Budaj won't let Avs get complacent
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Peter Budaj raised his stick in the air for a brief moment, accepted congratulations from teammates for a quick second, acknowledged the applause for an instant and then skated off the ice. The Colorado Avalanche goalie didn't want to dwell too much on his second shutout of the season in a 2-0 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night.
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Karlis Skrastins will have mixed memories of his historic night. He'll remember the Colorado Avalanche's 6-3 loss to the Atlanta Thrashers on Thursday night for more than just breaking Tim Horton's durability record for a defenseman.
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Last night was the first time Mike Mottau took the ice at Boston Garden as a professional hockey player, but it's not the first time the New Jersey Devils defenseman thought about it.
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The San Jose Sharks kept up their domination of the Washington Capitals while ending a three-game losing streak. The Detroit Red Wings haven't had much trouble with anyone at home recently.
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Capitals star Alex Ovechkin recently informed the team that he doesn't feel ready to take over as captain, and will notbe wearing the "C" on his jersey this season.
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Control. Discipline. Don't give up the big play. This is what the Eagles stressed all week in preparation for their playoff game against Vikings.
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If this is hockey&#39;s Armageddon â-nd it&#39;s hard to find anyone in the NHL who doesn&#39;t view the current 61-day owners&#39; lockout in cataclysmic terms â -n Bob Goodenow is the beast who will bear much of the
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Young teams are supposed to crumble when the games tighten and the nerves jangle and all those wily, crafty veterans make plays. Young teams aren&#39;t supposed to be in games like this, let alone force overtime, let alone win going away in the extra period.
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TORONTO -- Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson has a message for NHL commissioner Gary Bettman: The Players&#39; Association won&#39;t break.
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TORONTO -- Both Team Canada and the Czech Republic have stars who are not shining as brightly as they should right now. Injury questions surrounding Canadian goalie Martin Brodeur and Czech sniper Jaromir
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FOXBOROUGH -- Rohan Davey understands the position he's in. He's every vice president there ever was. He's a heartbeat away from being the leader of a team that frankly has no interest in seeing him perform those duties.
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Three months ago, the Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup. Now there might not be a season for the Lightning to defend that championship.
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The Rangers rely on Henrik Lundqvist to lock things down on defense. They just never counted on Nigel Dawes to supply all the offense.
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After watching his team&#39;s performance in the first three games of the World Cup of Hockey, defenceman Zdeno Chara was nothing if not realistic about his team&#39;s chances in Wednesday&#39;s quarter-final encounter with Canada.
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There just might be some hope for the hockey season. While the NHL Players Association has been denying it is not currently preparing a new proposal designed to at least reopen talks with the league, the rumor won't go away.
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Team USA players promise NHL labor problems that could threaten the upcoming season won't be a distraction at the World Cup of Hockey.
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The England manager Sven-goran Eriksson has refused to bow to public pressure to drop David James or David Beckham. Speaking at a press conference ahead of tomorrow&#39;s qualifier against Poland, the Swede insisted