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| Time for Roy, Montreal to officially bury the hatchet |
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11/19/2008 |
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| llowed nine goals against visiting Detroit. When Roy wasn't pulled by then-coach Mario Tremblay, whom he had been feuding with prior, he declared that he'd never play another game for the Canadiens. Roy was true to his word and forced a trade to the Colorado Avalanche a few days later. He went on to play in 478 games for Colorado, winning two more Stanley Cups while earning his record third Conn Smythe. Roy also had his No. 33 retired by the former Quebec Nordiques franchise after retiring in 2003. But five years |
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| Flames down Avs |
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11/19/2008 |
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| Calgary, AB (Best E Casino) - Adrian Aucoin and Rene Bourque scored while Miikka Kiprusoff made 22 saves, as the Calgary Flames defeated the Colorado Avalanche, 4-1, in the opener of a home-and-home set at Saddledome. Jarome Iginla and David Moss also scored for the inconsistent Flames, who are now 3-5 since a six-game win streak. These two teams will meet in Denver on Thursday. "We worked hard on systems and tonight that was the difference," said Aucoin. "Our guys worked hard and we did it right. When you do a |
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11/19/2008 |
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| hird straight game. Bryzgalov allowed two goals on 40 shots in the loss. Final Score: Calgary 4, Colorado 1 Calgary, AB (Best E Casino) - Adrian Aucoin and Rene Bourque scored while Miikka Kiprusoff made 22 saves, as the Calgary Flames defeated the Colorado Avalanche, 4-1, in the opener of a home-and-home set at Saddledome. Jarome Iginla and David Moss also scored for the inconsistent Flames, who are now 3-5 since a six-game win streak. These two teams will meet in Denver on Thursday. Peter Budaj was stellar wit |
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| Flames host Avs to open home-and-home set |
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11/18/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Calgary Flames seek their third straight win over the Colorado Avalanche, as the clubs open a home-and-home set tonight in Canada at Pengrowth Saddledome. After dropping five of eight versus the Avalanche last year, including a split of four games in Calgary, the Flames have already beaten Colorado twice this year. That includes a 5-4 win on October 14 and a 3-0 blanking two weeks later on the 28th. Both of those tests were also in Calgary, as the clubs have yet to play in Denver. That fir |
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| Stastny, Avs agree to extension |
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11/17/2008 |
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| Denver, CO (Best E Casino) - The Colorado Avalanche signed center Paul Stastny to a five-year contract extension on Monday that will keep the 22- year-old in the Mile High City through the 2013-14 season. "Paul has clearly established himself as one of the bright young stars emerging in our game today," said Avalanche executive vice president and general manager Francois Giguere. "At a young age, he's demonstrated tremendous skill, vision and composure on the ice and is recognized as one of the most complete pl |
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| Tucker leads Avs past Oilers |
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11/16/2008 |
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| Edmonton, AB (Best E Casino) - Darcy Tucker scored the game-tying goal in the last minute of regulation, as well as the game-winner in the fifth round of the shootout, as the Colorado Avalanche pulled off a stunning 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers. With Edmonton holding a 2-1 lead late in the third period, Colorado had a 6- on-3 opportunity. The Oilers' Fernando Pisani was in the penalty box for hooking and Ethan Moreau was there for tripping, and the Avs pulled goaltender Peter Budaj. The move paid off, as wi |
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| Avs, Oilers clash in Edmonton |
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11/15/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Colorado Avalanche will take aim at their third straight victory when they visit the Edmonton Oilers for a Northwest Division clash at Rexall Place. The Avalanche snapped a five-game losing streak with last Saturday's 1-0 decision over Nashville and began a three-game road trip with a shootout win against Vancouver on Thursday. Marek Svatos ended a goaltending clinic from both sides with the game-winning score in the shootout to lift Colorado over Vancouver, 2-1, at General Motors Place. S |
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| Quick change: Melrose out in Tampa |
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11/15/2008 |
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| d recording 440 goals, 952 points and 2,972 penalty minutes. He also appeared in 145 playoff games and netted 52 goals with 112 points and 471 penalty minutes. This will mark his first head coaching position. After retiring midway through the 2001-02 season, he joined the Colorado Avalanche as an assistant and was also an assistant under Wayne Gretzky in Phoenix. Tocchet has had troubles off the ice, spending two years away from the game for his involvement in a massive betting ring based in southern New Jersey. |
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| Yelle and Boston crush Habs |
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11/13/2008 |
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| for the Bruins, who coasted the rest of the way. Game Notes Yelle also had an assist, giving him three points in a game for the first time since recording three helpers in a 4-2 win over the New York Rangers on February 18, 2000 when he was with the Colorado Avalanche...Bruins forward Chuck Kobasew picked up a pair of assists...Canadiens forward Alex Tanguay was credited with the lone assist on Koivu's goal...Former Canadien Michael Ryder also earned a point for Boston...Fernandez improved to 4-0-1 in his last fi |
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| Luongo, Canucks put shutout streak on the line vs. Avs |
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11/12/2008 |
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| Network) - Goaltender Roberto Luongo has been showing the Vancouver fans perfection over the last three games. The Canucks captain will try to stretch his shutout streak tonight and break his own club record in the process when his club takes on the Colorado Avalanche at General Motors Place. Luongo enters this test having posted three straight shutouts. He hasn't allowed a goal since the second period of a loss to Detroit last Sunday, blanking Nashville, Phoenix and Minnesota in the process while stopping all 81 |
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