Amazing Goal by Andrei Kostitsyn. Puts it through the legs of Mike Green and snaps it blocker side. Here\’s hoping to see more of those goals. Jan 5th 2008 Video courtesy of VERSUS Kostitsyn hit Aaron Ward into the boards, so Thomas decided to stick up for Ward and take out baby Kostitsyn. Bruins win 3-1! Category: Sports Tags: Montreal Canadiens Tim Thomas Aaron Ward Andrei Kostitsyn
Washington Capitals vs. Carolina Hurricanes 3/14/09: The Caps triumphed over the Canes 5 to 4 with the game ending in a shootout. Here\’s a summary of the Caps\’ scoring. 1st Period Scoring 10:59 Mike Green (24) Wrist Shot – Assists: Alexander Semin (38) & Nicklas Backstrom (55); 18:01 PPG – Alex Ovechkin (49) Wrist Shot – Assists: Mike Green (36) & Alexander Semin (39) 2nd Period Scoring 01:30 PPG – Alexander Semin (29) Wrist Shot – Assists: Brooks Laich (23) & Alexander Ovechkin (40); 12:27 PPG – Nicklas Backstrom (19) Wrist Shot – Assists: Michael Nylander (21) & Alexander Semin(40) Shootout (see other video)
Mike Green makes hockey history when he scores 8 goals in a row as a defensemen surpassing the likes of Bobby Orr, and Paul Coffey. The Washington Capitals are now number 2 in the eastern conference.
Washington Capitals defenceman Mike Green established an NHL record in the team\’s 5-1 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning on February 14, 2009, scoring a goal in a league record eighth consecutive game. Green broke a record he shared with Mike O\’Connell, who scored in seven consecutive games during the 1983-84 season. Here, Green\’s father Dave talks about his son\’s accomplishment.
Verizon Center crowd after Mike Green of the Washington Capitals scores game-tying goal in Game 1, Round 1 of the 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs on April, 11, 2008 vs. Philadelphia Flyers. From Section 116
Capitals vs. Bruins 1/17/09: Mike Green tied the game with a power-play goal 70 seconds after Marc Savard had given Boston the lead. With Matt Lashoff in the penalty box, Green raced in from the right point, took a pass from Michael Nylander and ripped a slap shot past Thomas to make it 1-1. It was Green\’s 12th goal of the season. Alexander Semin\’s unassisted goal at 11:48 of the third period broke a 1-1 tie. It was his 18th of the season. Jose Theodore made 23 saves as the Southeast Division leaders triumphed over the Bruins 2 to 1.
Mike Green of the Caps breaks his stick on a play then comes back and throws a huge hip-check on Sami Kapanen of the Flyers. Playoff Game 6, April 21, 2008.
Mike Green of the Washington Capitals says no to the NHL Hall of Fame, who asked for his record setting stick. Green scored goals in 8 consecutive games, an NHL record.
Tampa Bay rookie Steven Stamkos scored his first NHL career hat trick today, but it wasn’t enough as the Lightning went down to the Chicago Blackhawks.
Sagging Economy hot topic at Board of Governors meeting
The sagging economy will be front and centre as the NHL’s board of governors convenes for meetings this week. Team owners and executives will be addressed by leading economists from both sides of the border on the longer-term effects the economy is expected to have on the league’s business. (The Full Story on TSN)
Leafs Hire Former GM Nonis to Front Office
The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Saturday that Dave Nonis has been named senior vice president of hockey operations. (The Full Story on TSN)
Trades & Transactions:
None
Injuries:
Dan Ellis (G – Predators) Day-to-Day with bruised knee.
Cam Ward (G – Hurricanes) Placed on IR.
Rumours & Gossip:
Thrasher’s GM Don Waddell is said to be looking to move star Winger Ilya Kovalchuk.
Mats Sundin’s agent states he will decide on a team by December 15. Front running teams include the Rangers, Canucks, Blackhawks, Flyers and Canadiens.
Leafs GM Brian Burke is said to be looking at offers for defenseman Tomas Kaberle.
The Rangers are said to be looking to move Wade Redden & Michal Rozsival.
