NHL: Sieg gegen Chicago!

Na also: der Niederlage gegen Dallas folgte ein Sieg gegen Chicago - zwar erst nach Shootout, aber ein Sieg ist ein Sieg ist ein Sieg ist ein Sieg.

Das Tor zum 1:1 erzielte Ed Jovanovski.

ESPN: Boxscore Recap

Das schreibt AZCentral.com:

Coyotes top Hawks in shootout

Associated Press
Dec. 7, 2006 09:33 PM

CHICAGO - Shane Doan and Michael Zigomanis, the Coyotes’ fifth and sixth shooters, scored in the shootout to give the Coyotes a 2-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night.

Ed Jovanovski scored in regulation for Phoenix, which won for the fourth time in five games.

Tuomo Ruutu, Chicago’s fifth shooter, was the first player to connect in the shootout. But Zigomanis scored in the bottom of the frame.

After Chicago’s Radim Vrbata was stopped by Phoenix goalie Michael Tellqvist, Doan beat Nikolai Khabibulin with a sweeping move.

Karl Stewart had a short-handed goal in regulation for Chicago. The Blackhawks are 3-0-2 under Denis Savard, who took over as head coach on Nov. 27.

Chicago’s Khabibulin made 34 saves.

Quelle: http://www.azcentral.com/sports/coyotes/articles/1207coyotes-ON.html

Coyotes scratch veteran Ricci again

David Vest
The Arizona Republic
Dec. 8, 2006 12:00 AM

CHICAGO - Center Patrick Fischer was back in the lineup Thursday after a one-game break to rest a strained groin muscle.

Fischer’s return landed 15-year veteran Mike Ricci on the healthy-scratch list for the second time in the past three games. In the one game he’s played this week, Ricci logged just 4:59 of ice time.

Observers are starting to wonder if the Coyotes are starting to ease Ricci, 35, out of their plans.

“First of all, he’s got too much respect from the coaching staff and the organization (for that),” coach Wayne Gretzky said. “We would never try to ease him out by any means. But at this point in time, I think I’m making the right decision. I would not expect him to agree with me because he shouldn’t. At this point in time that’s just my decision.”

Gretzky often jokes about Ricci’s lack of speed, but it is a factor.

“He missed a lot of training camp, he missed a lot of off-season workouts,” Gretzky said. “So it’s not really a question of him playing poorly, it’s more a question of he hasn’t had the ability to get a lot of ice time and he hasn’t had time to get into the condition the other guys are at in my estimation. So, I’m not in a panic situation here with Mike. It’s more we need to get him up to speed and up to the level we know he’s capable of.”

The Coyotes are paying Ricci $1.52 million this season. He has one assist in five games after missing the first 20 because of a neck injury he suffered in the off-season.

Ricci worked hard to get ready for the season after having surgery in June, but he is not pouting about his lack of playing time.

“No one owes you anything in this game,” Ricci said of his rehabilitation efforts. “I did that because I wanted to continue to play. I wanted to try to get back and I had to do that just to get back to even close to playing.”

Asked if he’d be content to stay with the Coyotes if Gretzky continued to scratch him regularly, Ricci said that it didn’t sound like much fun.

“Nobody wants to sit around and just watch,” he said. ” . . . I don’t know what’s going to happen. It’s out of my control. Whatever happens will happen. I’m just going to try and stay as positive as I can.”

Ice chips
Defenseman Travis Roche suffered a concussion when he was hit by Chicago center Tuomo Ruutu late in the first period and did not play after that.

• Prospect Martin Hanzal was picked to play for the Czech Republic’s entry in the upcoming World Junior Championships in Sweden.

The Coyotes selected Hanzal with the 17th overall choice in the 2005 NHL Draft.

• Coyotes players voted second-year defenseman Keith Ballard to be their representative for the NHL Players Association.

• Saturday’s game vs. Dallas will be broadcast on KZON-FM (101.5) instead of KDUS-AM (1060).

Quelle: http://www.azcentral.com/sports/coyotes/articles/1208yotesnb.html

Coyotes pick up rare road win

David Vest
The Arizona Republic
Dec. 8, 2006 12:00 AM

CHICAGO - Coyotes coach Wayne Gretzky and Blackhawks coach Denis Savard combined to score 1,367 goals in their NHL careers.

If only their teams had such offensive skills.

Phoenix beat Chicago 2-1 in a shootout Thursday night at the United Center in a game dominated by goaltending.

Of the 12 skaters who took a turn in the shootout, only three beat the goalies.

With the Coyotes down 1-0 in the shootout, Mike Zigomanis and Shane Doan beat former Phoenix goalie Nikolai Khabibulin on consecutive shots.

Doan skated hard at Khabibulin, then slid right and tipped the puck past his former teammate. “I think I’ve shot five-hole on him every single time I’ve ever shot on him on a breakaway, so I knew I couldn’t go there,” Doan half-joked.

Mikael Tellqvist made 30 saves before the shootout and earned his second victory with Phoenix. Khabibulin stopped 34 shots for Chicago before the shootout.

The extra point Phoenix earned is critical for a team with just three road victories. “It’s nice to go all the way back on the three-hour flight with a victory under our belts,” Gretzky said.

Chicago’s Karl Stewart scored on a short-handed breakaway in the first period. The Coyotes matched it in the second period on Ed Jovanovski’s fifth goal.

Coyotes report
Cheers
The Coyotes killed two five-on-three disadvantages, including 52 seconds’ worth late in third period.

Jeers
With the game tied at 1, Coyotes enforcer Georges Laraque was whistled for charging with 3:40 left in regulation.

Our three stars
1. Mikael Tellqvist, Coyotes, 30 saves plus five in shootout.
2. Nikolai Khabibulin, Blackhawks, 34 saves plus four in shootout.
3. Mike Zigomanis, Coyotes, key goal in shootout.

View from the press box
The Coyotes arrived in frigid Chicago early Thursday morning and it showed in the first period. Phoenix defenders were a step slow early on and Chicago was able to put together a handful of odd-man rushes at goalie Mikael Tellqvist. Frankly, Phoenix was lucky Chicago scored only once in the first 20 minutes.

Quelle: http://www.azcentral.com/sports/coyotes/articles/1208yotesgamer1208.html

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Hier scheitert Doan noch an Khabibulin - im Shootout nicht!

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