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Western Conference wins skills competition
Sunrise, FL (Sports Network) - The Western Conference was victorious in the annual SuperSkills competition, beating the Eastern Conference by a 15-9 score at the Office Depot Center.
The skills competition began with Puck Control Relay, which pits teams of three against each other in a race with the puck around pylons. The Western Conference's team of Columbus' Ray Whitney, Detroit's Nicklas Lidstrom and Doug Weight of St. Louis won the event by beating Ottawa's Marian Hossa, the Rangers' Tom Poti and Tampa Bay's Vincent Lecavalier. However, the Eastern Conference came out on top in the individual race, as Tampa Bay's Martin St. Louis defeated Teemu Selanne of San Jose.
The Western Conference then took a 3-1 lead in the Fastest Skater event, as Minnesota's Marian Gaborik skated around the ice in 13.713 seconds. The West also picked up a point because they had the faster average time at 14.123 seconds.
St. Louis' Al MacInnis picked up another point for the Western Conference by winning the Hardest Shot competition. MacInnis blasted the puck 98.9 mph to earn his seventh win in the event. The Western Conference also picked up another point with an average speed of 96.2 mph.
The Eastern Conference closed the gap to 5-3 in the Shooting Accuracy event, picking up both points. Philadelphia's Jeremy Roenick won the event for the second time in his career, as he broke four targets on six shots. Boston's Glen Murray and Jeff O'Neill of Carolina hit four targets on seven shots to help the East earn the team point.
The Western Conference was victorious in the Pass and Score event, scoring three goals to the East's one tally to grab an 8-4 lead. The best trio for the West was the team of Whitney, Los Angeles' Mathieu Schneider and Dallas' Mike Modano, who scored two goals in three trips down the ice against Martin Brodeur of New Jersey.
The Western Conference sealed the victory in the Breakaway Relay, winning the event 7-5. Colorado's Patrick Roy was the best goaltender in the competition, allowing just one goal on six shots by the Eastern Conference.
One player who chose not to participate in the skills competition was Anaheim's Sandis Ozolinsh. The defender said he felt uncomfortable returning to Sunrise after being traded by the Florida Panthers earlier this week.
Earlier in the evening, Philadelphia's Pavel Brendl and Washington's Brian Sutherby each scored two goals as the Eastern Conference pounded the Western Conference, 8-3, in the second edition of the YoungStars Game. Sutherby also added an assist and was named the game's Most Valuable Player.
The Eastern Conference jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first period after goal's by Brendl, Ottawa's Anton Volchenkov, Florida's Stephen Weiss and Sutherby. The Western Conference came back at the end of the period with goals by Nashville's Adam Hall and Rick Nash of Columbus.
Nash scored the only goal of the second period as the West cut the deficit to 4-3. Mattias Weinhandl of the Islanders opened the third period scoring and was followed by Buffalo's Taylor Pyatt. Sutherby then added an empty-net tally and Brendl completed the scoring with time running out.
Nash ended with two goals and assist for the Western Conference, while Montreal's Marcel Hossa had two assists for the East.
All-Star fun set to go
February 2, 2003
Sunrise, FL (Sports Network) - East will meet West once again Sunday afternoon when the National Hockey League holds its 53rd annual All-Star Game at the Office Depot Center.
It will mark the first time since 1997 that the format has matched the Eastern Conference against the Western Conference, as the league went to the North America/World theme prior to the 1998 edition. The East won the last three mid-season showcases before '98, including an 11-7 triumph in San Jose in 1997.
The starter in goal for the West in that tilt was future Hall of Famer Patrick Roy of the Colorado Avalanche, and he'll play that same role this time around as well. Roy, who recently appeared in his 1,000th NHL game, will make his 11th All-Star appearance, tying Terry Sawchuk for second place on the all-time list among netminders. Glenn Hall played in 13 games with Detroit, Chicago and St. Louis from 1955 through '69.
