2001 ICIHL Highlights

 

 

Regular season day #83 :

-        Owen Nolan finished the season strong with 2G-2A, he finished tied with P.Bure for 3rd place in the scoring race.

-       Patrick Roy got his 2nd straight and league leading 9th shutout !

 

Regular season day #82 :

-        Byron Dafoe was terrific in nets making 56 saves to help London steal a very huge point against Paris in a 1-1 tie

-        Damian Rhodes sucked big time while Norm Maracle was rock solid in what resulted in Tokyo playing the troublemakers again as Vincent LeCavalier got a hat trick.

-        Jaromir Jagr had to leave the game with an injury that will sideline him for the final game of the season, but he had time to score his 49th and 50th goals of the season

-       Patrick Roy and John Grahame played to a Zero-Zero tie.

 

Regular season day #78 :

-       Yet another Hat Trick for Tony Amonte !

 

Regular season day #77 :

-        Pavel Bure reached the 60 goal mark !

-        Patrick Lalime was sensational in Tokyo’s 2-1 win over Paris, making 45 saves

-        Jan Hlavac became the second rookie to reach 40 goals, and John Madden scored his 43rd.

 

Regular season day #76 :

-        Ryan Smyth became the 6th member of the ScareCrows to reach 30 goals ! in a decisive 8-2 Montreal win, teammate Steve Yzerman recaptured the lead in the scoring race with a 4 pts perfomance.

 

Regular season day #73 :

-        It was Jarome Iginla night last night !  The Mammoth scored the natural hat trick in the 1st period and came back for 2 more in the 3rd, that’s right 5 goals !  Teammate Mark Messier finished with 1G 3A.

-        Brendan Shanahan became the 5th ScareCrow to reach the 30 goals level !

-        Tony Amonte became the first player to reach the 60 goals mark !

 

Regular season day #72 :

-        Keith Tkachuk completed his hat trick in OT to give Stockholm a 4-3 win over Moscow

-        New York’s Vaclav Prospal had the game of his life as he scored 4 times and teammate Sami Kapanen had 4 assists in the Attack’s 8-4 win over Vancouver

 

Regular season day #71 :

-        Pierre Turgeon became the 4th ScareCrow to reach 30 goals this season with a 2 goals & 1 assist perfomance in Montreal’s 5-2 win over Toronto.

-        Patrik Elias got a hat trick in a loosing cause as Byron Dafoe struggled for the 2nd game in a row for the Monarchs, the Ice Pigs won the slugfest 7-5.

 

Regular season day #70 :

-        Jan Novoseltsev (2G – 2A) had a 4 pts night and Patrick Lalime stopped all 36 shots he faced as Tokyo shutout Prague 6-0.

-       Rookie John Madden scored 4 times and reached the 40 goals level, while teammates Peter Forsberg (5 assists) and Gary Roberts (2G-2A) also had a superb game leading the Phalanx to a 8-1 crushing of London.

 

Regular season day #69 :

-        It was a big game in Stockholm as it marked Simon Gagné’s return and Keith Tkachuk was making his Mammoths debut, the later proved his injury was well healed, he took just 28 seconds to score and then added a powerplay goals 10 minutes later.  Stockholm totally dominated the game as they scored the first 5 goals.  Paris did score 3 times in the 3rd including Gagné’s 29th but it was far from enough.  Mark Messier finished the game with 4 points (1G-3A).

-        The Dark Jesters despite trading Valeri Bure continue to showcase some brilliant offensive output, this time it was Greg Johnson who shined with 2 Goals and an assist in Helsinki’s 6-4 win over London.

-        That same Bure scored 2 powerplay goals for his new team the Toronto Tigers as the beat the Attack 4-1.

-        Montreal got 3 goals from Brian Savage in the first 10 minutes of the 2nd period and looked to be cruising to an easy win as they led 4-1 late in the 2nd, only to see the Hitmen score 3 unanswered goals.  ICIHL’s leading scorer Steve Yzerman settled it in OT with his 41st goal of the season.

-        Brad Isbister scored the game winner with his league leading 16th PowerPlay goal as Chicago beat Detroit 4-3.

