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| NHL to open next season with doubleheaders in Prague, Stockholm |
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01/26/2008 |
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ATLANTA (AP) -The NHL will return to Europe to open next season, announcing Saturday that two games each will be played in Prague and Stockholm. The New York Rangers will meet the Tampa Bay Lightning at Sazka Arena in the Czech Republic, while the Ottawa Senators face off against the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Globe Arena in Sweden's capital city. The games will be played Oct. 4 and 5. ``We'll start next season with doubleheaders in two international venues,'' commissioner Gary Bettman said on the eve |
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| Resurgent Capitals just a point out of first at All-Star break |
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01/25/2008 |
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| ing sure we're making strides.'' In Thursday's other NHL games, it was: Ottawa 8, Tampa Bay 4; Edmonton 4, Florida 3 in a shootout; Minnesota 3, Colorado 2; Phoenix 4, Nashville 3 in overtime; San Jose 4, St. Louis 1; Los Angeles 3, Anaheim 1; the New York Rangers 2, Atlanta 1 in a shootout; Buffalo 2, Dallas 1; Columbus 1, Chicago 0; Montreal 4, New Jersey 3; Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 3 and Boston 4, the New York Islanders 1. The Capitals were the worst team in the league - with four fewer points than any |
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| Shanahan lifts Rangers over Thrashers on Brian Leetch night |
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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 th |
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| Rangers raise Leetch's No. 2 to rafters of Madison Square Garden |
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01/24/2008 |
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NEW YORK (AP) -Only at Madison Square Garden does No. 2 fit so perfectly between 11 and 35. It happened Thursday night when the New York Rangers retired Brian Leetch's famous number. They raised a banner next to those of Mark Messier and Mike Richter, the stellar defenseman's teammates on the 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 |
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| Official says NHL in talks to open next season in Sweden and Czech Republic |
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01/24/2008 |
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| ish Hockey League sports director Tommy Topel said Thursday. Topel said the Ottawa Senators would play the Pittsburgh Penguins in Stockholm on both days, adding that NHL games are also planned for the same two days in Prague. ``I know that (the) New York Rangers are on the way, and I think that the other team is Tampa Bay Lightning,'' Topel said. According to Topel, negotiations have been ongoing between the NHL and Swedish entertainment and sports events promoter EMA Telstar but a deal has yet to be fina |
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| Brian Leetch's No. 2 to be retired by Rangers to Madison Square Garden rafters |
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01/23/2008 |
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| rk Messier or instinctively embraced the spotlight as Mike Richter did. This sturdy, dependable defenseman became a star quite quietly and with 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 |
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| Kovalchuk suspended a game for hit on Rozsival |
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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 finishe |
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| Lundqvist stands tall, Rangers blank Thrashers |
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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 a |
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| Flyers continue hot streak with rout of slumping Senators |
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01/21/2008 |
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| roit on Jan. 12. ``I was disappointed in some individuals that are not taking advantage of stepping up,'' Ottawa coach John Paddock said. ``They're not being responsible in doing the right thing.'' In other NHL games Sunday, it was Boston 3, the New York Rangers 1; Dallas 5, Anaheim 2; New Jersey 3, Toronto 2; Edmonton 4, Atlanta 2; and Colorado 3, Columbus 1. Flyers backup Antero Niittymaki, who hasn't lost in regulation in his past seven starts (6-0-1), made 25 saves against the Senators. His only loss |
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| Bruins sweep home-and-home from Rangers |
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01/20/2008 |
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| New York, NY (Best E Casino) - Chuck Kobasew posted a goal and an assist, as the Boston Bruins swept a home-and-home set from the New York Rangers with a 3-1 victory at Madison Square Garden. On Saturday, Boston defeated the Rangers 4-3 in a shootout at TD Banknorth Garden. Glen Metropolit and Phil Kessel also scored for the Bruins, who have won two straight and three of four overall. Marc Savard collected two assists and Tim Thomas made 30 saves for Boston, which recorded a regulation win for the first time |
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