For The <3 Of the Game- Hockey

It's Begun......

2009-10-07T18:00:00.007-05:00

It's begun...... and who would have thought teams like New Jersey, Vancouver and Detroit would be the teams without a win and teams like St Louis, Colorado and Columbus would be thriving so early.
Now as a die-hard Vancouver fan I refuse to believe this is a sign of things to come. With the Canucks, losing their first three against Calgary, Columbus and Colorado, heads are being turned in Roberto Luongo's direction. Of course that captain insists that things are about to change, but what else are you suppose to say when your preformance has been less then brilliant.
Then again it is only a week into the season, but some number are just too hard to ignor. Vancouver has 13 goals against, last in the league....... yes even worst then Toronto at 12 goals against.
Now on a more positive note, Philadelphia, the Rangers, Washington, Calgary and San Jose, all have 10+ goals for; in just 10 games. And where as some players can go all season without a point, every player on Calgary's current roster has at least one point. Adam Pardy had 1 goal and 9 assist in all of last season, and now, has 1 goal and 2 assist in 3 games. Considering he's generally about a 60-65 (ish) games per season, kind of player thats putting him on pace for about 60 points this season. Unlikely, but possible.
We all know that stars shine bright, no matter what the season, and this one being no exception. The sky must be really clear in Washington because a few stars are brighter then others. The Great 8, Alex Ovechkin already has 5 goals, 4 assists and is a +6. Nicklas Backstrom has 8 assists and is a +5 rating. Alexander Semin has netted 4 goals and has 2 helpers and big # 21, Brooks Laich, has 3 of each, goals and assists.
Soon the 09-10 season will be in mid-flight and everyones true colors with come through. Who will be the surprise breakout player? Which rookie will step up? Which new acquisition will prove to be a smart deal and which one will be a disappointment? Will a budding Chicago squad make it to the cup finals and lose, making it three straight season, with 3 different teams, Hossa's been close enough to taste victory and be denied the chance to drink from Lord Stanley's cup? Who know, but it's sure going to be fun finding out. Let's all just sit back and enjoy!!! =]

Free Agency! It keeps us on our toes! [part one]

2009-09-10T09:09:00.005-05:00

New Teams

Mattias Ohlund-------------------from Vancouver to Tampa Bay

Marian Hossa---------------------from Detroit to Chicago

Ty Conklin------------------------from Detroit to St Louis

Dwayne Roloson------------------from Edmonton to NY Islanders

Mike Knuble----------------------from Philadelphia to Washington

Jaroslav Spacek-------------------from Buffalo to Montreal

Nikolai Khabibulin----------------from Chicago to Edmonton

Ian Laperriere--------------------from Colorado to Philadephia

Mike Cammalleri-----------------from Calgary to Montreal

Mike Komisarek------------------from Montreal to Toronto

Sami Pahlsson--------------------from Chicago to Columbus

Mathieu Garon-------------------from Pittsburgh to Columbus

John Madden---------------------from New Jersey to Chicago

Brian Gionta----------------------from New Jersey to Montreal

Martin Havlat--------------------from Chicago to Minnesota

Nik Antropov---------------------from NY Rangers to Atlanta

Adrian Aucoin--------------------from Calgary to Phoenix

Tyler Arnason--------------------from Colorado to NY Rangers

Mikael Samuelsson---------------from Detroit to Vancouver

All those in just the first three days......and i failed to mention a lot of other less effecting signings!

Asia Hockey League

2009-09-10T09:07:00.003-05:00

I found this little article about a new hockey league in Asia. It sounds pretty crazy but they seem to have it under control and organized. Check it out!

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=497976

They say a picture is worth. ...... .. ..

2009-08-20T09:53:00.010-05:00

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but sometimes only one word comes to mind....Love <3

click thumbnail for full image

Ohlund Article- 03/02/09

2009-05-09T17:33:00.002-05:00

http://www.vancouversun.com/Sports/forever+Canuck+classy+Ohlund+plays/1247539/story.html

interesting Ohlund Article about the possiblity of leaving Vancouver!

What Sound Does A Blackhawk Make?

2009-04-28T12:23:00.014-05:00

~What sound does a blackhawk make?

It sounds something like 19000+ crazy fans screaming inside The United Center in Chicago!!

Deafening, I would assume.

Now unfortunately game 6 of the Hawks-Flames series, in which the Blackhawks dominated, was in Calgary, so everyone left with their hearing intact.

Calgary fans only had one occasion to cheer, when Bertuzzi scored his first and last goal of the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs, at the beginning of the 3rd period. The Flames were already down by three and Dustin Byfuglien eventually potted an empty netter to make it 4-1 and finish the Flames season.

Chicago, finally back in the playoffs, with more then just fighting words, a legitimate chance.

Youth is proving to be quite an asset. Experience is sparse upfront, but strong between the pipes. It's possible that 17 players on the Hawks roster could have made their post season debut this season.

Their Playoff experience looks something like this:

Nikolai Khabibulin--1 Stanley Cup Ring
---57 games----31 wins----25 loses----6 shutouts----.921Sv----2.29 GAA

with Winnipeg, Phoenix and Tampa Bay

Andrew Ladd--1 Stanley Cup Ring

---17 games----3 goals----2 assists----4 PM

with Carolina

Sami Pahlsson--1 Stanley Cup Ring

---64 games----7 goals----16 assists----50 PM

with Anaheim

Martin Havlat

---51 games----14 goals----20 assists----34 PM

with Ottawa

Brent Sopel
---42 games----2 goals----9 assists----10 PM
with Vancouver

Brian Campbell
---47 games----4 goals----16 assists----30 PM
with Buffalo

Christobal Huet
---13 games----5 wins----8 loses----.918Sv----2.65 GAA
with Montreal and Washington

Patrick Sharp

---12 games----1 goal----2 PM

with Philadelphia

Matt Walker
---4 games----1 assist
with St. Louis

Ben Eager

---2 games----26 PM

with Philadelphia

Oh The Beauty Of Photoshop!!

2009-04-20T17:42:00.006-05:00

The things you can do with photoshop and some spare time!

Clearly they could be done better, but I didn't have that much time to devote to editing pictures.

(click for larger image)

I feel as though, some how Getty wouldn't approve.....

Before:

After:

Oh Trev!

2009-04-11T19:46:00.006-05:00

Happy 39th Birthday Mr. Linden!

