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| New Jersey Devils Team Report - May 22nd |
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05/22/2003 |
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| ust two scores in his 16 playoff contests. Niedermayer's helper last night was his 10th of this postseason. The Devils are making their third conference finals appearance in four years, including a Stanley Cup championship in 2000. They defeated the Boston Bruins, 4-1, in the opening round and the Tampa Bay Lightning, 4-1, in the semifinals to reach this point. This is the second meeting with the Senators in the postseason. Ottawa captured the 1998 opening round series four-games-to-two, including victories |
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| Bruins' Thornton arrested |
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05/17/2003 |
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| St. Thomas, Ontario (MySportsbook) - Boston Bruins center Joe Thornton was arrested on Saturday and charged with assaulting a police officer. The Boston captain, who was charged with assaulting and obstructing a police officer in the early hours of the morning outside an Ontario bar, was released on bail. After the bar's bouncers were unable to break up a fight, police were called to the scene, where some officers were knocked to the ground during the altercation. There were eight other people besides Tho |
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| New Jersey Devils Team Report - May 16th |
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05/16/2003 |
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| 7). Patrik Elias, who was the regular season scoring leader, has just one score in his 13 playoff contests. The Devils are making their third conference finals appearance in four years, including a Stanley Cup championship in 2000. They defeated the Boston Bruins, 4-1, in the opening round and the Tampa Bay Lightning, 4-1, in the semifinals to reach this point. This is the second meeting with the Senators in the postseason. Ottawa captured the 1998 opening round series four-games-to-two, including victories |
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| Old blood meets new blood in East finals |
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05/10/2003 |
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| rcentage in 11 starts, and it's safe to say he has proven his worthiness as a playoff-caliber netminder. For the Devils, it has been business as usual this postseason, as they've disposed of two overmatched clubs in five games apiece. First came the Boston Bruins, whose top guns, Joe Thornton and Glen Murray, were completely minimized by Jersey with the exception of one game. Then the upstart Tampa Bay Lightning were presented as a challenge, and the Devs quickly made them realize they weren't quite worthy y |
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| Devils' turn to dance again |
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05/05/2003 |
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| ed business as usual this postseason, all but erasing memories of last year's quarterfinal exit with a trip to its third conference final in four years. The Devils glided through the first and second rounds by disposing of two overmatched teams, the Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning, in five games apiece. And New Jersey has enjoyed success this spring with the same formula that has worked for what seems like ages - defense, defense and a little more defense. While Larry Robinson injected a potent attack |
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| Swedes pound Denmark; U.S. wins again at World Championships |
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05/03/2003 |
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| Denmark, 7-1, in their qualifying round game at the World Hockey Championship in Finland. Mikael Tellqvist, a goaltender in the Toronto organization, made 22 saves for the Swedes, while Peter Hirsch stopped 46 in defeat. Axelsson, who plays for the Boston Bruins, scored from in close at 8:28 of the first period to give Sweden a 1-0 edge. However, Frederik Akesson scored the only goal for the Danes just 1:33 later when Tellqvist misplayed a weak wrist shot. Forsberg then gave Sweden the lead for good with a |
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| Finalists announced for NHL honor |
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04/28/2003 |
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| lock with Minnesota in its Western Conference semifinal series. His 48 goals were the second-highest in the NHL. He also tallied 56 assists for 104 total points while leading the league in game-winning goals with 12. Thornton is a centerman for the Boston Bruins who scored 36 goals this past season. The 6"4', 23-year-old Thornton helped lead the Bruins to the playoffs while his 65 helpers were good for second in the league. Thornton is one the league's elite power forwards who knows how to score as well as |
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| Finalists named for NHL honor |
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04/28/2003 |
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| lock with Minnesota in its Western Conference semifinal series. His 48 goals were the second-highest in the NHL. He also tallied 56 assists for 104 total points while leading the league in game-winning goals with 12. Thornton is a centerman for the Boston Bruins who scored 36 goals this past season. The 6"4', 23-year-old Thornton helped lead the Bruins to the playoffs while his 65 helpers were good for second in the league. Thornton is one the league's elite power forwards who knows how to score as well as |
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| Devils, Bolts set for Game 1 |
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04/24/2003 |
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| l series at the Meadowlands. The Atlantic Division-champion Devils are back in the second round on the heels of last year's quarterfinal upset at the hands of Carolina. In Round 1 this spring, the Devils advanced with relative ease, disposing of the Boston Bruins in five games. As per the norm, Martin Brodeur was at the center of the dominance, posting a 1.69 goals-against average, .940 save percentage and two shutouts in five games. Of course, Brodeur also had some help from his friends along the way, as th |
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| Devils take another crack at advancing |
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04/17/2003 |
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| East Rutherford, NJ (MySportsbook) - The New Jersey Devils try once again to advance to the second round tonight when they host the Boston Bruins in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series at the Meadowlands. New Jersey had its chance at a sweep spoiled on Tuesday with a 5-1 Bruins win up at FleetCenter. The Bruins' attack was finally able to break the Devils' defensive code and put some shots past goaltender Martin Brodeur. Boston's charge was, however, led by an unlikely source, as defens |
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