Posted by admin on 18th, 2008
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News came down the wire earlier today that Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Ryan Whitney will be out between 3 to 5 months after having surgery to correct a chronic issue with his left foot.
Whitney, who dropped in production last year after a breakout 2006-2007 that secured him a 6-year, $24 million deal tried everything he could to avoid surgery that he knew would put him off the ice long-term.
“We’ve tried everything to avoid surgery because we knew it would mean missing a chunk of the season, but nothing worked.”
-Whitney to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Whitney, a 6 foot 4, 219lb defenseman is said to be the eventual replacement for Sergei Gonchar. Like Gonchar, Whitney is a strong offensive upside to his game. The loss for the Penguins on the blue line should not be too bad, however players like Kris Letang will need to step up their game to fill the gap.
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Posted by admin on 20th, 2008
It was like something out of a hockey spoof movie. The Toronto Maple Leafs are on the Power Play and Rob Davison clears the puck out of his zone. It bounces like a tennis ball down the ice to a ready and waiting Vesa Toskala…
and bounces right past him into the net.
The announcer screams, the crowd don’t know if they should laugh or cry and Vesa, who just realized what happened, collapses in shock.
If this sound too good to be true, here’s the clip…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osh7lz7NEUU
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Posted by admin on 16th, 2008
NHL Disciplinarian Colin Campbell announced today that Chris Pronger of the Anaheim Ducks will receive an 8 game suspension after stomping on the calf of Vancouver Canuck Ryan Kesler.
“In attempting to free himself, Pronger carelessly and recklessly brought his foot down,” Campbell said in a statement.
- Yahoo! Sport
The suspension has raised an outcry among the public who are shocked to yet again see a double standard from the NHL when it comes to handing out discipline to players.
Earlier this season the NHL suspended Chris Simon for 30 games after he was found guilty of stomping on the ankle of Pittsburgh Penguin Jarkko Ruutu. Does it not seem odd then that Chris Pronger would only receive 8 games?
The Chris Simon suspension was long because Simon was considered a “repeat offender”, and someone that needed to learn the hard way.
What does that make Pronger, who now has been suspended 8 times in his career. Surely we don’t need to remind you of last season where he received 2 suspensions during the playoffs for rough / dirty play, including that elbow to the head of Dean McAmmond in the Stanley Cup Finals.
The answer is there, if you look hard enough. Chris Simon is not an all star player, nor a big point scorer, or a crowd drawing player. Chris Pronger is. Chris Simon is not a Norris quality player. Chris Pronger is.
Is the NHL too scared, maybe even gutless to come down hard on an all star player? Chris Pronger has shown that these stupidly small suspensions do nothing to encourage him to clean up his game, so why don’t Gary Bettman and the NHL do something about him?
Something to think about.
Pronger will be able to play again on the last day of the regular season, meaning he will be free to throw his weight around in the playoffs. Let’s hope, for the sake of the opposition players that he learns to control himself before then.
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Posted by admin on 26th, 2008
According to an NHL Executive, a multi-player trade has been made between Tampa Bay Lightning and the Dallas Stars.
The trade is rumoured to have Center Brad Richards move to Dallas in exchange for Center Jeff Halpern, Goalie Mike Smith and rookie Defenseman Mark Fistric.
“The Stars have looked to make a splash since Les Jackson and Brett Hull took over in the co-general manager role for the fired Doug Armstrong earlier this season. The source said Dallas is expected to package veteran checking center Jeff Halpern, backup goalie Mike Smith and young defenseman Mark Fistric to the Lightning, who needed to move Richards after signing defenseman Dan Boyle to a six-year, $40 million contract extension late Monday.”
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By landing the 6-foot, 198-pound Richards, the Stars are set to receive a player who can handle loads of ice time, has a Stanley Cup on his resumé and is a centerpiece to build around as Mike Modano and Zubov look to pass the torch.
Richards has 18 goals and 51 points in 62 games, 228 shots and has averaged 24:17 of ice time. He’s durable as well. Richards has appeared in 552 of a possible 554 games since breaking into the league in 2000-01. The pivot is signed for $7.8 million each of the next three seasons.
- NHL @ Yahoo
It was also announced that the Atlanta Thrashers would ship Marian Hossa to the Montreal Canadiens. Details of the trade have not been released at this time.
Expect the Canadiens to send at least a forward (Michael Ryder?) to Atlanta, which insisted it would only trade the 29-year-old Hossa if it could get a current NHL player in return. Hossa is the Thrashers’ second-leading scorer with 56 points (26 goals, 30 assists and a team-high 229 shots). Hossa is a minus-14 averaging 21:55 of ice time in 60 games.
