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Fünf Siege in Folge! Irgendwie ist derzeit ein Team in der NHL unterwegs, dass sich langsam aber sicher in Richtung Playoffs spielt. In Atlanta holte man einen 1:4 Rückstand auf, brachte das Spiel in die Verlängerung und gewann es dann auch noch. Für alle, die es noch nicht wissen: die Coyoten sind derzeit absolut heiß!
Die Tore für die Coyoten erzielten Shane Doan (2), Ladislav Nagy und Owen Nolan. In der Verlängerung netzte dann Yanic Perreault den Siegtreffer ein.
Das schreibt AZCentral.com:
‘Yotes steal win from Atlanta
Charles Odum
Associated Press
Jan. 5, 2007 08:20 PM
ATLANTA- Yanic Perreault scored 2:29 into overtime and the Phoenix Coyotes rallied from a three-goal deficit to beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-4 Friday night, stretching their winning streak to a season-high five games.
Shane Doan had two goals for Phoenix, including one in the Coyotes’ three-goal third period.
The Coyotes, who trailed 4-1 early in the third, forced overtime with goals by Ladislav Nagy, Doan and Owen Nolan.
Phoenix claimed its fourth straight road win, including three straight on its current trip.
Marian Hossa, held without a goal for seven games, scored twice for Atlanta. Hossa, tied for second in the NHL with 25 goals, hadn’t scored one since Dec. 19. Ilya Kovalchuk added a goal.
Quelle: http://www.azcentral.com/sports/coyotes/articles/0105coyotes-ON.html
Coyotes miss Ricci as he ponders retirement
David Vest
The Arizona Republic
Jan. 6, 2007 12:00 AM
ATLANTA - The Coyotes entered Friday’s game with a four-game winning streak, and the mood inside their dressing room is light and fun.
Something, however, is just a little bit off.
Center Mike Ricci, who was granted a leave of absence Wednesday to contemplate his hockey future, is missed by teammates, many of whom suspect he’ll opt to retire, if he hasn’t already.
“I think he’ll probably decide to hang ‘em up,” said center Jeremy Roenick, who was a healthy scratch on Friday night against the Thrashers and who lately also has been thinking more and more about retirement. “He wants to be a guy that plays and make contributions on the ice . . . Whatever he decides, it will be right for him. He can’t make a wrong decision.”
Anton Thun, Ricci’s agent, on Friday said he doesn’t expect Ricci to announce his decision before Monday.
Coyotes General Manager Mike Barnett said Ricci has not contacted him since leaving the team on Wednesday.
Some of the Coyotes players are bracing for news of Ricci’s retirement.
“We don’t really know what’s going on, but we can’t replace a guy like Mike Ricci around the locker room whether he’s in the lineup or out of the lineup,” defenseman Derek Morris said. “Just having him at the rink everyday, he’s one of those guys that’s real fun and funny, and he’s got a real positive attitude. He’s going to be sorely missed, that’s for sure.”
Ricci has been trying to come back from off-season neck surgery. Coach Wayne Gretzky has used him sparingly because he feels Ricci is not physically ready.
“It’s a horrible situation that he’s in,” Gretzky said. “It was a horrible situation for me because I have so much respect for him as a player. I hated not dressing him (11 times in 18 games). But the reality was I felt that we had to be honest with him.”
Ice chips
Besides being Ricci’s agent, Thun represents Russian forward Alexei Kaigorodov, the player whose rights Phoenix acquired in the trade Wednesday that sent center Mike Comrie to the Ottawa Senators.
Thun said although Kaigorodov went back to Russia to play instead of reporting to Ottawa’s minor league affiliate, the 23-year-old wants to play in the NHL again and will report to training camp in September.
“He’s excited about the trade and looking forward to next fall,” Thun said.
• Gretzky said Mikael Tellqvist would start in goal on Sunday afternoon vs. Chicago.
• Center Peter Mueller, the team’s top prospect, finished the World Junior Championships with three goals and three assists in seven games and helped lead Team USA to a bronze medal. The Coyotes chose Mueller, 18, with the eighth overall pick in the 2006 NHL draft.
• Roenick was asked what he would have said or done had somebody told him two months ago that the Coyotes would beat quality opponents Anaheim, San Jose (twice), Washington and Carolina within a two-week span:
“I would have put you in the loony bin,” he said.
Quelle: http://www.azcentral.com/sports/coyotes/articles/0106coyotesnb0106.html
Rally helps ‘Yotes maintain streak
David Vest
The Arizona Republic
Jan. 6, 2007 12:00 AM
ATLANTA - The day before the Coyotes started this five-game road trip, coach Wayne Gretzky said - with a straight face, mind you - that there was no reason the surging Coyotes couldn’t capture all 10 points before heading home.
Well, it’s six down and four to go.
Yanic Perreault scored a breakaway goal with 2:29 left in overtime Friday night to lead Phoenix to an amazing 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers at Philips Arena.
“The goalie charged me, and I didn’t think I had time to lift the puck (over him), but I did,” said Perreault, who beat Thrashers backup goalie Johan Hedberg.
The win earns the “amazing” label because the Coyotes trailed 4-1 with less than 18 minutes left in the game.
But Ladislav Nagy, Shane Doan and Owen Nolan each scored goals to send the game to overtime.
“When your best players go to another level, you can feel it on the bench,” Gretzky said after his team’s season-high fifth consecutive victory. “The team could really sense that Doan and Nagy were playing at a strong, strong level, and they seemed to lift the whole bench and everybody just sort of followed suit.”
Defenseman Zbynek Michalek set up Perreault’s winning goal with a crisp pass from deep within the Phoenix zone.
“It was a huge comeback, and it just shows the character of this team,” Michalek said. “We never give up. We just have to keep this thing going. We’ve had a really good road trip so far, and we have two games left. This game is a huge lift for us, so we have to keep the momentum going.”
The Coyotes’ penalty-kill unit kept Phoenix in the game when it thwarted a man advantage for Atlanta that began late in the third period and carried over into overtime.
Doan scored two goals for Phoenix, which came out flat and trailed 2-0 after the first period.
Doan, who struggled to score goals with consistency for the first two-plus months of the season, has notched six in the past seven games.
Marian Hossa scored two goals and Ilya Kovalchuk added one for Atlanta.
The Coyotes, who were playing their second game in two nights, appeared fatigued in the first period when Atlanta blitzed them with four odd-man rushes and outshot them 9-4.
Coyotes goalie Curtis Joseph wasn’t sharp, but he made a key stop in the overtime and was good enough to earn his 439th career victory.
Coyotes report
Cheers
Phoenix defenseman Derek Morris displayed some fancy stickwork when he stuffed a wraparound shot on goal by Atlanta’s Jon Sim early in the second period.
Jeers
Center Mike Zigomanis put the Coyotes in a jam when he got nabbed for delaying the game after flicking the puck over the glass with 52 seconds left in the third period.
Our three stars
1. Shane Doan, Coyotes, two goals.
2. Yanic Perreault, Coyotes, game-winning goal, assist.
3. Marian Hossa, Thrashers, two goals.
View from the press box
Trying to predict which of his two goalies coach Wayne Gretzky is going to use in the next game has become quite challenging for the media members who cover the Coyotes on a daily basis. Just when some of us think we’ve figured out his system, Gretzky throws us a curve. The problem — for us, not Gretzky — is that both Curtis Joseph and Mikael Tellqvist are playing well lately and deserve to start.
Quelle: http://www.azcentral.com/sports/coyotes/articles/0106coyotes0106.html
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