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| Maple Leafs Team Report: Treading water |
NHL Hockey |
12/11/2002 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Maple Leafs are doing their part to make a charge in the Northeast Division, unfortunately the Boston Bruins and Ottawa Senators aren't cooperating. Toronto is 8-2 in its last games, but remains third in the Northeast -- four behind second-place Ottawa and 12 back of Boston. That's because the Bruins are also 8-2 in their last 10, and the Senators are 10-1-3 in their last 14. On Tuesday the Leafs posted a 4-2 victory over Mario Lemieux and the Pittsburgh Penguins at Air Canada Centre. |
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| Rangers Team Report: Keeping their fingers crossed |
NHL Hockey |
12/09/2002 |
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| owever, an MRI taken on Saturday provided inconclusive results regarding the ACL, leaving the door open for a possible return this season for the five-time 50-goal scorer. "Well, it is a relief," Bure told the media before his team's 4-1 loss to the Boston Bruins. "Now, you can see a light at the end of the tunnel. Hopefully, [the ACL] will be fine and we can see what happens." [the ACL] will be fine and we can see what happens." Bure, who had scored five goals in his last four games prior to the injury, lea |
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| Bruins head to Big Apple to battle Bure-less Rangers |
NHL Hockey |
12/08/2002 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - The Boston Bruins will shoot for their third straight victory this afternoon when they travel to New York to faceoff with the banged-up Rangers at Madison Square Garden. Nicholas Boynton scored with 1:49 remaining in overtime to lift the Bruins past the Tampa Bay Lightning, 3-2, on Saturday. Glen Murray and Bryan Berard also scored for Boston, which has won seven of its last eight games. John Grahame stopped 20 shots for the Bruins. In the overtime, Boynton took a pass from B |
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| Division leaders faceoff in Beantown |
NHL Hockey |
12/07/2002 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - The East-leading Boston Bruins hope to build another streak today when they welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning to the FleetCenter. After having a five-game winning string snapped Tuesday versus St. Louis, Boston bounced back with a 4-3 overtime triumph against Byron Dafoe and the Atlanta Thrashers two nights later. Glen Murray scored his second goal of the game 1:53 into the extra frame to provide the heroics, as the B's recovered after squandering a 3-0 lead. Jozef Stumpel and Ha |
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| Bourque, DeGregorio, O'Ree honored |
NHL Hockey |
12/05/2002 |
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| sport's development. Eligible candidates for the Patrick Award are players, coaches, referees and linesmen, as well as team and league executives. Bourque, who retired following the 2000-2001 season, spent 22 seasons in the NHL, 21 of them with the Boston Bruins. With 1,612 games played, he ranks fourth on the all-time list, trailing only Gordie Howe, Mark Messier and Larry Murphy. His number, 77, is one of nine to have been retired by the Bruins, and his distinguished career on the ice is mirrored by tirel |
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| Sens try to get back on track against Blues |
NHL Hockey |
12/05/2002 |
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| ended for the Senators, as winger Marian Hossa saw his team-record 13-game point streak come to an end (12g, 10a). Patrick Lalime took the loss for Ottawa, despite stopping 17 of the 18 shots he faced. The Senators, who are seven points back of the Boston Bruins for the top spot in the Northeast Division standings, are 4-4-3-0 on enemy ice this season. St. Louis comes into tonight's contest on the heels of a 4-0 shutout over the Eastern Conference leading Boston Bruins on Tuesday. Fred Brathwaite made 33 sa |
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| Dafoe, Thrashers visit Boston |
NHL Hockey |
12/05/2002 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - The East-leading Boston Bruins try to get back on track tonight when they welcome the Atlanta Thrashers, winners of two straight, to the FleetCenter. The contest is expected to mark Atlanta goaltender Byron Dafoe's first against his former club. Dafoe, who went 35-26-3 last year, spent five seasons with the Bruins before the club opted not to re-sign him this summer. It wasn't until last month that he found a job, when the defense-poor Thrashers came calling. Dafoe's old mates, |
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| Rangers Team Report: Rocket-fueled victory |
NHL Hockey |
12/04/2002 |
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| The tendon that runs over the plate and screws that I have in my ankle just got hit right on that," Leetch said. "So putting weight on it and moving my foot right now is really sore but there isn't a break. It's not a broken bone so I'll just take an anti-inflammatory and see how it feels from day-to-day." WHAT'S AHEAD After the Rangers' tilt in Philly on Thursday, they will begin a three-game homestand on Friday with Buffalo. The stand will also include visits from the Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks. |
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| Devils Team Report: Deja vu |
NHL Hockey |
12/03/2002 |
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| 21-12-4 against Philadelphia lifetime, told the Newark Star-Ledger. New Jersey and Philadelphia have now played in four straight 1-0 games, which is an NHL record. The last time two teams played to three straight 1-0 tilts was from 1928-29, when the Boston Bruins and Montreal Maroons accomplished the feat. Brian Gionta scored Monday's only goal with 2:09 left in overtime to give Brodeur the decision, and vault the Devs into first place in the Atlantic Division with 30 points. And Jersey paces the standings d |
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| Blues skate into Beantown to face red-hot Bruins |
NHL Hockey |
12/03/2002 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - The surging Boston Bruins seek their sixth straight victory tonight when they welcome the St. Louis Blues to the FleetCenter. Boston, which leads the Eastern Conference with 36 points, went 10-1-1-1 during the month of November, including Saturday's 3-2 victory over the Penguins in Pittsburgh. Captain Joe Thornton led the charge with two goals and an assist for the Bruins, who won by virtue of Sergei Samsonov's tally early in the third. Goaltender John Grahame made 24 saves for |
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