- NHL @ Yahoo
Details of these trades are yet to be confirmed by their respective teams.
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Posted by admin on 23rd, 2008
41 New Videos Added Today
Total Videos: 1399 (in 18 categories)
We have updated 41 new videos today on 2minsforhockey across a range of categories from goals, to hockey fights, to NHL game highlights. Thanks to all our dedicated readers who come over daily to check out the new videos. We have had a number of new members join lately. If you are keen to get involved please come on board and help make 2minsforhockey the best hockey video community on the Internet.
Unbelievable NHL fight
Peca vs. Thorton in the wonderful fight in NHL
Category: Hockey Fights
Atlanta & Islanders
in NY
Category: Hockey Fights
Cote vs Shelley, 2/21/08
flyers game
Category: Hockey Fights
Ryan O’Byrne Destroys Ruutu
O’Byrne Destroys Ruutu penguins hit hits highlight hip check montreal canadiens cornell habs feb 21
Category: Hockey Fights
Commodore vs Bull - Blue Jackets @ Senators - Feb 21/08
Courtesy of Dagwood from SensNetwork.com Check out the website for all the latest news on the Ottawa Senators. News, chat, forum, videos and pictures! Largest Ottawa Senators community on the web, next to facebook.
Category: Hockey Fights
Joey Kocur Vs Jay Caufield
Kocur Of The The Rangers Takes On Penguins Caufield
Category: Hockey Fights
Scott Thornton Best hockey fighter! 2
Another movie on Scott Thornton
Category: Hockey Fights
lapierre vs Talbot Feb 21, 2008
Montreal vs Pittsburgh
Category: Hockey Fights
Greene vs Isbister Feb 16, 2008
Matt Greene vs Brad Isbister from the Edmonton Oilers at Vancouver Canucks game on Feb 16, 2008. via http://www.hockeyfights.com
Category: Hockey Fights
Stuart vs Campbell Feb 21, 2008
Mark Stuart vs Gregory Campbell from the Boston Bruins at Florida Panthers game on Feb 21, 2008. via http://www.hockeyfights.com
Category: Hockey Fights
Salvador vs Thornton Feb 21, 2008
Bryce Salvador vs Scott Thornton from the St. Louis Blues at Los Angeles Kings game on Feb 21, 2008. via http://www.hockeyfights.com
Category: Hockey Fights
Shelley vs Cote Feb 21, 2008
san jose sharks philadelphia flyers Shelley vs Cote Feb 21, 2008
Category: Hockey Fights
Lucic vs Brookbank Feb 19, 2008
boston bruins carolina hurricanes Lucic vs Brookbank Feb 19, 2008
Category: Hockey Fights
Yanic Perrealt Gets Hit Hard
video quality sucks
Category: Hits & Checks
Komisarek Smokes Ranger
video quality sucks again
Category: Hits & Checks
Steve Yzerman Top 10 Goals
A Top Ten of Stevie Y. The Greatest captain of all time doing his magic. “Stevie Wonder does it again…”
Category: Goals
Meszaros’ goal vs Blue Jackets - Feb 21/08
Courtesy of Dagwood from SensNetwork.com Check out the website for all the latest news on the Ottawa Senators. News, chat, forum, videos and pictures! Largest Ottawa Senators community on the web, next to facebook.
Category: Goals
Stillman’s goal vs Blue Jackets - Feb 21/08
Courtesy of Dagwood from SensNetwork.com Check out the website for all the latest news on the Ottawa Senators. News, chat, forum, videos and pictures! Largest Ottawa Senators community on the web, next to facebook.
Category: Goals
Vermette interview vs Blue Jackets - Feb 21/08
Courtesy of Dagwood from SensNetwork.com Check out the website for all the latest news on the Ottawa Senators. News, chat, forum, videos and pictures! Largest Ottawa Senators community on the web, next to facebook. 1st intermission first
Category: Interviews
Ovechkin Hits & interview
hockey alex ovy hit interview
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Sports Action Million Dollar Shootout
A promo video I’ve made for a new contest from the Canucks and BCLC: https://playerservices.bclc.com/default.aspx?p=c_mds_homenli
Category: Shows & Commercials
discussing Washington Capitals
the first of many episodes where i talk caps hockey
Category: Videocasts
Canucks Update, Feb 21 Part 2.
Nashville: 3-2 SO win. 70 points, 8th in western conference.
