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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PITTSBURGH — The Boston Bruins don’t envision Joe Thornton as another Wayne Gretzky, even if the 17-year-old threatened some of the Great One’s junior scoring records. They’ll be perfectly satisfied if the first player chosen in Saturday’s NHL draft is another Eric Lindros, a physical presence with a deft scoring touch who revives a floundering …
Illegal stick didn’t cost Kings the series, but it’s the turning point everyone will remember IT WAS LIKE one big wound, the Los Angeles Kings’ dressing room, and when you walked into it, you could feel the hurt. There was Tony Granato, hard-nosed the previous three hours, soft-spoken now. ‘I’ve never had to swallow a …
TORONTO — This long season was over, and there was Kirk Muller, crying, and talking about what this Stanley Cup victory was all about. “It’s not the name on the Cup,” Muller said after a 4-1 victory locked up the Stanley Cup final in five games against the Los Angeles Kings. “It’s not the ring. …
He was only goalie to win MVP twice Dominik Hasek, the Detroit Red Wings goaltender known as the Dominator, retired Monday because he said he lacked the motivation for a 17th season. “I don’t feel today that I’m ready to compete on the highest level,” Hasek said during a news conference at Detroit’s Joe Louis …
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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 …
This isn’t Patrick Roy vs. Ed Belfour, but it’s the matchup everyone will talk about, dissect and scrutinize. The Stars’ Ed Belfour vs. New Jersey’s Martin Brodeur. Seven years separate the two goalies (Belfour is 35, Brodeur 28), but both are going for their second Stanley Cup Trophy. Belfour is playing at the highest level …
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For Gretzky, his greatest game is frozen in time Third Period Hat Trick by Gretzky Put Kings in Stanley Cup Final. The details come back to Wayne Gretzky as if he just finished a shift at old Maple Leaf Gardens. The passion is in his voice, the memories still glowing. To listen to him talk …
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 …
Colorado Avalanche goalie Patrick Roy became the 12th goalie to reach 300 wins in a 7-5 win over the Edmonton Oilers. The first 277 wins came as a member of the Montreal Canadiens, and Roy hit the 300 mark just 3 months after being traded to the Avs. The three-time Vezina winner was not overly …
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