Florida could be looking to move Nathan Horton, Rostislav Olesz and Brett McLean
Oilers could be interested in moving Ladislav Smid.
Are the Capitals thinking of shopping Jose Theodore?
The Flyers are looking to dump salary and may shop Joffrey Lupul.
Thrashers could be looking to move defenseman Mathieu Schneider.
Tampa Bay could be looking to move veteran players including Gary Roberts, Matt Pettinger and Chris Gratton.
Avery Alert: With so much news surrounding the Sean Avery situation, our new section “Avery Alert” will bring you all the news comments you need in one handy location. Don’t worry though, this section will only last a short time and will stop once we all get sick off hearing about Avery.
Avery to meet with Bettman and the NHL Thursday.
The date of the hearing has been set; this Thursday. Avery will travel to New York to face the NHL. Stars co-GM Brett Hull is said to be traveling with Avery. (The Full Story on TSN)
No Way Out For Avery Ross McKeon of Yahoo! Sports breaks down the Avery situation and explains that there may be no way for Avery to come out of this in a good position. (The Full Story on Yahoo)
Avery Apologises to NHL, Team, Ex’s Avery’s publicist wasted no time in drafting a well written apology. (The Full Story on Yahoo)
NHL Suspends Avery Indefinitely
After making the “sloppy seconds” comment, the NHL quickly jumped in and indefinitely suspended the agitator. (The Full Story on TSN)
News
Fan injured in fall at Senators game
A male fan was injured at Scotiabank Place on Wednesday during the Ottawa Senators’ 5-1 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers after falling from the top level of the arena. The man, who Senators president Roy Mlakar stated was not inebriated, originally fell over in row D of the 300 level. He then plummeted into row D of the 200 level, falling on a woman who also sustained injuries. Mlakar believes the man was not seriously hurt. (The Full Story on Yahoo)
Canes Sack Peter Laviolette
Carolina fired Peter Laviolette on Wednesday. The Hurricanes brought back Paul Maurice to take over as coach, and moved assistant general manager Ron Francis behind the bench as Maurice’s associate coach. Laviolette led the team to the 2006 Stanley Cup title. He’s the career victory leader among U.S.-born coaches.
Trades & Transactions:
Anaheim acquired defenseman Logan Stephenson from Phoenix on Wednesday for left wing Joakim Lindstrom. Stephenson will report to Iowa of the AHL.
Injuries:
Brian Rolston (NJ Devils) – Expected back thursday.
Joe Sakic (C – Avalanche) Expected to miss 6 weeks.
Marian Gaborik (Wild) Not yet ready to return.
Rumours & Gossip:
What to do with Avery?
Rumours are ripe that Avery has played his last game in a Stars jersey. If that’s the case, there are a few options the team has, which include: Demoting him to the minors, buying out his contract, looking for a trade, or going through legal channals to void his contract. Either way, if it’s true that Avery is on the out, this could mean a very positive thing for the team.
Havlat on the block?
After recent changes which ended up with Martin Havlat being demoted to the teams 3rd line, speculation suggests the Hawks could be looking to move him at some stage.
David Booth (LW – Panthers). Not only did Booth score the game winner against the Anaheim Ducks today, he scored all 3 Panthers goals in the game..
Stars of the day:
Olli Jokinen (C – Coyotes) 2G 1A 3Pts
Marty Reasoner (C – Thrashers) 2G 0A 2Pts
Jeff Deslauriers (G – Oilers) 38 Shots on, 37 Saves, .974 SV%
Turco faces media over Gaffe
(The following is an article by Yahoo! Sports’ Ross McKeon. To view the full article, please click here)
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Give Marty Turco credit. After gift-wrapping a victory for the host San Jose Sharks in the final 30 seconds with a giveaway of immense proportions, at least the Dallas Stars goaltender was brave enough to face the music.
With the embarrassing play he made late in regulation of Saturday night’s game, when Stars were ohhhhhhh so close to escaping with at least one, if not two, very needed points, it would have been easy to crawl into the stick bag and quietly exit HP Pavilion for the flight out of town without saying anything to anybody.
