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| Caps begin home schedule against Carolina |
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10/06/2007 |
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| ic Staal scored two goals and Cam Ward made 33 saves, to lead Carolina to the triumph. Jeff Hamilton added a goal and two assists for the Hurricanes, who played their first game of the season Wednesday at home and were handed an overtime loss by the Montreal Canadiens. Carolina defenseman Bret Hedican scored a goal in the season opener against Montreal, but missed Friday's game with an illness. Hedican is questionable for tonight's test. Tonight is the first of six straight games on the road for Carolina, which w |
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| Habs, Leafs resume rivalry in Toronto |
NHL Hockey |
10/06/2007 |
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| (Best E Casino) - One of the fiercest rivalries in all of sports resumes this evening in Toronto, as the Maple Leafs host the hated Montreal Canadiens at Air Canada Centre. This is the first of eight regular-season meetings between the Northeast Division rivals. The Leafs and Canadiens have split the season series in each of the past two seasons, but Montreal has dropped three straight and five of its last seven games in Toronto. Also, the Canadiens were knocked out of the playoff picture last year by losing on |
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| Staal scores twice to lead 'Canes over Penguins |
NHL Hockey |
10/05/2007 |
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| the Carolina Hurricanes downed Pittsburgh, 4-1, in the season opener for the Penguins. Jeff Hamilton added a goal and two assists for the Hurricanes, who played their first game of the season Wednesday at home and were handed an overtime loss by the Montreal Canadiens. Marc-Andre Fleury allowed all four goals on 26 shots in two periods for the Penguins, who advanced to the playoffs for the first time since 2001 last season. Fleury was replaced by Dany Sabourin at the start of the third and he ended with seven sav |
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| Crosby, Penguins open season in Carolina |
NHL Hockey |
10/05/2007 |
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| e near future. The Hurricanes played their first game of the season Wednesday at home and were handed an overtime loss. Saku Koivu beat Cam Ward on the power play for his second goal of the game, just over a minute into the extra session, giving the Montreal Canadiens a 3-2 victory over Carolina. Niclas Wallin was whistled to the penalty box for cross checking 46 seconds into overtime, and the Canadiens made the Hurricanes pay. With 3:55 remaining in the extra session, Michael Ryder found Koivu below the right ci |
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| Blues sign RW Johnson |
NHL Hockey |
10/04/2007 |
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| Glendale, AZ (Best E Casino) - The St. Louis Blues signed veteran right wing Mike Johnson Thursday. The 6-foot-2, 202-pound forward played with the Montreal Canadiens last season and collected 31 points (11 goals, 20 assists) in 80 games. The Scarborough, Ontario native has skated in 640 career NHL games, with Phoenix, Tampa Bay and Toronto, and has collected 370 points (127 goals, 243 assists) along with 307 penalty minutes. The Blues open up their 2007-08 season on Thursday with a game in Phoenix. |
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| Stastny's first hat trick powers Avalanche past Stars |
NHL Hockey |
10/04/2007 |
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| son-opening games...Colorado owns a 16-5-7 (7 ties) all-time record on opening night, best in the NHL...Dallas' 10-game unbeaten streak was the longest active streak and tied for the third longest unbeaten streak on opening night in NHL history. The Montreal Canadiens hold that record going unbeaten in 17 straight openers from 1963-79...Dallas captain Brenden Morrow hurt his nose on a check behind the Avalanche net in the first period and came back wearing a face guard in the second...This was the first hat trick |
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| Koivu's OT goal boosts Canadiens over Hurricanes |
NHL Hockey |
10/03/2007 |
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| Raleigh, NC (Best E Casino) - Saku Koivu beat Cam Ward on the power play for his second goal of the game, just over a minute into the overtime period, giving the Montreal Canadiens a 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes in the season opener for both teams. Niclas Wallin was whistled to the penalty box for cross checking 46 seconds into overtime, and the Canadiens made the Hurricanes pay. With 3:55 remaining in the extra session, Michael Ryder found Koivu below the right circle for a shot that sailed over Wa |
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| Hurricanes host Habs in Raleigh |
NHL Hockey |
10/03/2007 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Montreal Canadiens and Carolina Hurricanes will kick off their regular seasons this evening, as the clubs meet at the RBC Center. Neither teams made the postseason last year and that was particularly surprising in Carolina's case since the Hurricanes had won the Stanley Cup in 2006. Carolina became just the third team in the expansion era to follow up a Cup- winning year by missing the playoffs. To make matters worse, the Hurricanes still had a chance to make the postseason late in 2006-07 |
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| Hurrianes host Habs in Raleigh |
NHL Hockey |
10/03/2007 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Montreal Canadiens and Carolina Hurricanes will kick off their regular seasons this evening, as the clubs meet at the RBC Center. Neither teams made the postseason last year and that was particularly surprising in Carolina's case since the Hurricanes had won the Stanley Cup in 2006. Carolina became just the third team in the expansion era to follow up a Cup- winning year by missing the playoffs. To make matters worse, the Hurricanes still had a chance to make the postseason late in 2006-07 |
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| NHL 2007-08: Eastern Conference team-by-team preview capsules |
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09/27/2007 |
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| ber 2006 after his sedan rear-ended a pickup truck near San Jose and is expected to serve six months in a California jail, beginning after this season. ... C Mats Sundin has never had fewer than 72 points in any of the 11 seasons since 1995-96. ---MONTREAL CANADIENS LAST SEASON: 42-3-6, 90 points. Out of playoffs. COACH: Guy Carbonneau, 2nd season, 84-65-15. ADDED: D Patrice Brisebois, D Roman Hamrlik, RW Tom Kostopolous, D Jamie Rivers, C Bryan Smolinski, LOST: G David Aebischer, C Radek Bonk, RW Mike |
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