All Entries Tagged With: "Sidney Crosby"
Fleury, Malkin Lead Pens Past Struggling Bruins
Hockey is a strange game folks. When things are going your way, everything seems to be clicking, you play with confidence, you tend to get the breaks here and there. You feel as if nothing is ever going to go wrong. However, when you’re struggling it’s a completely different ball game. All of a sudden [...]
Setting The Stage For A Perfect 2013 Winter Classic
The success of the NHL’s Winter Classic is simply undeniable. From television ratings to viewership and overall hype, the annual New Year’s eve outdoor showcase has become hockey’s version of the Super Bowl. On Monday, the world’s top hockey league put together yet another fantastic display of ice hockey in South Philadelphia at the Citizen’s [...]
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 [...]
Datsyuk, Howard Lead Red Wings to 4-1 Win in Pittsburgh
Pavel Datsyuk scored a goal and added an assist to Johan Franzen’s game-winner, while Jimmy Howard made 25 saves for his league-leading 18th win as the visiting Detroit Red Wings beat the Sidney Crosby-less Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 at the Consol Energy Center. Even though the Penguins were without their best player in Crosby, it was [...]
Detroit Red Wings Week in Review
With 28 games under their belt, the Detroit Red Wings (18-9-1) are one point behind the Chicago Blackhawks for first place in the Central Division. The team’s leading scorers are Johan Franzen (13 goals, 15 assists), Pavel Datsyuk (eight goals, 20 assists) and Valtteri Filppula (10 g, 15 a), who didn’t look out of place [...]
Thomas’ 45 Saves Lead Red-Hot B’s Past Sid’s Penguins
At this point, it’s become truly unclear when the Boston Bruins will lose another game. It’s been 38 days since the Black and Gold last lost a game in regulation, the day after Game 7 of the MLB’s World Series. Boston’s hot streak of 13-0-1 entering Monday’s contest at CONSOL Energy Center appeared destined to [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 9-8-2 with 20 points through 19 games. After 19 games last season, the Bolts were 10-7-2 with 22 points. The Lightning are in third place in the Southeast Division three points behind the Florida Panthers and 12th in the Eastern Conference. After 19 games, forward Steven Stamkos leads the team in [...]
Crosby’s Return Reveals Deeper Problem In The Fabric Of The NHL
While today, Sunday November 20, 2011 will likely be remembered as a memorable day in the annals of NHL hockey history, the events of today have brought to light a deeper problem that Commissioner Bettman and the NHL will be faced with for years to come. Today we learned of the imminent return of the [...]
Top 10 Most Hated Active NHL Players
Like every year, let’s have a look at the most hated active NHL players this season. These players are often well liked by their team-mates, but despised by the opposing teams. They are pesky pests that go under your skin every time you face them and often get suspended for their dirty gestures on the [...]
Ice On The Brain
So I’m sitting here with a bag of frozen pierogies on my head. Why? Because the laziest hockey blogger in the blogosphere recently got a hair transplant. Yes. That’s me. Lazy and balding. Creatively-challenged and follicly-cursed. It’s not easy for a woman to admit this, so I’ll just share it with you, dear, dedicated Hockey [...]
Five Predictions For The Bruins In 2011
News & Notes – On Saturday evening, the Bruins defeated the New York Islanders 3-2 in their final exhibition game of the year, in Bridgeport, CT at the home of the Islanders’ AHL affiliate. It was the Islanders who got on the board first, and would build a 2-0 lead, thanks to goals from [...]
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 [...]
Backchecking: Shanahan’s “Penalty Box” Chats
While I may be the Islander blogger for H.I., seeing the latest “innovation” for the NHL is a blessing, and if followed through, a gift to hockey fans around the world. There have been a few incidents during the new preseason that unfortunately warranted Brendan Shanahan, the new NHL Disciplinarian to hand out a pair [...]
Top 10 players to avoid on draft day for the 2011-12 season
With only three weeks before the first puck drops on the ice for the beginning of the 2010-12 NHL season, many of you have to take part in a fantasy draft whether it is on Yahoo or ESPN, or among friends at home. Yet, plenty of use are ill-prepared come draft day, especially in the [...]
It’s Howard’s Turn to Backstop Red Wings To Stanley Cup
Ask any sports fan in Michigan what are the two toughest postions in Detroit Sports, one of the answers you’ll probably get is a Red Wings Goaltender. While you’re at it, ask any past or present Red Wings goalie about the pressure to win a Stanley Cup: It’s win or you’ll be shipped out. Mike Vernon, [...]
Crosby’s Concussion Symptoms Actually Due to Month Long Bender.
A report that Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby has suffered a setback in his recovery from a pair of concussions is being dismissed by his agent as merely ‘being in Halifax during the summer’
$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 [...]
Top-20 worst bang-for-the-buck NHL forwards in 2010-11
When the 2010-11 NHL regular season ended about three weeks ago, some teams analyzed the production of some of their key players thinking why did we give so much money to the players listed below. While some productive players like Joe Thornton (21 goals, but 70 points), Henrik Sedin (19 goals, but 94 points) and [...]
Guts, Grit And Goaltending Guide Bolts Past Pens, 1-0
Going into the quarterfinal series the spotlight was on Pittsburgh goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. He had, after all won a Stanley Cup and kept the Penguins title hopes alive despite the injuries to superstars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. But, as it turned out, a 41 year old journeyman goalie stole the show. Tampa Bay’s Dwayne [...]
Fleury Leads Pens Past Bolts, 3-2
The Pittsburgh Penguins recuperated from a 5-1 beating at the hands of the Tampa Bay Lightning in game two, and beat the Bolts 3-2 last night in Tampa to take a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference first round series. In the first home playoff game in four years the Lightning saw Pittsburgh’s Maxime Talbot [...]