NHL moves into Kansas City [EHM:2007]

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Parent recalled

November 19th 2010 - The Coyotes have recalled recent acquisition Ryan Parent from the San Antonio Rampage. Parent had four assists in only two games since being acquired from the Portland Titans.

November 17th 2010: Coyotes at Edmonton, 4-3OT L, (Carter 5, Kaspar 5, Schremp 3), Denis [OTL] (21/25)
November 18th 2010: Coyotes at Portland, 5-2 L, (Schremp 4, Lombardi 5), Denis [L] (31/36)

Kansas City Coyotes (19GP, 6-12-1, 13 points, 15th in the West)

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Kabanov sent back, Combs recalled

November 26th 2010 - The Kansas City Coyotes have sent back 18-years-old winger Kirill Kabanov to the San Antonio Rampage of the AHL. The russian forward made a good impression on the team's staff, scoring a goal and adding two assists in 7 games while keeping an excellent +5 record. GM Nicolas Fillion commented on the move that the team felt Kabanov was still very young and time in the minors would be beneficial for his development; the team has no interest in rushing him.

The Coyotes called up forward Jack Combs. In 9 games since being sent down, Combs had scored 4 goals and 4 assists for 8 points. Combs will replace Keith Tkachuk in the lineup for the next two games as the veteran was suspended for clipping Brad Boyes. Brett Sterling will take Kabanov's spot on the left wing of Rob Schremp and Evgeni Artyukhin.

November 21st 2010: Kansas City vs. Calgary, 4-3S W, (Schremp 5-6, Kabanov 1), Mason [W] (40/43)
November 24th 2010: Kansas City vs. Chicago, 4-2 L, (Kronwall 1, Axelsson 6), Mason [L] (40/44)
November 25th 2010: Coyotes at St. Louis, 3-2 L, (Hedman 1, Carter 6), Denis [L] (27/30)

Kansas City Coyotes (22GP, 7-14-1, 15 points, 15th in the West)

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Are things looking up in December?

Rob Schremp scored 11 points in 12 games in November

December 1st 2010 - The Kansas City Coyotes ended the month of November with the worst record in the National Hockey League, winning only 7 of their 23 games played so far. Yet, there seems to be more optimism going around the team ever since coach Kevin Dineen's demand for more hard work. The team is now working harder and with a bit more opportunism and awareness, the Coyotes could go on a winning streak.

Rob Schremp was the November segment winner of the Sprint Cup. In 12 games, the Canadian forward scored 4 goals and 7 assists for 11 points. He beat Anson Carter and Lukas Kaspar in the voting.

Meanwhile, prospect Travis Randell, who was the 31st overall pick in 2009 by the Coyotes, was named QMJHL Player of the Month after scoring 11 goals and 13 assists in 10 games with the Halifax Mooseheads. The 19-years-old, who was ranked number 9 in Hockey's Future Top 50 prospects list, is currently leading QMJHL scoring with 31 goals and 60 points in 25 games.

NHL Offensive Player of the Month: C Olli Jokinen, Chicago Blackhawks (14-8-18-26)
NHL Defensive Player of the Month: D Mark Streit, Buffalo Sabres (16-3-8-11)
NHL Rookie of the Month: C Lars Eller, St. Louis Blues (13-9-7-16)
NHL Goals Leader: 22 - LW Ilya Kovalchuk, Chicago Blackhawks
NHL Assists Leader: 27 - C Olli Jokinen, Chicago Blackhawks
NHL Points Leader: 44 - LW Ilya Kovalchuk, Chicago Blackhawks
NHL Defenseman Points Leader: 19 - D Jay Bouwmeester, Florida Panthers
NHL Rookie Points Leader: 24 - C Lars Eller, St. Louis Blues

November 27th 2010: Kansas City vs. San Jose, 6-3 L, (Artyukhin 4, Kaspar 6-7), Mason [L] (29/35)

Kansas City Coyotes (23GP, 7-15-1, 15 points, 15th in the West)

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Schremp frustrated

December 10th 2010 - The Kansas City Coyotes have not won a single game in the last 8 outings, and the team's first centre and top scorer Rob Schremp has grown tired of the situation. The Syracuse native has apparently met with general manager Nicolas Fillion because he wanted to know where the team was headed. Schremp, whom at 24-years-old is on the final year of his contract, is said to be unhappy with the situation in Kansas City and would be willing to get traded.

"At this point in time, we have no interest in discussing trades about Rob Schremp. He is a key player on our current roster, and we hope that he remains a key player in the future. Of course, we want our players to be happy so we don't like these kind of stories, but it comes with the team's lack of success." said GM Fillion.

In 28 games this season, Schremp has scored 9 goals and 15 assists, keeping an even plus-minus record. He is the second player to reportedly ask for a trade this season after Lepistö, who was quiclky traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Columbus Blue Jackets, Nashville Predators, St. Louis Blues and Toronto Maple Leafs are reportedly interested in acquiring Schremp.

December 1st 2010: Coyotes at vancouver, 4-3 L, (Artyukhin 5, Carter 7, Schremp 7), Denis [L] (37/41)
December 2nd 2010: Kansas City vs. Dallas, 3-0 L, Mason [L] (23/26)
December 5th 2010: Coyotes at Chicago, 3-2S L, (Schremp 8, Semenov 2), Denis [OTL] (34/36)
December 7th 2010: Kansas City vs. Chicago, 4-3 OTL, (Schremp 9, Carter 8, Hedman 2), Denis [OTL] (33/37)
December 9th 2010: Kansas City vs. Montreal, 5-2 L, (Artyukhin 6, Hedman 3), Denis [L] (10/14) & Mason (11/12)

Kansas City Coyotes (28GP, 7-18-3, 17 points, 15th in the West)

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Kulyash-Hedman pair leads to Coyotes win


Victor Hedman was dominant on a defensive pairing with Denis Kulyash

December 14th 2010 - The Kansas City Coyotes dominated the Columbus Blue Jackets for the whole game today while Evgeni Artyukhin put in two goals as the team went on to a 2-1 win, ending a nine-games winless streak. For the first time since their arrival in the NHL, the Coyotes' top defensemen Denis Kulyash and Victor Hedman were playing on the same defensive pair today. This proved to be a very good decision as the pair played a very good game, as did the whole defensive squad, limiting the Jackets to 25 shots on goal.

December 12th 2010: Kansas City vs. Buffalo, 3-2 L, (Kaspar 8, Kulyash 3), Mason [L] (29/32)
December 14th 2010: Coyotes at Columbus, 2-1 W, (Artyukhin 7-8), Mason [W] (24/25)

Kansas City Coyotes (30GP, 8-19-3, 19 points, 15th in the West)

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Tkachuk and Schremp lead the way to amazing comeback

December 16th 2010 - Celebrating the birthday of their General Manager, things couldn't have started so poorly for the Kansas City Coyotes. Less than eleven minutes into the first period, the Flyers had already put four goals past goaltender Chris Mason in eight shots, taking an early 4-1 lead. Rob Schremp cut the lead to 4-2 midway into the second period before Tkachuk made it 4-3 after a few minutes. Then, Schremp and Tkachuk both scored their second goals of the game to start the third period, giving the Coyotes a 5-4 lead. Kaspar completed the score as the Coyotes came back from a 4-1 deficit to win the game 6-4. Marc Denis, who came in relief for Mason after the fourth goal, blocked all 26 shots he faced. Denis Kulyash had three assists in the win.

December 16th 2010: Coyotes at Philadelphia, 6-4 W, (Carter 9, Schremp 10-11, Tkachuk 13-14, Kaspar 9), Mason (4/8) & Denis [W] (26/26)

Kansas City Coyotes (31GP, 9-19-3, 21 points, 15th in the West)

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Schremp injured, Karamnov recalled

December 19th 2010 - Kansas City Coyotes leading scorer Rob Schremp will be out for three weeks after he suffered a hip flexor strain in the team's 4-3 loss to the Detroit Red Wings yesterday. With San Antonio's Anton Krysanov also out with a neck strain, the team has decided to recall teammate Vitaly Karamnov. In 29 games this year, the 21-years-old centre had scored 7 goals and 11 assists for 18 points. With the Rampage, Karamnov formed the dangerous Russian Ks line with Kryanov and Kirill Kabanov.

LINES FOR TOMMOROW'S GAME AGAINST DETROIT
Axelsson - Karamnov - Carter
Kaspar - Lombardi - MacMillan
Tkachuk - Lundmark - Artyukhin
Combs - Kelly - Pyatt

Hedman - Kulyash
Parent - Semenov
McKee - Kronwall

Denis
Mason

December 18th 2010: Coyotes at Detroit, 4-3 L, (Lundmark 1, Schremp 12, Tkachuk 15), Denis [L] (32/36)

Kansas City Coyotes (32GP, 9-20-3, 21 points, 15th in the West)

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Randell, Haula, Larsson and Morin to World Juniors

December 24th 2010 - Four prospects whose rights are held by the Kansas City Coyotes will be playing in the World Junior Championships beginning in Berlin this week. Travis Randell will be a go-to-guy on the top line of the Canadian squad. Erik Haula will also be an important part of team Finland. Johan Larsson will be on Sweden's second line with Tony Lagerström and Markus Kinisjärvi. Finally, Jeremy Morin will be the top centre of the American squad.