 

Regular season day #67 :

-        Owen Nolan became the 3rd player to reach 50 goals with a 2 Goals 1 Assist perfomance in Vancouver’s 3-3 tie with Colorado

-        Jason Allison assisted on 4 goals and Zigmund Palffy scored 3 of them as Prague edged London 5-4

-        Brian Rolston (2G-1A) participated on every Wizards goal in Paris’ 3-2 win over Zurich

-        New York continues its hot streak has they scored 5 times in the 3rd period, a pair of goals each for Muller and Mellanby.  The Attack beat the Falcons 5-3

-        Fredrik Modin scored the natural hat trick as he scored 3 times in the 3rd period to give St-Louis a 4-1 win over Dallas

-        It looked as only 1 team was on the ice as Moscow crushed Tokyo 8-0.  Martin Gelinas (1G-3A) got 4 points, Tomas Kaberle got 3 assists and finished the game with a +6 rating, while  Cory Stillman and Tony Amonte found the back of the net twice.  Amonte is now only 5 pts back of Yzerman for the scoring race.

 

Regular season day #66 :

-        Simon Gagné didn’t waste anytime to please his new French fans, he scored on his first shift, at 1:33 of the first period, the Wizards went on to win 5-1 over London.

-        Helsinki scored 4 unanswered goals after falling behind 3-1 to the powerful Cobras to go on and win 5-3.  Adam Deadmarsh led the charge with 2 goals.

-        Detroit ended their 9 game losing streak with a 5-2 win over Dallas, led by Mike Modano’s 1goal and 2 assists.

-        Joe Sakic scored his 14th-15th and 16th goals to lead Colorado past Toronto by 4-3.

-        Montreal couldn’t beat New York for the second time in a row !  Martin Brodeur was spectacular in nets for the Attack making 50 saves, and it took a Chris Chelios goal with 37 seconds left in the game to save the day for the ‘Crows.  3-3 was the final here.

 

Regular season day #65 :

-        THE UPSET OF THE YEAR so far, The Attack outshot Montreal 44-29, and crushed them 9-5 as the ‘Crows defensive woes continue to show up more and more, Doug Weight (2G-2A) and Alexei Kovalev (1G-3A) led New York with 4 pts each, Prospal, Barnes and Kapanen all had 3 points.

-        The Phalanx had no pity for Patrick Lalime and the Tokyo Ice Pigs, pouring 71 shots on them.  The game ended 8-0 for Zurich, Forsberg, Holik, and hot hot rookie Madden had 3 pts each.  Madden had 13 shots on goals !

-        What happened to Detroit ??? Must be the Europeean air !  They’ve now lost 9 straight games, as Cujo seems to have lost his touch, he allowed 7 goals to the lowly Dallas Drillers on just 24 shots !  Detroit did score 4 times in the 3rd period, but too little too late, they lost 7-4.

 

Regular season day #64 :

-        Dwayne Roloson got a rare start and he shined making 28 saves to shutout Colorado 3-0.

-        John LeClair and Mats Sundin participated in ever Tigers goal, as Toronto disposed of Dallas 3-1.

-        In yet another slugfest involving Montreal, the Jackals got the upper end, as they edged the ‘Crows 7-6, led by Owen Nolan’s 4 pts game (2G-2A), Pavel Bure became the 2nd player to reach 50 goals by scoring twice in the loosing cause.

 

Regular season day #63 :

-        Eric Dazé returned to action after missing 4 games and he did it in style with a hat trick plus an assist ! Leading London to a 5-0 win over Prague, Dafoe made 28 saves to get the shutout.

-        Zurich beat Paris 7-4, inspired by a 5 pts game from Peter Forsberg (2G-3A).

-        Keith Tkachuk scored the natural hat trick in the first 12 minutes of the game vs LA, he added an assist later on as the Snipers won 6-4.

-        Pierre Turgeon also scored the hat trick plus an assist in Montreal’s 7-2 crushing of Colorado.

 

Regular season day #60 :

-        Tony Amonte became the ICIHL’s first ever 50 goal scorer has he scored his 50th and 51st goal of the season in Moscow’s 5-3 win over Detroit.

 

Regular season day #58 :

-        Chris Simon scored twice while Roman Turek made 42 saves, leading the way to a 9th straight win for the Cobras, that by a score of 3-1 over the Attack

-        Milan Hejduk completed his hat trick with an OT goal to lead London past St-Louis by 5-4.

