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Today is March 2nd, the 61st day of 2015. There are 304 days left in the year.
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NHL trade deadline deals.
Lightning acquire defenseman Coburn from Flyers.
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Today's Birthdays: Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev is 84. Jon Bon Jovi is 53. Daniel Craig (Cowboys & Aliens, James Bond films) is 47. Chris Martin of Coldplay is 38. Bryce Dallas Howard (The Help, the next Jurassic Park movie) is 34.
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Sunrise, FL. -- Jaromir Jagr drew rave reviews for his Florida Panthers debut Saturday despite being held off the scoresheet. His contributions in his second game with his new team were more tangible.
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On this date in 1807, The U.S. Congress passed an act to "prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States... from any foreign kingdom, place, or country."
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The USPHL's Empire South playoffs went in favor of the Florida Junior Blades, as they swept the Tampa Bay Juniors in two straight games. On Friday, February 27th, a five goal second period propelled the Blades on their way to an 8-0 win. Josh Koepplinger led the attack with a pair of goals and Connor Fewster made 32 saves. Tampa Bay's Sam Coleman and Zac Gazzanna combined for 35 stops. The Juniors were 0-for-6 on the power play and 2-of-3 on the penalty kill.
On Saturday, February 28th, it was a much closer game, with each team scoring twice in the first two period, before a two-goal third sent the Blades on to a series clinching 6-4 win. Mason Ledbetter, Jonathan Grodzki, Josh Basso and Benoit Chin scored for Tampa Bay, Koepplinger has 2 goals and 2 assists for the Blades. Coleman had 49 saves for the Juniors, Fewster 45 for Florida. Tampa Bay was 3-for-8 on the power play and 3-of-4 on the penalty kill.
In the Elite South playoffs, the Tampa Bay Juniors split a pair of games over the weekend with the Atlanta Junior Knights.
In game one on Saturday, February 28th, the Juniors were down 5-2 after two and 6-4 with 4 minutes left, but goals 20 seconds apart by Connor Smith and Richard Foy tied the game and forced overtime. In the second half of the extra session, Romain Wild found a chink in the armor of Atlanta goaltender Samuel Kany, firing home a shot from the right circle with 2:04 remaining, giving Tampa Bay the 7-6 win. Foy and Wild each finished with a goal and an assist as did Connor Smith. Brandon Goudreau, Nick Mattone, Drake Stimpson and Brock Thompson added singles, while Christopher Astrom chipped in with 4 assists. Jacob Bayer scored 4 goals for the Knights. Michael Krch had 40 saves for the Juniors, Kany made 36 saves for Atlanta. Tampa Bay went 1-for-7 on the power play with a short handed goal against. On the penalty kill, the Juniors were a sparkling 9-of-10, with a short handed goal.
On Sunday, March 1st, Brandon Goudreau scored a sceond period goal, but Atlanta scored three times, on goals by Patrick MacDonald, Chris Caldwell and Bayer, taking a 3-1 lead through 40 minutes. And despite a third period goal by Astrom, Tampa Bay could get no closer, dropping a 3-2 decision. Krch had 36 saves for the Juniors, Kany 33 for the Knights. Tampa Bay was 0-for-1 on the power play and 6-of-6 on the penalty kill.
The series-deciding third game will be played today, Monday, March 2nd in Ellenton. Game time is set for 2:30pm EST, with the action to be streamed live on Fasthockey.com. The winner moves on to the next round in Boston in two weeks, while the loser will see their season come to an end.
On Saturday, February 28th, it was a much closer game, with each team scoring twice in the first two period, before a two-goal third sent the Blades on to a series clinching 6-4 win. Mason Ledbetter, Jonathan Grodzki, Josh Basso and Benoit Chin scored for Tampa Bay, Koepplinger has 2 goals and 2 assists for the Blades. Coleman had 49 saves for the Juniors, Fewster 45 for Florida. Tampa Bay was 3-for-8 on the power play and 3-of-4 on the penalty kill.
In the Elite South playoffs, the Tampa Bay Juniors split a pair of games over the weekend with the Atlanta Junior Knights.
In game one on Saturday, February 28th, the Juniors were down 5-2 after two and 6-4 with 4 minutes left, but goals 20 seconds apart by Connor Smith and Richard Foy tied the game and forced overtime. In the second half of the extra session, Romain Wild found a chink in the armor of Atlanta goaltender Samuel Kany, firing home a shot from the right circle with 2:04 remaining, giving Tampa Bay the 7-6 win. Foy and Wild each finished with a goal and an assist as did Connor Smith. Brandon Goudreau, Nick Mattone, Drake Stimpson and Brock Thompson added singles, while Christopher Astrom chipped in with 4 assists. Jacob Bayer scored 4 goals for the Knights. Michael Krch had 40 saves for the Juniors, Kany made 36 saves for Atlanta. Tampa Bay went 1-for-7 on the power play with a short handed goal against. On the penalty kill, the Juniors were a sparkling 9-of-10, with a short handed goal.
On Sunday, March 1st, Brandon Goudreau scored a sceond period goal, but Atlanta scored three times, on goals by Patrick MacDonald, Chris Caldwell and Bayer, taking a 3-1 lead through 40 minutes. And despite a third period goal by Astrom, Tampa Bay could get no closer, dropping a 3-2 decision. Krch had 36 saves for the Juniors, Kany 33 for the Knights. Tampa Bay was 0-for-1 on the power play and 6-of-6 on the penalty kill.
The series-deciding third game will be played today, Monday, March 2nd in Ellenton. Game time is set for 2:30pm EST, with the action to be streamed live on Fasthockey.com. The winner moves on to the next round in Boston in two weeks, while the loser will see their season come to an end.
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On this date in 1861, the U.S. Congress created the Territory of Nevada.
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