And I didn't make this, but I do enjoy it! Check It Out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xziSw5qIBGQ

Ode To The Playoffs

2009-04-09T15:44:00.007-05:00

Ode to the playoffs
Where the good play the great
and the better prevail

Ode to the players
who raise their game
play shift after shift
until every inch of them burns

Ode to the game
tape to tape passes
top shelf back-handers
bone crushing hits
glove saves

Ode to the fan
who stay loyal through it all
and never let go of hope
those who celebrate with the team

Ode to the ice
freshly flooding
a new beginning
perfect

Ode to the playoffs
16 wins is all it takes
the strong will survive
and the weak will become stronger
because in the playoffs,
passion leads you to the cup
and passion is in all of us

by Michelle Dudeck
=]

New Team, New Tricks

2009-03-14T12:17:00.005-05:00

Trade deadline was well anticipated and to my concerned, worked out pretty well, heres a few players that fit in well with the new team thus far.

Player------------------From-------------To
Antione Vermette------Ottawa------------Columbus
3 goals, 3 assist, 1 PPG, +4, in 4 games with Columbus, limemates: Williams and Umberger

Olli Jokinen-------------Phoenix-----------Calgary
5 goals, 6 PM, 1 PPG in 5 games wit Calgary, linemates: Iginla and Cammallari

Scottie Upshall----------Philadelphia-------Phoenix
3 goals, 2 PPG, 6 PM, +1, in 5 gmaes with Phoenix, linemates: Prucha and Lombardi

Matthew Lombardi-----Calgary------------Phoenix
1 goal, 3 assists, 1 PPG, in 5 games, linemates: Upshall and Prucha

Erik Cole---------------Edmonton----------Caroline
1 goal, 5 assists, 2 PM, +1, in 5 games, linemates: Ruutu and Staal

Mrs. Hockey, Gone but Never Forgotten

2009-03-07T09:26:00.007-06:00

On Friday Colleen Howe, the incredible wife of retired NHL superstar Gordie Howe, aka Mr Hockey, passed away at the age of 76. Behind the sences Colleen was there for Gordie, the family and hockey 100% of the time. She lived to better the sport and better her family and also better the world with her charity work. I can not write true enough words when I say she was loved by all and this is a terrible loss. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Gordie, Mark, Marty, Murray and Cathy, and everyone who knew her.
I can't tell you how much she will be missed, so he is a linked to the NHL article about this tragedy.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=412714

The Youngins- Rookie version

2009-03-02T17:40:00.007-06:00

With most veterans takes new, less extreme roles on their teams (some exceptions of course), the young guys are stepping in to make the big plays. The obvious young players like, Crosby, Ovechkin, Malkin...and the Staals all play big roles on their respected clubs but I'm talking rookies who are making and impact and getting it done this season.

Notable Rookies
USA----Boston Bruins- Blake Wheeler- 38 points- +33- 57% in the shootout
USA--Chicago Blackhawks- Kris Versteeg- 44 points- 28 assists(leads rookies)- 4 SH goals
SWE----St Louis Blues- Patrik Berglund- 38 points- 21 goals(leads rookies)- 6 PP goals
CAN--Anaheim Ducks- Bobby Ryan- 41 points- 8 PP goals
CAN----Columbus Blue Jackets- Derek Dorsett- 138 PM
USA--St Louis Blues- Brandon Crombeen- 132 PM- 3 GWG
CAN----Columbus Blue Jackets- Steve Mason- 8 shutouts (leads the league)- 24 wins- .920 SV%
FIN--Nashville Predators- Pekka Rinne- 20 wins- 6 shutouts- .926SV%(leads rookies)

Veteran Savvy

2009-02-18T14:20:00.016-06:00

Thornton, Elias, Doan, Iginla. We all know these names but why. Some players play 20 years in the league and bearly get regonized. Others get noticed. Some guys just know where to be on the ice, can pass tape to tape, through skates and sticks and choas. Some guys can pick the top corner from any where in the offensive zone, others can speed down the ice or seperate someone from the puck with force. Some can do it all. This; mixed with the experience that comes from many NHL season.....Dangerous! Patience, poise, awareness...Savvy!

Joe Thornton
Drafted: 1997 by Boston 1st overall
Played for the Bruins until mid-way through the 2005-2006 season, Finished that season with the Sharks, where is remains. Has 821 points to date, 809 games. Finished 1st in San Jose with 92 points last season, 5th in the NHL. Won the Art Ross Trohpy, Hart Trophy in 2006.
Patrik Elias
Drafted: 1994 by New Jersey 2nd round 51 overall
Made his NHL debut with the Devils in the 1995-1996 season. Had a career high in 2000-2001 with 96 points, 40 goals and 56 assists. Patrik has 692 points in 803 games in the NHL to date, all with the Devils. Finished the 2007-2008 second, only to Zach Parise, in New Jersey. He has been in the top 5 point getters on his team since 1998, six of those years, he led. Missed most on the 2005-2006 season due to hepatitis-A but still collected 45 points in 38 games.
Shane Doan
Drafted: 1995 by Winnipeg 1st rounnd, 7th overall
Played a single season for the Jets, and went to Phoenix where Winnipeg had been relocated. Still with the Coyotes has 602 points in 941 games and has reached the 20 goal mark nine times. Doan has represented Canada in 7 international events, and has 31 points. The Coyotes captain had a career high season last year with 78 points, and is on pace for 74 points this season.
Jerome Iginla
Drafted: 1995 by Dallas 1st round, 11th overall
Iginla was traded in Calgary in December of 1995, without playing any time in the NHL. The Flames leader has played in four NHL All-Star games and has won the Rocket Richard Trophy(twice), the Art Ross Throphy, the Lester B Pearson Award, and the King Clancy Memorial Trohpy. Jerome has 823 points in 917 games in the NHL. He has scored 50 goals twice in his career and only in 1997-1998 has he scored less then 20 goales in a season. He has led his team in points, the last 7 season.

Good Photos Gone Bad

2009-01-20T12:56:00.011-06:00

Getty just contiunes to ruin a good thing! Although, that is that point, but still, here's some good pictures ruined by Getty!

