr. Marian Hossa then gave the Rangers the victory when he fired his chance high and wide to the |
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| Leetch's number raised to the rafters |
NHL Hockey |
01/24/2008 |
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| New York, NY (Best E Casino) - The New York Rangers retired former defenseman Brian Leetch's jersey to the rafters in a ceremony prior to the club's contest against the Atlanta Thrashers at Madison Square Garden. Leetch, who wore No. 2, became only the fifth former Blueshirt to see his jersey raised, joining Ed Giacomin (1), Rod Gilbert (7), Mark Messier (11), and Mike Richter (35). The Texas-born, Connecticut-raised backliner was the ninth-overall selection of New York back in 1986, and cemented his reputatio |
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| Rangers raise Leetch's No. 2 to rafters of Madison Square Garden |
NHL Hockey |
01/24/2008 |
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| 1994 Stanley Cup championship team that ended 54 years of waiting. ``I have felt this building shake, starting in the blue seats and filling this arena,'' Leetch said during the 51-minute ceremony before the Rangers' 2-1 shootout victory over the Atlanta Thrashers. Then the 11-time All-Star, who was the NHL rookie of the year, twice the league's top defenseman, and the MVP of the 1994 playoffs rocked the house again. Always one to deflect praise and attention away from himself, Leetch stunned the packed a |
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| Rangers to honor Leetch before battling Thrashers |
NHL Hockey |
01/24/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Madison Square Garden will be full of energy tonight, as the Rangers will honor Brian Leetch before battling the Atlanta Thrashers for a second straight time in New York. Prior to tonight's contest, the Rangers will lift Leetch's number 2 into the rafters, marking just the fifth uniform number retired in team history. Leetch will join Rod Gilbert, Ed Giacomin, Mike Richter and Mark Messier as the only players in team history to receive the honor. Leetch won the 1994 Stanley Cup championship i |
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| Brian Leetch's No. 2 to be retired by Rangers to Madison Square Garden rafters |
NHL Hockey |
01/23/2008 |
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| th a consistency that made teammates and opponents marvel. Now four years after being traded away from the New York Rangers, Leetch has returned to get the ultimate honor from the team and city he never wanted to leave. Before the Rangers face the Atlanta Thrashers on Thursday night, Leetch's No. 2 will be raised to the Madison Square Garden rafters alongside Messier's No. 11 and Richter's No. 35 - completing the trio most responsible for ending the Rangers' 54-year Stanley Cup drought in 1994. ``I always sa |
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| Kovalchuk suspended a game for hit on Rozsival |
NHL Hockey |
01/23/2008 |
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| New York, NY (Best E Casino) - Atlanta Thrashers left wing Ilya Kovalchuk was suspended one game without pay, the league announced Wednesday, for a hit in Tuesday's game against the New York Rangers. The suspension will keep Kovalchuk out of Thursday's game against the Rangers in New York, and cost him $34,224.60. With 36 seconds left in the first period, Kovalchuk left his feet on a boarding check on Michal Rozsival. Rozsival laid on the ice for a couple of minutes, but eventually got to his feet and finished |
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| Lundqvist stands tall, Rangers blank Thrashers |
NHL Hockey |
01/22/2008 |
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| New York, NY (Best E Casino) - Henrik Lundqvist stopped 14 shots for his seventh shutout of the season, as the New York Rangers dominated the Atlanta Thrashers, 4-0, in the first of a two-game set at Madison Square Garden. Jaromir Jagr had a goal and two assists, while Fedor Tyutin added three assists for the Rangers, who had lost three of four coming into the contest. "After the first period it was all about keeping my focus," said Lundqvist. "Sometimes when you think you own a game you start to lose focus an |
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| Bernie Mullin resigns as president of Atlanta Hawks, Thrashers; no replacement expected |
NBA Basketball |
01/22/2008 |
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ATLANTA (AP) - Bernie Mullin resigned as president of the Atlanta Hawks and Atlanta Thrashers, and a member of the ownership group doesn't expect he'll be replaced. Michael Gearon Jr., an Atlanta-based member of the ownership group, said Mullin's resignation Tuesday will set up a more efficient management of the teams. Mullin had been president and chief executive officer of Atlanta Spirit, representing the ownership group for the Hawks, the Thrashers and Philips Arena, since 2004. ``As far as the trans |
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| Bernie Mullin resigns as president of Atlanta Hawks, Thrashers |
NBA Basketball |
01/22/2008 |
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ATLANTA (AP) - Bernie Mullin resigned as president of the Atlanta Hawks and Atlanta Thrashers, and a member of the ownership group doesn't expect he'll be replaced. Michael Gearon Jr., an Atlanta-based member of the ownership group, said Mullin's resignation Tuesday will set up a more efficient management of the teams. Mullin had been president and chief executive officer of Atlanta Spirit, representing the ownership group for the Hawks, the Thrashers and Philips Arena, since 2004. ``As far as the trans |
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