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| Lightning edge Canucks in Tampa |
NHL Hockey |
02/01/2008 |
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| Tampa, FL (Best E Casino) - Brad Richards had a goal and two assists as the Tampa Bay Lightning downed the Vancouver Canucks, 4-3, at St. Pete Times Forum. Martin St. Louis had three assists while Karri Ramo stopped 23 shots for the Lightning, who snapped a two-game slide. "It was a fun game to be a part of, a lot of emotion," said Richards. "Both sides were really battling and I think throughout the game we played a lot of different ways and got it done. We had to come from behind, we had to protect the lead |
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| Luongo makes his return as Canucks visit Tampa |
NHL Hockey |
01/31/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Vancouver Canucks will welcome back Roberto Luongo tonight with open arms, as they battle the Lightning at Tampa Bay's St. Pete Times Forum. Luongo skipped the All-Star Game to spend time with his pregnant wife, and was also given permission by Vancouver to miss the club's first game after the break. Without Luongo in net, the Canucks dropped a close 4-3 test versus Dallas. Curtis Sanford started for Vancouver, but allowed three goals on 12 shots before getting pulled in the second period |
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| Stars withstand late flurry to best Canucks |
NHL Hockey |
01/30/2008 |
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| Vancouver, BC (Best E Casino) - Mike Modano recorded a goal and an assist and Marty Turco held off a late surge as the Dallas Stars defeated the Vancouver Canucks, 4-3, at GM Place. Stephane Robidas, Steve Ott and Trevor Daley also scored for Dallas, which halted a two-game skid and won for the fourth time in its last six overall. The Stars will complete their three-game trip through western Canada on Friday and Saturday against Edmonton and Calgary, respectively. Henrik Sedin, Ryan Kesler and Markus Naslund s |
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| Canucks D Mitchell out with fractured vertebra |
NHL Hockey |
01/29/2008 |
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| Vancouver, BC (Best E Casino) - The Vancouver Canucks learned on Tuesday that defenseman Willie Mitchell, who has been hampered with a stress fracture of a vertebra in his back, will miss at least one game. The fracture is located at the L2 joint, which is in the lower back. Although there is no specific timetable to rehab such an injury, Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault said Mitchell could play with the discomfort up to five weeks. He will miss Tuesday's game against the Dallas Stars, and may be out for a p |
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| Canucks to face Stars minus Luongo |
NHL Hockey |
01/29/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Vancouver Canucks have had to wait a few days, but the club will wrap its four-game homestand tonight with a test against the Dallas Stars at General Motors Place. Vancouver lost the first two games of the stand, to Los Angeles and Minnesota, before posting a 3-2 win over St. Louis on Wednesday. Daniel Sedin scored the only goal in the shootout to lift the Canucks. After three scoreless shootout rounds, Sedin moved in on Manny Legace and sold the backhand before pulling the puck back to t |
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| Crawford to testify that Bertuzzi was ordered off ice before Moore hit |
NHL Hockey |
01/25/2008 |
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TORONTO (AP) - Former Vancouver Canucks coach Marc Crawford will testify that he yelled at Todd Bertuzzi to get off the ice before the attack on Colorado Avalanche player Steve Moore, an Ontario court heard Friday. The statement by lawyer Alan D'Silva, who represents the Canucks and their owners, shocked a pretrial hearing in Moore's multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Bertuzzi and Orca Bay Hockey. ``That's the first time I heard that,'' said Master Ronald Dash, the judicial officer who presided over the |
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| NHL Awards at the break |
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01/25/2008 |
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| player to ever take the ice in the NHL. Runner-up: Andrei Markov, Montreal VEZINA TROPHY (BEST GOALTENDER) Roberto Luongo, Vancouver Other goaltenders may have better numbers than Luongo, but no backstop means more to his team than No. 1 does to the Vancouver Canucks. Last year, Luongo won a franchise-record 47 games and led his club to the conference semifinals, where the Canucks lost to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks. Just like last season, Vancouver is once again an offensively-challenged tea |
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| Sedin lifts Canucks in shootout; Blues drop sixth straight |
NHL Hockey |
01/24/2008 |
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| Vancouver, BC (Best E Casino) - Daniel Sedin scored the only goal in the shootout, as the Vancouver Canucks rallied to defeat the St. Louis Blues, 3-2, at General Motors Place. After three scoreless rounds, Sedin moved in on Manny Legace, then sold the backhand before pulling the puck back to the forehand and tucking it into the net. Roberto Luongo made a glove save on Keith Tkachuk to preserve the win. Mattias Ohlund had two goals for the Canucks, who won for the first time when trailing after two periods (1- |
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| Blues, Canucks both hope to halt skids in Vancouver |
NHL Hockey |
01/23/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Both the St. Louis Blues and Vancouver Canucks will be trying to stop season-long losing streaks tonight when they battle at General Motors Place. The Blues have lost their last five games, getting outscored 27-13 in that span. St. Louis was routed in its last two games, a home-and-home set with Nashville. The Predators notched a 5-2 win in St. Louis on Saturday before handing the Blues a 6-3 setback at home on Monday. Brad Boyes, Dan Hinote and Keith Tkachuk tallied for the Blues, who haven' |
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| Malkin already picking up Crosby's slack in Pitt, replaces Sid the Kid at All-Star game |
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01/22/2008 |
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| eur, who made 34 saves in Sunday's win over Toronto, must miss the game because of a family obligation that has come up. His withdrawal means neither goalie voted into the starting lineup will play. Western Conference starter Roberto Luongo of the Vancouver Canucks pulled out of the game to be with his pregnant wife in Florida. Defenseman Scott Niedermayer and forward Corey Perry from the Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks were also selected to the West team, joining teammates Chris Pronger and Ryan Getzlaf. |
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