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Newcomers help Coyotes win opener
Jim Gintonio The Arizona Republic Oct. 4, 2007 10:38 PM The opening salvo - aimed directly at the future - has been fired. It was not a direct hit, but it was good enough. Led by a goaltender who won the starting job two days ago and a physical defense, the Coyotes won their season opener Thursday night 3-2 over the St. Louis Blues at Jobing.com Arena. "Our players were excited about opening ...
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Coyotes Win Opener 3-2
Phoenix Coyotes — ... The Phoenix Coyotes are in first place!  We don’t know how much longer we can say that but for today at least they have a perfect 1-0 record after dropping the St. Louis Blues by a 3-2 score in the Coyotes home-opener Thursday night.  Goals from Keith Ballard, Mike York and rookie Daniel Winnik (his first NHL goal) led the way for Phoenix who held off a furious Blues rush in the 3rd period to preserve the win. ...

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IllegalCurve.com — ... Coyotes' coach Wayne Gretzky was very impressed with the play of his backstop Mikael Tellqvist saying that the goaltender played with great confidence. ...

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