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HEAD COACH
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Terry Murray
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ROSTER
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C - Viktor Kozlov, Rob Niedermayer, Chris Wells. LW -
Ray Whitney, Johan Garpenlov, Oleg Kvasha, Kirk Muller,
Bill Lindsay, Peter Worrell, Dwayne Hay, Alex Hicks. RW - Pavel Bure, Scott
Mellanby, Dino Ciccarelli, Radek Dvorak, Mark Parrish. D - Robert
Svehla, Gord Murphy, Paul Laus, Bret Hedican, Terry Carkner,
Mike Wilson, Jaroslav Spacek. G - Kirk McLean, Sean Burke.
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INJURIES
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Dino Ciccarelli, rw, (back, has resumed skating but is still out indefinitely);
Gord Murphy, d, (neck strain, day-to-day); Scott Mellanby, rw, (NHL suspension, missed
Sunday's game); Pavel Bure, rw, (knee, could return by March 24 vs Ny Rangers).
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TRANSACTIONS
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Assigned defenseman Lance Ward to Fort Wayne of the IHL; Acquired defenseman Mike Wilson from the
Buffalo Sabres for defenseman Rhett Warrener and a 1999 fifth-round draft pick.
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GAME RESULTS
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3/11 at Washington W 2-1
3/13 Tampa Bay W 1-0
3/17 at San Jose L 4-2
3/20 at Los Angeles L 4-3
3/21 at Anaheim W 5-2
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STANDINGS
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Southeast Division GP W L T PTS GF GA
Carolina 71 30 27 14 74 183 178
Florida 69 26 26 17 69 178 183
Washington 70 29 35 6 64 179 184
Tampa Bay 69 17 47 5 39 151 249
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TEAM NEWS
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by Matthew Secosky, Florida Correspondent
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With only weeks left in this hockey season, Florida remains in a battle with Carolina for the Southeast Division title and a guaranteed trip to the post-season. Through action on tuesday, the Panthers trail Carolina by five points but have two games in hand on the 'Canes. Two quick ones and they are right in the race. Combine that with the fact that Carolina is only 1-4-1 in their past six games and the return of Pavel Bure is imminent and you have a very promising outlook. In any case it will add some excitement to these final weeks.
If by chance the Panthers can't catch the Hurricanes though, they still have a shot at playoff action by overtaking the Bruins for the eighth and final playoff berth. Florida and Boston both have 13 games remaining on the schedule and Boston holds a 73 to 69 point advantage. The Bruins however have posted a 7-3-1 record in the last eleven so stealing their spot may prove difficult.
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