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| Rangers aim to sweep Bolts in Prague |
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10/05/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The New York Rangers kicked off the 2008-09 campaign with a victory and will try to sweep the Tampa Bay Lightning today, as the teams wrap up a two-game set at the O2 Arena in Prague. For the second straight year the NHL regular season began in Europe with the Rangers and Lightning facing off in the Czech Republic and the Ottawa Senators and Pittsburgh Penguins battling at the Globe Arena in Stockholm. Last year, the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings started the NHL season with a pair of game |
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| Dubinsky, Rangers beat Lightning in Melrose's return |
NHL Hockey |
10/04/2008 |
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| Prague, Czech Republic (Best E Casino) - Brandon Dubinsky's power-play marker late in the third period proved to be the game-winner, as the New York Rangers kicked off the 2008-09 campaign with a hard-fought 2-1 triumph over the new-look Tampa Bay Lightning from the O2 Arena. Markus Naslund also scored for the Rangers, who were ousted in the second round of the playoffs last season by eventual conference champion Pittsburgh in five games. Henrik Lundqvist, a Vezina Trophy nominee in each of his first three seaso |
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| Dubinsky, Rangers beat Lightning in Melrose's coaching debut |
NHL Hockey |
10/04/2008 |
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| Prague, Czech Republic (Best E Casino) - Brandon Dubinsky's power-play marker late in the third period proved to be the game-winner, as the New York Rangers kicked off the 2008-09 campaign with a hard-fought 2-1 triumph over the new-look Tampa Bay Lightning from the O2 Arena. Markus Naslund also scored for the Rangers, who were ousted in the second round of the playoffs last season by eventual conference champion Pittsburgh in five games. Henrik Lundqvist, a Vezina Trophy nominee in each of his first three seaso |
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| Penguins and Senators battle in Sweden |
NHL Hockey |
10/04/2008 |
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| ttsburgh Penguins and Ottawa Senators will begin their 2008-09 regular seasons in Sweden, as the clubs meet today at The Globe Arena in Stockholm. This will be the second of two season-opening games in Europe for the NHL, as the New York Rangers and Tampa Bay Lightning are scheduled to meet earlier today in the Czech Republic at Prague's O2 Arena. The Pens and Sens and the Rangers and Lightning will also meet on Sunday to complete the NHL's opening weekend overseas. It marks the second straight year that the leagu |
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| Rangers, Lightning open NHL season in Czech Republic |
NHL Hockey |
10/04/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - For the second straight year the NHL regular season will kick off in Europe, as the New York Rangers take on the Tampa Bay Lightning today at O2 Arena in Prague. The Ottawa Senators and Pittsburgh Penguins will also open their 2008-09 campaigns later with a matchup at The Globe Arena in Stockholm. Last year, the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings began the NHL season with a pair of games in London. The Lightning will be the designated home club for today's contest and New York will be the host |
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| Pittsburgh Penguins |
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10/02/2008 |
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| Traded the rights to unsigned draft pick, Michal Sersen to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for Tampa Bay's fifth-round pick in the 2009 Entry Draft. |
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| Lightning continue roster trimming, deal Tarnasky |
NHL Hockey |
09/29/2008 |
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| Tampa, FL (Best E Casino) - The Tampa Bay Lightning dealt forward Nick Tarnasky to the Nashville Predators Monday in exchange for a conditional pick in the 2009 draft. The Alberta native posted six goals and 10 points in 80 games last season for Tampa. In 169 games over three years, all with the Lightning, the 23-year-old had 11 goals, 20 points and 162 penalty minutes. |
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| Blackhawks waive Khabibulin |
NHL Hockey |
09/29/2008 |
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| h a 2.63 goals-against average and two shutouts a year ago as the Chicago starter. He came to the Blackhawks as a blockbuster free-agent signing following the cancelled 2004-05 season on a four-year contract worth $27 million, fresh from leading the Tampa Bay Lightning to a Stanley Cup in 2004. Over a 12-year career with the Winnipeg/Phoenix franchise, Tampa Bay and Chicago, Khabibulin is 274-259-17 with 58 ties, a 2.69 GAA and 38 shutouts over 636 games. NHL clubs have 24 hours to claim him off waivers before his |
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| 2008-09 Tampa Bay Lightning Preview |
NHL Hockey |
09/24/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - So much for summer vacations for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Rather than soaking up the Florida sun since the end of a disappointing 2007-08 performance - last overall in the 30-team league - the Lightning have spent the intervening months in full reinvention mode while trying to bring the franchise back to its Stanley Cup-winning level of 2004. New team owners Oren Koules and Len Barrie hired former NHLer Brian Lawton to run things as vice president of hockey operations and brought in former ESPN |
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| Lightning ink Meszaros to six-year deal |
NHL Hockey |
08/30/2008 |
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| Tampa, FL (Best E Casino) - The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed newly- acquired defenseman Andrej Meszaros to a six-year contract. Meszaros was acquired from Ottawa on Friday in exchange for defensemen Filip Kuba and Alexandre Picard, as well as a first-round draft pick in 2009. "The acquisition and signing of Andrej is a strong statement to our players and our fans that the Lightning ownership group is committed to putting the best product on the ice now and for years to come," executive vice president of hocke |
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