Category: Videocasts
edmonton oilers goal horn
oilers score!!
Category: Other
Detroit Red Wings 1995-96 Season Review
Review of Highlight Moments of the Red Wings 1995-96 NHL Season.
Category: Other
Dallas Stars Pregame Intro
The show the American Airlines Center puts on before the Stars take the ice to the song “Knights of Cydonia” by Muse…most people may have heard this song before on Guitar Hero 3.
Category: Other
Bloomington PrairieThunder 02-19-08 Hockey Game Highlights
Bloomington PrairieThunder 02-19-08 Hockey Game Highlights vs. Flint Generals at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington, IL
Category: Game Highlights
Phoenix Dragons vs. Az Strike Pro
Phoenix Dragons vs. Arizona Strike February 19th 2008 http://thepiha.com/game.php?game_id=73577 http://thepiha.com/game.php?game_id=73579 Note: In this clip Dan Maxwell tells Duane Jones the Star of the game with 3 goals, a “C-Leaguer.” Dan Maxwell played in the Fall 2007 C League at his home rink ASC with 12point(less then one goal a game) while his team got 8th place out of 8 teams. Who is the C-leaguer?
Category: Game Highlights
Detroit Red Wings 1995-96 Season video
Video of Red Wings 1996 highlites
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The Buffalo Sabres!!
Great clips of the sabres from the past few years and the sabres comeback game on tampa bay 2/20/08. The song I fought the Law By Green Day is not in the video as the credits say.
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Top 10 Oldest Leafs Players
The top 10 oldest players to ever play with the leafs.
Category: Compilations
Probert vs. Gaetz Fight
10/10! Thanks to a friend at broadstreetbully.com for the footage.
Category: Bob Probert Fights
Zednik and Malarchuk
2 scary incidents luckily resulting in no deaths
Category: Injuries
Richard Zednik neck injury-comment
NHL neck injury sorry for Richard Zednik Feb-10-2008
Category: Injuries
Leafs Vs. Sabres - Feb 21, 2008
Toronto - 1 Buffalo - 5
Category: NHL Game Highlights
1997-98 Doug Gilmour Returns to Toronto Part 3
12/13/97, Doug Gilmour plays his first game in Toronto after being traded the previous season. This is his first shift Clip is (c) SportsChannel NY/FSNY and no copyright infringement is intended against them.
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Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders 2/20/08
Capitals vs Islanders
Category: NHL Game Highlights
Blues @ Kings 2/21/08
St. Louis Blues @ Los Angeles Kings 2/21/08
Category: NHL Game Highlights
Canucks @ Predators 2/21/08
Vancouver Canucks @ Nashville Predators 2/21/08
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Mats Sundin Tribute
saying goodbye to the best player in Toronto Maple Leaf history on and off the ice
Category: Tributes
Mickey Renaud Tribute
Some pictures of Mickey over the years. ♥ R.I.P. Mickey Renaud, you will always be loved and missed, and you will never ever be forgotten ♥
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Posted by admin on 19th, 2008
We finally have an end to the ongoing Peter Forsberg saga.
Today it was announced by Forsberg’s agent, Don Baizley, that Forsberg has chosen not to return to the NHL this season, due to him not having enough confidence that his ankle / foot injuries are up to NHL standards.
To quote Yahoo Sports;
His agent, Don Baizley, told teams Forsberg did not have enough confidence in the strength of his surgically repaired right foot to play this season.
“He’s been hopeful that he would get the level of confidence that he needed, but he can’t,” Baizley said by phone. “I don’t know how close or how far away he feels. He was hopeful up until this weekend that he would be able to do it.”
- Yahoo Sports
As one who never shy’s away from controversy, i have to ask the question; is this the real reason Forsberg has chosen not to return to the NHL?
Numerous news sources have reported that there was a big race on to sign Forsberg, and that at least 8 different teams were trying to get him signed. Dallas, Detroit, Calgary, Ottawa, Colorado, Philadelphia & Nashville to name just a few.
We know that Forsberg turned down offers from Dallas and Nashville recently, the reason is rumoured to be that they did not offer enough money. In fact, sources claim that Forsberg, who is a high-risk injury player was asking for $5 million for next year and $2 million for the remainder of this year. In the world of the Salary cap, that kind of money for a semi-broken, often injured player is, in a word, crazy.
Is there a chance then, that due to offers from NHL teams being “less than desirable” for Forsberg, he has chosen to wait out the rest of the year and try his hand at the Free Agent market during the off season.
This hockey fan definitely thinks this is something to ponder.
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