(click on images to see larger scale)

The Lucky Ones-----West

2009-01-12T10:14:00.008-06:00

All Star week in Montreal is going to be huge! On the cities 100th season in the league, is there any better place for the All Star events to be held. I still don't like that the league feels every team needs to be represented, giving some guys a place in the game in which someone else deserves more. It's not all-star or elite if it's not actually the best talent in the league! Anyway here's what i think:
Western lineup
Pat Kane----i give him 2 assists, he'll be relatively quite
Jonanthan Toews----he'll show a little flare but not expecting big points
Ryan Getzlaf----a goal, a good big body presences around the net but has the soft hands
Dustion Brown
Pavel Datsyuk----will fly by everyone with ease but will only get 2 or 3 points
Shane Doan----good presence, a goal and an assist
Milan Hejduk
Jerome Iginla----he'll score, possibly on the powerplay, if he gets a chance
Mike Modano----throw his body around nicely
Rick Nash----points a plently
Joe Thornton----3 or 4 points
Keith Tkachuk
Brian Campbell----a couple assists, maybe a goal, but good puck awareness
Scott Niedermayer
Dan Boyle
Nick Lidstrom----3 assists
Sheldon Souray----let the slap shot go a few time
Shea Weber
JS Giguere
Niklas Backstrom
Roberto Luongo----if he plays......

Dear Mr......

2008-12-01T11:34:00.011-06:00

Dear Mr. Carter

Jeff, if I may. 23 games into the season you already have 16 goals, only 13 goals away from your season best. Your assists are a little behind from the usual but I wouldn't worry, because your already have 3 powerplay and 2 short handed points. Now I would like to see you finish with over 50 points, like you did last you year, but it's only your forth season in the league, so I'll give you all the time you need. But at the rate your going your on pace for an easy 78 point.

Dear Mr. Lundqvist

The NHL has been good to you, as you have been to it. With already 15 wins, I'm a little worried that fatigue will set in or injuries will arise. Take it easy, you have the Rangers at you back, and the majority of the goaltender statistics in your hand....ahem glove. You've taken the most shots and made the most saves in the league, and although you are shotout-less, you had 10 last season, so there is no doubt you can do it! Oh and Henrik, I know you were frustrated but can you give Valiquette a little heads up before you pull yourself again!

Dear Mr. Burke

What do you think you can do for the Leafs, that no-one else can do? The Canucks only won one round of the playoffs with you sitting high in you Vancouver throne. The throne is much higher in T.O. .......don't fall!

Oh Captian My Captian

2008-11-17T11:36:00.011-06:00

With Roberto Luongo sporting the always fashionable "C" the Canucks are in a pretty decent position in the early stages of this NHL season. Going 7-2-1 in their last 10, they are tied for first in the Northwest divison. But thats not the point.......

Mr Luongo, I'd say deserves more then anyone, to be called the captian. He is amoung the teams highest importance and the league leading men between the pipes. Luongo has 5 shutouts on the years, so far, 3 of which coming in a streak of 242 consecutive minutes, breaking the Canucks longest no-goals against streak. He is tied in 2nd with Nabokov and Backstrom for most wins with 10, only Lundqvist has more, at 11 wins. So with the "c" on his helmet and not on his jersey (by NHL rules, a goalie cannot have a "c" on his jersey) it hasn't stopped him from leading by example, and breaking franchise and personal records. As Mike Weaver once said "he's a freak of nature". Yeah, we hear ya Mike!

This is intense .....you should probably watchi it. with guest appearence from Anahiems Brendan Morrison, NYR Markus Naslund and Pittsburgh Matt Cooke.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mzxhNwVr68

and..Can you say Robbery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgvs1Uv-6rc

Back up and running!

2008-10-21T15:46:00.003-05:00

I dont know what happened but I'm back up and running! Unfortunately I pretty busy these days so I the posts will still be only every once in a while but hopefully at least once a week!
Check back soon please!
Thanks!

Playing the Captains Role --Part 2 of 6

2007-12-03T14:41:00.000-06:00

Carolina to Dallas

Carolina Hurricans
Who Is: Rod Brind'Amour "C", Eric Staal "A", Cory Stillman "A", Ray Whitney "A", Glen Wesley "A"
Who Should Be: Justin Williams "A"
Who Shouldn't Be: Glen Wesley "A"
In The Future: Eric Staal "C", Eric Cole "A"

Chicago Blackhawks
Who Is: Martin LePointe "A", Jonathon Toews "A", Brent Seabrook "A"
Who Should Be: Robert Lang "A", Martin Havlat "A"
Who Shouldn't Be: Martin Lepointe "A"
In The Future: Jonathon Toews "C", Patrick Kane "A", Patrick Sharp "A"

Colorado Avalanche
Who Is: Joe Sakic "C", Ian Laperriere "A", Andrew Brunette "A"
In The Future: Paul Stastny "C", Wojtek Wolski "A"

Columbus Blue Jackets
Who Is: Adam Foote "C", Rick Nash "A", Sergei Fedorov "A", David Vyborny "A"
In The Future: Nikolai Zherdev "A", Gilbert Brule "A"

Dallas Stars
Who Is: Brenden Morrow "C", Mike Madano "A", Sergei Zubov "A"
Who Should Be: Mike Ribero "A"
In The Future: Jussi Jokenin "C"

Bert Back In BC

2007-11-28T16:14:00.001-06:00

I could Rewrite this but basically im to lazy! Just a little thing a wrote about Bert playing back in GM place for the first time since his.....departure! So click the link!!

http://canucksanddevils.blogspot.com/2007/11/bert-back-in-bc.html

Playing the Captains Role --Part 1 of 6

2007-11-26T14:46:00.000-06:00

Anahiem to Colorado

Anahiem
Who Is: Chris Pringer "C", Rob Niedermayer "A", Chris Kunitz "A"
Who Should Be: Andy McDonald "C", Ryan Getzlaf "A"
Who Shouldn't Be: Chris Pronger "C"
In The Future: Ryan Getzlaf "A", Corry Perry "A"

Atlanta Thrashers
Who Is: Bobby Holik "C", Marian Hossa "A", Ilya Kovalchuk "A", Slava Kozlov "A", Niclas Havlid "A"
In The Future: Marian Hossa "C", Tobias Enstrom "A"

Boston Bruins
Who Is: Zdeno Chara"C", Glen Murray "A", Marc Savard "A"
Who Should Be: Marco Sturm "A"
In The Future: Phil Kessel "C"

Buffalo Sabres
Who Is: Toni Lydman "C", Brian Campbell "A", Jochen Hecht "A"
Who Should Be: Derek Roy "A"
In The Future: Jason Pominville "A", Derek Roy "A"

