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	CBS News \| Grizzlies Shock Blazers \| April 7, 2000 02:30:55
		Vancouver's Michael Dickerson scored 27 points and Portland's Scottie Pippen missed a jumper with a half-second left as the Grizzlies surprised Portland 89-87 Thursday night.
		Vancouver led by as many as 20 points late in the second quarter, but let most of that evaporate, and Portland pulled within 84-80 with 5:34 left in the game on Steve Smith's two free throws.
		Vancouver raced out to an early lead, shooting 65 percent in the first quarter to go up 32-18.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2000/04/07/archive/main181280.shtml (415 words)

	Vancouver Blazers WHA History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Blazers kept the team name which was used in Philadelphia, but unfourtunately lost superstar Andre Lacroix to the New York Golden Blades.
		The Blazers played terrible the first season, but were only 2 games under.500 during the 1974-75 campaign.
		Vancouver Blazer players fight for the puck against the Alberta Oilers.
	www.geocities.com /Pipeline/5206/Vancouver/vblazers.html (314 words)

	Portland Trail Blazers/Vancouver Grizzlies NBA recap on ESPN
		VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- The Portland Trail Blazers are struggling and don't have much time to turn things around before the playoffs.
		The Trail Blazers had a chance to match the team's record for road wins in a season, but instead lost to one of the NBA's lesser teams for the second straight night.
		Vancouver led by as many as 20 points late in the second quarter, but let most of that evaporate, and Portland pulled within 84-80 with 5:34 left in the game on Smith's two free throws.
	espn.go.com /nba/2000/20000406/recap/porvan.html (643 words)

	Vancouver Blazers
		The Blazers' first task was to fill the void in net left by Bernie Parent, who chose to stay in Philadelphia and lead the NHL's Flyers to 2 Stanley Cups a few years later.
		Neither the Blazers or Canucks were particularly successful during the two seasons both teams were there, on-ice or gatewise.
		But had the Blazers been a better team and able to draw fans away from the Canucks, they probably would have survived 'til the end.
	www.whahockey.com /blazers_van.html (547 words)

	Portland Trail Blazers/Vancouver Grizzlies NBA recap on ESPN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) – The regular season is slipping away from the Portland Trail Blazers.
		Vancouver, which entered the game ranked 27th in the league in shooting, hit 48 percent of its shots in the first half and built a 45-43 lead by halftime.
		Vancouver center Bryant Reeves (rotator cuff) missed his second straight game and is expected to be out at least another week.
	espn.go.com /nba/2001/20010309/recap/porvan.html (534 words)

	Vancouver Blazers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Vancouver Blazers were a professional ice hockey team that played in the World Hockey Association in the 1970s.
		The Blazers played out of the Pacific Coliseum located at 100 North Renfrew Street in Vancouver, British Columbia.
		Failing to establish a strong fan base in Vancouver, the team packed its bags and became the Calgary Cowboys.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/v/va/vancouver_blazers.html (161 words)

	Portland Trail Blazers News
		Portland Trail Blazers forward Zach Randolph is appealing his suspension and fine for a gesture he made after fouling out in a loss at Indiana.
		The Portland Trail Blazers are already as good a road team this season as they were in all of 2005-06.
		Portland Trail Blazers forward Zach Randolph was suspended for a game for an obscene gesture he made to the crowd in Friday night's loss at Indiana, the team announced Saturday.
	www.topix.net /nba/portland-trail-blazers (846 words)

	Vancouver Giants take Memorial Cup experience with them as next host team
		Hay was an assistant coach of the Kamloops Blazers who appeared in Cups in 1986 and 1990 before winning in 1992.
		He was head coach of the Blazers team that won back-to-back titles in 1994 and 1995.
		But Vancouver has enough returning players, with the experience of a long playoff run behind them, to be contenders for the league title again.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/sports/060920/s092078.html (831 words)

	Game Details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Vancouver Blazers ended their ten-game losing streak at the Jets’ expense, handing the Jets a 5-3 loss at the Pacific Coliseum.
		Just over four minutes later, however, as he had done the last time the Jets were in Vancouver, Jim Adair victimized the visitors, as he grabbed the rebound from a Ron Plumb shot and put it behind a sprawled Ernie Wakely to give the Blazers the lead for good.
		Playing major roles in the Blazers win were two newcomers, playing their first games as members of the Blazers after having just been traded from the Los Angeles Sharks.
	www.curtiswalker.com /jets/games3.asp?gameid=657 (341 words)

	Blazers/Cowboys (WHA) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Blazers had high hopes going into the inaugural WHA season with such stars as Parent, Sanderson, and fellow ex-Bruin John McKenzie, who was named the team's player-coach.
		However, a discontented Parent left the team during the playoffs and the Blazers were swept in four by the Cleveland Crusaders.
		Pattison knew that in order to compete with the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL, who happened to share the same arena, he needed to attract a major super-star to the team as Lacroix, who had lead the league in scoring the previous year, left for the New York Golden Blades of the WHA.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blazers/Cowboys_(WHA) (1182 words)

