Rangers Closer Gagne's Biggest Save: His Career
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Eric Gagne is flattered to hear his name repeatedly mentioned in trade rumors. That confirms he is starting to pitch like his old self again. Still, the closer doesn't want his comeback with the Texas Rangers to be short-lived.
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Filip Kuba and Brad Richards scored 36 seconds apart midway through the second period, helping the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Ottawa Senators 3-1 on Sunday. Johan Holmqvist made 22 saves for the Lightning, who have won three straight and seven of 10. The goalie made a sliding pad save on Joseph Corvo's in-close shot in the second.
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Zach Parise scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period, Martin Brodeur made 35 saves, and the New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 2-1 on Tuesday night.
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Texas Rangers manager Buck Showalter wanted to give John Rheinecker a chance at the complete game. The rookie left-hander had to settle for a shared shutout and his first major league win.
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The Anaheim Ducks have built the NHL's best record on their ability to score late in tight games.
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Martin Brodeur broke a tie with George Hainesworth for second place on the NHL's career shutout list, making 30 saves in the New Jersey Devils' 1-0 overtime victory over the Calgary Flames on Sunday night.
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On the day after, manager Terry Francona was unwavering in his support of reliever Eric Gagn&#xE9; . Even before Gagn&#xE9; blew a save in Tuesday's 4-3 loss to the Blue Jays, Francona said he told the reliever, "We'll do it again, in case you were wondering."
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Paul Lo Duca returned to Dodger Stadium on Monday night for the first time since getting traded, eager to see his former teammates &#151; and to face record-setting closer Eric Gagne.
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Trevor Hoffman became major league   baseball's all-time saves leader as the San Diego Padres   solidified their hold on the NL West with a 2-1 win over the   Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.
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When Scott Boras negotiated Alex Rodriguez's $252 million deal with the Texas Rangers, you could feel your mouth drop and wonder about the sanity of baseball. But at the end of the day, you at least could reason that, at the time, A-Rod was the best player in the game. A proven commodity. A future Hall of Famer.
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Phil Garner insisted bringing in Brad Lidge in the seventh inning was business as usual. For the Houston closer, the result was quite unusual.
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While Boston College can boast of the nation's top goalie tandem, Boston University coach Jack Parker thought he had discovered an accomplished goaltender who could match either Matti Kaltiainen or Cory Schneider save for save come Monday's Beanpot game.
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Adrian Beltre rounded the bases, Dodger Stadium rocked and one player bounced out of the dugout, pumping his fist. Nobody in the stadium was happier at that moment than Eric Gagne.
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(CP) - Los Angeles closer Eric Gagne said he was looking forward to having San Francisco in town when his Dodgers clinched the NL West.
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Steve Valiquette made 31 saves to record his second straight shutout over the Philadelphia Flyers in the New York Rangers' 2-0 win on Saturday.
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Rick DiPietro stopped an Islanders-record 56 shots, but counterpart Henrik Lundqvist made the biggest save, denying Randy Robitaille in the shootout to give the Rangers a 2-1 victory Monday night in the New York-New York matchup.
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The Rangers battled back from a one-goal deficit in the third period, then added an overtime goal to take a dramatic victory from Montreal on Sunday night.