Sweden, Canada and Russia are the favourites to win the tournament. Here are the predictions and top players for both groups:

GROUP A:
Canada (G Olivier Roy - D Simon Després [C] - D Jared Cowen - F Matt Duchene - F Taylor Hall - F Travis Randell)
Czech Republic (G Marek Mazanec - D Adam Polasek - D Adam Sedlak - F Milos Falter - F Andrej Nestrasil [C] - F Zdislav Zabransky)
Finland (G Jere Ringbom - D Petri Jokela - D David Pulliainen - F Teppo Inkilä [C] - F Teemu Pulkkinen - F Erik Haula)
Denmark (G Ulrik Bork - D Simon Grönvaldt - D Emil Emdal - F Marc Pedersen - F Sebastian Svendsen - F Mark Mieritz [C])
Latvia (G Artis Zostins - D Maris Breinins - D Andrejs Jerofejevs - F Olegs Dembovskis - F Vladislavs Dobrenkijs - F Vadim Grundmanis [C])

GROUP B:
Sweden (G Marco Jarl - D Jarno Sandell - D Oliver Ekman-Larsson - F Magnus Pääjärvi - F Anton Lander [C] - F Adam Niemelä)
Russia (G Yakov Shabanov - D Nikita Donets [C] - D Dmitri Orlov - F Maksim Kitsyn - F Artem Gareev - F Anton Markov)
USA (G Phil Carroll - D Cam Fowler - D Kam Hunter - F Scooter Coleman - F Jared Knight [C] - F Jeremy Morin)
Germany (G Niklas Treutle - D Dennis Steinhauer - D Marc Kohl [C] - F Marco Habermann - F Marius Möchel - F Marcel Ohmann)
Switzerland (G Benjamin Conz - D Omar Bucher - D Riccardo Baumann - F Eric Wyder - F Roger Portmann - F Reto Schäppi)

December 20th 2010: Kansas City vs. Detroit, 2-1 W, (Artyukhin 9, Tkachuk 16), Denis [w] (25/26)
December 22nd 2010: Kansas City vs. Vancouver, 4-3S W, (Pyatt 4, Tkachuk 17, Karamnov 1), Denis [W] (22/25)
December 23rd 2010: Coyotes at Vancouver, 4-0 W, (MacMillan 1, Lombardi 6, Carter 10, Tkachuk 18), Mason [W] (21/21)

Kansas City Coyotes (35GP, 12-20-3, 27 points, 14th in the West)

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Captain Carter leads way of two-faced Coyotes in December

January 1st 2011 - The Coyotes, as they have done so many time in the last three seasons, showed two faces in the month of December. After starting the month in a dysmal losing streak, the team has caught back fire towards the end of the month and are now on a good roll. With 6 wins in the last 9 games, the Coyotes are now 14th in the West and 28th in the league, in front of the Washington Capitals and Minnesota Wild.

Anson Carter, with 5 goals and 11 assists in 15 games, won the December segment of the Sprint Cup. He held off Keith Tkachuk and Lukas Kaspar in the voting.

NHL Offensive Player of the Month: LW Thomas Vanek, Buffalo Sabres (15-11-10-21)
NHL Defensive Player of the Month: G Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers (10GP - 8W - 2SO)
NHL Rookie of the Month: C Lars Eller, St. Louis Blues (15-2-12-14)
NHL Goals Leader: 32 - LW Ilya Kovalchuk, Chicago Blackhawks
NHL Assists Leader: 41 - C Jason Spezza, Ottawa Senators
NHL Points Leader: 62 - LW Ilya Kovalchuk, Chicago Blackhawks
NHL Defenseman Points Leader: 32 - D Jay Bouwmeester, Florida Panthers
NHL Rookie Points Leader: 38 - C Lars Eller, St. Louis Blues

December 27th 2010: Kansas City vs. Vancouver, 3-1 L, (Semenov 3), Mason [L] (36/39)
December 28th 2010: Coyotes at Detroit, 4-3 L, (MacMillan 2, Tkachuk 19, Kelly 4), Mason [L] (34/38)
December 31st 2010: Kansas City vs. Anaheim, 5-3 W, (Carter 11, Pyatt 5, Karamnov 2, Tkachuk 20, Lombardi 7), Mason [W] (22/25)

Kansas City Coyotes (38GP, 13-22-3, 29 points, 14th in the West)

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Danish goaltender causes surprise in group stage

January 3rd 2010 - Ulrik Bork, the seventeen years old backup to Frédéric Piché with the Acadie-Bathurst Titan of the QMJHL, has been a force for the Danish U20 team in the group stage of the World Junior Championships, leading the way to Denmark's first presence in the preliminary playoffs round. If you take out of consideration the game against Canada where he was pulled out after allowing four goals, Bork only allowed six goals on eighty shots, earning wins against Finland, Latvia and Czech Republic.

On the other hand, Czech Republic, Germany and the USA will all play in the relegation round. The US had a particularly difficult tournament, losing to Germany and finishing with only two ties in four games. The Czech team lost all four games, scoring only five goals. Latvia will also play in the relegation round. Both with perfect records, Canada and Russia will recieve byes in the preliminary round.

PRELIMINARY ROUND MATCHUPS
Switzerland vs. Denmark
Sweden vs. Finland

January 2nd 2011: Kansas city vs. Los Angeles, 4-2 L, (Semenov 4, Carter 12), Mason [L] (33/37)

Kansas City Coyotes (39GP, 13-23-3, 29 points, 14th in the West)

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Denis injured, Pavelec called up

January 5th 2011 - After suffering a groin strain early in the Coyotes' 4-1 loss to the Dallas Stars, Marc Denis has been added to the injured reserve. He is expected to miss one to two weeks of action.

Ondrej Pavelec was recalled from the Rampage. In 25 games this season, the 23-years-old Czech had 10 wins, a 3.11 goals against average and a 90.3% save percentage. He also registered a shutout. He is expected to start one of the back-to-back games in the LA area, either against the Ducks on the 6th or the Kings on the 7th.

January 4th 2011: Coyotes at Dallas, 4-1 L, (Kulyash 4), Denis (4/4) & Mason [L] (21/25)

Kansas City Coyotes (40GP, 13-24-3, 29 points, 14th in the West)

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Switzerland and Sweden pass, Americans and Czechs fall apart

January 6th 2011 - Loïc Bucher scored the game-winning overtime goal for Switzerland as they beat Denmark 3-2 in the first preliminary playoffs game while Magnus Svensson-Pääjärvi scored the game winning goal in a 4-2 win by Sweden. The relegation of USA and Czech Republic has taken the front of stage to these victories though. USNDP coach Joe clarke called this tournament a disgrace, but there has been a lot of talk about the politics that led to some notable omissions on the roster, including forwards Drew Shore and Steve Quailer as well as defensemen Christopher Duncan and Bjorn Krupp.

Ukraine and Slovenia, who won the division 1 tournament, will replace USA and Czech Republic next year.

SEMI FINAL MATCHUPS
Canada vs. Switzerland
Russia vs. Sweden

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Randell's third hat trick leads Canada to finals

January 7th 2011 - Coyotes' prospect Travis Randell scored his third hat trick of the tournament today, leading Canada to a 10-0 win over the poor Switzerland. In the other semi-final, Magnus Svensson Pääjarvi scored 2 goals and 2 assists while captain Anton Lander scored a goal and 3 assists, leading Sweden to a 5-3 win over Russia.

FINAL
Canada vs. Sweden

January 6th 2011: Coyotes at Anaheim, 2-1 W, (Kronwall 2, Lundmark 2), Mason [W] (40/41)

Kansas City Coyotes (41GP, 14-24-3, 31 points, 14th in the West)

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Canada repeats

January 9th 2011 - Taylor Hall scored the game winning goal of the gold medal game as Canada repeated its World Junior Championships sucess with a 4-1 win over Sweden. In the Bronze medal game, Russia defeated Switzerland 4-2.

Gold Medal: Canada
Silver Medal: Sweden
Bronze Medal: Russia
4th place: Switzerland
5th place: Denmark
6th place: Finland
7th place: Latvia
8th place: Germany
9th place: USA
10th place: Czech Republic

Top 5 Scorers:
1. Taylor Hall (CAN) - 6GP - 6-9-15
2. Travis Randell (CAN) - 6GP - 11-3-14
3. Matt Duchene (CAN) - 6GP - 3-11-14
4. Magnus Svensson-Pääjärvi (SWE) - 7GP - 9-3-12
5. Anton Lander (SWE) - 7GP - 3-9-12

MVP: Taylor Hall (CAN)
Best Forward: Taylor Hall (CAN)
Best Defenseman: Jared Cowen (CAN)
Best Goaltender: Ulrik Bork (DEN)

All-Star Team:

Travis Randell (CAN) - Anton Lander (SWE) - Taylor Hall (CAN)
Jared Cowen (CAN) - Gleb Belov (RUS)
Marco Jarl (SWE)

Coyotes prospects:
Travis Randell (CAN) - 6GP - 11-3-14
Erik Haula (FIN) - 5GP - 1-1-2
Johan Larsson (SWE)- 7GP - 0-0-0
Jeremy Morin (USA) - 6GP - 0-1-1

January 7th 2011: Coyotes at Los Angeles, 5-1 W, (Axelsson 7), Pavelec [L] (35/40)
January 9th 2011: Coyotes at Minnesota, 4-3S W, (Lombardi 8, Hedman 4, Kulyash 5), Mason [W] (32/35)

Kansas City Coyotes (43GP, 15-25-3, 33 points, 14th in the West)

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Schremp signs new deal

January 10th 2011 - After much speculation on his future, centre Rob Schremp has decided to end rumours and sign a two years extension with the Kansas City Coyotes. Reports had come out in the last few weeks about his questionning of the direction the team was taking. Schremp will earn a bit less than four millions per year for the next two seasons and the deal includes a no-trade clause.

