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| Blackhawks' Kane 1 of 16 rookies heading to NHL YoungStars competition |
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01/15/2008 |
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| s' David Perron. The defensemen are Alexander Edler of the Vancouver Canucks, Erik Johnson of the St. Louis Blues, Los Angeles Kings' Jack Johnson, and Matt Niskanen of the Dallas Stars. Headlining the East defensemen is Tobias Enstrom of the host Atlanta Thrashers. Enstrom wasn't selected by Atlanta until the eighth round of the 2003 draft, but he has gone on to lead rookies this season in ice time (24 minutes, 4 seconds), tie for second in assists (23) and rank fourth in points (26). He was the NHL rookie |
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| Red Wings try to stop mini-slide in home test vs. Thrashers |
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01/15/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Detroit Red Wings will try to halt a rare losing streak tonight, as they welcome the Atlanta Thrashers to the Joe Louis Arena. Detroit has dropped back-to-back contests for just the third time this season and for the first time since November 22nd and 24th. After losing a shootout against Minnesota on Thursday, the best in the west fell to the Eastern Conference's best team on Saturday. Daniel Alfredsson had two goals, including the game-winner with 2:56 to play, as the Ottawa Senators do |
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| Ottawa's Heatley to miss six weeks |
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01/13/2008 |
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| nish a check against Red Wings forward Dallas Drake. The 26-year-old, who was named to the Eastern Conference All-Star team, posted 25 goals and 31 assists in 43 games this season. Prior to the setback, Heatley had played in all 207 games for the Senators after coming over in a trade from the Atlanta Thrashers before the 2005-2006 season. The injury also will cost him a chance at becoming the first player in the NHL to post three consecutive 50-goal seasons since John LeClair did it from 1995-98 for the Flyers. |
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| Recchi's shootout winner halts Pens' eight-game win streak |
NHL Hockey |
01/12/2008 |
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| Atlanta, GA (Best E Casino) - Mark Recchi scored in the fourth round of the shootout to help the Atlanta Thrashers defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins, 3-2, at Philips Arena. The first three rounds of the shootout were scoreless, but Recchi gave his team the advantage as he deked to the backhand and lifted the puck over Ty Conklin. Evgeni Malkin was the last chance for Pittsburgh and he had Kari Lehtonen beaten, but his backhand did not get enough height and Lehtonen made a right pad save to preserve the win. Ilya |
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| Leading scorer Kovalchuk tops East All-Star reserves |
NHL Hockey |
01/11/2008 |
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| New York, NY (Best E Casino) - The NHL's leading goal-scorer, Atlanta Thrashers left wing Ilya Kovalchuk, headed a list of 15 players named as reserves to the Eastern Conference All-Star team for the game to be played in Atlanta January 27. Kovalchuk, who leads the NHL with 36 goals and ranks second with 61 points, will not be the only player representing the host team, as fellow Thrashers forward Marian Hossa was named to his fourth All-Star team. Hossa and Kovalchuk will be joined up front by a group headlin |
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| Jokinen's goal lifts Florida over Atlanta |
NHL Hockey |
01/10/2008 |
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| Atlanta, GA (Best E Casino) - Olli Jokinen's shootout goal completed a late Florida comeback and gave the Panthers a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers at Philips Arena. Nathan Horton matched Vyacheslav Kozlov's goal to start the shootout, and after Thomas Vokoun and Kari Lehtonen alternated saves, Atlanta's Ilya Kovalchuk, the league's leading scorer, had a chance for the go-ahead tally. But Kovalchuk's wrister soared wide right of the net, and Jokinen made it hurt when he fired a deliberate wrister past |
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| Panthers aim to halt losing ways against Thrashers |
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01/10/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Florida Panthers will try to avoid their sixth loss in seven games tonight, when they visit the Atlanta Thrashers in a Southeast Division battle at Philips Arena. The Panthers' only win in their last six tests came against the New York Islanders last Thursday. Florida has lost its last two games, as it was swept by Pittsburgh in a home-and-home series. The Penguins won in Florida, 3-0, on Saturday and then notched a 3-1 decision in Tuesday's return trip to Pittsburgh. Sidney Crosby posted |
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| Hartnell, Carter shine as Flyers remain hot |
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01/08/2008 |
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| Atlanta, GA (Best E Casino) - Scott Hartnell had a goal and two assists as the Philadelphia Flyers continued their domination of the Atlanta Thrashers with a 4-1 win at Philips Arena. Jeff Carter scored a pair of goals while Steve Downie scored his second goal in as many games for the Flyers, who have won two straight and five of their last six games. "After that first period we were down," said Hartnell. "We knew we had to get something going. In the dressing room we had a good feeling that we were going to g |
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| Crosby tops NHL All-Star voting for 2nd straight year; 3 Wings in West starting lineup |
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01/08/2008 |
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| a recognition, no question, but I don't know if it means more,'' Alfredsson said of his starting assignment. ``All-Star weekend is a lot of fun no matter how you get into it.'' Surprisingly, the league's top two goal scorers, Ilya Kovalchuk of the Atlanta Thrashers (34 goals) and Washington's Alex Ovechkin - tied with Iginla with 32 - weren't elected to start for the East. Ovechkin was fifth in votes among forwards with 177,574, while Kovalchuk came in sixth with 173,629. ``This league is really young,'' Lec |
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| Hurting Flyers head south for test against Thrashers |
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01/08/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Philadelphia Flyers will aim for their fifth win in six tries tonight, when they visit the Atlanta Thrashers for a battle at Philips Arena. The Flyers notched a 3-2 win Saturday evening in Toronto as Mike Richards scored the game-winner with just 2:51 to play. On the power play after Ian White was called for interference, Mike Knuble attempted a sweeping shot from the left side of the net that Andrew Raycroft stopped, but Richards was sitting at the right side and slammed home the rebound |
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