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12-17-2006, 09:33 AM
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BLACKHAWKS 6 BLUE JACKETS 4
Blue Jackets get caught napping
Blackhawks score five first-period goals, fend off rally
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Michael Arace
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Last night was Nationwide Night in Nationwide Arena and, as they say, life comes at you fast. How fast? Five-goals-in-the-first-period fast. The Chicago Blackhawks flew to a four-goal lead in 20 minutes and there wasn?t an actuary in the audience who liked the Blue Jackets? chances after that. Still, there was a thrill. The Blackhawks had to hang on, behind some impressive goaltending from Nikolai Khabibulin, to post a 6-4 victory. The game had the feel of a mid-1980s Oilers-Flames shootout.
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12-17-2006, 09:35 AM
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BLUE JACKETS NOTEBOOK
Johnson impresses coach with increased ice time
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Aaron Portzline
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With captain Adam Foote out of the lineup nursing a lower-body injury, the Blue Jackets have leaned hard on defensemen Ron Hainsey, Anders Eriksson and Rostislav Klesla. Each of them has drawn an average of 29 minutes. But with Foote missing his third straight game last night when the Blue Jackets played host to Chicago, another defenseman has caught the eye of coach Ken Hitchcock.
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12-17-2006, 09:36 AM
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Blue Jackets, Blues grab gusto with coaching hires
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Michael Arace
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Last week, the St. Louis Blues fired coach Mike Kitchen and replaced him with Andy Murray. This came two weeks after the Blue Jackets fired Gerard Gallant and replaced him with Ken Hitchcock.
To compare and contrast:
? Kitchen and Gallant are both fine men, salt-of-the-earth types with solid hockey bona fides. These are guys you root for. Yet their respective teams didn?t exactly run through any brick walls on their behalf.
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12-18-2006, 08:17 AM
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Hitchcock: Jackets must protect puck in own zone
Monday, December 18, 2006
Aaron Portzline
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Injured Blue Jackets defenseman Adam Foote has watched the past three games from the press box, giving him a slow-motion view of the action from the highest reaches in hockey. From that view, Foote said, it?s clear what the Blue Jackets? problem has been the past two games, when the tightly wound system the Blue Jackets played during a five-game winning streak has unraveled in two straight losses.
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12-18-2006, 08:17 AM
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BLUE JACKETS NOTEBOOK
Svitov impresses Hitchcock with improving play
Monday, December 18, 2006
Aaron Portzline
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It appears that the Darryl Sydor for Alexander Svitov trade almost three years ago might finally be on the verge of paying off for the Blue Jackets.
On Jan. 27, 2004, the Blue Jackets sent Sydor, a defenseman, and a fourthround pick to Tampa Bay for Svitov and a third-round pick. Sydor helped the Lightning win the Stanley Cup later that season, and the Blue Jackets began the process of waiting for Svitov, a former No. 3 overall pick, to reach his potential.
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12-18-2006, 02:30 PM
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My reality check bounced.
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The Montreal Canadiens are looking for help at center and could be eyeing veteran Sergei Fedorov. The Jackets aren't shopping Fedorov and his $6-million U.S. contract, but the talk is president/GM Doug MacLean would be willing to listen if the Habs really are serious about making a deal.
-- Toronto Sun
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...nhl/index.html
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12-19-2006, 01:55 AM
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RIP Mark Seward
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