Roy's counterpart in net, Tampa Bay's Nikolai Khabibulin, will try to mirror his success from a year ago in Los Angeles. The Bulin Wall entered the game at the start of the third period with his World team trailing 5-3 and proceeded to stop all 20 shots fired his way in the frame. Khabibulin's showing allowed his mates to score five unanswered goals to secure an 8-5 win.
Protecting Roy on the West blueline to start the game will be a couple of mainstays in teammate Rob Blake and two-time defending Norris Trophy winner Nicklas Lidstrom, who was once again the leading All-Star vote-getter. Bill Guerin and West captain Mike Modano of the NHL-leading Dallas Stars will start at left wing and center, respectively, and San Jose Sharks star Teemu Selanne will man the right side. Both Guerin (2001) and Selanne (1998) are former All- Star Game Most Valuable Players.
In front of Khabibulin for the East will be defensemen Sandis Ozolinsh, now of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. Ozolinsh was supposed to represent the hometown Panthers, but was traded to Anaheim on Thursday. Up front, it will be a Penguins reunion as Jaromir Jagr of Washington and Alexei Kovalev of Pittsburgh flank the wings. Jagr was selected to start for the 11th consecutive year, while Kovalev will play in just his second All-Star Game, and first as a starter.
Mario Lemieux was voted in to the game as a starter but will not play (groin). Nor will New York Rangers defenseman Brian Leetch, who has been sidelined with a bruised ankle since December 3.
The Eastern/Wales Conference holds an 18-7-1 advantage over the Western/Campbell in the all-time series.
FIRST-TIMERS
Fourteen players will be making their All-Star Game debut, including Dany Heatley of the Atlanta Thrashers. Heatley won the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year last season and has built upon his stellar freshman showing. The University of Wisconsin product is tied for 20th in the league in scoring with 49 points (23g, 263a).
Other first-time All-Stars for the East are Zdeno Chara (Ottawa), Olli Jokinen (Florida), Patrick Lalime (Ottawa), Vincent Lecavalier (Tampa Bay), Glen Murray (Boston), Jeff O'Neill (Carolina), Tom Poti (New York Rangers) and Martin St. Louis (Tampa Bay Lightning).
Highlighting the West first-timers is Vancouver's Todd Bertuzzi, who combines with Markus Naslund to form the most potent scoring duo in the league. Bertuzzi, who will celebrate his 28th birthday on Sunday, is tied for third in the league with 28 goals and continues to make his case for title of "best power forward" in the NHL.
Other West selections making All-Star Game debuts are Eric Brewer (Edmonton), Marian Gaborik (Minnesota), Jocelyn Thibault (Chicago) and Marty Turco (Dallas).
KEEP AN EYE ON
-Naslund, Vancouver - The league's goal-scoring leader at the break with 35 goals, Naslund is taking his career to yet another level. Expect him to team with Bertuzzi on an All-Star line early and often, and that could spell disaster for the East. What's the All-Star record for goals, four? If there's any player in this game who can match or break that it's Naslund.
-Gaborik, Minnesota - After Naslund, he's probably the second candidate to challenge four goals. He has as much, if not more, raw talent than anyone playing on Sunday, and has posted the numbers to back that statement up. Gaborik became the youngest player in a decade to score as many as six points in a game (2g, 4a) in a 6-1 victory at Phoenix October 26. He is also just the fourth player in NHL history to record five hat tricks prior to his 21st birthday, joining Wayne Gretzky (12), Jimmy Carson and Dale Hawerchuk (six each).
-Marian Hossa, Ottawa - Only 24 years old, Hossa has leaped from the realm of star to superstar for the bankrupt, but East-leading Ottawa Senators. A well-rounded sniper who can beat you with his speed or strength, Hossa has already eclipsed his previous career high of 32 goals.
-Marty Turco, Dallas - The 27-year-old has shined as Ed Belfour's replacement in Big D, leading the NHL in both goals-against average and save percentage. A first-year starter and first-time All-Star, it will be interesting to see how Turco fares in the no-defense, wide-open environment of All-Star hockey.
