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Article: NEW JERSEY'S A-LINE HAS CONFIDENCE BACK.(SPORTS)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- June 4, 2001
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Byline: Associated Press
DENVER -- Petr Sykora felt great that his first goal in these Stanley Cup finals tied the series for the New Jersey Devils. He didn't need personal satisfaction to make it better.
Sykora, who plays on the Devils' A-Line with Jason Arnott and Patrik Elias, had been struggling. The pressure had been mounting since he and Elias hadn't scored in the first three games - including two losses - against the Colorado Avalanche.
After Elias broke through in the second period of Saturday's Game 4, Sykora scored the clincher with 2:37 left in the 3-2 victory.
''The only sense of relief was to win the hockey game,'' Sykora ...