	BLAZERS: Trail Blazers and Taco Bell Kick Off Read to Achieve Program
		While the Trail Blazers are still training to get ready for their season on the court, off the court their season is already red hot and rollin’.
		Trail Blazers reading teams hosted assemblies at five different schools including Stephenson Elementary in SW Portland, Peninsula Elementary in N. Portland, Jason Lee Middle School in Vancouver, Bridgeport Elementary in Tualatin, and a smaller event with a select group of students at Open Meadow Alternative School in N. Portland.
		Trail Blazers, in partnership with Taco Bell, will assist area teachers/schools in their efforts to get elementary school children excited about reading and assist in their efforts to raise achievement.
	nba.com /blazers/news/Trail_Blazers_and_Taco_Bell_Ki-192013-1218.html (762 words)

	Hockey's Future: The #1 Online Prospects Magazine - Covering the WHL, QMJHL, AHL, OHL, College, The NHL Entry Draft, ...
		Finishing third in the division during the 2004-05 season, Vancouver looks to have the ability to compete with the likes of Kelowna and Kootenay for the top spot this time around.
		The Blazers made it into the playoffs last season limping with an anemic offense.
		Steinmann comes to the Blazers basically unproven in either the Swiss A or B leagues.
	hockeysfuture.com /article.php?sid=7940 (2480 words)

	SportingNews.com Blogs
		The chances of the Blazers moving out of Portland are about as good as the BCS not screwing up college football for a year.
		The Blazers are locked in to the city of Portland for another 19 years, and the cost of breaking that lease is something like a billion dollars.
		If this doesn't happen, the Blazers will remain in Portland, but they will lose a lot of money and have terrible teams as they won't be able to afford any quality talent.
	www.sportingnews.com /blog/pdxblazers/12142 (524 words)

	USATODAY.com - Grizzlies ruin Strickland's debut on Drexler's night (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Jack Smith, AP The Trail Blazers' Shawn Kemp fights with the Grizzlies' Stromile Swift for a rebound.
		It was Vancouver's first victory in Portland since Nov. 3, 1995, when the expansion team won the opening game in franchise history.
		The Blazers had missed 10 of 11 shots in one stretch, and Vancouver surged ahead 70-63 on a short jumper off the glass by Tony Massenburg.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/nba/games/2001-03-06-grizzlies-blazers.htm (724 words)

	Official WHL Website ::
		The Rebels, who are tied with the Hitmen for third in the Central division, are coming off Wednesday's 3-0 blanking of Vancouver for their third win in their last four outings.
		The Blazers, who occupy fourth in the B.C. division, blanked Tri-Cities 3-0 on Wednesday and are 4-4-2 in their last 10 outings.
		Vancouver is undefeated versus the Blazers this season, with a 4-0-1 record in the first five meetings.
	www.whl.ca /headlines/?id=2756 (1070 words)

	National Basketball Association - Grizzlies vs. Trail Blazers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		VANCOUVER 26 28 9 22 - 85 PORTLAND 25 22 29 22 - 98
		After falling behind by double digits to the lowly Vancouver Grizzlies, the Trail Blazers' swarming defense went to work in the third quarter and Portland rolled to a 98-85 victory.
		He hit 8-of-9 from the floor and was the only Blazer who seemed ready to play in the first half.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/scores100/100099/100099434.htm (1103 words)

	Blazers Backdraft
		You give Vancouver as an example of the volatility in the early part of the season.
		Vancouver coach Don Hay, Hitchcock's former assistant in Kamloops and his successor there in the 1990s, confirmed the visit.
		He is friends with Vancouver winger Mitch Bartley, a former teammate in summer hockey.
	www.network54.com /Forum/101869/viewall-page-28 (9756 words)

	HowardForums: Your Mobile Phone Community & Resource - WHA comes to Vancouver
		Vancouver had the WHA's Blazers back in 1973 to 1975.
		It is the intention of the franchise owners and representatives from Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment to complete the groundwork regarding the lease arrangements for the Blazers at GM Place by August 15, 2004.
		Blazers has a tradition in this province and is still being used by the Kamloops Blazers..
	www.howardforums.com /showthread.php?t=427084 (485 words)

	BLAZERS: Trail Blazers Acquire Two All-Stars From Atlanta
		The Portland Trail Blazers have acquired former NBA All-Stars Forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim and Center Theo Ratliff as well as Guard Dan Dickau from the Atlanta Hawks in return for Forward/Center Rasheed Wallace and Guard/Forward Wesley Person.
		Dickau, a Vancouver, WA native, has appeared in 20 games this season, averaging 2.1 ppg.
		Dickau, 6-foot and 190 pounds, attended Prairie H.S. in Vancouver, WA.
	www.nba.com /blazers/news/Blazers_Roster_Moves-99272-41.html (907 words)

