Entering the 2008 post season, the Shock posted a 22-12 regular season record, the best record in the East.

Entering the 2008 season, the Steelers average ticket price of $ 69. 47 was the 15th highest out of the NFL's 32 teams.

Entering the final year of his contract with the Wild in 2008 – 09, the Wild began negotiations early to re-sign Gáborík.

Entering the 2008 season, Farrior stated that he wished to remain a Steeler for the remainder of his career.

Entering his sophomore season, Phaneuf's potential impact on a game was compared to that of Russian star Alexander Ovechkin, and a poll released by ESPN in 2008 revealed that 43 % of players asked argued Phaneuf was the hardest hitter in hockey, at the age of 22.

Keating intended Ghote's final appearance to be in the novel Breaking and Entering ( 2000 ), but brought the character back in Inspector Ghote's First Case ( 2008 ).

Entering Super Bowl XVII, the Dolphins were favored to win the game, primarily because of their " Killer Bees " defense, which had recorded 12 interceptions in their 3 playoffs games, including 5 each in the final two.

Entering the playoffs, the Heat faced the Orlando Magic in the first round, blowing the Magic out in the first two games.

Entering the 2003 playoffs with the fourth seed in the West, the Canucks won their first playoff series in eight years, defeating the St. Louis Blues in seven games before losing to the Minnesota Wild in the second round.

Entering the 2001 playoffs as the final and eighth seed in the West, they were eliminated in the first round by the Colorado Avalanche.

Entering the 2011 playoffs with the top seed in the West, the Canucks beat the Chicago Blackhawks, Nashville Predators and San Jose Sharks in the first three rounds to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in 17 years.

Entering the 2011 playoffs as the first seed in the West, the Canucks eliminated the Blackhawks and the Nashville Predators in seven and six games, respectively.

Entering the 1983 playoffs, the Canucks attempted to defend their Campbell Trophy of the previous season, but were defeated in four games of a best-of-five series against the Calgary Flames.

Entering the WCHL the Clarke led Bombers continued to dominate, 2 first place finishes, and in the playoffs losing in the final in 1968, and a league championship in 1969.

Entering the 2002 playoffs as the eighth seed for the second consecutive year, the Canucks faced the Presidents ' Trophy-winning Detroit Red Wings in the opening round.

Entering the playoffs with an official Bye and home field advantage, the Power is ranked No. 1.

Entering the post-season as the Presidents ' Trophy champions, the Canucks held the first seed in the West.

The chapter on him is entitled " Entering the Mainstream "-but Finkelstein considers that, were it not for the likes of Lipstadt, no one would ever have heard of Arthur Butz.

Entering the 1999 season, some instrumental players to the 1998 World Series team were gone.

Entering the Western economy was a challenge for the Comanche in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and back then many of them were defrauded of whatever remained of their land and possessions.

Entering the 2002 – 03 season, the team knew it would be memorable for at least two reasons, as David Robinson announced that it would be his last in the NBA and the Spurs would begin play at their new arena, the SBC Center, named after telecommunications giant SBC, whose corporate headquarters were located in San Antonio ( SBC became AT & T after its acquisition of its former parent company ).

Entering the Finals against the New York Islanders, the Canucks were the first team from Western Canada to play for the Stanley Cup in 56 years, when the Victoria Cougars reached the 1926 Stanley Cup Finals.

Entering the University of Bonn in 1819, Hengstenberg attended the lectures of Georg Wilhelm Freytag for Oriental languages and of Johann Karl Ludwig Gieseler for church history, but his energies were principally devoted to philosophy and philology, and his earliest publication was an edition of the Arabic Mu ' allaqat of Imru ' al-Qais, which gained for him a prize at his graduation in the philosophical faculty.

Entering Luoyang, Sun Jian ordered his men to reseal the tombs of former emperors that were excavated by Dong Zhuo, after which he returned to Luyang.

Entering track information was a slow process ( although easier with a remote control ), only upper-case characters were supported and some commonly-used symbols such as the apostrophe were missing.

Entering the Hotel Roosevelt, where he believed the killers were staying, Cohen fired rounds from his two. 45 caliber semi-automatic handguns into the lobby ceiling and demanded that the assassins meet him outside in ten minutes.

