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17/12/2006
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Minnesota Wild 5 , Phoenix Coyotes 1
Shots: 34 - 22
MIN PP: 2 of 5 (11 shots), Passing:77/94=81 %, Challenges:33/49=66 %
PHO PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:50/67=74 %, Challenges:35/47=72 %
Attendance: 8402 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 404977 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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18:51 1-0 MIN Kim Johnsson [3] (Martin Skoula)PP
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26:27 1-1 PHO Brendan Bell [1] (Derek Morris, Keith Ballard)
29:29 2-1 MIN Stéphane Veilleux [4] (Branko Radivojevic, Mattias Weinhandl)
30:46 3-1 MIN Pavol Demitra [11] (Mark Parrish)
35:12 4-1 MIN Branko Radivojevic [4] (Brian Rolston, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)PP
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43:28 5-1 MIN Pavol Demitra [12] (Marian Gaborik, Mark Parrish)
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Penalty summary:
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00:29 PHO Shane Doan (2 min for elbowing)
02:41 PHO Ed Jovanovski (2 min for high-sticking)
18:43 PHO Ed Jovanovski (2 min for hooking)
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33:22 PHO Pavel Brendl (2 min for hooking)
38:48 MIN Martin Skoula (2 min for hooking)
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46:21 MIN Wes Walz (2 min for hooking)
57:31 PHO Bill Thomas (2 min for cross-checking)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Adam Hall 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 9.20 6
R Wes Walz 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 13.10 6
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 13.30 7
R Marian Gaborik 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 1 22.10 9
C Stéphane Veilleux 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 8.20 6
C Todd White 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.30 6
C Brian Rolston 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 17.10 7
C Pavol Demitra 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 22.00 9
L Branko Radivojevic 1 1 4 0 0 1 0 1 11.30 8
L Mattias Weinhandl 0 1 0 2 2 3 0 0 11.30 6
L Mikko Koivu 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 15.00 7
L Mark Parrish 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 20.20 7
D Petteri Nummelin 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14.30 7
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 15.20 6
D Martin Skoula 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 27.10 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 13.40 5
D Keith Carney 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 19.30 7
D Kim Johnsson 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 29.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 1 0 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Niklas Backstrom 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Phoenix Coyotes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Blake Wheeler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 6
R Enver Lisin 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 9.50 5
R Fredrik Sjöström 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 15.20 4
R Shane Doan 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 -2 20.20 8
C Martin Hanzal 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 17.20 6
C Mike Ricci 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 15.00 7
C Peter Mueller 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 15.20 7
C Steven Reinprecht 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -2 19.50 4
L Bill Thomas 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 8.40 6
C Jeremy Roenick 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 8.30 6
C Dave Scatchard 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 14.50 6
L Pavel Brendl 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 -2 17.40 4
D Brendan Bell 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 9.00 7
D Derek Morris 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 -1 15.30 6
D Zbynek Michalek 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -2 28.10 5
D Nick Boynton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.00 4
D Keith Ballard 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 -1 23.30 6
D Ed Jovanovski 0 0 3 7 1 3 4 -2 30.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mikael Tellqvist 5 0 29 0 0 60.00 5
G Curtis Joseph 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Pavol Demitra
2nd star: Branko Radivojevic
3rd star: Marian Gaborik
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Brian Rolston notched the 300th assist of his career.
-Stéphane Veilleux finally ended his 20 game goal drought.
-Stéphane Veilleux finally ended his 16 game point drought.
-Kim Johnsson finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
Notes for Phoenix Coyotes:
-Brendan Bell ended his 9 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 1(
, Springfield Falcons 1( 19)
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0-1 SPR Mathias Tjärnqvist (Jeff Taffe, Patrick Fischer)
1-1 HOU Peter Ratchuk (Wyatt Smith)
Goalies: Josh Harding - Mike Morrison