All Entries Tagged With: "Alex Goligoski"
Red Wings Make It 4 Straight, Beat Stars 3-2 In a Shootout
Jiri Hudler scored the game-tying goal and also clinched the only goal in the shootout as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 at the American Airlines Center for their fourth straight win. With the win, the Red Wings have sole possession of first place in the Western Conference (for now) with 61 [...]
Stars Stymied by the Predators 4-2
The Nashville Predators defeated the Dallas Stars and Mike Leggo and Brad Watson, the officials, 4-2 for their 6th straight win at the Bridgestone Arena. The win runs the Predators record to 41-25-10, good for 92 points and 6th in the Western Conference. This was another critical win for the Predators as they defeated a [...]
Predators Season Sliding Away, Fall to Stars 3-2
The Nashville Predators are watching their season slowly- and painfully- slip away. The slide continued today with a 3-2 loss to the Dallas Stars in the American Airlines Arena. The Predators cannot catch a break, and they cannot manufacture enough offense to overcome a single mistake. This is a team that cannot seem to do [...]
Michalek Returns, Dupuis Returns Home for Pens
The Pittsburgh Penguins are getting good news on two fronts today. First is the announcement via Twitter that Defenseman Zbynek Michalek will return to the lineup tonight in Dallas after missing almost the entire month of October with a shoulder injury. Joining him on the ice will be Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, and Alex Goligoski [...]
Penguins Notepad – 11.2.10
Lets get this out of the way. Go Vote today. Imagine if you got to vote for NHL Commissioner, you’d all be there. If you don’t vote you lose your right to complain in my book. Now moving on… Penguins fans are all still dealing with the aftermath of the tragic news regarding Jordan Staal’s [...]
Staal Injured At Practice – Surgery Required, Will Miss 6 More Weeks
On what was the eve of his all but confirmed return to the lineup Wednesday night in Dallas, Jordan Staal left the Penguins Monday practice at Southpointe at 12:25 EST with an apparent injury. This s a bitter pill to swallow for fans who have seen Staal out of the lineup all season due to [...]
Fleury Not the Only Penguin To Blame
If you listen to Penguins radio or read most of the mainstream Penguins media coverage the poor play spotlight is focused on one man, Marc-Andre Fleury, as the scape-goat for some crushing Pens losses this year. After a solid first 116 or so minutes to his 2010/11 campaign Flower let in a soft goal to [...]
A new generation of offensive defensemen
Led by All-Stars Drew Doughty (currently on the injury reserve due to concussion symptoms) and Mike Green, the NHL is currently experiencing a boom in young and exciting offensive defensemen. While size and physical edge are still highly in demand, a new generation of offensive-minded defensemen is emerging in the NHL. Let’s have a look [...]
Breakdowns Costing the Pens Points
Sometime in late March while the Penguins are in the midst of the hunt for the Atlantic Division title or likely at worst a playoff spot someone somewhere will wax philosophical about how the games in October are worth as much as the games in April and they’ll be right. The Penguins dropped their third [...]
Clipped Penguins Host Leafs
The Pittsburgh Penguins limp back into the Consol Energy Center tonight to host the undefeated Toronto Maple Leafs. After a week of high expectations most Penguins fans are just hoping to weather the injury storm that is reminiscent of November of last year when two-thirds of the Penguins starting defensemen were Wilkes-Barre Scranton call-ups. Tonight [...]
Penguins scouting heavily Maple Leafs’ Alexei Ponikarovsky
According to Pittsburgh Insider William Depaoli, the Pittsburgh Penguins have been scouting the Toronto Maple Leafs in the past month. Head scout Derek Clancey has been seen at Air Canada Centre many times with winger Alexei Ponikarovsky being a player of interest for the Penguins. Ponikarovsky, 29, is a big winger (6’4”, 220 lb) with [...]
Candidates for Team USA’s roster for Vancouver 2010
Brian Burke, Team USA’s GM, is planning on making the announcement of USA’s final roster on January 1st, 2010, during the Winter Classic. Burke will name his 23 man roster at Fenway Park, during the Flyers vs. Bruins game. Below you will find the three groupings for the 2010 Olympic hockey tournament: GROUP A: Canada, [...]
All the Kings Horses & All the Kings Men
It’s been some time since there has been really good news on the injury front for the Pittsburgh Penguins and while I wish no ill to Derek Engelland or Ben Lovejoy, I am also very happy to hear the news this morning that they are headed back to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. The Pittsburgh Penguins have re-assigned defensemen [...]
Eerieness and excitement: Haven’t I seen this ending before?
Normally, I try to shy away from game recaps, leaning more toward opinions, analysis and wry humour. However, in the moments after last evening’s wild win by the Penguins over Boston, 6-5 in overtime at Mellon Arena, I found myself thinking back to a similarly epic win (ha, ha) by the Pens at Detroit almost [...]
Penguins raise banner, edge Rangers 3-2 in opener
It was a storybook evening in Pittsburgh last night, as the defending champion Penguins raised the franchise’s third Stanley Cup banner to the rafters of Mellon Arena before defeating the visiting New York Rangers 3-2. The pre-game ceremonies featured introductions of Penguins’ executives, coaches and players and fittingly, captain Sidney Crosby, whose uniform number 87 [...]
Pre-season game recap – Pittsburgh 2 at Toronto 3 (SO)
The Penguins played their fourth pre-season game tonight, losing to the Maple Leafs 3-2 in a shootout before a sold-out Air Canada Centre crowd in Toronto. Maple Leafs’ 2009 first-round draft choice Nazem Kadri scored the game-tying goal with just 1:08 remaining in regulation and Toronto goaltender Vesa Toskala pulled for the extra attacker. Kadri [...]
Three months later, the work begins again
If it seems like just a short time ago that Penguins captain Sidney Crosby hoisted the Stanley Cup above his head to conclude an exceptionally competitive 2009 Final series, that’s because it was indeed just a short time ago. Only three months and a few hours have elapsed since the last game of the 2008-09 [...]