In 32 games this season, the Syracuse native has scored 12 goals and 30 points. He is currently out with an injury but is expected back in a few days.

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Inkilä takes first place; Jarl jumps into top 5 in new ISS rankings

January 10th 2011 - Teppo Inkilä has surpassed the russian duo of Anton Markov and Boris Denisov in the midterm ISS 2011 NHL Draft Rankings. Inkilä has been very good with Kärpät in the Finnish SM-League, but also impressed as the 17-years-old captain of the Finnish U20 team at the last WJC in which he scored 2 goals and 4 assists in 5 games. Marco Jarl, a Canada-based Swedish goaltender who was ranked 23rd in the initial rankings, has made an impressive jump right into the fifth spot of the rankings after a great World Juniors tournament.

1 (3) Teppo Inkilä - C - 6'0/180 - Oulun Kärpät (FIN) - FIN
2 (1) Anton Markov - RW - 5'10/174 - CSKA Moscow (RSL) - RUS
3 (2) Denis Borisov - RW - 6'0/171 - Dynamo Moscow (RSL) - RUS
4 (7) André Lindblad - C - 6'1/169 - Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) - SWE
5 (23) Marco Jarl - G - 5'11/160 - Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) - SWE
6 (4) Owe Söderberg - LD - 5'10/167 - Frölunda Indians (SEL) - SWE
7 (5) Luigi Gilbert - C - 6'1/211 - Mississauga St. Michael's Majors (OHL) - CAN
8 (16) Jens Ring - RD - 6'6/194 - Västeras HK (SEL) - SWE
9 (6) Pavel Misko - LW - 6'4/169 - Dynamo Moscow (RSL) - RUS
10 (11) Ruslan Maltsev - LD - 6'4/187 - Salavat Yulajev (RSL) - RUS
11 (12) Per-Anton Holm - C - 6'0/160 - Pitea HC (SWE) - SWE
12 (13) Milos Falter - LW - 5'10/149 - Sparta Praha (CZE) - CZE
13 (19) Gord Harris - G - 6'1/202 - Owen Sound Attack (OHL) - CAN
14 (10) Gérard Laraque - LW - 5'10/165 - Chamonix (FRA) - FRA
15 (20) Jacob Karlberg - LD - 6'1/174 - Portland Winterhawks (WHL) - SWE
16 (18) Ruslan Nosov - C - 6'1/174 - Avangard Omsk (RSL) - RUS
17 (9) Marc-André Hay - C - 5'11/202 - PEI Rocket (QMJHL) - CAN
18 (14) Billy Rogers - C - 5'11/189 - Omaha Lancers (USHL) - USA
19 (24) Sven-Ake Blomberg - C - 6'1/176 - Nyköping (SEL) - SWE
20 (8) Maxim Lazarev - RD - 6'3/202 - Metallurg Magnitogorsk (RSL) - RUS
21 (27) Austin Timmins - LW - 5'8/189 - Owen Sound Attack (OHL) - CAN
22 (33) Olegs Dembovskis - LW - 5'10/156 - Dinamo Riga (LAT) - LAT
23 (48) Jacob Patrick - LD - 5'8/202 - Marquette Rangers (NAHL) - USA
24 (17) David Pulliainen - RD - 6'1/163 - Jokerit Helsinki (FIN) - FIN
25 (25) Aidar Safonov - LD - 5'10/160 - Dynamo Moscow (RSL) - RUS
26 (46) Kasper Krog - RW - 5'10/178 - Herning Blue Fox (DEN) - DEN
27 (32) Christopher Samson - RW - 6'0/189 - Kitchener Rangers (OHL) - CAN
28 (39) Marcus Zimmermann - G - 6'2/202 - Krefeld 81 (DEL) - GER
29 (97) Donnie Gibbons - C - 5'7/171 - Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) - USA
30 (74) Juho Käyhkö - G - 6'1/171 - Saginaw Spirit (OHL) - FIN

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Duff - Amazing stuff!

Question though .. When I got deep into my EHM 07 careers the USA U-20 team totally fell apart like just happened in yours. Have you noticed this before?

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Originally Posted by DeToxRox

Duff - Amazing stuff!

Question though .. When I got deep into my EHM 07 careers the USA U-20 team totally fell apart like just happened in yours. Have you noticed this before?

Yes, I wish I could take control of them in the WJC so that they wouldn't fall apart like this. I don't expect them to be back in the main tournament soon...

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Schremp back in the lineup

January 13th 2011 - Rob Schremp will be back in the lineup for tonight's game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Schremp hasn't played in almost a month after being sidelined with a hip injury. In his last two games before this event, he had scored 3 goals and 3 assists for 6 points.

Blake Comeau has been placed on waivers to make place for Schremp's return and will be sent down to San Antonio. This move confirms that centre Vitaly Karamnov will stay in the lineup for the time being. The 21-years-old russian has scored 5 points in 12 games since his callup. Comeau had no points in 22 games this year.

LINES FOR TONIGHT'S GAME AGAINST COLUMBUS
Tkachuk-Schremp-Artyukhin
Kaspar-Lombardi-MacMillan
Axelsson-Karamnov-Carter
Pyatt-Kelly-Lundmark

Hedman-Kulyash
Parent-Semenov
McKee-Kronwall

Mason
Pavelec

Scratches - Jack Combs, Brett Sterling & Reid Cashman
Injured Reserve - Marc Denis

TRADE - St. Louis trades D Eric Brewer to San Jose for F Devin Setoguchi and a 2nd round pick
TRADE - Detroit trades F Jere Lehtinen to San Jose for rights to prospect D Ryan Button
TRADE - Detroit trades F Mikael Samuelsson to Montreal for F Matt D'Agostini and a 3rd round pick

January 11th 2011: Coyotes at Colorado, 2-1 W, (Axelsson 8, Kaspar 10), Mason [W] (22/23)

Kansas City Coyotes (44GP, 16-25-3, 35 points, 13th in the West)

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Comeau on re-entry waivers

January 15th 2011 - Blake Comeau has cleared waivers, but he will stay in Kansas City. Although he had originally been sent down to San Antonio, the forward will hit re-entry waivers and stay in Kansas City if not claimed. Forward Jack Combs suffered a neck injury that will have him sidelined for two weeks and Comeau will therefore stay up with the Coyotes for the time being. Combs has been added to the injured reserve.

January 13th 2011: Kansas City vs. Columbus, 3-1 L, (Artyukhin 10), Mason [L] (31/34)

Kansas City Coyotes (45GP, 16-26-3, 35 points, 14th in the West)

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Originally Posted by duff88

Yes, I wish I could take control of them in the WJC so that they wouldn't fall apart like this. I don't expect them to be back in the main tournament soon...

Just add a new GM come WJC time to take them over. I did it for the Olympics before to try putting the Slovaks on a Miracle run .. it failed.

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Originally Posted by DeToxRox

Just add a new GM come WJC time to take them over. I did it for the Olympics before to try putting the Slovaks on a Miracle run .. it failed.

I'm going to let them a year or two to try and get back, and if they don't I might just do that. They've got a few nice kids coming up, so they might be good enough to make it.

D Jacob Patrick (Providence recruit, 2011 eligible)
F Scooter Coleman (Northern Michigan recruit, 2011 eligible)
F Billy Rogers (Vermont recruit, 2011 eligible)
F Donnie Gibbons (Ferris State recruit, 2011 eligible)
F Morgan Stephens (Wisconsin recruit, 2011 eligible)
D Joe Regan (Boston University recruit, 2012 eligible)
D Christian Krystosek (Maine recruit, 2012 eligible)
F Drew Wagner (Maine recruit, 2012 eligible)
D Andrew Bailey (2012 eligible)
F Jacob Adams (2012 eligible)
F Jeffery Bourque (2013 eligible)

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Denis back, Pyatt out

January 16th 2011 - Marc Denis has recovered from his groin injury and will be back in the lineup tommorow for the game against St. Louis. Chris Mason will be the starter for the game; in six games since Denis' injury, Mason has won four times while keeping a 93.8% save percentage. Ondrej Pavelec was sent down to San Antonio.

Taylor Pyatt will miss around one week of action after suffering a groin strain in the game against Boston. Brett Sterling will take his place in the lineup.

TRADE: Nashville trades D Martin Skoula to montreal for rights to prospect F Kellen Flett.

January 15th 2011: Kansas City vs. Boston, 5-2 W, (Parent 1, Pyatt 6, Kaspar 11, MacMillan 3, Tkachuk 21), Mason [W] (28/30)

Kansas City Coyotes (46GP, 17-26-3, 37 points, 14th in the West)

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Dallas claims Comeau

January 21st 2011 - The Dallas Stars have claimed 24-years-old forward Blake Comeau off re-entry waivers from the Kansas City Coyotes. In 22 games with the Coyotes, Comeau had scored no points. With the claim coming on re-entry waivers, the Coyotes will be in charge of 50% of the young forward's remaining salary, paying 385,000$ until the end of the current season.

