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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Season opens on the road for the NHL

The new year’s promises have been made as the season gets under way and in the West it’s the cellar dwellers from last year that have gotten out of the blocks the quickest, attempting to put all of the resolutions to practice, while in the East it’s business as usual. Phoenix, is splitting time between bankruptcy court appearances and the ‘thin’ ice to take the lead in the Pacific, with fellow non-playoff participant LA right behind them. Columbus and St. Louis have both gotten out to a 2-0 start in the Central with the Blues splitting the net 9 times in two games. On the other side, the last teams standing were are the first ones rising as the Flyers are off to a 3-0 start and putting up 13 goals in three games and the Pens are right behind them at 2-0. Montreal is out to an early lead in the Midwest and the Caps seem to have an offensive juggernaut scoring 15 goals in 3 games but their defense hasn’t caught up yet, yielding 11 at the same time. It’s still the first round so we’ll see how things look when everyone comes back from the European showcase games and gets back to business. Who has gotten off to the start they needed to set the tone for the year? Who do you think will be the last unbeaten team in the NHL this year? Let us know here and in the NHL team rooms and chat rooms.

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Saturday, June 27, 2009

NHL draft has some spark of it's own

NHL 2009 Draft First Round
PK TEAM............SELECTION
1. N.Y. Islanders..John Tavares
2. Tampa Bay.......Victor Hedman
3. Colorado........Matt Duchene
4. Atlanta.........Evander Kane
5. Los Angeles.....Brayden Schenn
6. Phoenix.........Oliver Ekman Larsson
7. Toronto.........Nazem Kadri
8. Dallas..........Scott Glennie
9. Ottawa..........Jared Cowen
10. Edmonton........M. Paajarvi-Svensson
11. Nashville.......Ryan Ellis
12. N.Y. Islanders..Calvin de Haan(from Min)
13. Buffalo.........Zack Kassian
14. Florida.........Dmitry Kulikov
15. Anaheim.........Peter Holland
16. Minnesota.......Nick Leddy (from NYI)
17. St. Louis.......David Rundblad
18. Montreal........Louis Leblanc
19. N.Y. Rangers....Chris Kreider
20. New Jersey......Jacob Josefson(from CGY)
21. Columbus........John Moore(from ANA)
22. Vancouver.......Jordan Schroeder
23. Calgary.........Tim Erixon(from NJ)
24. Washington......Marcus Johansson
25. Boston..........Jordan Caron
26. Anaheim.........Kyle Palmieri(from CLS)
27. Carolina........Philippe Paradis
28. Chicago.........Dylan Olsen
29. Tampa Bay.......Carter Ashton(from DET)
30. Pittsburgh......Simon Despres


Friday, June 12, 2009

Pens defy odds win first road game 7 since 79’

Like their brothers in arms, the Pittsburgh Pirates that completed the feat back in 79’ going into Baltimore to beat the Orioles and win the World Series, the Penguins went into Joe Louis Arena, took control early, then held on for 2-1 win to hoist Lord Stanley’s Cup. Despite losing Sid the Kid for the entire 3rd due to injury, they had just a big enough lead, and just enough gas in the tank to hold on. At one point in the third the Wings had seven shots on goal to none for the Pens, including one goal. Pitt didn’t get a shot for the entire period, clearly hanging on for dear life. Perhaps Detroit was paying too much attention to Crosby and Malkin, as it was Talbot who did the damage again, scoring twice in the second period to provide the margin of victory. The defending champs just didn’t get the efforts from the players they thought would bring it, and leave it, in a game 7. For example, many expected Hossa to make a difference, 18 minutes on the ice with not a lot of ink on the stat sheet to show for it. Lindstrom and Zetterburg had 3 and 5 shots respectively but Fleury was not the same guy the torched for 5 goals in game 5. Super Mario’s gang delivered as promised, protecting their house in game 6, then taking their show on the road and making history in game 7. What was the turning point for the Wings and why couldn’t they put the Pens away? Let us know here and in the Stanley Cup Finals chat room and team rooms.


Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Pens hold serve and now the finals begin

On previous post we mentioned that this series, perhaps more than others would follow the golden rule of officially not beginning until the home team lost or there was a game 7, well, game on! Also noted was that Pittsburgh needed to get some firepower from somewhere other than Crosby and Malkin, which they did as it was the line of Kennedy and Staal that did the damage, spotting the Pens a 2-0 lead which they held on to despite serving up two power plays in the third period. Pittsburgh gutted out a 2-1 win and sent Lord Stanley’s cup to Detroit where it will be handed out Friday, one way or another. One rumor that was disproved was that the Wings are running out of gas as they pummeled the Pens in the 3rd period getting twice as many shots on goal. It Fleury was after redemption after being taken to the woodshed in game 5, he got it stopping 26 of 27 Red Wing shots and almost single handedly keeping hope alive. So now the series can start as a home team has not lost, but we’ve hit the wall that is game 7. The Motor City will be rockin’ as this will be as good as it gets. This is a night where the stars are supposed to shine so whose will shine brighter? Let us know here and in the NHL chat rooms.


NHL Standings FINAL

Eastern Conference
GP W L OTL PTS GF GA PP% PK% HOME AWAY L10
1 z-Boston 82 53 19 10 116 274 196 23.3 82.2 29-6-6 24-13-4 8-2-0
2 y-Washington 82 50 24 8 108 272 245 25.2 80.6 29-9-3 21-15-5 6-2-2
3 y-New Jersey 82 51 27 4 106 244 209 18.9 79.9 28-12-1 23-15-3 4-5-1
4 x-Pittsburgh 82 45 28 9 99 264 239 17.2 82.7 25-13-3 20-15-6 7-2-1
5 x-Philadelphia 82 44 27 11 99 264 238 22.4 83.0 24-13-4 20-14-7 4-5-1
6 x-Carolina 82 45 30 7 97 239 226 18.7 80.4 26-14-1 19-16-6 8-2-0
7 x-NY Rangers 82 43 30 9 95 210 218 13.7 88.0 26-11-4 17-19-5 5-4-1
8 x-Montreal 82 41 30 11 93 249 247 19.3 82.4 24-10-7 17-20-4 5-3-2
e-Florida 82 41 30 11 93 234 231 16.6 82.6 22-12-7 19-18-4 6-3-1
e-Buffalo 82 41 32 9 91 250 234 20.9 81.8 23-15-3 18-17-6 7-2-1
e-Ottawa 82 36 35 11 83 217 237 19.5 81.5 22-12-7 14-23-4 4-5-1
e-Toronto 82 34 35 13 81 250 293 18.8 74.7 16-16-9 18-19-4 5-5-0
e-Atlanta 82 35 41 6 76 257 280 19.3 76.0 18-21-2 17-20-4 6-4-0
e-Tampa Bay 82 24 40 18 66 210 279 17.8 78.0 12-18-11 12-22-7 1-7-2
e-NY Islanders 82 26 47 9 61 201 279 17.0 80.1 17-18-6 9-29-3 2-7-1
Western Conference
GP W L OTL PTS GF GA PP% PK% HOME AWAY L10
1 *-San Jose 82 53 18 11 117 257 204 24.2 83.2 32-5-4 21-13-7 5-4-1
2 y-Detroit 82 51 21 10 112 295 244 25.9 78.4 27-9-5 24-12-5 3-6-1
3 y-Vancouver 82 45 27 10 100 246 220 18.8 81.4 24-12-5 21-15-5 6-3-1
4 x-Chicago 82 46 24 12 104 264 216 19.2 80.3 24-9-8 22-15-4 7-2-1
5 x-Calgary 82 46 30 6 98 254 248 17.0 83.4 27-10-4 19-20-2 4-6-0
6 x-St. Louis 82 41 31 10 92 233 233 20.6 83.6 23-13-5 18-18-5 8-1-1
7 x-Columbus 82 41 31 10 92 226 230 12.7 82.1 25-13-3 16-18-7 3-3-4
8 x-Anaheim 82 42 33 7 91 245 238 23.6 79.7 20-18-3 22-15-4 7-2-1
e-Minnesota 82 40 33 9 89 219 200 20.1 87.6 23-11-7 17-22-2 6-3-1
e-Nashville 82 40 34 8 88 213 233 15.7 82.5 24-13-4 16-21-4 5-4-1
e-Edmonton 82 38 35 9 85 234 248 16.9 77.5 18-17-6 20-18-3 3-7-0
e-Dallas 82 36 35 11 83 230 257 15.4 78.6 20-16-5 16-19-6 3-4-3
e-Phoenix 82 36 39 7 79 208 252 14.7 76.8 23-15-3 13-24-4 6-4-0
e-Los Angeles 82 34 37 11 79 207 234 19.2 82.8 18-15-8 16-22-3 4-5-1
e-Colorado 82 32 45 5 69 199 257 15.9 79.7 18-21-2 14-24-3 1-6-3
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