That, however, only would have compounded the situation the Stars find themselves in, a very good team on paper that’s a long way back in the Pacific Division standings. The only way to get to where Dallas belongs is through leadership and accountability… (read more)
Anderson, Larionov, Scapinello & Chynoweth’s big day arrives
(The following article is by Chris Johnston of the Canadian Press)
TORONTO – The big moment is finally set to arrive for Mork and The Professor.
Passed over in years past, Glenn Anderson and Igor Larionov will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday night along with linesman Ray Scapinello and junior hockey builder Ed Chynoweth.
The wait has been longest for Anderson. He’s been eligible since 1999 and had to watch as 23 players were enshrined before him during that time.
Perhaps it’s only fitting for a guy that has never done things the traditional way, which earned him the nickname Mork – after a TV alien from outer space. Anderson won six Stanley Cups during his career and earned a reputation as a big-game player… (read more)
oh, they’re hurt:
Paille was a healthy scratch on Saturday after a poor performance on Friday, according to The Buffalo News.
There were 28 new Hockey videos added to the site today, including game highlights from the days NHL matches, some great fights and a fantastic interview with Alexander Ovechkin (below).
1st Period – 11/8/08: The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 3-1 to remain unbeaten at home. Brooks Laich and Tom Poti scored for the Capitals in the first period.
Devin Setoguchi (RW – Sharks). Setoguchi had a great game against the Colorado Avalanche today playing 13:57 of ice time, putting 7 shots on goal, netting 2 goals and finishing the game +1.
After going 4-6-2 in their first 12 games of the season, the Dallas Stars management struck back by sending 3 players back to the minors. James Neal, Mark Fistric and Chris Conner have all been assigned to the AHL amid rumors there could be much larger changes to come. Some suggest a coaching change might be in the near future.
Brodeur gets stoned on streak:
New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur will miss at least one game with an elbow injury, ending a career high streak of 51 regular season starts.
Todd White makes 500:
Atlanta Thrasher’s Todd White played in his 500th NHL game today; a 5-3 loss to the Florida Panthers.
oh, they’re hurt:
Brad May (Ducks): Knee, out til at least mid-November
Chuck Kobasew (Bruins): May return Nov 6 Vs Toronto
Jere Lehtinen (Stars): Questionable for Nov 7 Vs Anaheim
Doug Janik (Stars): Questionable for Nov 7 Vs Anaheim
Joel Lundqvist (Stars): IR, out til late November
Sergei Zubov (Stars): IR, expected return Nov 7 Vs Anaheim
Bryan Allen (Panthers): IR, out indefinitely
Rick DiPietro (Islanders): IR, out til at least early December
Ross McKeon of Yahoo! Sports has a fantastic article today in which he breaks down October 26, the 2nd day in NHL history were all 30 teams played in the same day. Accoring to McKeon, on October 26…
The home team earned two points in nine games, the visitors snatched a pair of points in six. Five of the 15 games needed more than 60 minutes to decide as two ended in sudden death and three required a shootout.
Philadelphia’s Jeff Carter at 3:44 and Washington’s Alexander Semin at 2:17, both even-strength goals, accounted for the winners in sudden death.
Fredrik Sjostrom of the Rangers, Ryan Smyth of the Avalanche and Marian Hossa of the Red Wings scored the deciding goals in shootouts. Henrik Lundqvist, Peter Budaj and Ty Conklin were the winning goalies. In all, shooters went 9-for-24 in the shootouts.
A total of 96 goals were scored in regulation and overtime of the 15 games. Three goals came short-handed (Anaheim’s Travis Moen, Ottawa’s Dean McAmmond and Sean Bergenheim of the Islanders) and one filled an empty net (Jarome Iginla).
Ten of the 15 games were decided by one goal. Four goals was the largest margin of victory (St. Louis 4-0 over Florida).
The power play was very good across the board. Teams combined to covert 30 of 127 chances for 23.6 percent, well above the league average. Vancouver cashed in most, going 4-for-6. The Islanders had the most power-play chances, but went just 1-for-8.