TRADE: Atlanta trades D Toni Lydman to Dallas for F Maxime Sauvé
TRADE: Calgary trades F Dan Hinote to New York R for a 5th round pick
TRADE: Detroit trades D Cory Murphy to Minnesota for a 7th round pick
TRADE: Carolina trades D Colin White to Portland for G Kurtis Mucha

January 17th 2011: Kansas City vs. St. Louis, 4-1 L, (Tkachuk 22), Mason [L] (24/28)
January 19th 2011: Coyotes at Detroit, 2-1 L, (Tkachuk 23), Mason [L] (26/28)
January 20th 2011: Coyotes at Minnesota, 4-3 L, (Lundmark 3, Axelsson 9, Karamnov 3), Denis [L] (20/24)

Kansas City Coyotes (49GP, 17-29-3, 37 points, 15th in the West)

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Schremp out again

January 24th 2011 - After playing only 7 games since coming back from an injury, Rob Schremp will once again miss at least 3 weeks of action. The young canadian forward suffered a rotator cuff strain in today's 4-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks. Schremp was still on his way to take back his spot in the lineup, playing around 10 minutes a game since returning. He had scored two assists since coming back. Back in the lineup from his groin injury, Taylor Pyatt will replace him. The Coyotes have lost their last 5 games.

Meanwhile, after some tough times in San Antonio where he had only scored a goal and an assist in his last 8 games, Kirill Kabanov has been sent down to the ECHL's Cincinnati Cyclones. The speedy 18-years-old russian had 11 goals and 6 assists in 36 games with San Antonio.

TRADE: Toronto trades D Sergei Gonchar to Chicago for D Cam Barker and F Andrei Kuchin

January 22nd 2011: Kansas City vs. Colorado, 5-4 L, (Parent 2, Lundmark 4, Carter 13, Kulyash 6), Mason [L] (33/38)
January 24th 2011: Coyotes at Chicago, 4-2 L, (MacMillan 4, Karamnov 4), Mason [L] (29/33)

Kansas City Coyotes (51GP, 17-31-3, 37 points, 15th in the West)

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January confirms bottom of the barrel for Coyotes

February 1st 2011 - As we have gotten used to, there were some ups and downs during the month of January. Most of the team played solid hockey and have finally been able to play consistently, but there was once again a dysmal 5-losses streak in the middle of the month that costs the team so much in the standings. The difficulty of goaltender Marc Denis to come back into full form after his injury. as well as Rob Schremp's constant absence, are also worrying.

Denis Kulyash was the Sprint Cup winner for January with 5 goals and 3 assists in 16 games, while keeping a +5 record. He beat Matthew Lombardi and Chris Mason in the voting process.

NHL Offensive Player of the Month: RW Alex Kovalev, Montreal Canadiens (13-14-9-25)
NHL Defensive Player of the Month: G Evgeni Nabokov, Portland Titans (11GP - 9W - 2SO)
NHL Rookie of the Month: C Lars Eller, St. Louis Blues (14-2-8-10)
NHL Goals Leader: 37 - LW Ilya Kovalchuk, Chicago Blackhawks
NHL Assists Leader: 53 - C Jason Spezza, Ottawa Senators
NHL Points Leader: 77 - LW Ilya Kovalchuk, Chicago Blackhawks
NHL Defenseman Points Leader: 39 - D Jay Bouwmeester, Florida Panthers
NHL Rookie Points Leader: 48 - C Lars Eller, St. Louis Blues

TRADE: Atlanta trades D Frantisek Kaberle to New York R for a 3rd and a 4th round pick

January 26th 2011: Coyotes at Chicago, 4-2 W, (Kulyash 7, Carter 14, Hedman 5, Kelly 5), Mason [W] (22/24)
January 28th 2011: Kansas City vs. Minnesota, 3-2 W, (Carter 15, Lombardi 9-10), Mason [W] (25/27)
January 30th 2011: Coyotes at Pittsburgh, 5-3 W, (MacMillan 5, Carter 16, Kulyash 8, Combs 1, Lundmark 5), Mason [W] (15/18)

Kansas City Coyotes (54GP, 20-31-3, 43 points, 13th in the West)

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Mason and Lundmark traded

February 8th 2011 - In a surprise move heading to the All-Star Game in Atlanta, the Kansas City Coyotes have traded goaltender Chris Mason to the New York Islanders. In return, the Coyotes recieve prospect defenseman Aaron Ness. Minor league defenseman Chris Summers will also be headed to Long Island. The move can be seen as a surprise following Mason's recent string of success. It seems like the team will be putting their confidence in Marc Denis and therefore decided to trade Mason at the top of his value. Mason will serve as backup to Rick DiPietro in New York. Ondrej Pavelec was recalled from San Antonio to serve as backup to Marc Denis.

Ness, a diminutive junior defenseman with the Minnesota Golden Gophers of the NCAA, was the Islanders' 40th overall selection in the 2006 NHL Draft. He was ranked 39th overall in Hockey's Future top prospects rankings before the season. In 37 games this season with the Gophers, he has scored 10 goals and 15 assists.

The Coyotes also traded forward Jamie Lundmark to the Florida Panthers. In return for Lundmark, the Coyotes recieve 25 years old winger Stefan Meyer. In 18 games with the Panthers this year, Meyer had scored 1 goal and 4 assists. Jamie Lundmark was on a good streak with the Coyotes with 5 goals and 4 assists in his last 18 games.

#47 Stefan Meyer - LW/C - 6'2/200 - 25 years old - Fox Valley, Saskatchewan

TRADE: Portland trades D Filip Kuba to New York R for F Jacob Josefson
TRADE: St. Louis trades D Chris Pronger and rights to F Marc-Olivier Vachon to Toronto for F Jiri Tlusty and rights to G Scott Stajcer
TRADE: Minnesota trades D Fedor Tyutin to Chicago for rights to G Jean-François Bérubé
TRADE: New York I trades F Paul Kariya to Chicago for rights to D Chris Buonomo
TRADE: New York I trades D Jason Smith to Carolina for D Georgy Berdyukov
TRADE: Minnesota trades D Steve Staios to Carolina for F Drayson Bowman

February 2nd 2011: Kansas City vs. Chicago, 5-0 W, (Lundmark 6, Tkachuk 24, Axelsson 10, Hedman 6, MacMillan 6), Mason [W] (20/20)
February 5th 2011: Coyotes at New Jersey, 4-1 L, (Kaspar 12), Mason [L] (24/28)

Kansas City Coyotes (56GP, 21-32-3, 45 points, 13th in the West)

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Lecavalier All-Star game MVP

February 8th 2011 - Vincent Lecavalier of the Los Angeles Kings scored a goal and three assists in the All-Star game today to help the Western team to a 6-4 win in Atlanta. No Coyotes were taking part in the game.

In the skills competition yesterday, Pavel Datsyuk had won the puck control relay, Simon Gagné the fastest skater, Zdeno Chara the hardest shot and Nicklas Lidström the shooting accuracy competition.

The Coyotes play their next game in three days against the Oilers. Rob Schremp will be back in the lineup while Jack Combs will be a healthy scratch. Stefan Meyer will play his first game with the Coyotes.

LINES FOR THE GAME AGAINST EDMONTON

Axelsson - Schremp - Carter
Kaspar - Lombardi - MacMillan
Tkachuk - Karamnov - Artyukhin
Meyer - Kelly - Pyatt

Hedman - Kulyash
Parent - Semenov
McKee - Kronwall

Denis
Pavelec

Healthy Scratches - Jack Combs, Brett Sterling, Reid Cashman

TRADE: Nashville trades F Martin Havlat to Carolina for rights to F Landon Ferraro
TRADE: Ottawa trades F Éric Bélanger to Edmonton for F Riley Nash
TRADE: Pittsburgh trades D Dan Hamhuis to Calgary for F Aaron Marvin and a 3rd round pick
TRADE: Los Angeles trades D Keith Yandle to Pittsburgh for F Janne Pesonen

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Penguins form new dynamic trio

February 10th 2011 - The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired 22-years-old winger Patrick Kane from the Chicago Blackhawks yesterday, and already the new acquisition has made an impact on the right wing of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. In their first game following the trade, the three combined for 10 points in a 10-4 win over the Ottawa Senators. Kane scored a goal and three assists in the win and now has 52 points in 53 games this season. The Blackhawks had to get rid of Kane to fit in under the NHL Salary Cap and Dumont was the best fit as an addition that would help the 3rd place team.

13th in the eastern conference, the Penguins are expected to trade Alex Tanguay before the trade deadline.

TRADE: New York I trades F Mark Parrish to Toronto for rights to F Richard Flett
TRADE: Chicago trades F Patrick Kane to Pittsburgh for F Jean-Pierre Dumont

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Fillion and Dineen in danger?

February 19th 2011 - The Kansas City Coyotes haven't won a game since trading goaltender Chris Mason; scoring only twice in return to the 20 goals allowed during that period. GM Nicolas Fillion and head coach Kevin Dineen are at the center of a lot of criticism right now due to that poor sequence.

"You've gotta let the men do their job." said veteran Keith Tkachuk. "This is a young team and they have to grow. Dineen has done a great job implenting his system here and results should come shortly."

"We'll find our way out of it, we just have to work hard and try to finish the year on the right note." said Rob Schremp, who has only scored one point while being a -3 in 11 games since signing a lucrative contract extention.

