By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer DENVER—Colorado’s Patrick Roy is retiring, ending the 18-year career of one of the greatest goaltenders in NHL history. Roy will make the announcement at a news conference today, team spokesman Jean Martineau said. A four-time Stanley Cup champion, Roy leaves as the NHLs career leader in victories with 551 …
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Finally, Bourque gets Stanley Cup DENVER — Mission accomplished. After 22 seasons of chasing the Stanley Cup, 40-year-old defenseman Ray Bourque finally hoisted the coveted trophy Saturday night in front of his family and 18,000 others who have adopted him as a Colorado native. Bourque, denied in 20 previous playoff appearances, could not have written …
He was offered the keys to Doc Brown’s DeLorean. a seat in H.G. Wells’ time machine, some space in Bill and Ted’s telephone booth. Bend time, Martin Brodeur was told. Go back to Game 7 of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals. Not exactly one of Brodeur’s name-in-lights evenings. He let three pucks get by him. …
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Panthers ‘scared of Peter,’ says Patrick Roy It is called “the general manager’s game,” and they play it everywhere this time of year, even in the jungle heat of Florida. If you had to pick one player to start a team with, which would it be: Eric Lindros or Peter Forsberg? Two years ago, such …
JIM MATHESON Journal Hockey Writer How do you measure how damaging a blow Claude Lemieux’s OT winner was Friday? If you’re the Colorado Avalanche, it’s in feats and inches. Lemieux, who never met an NHL playoff game he didn’t like, stuck a knife in the Oilers, beating Curtis Joseph with his 11th shot of the …
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From News Services The Colorado Avalanche will be without Joe Sakic for the opening game of its first-round playoff series with Edmonton tonight after he was assessed a one-game suspension by the NHL on Tuesday. Sakic, MVP of the playoffs during Colorado’s Stanley Cup championship season two years ago, also was fined $1,000 — the …
DENVER — Peter Forsberg scored his fourth goal in three games as the Avalanche extended its unbeaten streak to eight with a victory over the Predators. Chris Drury added three assists for the Avalanche, who continued to keep pace with Detroit in the chase for the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference playoffs. The …
Red Wings 6 Avalanche 5 DETROIT — Darren McCarty helped Detroit settle an old score with Colorado’s Claude Lemieux and also scored the winning goal 39. seconds into overtime as the Red Wings took a fight-filled victory over the Avalanche. The Red Wings’ lone victory in four meetings with the defending NHL champions was also …
