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| Flyers RW Kapanen retires after 12 seasons |
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06/03/2008 |
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VOORHEES, N.J. (AP) -Philadelphia Flyers right wing Sami Kapanen retired from the NHL on Tuesday and plans to return to Finland and play for a team he owns there. The 34-year-old Kapanen spent the last five seasons with the Flyers and tallied five goals and three assists in 74 games last season. He added two goals in 16 postseason games as the Flyers went to the Eastern Conference finals. Kapanen, a native of Vantaa, Finland, is a part-owner of KalPa Kuopio, the team he plans to play for next season. Kapane |
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| Lightning re-sign Picard, lock up Quick |
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06/02/2008 |
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| Tampa, FL (Best E Casino) - The Tampa Bay Lightning re-signed defenseman Alexandre Picard and signed defenseman Kevin Quick, as announced by the team on Monday. The 22-year old Picard was acquired by Tampa Bay in a mid-season trade with the Philadelphia Flyers. In his three-game career, the 6-foot-2 native of Quebec has scored six goals and recorded 22 assists. The 2003 third round draft pick inked a multi-year, one-way deal. Quick, a third-round selection in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, signed a multi- year, two-w |
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| Red Wings host Pens with chance to clinch Stanley Cup |
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06/02/2008 |
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| 2 record and Detroit claimed the West championship by winning 12 of 16 games. The Red Wings even set a franchise record at one point with nine consecutive victories this postseason. Detroit defeated Nashville in six games during the opening round, swept Colorado in the following series, and beat Dallas in six tests of the conference finals. The Penguins swept Ottawa in the first round and defeated the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers in five games during the conference semifinals and finals, respectively. |
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| Pens try to even Cup finals in Game 4 vs. Red Wings |
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05/31/2008 |
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| 2 record and Detroit claimed the West championship by winning 12 of 16 games. The Red Wings even set a franchise record at one point with nine consecutive victories this postseason. Detroit defeated Nashville in six games during the opening round, swept Colorado in the following series, and beat Dallas in six tests of the conference finals. The Penguins swept Ottawa in the first round and defeated the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers in five games during the conference semifinals and finals, respectively. |
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| Crosby and Penguins snap long scoring drought |
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05/28/2008 |
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| s, it snapped the Pittsburgh Penguins' longest goal drought of the season. The Penguins, who were shut out in the first two games of the series against the Detroit Red Wings, had gone 153 minutes, 22 seconds - dating to the final 15:57 against the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals - without scoring. It was also the first goal allowed by the Red Wings' Chris Osgood in 154:58, stretching to Game 6 of the Western finals vs. Dallas. Crosby scored two goals in the Penguins' 3-2 win We |
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| Punchless Penguins host Red Wings in Game 3 of Cup finals |
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05/28/2008 |
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| ason. Detroit defeated Nashville in six games during the opening round, swept Colorado in the following series, and beat Dallas in six tests of the conference finals. The Penguins swept Ottawa in the first round and defeated the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers in five games during the conference semifinals and finals, respectively. Because of the NHL's unbalanced schedule, Pittsburgh and Detroit have met sparingly during the regular season in recent years and the clubs have never faced off in the playoffs |
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| Franzen back in Red Wings lineup |
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05/27/2008 |
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| ff goals since Carolina's Rod Brind'Amour in 2002, a total matched by teammate Henrik Zetterberg in Detroit's 4-0 win in Game 1 over Pittsburgh. To make room in the lineup, the Red Wings scratched Darren McCarty. --- MISSING MALKIN: Ever since Philadelphia Flyers forward Mike Richards drilled Evgeni Malkin into the boards in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, the Pittsburgh Penguins' high-flying Russian star hasn't been the same. Malkin had an MVP-caliber season, especially excelling when Penguins ca |
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| Franzen finally back in Red Wings lineup |
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05/26/2008 |
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| . 1 pick in this year's draft - and defensemen Drew Doughty, Tyler Myers, Luke Schenn and Alex Pietrangelo. The first round of the draft will be held June 20 in Ottawa. The Tampa Bay Lightning own the No. 1 pick. --- MISSING MALKIN: Ever since Philadelphia Flyers forward Mike Richards drilled Evgeni Malkin into the boards in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, the Pittsburgh Penguins' high-flying Russian star hasn't been the same. Malkin had an MVP-caliber season, especially excelling when Penguins ca |
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| Red Wings aim for 2-0 Cup finals lead against Pens |
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05/26/2008 |
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| ason. Detroit defeated Nashville in six games during the opening round, swept Colorado in the following series, and beat Dallas in six tests of the conference finals. The Penguins swept Ottawa in the first round and defeated the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers in five games during the conference semifinals and finals, respectively. Because of the NHL's unbalanced schedule, Pittsburgh and Detroit have met sparingly during the regular season in recent years and the clubs have never faced off in the playoffs |
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| Penguins shuffle lines for Game 2 vs Red Wings |
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05/25/2008 |
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| eason, but its road record is 4-3. Two of the defeats have been by shutout. The Penguins are in an unfamiliar role of trailing in a series. In the first three rounds, Pittsburgh raced to 3-0 leads against the Ottawa Senators, New York Rangers, and Philadelphia Flyers - needing no more than five games to advance. Therrien isn't wasting any time against the Red Wings, and appears set to juggle his forward lines in an attempt to get more going in Game 2 on Monday. He preached effort and desire on Sunday. ``We w |
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