"We came in with a five year plan. In this day and age, you can't build a team from scratch and hope to become a contender in the first years. I want to bring a constant cup contender here in Kansas City, and you have to be patient and let the team blossom." said GM Nicolas Fillion

A few players could still be traded before the trade deadline. 38-years-old Keith Tkachuk will probably retire at the end of the year and would like to add a Stanley Cup to his great career resume: 1262 games, 561 goals, 564 assists and 1125 points. Anson Carter, P.J. Axelsson and Jay McKee aren't getting any younger and could be interesting trade assets in the next few days before the February 23rd trade deadline.

The last game before the deadline will take place on the 21st against Columbus:

Kaspar - Schremp - Carter
Tkachuk - Lombardi - Pyatt
Axelsson - Kelly - MacMillan
Meyer-Karamnov-Artyukhin

Hedman-Kronwall
Kulyash-Semenov
McKee-Parent

Denis
Pavelec

TRADE: Pittsburgh trades F Alex Tanguay to Carolina for F Toni Rajala and D Stephen Silas
TRADE: Colorado trades F Marek Svatos to Los Angeles for rights to F Brent Leveille
TRADE: Buffalo trades D Craig Rivet to Vancouver for G Peter Delmas
TRADE: St. Louis trades D Barret Jackman to New York I for 4th and 5th round picks
TRADE: Atlanta trades F Pavol Demitra to Carolina for rights to D Cam Fowler and a 1st round pick
TRADE: Anaheim trades D François Beauchemin to Dallas for F Jan Mursak

February 11th 2011: Kansas City vs. Edmonton, 4-0 L, Denis [L] (36/40)
February 12th 2011: Coyotes at New York I, 4-1 L, (Carter 17), Pavelec [L] (31/35)
February 14th 2011: Coyotes at San Jose, 8-1 L, (Artyukhin 11), Denis [L] (20/26) & Pavelec (17/19)
February 17th 2011: Coyotes at Colorado, 4-0 L, Denis [L] (34/38)

Kansas City Coyotes (60GP, 21-36-3, 45 points, 15th in the West)

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Tkachuk a King

February 23rd 2009 - The last place Kansas City Coyotes completed only one trade today at the trade deadline, moving leading scorer Keith Tkachuk to the Los Angeles Kings for a 2nd round pick in 2012. The team had a discussion earlier in the week with Tkachuk about the possibility of trading him to a contender to get him a chance at his first career Stanley Cup. The Kings currently lead the league with 88 points in 61 games.

Anton Krysanov has been recalled from the San Antonio Rampage and will play on the second line with Matthew Lombardi and Tom Pyatt. Meanwhile, Kirill Kabanov has been sent back to the Rampage after scoring 5 goals and an assist in 11 points in the ECHL.

TRADE: Colorado trades F Vaclav Prospal to Toronto for F Mikhail Grabovsky
TRADE: Pittsburgh trades D Brian Pothier to Toronto for F Oleg Li
TRADE: Nashville trades F Brenden Morrow to Boston for F Tuomo Ruutu and a 2nd round pick
TRADE: Colorado trades D Jordan Leopold to Washington for F Branko Radivojevic and F Tomas Fleischmann
TRADE: Buffalo trades F Mike Grier to Montreal for a 5th round pick in 2011 and 3rd/5th round picks in 2012
TRADE: Los Angeles trades F Brad Richardsson to San Jose for D Andy Roach
TRADE: Atlanta trades D Jaroslav Spacek to Carolina for F Zak Dalpe
TRADE: Nashville trades F Jason Arnott to Carolina for F Brandon Sutter, rights to F Davis Muller, a 4th round pick in 2011 and a 2nd round pick in 2012
TRADE: Pittsburgh trades D Paul Martin to Colorado for D Scott Hannan

February 21st 2011: Kansas City vs. Columbus, 4-3S W, (Schremp 13, Kulash 9, Hedman 7), Denis [W] (34/37)

Kansas City Coyotes (61GP, 22-36-3, 47 points, 15th in the West)

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Trade deadline passes

TRADE: St. Louis trades D Brent Sopel to Ottawa for two 5th round picks in 2011
TRADE: Nashville trades F Martin Erat to Minnesota for rights to F Scott Glennie and a 3rd round pick
TRADE: Portland trades F Brian Sutherby to New York R for a 3rd round pick in 2012
TRADE: Anaheim trades D Cory Sarich to Montreal for rights to D Cleve Keating
TRADE: Boston trades F Dan Cleary to Toronto for F Jerome Flaake
TRADE: Ottawa trades D Lasse Kukkonen to Pittsburgh for F Maxime Talbot and a 3rd round pick
TRADE: Nashville trades F Hugh Jessiman to Colorado for D Cameron Gaunce

February 23rd 2011: Kansas City vs. Portland, 5-1 L, (Axelsson 11), Denis [L] (37/42)

Kansas City Coyotes (62GP, 22-37-3, 47 points, 15th in the West)

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End of the season can't come soon enough for Coyotes

March 1st 2011 - With seven losses in ten games during the month of February, the Kansas City Coyotes have fallen back to last place in the West and 29th in the league, only one point in front of the Washington Capitals. The month of February can be illustrated by a single stat: 16 goals for to 38 goals against.

Matthew Lombardi won the February segment of the Sprint Cup. Lombardi had 5 assists in 10 games as well as a +1 rating. He beat Lukas Kaspar and Evgeni Artyukhin in the votings.

NHL Offensive Player of the Month: C Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins (11-13-8-21)
NHL Defensive Player of the Month: G Roberto Luongo, Vancouver Canucks (9GP-7W)
NHL Rookie of the Month: C Lars Eller, St. Louis Blues (12-4-12-16)
NHL Goals Leader: 44 - LW Ilya Kovalchuk, Chicago Blackhawks
NHL Assists Leader: 63 - C Jason Spezza, Ottawa Senators
NHL Points Leader: 89 - LW Ilya Kovalchuk, Chicago Blackhawks
NHL Defenseman Points Leader: 45 - D Jay Bouwmeester, Florida Panthers
NHL Rookie Points Leader: 64 - C Lars Eller, St. Louis Blues

February 24th 2011: Coyotes at St. Louis, 6-2 L, (Axelsson 12-13), Pavelec [L] (25/31)
February 27th 2011: Coyotes at Columbus, 2-0 W, (Parent 3, Carter 18), Denis [W] (48/48)

Kansas City Coyotes (64GP, 23-38-3, 49 points, 15th in the West)

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Schremp out again

March 3rd 2011 - Rob Schremp will once again miss 2 to 3 weeks of action after suffering an hip flexor strain. This is the same injury that he suffered in December, although team trainers have said that this should not be a recurring problem.

Vitaly Karamnov will take his spot on the first line.

March 2nd 2011: Kansas City vs. Columbus, 3-1 W, (Carter 19-20, Kelly 6), Denis [w] (19/20)

Kansas City Coyotes (65GP, 24-38-3, 51 points, 15th in the West)

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Denis to miss ten days

March 18th 2011 - Marc Denis suffered a groin injury with less than a minute to go in the Coyotes' 5-3 loss to the Calgary Flames yesterday. He will miss about ten days of action. He has been placed on the injured reserve. Brett Bennett was recalled to backup Ondrej Pavelec who will start while Denis is out.

P.J. Axelsson will also miss around ten days with a neck injury. Brett Sterling will take his place in the lineup.

March 4th 2011: Kansas City vs. Minnesota, 3-0 L, Denis [L] (31/34)
March 6th 2011: Kansas City vs. St. Louis, 3-0 L, Denis [L] (15/18)
March 9th 2011: Kansas City vs. Anaheim, 4-3S L, (Pyatt 7-8, Lombardi 11), Denis [OTL] (30/33)
March 11th 2011: Kansas City vs. Ottawa, 4-1 W, (Axelsson 14, Carter 21-22-23), Denis [W] (29/30)
March 13th 2011: Coyotes at St. Louis, 4-2 L, (Carter 24, MacMillan 7), Denis [L] (31/35)
March 14th 2011: Kansas City vs. St. Louis, 4-3S L, (Axelsson 15, Carter 25, Kelly 7), Pavelec [OTL] (28/31)
March 17th 2011: Coyotes at Calgary, 5-3 L, (Hedman 8, Krysanov 1, Pyatt 9), Denis [L] (42/47) & Pavelec (0/0)

Kansas City Coyotes (72GP, 25-42-5, 55 points, 15th in the West)

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Pavelec falls; Coyotes in goalie trouble

March 23rd 2011 - Ondrej Pavelec suffered a groin injury that should keep him out for the rest of the season in yesterday's game against the Detroit Red Wings. With only one other goaltender under contract, Brett Bennett who showed he was not ready by being lit up in replacement for Pavelec, the Kansas City Coyotes are now in trouble between the pipes.

The next game is tommorow in Kansas City against the Chicago Blackhawks. Both Marc Denis and Ondrej Pavelec will be out of the lineup for that game. The Coyotes have signed goaltender Dustin Butler to a tryout offer and he will serve as backup to Brett Bennett.

March 20th 2011: Coyotes at Edmonton, 3-2OT W, (Semenov 5, Pyatt 10, Kaspar 13), Pavelec [W] (22/24)
March 22nd 2011: Kansas City vs. Detroit, 7-2 L, (MacMillan 8, Karamnov 5), Pavelec [L] (9/10) & Bennet (20/26)

Kansas City Coyotes (74GP, 26-43-5, 57 points, 15th in the West)

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Denis, Schremp and Axelsson back

March 29th 2011 - It couldn't happen soon enough; goaltender Marc Denis and forwards Rob Schremp and Per-Johan Axelsson will be back in the lineup tonight against St. Louis. Brett Bennett was in great need of help after allowing 15 goals on 75 shots; maintaining a 5.29GAA and a 80.0SAV%.

