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News:
LA - Acquired center John McIntyre from Toronto for center Mike Krushelnyski;
re-assigned goaltender Darryl Gilmour from New Haven of the AHL to Phoenix
of the IHL.
Tor - Acquired left wing Robert Cimetta from Boston for Defenseman Steve
Bancroft; sent goaltender Alan Beste (or is that Bester) to Newmarket of
the AHL; recalled left wing Joe Sacco from Newmarket.
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Defensive ace Jan Erixon scored a goal and setup two more in the first period,
and John Vanbiesbrouck made 37 saves as NYR held off NJ, 3-2.
The Rangers won for the eight time in their last 11 games and opened a 6-point
lead in the Patrick Division over the idle Washington Capitals. The Devils, who
opened the season with a 7-0-1 streak at home, lost their second in a row at the
Meadowlands.
NYR - 3 0 0 - 3
NJ - 0 1 1 - 2
1 - NYR, Erixon 3 (Leetch, Janssens) 4:41
NYR, Turcotte 8 (Erixon) 13:28
NYR, Patrick 4 (Turcotte, Erixon) 18:27
2 - NJ, MacLean 8 (Stastny, Muller) 0:22 (pp)
3 - NJ, MacLean 9 (Shanahan, Stastny) 19:35
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Rookie Donald Audette and Dave Andreychuk each scored twice as host Buffalo
routed Vancouver. Defenseman Doug Bodger add a goal and two assists for
Buffalo.
Van - 1 0 0 - 1
Buf - 3 2 2 - 7
1 - Buf, Kennedy 1 (Audette, Turgeon) 0:40
Buf, Audette 2 (Andreychuk) 3:55
Buf, Makela 2 (Mogilny, Bodger) 6:28 (sh)
Van, Lumme 1 (Sandlak) 15:20
2 - Buf, Andreychuk 6 2:38
Buf, Audette 3 (Bodger, Malarchuk) 4:38 (pp)
3 - Buf, Bodger 2 (Hogue, Mogilny) 1:52
Buf, Andreychuk 7 (Ruuttu, Foligno) 5:52
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Bob Essensa made 33 saves, and host Winnipeg scored 5 times on its first
12 shots to beat Hartford.
Har - 1 1 2 - 4
Win - 2 3 0 - 5
1 - Win, Steen 5 (Olausson, Housley) 7:31 (pp)
Win, Kumpel 1 (Steen) 12:46
Har, Verbeek 5 (Dineen) 19:04
2 - Win, Paslawski 3 (McLlwain, Arniel) 2:04
Win, Arniel 2 (Numminen, McLlwain) 5:24
Har, Ferraro 2 (Samuelsson, Cunneyworth) 6:21
Win, Carlyle 3 (Paslawski, Evans) 8:34 (pp)
3 - Har, Verbeek 6 (Tomlak, Ladouceur) 0:24
Har, Dineen 6 (Evason, Kastelic) 10:01
Tom
Indeed not. Buffalo and some other team played a penalty-less game about
ten years ago.
>Tor - Acquired left wing Robert Cimetta from Boston for Defenseman Steve
> Bancroft; sent goaltender Alan Beste (or is that Bester) to Newmarket of
It's Bester.
--
Mike Godfrey "Everyone has a system, but they can't seem to win.
Dept of Comp Sci, UofT Even Bob Geldolf looks alarmingly thin."
mi...@csri.toronto.edu -- Loudon Wainwright III