Calgary Flames
Who Is: Jerome Iginla "C", Owen Nolan "A", Stephane Yelle "A", Robyn Regehr "A", Rhett Warrener "A"
Who Should Be: Dion Phaneuf "A", Daymond Langkow "A"
Who Shouldn't Be: Stephane Yelle "A", Rhett Warrener "A"
In The Future: Dion Phaneuf "C"

MY All Star Teams

2007-11-16T15:57:00.000-06:00

Western
Goalies- Evgeni Nabokov, Roberto Luongo, Pascal Laclaire
Defence- Nicklas Lidstrom, Mattias Ohlund, Brain Rafalski, Dion Phaneuf
Right Wingers- Patrick Kane, Cory Perry, Marian Gaborik, Alexander Radulov
Left Wingers- Henrik Zetterberg, Daniel Sedin, Rick Nash, Wojtek Wolski
Centers- Joe Thornton, Henrik Sedin, Paul Stastny, Pavel Datsyuk

Eastern
Goalies- Martin Brodeur, Henrik Lundqvist, Marty Biron
Defencemen- Sergei Gonchar, Andrei Markov, Michal Rozsivak, Mathieu Dandenault
Right Wingers- Jaromir Jagr, Danny Alfredsson, Marty St Louis, Marian Hossa
Left Wingers- Ilya Kovalchuk, Dany Heatley, Zach Parise, Alex Ovechkin
Centers- Vinny Lecavalier, Michael Nylander, Daniel Briere, Scott Gomez

Montreal Canadiens- Part 1

2007-11-16T15:19:00.000-06:00

Alex Kovalev -9G-7A-16PTS

Pure talent and if anyone doubt it shame on you. Kovalev has silence any possible trade rumors goings around about him. With a team leading 16 points this season, and 5 powerplay goals, he is slowly returning to the player he once was, an elite player.

Andrei Markov- 6G-9A-15PTS

This defencemen has been no surprise this season, playing like the same player his been for the last few years. After returning from Russia where he played during the lockout it seems as if Markov has seen new light, a much brighter light! With 4 powerplay and 1 shorthanded goal already it seems as thought Markov is off to a career high season.

Saku Koivu- 4G-11A- 15PTS

The Canadiens Captian is playing his usual power forward style, is off to a little bit of a slow start but with last season career high of 75 points since joining the NHL with the Canadiens in 1995. With 3 powerplay goals Koivu should have no trouble keeping his point total up this season.

Chris Higgins- 6G-5A-11PTS

Higgins was off to a great start with 11 Pts in the first 13 games of the season, but has been held pointless in the last few games, if he can stay consistent then this Left winger could be a big point producer for Montreal this season.

Tomas Plekanec- 5G- 10A- 15 PTS

To say the lest Plakenec is off to about a 55 pts season, with six multi-point games already and many more to come. This young player has yet to reach his full potential but his climbing the ladder quick enough to play the powerplay and put the puck in the net.

Steve Begin- 1G-1A-2PTS

Begin has never been a big goal scorer or the best playmaker but he is a pressure player, one that brings intensty to the table and lets his presence be known on the ice. He'd be lucky if he plays 60 games this season and get 20 points but thats not what he's there for.

Tomas Plekanec

Ohlund and Linden Pictures

2007-08-08T22:40:00.000-05:00

http://canucksanddevils.blogspot.com/

yay for pictures

Oh Sheldon!

2007-07-17T11:06:00.000-05:00

I don't have much to say!

It is beyond me why a player like Sheldon Souray would go to the Oilers, no ofense fans. I'm a pretty big Souray fan so it totally confuses me why he would do that! He was Montreals perfect fit, their gunmen if you will! Point and shot and everyone yells SSOOOUUURRRAAAAYYYY. why would you leave that!

Free Agency and New life

2007-07-08T13:11:00.000-05:00

Wow free agency is screwing with my head quite a bit. It's crazy seeing players I loved on one team go to a team I don't like, or watching a team i love get players I don't want to watch. Ugh, frustrating.
Favorite Teams:
Vancouver Canucks, New Jersey Devils, Montreal Canadians, New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings, San Jose Sharks

Notable Trades- Blue- I Really like it, Orange I like it, Red- It's got it's good and bad points to it, Yellow- Don't like it, Purple- I really Don't like it, Green- Doesn't matter

Scott Hannan goes to Colorado
Chris Drury goes to NYR
Scotty Gomez goes to NYR
Brian Raflaski goes to Detroit
Mathieu Schnieder goes to Anahiem
Jed Ortmeyer goes to Nashville
Ryan Smyth goes to Colorado
Paul Kariya goes to St Louis
Dany Saboruin goes to Pittsburgh
Michael Nylander goes to Washington
Todd Bertuzzi goes to Anahiem
Bryan Smolinski goes to Montreal
Dainius Zubrus goes to New Jersey
Bill Geurin goes to NYI
Mike Comrie goes to NYI
Jocelyn Thibault goes to Buffalo

Back-Ups Moving Up

2007-06-12T16:59:00.000-05:00

so this season it season like alot of good players didn't set it up and lost their stopa to their back ups. in a way thats kinda cool for the back-ups and its good be a good feeling for this but it's gooding suck for the guys losing their positions. Sometimes though the starter doesnt actually lose the position but he's taken from it for a bit.

Lost the starting stop

Marty Biron was suppose to be the starter but lost it to Ryan Miller------[Buffalo]
Martin Gerber was brought in to replace Hasek as the start but didn't preform so Ray Emery stepped in and proved he could fill Hasek's unfilled shows----[Ottawa]
Ilya Bryzgalov was brought in for JS Giguere in round one, Giguere became a daddy and there was a little set back with his new little one so Ilya had to get the Ducks through the serie----[Anahiem]
Johan Hedberg stepped in for Kari Lehtonen, though he didn't win the game nor the series, it sure sent a message to the Thrashers-----[Atlanta]
Peter Budaj pretty much stole Jose Theodore's job in the mountain, J.T. only played 33 games all season with only 13 wins, Budaj only played 24 more games but had 20 more wins----[Colorado]
Cristobal Huet, on the other end of the spectrum, only played 10 more games then David Aebischer eith only 6 more wins but eveyone turned to Mr. Huet when times got rough-----[Montreal]
Nicklas Backstrom played 3 less games then Manny Fernandez and only had one more win then him, but he sure turned heads when Fernandez was out-----[Minnesota]
Wade Dubielewicz, how the hell is he, well he's the guy who got the Islanders in the playoffs, winning 4 out of 8 of the most important games for the Isles this season while Rick DiPietro was out----[NYI]
Dany Sabourin played about three minutes of the playoff while Roberto Luongo went missing in the beginning of OT. He made 3 or 4 big saves went it counted-----[Vancouver]
Marty Brion, again, went to Philly and became the starter again----[Philadelphia]
Antero Niittymaki, signed as a 2nd string goalie played 3 times as many games as Robert Esche, the starter. Although he didn't win much, the rest of the team help him out to much-----[Philadelphia]

