All Entries Tagged With: "penalties"
Bruins Implode, Fall To ‘Canes 4-1
On Tuesday evening, the Boston Bruins played host to the Carolina Hurricanes at the TD Garden in the 2nd match-up between the teams, slated for the 2011-’12 season. The Bruins entered the game with a pedestrian 2-3-0 (4 Points) record, but were coming off a hard-fought come-from-behind victory on Saturday night, over the 2010 [...]
Crosby skates; Bettman, GMs brainstorm ways to combat concussions
The NHL general managers’ meetings in Boca Raton, Florida opened this morning with player safety in its usual perch atop the agenda, where it seemingly has been for all meetings in recent years. Just like last season when the March meetings opened less than 24 hours after Pittsburgh Penguin Matt Cooke delivered a concussion-causing elbow to the head [...]
Friday Fun – Doing time for a crime they didn’t commit
There are a few circumstances in the NHL when the player in the penalty box isn’t the player who committed the penalty. They are serving the penalty in lieu of someone else. These circumstances include: Bench penalties like too many men on the ice or abuse of officials A coincidental minor with one player getting [...]
Penalties drop sharply in the third period in 2009-10
It looks as though many of the refs really do put away the whistles in the third for some of the penalties that slow the speed of the game.
A little bit of everything: Pens outlast Sens 7-4, lead series 3-1
Game 4: Pittsburgh 7 @ Ottawa 4 When the Penguins and Senators skated to their respective locker rooms after the first period last evening, few observers could have predicted the fireworks that exploded in Scotiabank Place during the second period. Evgeni Malkin’s fourth goal of the series and third power play marker at 11:50 gave Pittsburgh [...]
Pens finish 4th, will face Sens; Crosby shares Rocket with Stamkos
The 2009-10 NHL regular season is complete. Pittsburgh battled New Jersey to the penultimate game of the schedule before yielding the Atlantic Division title to the Devils and second seed in the Eastern Conference playoff picture after the Penguins were blanked 1-0 in Atlanta on Saturday night. Pittsburgh and #5 seed Ottawa Senators will meet in [...]
Capitals’ Habits Forecast Impending Doom
When March and April come around the Caps should already know how to win, instead they may be trying to figure out how not to lose.
Is It Time For The NHL To Review How Penalties Are Called?
Is it time the NHL uses video replay to help determine whether black-and-white penalties (delay of game, for example) are in fact penalties?