-        The Tigers got 3 goals from Mats Sundin and 4 pts (2G-2A) from Jarome Iginla, as they won 6-3 over Helsinki

-        Vancouver scored 5 times on 9 shots in the 3rd period and won 6-4 over Stockholm, led by Mikal Nylander’s hat trick.

-        2 of the top teams confronted each other, and boy it was a dandy !  Each team scored 3 times in the 1st period, then they each got 1 goal in the 2nd.  Montreal took the lead in the 3rd, but Moscow came back with 2 goals only to see Montreal tie it again only 11 seconds later.  With 5 minutes left, McEachern gave Montreal a 7-6 lead.  But with 4 seconds left Tony Amonte completed his hat trick to send this one to OT.  Just 32 seconds in, McEachern scored again and Montreal snapped Irbe’s win streak.  Yzerman finished the game with 4 assists.

 

Regular season day #55 :

-        Miroslav Satan(3G-1A) and Josh Green(1G-3A) had 4 pts each in the Cobras 7-4 win over the Snipers

-        The Thomas(2G-3A)-Sundin(1G-3A)-LeClair(2G-2A) line totalled 13 pts has Toronto beat Berlin 6-3.

-        Steve Yzerman scored another hat trick to lead Montreal past London by 7-4.

-        Peter Forsberg contributed 1 G and 3 A as Zurich shutout Dallas 5-0.

-        Sergei Gonchar (1G-3A) helped Arturs Irbe bring his record to 23 Wins-2 Loses- 2 Ties as Moscow defeated Chicago 5-3.

-        Chris Pronger’s (1G-3A) 4 pts helped Stockholm overcome New York by 6-3.

 

Regular season day #52 :

-        Helsinki’s new coach Hanna Jortikka won its first game thanx to Felix Potvin who made 31 saves shutting out Zurich 2-0

-        Prague scored 5 times in the 3rd period to beat Paris 7-2.

-        Arturs Irbe is on another win streak, he won all his games since getting back in nets 4 games ago, this time he made 27 saves for his 2nd shutout of the season.  Tony Amonte became the first player to reach 40 goals scoring twice and adding an assist.  Moscow won 5-0 over Berlin.  Irbe’s record is now of 20-2-2 !

-        Chicago couldn’t take advantage of the absence of Roy in nets for St-Louis and of Czerkawski’s hat trick.  St-Louis still won 4-3.

-        Another offensive festival involving who else then Montreal !  In a game that totalled 86 shots, 15 power plays and 13 goals, the ScareCrows came out on top with a 7-6 win over the Drillers.  Marleau had 2 goals and 2 assists in a losing cause while Brett Hull posted the same numbers (2-2) for the winners.

 

Regular season day #51 :

-        Karyia!, Karyia!!, Karyia !!! Karyia !!!! Karyia !!!!!  That’s how many time he scored in Berlin’s 7-4 win over Zurich.  That’s right Karyia scored 5 goals ! Jan Hrdina finished with 4 assists.  Probably upset for not being invited to Stockholm for the All-Star game, Karyia really showed his tremendous skills and will haunt Tomy Salo’s nightmares for sometime…

-        Offense was also in honor between Moscow and London, the Dynamos won 8-6, Dazé had a hat trick for the Monarchs and Patrick Elias had 5 assists, but it wasn’t enough to beat Moscow led Tony Amonte who also had 3 goals .

-        For a little defense now, Cobras’ Roman Turek had his 2nd straight shutout and Jan Hlavac had 3 pts (2G-1A) and Bratislava won 3-0 over Prague

-        Jeremy Roenick scored a hat trick for the Hitmen, but Mellanby did the same for the Attack and New York won 5-4 over Colorado.

 

Regular season day #50 :

-        Irbe won again has Moscow scored 6 times on just 23 shots to beat T.Salo and the Phalanx by 6-3, Whitney (2G-1A) and Amonte(0-3) had 3 pts each.

-        Berlin couldn’t find a way to beat Roman Turek, even with 7 PowerPlays the Blitzkrieg was shutout 4-0 by the Cobras, Steve Konowalchuk had a hat trick for the winners.

