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11/11/2007
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Atlanta Thrashers 5 , Minnesota Wild 4
Shots: 27 - 27
PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:62/80=77 %, Challenges:28/31=87 %
PP: 1 of 8 (16 shots), Passing:83/100=83 %, Challenges:40/46=85 %
Attendance: 16330 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 772409 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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05:47 0-1
Brian Rolston [7] (Roman Voloshenko, Mark Parrish)PP
12:56 0-2
Chris Simon [4] (Martin Skoula, Kim Johnsson)
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30:33 1-2
Joe Motzko [1] (Joey Crabb, Darren Haydar)
31:11 2-2
Steve Rucchin [2] (Colby Armstrong, Ilya Kovalchuk)
33:17 2-3
Mark Parrish [5] (Martin Skoula, Chris Simon)
37:06 3-3
Darren Haydar [11] (Ilya Kovalchuk)
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48:23 3-4
Wes Walz [5] (Kurtis Foster, Keith Carney)
49:01 4-4
Steve Rucchin [3] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Alexei Zhitnik)
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63:16 5-4
Bobby Holik [9] (Darren Haydar, Vyacheslav Kozlov)
Penalty summary:
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03:08
Bobby Holik (2 min for hooking)
05:02
Garnet Exelby (2 min for holding the stick)
07:44
Steve Rucchin (2 min for high-sticking)
15:12
Bobby Holik (2 min for high-sticking)
19:35
Wes Walz (2 min for hooking)
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24:04
Garnet Exelby (2 min for hooking)
28:14
Brian Rolston (2 min for tripping)
38:07
Garnet Exelby (2 min for boarding)
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41:53
Derek Boogaard (2 min for elbowing)
52:13
Joe Motzko (2 min for tripping)
57:42
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for tripping)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joey Crabb 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.40 6
R Jesse Schultz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.30 5
R Darren Haydar 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 20.00 9
R Colby Armstrong 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 21.30 8
C Erik Christensen 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 9.00 5
C Todd White 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 12.00 7
C Bobby Holik 1 0 3 1 0 0 4 -1 20.10 8
C Steve Rucchin 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 2 22.30 9
L Joe Motzko 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 7.10 8
L Brad Larsen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13.20 4
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 12.20 5
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 3 5 0 1 0 0 2 21.40 8
D Mark Popovic 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 11.50 6
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -1 21.20 6
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 3 30.50 8
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 9.20 8
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 2 2 0 1 6 0 23.00 7
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 30.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Johan Hedberg 4 0 23 0 0 63.20 5
G Kari Lehtonen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Foy 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 8.00 5
R Branko Radivojevic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.10 5
R Mark Parrish 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 2 17.50 8
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 21.30 7
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 8.00 5
C Wes Walz 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 -1 15.40 6
C Brian Rolston 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 2 17.30 8
C Pavol Demitra 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 22.10 6
L Derek Boogaard 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 -1 10.20 5
L Roman Voloshenko 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 14.40 6
L Chris Simon 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 8
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 -1 22.10 5
D Kurtis Foster 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 14.50 7
D Keith Carney 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 14.00 8
D Sean Hill 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -3 28.20 7
D Petteri Nummelin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14.50 4
D Martin Skoula 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 24.30 9
D Kim Johnsson 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -3 30.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 5 0 22 0 0 63.20 4
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Darren Haydar
2nd star: Steve Rucchin
3rd star: Ilya Kovalchuk
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Steve Rucchin finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Kim Johnsson notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Marian Gaborik had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Wes Walz ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Pavol Demitra had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Chris Simon ended his 5 game point drought.
-Keith Carney ended his 5 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 2( 14) , Houston Aeros 6( 16)
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1-0 CHW Jordan LaVallee (Brian Sipotz, Chad Painchaud)
1-1 HOU Brent Burns (Peter Olvecky, Mikko Koivu)
1-2 HOU Mikko Koivu (Peter Olvecky, Brent Burns)
1-3 HOU Éric Bélanger (Mark Rooneem, Joey Tetarenko)
1-4 HOU Éric Bélanger (Peter Ratchuk)
1-5 HOU Peter Olvecky (Mikko Koivu)
1-6 HOU Mark Rooneem (Éric Bélanger)
2-6 CHW Chad Painchaud (Derek MacKenzie)
Goalies: Fred Brathwaite - Dieter Kochan