Entering the 1984 Orange Bowl, the 1983 Cornhuskers were 12 – 0 and ranked # 1 in the country for the entire season.

Entering the service of Thomas Cromwell and Cardinal Thomas Wolsey at an early age, Wriothesley soon made himself very useful to his masters, and he was richly rewarded when the monasteries were dissolved, obtaining extensive lands between Southampton and Winchester.

Entering the Kattegat on 20 May Bismarck and Prinz Eugen sailed north toward the Skagerrak, the straight between Jutland and Southern Norway where they were sighted by the Swedish aircraft-carrying cruiser Gotland on around 1: 00 pm.

Entering the election, the Tories were led by Sir Charles Tupper, a Father of Confederation and former Premier of Nova Scotia.

Entering the competition at the Fourth Qualifying Round, they beat Devizes Town before beating two Football League clubs – Brentford 3 – 1 away in the first round and Southend United 1 – 0 away in the third round, either side of a win over fellow Conference team Southport – on their way to the FA Cup fourth round proper, where they were seconds away from beating Bristol City before succumbing to a late winner in the replay.

Entering the service in late 1942, he was one of only 14 African-Americans who were commissioned during WW II in the aviation meteorological cadet program ; Archie graduated from the UCLA program on 6 September 1943.

Entering the New Year Saracens were again flirting with relegation danger, and soon exited all cup competitions.

As described in his book " Entering the Diamond Way ", his travels were financed through smuggling, for which he was once arrested and detained in Denmark.

Entering the new millennium, laws were more strictly enforced and patrols became more frequent.

Entering the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Martin and Johnson were the only drivers still able to win the 2009 Sprint Cup championship.

Entering week 14, the last round of the regular season, the Bulls were chasing an unlikely 72-point win over the Queensland Reds in order to move into second place and get a home semi-final.

Entering the contest were 175 cars, including a 1960s Corvette painted in the Stars and Stripes that received an award for best car, the 1959 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder similar to one used in the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off that was bought at a cost of over 1 million USD just to take part in the Gumball, as well as American muscle cars and modern day supercars.

Entering the UEFA Europa League playoff round, PAOK were drawn against Turkish club Fenerbahçe, also eliminated on the Champions League third qualifying round.

Entering a recording studio for the first time, Harris sang on two of the five cuts that day, " Hurry, Hurry " and " Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well ", for the Decca label.

Entering service in 1826, it was the first steam warship to see combat in history.

Entering the Order at St. Germer, he studied with great zeal, devoting himself at first to the secular poets Ovid and Virgil — an experience which left its imprint on his works.

Entering its university at the age of fourteen, Hermann at first studied law, which he soon abandoned for the classics.

Entering the final 2 km to the finish Piil and Saachi shook hands and began to race, Piil led out but managed to hold off Saachi to become the first Danish stage winner since Bjarne Riis in 1996.

Entering the Big 10 Tournament the second seed, their first game was against Michigan State, who the Badgers defeated 70 – 57.

Entering the Oda territories in Owari Province, he first took the border fortresses of Washizu and Marune before setting up camp in a wooded gorge known as Dengaku-hazama.

Entering politics in the mid-1950s, Franco first served as alderman and deputy mayor of Juiz de Fora, before getting elected as mayor ( 1967 to 1971 and again from 1973 to 1974 ).

Entering politics as a Democrat, Butler first attracted general attention by his vigorous campaign in Lowell advocating the passage of a law establishing a ten-hour day for laborers.

Entering the 1990s, Yves Carcelle was named president of LV, and in 1992, his brand opened its first Chinese location at the Palace Hotel in Beijing.

Entering 1980, Cox made one of the unusual moves for which he is known, moving power-hitting first baseman-catcher Dale Murphy, who had developed a throwing block as a catcher that hindered his ability to play, to center field.

Entering the final year of his rookie contract, Seymour held out of the 2005 offseason minicamps and missed the first four days of training camp in hopes of securing a new contract.

Entering the postseason, first baseman Kevin Millar was asked to compare the team with the previous season's team, to which he responded, " I'm pretty sure we're five outs better than last year.

Entering the first corner, sure enough, Ricardo Zunino, Andretti, Jochen Mass and Jean-Pierre Jarier all made contact under braking.