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November 3, 2000
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Minnesota players just Wild about team’s first victory
After months of historic firsts for Minnesota’s NHL expansion team, none may have meant as much as the first of Oct. 18. The first victory. In an appropriately Wild game, Minnesota beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-5 at home. The hero was rookie Marian Gaborik, who scored ‘two’ game-winning goals. His goal with 2:28 left broke a 4-4 tie and gave the Wild the lead for good. He added what appeared to be an insurance, empty-net goal with 58 seconds left, but it turned out to be the game winner when the Lightning scored with 11.3 seconds remaining. “They had been working so hard, but they hadn’t been rewarded with a win,” said coach Jacques Lemaire.”So then the longer you go, the more you start to press. So I’m glad they could get…
Long Live the KING
It’s fitting that Patrick Roy has evolved into a torch-carrier for NHL goaltenders because nobody knows more about burning flames than the Colorado Avalanche superstar. From the time he lit the fuse as a rookie with the Montreal Canadiens in 1985-86 to his record-setting 448th regular season win Oct. 17, Roy’s NHL career has been a blaze of glory defined by an insatiable desire to win. Anyone doubting Roy’s inner drive need only speak with his dad, because in this case, father knows best. “What is amazing about him is his constant motivation to win that he has kept through all the years,” Michel Roy said. “He has always wanted to win. I think it’s more fun for him to win than to play the game.” Added Roy’s younger sister, Alexandra:”He always plays to win.…
RPI counting on lone senior Coupal to set example for young Engineers
You can’t blame defenseman Glenn Coupal if he feels like the elder statesman at RPI this year. Although he’s just four months older than teammates Hamish Cunning and Steve Munn, Coupal is the only senior on the Engineers’ roster. A 6-foot-l, 210-pound native of Plattsburgh, N.Y., who played for the Omaha Lancers of the U.S. League before RPI, Coupal will rely on his experience and maturity to anchor the Engineers’ defense. And his maturity will be especially handy as he’ll be playing in front of two freshman netminders — Nathan Marstars and Kevin Kurk. “The goalies have to have confidence in the defense and the defense has to have confidence in the goalies, so they know when to take chances,” said RPI coach Dan Fridgen.”We’re fortunate to have a senior defenseman, which is where…
Fullness of superstar’s record stuff of goaltending legends
Editor’s Notebook Mr. Goalie’s choice for Mr. Goalie apparently isn’t Patrick Roy, so it would seem utter foolishness to argue the point. That has never stopped me before. Glenn Hall, nicknamed Mr. Goalie en route to earning a record 11 berths on NHL all-star teams during the 1950s and ’60s, has said Terry Sawchuk is the greatest goalie ever. And he may be right. But Patrick Roy may well have the greatest record. With his 448th victory Oct. 17, Roy became the NHL’s winningest goalie for a second time. He did it previously when he passed Grant Fuhr on the all-time playoff victory list. Roy has 121 career postseason wins. One record that will surely elude Roy is for most Stanley Cups by a goalie. It is shared by Ken Dryden and Jacques Plante, each with…
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