MISSING IN ACTION
Lemieux's absence from Sunday's tilt is the most notable, and joining him and Leetch on the sidelines will be Ed Belfour and Mats Sundin of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Belfour will miss the game due to an ailing back, while Sundin has opted to rest a bum shoulder that sidelined him in early January. The duo's absence means that, for the first time since the NHL began holding regular All-Star Games in 1947, there will not be a Maple Leaf in the match.
Montreal's Saku Koivu will not participate because he has a previously scheduled medical exam to attend. The appointment is to monitor his continuing recovery from abdominal cancer.
NOTABLE
East captain Scott Stevens of the New Jersey Devils will be making his 13th career All-Star Game appearance, the most among this year's participants...When 39-year-old defenseman Al MacInnis of the St. Louis Blues was selected 15th overall in the 1981 Entry Draft, Gaborik, 20, was still some eight months from being born...Ten countries will be represented in Sunday's game -- Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States...In the event of a tie after 60 minutes of regulation time, there will be a five-minute, sudden-death overtime period, followed by a shootout with five shooters for each team. Should the score remain tied, there will be a sudden-death shootout until a decision is reached.
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I'll direct everyone to the bar to have a shot.
that sounds like a good plan.
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I personally don't blame otclive for the shareprice, but I do blame them for doing a poor job. When I send half a dozen emails to them, including using their form on their website, and do not receive anything, not even a form letter from an autoresponder saying they have received my question and are looking into an answer, there is nobody else to blame. I am dissapointed with their lack of response, that is what an IR is suppoed to do, respond to questions from investors.
Don't get me wrong, there are lots of other things I am disappointed with right now, but I can in no way justify the poor performance of the IR with any excuse or by placing blame anywhere but upon themselves.
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I think it was a success. Lots of small issues and a great learning experience, but I can clearly see a few dozen great posters who have joined or become more active ( and yes I am referring specifically to myself, ha ha ha)
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The only outfit I know that allows you to short a penny stock requires that you have so much equity tied up that you could never realize enough return on the shorted stock to equal the lost revenue on the equity you have encumbered.
I think we are going to have a big Canada Day celebration this year. Do you realize how many of us there are here?
all of our fuel here is higher octane. I believe it is because it is less proze to freeze up or h20 in the fuel lines. It is hard on some internal parts of the motor, and burns the heck out of sparkplugs, but overall better milage and less pollution I believe.
the old motors don't care for the hot burning fuel much. Ideally they would like old leaded gas, but the closest I can get to that is to buy low octane gas and use fuel additives. The pump gas will work, it just isn't as good for the machine.
we drink stuff more potent than 87 octane, ha ha. I burn 93 ocatne(with ethanol) in all of my vehicles except the old hot rod ones.
4.2 in an imperial gallon, 3.8 in a US gallon I believe.
72 cents a litre. That works out to be something like $1.80 a us gallon. It will rise to over $2.00 in the next 30 days.
Congrats to Jim Lur on winning the MDC. Welcome to ihub, you and those who have joined have been a welcome asset.
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good night, chant with you another time
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where abouts are you?
seconds are a nice touch. too bad there are only half a dozen of us at home to enjoy it.
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the surveys have lots of possibilities, but that is probably just my sociology degree talkiing, ha ha ha.
1995 mercury mystique. Not exactly a hot rod, but I got it for $750 bucks and its worth about $4000 back here. Without the dents of course.
yes, it is a bit of a hobby and a way to see the entire continent for fun.
do I win the FTF?
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I just went there to get the car. First time I had been to that city, so I had to take the opportunity.
I have, I can't afford to go anywhere warm this winter.
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I clicked on OTHER, and then any of the buttons so that the investors hub search bar opens on the bottom of the page. On the search bar there is a dot to click to search 'consultant'. I never seen it before tonight.
I am going to use it to buy a new quarter panel and door for my car which got hit and run today. Really put me in a foul mood.