Friday Matchup Info

[Terryray]

Dallas official site:

"Stars coach Rick Wilson said today that Jere
Lehtinen will be back in the lineup Friday when the
Stars take on the defeding Stanley Cup champion
Colorado Avalanche. Lehtinen missed the last eight
games with an ankle injury. John Erskine will also be
back in the lineup four weeks after fracturing his foot...........Wilson said that veteran Ed Belfour will be back in goal for his second consecutive game. Belfour gave up two goals on 32
shots on Wednesday............ St. Louis defenseman Chris Pronger was suspended two games by the NHL Thursday morning for one of his two high sticks
against Morrow, one which occurred at the end of the second period"

 

[Terryray]

Buffalo info

Buffalo info

from official site:

"The pressure continues tonight as the Sabres play Florida. Martin Biron will start against the Panthers.
The last time Biron was in goal against Florida was March 15 in Florida and it was a nightmare for
Biron and the Sabres. Florida scored three goals on the first six shots of the game.

"You learn from it," said Biron. "It happens. It happens to everyone."

However now Biron is playing his best hockey of the season. Marty has allowed only three goals
against in the last three games................The Sabres got more bad news this morning. Dimitri Kalinin is sick and will not play tonight. Dimitri
joins Rob Ray, Stu Barnes, J.P. Dumont, and Brian Campbell on the sidelines.

With Kalinin out, the Sabres will have Jason Woolley back in the lineup."



..........and piece in FL paper here on all the Panther rookies who are showing emotional maturity in winning come from behind victories in 3 of last 4.................http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/...anther05apr05.story?coll=sfla-sports-panthers

 

[Terryray]

Chicago stuff

Chicago stuff

Hawks defenseman Karpovtsev, NHL leader in blocked shots, is out paper reports here.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/hawks/cst-spt-hawk052.html


Hawks official site sez coach not decided on whether to start Passmore or Thibault tonight.




St Louis paper has piece here on Captain Pronger's suspension and how team is pumped after Dallas OT win--and remember the OT loss Hawks handed them last meeting.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sp...nger gets two games for cross-checking Dallas'%20Morrow%20

 

[Terryray]

Don Cherry on Jim Rome show this afternoon said NHL needs to get rid of the instigator rule.

"Visor-masked Twerps" high stick and face cut guys "in the dark alleys" he sez--too gutless to fight it face to face. Enforcers can't drop gloves and put a stop to it like the good ol' days.

 

[Terryray]

MN/Vancouver

MN/Vancouver

MN paper sez Roloson will start in goal tonight. He is 4-1-1 vs Van, with 2.40 gga and .900 save pct.
He is 4-0 in his last four starts, two of those were shutouts.



Vancouver newspaper article here speculating on whether there will be any big fights tonight like last meeting.

http://www.faceoff.com/nhl/news/story.html?f=/news/20020405/020405News175746.html

 

[the mugs]

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