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HEAD COACH
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Jim Schoenfeld
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ROSTER
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C - Jeremy Roenick, Cliff Ronning, Bob Corkum, Mike
Stapleton, Juha Ylonen. LW - Keith Tkachuk, Greg Adams, Jim
Cummins, Mike Sullivan. RW - Rick Tocchet, Dallas Drake, Brad
Isbister, Shane Doan, Jocelyn Lemieux. D - Keith Carney, Gerald
Diduck, Bryan Helmer, Jyrki Lumme, Teppo Numminen, Oleg Tverdovsky,
Deron Quint, Michel Petit, Sean Gagnon, Jason Doig. G - Nikolai
Khabibulin, Jimmy Waite.
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INJURIES
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Dallas Drake, rw (broken ankle, 4-6 weeks).
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TRANSACTIONS
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Sent Daniel Briere, c, and Brad Isbister, rw, to Las
Vegas (IHL); placed Dallas Drake, rw, on injured reserved; recalled
Brad Isbister, rw, from Las Vegas; returned Isbister to Las Vegas
and recalled Briere.
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GAME RESULTS
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10/11 Ottawa L 4-1
10/15 Colorado W 5-2
10/19 Boston W 3-1
10/22 at Dallas L 2-1
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STANDINGS
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Pacific Division GP W L T PTS GF GA
Dallas 7 5 1 1 11 19 11
Los Angeles 7 3 2 2 8 17 17
Phoenix 6 3 2 1 7 17 12
Anaheim 6 2 3 1 5 11 11
San Jose 6 0 4 2 2 10 18
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team news:
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by Bob Chebat, Phoenix Correspondents
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Head coach Jim Schoenfeld has finally decided to pair up center
Jeremy Roenick with Keith Tkachuk.
Schoenfeld vowed that he would give the two some time to work
together. After a successful venture against the Colorado
Avalanche, the two were paired up again for the Boston Bruins game
on the 19th. Less than four minutes into the game, Keith Tkachuk
silenced the fans' boos by taking a feed from JR to bury his first
goal of the season. Dallas Drake was the right wing on the line
with the two star forwards. Also note that the Coyotes 5-2 victory
over the Colorado Avalanche was the first win since the franchise
relocated to Phoenix in 1996. In eight games, the Avalanche were
7-0-1 against Phoenix.
The new line took a blow just two days later when Drake was injured
at practice in a freak accident with fellow teammate Bryan Helmer.
Drakes' skate was caught in a rut in the ice and Helmer landed on
him causing his ankle to brake. Some reports are saying it is a
fracture, but regardless, Drake will miss 4-6 weeks of action. Brad
Isbister who has been under heavy criticism from his coach for lack
of effort was recalled from Las Vegas just two days after being
sent down and will be given another opportunity to prove himself.
However, Isbister was sent down again in favor of rookie Daniel
Briere.
The Coyotes immediately felt the loss of Drake when they took on
division rival Dallas. The Coyotes took an early lead against the
Stars on Greg Adams' first goal of the year, but that was all the
team could muster as the Stars defense forced Phoenix into taking
several bad penalties en route to a 2-1 victory.
The game against the Stars marked the beginning of a five-game road
trip that will also feature the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Colorado
Avalanche, San Jose Sharks and finish up with the goalie-less Los
Angeles Kings on November 1. The way the Kings goalies are going
down this season, we might see Rogie Vachon back in between the
pipes for this game.
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