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Minnesota Wild forwards Sergei Zholtok and Richard Park celebrate
scoring against the floundering Patrick Roy.
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| Capitals winger Jaromir
Jagr beats Tampa Bay goalie Nikolai Khabibulin after rounding the left
defenseman with a Clement-esque maneouver.
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| The Toronto
Maple Leafs mob defenseman Tomas Kaberle after his goal ends game 3
against Philadelphia in double overtime.
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| The Mighty Ducks of
Anaheim celebrate their four game sweep of the Detroit Red Wings. The
Red Wings had been predicted to reach the semi-finals by Punch Koshyk.
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| Khabibulin leans
to keep out an attempt by the Washington Capitals.
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| Marty St. Louis
finishes off a shorthanded two-on-one with Dave Andreychuk by shooting
the puck past Olaf Kolzig.
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| A forlorn Patrick
Roy stares at the puck that lies on edge in the net behind him. Roy's
Colorado Avalanche are predicted to win the cup by Big Mac, Heather,
and Fergie.
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| It doesn't
look good for Big Mac, Heather and Fergie, as Roy lets the team down
yet again in overtime of game 6.
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| As the first round wound down, a quiet confidence exuded
from Senators goalie Patrick Lalime and coach Jacques Martin. Mark and
Clem are looking like geniuses if you ask me.
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Vancouver Canucks forwards Trent Klatt and Trevor Linden discuss their
plans for the second round. Just looking at them, it's hard to
imagine the team not reaching the final and not losing to Ottawa when
they get there. Trevor is one of only two players to personally reply
to a young Clement Mariaselvanayagam when he wrote asking for an
autographed picture.
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New Jersey Devils' goalie Marty Brodeur embellishes a save after the
fact as Marty St. Louis tried his backhand deek once too many times.
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Ottawa Senators' captain Daniel Alfredsson has both of his legs
amputated at the knee by Philadelphia Flyers' defenseman Marcus
Ragnarsson. It's plays like this that leads Chuckles to believe that
the Flyers are going all the way. Ottawa won the game 3-2 in overtime.
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The World Ice Hockey Championships are going on in Finland at the same
time as the Stanley Cup Playoffs. German coach Hans Zach wonders why the
tournaments must run concurrently preventing some of the best players from
representing their nations.
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Mighty Ducks winger Paul Kariya and goalie J.S. Giguere are unable to
prevent Niko Kapanen from scoring the first of his two goals in the Dallas
Stars' 4-1 win in game 5. The win keeps the Stars' hopes alive, as well
as the fading hopes of both Kar and Mark.
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Flyers goalie Roman Cechmanek reaches in vain for the goalbound shot of
Ottawa's Marty Havlat. Why are so many players named Marty?
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Hans Zach wonders what's wrong with prognosticators Punch, Kalen, Big
Mac, Heather and Fergie, all of whose predicted champions lost in the
first round!
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Jeremy Roenick of the Flyers goes flying after being checked by Senators'
giant Zdeno Chara. Ottawa eliminated Philadelphia in six games, ending
Chuckles' challenge. Later on Monday, Anaheim bounced Dallas, spelling
the end of the road for Kar and Mark. It all means that ...
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... incredibly, it is all over before the second round has even been
completed! This year's winner is ... Clem! He has only made two mistakes
through two rounds (10/12), and his lead cannot be overcome no matter what
happens the rest of the way.
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Paul Kariya follows Steve Rucchin and Stan Chistov onto the Mighty
Ducks bench after another shift ends without so much as a
sniff at a goal. It would take a crazed genius to figure out a way of
turning this ship around!
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Hans Zach thinks he knows how to get the Ducks back in the series. It's
just crazy enough to work ... Ja?
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The "best goalie in the world" lets in the worst goal I've ever seen!
Ducks 3, Devils 2 (OT).
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Paul Kariya barks after scoring the 3-0 (final score Ducks 5, Devils 2)
goal in game 6. Earlier in the game, Kariya was knocked out by Devils'
hooligan Scott Stevens. Game 7 awaits ...
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Devils part-time player Michael Rupp gasps for air as he shares a group
hug with teammates Colin White, Jeff Friesen and one other (either
Jamie Langenbrunner or Scott Niedermayer) after Jeff scored in the second
period. The Devils win the cup! Quite frankly, I think the whole league
has gone to hell.
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