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| Minnesota Wild center Wes Walz announces retirement from NHL |
NHL Hockey |
12/01/2007 |
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| y that was nothing and molded me into a player that I can be proud of,'' Walz said. ``For that I'll be forever grateful.'' Walz was drafted by the Boston Bruins in the third round in 1989. He played with them, the Philadelphia Flyers, his hometown Calgary Flames and the Detroit Red Wings, but in 1996 his career was headed nowhere. Humbled, determined to get better, and not sure if he'd return to the NHL, Walz went to Switzerland and enjoyed four successful seasons there. After Wild general manager Doug Ri |
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| Flames welcome Jackets to Alberta |
NHL Hockey |
12/01/2007 |
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| (MySportsbook) - A pair of teams coming off poor bad months will try to turn over a new leaf in the first game of December, as the Calgary Flames welcome the Columbus Blue Jackets to the Saddledome. The Flames posted a dismal 4-10-0 record during November and Columbus was just 7-7-3 during the month. Calgary has dropped three in a row coming into tonight's contest, while the Blue Jackets are coming off back-to-back setbacks. Calgary is coming off Thursday's home setback to the Anaheim Ducks. Jean- Sebastie |
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| Ducks and Oilers kick off home-and-home in Edmonton |
NHL Hockey |
11/30/2007 |
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| ill head to Anaheim to conclude this set on Sunday before visiting the Los Angeles Kings on Monday. Anaheim, meanwhile, won for the second time in its last three games on Thursday, as Jean-Sebastien Giguere turned away 38 shots in a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames. Chris Kunitz's second-period score was the game-winner for the Ducks, whose recent run comes on the heels of dropping two in a row. Todd Marchant and Corey Perry also scored for Anaheim, and Rob Niedermayer added an empty- netter. Ryan Getzlaf and |
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| Detroit's Zetterberg and Lidstrom lead Western Conference All-Star voting |
NHL Hockey |
11/28/2007 |
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| ence players in fan voting for the NHL All-Star Game. Lidstrom has received 158,349 votes through Monday, the league announced Wednesday. The Red Wings defenseman and captain was well ahead of Zetterberg, who leads all forwards with 115,543 votes. Calgary Flames defenseman Dion Phaneuf was third overall with 111,940 votes. Zetterberg, Jarome Iginla of the Calgary Flames (81,739) and Pavel Datsyuk of the Red Wings (79,590) were the leading vote-getters at forward. Lidstrom and Phaneuf were the top defensem |
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| Struggling Avs try to rebound against Oilers |
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11/28/2007 |
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| o rediscover their dominating play at home tonight, when they host the Edmonton Oilers in a Northwest Division clash at the Pepsi Center. The Avalanche are playing the second of consecutive home games tonight, and entered Saturday's contest with the Calgary Flames 9-1-0 at home. That record matched the best home record after 10 games in franchise history in terms of both points and points percentage. However, Colorado was whipped 5-2 by the Flames. Joe Sakic and Brad Richardson scored for the Avalanche, who h |
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| Datsyuk notches two goals as Red Wings out-gun Flames |
NHL Hockey |
11/28/2007 |
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| Detroit, MI (MySportsbook) - Pavel Datsyuk scored two goals and assisted on another, as Detroit downed the Calgary Flames, 5-3, at Joe Louis Arena. Tomas Holmstrom had a goal and an assist for the Red Wings, who snapped a two- game slide. Kris Draper and Valtteri Filppula also scored, and Nicklas Lidstrom recorded two helpers. Chris Osgood made 19 saves to push his record to 11-1-1. Jarome Iginla had three assists for Calgary, which has dropped two straight and three of four overall. Miikka Kiprusoff took |
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| Red Wings try to get on track versus Flames |
NHL Hockey |
11/27/2007 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The struggling Detroit Red Wings will try to get back on the right track tonight, when they welcome the Calgary Flames to Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings have dropped five of their last seven games (2-4-1) and are coming off back-to-back losses. Detroit's last two setbacks have each come by one goal, as the Red Wings lost Thursday's test in Nashville by a 3-2 count and were handed a shootout defeat by the same score this past Saturday in Columbus. Nikolai Zherdev tallied in regulation, then |
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| Blues aim to continue home success, battle Flames |
NHL Hockey |
11/25/2007 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The St. Louis Blues will try to stretch their home winning streak to five games tonight when they host the Calgary Flames at Scottrade Center. Playing the first of back-to-back home games on Friday, the Blues defeated the Vancouver Canucks, 3-1. Paul Kariya had a goal and an assist, as he leads the Blues with 16 assists and 22 points on the season. Martin Rucinsky and Erik Johnson also lit the lamp for the Blues, who have won five of their last six overall. Backup Hannu Toivonen did the re |
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| Rival Avalanche, Flames clash in Denver |
NHL Hockey |
11/24/2007 |
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| (MySportsbook) - A pair of Northwest Division rivals meet tonight in Denver, as the Colorado Avalanche welcome the Calgary Flames to the Pepsi Center. The Avalanche were able to halt a three-game losing streak their last time out, as they downed the Edmonton Oilers, 3-2, at Rexall Place. Marek Svatos' goal halfway through the third-period was the game-winner for Colorado. Karlis Skrastins and Milan Hejduk also scored for the Avalanche. Paul Stastny added two assists for Colorado, and Peter Budaj made 14 sa |
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| Flames aim to stay hot against Blackhawks |
NHL Hockey |
11/22/2007 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Calgary Flames will shoot for their fourth win in five games when they welcome the Chicago Blackhawks for this evening's test at the Saddledome. The Flames have followed up a season-high five-game losing streak by notching victories in three of their last four games. The latest triumph came Tuesday evening against the visiting Colorado Avalanche. Jarome Iginla scored the game-winning goal midway through the second period and Miikka Kiprusoff made 20 saves, as the Flames defeated the Av |
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