VanRiemsdyk shines in debut
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James vanRiemsdyk of the University of New Hampshire is one of this season's most highly touted prospects. At 6 feet 3 inches and 190 pounds, he has size and strength, and his abilities were on display last Friday night in the Wildcats' season opener against Hockey East rival Boston University.
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Petr Sykora scored his first two goals with Edmonton and Dwayne Roloson turned aside 31 shots to lead the Oilers to a 3-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night in the teams' season opener.
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Jerry Pollastrone swears it's not him. It's the wonder kid, highly rated freshman James vanRiemsdyk, in the middle, along with sophomore Bobby Butler on the other side of the ice making plays for the University of New Hampshire men's hockey team.
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Ramstein's defending European Division I champions integrated a pair of newcomers into the lineup nicely on Saturday, opening the season with a 32-7 nonconference victory over Kaiserslautern.
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TORONTO - Jeff Van Gundy was sick to his stomach, but back then it felt good. This was before the first game of the season, and the pogo sticks bopping around inside him were a happy reminder of how all this still moves him.
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Viktor Kozlov is standing out in the Capitals' lineup with his rare ability to control the puck in traffic, distribute passes with accuracy and use his reach to disrupt opponents.
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(CP) - Steve Nash received a warm reception in his emotional first game back in Dallas. The Victoria native scored 17 points and had 18 assists, many setting up Amare Stoudemire&#39;s 34 points, leading the Suns
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Ian Poulter grabbed a Ryder Cup debut in quite unbelievable fashion today - after looking as though he had totally blown it. On a day of high drama at the final qualifying event, the BMW International Open
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Annika Sorenstam got off to a good start in the opening round of the State Farm Classic. Another Swede had an even better finish.
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Viktor Kozlov put the New York Islanders in first place with the first four-goal game of his NHL career.
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IAN POULTER grabbed a Ryder Cup debut in quite unbelievable fashion last night - after looking as though he had totally blown it. On a day of high drama at the final qualifying event, the BMW International
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The Americans got off to a near-perfect start Thursday in the Presidents Cup, getting superb play from veterans and rookies alike in winning 5 1/2 points out of the six alternate-shot matches at Royal Montreal.
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Something about playing the Ottawa Senators brings out the best in the Washington Capitals.
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Brad Richards comes streaking across the Slovak blueline and beats defenceman Radoslav Suchy to the outside. He then passes from the low slot across to Vincent Lecavalier, who beats Jan Lasak for his first goal of the tournament.
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In his Nets&#39; debut, Vince Carter showed a little bit of everything. He scored 23 points after nearly three weeks off and with only partial knowledge of the Nets&#39; motion offense.
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The scoop: Finally! For the first time in this championships, the team that scored first did NOT win the game. Nursing a 1-0 lead starting the third period, the USA surrendered two third-period goals and lost
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Drafted by a Capitals franchise with so little success, Alex Ovechkin arrived from Russia with much fanfare and has quickly become Washingtonâs pied piper of hockey.