The Best Jersey Numbers- Part 1

2007-05-31T17:53:00.000-05:00

Part 1- #1-25 The Best Numbers in hockey, why there the best and other cool people who where/wore it!
[1]-[ Kirk McLean]-[Roberto Luongo, Johan Hedberg]
[2]-[Mattias Ohlund]-[
[3]-[Kevin Bieksa]-[
[4]-[Vinny Lacavalier]-[Chris Kunitz, Mattias Norstrom]
[5]-[Nicklas Lidstrom]-[Bryan Allen]
[6]-[Sami Salo]-[Adrain Aucoin]
[7]-[Brendan Morrison]-[
[8]-[Teemu Selanne]-[Keith Tkachuk, Marek Malik, Wojtek Wolski, Alex Ovechkin]
[9]-[Derek Roy]-[Milan Michalek, Taylor Pyatt, Zach Parise]
[10]-[Pavel Bure]-[Marian Gaborik]
[11]-[Daniel Alfredsson]-[Saku Koivu, Jordan Staal]
[12]-[Simon Gagne]-[Eric Staal, Patrick Marleau, Brian Rolston]
[13]-[Slava Kozlov]-[Ray Whitney, Pavel Datsyuk, Mike Cammalleri]
[14]-[Brian Gionta]-[Brendan Shanahan, Johnathon Cheechoo]
[15]-[Dany Heatley]-[ Jamie Langenbrunner]
[16]-[Trevor Linden]-[Marco Sturm, Sergei Federov, Darcy Tucker]
[17]-[Ilya Kovalchuk]-[
[18]-[Marian Hossa]-[ Sergei Brylin, Matthew Lombardi]
[19]-[Stevie Yzerman]-[Markus Naslund, Joe Thornton, Joe Sakic, Andy McDonald, Scott Mellanby, Jason Spezza, Shane Doan]
[20]-[Evgeni Nabokov]-[
[21]-[Peter Forsberg]-[Chris Higgins, Bryan Smolinski]
[22]-[Daniel Sedin]-[Tiger Williams, Setev Begin, Scott Hannan]
[23]-[Chris Drury]-[Scott Gomez, Milan Hejduk]
[24]-[Martin Havlat]-[Chris Chelios, Matt Cooke, Brad May]
[25]-[Mathieu Dandenault]-[

Sens vs Ducks

2007-05-23T17:30:00.000-05:00

So I actually expected Detroit to be in the final but either way!

I think the Sens will come out on top in this one, bearly, but they will!

Both teams have a few injuries right now that might fix themselves by Monday, I still think Ottawa has the edge!

Their young and energetic, not that the Ducks aren't just not to Ottawa's extent. Both goalies have been playing amazing so you can't exactly base whos going to win on which team has the better goalie. The only thing I could say about them is that Giguere has a little trouble with missed shots that rebound back in front from the boards.

Emery is generally pretty solid.

Both teams have good captians in Scotty Niedermayer and Alfredsson, and both teams bring the physical aspect and grit to the game, so it's kind of tough to predict. So i hope I'm right!

Buffalo Blowout?

2007-05-15T17:32:00.000-05:00

Well Buffalo, of all teams, is down 3-0 in their series against the Sens. How happy am I right now? lol Considering all the guys at working we soo sure Buffalo would win the cup and now their doubtfully going to make it to the final. Even when I told then the Sabres need to wake up or it's not going to Happen, no-one at work believed me! lol

Anyway good for the Sens to be where they are, representing Canada and all! Emery is stepping up big time and I hope it continues. I'd like to see Ottawa and Detroit in the final, a game 7 would be nice! lol

Back to Buffalo, it's not that I don't like them cuz i really like Derek Roy, but they just don't do it for me and i'm usually not a Sens fan but when push comes to shove Buffalo will fall and there has always just been something about them that i don't like, possibly Lindy Ruff, i don't know. And they trade Biron, like who does that. but either way, Sabres, not on my favorite list exactly.

He is a random picture of Alfie!

Good Pictures RUINED

2007-05-10T17:50:00.000-05:00

Click!

So close your can smell in......or not?

2007-05-05T13:23:00.000-05:00

A few nights ago, with determination the Ducks eliminated Vancouver from the playoffs. Not exactly was i was hoping for. For more details on that go to http://canucksanddevils.blogspot.com/ .

Last night with 7 seconds left in a 1-0 Rangers, Sabres game Chris Drury forced OT where Afinogenov would later end the game. Buffalo leads that series 3-2.

Today Detroit and San Jose battle in a tied series and this evening the Devils and Sens go at it. Ottawa leads that series 3-1.

The players can almost smell victory, but for some it will be over very soon. As much as I want NYR to beat Buffalo i don't think it will happen. The Sabres just have more depth. I also want NJD to take out the Sens but thats a little unikely at this point as well. The Devils are either to defensive at times or not at all, and the Sens are just hot right now.

Sharks and Wings. I'm actually really torn in this series. i like both these teams and both have depth and talant. So I can't really predict this one. Hasek or Nabokov, Lidstrom or Marleau, Zetterberg or Thornton, Datsyuk or Cheechoo. I have no idea! Right now it's not about who I like better it's about who is better.

Random about me's

2007-04-27T16:08:00.000-05:00

Favorites
Sports: Hockey, Ringette
Teams: Vancouver Canucks, NJ Devils
Why: why not
Number: 16
Why: Trevor Linden
Players(5 max.): Mattias Ohlund, Trevor Linden, Marty Brodeur, Henrik Lundvist, Brian Gionta
Day of the week: Thursday and Friday
Why: Don't know
Colors: Blue, Bright green and red
Place: the cottage, the farm, a friends place
Why: i can relax and have fun
Music: Classic rock the most and everything else
Songs right now: Don't Let Me Down
Artist right now: The Who maybe or The Cat Empire
Food: Subway:)
Drink(soda): Rootbeer
Toy as a child: Poples
electronic Game: NHL 06'(x-box)
Board Game: Payday, 13 dead end drive
ICe Cream Flavor: Tiger Tiger, Cotton Candy
Time of day: about 6:00ish
Cars: Aston Martin Vanquish or Vantage
Summer Thing: Sandels, the beach, swimming
Winter Thing: sweaters, snowforts, snowboarding
Shows: ER, Greys Anatomy, Prison Break + Lost maybe...
Movies: Animal House, Anchorman, Oceans 11...
Characters on a show: Abby(ER), Denny(Greys Anatomy)....

