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| Nashville signs Erat to 7-year contract |
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05/12/2008 |
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -The Nashville Predators have signed forward Martin Erat to a seven-year, $31.5 million contract. Erat ranks third on the team in career scoring (253). He joined Nashville in the 2001-02 season after being selected in the 1999 draft. The 26-year-old Czech Republic native has averaged 53 points over the past four seasons with Nashville and had a career-high 23 goals in the 2007-08 season. Erat has played more than 400 NHL games, all with Nashville, including 20 of the club's 22 playof |
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| Red Wings try to extend lead in Game 2 vs. Avs |
NHL Hockey |
04/26/2008 |
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| d Chris Osgood made 18 saves, including a brilliant stop in the dying seconds of regulation, to help Detroit hold on for the win in the Motor City. Henrik Zetterberg and Dan Cleary also scored for the Red Wings, who needed six games to eliminate the Nashville Predators in the quarterfinals. Brian Rafalski collected two assists in the win. Osgood has started the last three games for Detroit after Dominik Hasek went 2-2 in the first four tests of the Nashville series. The 35-year-old Osgood has been spectacular in t |
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| National Hockey League Playoff Game Capsules |
NHL Hockey |
04/25/2008 |
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| ation, to help the Detroit Red Wings edge the Colorado Avalanche, 4-3, in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series from Joe Louis Arena. Henrik Zetterberg and Dan Cleary also scored for the Red Wings, who needed six games to eliminate the Nashville Predators in the quarterfinals. Brian Rafalski collected two assists in the win. Paul Stastny and Milan Hejduk each posted a goal and an assist for Colorado, which defeated the Minnesota Wild in six games in the first round. John-Michael Liles also scored, wh |
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| Wings take 1-0 series lead with win over Avs |
NHL Hockey |
04/24/2008 |
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| ation, to help the Detroit Red Wings edge the Colorado Avalanche, 4-3, in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series from Joe Louis Arena. Henrik Zetterberg and Dan Cleary also scored for the Red Wings, who needed six games to eliminate the Nashville Predators in the quarterfinals. Brian Rafalski collected two assists in the win. "Good win. We played real well in the first, then we stopped skating and hung on," Detroit coach Mike Babcock said. "Their level of urgency went up and we seemed to relax." Paul |
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| Predators extend contract of head coach Trotz |
NHL Hockey |
04/22/2008 |
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| Nashville, TN (BettingExpress) - The Nashville Predators extended the contract of head coach Barry Trotz on Tuesday. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. Trotz, along with associate coach Brent Peterson, assistant coach Peter Horachek, goaltending coach Mitch Korn and video coach Robert Bouchard will remain in Nashville for at least next year. Trotz, 45, has coached the Predators since their inauguration in 1998, and has compiled a 324-308-106 record in those 10 seasons. Nashville is one of just seven teams |
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| Osgood, Red Wings aim for turnaround in Game 5 against Preds |
NHL Hockey |
04/18/2008 |
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| (BettingExpress) - The top-seeded Red Wings will try to stop the Nashville Predators' surge in the Western Conference quarterfinals tonight, when Detroit hosts Game 5 of the best-of-seven series at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings won two straight on their home ice to take a 2-0 edge in this series, but the eighth-seeded Predators bounced back to tie the set with two victories in a row on their home ice. Detroit will try to keep the pattern going tonight, as it seeks another victory in the Motor City. The Red Wings |
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| Weber helps Nashville even series with Detroit |
NHL Hockey |
04/17/2008 |
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| Nashville, TN (BettingExpress) - Shea Weber had a goal and an assist as the Nashville Predators evened up their best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinal series with a 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings in Game 4 at the Sommet Center. Dan Hamhuis and Greg de Vries each lit the lamp for the Predators while Dan Ellis was strong in the win as he stopped 39 shots. Pavel Datsyuk scored both goals while Dominik Hasek gave up all three goals on 14 shots in the loss for the Red Wings. Chris Osgood replaced Hasek in n |
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| Preds shoot for another home win vs. Red Wings |
NHL Hockey |
04/16/2008 |
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| (BettingExpress) - The Nashville Predators have a chance to even the best-of- seven Western Conference quarterfinals this evening, when they welcome the top-seeded Detroit Red Wings for Game 4 at the Sommet Center. The Red Wings won the first two tests of this series on their home ice, grinding out victories of 3-1 and 4-2 in Games 1 and 2, respectively. However, Nashville erased a one-goal deficit in the third period of Monday's Game 3 victory to make it a 2-1 series. Ryan Suter and Jason Arnott scored nine seco |
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| Big third period helps Predators slip by Red Wings |
NHL Hockey |
04/15/2008 |
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| Nashville, TN (BettingExpress) - Ryan Suter and Jason Arnott scored nine seconds apart in the third period as the Nashville Predators rallied for a 5-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings in Game 3 of their Western Conference quarterfinal set at Sommet Center. Alexander Radulov and Suter each had a goal and an assist while David Legwand and Martin Erat each scored for the Predators, who now trail Detroit, 2-1, in the best-of-seven series. Dan Ellis finished the game with 23 saves. Jiri Hudler had a goal and an assist |
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| Red Wings aim for 3-0 lead in Nashville |
NHL Hockey |
04/14/2008 |
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| (BettingExpress) - The top-seeded Detroit Red Wings will shoot for a commanding three games to none lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinals tonight, when they visit the Nashville Predators for Game 3 at the Sommet Center. The Red Wings did their part at home in the first two games of this set, posting victories in both contests. Detroit opened the series with a 3-1 win on Thursday and followed with a 4-2 decision Saturday at Joe Louis Arena. Kris Draper's second-period goal proved to be the gam |
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