GOALIE FISET FACES AVALANCHE OF SHOTS.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. From the first drop of the puck, the Colorado Avalanche The Colorado Avalanche are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver, Colorado, United States. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup twice, in 1996 and 2001. had Kings goalie Stephane Fiset's attention. Colorado fired a club-record 29 shots on Fiset in the first period en route to a 3-1 win over the Kings. Patrick Roy Patrick Jacques Roy (IPA pronunciation: [ʁwa]), (born October 5, 1965, in Sainte Foy, Quebec, Canada — a suburb of Quebec City) is a retired ice hockey goaltender. made 31 saves and Adam Deadmarsh Adam Deadmarsh (born May 10, 1975 in Trail, British Columbia) is a former National Hockey League hockey player who played for the 1996 Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup winning team. scored his 23rd goal and added an assist for Colorado, which peppered Fiset, a former Avalanche player, with 51 shots. ``I have had games before where I faced 50 or more shots before I turned pro, but not 29 in one period,'' Fiset said. ``What made it tough was Patrick was so good on the other end.'' Roy limited the Kings to a short-handed goal A Short-handed Goal is a goal scored in Ice Hockey when a team is outnumbered by their opponents. The reason the team would be outnumbered is due to a penalty incurred, be it a minor or major infraction. in the first period, and Mike Ricci Michael "Mike" Ricci (born 27 October, 1971 in Scarborough, Ontario) is a retired Canadian ice hockey centre. Playing career Mike Ricci was selected 4th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. and Valeri Kamensky each scored for Colorado. The Kings, 2-8-1 since the All-Star break, played without leading scorer Dimitri Khristich, top defenseman Rob Blake and left winger Matt Johnson. Khristich was out with an injury to his right eye while Blake and Johnson were serving suspensions. The 51 shots were the most Fiset had faced since stopping 46 against Chicago on Feb. 14, 1991, while with Quebec. Dominated from the outset, the Kings managed to escape the first period tied 1-1. ``There was no question that Fiset kept us in the game,'' Kings coach Larry Robinson said. ``I thought we did a pretty good job with what we had. It is a pretty tough situation when you are that undermanned.'' The already depleted de·plete tr.v. de·plet·ed, de·plet·ing, de·pletes To decrease the fullness of; use up or empty out. [Latin d Kings lost two more players before facing the Avalanche. Right wing Vitali Yachmenev did not play because of the flu and left wing Kevin Stevens returned to Los Angeles for the birth of his and wife Suzanne's first child. That left the Kings with 19 players, including only 10 forwards. One of the missing, center Khristich, underwent laser surgery Monday to repair a partially torn retina in his right eye, suffered when teammate Barry Potomski struck him, apparently intentionally, with a stick at practice. Potomski was demoted to the Kings' minor-league affiliate in Phoenix after the altercation. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Kings' defenseman Mattias Norstrom, left, hits Avalanche's Keith Jones and knocks him off his skates during L.A.'s loss in Colorado. Associated Press |
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