A total of 460 penalty minutes were assessed of which 120 minutes accounted for the 12 fights. New Jersey and Philadelphia, division rivals meeting for the second time in as many days, featured the most bouts with four. The Devils and Flyers accrued the most combined minutes (80) while the Blue Jackets-Wild and Sabres-Avalanche combined for the least (12 each game).
There were a combined 984 shots on goal during regulation and overtime. Carolina’s Cam Ward faced the most. He stopped 57 of the New York Islanders’ franchise-record 60. Florida managed the fewest, only 17 on the road in St. Louis. Five teams replaced their starting goalies because of either injury or ineffectiveness including Montreal, Los Angeles, Columbus, St. Louis and the New York Islanders. Montreal’s Tomas Plekanec led the world with 13 shots (three others were judged to be missed shots). Bill Guerin of the Islanders was in double figures, too, with 10 shots.
There were a grand total of 872 faceoffs. Detroit and Chicago visited the circle the most (82) while San Jose and Tampa combined for the least draws (46). Boston’s Marc Savard (14-4), Vancouver’s Ryan Kessler (16-6), Carolina’s Rod Brind’Amour (15-5) and Washington’s Boyd Gordon (13-4) had strong nights on faceoffs while Phoenix’s Olli Jokinen (4-13), Anaheim’s Ryan Getzlaf (4-15) and Edmonton’s Shawn Horcoff (9-18) struggled.
Teams extended winning streaks (Colorado to five in a row, Detroit to four, Anaheim and Calgary to three and Philadelphia to two) and extended losing streaks (Islanders to three in a row) and had streaks snapped (Montreal had won five in a row, Pittsburgh had won two straight and Washington had lost three in a row).
The 15 games drew nine capacity crowds. The United Center in Chicago housed the biggest showing, a franchise-record 22,690 to see the 698th all-time meeting between the rival Red Wings and Blackhawks. The smallest crowd was an announced 11,219 gathering at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island for the Hurricanes and Islanders. A total of 267,729 attended the 15 games for an average of 17,849 per contest.
The biggest minute-muncher on Saturday was Detroit defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom with 32:01 of ice time. Buffalo’s young defenseman Andrej Sekera was the only other skater in the league to log more than 30 minutes (30:44). Philadelphia’s Riley Cote (1:34) and New Jersey’s Mike Rupp (1:44) saw the least amount of ice time.
Of miscellaneous note, Calgary traveled the most miles (1,600 from Nashville to Glendale, Ariz.) while New Jersey traveled the least (less than 100 miles to Philly). … The 30 bench bosses combined for more than 180 seasons of NHL head coaching experience. … Tampa Bay’s Gary Roberts (42 years, five months, two days) was the oldest player performing and Atlanta’s Zach Bogosian (18 years, three months, 10 days) was the youngest.
Injury Updates:
Islanders G DiPietro questionable Vs Rangers New York Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro will see a doctor on Monday for an undisclosed injury and is questionable to play that night against the New York Rangers.
Red Wings LW Franzen out 3-4 weeks Red Wings forward Johan Franzen will be out for three to four weeks because of a sprained left knee, the team said Sunday.
Blues G Bishop injured Vs Panthers St. Louis Blues goaltender Ben Bishop left Saturday’s 4-0 win over the Florida Panthers in the third period with a lower body injury and did not return. Bishop made 12 saves without yielding a goal before being replaced by Marek Schwarz, who was recalled from Peoria of the American Hockey League earlier in the day.
Blue Jackets G Leclaire suffers ankle injury Leclaire left Saturday’s game 5:24 into the second period with an ankle injury, the Associated Press reports.
Joni Pitkanen: Leg Injury Pitkanen sustained a leg injury late in the second period of Saturday’s
game against the Islanders, and did not return to action.
Maple Leafs Jeff Finger back in action Finger (foot) made his regular-season debut with the Maple Leafs on Saturday night.
Hurricanes C Sutter leaves hospital after concussion Carolina Hurricanes center Brandon Sutter left a Long Island hospital on Sunday after suffering a concussion during Saturday’s 4-3 victory over the New York Islanders.