-        Montreal decided to rest Tugnutt and give Kidd a start against the Snipers.  Bad move ! Patrick Roy was terrific on one side stopping 38 shots, while Trevor Kidd was terrible giving up 7 goals !  V.Kozlov (1G-3A) and S.Young (2G-2A) had 4 pts each in St-Louis’ 7-1 win over Montreal.

 

Regular season day #49 :

-        ALL-STARS GAME Starting Lineups Unvealed !

-        Irbe was back in nets after Belfour’s last 2 shaky starts and Tucker and Rucinksy had 3 pts each to give Moscow a 5-3 win over Prague

-        J.S. Aubin limited the Jackals to just 1 goal has LA won 2-1.

 

Regular season day #47 :

Boy what a day this was !

-        First we had one of the best goaltending duel’s between Roman Turek and Jocelyn Thibault, neither one wanted to give anything, the Wizards finished 0 for 8 on the PP and the Cobras 0 for 6, the result ?  A 0-0 tie.

-        In Berlin, Todd Bertuzzi (1G-3A) led the way to a 5-1 Mammoth win over the Blitzkrieg.

-        The Jackals crushed the Hitmen 8-2 despite being outshot 43-35, Hasek was back in nets and it showed.  Owen Nolan (2G-2A) and John LeClair (2G-3A) scored twice and Sandis Ozolinsh had 4 helpers.

-        Another superb offensive machine shine, that of the ScareCrows, Montreal humiliated Chicago by scoring 9 goals, while Ron Tugnutt really settled the netminding positions for Montreal he made 42 saves.  Pavel Bure (3G-2A) and Brendan Shanahan (3G-1A) scored 3 times each ! 

-        The Belanger brothers combined their efforts to pull off 2 of the biggest upsets so far, as Stephane’s Dark Jesters beat the Dynamos in Moscow by 6-4 thanx to Belfour’s shaky play and Gomez (1G-3A) strong contribution.  While Dominic’s Attack limited Detroit to just 18 shots and won 2-1.

 

Regular season day #46 :

-        J.S. Aubin was rock solid, making 38 saves, leading the Knights to a 5-1 win over Chicago.

-        The Hitmen took 24 shots in the 3rd period and finished the game with 52 led by Jeremy Roenick’s 13 shots (3G-1A), the final :Colorado 7, Toronto 3.

-        Chris Osgood looked very rusty has he was starting for the injured Hasek, he gave up 6 goals on just 21 shots, and 4 of those goals (a new ICIHL record) were scored by Keith Tkachuk (4G-1A).  Eric Lindros also had a good game in a loosing cause with 1 goal and 3 assists.  St-Louis edged Vancouver 6-5, thanx in large part to Osgood’s shaky play.

-        The Cobras got a couple of goals from Mike Johnson(2G-2A) and Jan Hlavac (2G-1A) leading them to a 7-3 win over the IcePigs.

 

Regular season day #45 :

-        Félix Potvin was making his first start for the Dark Jesters and he was welcomed by Trading Al’s revamped team, the Wizards fired 51 shots and won the game 6-2, Jaroslav Spacek scored 2 PowerPlay goals in a 1min 21sec span.

-        The Cobras PowerPlay was deadly versus the Blitzkrieg, scoring 5 times on 9 opportunities, 2 of those PP goals were from rookie sensation Jan Hlavac, Bratislava easily disposed of Berlin by 8-1.

-        Steve Yzerman had another great game with 1 Goal and 3 Assists, Pavel Bure scored twice, becoming the 3rd player after Nolan and Amonte to reach to the 30 goal plateau.

 

Regular season day #41 :

-        Colorado’s offense exploded against Vancouver, Osgood gave up 8 goals on 23 shots, and Hasek 4 goals on 9 shots ! For a total of 12 goals ! The Hitmen killed the Jackals 12-3, led by Gilmour (3G-1A) and Rucchin (1G-3A), only Warriner and Sweeney did not get at least one point for Colorado.  Vancouver’s Ozolinsh had a miserable day finishing with a minus 7 !

-        Stockholm needed OT to beat Ed Belfour and the Dynamos by 3-2, Belfour was solid stopping 44 shots in the loosing cause.