March 24th 2011: Kansas City vs. Chicago, 4-2 L, (Kelly 8, Pyatt 11), Bennett [L] (22/26)
March 26th 2011: Kansas City vs. Los Angeles, 5-2 L, (Kaspar 14, Artyukhin 12), Bennett [L] (18/23)

Kansas City Coyotes (76GP, 26-45-5, 57 points, 15th in the West)

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Injuries hurt Coyotes in March

April 1st 2011 - As if the season had not been tough enough already, the month of March was filled with injuries for the Kansas City Coyotes, especially at the goaltender position with the losses of Marc Denis and Ondrej Pavelec. With Denis back in the lineup, the Coyotes managed towin theirfinal two games of the month, raising them to 28th in the NHL standings.

Anson Carter, playing with Lukas Kaspar and Anton Krysanov, showed he was still good enough by scoring 9 goals and 14 points in 14 games during the month to win the March segment of the Sprint Cup. Taylor Pyatt and Victor Hedman were the finalists.

NHL Offensive Player of the Month: C Peter Mueller, Toronto Maple Leafs (15-6-22-28)
NHL Defensive Player of the Month: D Dion Phaneuf, Calgary Flames (15-2-13-15)
NHL Rookie of the Month: C Mikael Backlund, Calgary Flames (15-6-13-19)
NHL Goals Leader: 50 - LW Ilya Kovalchuk, Chicago Blackhawks
NHL Assists Leader: 70 - C Jason Spezza, Ottawa Senators
NHL Points Leader: 107 - LW Ilya Kovalchuk, Chicago Blackhawks
NHL Defenseman Points Leader: 53 - D Sheldon Souray, Edmonton Oilers
NHL Rookie Points Leader: 70 - C Lars Eller, St. Louis Blues

March 29th 2011: Coyotes at St. Louis, 2-0 W, (Semenov 6, Carter 26), Denis [W] (36/36)
March 30th 2011: Kansas City vs. San Jose, 2-1 W, (Kelly 9, Carter 27), Denis [W] (34/35)

Kansas City Coyotes (78GP, 28-45-5, 61 points, 15th in the West)

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Coyotes regress in third year

April 8th 2011 - The Kansas City Coyotes regressed in 2010-11 as opposed to the last season, finishing with three points less on the Standings as last place team in the West; 28th in the league. The Los Angeles Kings won the President Trophy as regular season champions.

The Sprint Cup (Player of the Year as voted by the media), Gold Stick (Biggest contributor without recieving praise for his work) and Star Trophy (Player of the Year as voted by the fans) will be given to their respective winner after the conclusion of the NHL Playoffs.

April 1st 2011: Coyotes at Detroit, 4-0 L, Denis [L] (30/34)
April 3rd 2011: Kansas City vs. Detroit, 4-3 W, (Pyatt 12-13, Kelly 10, Karamnov 6), Denis [W] (33/36)
April 5th 2011: Coyotes at Columbus, 4-1 L, (Karamnov 7), Denis [L] (33/37)
April 7th 2011: Kansas City vs. Columbus, 2-1S W, (Lombardi 12), Denis [W] (29/30)

Kansas City Coyotes (82GP, 30-47-5, 65 points, 15th in the West, 194GF-268GA, 11.3%PP [30th], 83.4%PK [16th])

NHL Top 10 scorers:
1. C Olli Jokinen, Chicago (82GP - 44G - 69A - 113PTS)
2. LW Ilya Kovalchuk, Chicago (82GP - 53G - 59A - 112PTS)
3. C Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh (80GP - 46G - 57A - 103PTS)
4. C Vincent Lecavalier, Los Angeles (82GP - 35G - 62A - 97PTS)
5. C Jason Spezza, Ottawa (78GP - 25G - 72A - 97PTS)
6. RW Nathan Horton, Florida (82GP - 43G - 53A - 96PTS)
7. C Peter Mueller, Toronto (78GP - 30G - 66A - 96PTS)
8. C Brad Richards, Florida (79GP - 33G - 62A - 95PTS)
9. RW Marian Hossa, Toronto (76GP - 49G - 45A - 94PTS)
10. RW Jarome Iginla, Calgary (79GP - 47G - 47A - 94PTS)

NHL Top 5 goalscorers:
1. LW Ilya Kovalchuk, Chicago (82GP - 53 Goals)
2. RW Marian Hossa, Toronto (76GP - 49 Goals)
3. RW Jarome Iginla, Calgary (79GP - 47 goals)
4. C Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh (80GP - 46 Goals)
5. C Evgeny Malkin, Pittsburgh (81GP - 45 Goals)

NHL Top 5 defensemen scorers:
1. D Jay Bouwmeester, Florida (82GP - 13G - 43A - 56PTS)
2. D Sheldon Souray, Edmonton (82GP - 13G - 41A - 54PTS)
3. D Paul Martin, Colorado (81GP - 12G - 42A - 54PTS)
4. D Wade Redden, New York R (82GP - 10G - 44A - 54PTS)
5. D Dion Phaneuf, Calgary (82GP - 7G - 46A - 53PTS)

NHL Top 5 rookie scorers:
1. C Lars Eller, St. Louis (80GP - 26G - 51A - 77PTS)
2. C Mikael Backlund, Calgary (80GP - 25G - 43A - 68PTS)
3. C John Tavares, Atlanta (78GP - 8G - 24A - 32PTS)
4. RW Brady Calla, Florida (78GP - 10G - 19A - 29PTS)
5. D Erik Karlsson, Ottawa (69GP - 4G - 24A - 28PTS)

NHL Top 5 goaltender GAA (min. 50GP)
1. G Roberto Luongo, Vancouver (69GP - 44W - 2.14GAA - 91.9SAV% - 9SO)
2. G Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Anaheim (54GP - 30W - 2.36GAA - 92.5SAV% - 5SO)
3. G Carey Price, Montreal (68GP - 43W - 2.44GAA - 91.9SAV% - 7SO)
4. G Henrik Lundqvist, New York R (67GP -40W - 2.47GAA - 91.2SAV% - 6SO)
5. G Tomas Vokoun, Florida (64GP - 39W - 2.49GAA - 91.0SAV% - 4SO)

Other notable players:
RW Bobby Ryan, Anaheim (82GP - 34G - 40A - 74PTS)
C Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim (77GP - 30G - 34A - 64PTS)
RW Teemu Selänne, Atlanta (77GP - 26G - 46A - 72PTS)
C Marc Savard, Atlanta (67GP - 28G - 40A - 68PTS)
LW Raffi Torres, Boston (76GP - 35G - 41A - 76PTS)
C Patrice Bergeron, Boston (78GP - 36G - 40A - 76PTS)
RW Phil Kessel, Boston (71GP - 34G - 42A - 76PTS)
LW Brendan Morrow, Boston (77GP - 36G - 39A - 75PTS)
D Joni Pitkänen, Boston (82GP - 13G - 39A - 52PTS)
D Andrej Meszaros, Boston (73GP - 11G- 38A - 49PTS)
LW Thomas Vanek, Buffalo (79GP - 39G - 50A - 89PTS)
C Tim Connolly, Buffalo (68GP - 30G - 54A - 74PTS)
RW Justin Williams, Buffalo (82GP - 35G - 38A - 73PTS)
LW Ales Kotalik, Buffalo (82GP - 30G - 41A - 71PTS)
D Ed Jovanovski, Buffalo (82GP - 6G - 43A - 49PTS)
C Daymond Langkow, Calgary (74GP - 33G - 51A - 84PTS)
LW Ryan Malone, Calgary (79GP - 36G - 35A - 71PTS)
G Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary (71GP - 39W - 2.50GAA - 91.7SAV% - 3SO)
C Pavol Demitra, Carolina (82GP - 41G - 47A - 88PTS)
C Eric Staal, Carolina (81GP - 36G - 40A - 76PTS)
D Zdeno Chara, Carolina (82GP - 11G - 30A - 41PTS)
G Cam Ward, Carolina (67GP - 37W - 2.62GAA - 91.3SAV% - 7SO)
RW Milan Hejduk, Colorado (77GP - 40G - 33A - 73PTS)
C Joe Sakic, Colorado (82GP - 22G - 44A - 66PTS)
LW Rick Nash, Columbus (82GP - 32G - 37A - 69PTS)
C Perttu Lindgren, Dallas (77GP - 25G - 60A - 85PTS)
LW Colin Wilson, Dallas (72GP - 37G - 41A - 78PTS)
C Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit (82GP - 35G - 43A - 78PTS)
C Johan Franzen, Detroit (81GP - 42G - 32A - 74PTS)
LW Henrik Zetterberg, Detroit (76GP - 24G - 40A - 64PTS)
RW Ales Hemsky, Edmonton (75GP - 34G - 50A - 84PTS)
C Shawn Horcoff, Edmonton (77GP - 28G - 47A - 75PTS)
LW Dustin Penner, Edmonton (78GP - 38G - 32A - 70PTS)
D Lubomir Visnovsky, Edmonton (82GP - 20G - 30A - 50PTS)
LW Michael Frolik, Florida (77GP - 41G - 37A - 78PTS)
C Stephen Weiss, Florida (82GP - 28G - 43A - 71PTS)
LW Alexander Frolov, Los Angeles (82GP - 44G - 49A - 93PTS)
RW Patrick O'Sullivan, Los Angeles (77GP - 39G - 47A - 86PTS)
RW Marian Gaborik, Minnesota (77GP - 34G - 40A - 74PTS)
RW Alex Kovalev, Montreal (82GP - 38G - 44A - 82PTS)
LW Andrei Kostitsyn, Montreal (74GP - 39G - 42A - 81PTS)
C Saku Koivu, Montreal (82GP - 25G - 54A - 79PTS)
LW Patrik Elias, New Jersey (82GP - 37G - 40A - 77PTS)
D Brian Campbell, New Jersey (77GP - 7G - 44A - 51PTS)
G Martin Brodeur, New Jersey (66GP - 43W - 2.58GAA - 91.7SAV% - 4SO)
RW Nikolai Zherdev, New York R (81GP - 32G - 42A - 74PTS)
C Scott Gomez, New York R (74GP - 29G - 41A - 70PTS)
RW Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa (69GP - 31G - 46A - 77PTS)
LW Dany Heatley, Ottawa (57GP - 39G - 37A - 76PTS)
LW Simon Gagné, Philadelphia (82GP - 40G - 49A - 89PTS)
C Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh (81GP - 45G - 47A - 92PTS)
RW Patrick Kane, Pittsburgh (80GP - 39G - 44A - 83PTS)
C Henrik Sedin, Portland (82GP - 23G - 56A - 79PTS)
RW Maxim Afinogenov, Portland (72GP - 38G - 39A - 77PTS)
C Patrick Marleau, San Jose (77GP - 30G - 51A - 81PTS)
C Joe Thornton, San Jose (82GP - 37G - 50A - 87PTS)
LW Milan Michalek, San Jose (82GP - 32G - 40A - 72PTS)
RW Martin St. Louis, St. Louis (82GP - 42G - 38A - 80PTS)
LW Nik Antropov, Toronto (67GP - 28G - 46A - 74PTS)
G Vesa Toskala, Toronto (73GP - 43W - 2.69GAA - 90.7SAV% - 2SO)
LW Daniel Sedin, Vancouver (81GP - 40G - 42A - 82PTS)
C Michael Nylander, Vancouver (78GP - 24G - 56A - 80PTS)
RW Miroslav Satan, Vancouver (82GP - 31G - 42A - 73PTS)
RW Alexander Ovechkin, Washington (55GP - 38G - 39A - 77PTS)
RW Nikita Filatov, Washington (82GP - 35G - 31A - 66PTS)
C Nicklas Bäckström, Washington (62GP - 22G - 35A - 57PTS)