Avangard Omsk returns to ice after Cherepanov death The Avangard Omsk hockey team on Monday played its first Kontinental Hockey League game since the death of promising winger Alexei Cherepanov.
With Cherepanov’s parents in attendance, captain Alexander Svitov and alternates Anton Kuryanov and Alexander Popov skated with Cherepanov’s jersey No. 7 before it was raised to the rafters. An announcement was made that his No. 7 will never be worn again.
“It was tough on those three guys,” Omsk coach Wayne Fleming told TSN of Canada on Monday. “They didn’t have a lot of time to wipe their tears before the puck drop and away they went. And there was no warmup music at all. There was no talking among the players as both teams went about their warmup rituals and practice drills.”
Avery returns to the Garden Sean Avery hurried out of Madison Square Garden nearly as quickly as he left the New York Rangers as a free agent.
“I love you guys,” Avery said to a large throng of reporters in the
tight visitors dressing room, “but I have to go take my teammates out
to dinner.”
Avery made his presence felt upon his return to Manhattan after 1
1/2 seasons of being the resident Rangers pest. He didn’t show up on
the scoresheet Monday, but he walked out into the New York nightlife he
relishes after he and the Dallas Stars skated off with a 2-1 victory.
Devils C Holik out 3-4 weeks The New Jersey Devils on Monday announced that veteran center Bobby Holik will be sidelined three to four weeks with a broken right pinkie. Holik, who left in the second period of the team’s 4-3 shootout win over the Washington Capitals on Saturday, is scheduled for surgery on Tuesday. In a corresponding move, the Devils recalled left wing Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond from Lowell of the American Hockey League. (Yahoo!)
DiPietro feeling good DiPietro (knee) said he was “feeling good” after Monday’s practice, the New York Newsday reports. (Yahoo!)
Transactions:
Rangers add LW DiDiomete The New York Rangers on Monday agreed to terms with left wing Devin DiDiomete. Known as an enforcer, DiDiomete notched 23 goals and 56 points with 216 penalty minutes over 56 games last season with Sarnia of the Ontario Hockey League. The 20-year-old DiDiomete also had six goals and six assists with 62 penalty minutes in 21 playoff contests. (Yahoo!)
Flyers assign RW Downie, C Ross to minors The Philadelphia Flyers assigned right wing Steve Downie and center Jared Ross to the Philadelphia Phantoms of the American Hockey League on Monday. Both have played sparingly as the Flyers have gotten off to a miserable 0-3-2 start. Neither has recorded a point. (Yahoo!)
Carolina send Zach Boychuk to WHL’s Lethbridge Hurricanes Zach Boychuk is on his way back to the Western Hockey League. The Carolina Hurricanes announced Monday that the 19-year-old forward would rejoin his junior team in Lethbridge for the rest of the season. (Yahoo!)
Red Wings place RW McCarty on waivers The Detroit Red Wings on Monday placed veteran right wing Darren McCarty on waivers, according to a published report. The Detroit News reported that if the 36-year-old clears waivers, he could be sent to Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League. All other NHL clubs have until noon on Tuesday to claim McCarty, who has been part of four Stanley Cup championships with the Red Wings. (Yahoo!)
EAGLE TRIBUNE.COM: Mike McMahon reports Phil Kessel’s improvement this season has turned him into the “sniper the Bruins need him to be”, silencing his critics and putting the rest the trade rumors that dogged him since last season. McMahon suggests the Bruins need to re-sign Kessel before he become a restricted free agent next summer.
ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER: Dan Wood reports on the media circus that’ll dog Anaheim Ducks GM Brian Burke during his club’s swing into Toronto this week, where he’s rumored to be in the running for the job of Maple Leafs general manager when his current contract expires with the Ducks at season’s end. Burke isn’t keen on discussing his future but added he’d make a decision on re-signing with the Ducks by no later than Christmas.
DETROIT NEWS: reports the Red Wings have placed popular forward Darren McCarty on waivers.
VANCOUVER PROVINCE: reports the Canucks have recalled forwards Kyle Wellwood and Matt Pettinger and are confident both will clear re-entry waivers.
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS: reports the Sharks have placed their 2004 first round pick Lukas Kaspar on waivers.
