[0] FISET GIVES KINGS A TIE IN RETURN : KINGS 1, EDMONTON 1.Byline: Roger Phillips It was a night to commemorate Luc Robitaille's 500th goal, but also a night for a different hero. This time, Stephane Fiset Stephane Fiset (born June 17, 1970 in Montreal, Quebec) is an ice hockey goaltender who is retired. Playing career Fiset was drafted in the 2nd round 24th overall in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft by the Quebec Nordiques. was the key to the Kings' success, or at least to their absence of failure. Back in goal for the first time in nearly a month after recovering from his latest groin strain, Fiset made 32 saves and for much of the night kept the Kings in the game in what ended a 1-1 tie with the Edmonton Oilers The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). on Saturday night before a crowd of 14,936 at the Forum. It was the second overtime game of the week between the Oilers and Kings, who had recorded a 4-3 victory four nights earlier in Edmonton on a goal by Craig Johnson Craig Johnson may refer to:
Rob Blake For other persons of the same name, see Robert Blake. Robert Bowlby "Rob" Blake (born December 10 1969, in Simcoe, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey defenceman in the NHL, playing for the Los Angeles Kings where he is the captain. scored for the Kings, and Ryan Smyth Ryan Alexander Gordon Smyth (born February 21, 1976 in Banff, Alberta) is a professional ice hockey player who currently plays left wing for the Colorado Avalanche. Smyth was selected 6th overall in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft by the Edmonton Oilers, and he went on to play 12 seasons for the Oilers, who got strong goaltending goal·tend·ing n. 1. Sports The act of protecting a goal, as in hockey and other such sports. 2. Basketball from Bob Essensa Robert "Bob" Essensa (born January 14, 1965, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey goaltender who spent 12 seasons in the National Hockey League. Currently, he serves as the goaltending coach for the Boston Bruins. (29 saves). The strangest moment of the night came in the third period, when 5-foot-8 Kings winger Donald Audette fought 6-2 Oilers wing Bill Guerin to a draw. Both received fighting majors, and Audette departed for the night with a game misconduct. The Kings (15-21-4) extended their unbeaten streak to six, and are 7-1-1 in their last nine games. They are 2-0-1 against the Oilers (16-18-5). The Kings took an early lead on Blake's third goal this season, 20 fewer than he scored a year ago when he led NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there defensemen in goal scoring and won the Norris Trophy. Blake - who missed 15 games with a broken foot and another three when suspended for a slashing incident - scored on an early power play, beating Essensa with a 35-foot one-timer from the slot off a pass from Audette. But though the Kings held the lead, they weren't able to control the flow of play. And 6:22 into the second period, the Oilers got the opportunity they needed to even the score when Kings center Jozef Stumpel received a double-minor penalty for high-sticking Mike Grier. Less than one minute later, the Kings left Smyth alone in front of their net, and Guerin passed him the puck. Fiset sprawled to make the initial save, but Smyth tucked the rebound into a wide-open net. The Kings escaped the second period without allowing another goal, even surviving a couple of shifts in which they tried and failed several times to clear the puck out of their zone. Each time, the Oilers would regain possession and apply pressure, but they couldn't get the puck past Fiset. In the final moments of the second period, with the Kings shorthanded, they got a rare scoring chance of their own, but a 20-foot shot from the slot by Vladimir Tsyplakov deflected harmlessly off the crossbar. The Oilers then created a similar chance of their own, but Fiset smothered smoth·er v. smoth·ered, smoth·er·ing, smoth·ers v.tr. 1. a. To suffocate (another). b. To deprive (a fire) of the oxygen necessary for combustion. 2. Boris Mironov's 35-footer. In the third period, the Oilers continued to have the better of play, but Fiset continued to keep the Kings in the game, never more so than when he stopped a point-blank chance by George Laraque less than five minutes into the period. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color) The Kings' Olli Jokinen gives chase to Georges Larague (27). E.J. Flynn/Associated Press |
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