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Shean Donovan ... talk
about a memorable first
goal.
Lost in the trade
deadline hoopla
surrounding the
unfathomable dumping of
Rob Niedermayer's
contract and return of
Dean McAmmond was a
lesser deal involving
the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Shean Donovan has
made a quiet but
effective contribution
to the Calgary Flames,
giving the club speed,
size and tenacity on
it's lower lines.
He's no longer quiet.
Donovan scored his first
goal as a Flame when he
weighted out his own
rebound and beat Dallas
goaltender Marty Turco
to give the Flames a
come from behind 2-1
overtime victory over
the Stars.
Donovan's first goal
in Calgary wasn't the
only notable result of
the winner, however.
Darryl Sutter moved
back over the .500 mark
as the Flames bench
boss, his record now at
17-16-7-1 in 41 games -
the half way point of an
82 game schedule.
|
2003
Draft Watch |
|
If
the draft was held
today ... |
|
Pick
|
Team
|
Player*
|
| 1 |
Carolina |
M.-A.
Fleury |
| 2 |
Pittsburgh |
Nathan
Horton |
| 3 |
Columbus |
Milan
Michalek |
| 4 |
Buffalo |
Nikolai
Zherdev |
| 5 |
Atlanta |
Braydon
Coburn |
| 6 |
Florida |
Eric
Staal |
| 7 |
San
Jose |
Andrei
Kastsitsyn |
| 8 |
Calgary |
Anthony
Stewart |
| *ranking:
Red
Line 3-27-03 |
|
Marty Turco also felt
the sting as his
personal unbeaten streak
dating back to Boxing
Day, December 26th,
2002, also went up in
... well ... Flames.
The game was all
Dallas to start with the
visitors pushing the
Flames in to their own
zone and not letting
them out for the games
first seven minutes.
Roman Turek stood tall
however, turning aside
the game's first six
shots.
The Stars finally got
on the board however,
when Ulf Dahlen took a
brilliant pass from
defenceman Darryl Sydor
to beat Turek on a
Dallas powerplay at
7:34.
The Flames tied the
score just over 10
minutes later when the
club's plucky fourth
line - Blair Betts,
Scott Nichol and Oleg
Saprykin - caused havoc
in the Star's zone.
Saprykin had the puck
come off his stick and
back on again three
times before he finally
managed to wisp it
toward Turco and a scrum
in front of the net. The
puck glanced off of
Scott Nichol's skate or
stick and bounced in to
tie things up.
The Flames managed
more of the play through
the second and third
periods, erasing a 12-5
Dallas shot advantage
after one to actually
lead the Stars 26-25
through three periods.
The Flames had the
better of the extra
session chances as well
and were able to
capitalize when Donovan
took advantage of Scott
Young on the Dallas
blueline and streaked in
alone for the winner.
The win gives the
Flames 70 points on the
season, and a record
that reads seven games
under .500. It also
moves the club into sole
possession of the 8th
overall draft pick and
within striking distance
of moving out of the top
ten. They now trail Los
Angeles by only one
point, Chicago by two,
Nashville, Phoenix and
Montreal by only three
points.
Interesting how a
possible #1 overall pick
could possibly become
12th in a matter of a
month.Â
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