Round two match ups and Predictions

2007-04-24T16:50:00.000-05:00

Round two starts Wednesday and two of my favorite teams are in it. Vancouver and New Jersey.
Here is how the first round ended.

East
Buffalo VS. Islanders------------------------Buffalo in 5
New Jersey Vs Tampa----------------------NJ in 6
Atlanta Vs. NYR-----------------------------NYR in 4
Ottawa and Pittsburgh----------------------Sens in 5

West
Detroit Vs. Calgary--------------------------Detroit in 6
Anahiem Vs. Minnesota---------------------Anahiem in 5
Vancouver Vs. Dallas------------------------Vancouver in 7
Nashville and San Jose-----------------------San Jose in 5

Anyway here's the matchs and who i think will take the series and in how many games!

Buffalo Vs NYR-------------------------------NYR in 7
NJ Vs. Ottawa--------------------------------NJD in 6
Detroit Vs. San Jose---------------------------SJ In 5
Vancouver Vs. Anahiem-----------------------Vancouver in 6

WOW......a good night

2007-04-18T15:54:00.000-05:00

So the say good things come in threes, really is true. and it came in a few forms last night!
1. The three teams i was rooting for last night all won, unfortinatly one also lost
2. The Canucks took a 3-1 lead in the series of Dallas
3. Michael Nylander got 3 goals to get his first career playoff hat trick

YAY

So the Canucks won 2-1 to Dallas giving them the 3-1 lead in the series. Ohlund (yay) started the scoring, then the stars tied it but Linden says no, not cool, so he shoved in Smolinski's rebound late in the 3rd.
Rangers....WOW...damn stright....and don't get me wrong because i actually really like the Thrashers but I'v always secretly been in love with NYR and i am very opening in love with Henrik Lundqvist so it really all works out. Nylander got a hat trick yesturday. pretty sweet. if atlanta would have put Hedberg in it would have been a less drastic lose, but NO....they left Mr. Lehtonen in for an embarassing lose, poor guy!
The Wild also won their first game of the series really not one of the series i'm following very much but i was still hoping for a win for them so lil Gabby and Pavel didn't have to head home for good this season yet.
Ottawa also defeated Pittsburgh and and Detroit lost to Calgary

Oh What A Night

2007-04-12T17:04:00.000-05:00

What a night it was last night. The playoffs kicked off with four match ups. The Sens beat the Pens 6-2, Nashville lost to San Jose in the 2OT, 5-4. It took 4 OT's to decide it but Vancouver defeat the stars 5-4, and the Wild lost to Anahiem 2-1.

Tonight match ups are.....Rangers vs Thrashers, Flames vs Red Wings, Devils against Tampa and NYI vs the Sabres.

I have alot more to say but i'm pretty tired so ill leave you with a photo and continues this later!

Playoff Match Ups

2007-04-09T16:13:00.000-05:00

So the playoff match ups are set. and the Isles beat NJ the other day so they knocked the leafs out of their playoff spot. and i'm a little disappointed Montreal didn't make it but whatever!
So heres the way the series sit and how i think it's going to end, and I'm not very good at predicting so I'm probably going to be completely off!

East
Buffalo Vs NYI------------------------Buffalo in....4
New Jersey Vs Tampa Bay------------New Jersey in 6
Atlanta Vs NYR-----------------------Atlanta in 7
Ottawa Vs Pittsburgh-----------------Ottawa in 6

West
Detroit Vs Calgary--------------------Detroit in5
Anahiem Vs Minnesota---------------Minnesota in 6
Vancouver Vs Dallas------------------Vancouver in 5
Nashville Vs San Jose-----------------San Jose in 5

Uncool Injuries

2007-03-25T22:32:00.000-05:00

Just a few injuries that i think sucks, mainly b/c i like the players or its too bad they're hurt b/c they're just good..lol

Boston---Glen Murray----Groin

Buffalo---Maxim Afinagenov----Broken Wrist

Carolina---Bret Hedican---Lower Body

Red Wings---Jiri Fischer---Heart Irregualtion

Red Wings---Henrik Zetterberg---Back Spasms---:(

Florida---Alex Auld---Sore Knee

Minnesota---Manny Fernandez---Knee

NJ---Patrick Elias---Groin---:(

NJ---Brian Gionta---Groin---:(

NJ---Alex Mogilny---Hip

NYR---Marcel Hossa---Sprained MCL

Philly---Simon Gagne---Strained Hip Flexor

Philly---Scottie Upshall---Seperated Shoulder---:(

Phoenix---Ed Jovanovski---Groin---:(

Vancouver---Ryan Kesler---Hip

Vancouver---Willie Mitchell---Strained Groin

Vancouver---Sami Salo---Strained Groin

Vancouver---Mattias Ohlund---Elbow---:(---<3

Go Chuky Go

2007-03-25T22:17:00.000-05:00

WOW..........this is exactly what Atlanta needed. I like the Thrashers, they got good players, good coaches...not exactly good fans out there but either way..there are good team, and with the addition of Tkachuk, there just that much cooler now. Keith has always been good. Starting with the Jets ( Yay ) for five years collecting 289 points and 825 penatly minutes. the four years with Pheonix, then six with St Louis and now in Atlanta. I don't know he's just good, doesn't always put up a high point totally but it doesn't matter, he's at 52 points this season, but he's a good veteran presence to the team. I think he'll do well there.

Predictions

2007-03-20T17:16:00.000-05:00

Predictions for Tuesday Games
Winner will be highlighted in red

Tuesday

Boston----Vs----Montreal
Florida----Vs----Philly
Chicago---Vs-----Columbus
NJ Devils-VS-----Toronto
NYI-------Vs-----Tampa
Sens-------Vs-----St Louis
Phoenix----Vs-----Minnesota
Detroit-----Vs-----Flames

Im usually not good at this at all!