	Blazers \| kgw.com \| News for Oregon and SW Washington
		While the rest of the Blazers make a six-game road trip, the season's longest, rookie Brandon Roy is staying in the Rose City and rehabbing his heel.
		The Blazers missed their first nine shots and shot just 17 percent in the first period, falling to the Timberwolves in Minneapolis, 101-89.
		Trail Blazers' Darius Miles had said he wanted to be traded, but now he says he wants to stay with the Portland Blazers.
	www.kgw.com /sports/blazers/vitindex.html?tn (1661 words)

	Game Details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Jets opened their second season unlike their first opener, as they dropped a 4-3 overtime decision to the Vancouver Blazers.
		Before the period was over, Danny Lawson scored on a three-on-one break to give the Blazers their first lead of the game and the season.
		Before the game, John McKenzie of the Blazers presented Bobby Hull with 700 pounds of beef as a “token of thanks, from me, for what you have done for our league”.
	www.curtiswalker.com /jets/games3.asp?gameid=641 (378 words)

	GRIZZLIES 89, Trail Blazers 87
		VANCOUVER (CP) -- If sophomore guards Mike Bibby and Michael Dickerson are beginning to feel the wear and tear of their first full NBA seasons, it isn't apparent on the court.
		The Grizzlies, who beat the Houston Rockets Tuesday night to set a new franchise high for victories, have won two in a row and 21 on the season.
		Vancouver continued to pour it on in the second, leading by as many as 20 points, before settling for a 56-41 lead at the half.
	slam.canoe.ca /BasketballVancouverGames/apr6_van_por.html (710 words)

	Pacific Coliseum
		Around 1915, as they were toiling in the Pacific Coast League, the Vancouver Millionaires played in the Denman Street Arena, the first building in Western Canada to have artificial ice.
		In 1967, Vancouver became the envy of other hockey towns when the Pacific Coliseum opened and the Vancouver Canucks of the Western Hockey League moved in.
		Vancouver's knowledgeable fans are louder than typical Canadian rooters but less boisterous than U.S. fans.
	hockey.ballparks.com /NHL/VancouverCanucks/oldindex.htm (198 words)

	George Gardner
		Vancouver finally caught him by switching eye charts on the morning of the exam.
		70-71 Vancouver Canucks NHL 18 922 6 8 1 52 3.38 0 0 0 0
		71-72 Vancouver Canucks NHL 24 1237 3 14 3 86 4.17 0 0 0 0
	hockeygoalies.org /bio/gardner.html (456 words)

	Local News - Vancouver \| kgw.com \| News for Oregon and SW Washington
		A 9-year-old boy was hit by a car while running across a street in Vancouver Tuesday evening.
		One Vancouver man was hurt after a tree fell on the care home where he lived and trapped him in bed.
		The Vancouver Police Major Crime Unit was asking the public for assistance in locating Lila High, a missing endangered person -- under suspicious circumstances.
	www.kgw.com /neighborhood/vancouver/?tn (163 words)

	Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- George Gardner
		After toiling in the minors for a couple of years, Gardner was back in the NHL with the Vancouver Canucks in their inaugural season in 1970-71, backstopping 18 games.
		Early the next year he was traded to the Vancouver Blazers where he played another 28 games retiring at the end of the 1973-74 season.
		Traded to Vancouver (WHA) by LA Sharks (WHA) with future considerations (Ralph MacSweyn, November 5, 1973) for Ron Ward, October, 1973.
	www.legendsofhockey.net:8080 /LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=18523 (406 words)

	CNNSI.com - NBA Basketball - NBA Scoreboard: Recap: Vancouver at Portland - Saturday April 08, 2000 09:01 PM
		PORTLAND, Oregon (Ticker) -- No team has been more schizophrenic than the Portland Trail Blazers and both sides of their split personality showed up today.
		Earlier this season, the Blazers were battling the Los Angeles Lakers for the best record in the league.
		The Blazers had lost their last two games to Vancouver and the Houston Rockets, both of whom have long been out of playoff contention.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /basketball/nba/recaps/2000/04/08/por_van/index.html (745 words)

	Buffalo Sabres Alumni Assocciation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Danny was a journeyman right winger for 5 NHL seasons before signing with the WHA's Philadelphia (later Vancouver) Blazers.
		When he joined the Blazers in 1972 he became an instant WHA hit.
		Playing along side super-skilled though diminutive Andre Lacroix, another former NHL’er who couldn't quite do the same things in NHL as he did in the WHA, Danny became the first WHA player to reach the 50-goal plateau on January 22,1973 in Ottawa and he eventually led the league in goals with 61.
	www.sabresalumni.com /2001/lawson_danny.php (788 words)

	NHL Player Biographies-Andy Bathgate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		After spending 2 seasons with the Red Wings Andy was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1967 expansion draft.
		Despite a 59 point season, Bathgate was loaned to the Vancouver Canucks of the WHL for two seasons where he won the MVP for the 1969-70 season with 108 points on 40 goals.
		He retuned to the Vancouver Blazers of the WHA for the 1974-75 season.
	couchpotatohockey.com /Players/Biographies/Bathgate_Andy.asp (455 words)

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