Eastern Conference:
*1. Toronto Maple Leafs (50-27-5) - 105 Points
*2. Florida Panthers (50-29-3)- 103 Points
*3. New Jersey Devils (47-29-6) - 100 Points
4. Montreal Canadiens (49-27-6) - 104 Points
5. Buffalo Sabres (48-29-5)- 101 Points
6. Carolina Hurricanes (46-29-7) - 99 Points
7. New York Rangers (44-32-6) - 94 Points
8. Boston Bruins (44-33-5) - 93 Points
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9. Philadelphia Flyers (38-36-8) - 84 Points
10. Ottawa Senators (40-39-3) - 83 Points
11. Pittsburgh Penguins (38-38-6) - 82 Points
12. New York Islanders (38-39-5) - 81 Points
13. Atlanta Thrashers (35-40-7) - 77 Points
14. Nashville Predators (25-49-8) - 58 Points
15. Washington Capitals (23-48-11) - 57 Points

Western Conference
*1. Los Angeles Kings (53-22-7) - 113 Points
*2. Vancouver Canucks (50-25-7) - 107 Points
*3. Chicago Blackhawks (45-32-5) - 95 Points
4. Calgary Flames (47-25-10) - 104 Points
5. San Jose Sharks (48-27-7) - 103 Points
6. Edmonton Oilers (44-33-5) - 93 Points
7. Dallas Stars (43-35-4) - 90 Points
8. Anaheim Ducks (41-33-8) - 90 Points
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9. Colorado Avalanche (42-37-3) - 87 Points
10. Portland Titans (41-36-5) - 87 Points
11. St. Louis Blues (39-37-6) - 84 Points
12. Detroit Red Wings (32-39-11) - 75 Points
13. Columbus Blue Jackets (31-45-6) - 68 Points
14. Minnesota Wild (29-45-8) - 66 Points
15. Kansas City Coyotes (30-47-5) - 65 Points


1 Toronto Maple Leafs vs. 8 Boston Bruins
2 Florida Panthers vs. 7 New York Rangers
3 New Jersey Devils vs. 6 Carolina Hurricanes
4 Montreal Canadiens vs. 5 Buffalo Sabres

1 Los Angeles Kings vs. 8 Anaheim Ducks
2 Vancouver Canucks vs. 7 Dallas Stars
3 Chicago Blackhawks vs. 6 Edmonton Oilers
4 Calgary Flames vs. 5 San Jose Sharks

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6 players sent down

April 8th 2011 - The San Antonio Rampage still have five games left to the regular season and six Coyotes were sent down to finish the year in San Antonio. Logan MacMillan, Vitaly Karamnov, Jack Combs, Ryan Parent, Ondrej Pavelec and Brett Bennett will report to the AHL team for the final stretch of the season.

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9 Coyotes named to World Championships

POOL A
Russia (D Denis Kulyash, D Alexei Semenov)
Slovakia
Austria
Denmark

POOL B
Canada (F Anson Carter, G Marc Denis)
Sweden (F P.J. Axelsson, D Victor Hedman)
Belarus
Norway

POOL C
Czech Republic (F Lukas Kaspar, G Ondrej Pavelec)
Finland
Latvia
Slovenia

POOL D
USA (F Jack Combs)
Switzerland
Germany
Ukraine

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Panthers and Blackhawks upset

Only two favourites were upset in the first round of the NHL playoffs: The Florida Panthers were beat in 4 games by the New York Rangers while the Chicago Blackhawks lost to the Edmonton Oilers in 5 games. There are five Canadian teams left in the run for the Stanley Cup; for which the Vancouver Canucks will try to repeat a third consecutive win.

1 Toronto Maple Leafs defeat 8 Boston Bruins in 4 games (TOR LW Nik Antropov - 4GP - 2G -5A - 7PTS)
7 New York Rangers defeat 2 Florida Panthers in 4 games (NYR RW Nikolai Zherdev - 4GP - 2G - 6A - 8PTS)
3 New Jersey Devils defeat 6 Carolina Hurricanes in 6 games (NJ G Martin Brodeur - 6GP - 4W - 2.28GAA - 93.5SAV% - 1SO)
4 Montreal Canadiens defeat 5 Buffalo Sabres in 4 games (MTL RW Mikael Samuelsson - 4GP - 2G - 4A - 6PTS)

1 Los Angeles Kings defeat 8 Anaheim Ducks in 4 games (LA C Vincent Lecavalier - 4GP - 4G - 3A - 7PTS)
2 Vancouver Canucks defeat 7 Dallas Stars in 6 games (VAN G Roberto Luongo - 6GP - 4W - 1.55GAA - 93.0SAV%)
6 Edmonton Oilers defeat 3 Chicago Blackhawks in 5 games (EDM RW Ales Hemsky - 5GP - 1G - 6A - 7PTS)
4 Calgary Flames defeat 5 San Jose Sharks in 4 games (CGY RW Jarome Iginla - 4GP - 3G - 4A - 7PTS)

TOP 5 PLAYOFF SCORERS
1. LW Kristian Huselius, San Jose (4GP, 4-5-9)
2. LW Patrick Elias, New Jersey (6GP, 2-7-9)
3. RW Nikolai Zherdev, New York R (4GP, 2-6-8)
6 players tied at 7

SECOND ROUND MATCHUPS
1 Toronto Maple Leafs vs. 7 New York Rangers
3 New Jersey Devils vs. 4 Montreal Canadiens

1 Los Angeles Kings vs. 6 Edmonton Oilers
2 Vancouver Canucks vs. 4 Calgary Flames

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NHL announces trophy finalists

Calder Memorial Trophy - Best rookie in the NHL
C Mikael Backlund, Calgary Flames, (80GP - 25G - 43A - 68PTS; +2)
C Lars Eller, St. Louis Blues, (80GP - 26G - 51A - 77PTS; +22)
D Bobby Sanguinetti, New York Rangers, (66GP - 8G - 15A - 23PTS; +7)

Frank J. Selke Trophy - Best defensive forward in the NHL
RW Matt Cooke, Calgary Flames (73GP - 13G - 21A - 34PTS; +9)
C Mike Rupp, New Jersey Devils (77GP - 11G - 13A - 24PTS; +10)
C Dave Schatchard, Anaheim Ducks (76GP - 13G - 27A - 40PTS; +20)

Jack Adams Trophy - Best coach in the NHL
Terry Murray, Los Angeles Kings
Lindy Ruff, Toronto Maple Leafs
Alain Vigneault, Vancouver Canucks

James Norris Trophy - Best defenseman in the NHL
D Jay Bouwmeester, Florida Panthers, (82GP - 13G - 43A - 56PTS; +29)
D Paul Martin, Colorado Avalanche, (81GP - 12G - 42A - 54PTS; +5)
D Sheldon Souray, Edmonton Oilers, (82GP - 13G - 41A - 54PTS; +20)

