All Entries Tagged With: "david booth"
Report: No Suspension For Bruins’ Adam McQuaid
In the entire sport of hockey, your likely not going to come across many players as honestly genuine as Boston Bruins’ defenseman Adam McQuaid. In the few interactions I’ve been lucky enough to have with no. 54 in Black and Gold, I’ve come to learn that despite the edge he’s shown himself capable of playing [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 1-2-2 with four points in their first five games. Certainly not the start they wanted. They are in fourth place in the Southeast Division, already four points behind the Washington Capitals and 11th in the Eastern Conference. After five games, defenseman Marc-Andre Bergeron leads the team in goals (2), assists [...]
Money Matters
July 1st, 2011 will be remembered by Panther fans as the turning point in the franchise. A moment in which fans can actually admit they like the Florida Panthers without the laughter and ridicule of every other hockey fan…anywhere. The Panthers have turned from laughing stock to stocked up in the matter of a single [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 66: Lightning 1 – Capitals 2 SO “Winless in Four” Alex Ovechkin assisted on Washington’s only goal in regulation, then scored in the opening round of the shootout to give the first-place Capitals a 2-1 victory over the slumping Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night. Alexander Semin came up big for the Caps for [...]
Trade Deadline Preview
Michael Frolik and Cory Stillman, and Bryan McCabe have already been shipped out of town in separate deals preceding Monday’s deadline. So today we will look at the 10 most likely remaining Panthers to be traded prior to the 3:00pm deadline. 10 Likeliest Panthers to be Traded 10) Weiss, Stephen (C) – I am of [...]
Panthers Slip Past Lethargic Predators 3-2
Winners of six straight games, the Nashville Predators rolled into Sunrise, Florida looking to extend that streak against the Florida Panthers. The Predators had built their winning streak with an aggressive forecheck, solid defense, and an offense that generated numerous opportunistic scoring chances. Unfortunately for the Predators, those traits were absent in a 3-2 loss. [...]
Fun In The Sun: Habs Face Back-To-Back Games Against Panthers, Bolts
The Montreal Canadiens will go into tonight’s game against the Florida Panthers with a lot of confidence. Can it translate into a win, or were this weekend’s games a facade?
Bruins Kick Off Sunshine State Tour With Panthers
Previewing tonight’s game between the Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers.
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, [...]
Face It, It’s Clean: Johnny Boychuk Levels Matt Stajan
Despite the outcry against headshots in the NHL, Johnny Boychuk did nothing malicious in his hit on Matt Stajan.
Sanction not Cherry the Answer to Head Shots
Greg Wyshnyski, the editor and major writer of Y!’s Puck Daddy blog wrote a piece this morning on Don Cherry and asked the question should the flamboyant one join the charge against head shots in the league and drop his “old time hockey” mantra. Greg answers his own question “no“, but for different reasons than [...]
Headshots Are Ok If You Don’t Like the Guy
At least that is what Rafal Ladysz of The Hockey Writers will have you believe today. His piece today speaks about Duncan Keith “doing the world a favor” by going after Matt Cooke last Saturday. Mr. Ladysz speaks of the deliberate nature of the blow to the head that Keith handed Cooke. Oh of course [...]
Jury of the Bloggers Debates: Should Keith Ballard Be Suspended?
A panel of hockey bloggers discuss the Keith Ballard stick-swinging incident and whether there should be any discipline for it.
Wheel of Morality turn turn turn…
Y!’s Puck Daddy contributing Author Sean Leahy broke the news over Twitter and the NHL quickly confirmed that Pittsburgh forward Matt Cooke will be suspended 2 games and will be fined $29,268.30 (yeah nice round number there) for his high hit on Rangers rookie Artem Anisimov Saturday night at the Igloo. The hit came in [...]
Practice What You Preach
In the early 3rd period of Saturday night’s Flyers game against the Atlanta Thrashers, Colby Armstrong laid a shoulder check into Philadelphia forward James van Riemsdyk (JVR). Armstrong would get a five minute major for Charging and an additional five minutes for Fighting with Flyers goon Arron Asham immediately after the hit. It was a [...]
In Search of Responsibility
On October 28, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell appeared before Congress to answer questions regarding the correlation of football and sustaining concussions due to hits to the head. On Friday, October 30th, Allan Muir of SI.com broached the subject of head-hunting in the NHL. On Monday, November 2nd, Darren Eliot of SI.com wrote a column addressing [...]
Flyers Spend Weekend Treading Water
Just a series of quick hits and thoughts from the Flyers weekend, games against Florida and San Jose and the Mike Richards hit.
