All Entries Tagged With: "Winter Olympics"
Red Wings Get by Coyotes 3-2 in Shootout
The Detroit Red Wings felt at home, but had to put in some extra housework in order to get by the Phoenix Coyotes 3-2 in a shootout at the Joe Louis Arena. Thanks to Henrik Zetterberg’s game-winning goal in the shootout, the Red Wings winning streak on home ice reached a Baker’s dozen; it was [...]
Red Wings Score Five in First, Beat Coyotes 5-2
Someone should have told the Phoenix Coyotes’ players that pre-game warmups were over and game time was at 7:30 pm. Perhaps they were still on their own time zone. The Detroit Red Wings brought their lunchbox, clocked in on time and then stuck it to the Coyotes by scoring five goals in the first period [...]
Is it true?
As of this writing, yest at 2:37 a.m. EST, word on the streets of the left coast are that L.A. Kings forward Anze Kopitar is actively pursuing his United States citizenship. Why you ask? Well, being that Slovenia does not have an Olympic hockey team, Kopitar wants to participate in the upcoming Winter Olympics, barring [...]
Marty At The Bat
From 20,000 throats and more there rose a lusty cheer;
It rumbled through the Rockies and made us drop our beer;
It knocked upon the skybox and upon the ice so flat,
For Marty, mighty Marty, was advancing to the bat.
US Hockey Win Over Canada No Miracle, Just Hard Work & Clutch Goaltending
Some who do not have much hockey acumen, like some of the MSNBC announcers…where last night’s game was buried as NBC went with pairs figure skating coveting the female audience over responsible sports coverage…will paint the US win over Canada as some David versus Goliath miracle win from some sort of mismatch. Nothing would be [...]
Part 2: Profiling Vancouver-bound Olympian Penguins
Click for Part 1: Profiling Vancouver-bound Olympian Penguins Yesterday, three Penguins Olympic hockey players, Sidney Crosby, Marc-Andre Fleury and Sergei Gonchar were profiled and their projected roles for Canada and Russia were described. Today, Pittsburgh’s two other Olympians, Evgeni Malkin and Brooks Orpik are similarly profiled. What are their qualifications and what will their roles [...]
Part 1: Profiling Vancouver-bound Olympian Penguins
“Frequent-flyer miles” week concludes for the Penguins this evening when they play the fifth and final game of their season-long road trip at GM Place in Vancouver. Pittsburgh has won three out of the first four games on the trip as they take baby steps towards righting a listing ship that lost seven of nine [...]
Tough Road Trip for Liles, Not Bad for the Avs
The Colorado Avalanche hit the road on a 3-game trip, facing Ottawa, Detroit and Columbus. But for John-Michael Liles, it was a road trip to forget. Youngster Kyle Cumiskey returned to the line up from an injury and Coach Joe Sacco found himself with too many healthy defensemen. Someone had to sit. Not too many [...]
Red hot Kings have the fire burn out
What a start to this fantastic 2009-2010 NHL seaosn it has been for the Los Angeles Kings. Although yesterday’s game against Nashville was not the turn out expected by the club (and of course the fans) and currently the Kings are 6-2-2 over the last 10 games played and as of today sit in fourth [...]
If a Penguin walks like a Duck, skates like a Duck…
More than eight months have passed since defenceman Ryan Whitney was dealt from the only organization he had ever known, the Pittsburgh Penguins, to the Anaheim Ducks days before the 2009 trade deadline. Whitney headed west while left wing Chris Kunitz and junior prospect Eric Tangradi joined the Penguins. Tonight, Whitney faces his old club [...]
Sidney, Sidney, burning bright
The Minnesota Wild come trick-or-treating tonight at the door of Mellon Arena, with some understandable trepidation. It has nothing to do with the potential to be on the receiving end of a Brooks Orpik bone-crunching hit (“free-candy”, as the jokesters at thepensblog.com would say.) No, the Wild will be walking into a Hallowe’en house haunted [...]
