Archive for the ‘NHL’ Category

An overtime playoff hockey game is just too exciting

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Penguins 4 Red Wings 3 - Petr Sykora told NBC's Pierre McGuire he was going to score between plays earlier in the 2nd overtime. And score he did. Sykora took a Evgeni Malkin pass and beat Chris Osgood short side over the left shoulder to send the series back to ...

You can’t hold Sid the Kid down forever

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Penguins 3 Red Wings 2 - The high scoring Penguins were held scoreless for the first two games of these Finals. Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk and Tomas Holmstrom were mostly responsible for bottling up Sidney Crosby. But that changed when the Pens got back to Mellon Bank Arena. Crosby scored ...

I’m Shocked. SHOCKED!

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

I spent the weekend in lovely Montreal Canada, where I have always been led to believe hockey is more important than anything else on the planet. Apparently there is a new world order. Because Saturday night, walking down Crescent Street (Rue Crescent?!?), every single bar had it's big screen tuned ...

Perplexed Penguins

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Red Wings 3 Penguins 0 - Like every other team Detroit has stomped their way through in the playoffs, Pittsburgh can not figure out Chris Osgood. The hottest goalie in the game stopped another 22 shots for his third shutout this postseason, second of the Stanley Cup Finals. The Red ...

Slippery when wet

Monday, May 26th, 2008

The outcome of game 1 could have been foreshadowed with the Penguins first step on the ice. Penguins goalie Marc-André Fleury fell leading the Eastern Conference champs into their pre-game skate. With Chris Osgood stopping everything Pittsburgh shot at him and little talked about Mikael Samuelsson's two goals, the Red Wings ...

Detroit Red Wings v Pittsburgh Penguins

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Forget Obama and Clinton. Here's your real Dream Ticket. With the exception of having the Rangers play themselves in the finals, the NHL couldn't have asked for a better matchup. A dynamic young team, led by a pair of high scoring superstars, takes on a collection of old ...

Sean Avery does exactly what interns do

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

After recovering from a lacerated spleen, New York Ranger Sean Avery felt healthy enough to fulfill his summer internship at Vogue. What type of work does a "famous" hockey player have to do? He does what every other intern does. According to Jossip, he makes photocopies. He also says that ...

Red Wings move on

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Red Wings 4 Stars 1 - Detroit advances to the Stanley Cup finals with a convincing win over the Dallas Stars. First period goals by Kris Draper, Pavel Datsyuk and Dallas Drake gave the Red Wings a unsurmountable 3-0 lead. This sets up an All-American final with Pittsburgh, the ...

Philly, we barely knew you

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Penguins 6 Flyers 0 - Philly ran into the buzzsaw that is "Sid and the Kids." Evgeni Malkin, Jordan Staal, and Pascal Dupuis all scored for the Pens, but it was elder "skateman" Ryan Malone (2 G 1A) that led the demolition of Philly this day. Marc-Andre Fleury, thought to ...

Flyers are back, Too Little Too Late?

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Flyers 4 Penguins 2 - This is the Philly team people expected to see this series. The first period belonged to the Flyers as they relentlessly forechecked the lackadaisical Penguins. It was Philadelphia that was the benefactor of good bounces and the Pens this time making the dumb mistakes allowing ...