All Entries Tagged With: "Alex Ovechkin"
Red Wings Entered the Shark Tank, Lose to Sharks in OT 3-2
The Detroit Red Wings (44-24-4) ended their four-game road trip with a 3-2 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks at the HP Pavilion on Saturday night. With the loss, they received a charity point and ended the road trip with an 0-3-1 record. Pavel Datsyuk and Valtteri Filppula scored for the Red Wings while [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning is 31-30-7 with 69 points through 68 games. After 68 games last season, the Bolts were 38-22-8 with 84 points. The Bolts are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Florida Panthers by eight points. Tampa Bay is in 11th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference, seven points out [...]
Semin, Caps Hold Off Late Surge To Edge Bruins 4-3 At TD Garden
BOSTON – On Saturday afternoon, the Boston Bruins looked to improve on their recent two-game winning streak when they welcomed Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals to town for a showdown at the TD Garden. It was a tale of two halves in the first frame as the Caps took control from the opening puck [...]
GameDay: Bruins And Caps Set For Eastern Conference Showdown In Boston
Teams: Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins Records: Washington 33-28-6 (72 Points) , Boston 40-23-3 (83 Points) Location: TD Garden , Boston, Massachusetts Time: 1:00 P.M. (EST) TV/Radio Info: NESN (Edwards, Brickley, Funayama) – 98.5 The Sports Hub (Goucher, Beers) Last Game: Buffalo Sabres 1 , Bruins 3 ……. Tampa Bay Lightning 2 , Capitals 3 [...]
Boychuk, Bruins Use Strong Third Period To Down Sabres 3-1 At TD Garden
BOSTON – On Thursday evening the Boston Bruins played host to the Buffalo Sabres in the fifth of six meetings between these two Northeast division foes for the 2011-’12 campaign. The B’s were out to put a stop to a streaking Sabres team that has caught fire recently, in hopes of putting together a last [...]
Krejci Turns The Trick As B’s Down Devils In OT
BOSTON – On Thursday, the Boston Bruins played their first of seventeen games on the slate for the month of March with one goal in mind: Finding consistency. Following a 5-7-1 February, which saw them shutout in five games, the B’s were looking to get things back on track with a strong effort against the [...]
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 [...]