So we'll see how i do

It's Been A While.....

2007-03-13T16:22:00.000-05:00

So its been a while since i posted, ive been pretty busy lately. so the traded players have settled into their new home and teams but some are more confortable then others. Tkachuk is fitting right in in Atlanta, and has 5 points already since the move. Alexei Zhitnik was also sent to Atlanta from the flyers and has recored 8 points with his new team. Bertuzzi was sent to Detroit but is still unable to play.
Normally i would feel the need to talk about Ryan Hollweg attack by Chris Simon but i'm not really going to do that cuz deep down i kinda like Chris Simon, even though it was extreme stupid, and he knows it was, theres not really much i want to say about the topic.
So anyway next up the teams holding the top 6 places in the league right now, plus what i think of them....if you can.....
1. Nashville- 8 players with a 40+ point season already, including the recently added Forsberg, not bad i'd say
2. Detroit- no surprise, Haseks holding down the fort, Lidstrom, probably the best D-man a team could have, Zetterberg and Datsyuk, their not too bad either..:)
3. Anahiem- goaltendings big, defences big, big forwards in Selanne and McDonald, big year for Getzlaf too
4. Buffalo- quite the season their having, good goalie, good addition with Zubrus, good in general
5. New Jersey- Brodeur, enough said but ill continue, Gionta...Elias....Gomez....Parise.... Langenbrunner...i'd say thats good enough
6. Vancouver- YAY, i love them....Luongo is amazing, the twins are amazing, Naslunds back to putting points up, what more could you ask for... <3

My Favorite/Least Favorite Trades

2007-02-27T16:02:00.000-06:00

These are my favorites trades so far.
Team ---------Acquires ------------Team -------------Acquires
NYI --------Richard Zednik -----Washington -------07 2nd round pick
Canucks ----Brent Sopel -----------LA ------------07 or 08 2nd round pick,
-------------------------------------------------------08 4th rpund pick
Cancuks ---Bryan Smolinski ------Chicago ------07 2nd round pick
SJS ---------Bill Guerin ----------St Louis --------Ville Nieminen,
------------------------------------------------------07 1st-round pick,
------------------------------------------------------prospect Jay Barriball
Detroit ----Todd Bertuzzi--------- Florida --------Cond. 07 draft pick,
-----------------------------------------------------Cond. 08 2nd-round pick

Least Favorite
Team -------Acquires -----------Team ------------------Acquires
Preds------ Peter Forsberg ------Philly --------------Scottie Upshall,
---------------------------------------------------------Ryan Parent,
--------------------------------------------------------07 1st-round pick,
--------------------------------------------------------07 3rd-round pick
Philly ------Martin Biron --------Buffalo ------------07 2nd round pick
Ducks -------Brad May ---------Colorado -----------Michael Wall

Weekend Predication

2007-02-23T11:49:00.000-06:00

Winners highlighted in Red, Losing team in Blue
Friday
Oilers vs Red Wings
Bruins vs Lightening
Ducks vs Star

Saturday
Caps vs Devils
Habs vs Isles
Sabres vs Sens
Jackets vs Rangers
Leafs vs Flyers
Canes vs Thrashers
Bruins vs Panthers
Red Wings vs Preds
Sharks vs Flames
Aves vs Kings

Sunday
Devils vs Caps
Oilers vs Wild
Blues vs Blackhawks
Canucks vs Star
Pens vs Lightening
Preds vs Jackets
Aves vs Ducks

Battle of the North west

2007-02-16T10:29:00.000-06:00

Thanks to Colorados heroic playing against the Flames last night Vancouver is still in the lead of the NW divison and will have a chance to pull ahead tonight against the Chicago. The Ave's beat Calgary 7-5 last night and with a great effort from Milan Hejduk with the hat trick. Joe Sakic also got his 600th NHL career goal last night with a 40 foot slapshot with 10 seconds left in the game.

Other games last night, Anahiem beat the coyotes in OT, 5-4, Tampa beat Washingto 3-2 in a shot out, St. Louis gettin the winner. a good night for New York as the Isles defeated Boston 4-1 and the Rangers beat Carolina 4-1 aswell. Ohilly having a hard time and about to get harder with the loss of there captain, they lost 4-2 to Toronto, and finally Buffalo beat out the Oilers 2-1, in OT, Daniel Briere with the winning goal.

Those Sedins There Not Bad Eh?

2007-02-07T16:15:00.000-06:00

Now I'm a hugh Canucks fan so I've seen this for quite some time now but others are still quite surprise to see what the twins can do. Swedish is a popular theme on the canucks and the Sedins prove is a good label to have.
Daniel is the predominate goal scored between the two with 23 goals but still with 32 assists for a total of 55 points to lead the team. Henrik has only 7 goals but has 46 assist, barely trailing his brother with 53 points. Henrik is 4th in the league for assists and seems to also been the more physical with 40 minutes in the sin bin. Daniel has a team high of 9 powerplay goals this season and 5 game winning goals. Last Night in Edmonton, Daniel got his 2nd carreer hat trick, with a total of 5 points, collecting on every goal by Vancouver. To finish the hat trick he intercepted a cross ice pass and dished the puck down the ice from the Canucks blueline into a vacant edmonton net. Henrik also recieved four assists on the night, on ever goal except his brothers empty netter. The Brother were the first and second stars of the game. It's not just last night that twins have capitalized on, Daniel has 9 points and Henrik has 8 points in the last 5 game. Since Christmas the boys have a combined 42 points. In fact there is only 13 out of the total played 54 that the twins have not recieved a point. They have the top two spots of the team for points, followed by Markus Naslund at 44 points.
Daniel wears number 22 and Henrik with number 33. If it weren't for their jerseys I'd be clueless as to which is which, even after watching them for all these years. Unless their resting on the bench, then the sticks position gives it away but off ice, no idea whose who.
The brother are amazing, knowing where each other are at all times, with out even looking they know where the others going to be. Their tape to tape passes are awesome and Daniel can pretty much hit anything out of mid-air with his great hand-eye coordination. They have perfected their slap pass and use it so well. Their skating style is perfect making them elite, hell their Swedish how could they not be Elite at this point. All I can really say is their fantastic to watch, to see what they can put together and how they can make an awesome goalie look desperate and defeated. Their the perfect pairing, to find two players that could worker better and are more productive is almost impossible. The emotion they bring to their play is what makes them the kind of players they are and it's the best thing to watch. Sure their now Canadian but they make hockey what it is, energetic, fun, exciting and addicting. I'd be lieing if I said I'm not a little jealous theres not a little Swedish in me. Or maybe there is, who knows, but I do know I love the Sedins.

