Thundarr
04-23-2003, 05:29 AM
Minnesota 3, Colorado 2 (OT)
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DENVER (AP) _ The Minnesota Wild were hoping just to win one game against the Colorado Avalanche. That thinking was a little shortsighted.
Andrew Brunette scored 3:25 into overtime and Manny Fernandez stopped 43 shots as the Minnesota Wild won their first playoff series with a 3-2 victory over Colorado on Tuesday night. The Wild came back from a 3-1 deficit in games, winning twice in Denver.
Brunette wound up with the puck after Sergei Zholtok lost it just inside Colorado's blue line. Brunette skated in, held the puck, then flipped a backhander over Patrick Roy for the winner.
Brunette threw his stick in the air and skated to the sideboards, where he was mobbed by teammates. Roy sat on his knees in the crease after the goal.
The Wild will face Vancouver in the next Western Conference series. The Canucks beat St. Louis 4-1 Tuesday night. :wootrock: :wootrock: :wootrock: :wootrock: :wootrock: :wootrock: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :jammin: :jammin: :jammin: :jammin:
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RECAP | BOX SCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY
DENVER (AP) _ The Minnesota Wild were hoping just to win one game against the Colorado Avalanche. That thinking was a little shortsighted.
Andrew Brunette scored 3:25 into overtime and Manny Fernandez stopped 43 shots as the Minnesota Wild won their first playoff series with a 3-2 victory over Colorado on Tuesday night. The Wild came back from a 3-1 deficit in games, winning twice in Denver.
Brunette wound up with the puck after Sergei Zholtok lost it just inside Colorado's blue line. Brunette skated in, held the puck, then flipped a backhander over Patrick Roy for the winner.
Brunette threw his stick in the air and skated to the sideboards, where he was mobbed by teammates. Roy sat on his knees in the crease after the goal.
The Wild will face Vancouver in the next Western Conference series. The Canucks beat St. Louis 4-1 Tuesday night. :wootrock: :wootrock: :wootrock: :wootrock: :wootrock: :wootrock: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :jammin: :jammin: :jammin: :jammin: