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The Coyotes played Dallas last night, losing
in regulation to Dallas 5-4. The Star's Brenden Morrow scored his first
career hat trick as David Oliver added the game-winning goal. Bill Guerin
also scored, and Steve Ott added 2 assists. Ladislav Nagy, Shane Doan,
Chris Gratton, and Mike Sillinger scored for the Coyotes, who have advanced
their losing streak to 3 games, and are 2-6-1-1 since moving to the Glendale
Arena December 27th. Phoenix had 7 straigh power play oppertunities in
the first and second periods, scoring once. They spent 12:12 of the second
period on the power play. "We hung in there and they had a few shots
miss the net,'' Dallas coach Dave Tippett said. "Our penalty kill
hung in there, especially when they were pushed to excess.'' Nagy tied
it at two with a power-play goal 35 seconds into the second period, beating
goalie Marty Turco to his stick side from the right side of the net for
his team-high 22nd goal. Morrow answered 33 seconds later, chipping a
loose puck in the left side of the crease just past goalie Sean Burke's
outstretched right skate for a 3-2 Dallas lead. Doan pulled Phoenix to
4-3 at 10:43 when he took the puck behind the net, skated out to Turco's
right and stuffed the puck in the short side for his 20th. Guerin made
it 5-3 with an unassisted goal at 4:07 of the third, his 22nd goal. Gratton
cut the lead to 5-4 on his seventh goal at 6:18 of the period.
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The
Phoenix Coyotes acquired center Mike Comrie in exchange for Sean Burke,
right winger Branko Radivojevic, and the rights to unsigned draft pick
Ben Eager. The 23-year-old Comrie has played in 21 games with the Philadelphia
Flyers this season, getting 4 goals, 5 assists, for 9 points and 12 penalty
minutes (PIM). In his four NHL seasons, Comrie has collected 65 goals,
77 assists, for 142 points and 161 PIM in 213 career games split between
Edmonton and Philadelphia. Comrie spent the previous three seasons with
Edmonton before being traded to Philadelphia earlier this season in exchange
for Jeff Woywitka, a first round pick in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft and
a third round pick in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft on Dec. 16, 2003. “The
addition of Mike Comrie to our roster gives us another proven scorer and
a player who brings passion to his profession,” said Michael Barnett,
the Flyers GM. “He has enjoyed success at a very young age in the
NHL and we look forward to watching how far his skills will take him and
the Coyotes in the years to come.” Comrie’s best season came
in 2001-02 when he set career highs in goals, points and games played,
finishing the campaign with 33 goals, 27 assists and 60 points in 82 games
with Edmonton. That year, he led the Oilers in goals and finished tied
for the team lead in points. He also ranked fourth on the team in assists
and second in power play goals (8), power play assists (14) and power
play points (22). Comrie’s 33 goals ranked 17th in the NHL and his
shooting percentage (19.4%) finished 6th in the NHL in ’01-02. He
also played in the 2002 NHL YoungStars Game as part of NHL All-Star Weekend
in Los Angeles.