Hart Memorial Trophy - Most Valuable Player in the NHL
C Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins, (80GP - 46G - 57A - 103PTS)
C Olli Jokinen, Chicago Blackhawks, (82GP - 44G - 69A - 113PTS)
C Joe Thornton, San Jose Sharks, (82GP - 37G - 50A - 87PTS)

Lady Bing Tropgy - Most sportsmanlike player in the NHL
LW Simon Gagné, Philadelphia Flyers, (22PIM in 82GP)
C Brad Richards, Florida Panthers, (28PIM in 79GP)
LW Alex Tanguay, Carolina Hurricanes, (10PIM in 64GP)

Vezina Trophy - Best goaltender in the NHL
G Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils, (66GP - 43W - 2.57GAA - 91.7SAV% - 4SO)
G Roberto Luongo, Vancouver Canucks, (69GP - 44W - 2.14GAA - 91.9SAV% - 9SO)
G Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens, (68GP - 43W - 2.43GAA - 91.9SAV% - 7SO)

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Coyotes sign Randell and Haula

The Kansas City Coyotes retained rights to prospects Travis Randell and Erik Haula today by signing them to two-year rookie contracts. Randell finished second in QMJHL scoring this year with 149 points in 61 games with the Halifax Mooseheads; also leading Canada to a WJC gold medal. He was ranked the 9th best drafted prospect in the world prior to the start of the season. Haula played the whole year with fellow Coyotes prospect Mikael Granlund with Ilves Jr in the Finnish Junior League; the move to North America will be benificial for his developement as he will play in against much tougher competition. Granlund should also be signed during the summer.

"He has the work ethics, the talent and the attitude to one day captain an NHL team to a Stanley Cup." said Halifax's coach Cam Russell about Randell when contacted about the news.

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New Jersey the last American hope

Three of the four teams that will take part in the Conference Finals are Canadian. The Vancouver Canucks, who will try to repeat their two straight cup wins, will face the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference Final. New Jersey will face Toronto in the east.

1 Toronto Maple Leafs defeat 7 New York Rangers in 5 games (TOR LW Nik Antropov - 9GP - 4G - 8A - 12PTS)
3 New Jersey Devils defeat 4 Montreal Canadiens in 7 games (NJ G Martin Brodeur - 13GP - 8W - 2.28GAA - 93.4SAV% - 3SO)

6 Edmonton Oilers defeat 1 Los Angeles Kings in 4 games (EDM G Nikolai Khabibulin - 9GP - 8W - 1.78GAA - 92.9SAV% - 2SO)
2 Vancouver Canucks defeat 4 Calgary Flames in 4 games (VAN D Mattias Öhlund - 10GP - 2G - 6A - 8PTS)

TOP 5 PLAYOFF SCORERS
1. RW Nikolai Zherdev, New York R (9GP - 6-8-14)
2. RW Lee Stempniak, Toronto (9GP - 5-9-14)
3. LW Andrei Kostitsyn, Montreal (11GP - 7-6-13)
4. C Sam Gagner, Edmonton (9GP - 5-8-13)
5. LW Patrick Elias, New Jersey (13GP - 4-9-13)

CONFERENCE FINALS MATCHUPS
1 Toronto Maple Leafs vs. 3 New Jersey Devils
2 Vancouver Canucks vs. 6 Edmonton Oilers

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Edmonton wins third longest game in league history

Robert Nilsson scored his first goal of the postseason with less than two minutes to go in the fifth overtime period as the Edmonton Oilers tied the Western Conference finals at 1 with a 4-3 win over the Canucks. Nilsson's goal was the 82nd shot on goaltender Roberto Luongo.

The 158:30 of play represents the third longest game in NHL history and the first in modern days. The Detroit Red Wings had beat the Montreal Maroons 1-0 in 176:30 in 1936 while the Toronto Maple Leafs had beat the Boston Bruins 1-0 in 1933. The modern day record was set in 2000 when Keith Primeau scored the game winning goal 152:01 into the Flyers' 2-1 win over Pittsburgh.

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Three times' a charm for Canada at World Championships

The Canadians beat USA 5-3 in the World Championships finals in Bern today to win the Gold Medal. Coyotes' Anson Carter scored the game winning goal for team Canada. Sweden defeated Russia 4-2 to win the Bronze Medal. Ukraine and Slovenia were relegated and will be replaced by Hungary and Italy who won their respective group of the World Championships Division 1.

Gold Medal: Canada
Silver Medal: USA
Bronze Medal: Sweden
4th Place: Russia
5th Place: Czech Republic
6th Place: Slovakia
7th Place: Finland
8th Place: Germany
9th Place: Switzerland
10th Place: Belarus
11th Place: Denmark
12th Place: Latvia
13th Place: Norway
14th Place: Austria
15th Place: Slovenia (Relegated)
16th Place: Ukraine (Relegated)

Top 5 Scorers:
1. C Sidney Crosby, Canada (9GP - 7-17-24)
2. LW Wojtek Wolski, Canada (9GP - 8-11-19)
3. LW Alexander Ovechkin, Russia (9GP - 8-11-19)
4. C Henrik Sedin, Sweden (9GP - 7-8-15)
5. LW Jim Slater, USA (9GP - 10-4-14)

MVP: Sidney Crosby (CAN)
Best Forward: Sidney Crosby (USA)
Best Defenseman: Erik Johnson (USA)
Best Goaltender: Manny Ferdandez (CAN)

All-Star Team:
Alexander Ovechkin (RUS) - Sidney Crosby (CAN) - Wojtek Wolski (CAN)
Erik Johnson (USA) - Mike Green (CAN)
Manny Fernandez (CAN)

Kansas City Coyotes:
LW P.J. Axelsson (SWE) - 5GP - 4-4-8
LW Lukas Kaspar (CZE) - 7GP - 1-3-4
RW Anson Carter (CAN) - 9GP - 2-3-5
RW Jack Combs (USA) - 9GP - 1-0-1
D Denis Kulyash (RUS) - 9GP - 0-2-2
D Alexei Semenov (RUS) - 9GP - 0-3-3
D Victor Hedman (SWE) - 8GP - 1-2-3
G Ondrej Pavelec (CZE) - 7GP - 3W - 2.68GAA - 89.7SAV%
G Marc Denis (CAN) - 1GP - 3.00GAA - 87.5SAV%

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CHL Memorial Cup tournament set

The Saginaw Spirit beat the Sudbury Wolves in 7 games to win the OHL Championship, thanks to stellar performances by draft-eligible finnish goaltender Juho Käyhköwho won 15 of 17 playoffs game while maintaining a 1.74GAA and 93.8SAV%. In the QMJHL, the Val d'Or Foreurs took care of the Montreal Junior in 6 games. 16-years-old center Lucien Desjardins was particularly dominant with 41 points in 24 playoffs games. He is currently the top ranked prospect for the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. Out west, the Brandon Wheat Kings defeated the Chilliwack Bruins in 6 games. David Toews, who left the University of North Dakota mid-season last year to join Brandon, scored 38 points in 22 playoffs games. Brayden Schenn was also a vital part of the Wheat Kings' playoffs run. The three league champions will now face hosts Rimouski in the four team tournament. The Oceanic will be lead by captain Philippe Cornet and center Ryan McGreggor.

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Vancouver will take on Toronto

The Vancouver Canucks, with ten players from the 2008-09 edition still in their lineup, will try to win a third straight Stanley Cup by facing the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Finals. A win would make this the sixth time in history and the first since the New York Islanders of 1979 to 1983 who won four straight. The Maple Leafs haven't won a Cup since 1967, but team captain Tomas Kaberle hopes to end this shameful streak.

Greg de Vries, who was the first captain in the history of the Kansas City Coyotes, will suit up for the Canucks. After scoring 8 points in 80 regular season games, he has been held pointless so far in the post season.

Ten players who will try to win a third straight Stanley Cup with Vancouver: G Roberto Luongo, G Mike Smith, D Mattias Öhlund, D Colin White, D Alexander Edler, D Sami Salo, F Alexandre Burrows, F Daniel Sedin, F Ryan Kessler, F Miroslav Satan

1 Toronto Maple Leafs defeat 3 New Jersey Devils in 5 games (TOR LW Nik Antropov - 13GP - 6G - 11A - 17PTS)
1 Vancouver Canucks defeat 6 Edmonton Oilers in 6 games (VAN G Roberto Luongo - 16GP - 12W - 1.60GAA - 93.6SAV% - 2SO)

TOP 5 PLAYOFFS SCORERS
1. RW Lee Stempniak, Toronto (14GP - 6-15-21)
2. LW Patrick Elias, New Jersey (18GP - 6-13-19)
3. RW Marian Hossa, Toronto (14GP - 9-8-17)
4. LW Nik Antropov, Toronto (13GP - 6-11-17)
5. RW Miroslav Satan, Vancouver (16GP - 4-13-17)

STANLEY CUP FINALS
1 Toronto Maple Leafs vs. 2 Vancouver Canucks

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Saginaw wins Memorial Cup

The Saginaw Spirit swept all opposition in the Memorial Cup tournament to win the conveted CHL championship against Val d'Or. An unusual situation happened in the Finals after goaltender suffered a rotator cuff strain in the Spirit's third game. With backup goaltender Chris Perugini also injured, the Spirit turned to 18-years old Kristopher Orr, whom despite 39 games last season, had spent the entire year with the Leamington Flyers of the Western Junior B League. Orr blocked 21 of 24 shots and star defenseman Nick Crawford took care of business to eliminate Val d'Or and win the championship.