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head coach: Jim Schoenfeld

roster: C - Jeremy Roenick, Craig Janney, Cliff Ronning, Bob Corkum, Mike Stapleton, Juha Ylonen, Daniel Briere, Mark Janssens. LW - Keith Tkachuk, Darrin Shannon, Jim McKenzie. RW - Rick Tocchet, Dallas Drake, Mike Gartner, Brad Isbister, Jocelyn Lemieux, Shane Doan, Jim Cummins. D - Teppo Numminen, Oleg Tverdovsky, John Slaney, Norm Maciver, Murray Baron, Deron Quint, Gerald Diduck, Keith Carney. G - Nikolai Khabibulin, Jimmy Waite, Scott Langkow.

injuries: Keith Tkachuk, LW, Dallas Drake, RW, Bob Corkum, C, and Daniel Briere, C, have all returned to the lineup over the past few games. Also, Mike Stapleton, C, and Michel Petit, D, have been cleared to play. Craig Janney, C, suffered a mild MCL sprain March 14, sidelined four weeks; Deron Quint, D, underwent hernia surgery March 8, sidelined four weeks; Norm Maciver, D, suffered a hand injury Feb. 7, sidelined day-to-day; Jim Johnson, D, suffering from post-concussion syndrome Nov. 11, sidelined indefinitely; Darcy Wakaluk, G, underwent knee surgery Sept. 17, sidelined indefinitely.

transactions: April 2 - Assigned Jocelyn Lemieux, RW, to Springfield of the AHL. April 5 - Activated Mike Stapleton, C, and Michel Petit, D, from injured reserve. April 6 - Mike Gartner, RW, talks a 7-11 clerk into giving him four quarters for a dollar bill so that he may use the pay phone.

standings:

Western Conference - Central Division
Team         GP   W   L   T   PTS   GF   GA   
x-Dallas     75  43  21  11    97  219  155  
x-Detroit    76  41  20  15    97  230  181  
x-St Louis   75  41  26   8    90  227  179  
Phoenix      75  30  33  12    72  206  209 
Chicago      77  30  35  12    72  185  187  
Toronto      74  26  39   9    61  170  213  
x - Clinched playoff spot

game results:

3/24 Toronto          W 4-2
3/28 New Jersey       L 3-0
4/01 at Anaheim       W 5-1
4/03 Anaheim          W 6-3
4/05 at New Jersey    L 3-2

team news:

by Matthew Secosky, Phoenix Correspondent

All Signs Point to Yes

Phoenix (72 PTS, 7 GMS), Chicago (72 PTS, 5 GMS), Edmonton (72 PTS, 6 GMS) and San Jose (70 PTS, 6 GMS) are battling for the final three playoff spots out West. Phoenix has the advantage of having the most games remaining of all those teams, but their schedule is anything but easy with games against Pittsburgh, Detroit (2), St. Louis (2), Dallas, and Chicago. Actually they won tonight in the 'Burgh, so the Coyotes have 74 points with six games to go. The modern world is too fast and I can't keep up.

More good news for the Coyotes... they're finally getting healthy as Thachuk, Drake, Corkum, Briere, Petit, and Stapleton have returned or are cleared to return to the team. With the crew in position, look for the ship to sail round the world in 13 days. The playoff race is still tight, but I just checked my Magic 8 Ball and All Signs Point to Yes.

Stomp Them Snakes Buddy

Back when the Coyotes were suffering from a string of five straight one-goal losses over an eight-game span, veteran RW Rick Tocchet made a unique analogy of the situation.

"When you got a snake down, you've got to stomp the life out of him," Tocchet said. "If you don't, a snake will always jump up and bite you in the leg. We've got to start killing some snakes around here."

Oddly enough, I think I heard that same phrase used during an Indiana Jones flick.

Yellow Apples Taste Best When Dyed Red

What upsets people is not things themselves but their judgements about the things. For example, death is nothing dreadful, but instead the judgement about death that it is dreadful - that is what is dreadful. So when we are thwarted or upset or distressed, let us never blame someone else but rather ourselves, that is, our own judgements. An uneducated person accuses others when they are doing badly; a partly educated person accuses themselves, an educated person accuses neither someone else nor himself.

Maybe Too Extremely Brief Extremely Brief Game Recaps

03/24/98 vs Toronto, Won 4-2 - Nikolai Khabibulin made 23 saves to post consecutive victories for the first time since January 3rd. Oleg Tverdovsky had two assists for Phoenix. The referee did not swallow his whistle.

03/28/98 vs New Jersey, Lost 3-0 - Phoenix no score, Phoenix no win. Martin Brodeur stops 26 shots for the shutout.

04/01/98 at Anaheim, Won 5-1 - Phoenix wins 5-1. Keith Tkachuk has a goal and an assist in his return from the Blue Lagoon.

04/03/98 vs Anaheim, Won 6-3 - The Coyotes win 6-3. Keith Tkachuk made it fun with five points (3G, 2A), including his 40th goal of the year. Teppo Numminen had a goal and three assists.

04/05/98 at New Jersey, Lost 3-2 - The Coyotes lost. Deal with it, people.

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