-        José Théodore was very impressive in his Wizard debut, he stopped 38 shots and Paris won 5-1 over Berlin

-        Peter Forsberg(1G-4A) participated in all of the Phalanx’s goals as Zurich beat Prague 5-2.

 

Regular season day #38 :

-        Montreal’s defense and goalies continued to struggle, losing 8-3 to LA, Mike Sillinger had a hat trick for the winners, the ScareCrows have now given up 15 goals in their last 2 games.

-        Moscow’s Tony Amonte scored 3 times and added 2 helpers in the Dynamos 7-2 win over Tokyo.

 

Regular season day #36 :

-        In Bratislava, it was a Cobras total domination over Helsinki, they outshot the ‘Jesters 50-16 in route to a 6-1 victory, Miroslav Satan scored the Hat Trick.

-        José Théodore was terrible in nets as the Mammoths were upset by the Phalanx by the score of 8 to 1 !

-        The Tigers managed to shut down Montreal’s powerful attack, as Toronto beat the ScareCrows 3 – 0.

 

Regular season day #34 :

-        Paris’ Martin Biron was no Wizard as he was tagged for 9 goals on 31 shots from the Cobras, Miroslav Satan led the charge with a hat trick and 2 assists.

-        Helsinki’s J. Vanbiesbrouck was very sharp, the Beezer stopped 43 shots and the Dark Jesters tied the Dynamos 1-1.

-        Prague’s Adrian Aucoin scored 3 goals, all of them on the PowerPlay as the Ice Elementals defeated the Ice Pigs 5-3.

 

Regular season day #31 :

-        Vancouver managed to win 3-0 despite finishing the game with only 13 players on the bench, as Eagles, Simon, Sylvester, McCabe and McGillis had to leave the game due to injuries.

-        Moscow tied 3-3 with Tokyo, thanx to another strong outing from Norm Maracle, the Dynamos are now unbeaten in their last 13 games !

 

Regular season day #30:

-        Manny Fernandez was again in the spotlight, after posting back to back shutouts Fernandez met with Steve Yzerman and his bunch… the result 9 goals for Montreal, Stevie Y. leading the way with 6 pts (2G-4A), Adam Deadmarsh had a hat trick.

-        Tokyo won 5-3 despite being outshot 60-23 !  Maracle was great has he stopped a record 57 shots, 15 of those came from the stick of Valeri Bure (another record).

 

Regular season day #29 :

-        Manny Fernandez was awesome once again as he stopped all 37 shots in Dallas 2-0 win over New York.  That’s back to back shutout combining 82 saves for Fernandez.

-        LA’s J.S. Aubin had to face 62 shots against Montreal, 9 of which went by him, Brian Savage led the charge with a hat trick.  ‘Crows win 9-3.

-        The Detroit Falcons managed to limit the powerful Jackals to just 13 shots, final score Detroit 5 Vancouver 2.

 

 

Regular season day #28 :

-        Manny Fernandez was simply unbeatable as he stopped all 45 Snipers’ shots in Dallas 2-0 win.

-        Guy Hebert on the other hand was simply horrible as he gave up 11 goals on 33 shots against the Jackals in Colorado’s 11-4 humiliation.

 

Regular season day #24 :

-        Curtis Joseph and Patrick Roy were perfect in nets as Detroit and St-Louis played to a 0-0 tie.

-        Now some very unusual stuff !  Toronto versus Montreal,   A record of 5 goalies were used in this game ! That’s correct, FIVE !  Mike Vernon started for the Tigers but had to leave after just 7 minutes after experiencing severe stomach pain.  Steve Shields took over but was injured with just 7 minutes left in the game, previously Montreal had to switch goalies after 30 minutes also.  Now its 4-2 Toronto, 7 minutes left in the game..  Tigers 3rd string goalie Glen Healy wasn’t at the arena for this game as he had requested to go home for personnal issues… The Tigers then had to ask Janne Laukkanen to go change and put on goalie gear… But the game had to be delayed for a while, cause Laukkanen had to wait for Shields to be taken off the ice and undressed, Mike Vernon’s equipment was way to small !!  Finally Laukkanen arrived, looking very shaky and a bit lost behind those big pads…  The Tigers played a very tight defensive game for those final minutes and allowed just 4 very long rang shots.  Laukkanen stopped them all and the Tigers held on to win it 4-2. 

