All Entries Tagged With: "Alex Ovechkin"
Ward Stops 47 As B’s Are Again Stymied By ‘Canes
Throughout my years of watching sports, I’ve never been fond of the expression “they just have your number” in response to being beaten repeatedly by the same team. However, watching each of the four meetings between the struggling Carolina Hurricanes and the defending Stanley Cup champion Bruins I’ve begun to think that my belief is [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning is 17-23-4 with 38 points through 44 games. After 44 games last season, the Bolts were 26-13-5 with 57 points. The Bolts are in fifth (last) place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Washington Capitals by twelve points. Tampa Bay is in 15th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference, twelve [...]
Thoughts on World U-17 Tournament
As a hockey fan living in Michigan, I have always been accustomed to watching the Detroit Red Wings, but it’s not the only hockey ticket in town. About 30 minutes northwest are the Plymouth Whalers and they are one of the premier teams in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). If you want to cross the [...]
GameDay: Bruins Set To Host Panthers In Pre-Christmas Showdown
On Friday night, the Boston Bruins will play host to the Florida Panthers. The B’s, 19-2-1 in their last 22 games, are 0-1-0 this season against the South Florida Cats after a 2-0 loss at the TD Garden back on December 8. The Bruins will look to extend their nine point lead in the Northeast [...]
Red Wings Victim of 7-1 Capitals’ Punishment
In a battle of two unbeaten teams, the Washington Capitals left the Verizon Center unblemished as they whipped the Detroit Red Wings 7-1. The Capitals took a page or two from the Red Wings’ playbook as they had all their lines playing on all cylinders. Mike Green, who was the best player on the ice, [...]
No Power Play Problems For Red Wings in 5-2 Win Over Blue Jackets
The Detroit Red Wings are off to a red hot start to the season as they pound on the winless Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 at the Joe Louis Arena. Johan Franzen scored two power play goals and drew an assist while Valtteri Filppula scored a goal and added three assists for the Red Wings. Tomas [...]
Detroit Red Wings Week In Review
Game Recaps Game 3: Vancouver Canucks 0 Detroit Red Wings 2 It was four days since their last game, but the Red Wings showed no signs of rust as they beat the Vancouver Canucks on home ice with a 2-0 final. Red Wing goalie Jimmy Howard stopped all 25 shots for the team’s second straight [...]
It’s (Finally) Official: Rangers & Flyers To Meet In The Winter Classic
Last year I called the 2011 Winter Classic the worst-kept secret in hockey. I’d like to correct myself and say that the 2012 Winter Classic is the worst-kept secret in hockey. Back in mid-May, the rumors were floating around that the Philadelphia Flyers will be hosting the New York Rangers on January 2nd at Citizens [...]
Matt Bradley opines on the culture in D.C.
The dog days of summer are among us, and the hockey world has a thirst for some legitimate hockey news. Thankfully we have newly minted Florida Panther Matt Bradley to help us along. The former Washington Capitals’ winger took to the airwaves in Ottawa and was asked about the Capitals troubles in the postseason and [...]
$tamkos Stays! Bolts Sign Superstar For Five Years
Our long international nightmare is over! Was it Philly? Was it Toronto…or the Panthers? Of course not. Superstar Steven Stamkos is staying put in Tampa Bay. Today, after much speculation to the contrary (some of the ridiculous nature}, the 21 year old sniper agreed to terms with the Lightning,making him a Bolt for the next [...]
Stamkos Is NHL 12 Cover Boy
Electronic Arts announced Wednesday at the NHL Awards, that 21-year old Tampa Bay Lightning center Steven Stamkos will be the face of “NHL 12”, which hits stores in September. The new cover boy said, “It’s just something I’ve grown up playing my whole life. And to be on the cover is a pretty cool honor. [...]
Broadway Breakdown
The New York Rangers have a 29-1 record when going into the 3rd period with a lead this season. Last night was an inopportune time for them to add that sole blemish to their pristine record. It would be so easy to blame this on Marian Gaborik, for making a poor decision to try to [...]
Gabbing Gabby Turns Spotlight on Himself
At the end of the Rangers’ last-minute (well, more like last minute and a half) 3-2 win over the Washington Capitals Sunday, 3 things seemed to be the topics of conversation: 1 – The controversial no-goal call at the buzzer at the end of the second period. At Madison Square Garden, while the play was [...]
Semin salvages game 1.
Alex Semin was the hero in Washington D.C. as his overtime goal lifted the Capitals to a 1-0 series lead over the New York Rangers. It took nearly 80 minutes of hockey to decide a winner. If game one was any indication of how this series is going to play out, buckle down for a [...]
Will This Underdog Have Its Day?
Saturday was a pretty tense day at home watching the last day of the Rangers’ regular season unfold. First sweating through their afternoon finale, then waiting the four hours until the puck dropped in Carolina and then sweating it out until late in that game when Tampa scored 2 empty net goals to seal their [...]
After .500 trip, Canadiens prepare for very important week
Following the Chara-Pacioretty incident that made the news everywhere in North America and even in Europe, the Canadiens took the road to face the St. Louis Blues and former Hab netminder Jaroslav Halak on Thursday, and the Pittsburgh Penguins and Marc-Andre Fleury on Saturday. After taking a 1-0 lead in the 1st period on Jeff [...]
Capitals Musings: Arnott’s Leadership; Braden Holtby; More
The Washington Capitals are currently embarking on their longest winning streak of the season. A Sunday afternoon win over the equally as hot Blackhawks saw that winning streak extended to eight games. This is the Caps’ longest winning streak since a season ago when the Caps’ won 14 straight games.
Capitals’ offensive woes – the simplest explanation
These days it is no secret that the Washington Capitals are struggling to score goals. Long gone are days last year when the Caps could practically score at will on opponents. The Caps finished the season last year ranked number one in the NHL scoring 3.82 goals per game. A power play clicking at 25.2% [...]
2011 NHL All-Star Game Mock Draft
One day before the 2011 All-Star break celebrations, I participated in a NHL All-Star mock draft with a fellow Montreal Canadiens Blogger, James Usypchuk, from The Power Play. You can click here: 2011 NHL All-Star rosters to see the players that will participate in this year’s All-Star game in Raleigh, NC. James had the first [...]
Capitals re-sign Alex Semin
The Capitals have re-signed Alex Semin to a one year contract worth $6.7 million. This ensures Semin will be in a Caps sweater through the 2011-2012 season. Alex Semin was set to become an unrestricted free agent July 1, 2011. Alex Semin will play a key role in how the Capitals fair down the stretch. [...]