 

Regular season day #23 :

-        Dwayne Roloson was making his ICIHL debut for St-Louis against Chicago, and boy did he suck !  Snipers lost 7-0.

-        Two key PP QB’s went down with serious injuries, Prague’s Roman Hamrlik was crushed by Stockholm’s Trent Klatt and injured his knee, and Mathias Ohlund of Tokyo was the victim of a vicious slash by London’s Brad May, the result a broken arm… Both guys will likely miss a month (20 games) of action.  On a happier note Patrik Elias had a 4 pts (2-2) night during that London-Tokyo game which was won by the Monarchs 6-2.

-        Cobras’ Mike Ricci scored twice on the PowerPlay and added 2 helpers to lead Bratislava to a 6-1 victory over Berlin.

 

Regular season day #21 :

-        Jarome Iginla helped the Tigers defeat the Drillers by scoring twice and adding 2 helpers.

-        Cujo had his 2nd terrible outing, allowing 7 goals on just 26 shots against LA.  The Knights won 7-4.

-        Steve Valiquette put an end to the ScareCrows’ winning streak, he made 38 saves has Vancouver edged out Montreal 2-1.   Pavel Bure did manage to keep his point streak alive by getting an assist.

-        Arturs Irbe was great for the Dynamos, making 40 saves as Moscow defeated Stockholm 3-1.

 

Regular season day #19 :

-        London crushed Prague 10-3, nine Monarchs had 2 pts or more, Petr Nedved was the best with a 4 pts game.

-        The Dynamos beat Tokyo 11-6 !  Ron Francis had a hat trick plus 2 assists and finished the game with a +7 !  His right winger Tony Amonte had a 6 pts game (2G-4A) for the 2nd time this year.

-        Detroit won 6-2 over Dallas, led by Handzus’ hat trick.

-        The Tigers humiliated the Hitmen 8-2, Mats Sundin scored 3 times and added an assist, his linemate Jeff Friesen also had 4 pts (2G-2A)

-        Montreal pursued their hot streak winning 6-1 over New York, Martin Straka had 4 assists and Pavel Bure’s point streak is now at 14 games.

 

Regular season day #18 :

-        Prague’s fans can say a big Thank You to goalie Jeff Hackett who stopped 47 shots against Berlin, the Ice Elementals won 5-1.

-        Despite being 1 for 11 on the powerplay the ‘Crows won 8 to 5 against the Knights, the dynamic duo of Steve Yzerman and Pavel Bure were once again the center of attention, as Stevie Y finished the game with 5 pts (1-4), while the Russian Rocket scored twice and added 2 assists.

 

Regular season day #17 :

-        Since Dominik Hasek was sick, and Osgood’s been in the coaches doghouse since the beginning, Vancouver started Steve Valiquette and boy did he perform, stopping 38 shots to help the Jackals to a 3-1 victory over Chicago.  But don’t expect Valiquette to steal Hasek’s job anytime soon.

-        The hottest team in the ICIHL continued their hot streak winning for the 8th time in a row, the Mammoths beat the Dynamos 5-2, the were led by young Simon Gagné scored his first career hat trick and added an assist, franchise player Chris Pronger played an astonishing 33 minutes on his way to a 4 pts night as well (1G-3A).

-        Thanx to 4 third period goals, including 3 by Valeri Bure who scored the natural hat trick, and even helped out on the 4th one, the Dark Jesters edged out the Ice Pigs 6-4.

 

 

Regular season day #16 :

-        Two of the top goalies in the ICIHL had a total meltdown has Cujo let 6 goals in on 27 shots, and Brodeur gave up 8 goals on 25 shots ! As LA beat Detroit 7-4 and Chicago crushed NY 8-2.

-        And one of the most unknown goalies, Tokyo’s Norm Maracle was rock solid stopping 45 of Berlin’s 47 shots, the ‘Pigs beat the Blitzkrieg 5-2.

 

 

Regular season day #15 :

-        Montreal continued to bombard goalies, shooting 46 times at B. Boucher, beating him 9 times !  Steve Yzerman helped out on 5 goals, while Ray Bourque scored a hat trick and added 3 helpers.

-        Colorado’s Gary Roberts was another veteran who excelled with 1 goal and 4 assists during the Hitmen’s 6-3 win over LA.

 

Regular season day #14 :

-        Montreal’s beat Chicago 5-0, and the’Crows shutout was shared by Potvin (14 saves) and Storr (8 saves).  Potvin had to leave the game at the 31st minute after being hit in the face by a powerful shot from Czerkawski, fortunately for Montreal the injury doesn’t look very serious.

-        In Colorado, Dominik Hasek didn’t seem to notice the game had started until the 2nd period, he allowed 5 first period goals on only 9 shots, the Hitmen easily beat out the Jackals 7-2.

 

 

Regular season day #13 :

-        Dallas scored 5 goals in the 3rd period (on only 7 shots) to beat Colorado 5-2

-        Moscow’s #1 line of Whitney (2-2), Francis (2-3) and Amonte (1-5) combined for 15 points, and the Dynamos crushed Helsinki 9-3.

-        Chicago’s Dave Andreychuk had what you could call a very odd game, he produced 2 goals and 2 assists, but finished his 4 pts game with a –3 rating !  The ‘birds still won 6-5 over Toronto.

 

Regular season day #11 :

-        Scott Young scored his 7th and 8th goals and Patrick Roy realised his 3rd Shutout to help St-Louis defeat LA 3-0.

-        Mats Sundin participated in every goals(2G-2A) as Toronto remained undefeated by beating NY 4-1.

 

Regular season day #10 :

-        Eric Lindros scored a hat trick to help Vancouver defeat Prague 6-5.

-        Los Angeles pounded 4 Power Play goals on the road to a 8-1 crushing of Tokyo.

 

Regular season day #6 :

-        3 Teams scored 8 or more goals, as Vancouver crushed Helsinki 9-0, Montreal beat Zurich by 8-2, and Toronto led by Nylander’s 5 pts effort, took advantage of London by 8-1.

-        Berlin remain winless as Chicago overcame a 2-0 deficit by scoring 6 times in the 3rd period to beat the Blitzkrieg 6-2.

 

Regular season day #5 :

-        Tokyo’s Kid Line of Samsonov-LeCavalier-Tanguay continued to produce big time as they totalled 11 pts in the ‘Pigs 3-2 win over St-Louis

-        The Monarchs buried 7 goals past the Dominator, led by Milan Hejduk’s hat trick.

-        Helsinki was held shotless in the entire 3rd period vs Detroit, losing 3-0.

 

Regular season day #4 :

-        Two of the hottest players don’t seem to want to cool off, as Todd Bertuzzi scored his league leading 5th and 6th goals, while Jonas Hoglund also scored a pair to bring his points total to a league leading 10 pts.

-        Is there a Goalie in the audience ??? If so please help Berlin out, Barasso was worst than Rhodes as he allowed 6 goals on just 15 shots as Berlin lost its 4th straight game.

 

Regular season day #3 :

-        Damian Rhodes was horrible once again has Berlin lost 6-2 to Toronto, he allowed 6 goals on 24 shots.

-        Patrick Roy gave up his 1st goal in 3 games, he shows an astonishing 0.34 GAA

-        Jonas Hoglund and Eric Lindros pursued on their hot start and now both have 8 pts in 3 games.

 

Regular season day #2 :

-        Paris’ Martin Biron was rock solid in nets, stopping 45 of Montreal’s 47 shots to help the Wizards beat the ScareCrows 3 to 2.

-        Patrick Elias scored a hat trick and added an assist in London’s 5-3 win over Los Angeles.

 

Regular season day #1 :

-        Berlin, after remaining undefeated in the pre-season, started off showing their true weakness : netminding, as Rhodes was awful allowing 7 goals on just 23 shots. 

-        The first ever hat trick was recorded by  : … Brent Sopel ! Tokyo’s rookie defensemen was a big surprise in his first game.

-        The first “Nagle battle” could not make any master, as Zurich’s Tommy Salo stopped 48 shots to help the Phalanx to a 1-1 tie with the Hitmen.

 

Exhibition game #2 : Prague’s Kris Draper suffers a knee injury that will likely sideline him for half the season.

 

Exhibition game #1 : London’s Eric Dazé scored 3 power play goals.

 

 

 

 

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