Preds On the Prowl

2007-02-05T13:47:00.000-06:00

Nashville is building themselves a sizeable lead and heading for the cup. Now there only 3 points up from Buffalo and 5 from Detroit and Anahiem but with three seemingly easy games headed there way that point spread could grow. Coming up against Pittsburgh, the Leafs and the kings, should be a breeze for the Preds and an easy way to putting them further ahead. Buffalo doesn't get an easier game until they take on the Oilers on the 15th.
Nashville's point leader is none other then Paul Kariya, shocker, with 58 points in 54 games, i'd say thats not to bad. Right behind Paul is Steve Sullivan with 55 points and behind him, Martin Erat with 47. Chris Mason has played the majority of the games this season starting 32 out of a possible 54 games, due to Vokouns injuries. In those 32 games has managed to pull in 44 points with 21 wins and 2 OTL. Tomas Vokoun who has been in for the Preds recent 7 out of 10 game winning streak has helped his team win 16 out of his 24 starts in net and only has 6 loses and 1 OTL on the season.
The Predators have a record of 37 14 3 with 77 points. They have the second highest Goals For,190, trailing only the Red Wings,202. Chris Mason is 4th in the league for shutouts with 5, and first in the NHL for save % at .929.
Now i'm not exactly of fan of Nashville and I don't follow them much but they definitly have proved they have what it takes, good players and two strong goaltenders to back them up.

2007-01-09T14:57:00.000-06:00

Ok so havent writen in here for a while but anyway
Alot has changed since the last time i wrote
the Canucks( <3 ) are in 10th thanks to a 7 game win streak, courtesy of Luongo
Phoenix has also won 6 straight which i think has suprise us all
New Jersey ( <3 ) is in 7th and Brodeur got his 7th shutout ..Yay
Anahiem is obviously still and first and at the other end of the spectrum in Philly with only 11 wins and 26 points in totaly....tell me you not somewhat disappointed...
Roberto Luongo was named the weeks first star Yay...good for him b/c he deserves it, he's been awsome lately!

Yay Matty!

2006-12-18T11:24:00.000-06:00

I realize this is late but i never actually got around to finishing this sooo.....Mattias Ohlund( <3 ) got his three goals in three games i was SO excited and happy for him. Mitchell became the back defence, the blocking kinda D if you know what i mean. which opened up Matty's ofence side which clearly worked for them! he now has 5 goals, 10 assists. So yeah im so happy for him. Anyway last night the canucks played Boston and lost lol 2-0 but thats besides the point because tonight there playing Columbus and im hoping there going to win because the 5-5-0 in there last 10 games.
So this is kinda pointless but anyway last night i went to the moose game cuz i live in Winnipeg and they lost but in shotout so it was still a good game and i got to see Edler which i was pretty excited about even though i've already seen him play it was still pretty cool. but the point to that was.................oh yeah on the moose Edlers number 2 and i just thought that was cute...well if it was anything to do with Ohlund cuz Matty is Edlers idol and all so yeah if his number 2 becasue of Matty thats cool....im 16 cuz of Linden so it all works out, even though Ohlunds my favorite...not sure why im not number 2 then but whatever thats not the point lol anywho....
MERRY CHRISTMAS or Happy Holidays

Go Canucks

2006-12-15T14:28:00.000-06:00

Last Night Vancouver beat Calgary. through a scoreless first period a totaly of 9 shots were taken, canucks and flames combined. Calgary started the scored but there lead was short lived. less then 2 minutes later Mattias Ohlund(heart) rung one of the post and in.(it was sweet) then as the second period was winding down Hank Sedin tipped one in from his brother on a 2-1. Canucks third goal scored by Morrison from cooke for Mo's 8th of the season! Loungo stoped 21 out of the 22 shot on net that the Flames had. Bieksa had a team high of 8 shots followed by daniel Sedin with 5. Over all it was a good! good to beat divison rivals like helps the record a bit. Canucks now in 18th place at 16-15-1

Standings

2006-12-08T11:42:00.000-06:00

Eastern Conference- blue
Western Conference- red

1. Anahiem
2. Buffalo
3. San Jose
4. Atlanta
5. Nashville
6. Dallas
7. Detroit
8. Montreal
9. Carolina
10. New Jersey
11. Edmonton
12. Minnesota
13. NYR

14. NYI

15. Ottawa
16. Toronto
17. Boston
18. Washington
19. Tampa Bay
20. Calgary
21. Colorado
22. Pittsburg
23. Vancouver
24. Florida
25. Chicago
26. Los Angeles
27. Phoenix
28. Philadelphia
29. Columbus
30. St Louis

Brendan Morrison

2006-11-23T16:26:00.000-06:00

WOW! Brendan Morrison just made my...month lol last night! I have been waiting for him to get "it" back from last year and yesturday against Detroit he scored the 2 most important goals of the game, the tieing goal and the OT winner! it was so awsum i was so happy when he finally scored but then he topped it of with an awsum 5 hole OT goal!:) SOO happy right now! He's only 6 goals and 5 assists on the season and last years at this point he had about 18 points so he's a little behind but i hope he get more soon so everybody stops putting him down!

My All Star Team!

2006-11-22T15:30:00.000-06:00

Western
Goalies- Marty Turco, Evgeni Nabokov
Defence- Scott Niedermayer, Mattias Ohlund, Nicklas Lidstrom, Sami Salo
Right Wings- Milan Michalek, Petr Sykora, Martin Havlat , Jonathon Cheecho
Left Wings- Daniel Sedin, Alexander Frolov, Markus Naslund, Henrik Zetterberg
Center- Patrick Marleau, Joe Sakic, Joe Thorton, Henrik Sedin

Eastern
Goalie- Martin Brodeur, Henrik Lundqvist
Defence- Sheldon Souray, Bryan McCabe, Teppo Numminen, Tomas Kaberle
Right Wings- Jaromir Jagr, Marian Hossa, Maxim Afinogenov, Darcy Tucker
Left Wings- Brenden Shanahan, Thomas Vanek, Zach Parise, Patrick Elias
Center- Pavel Datsyuk, Jason Spezza, Peter Forsberg, Scott Gomez

NHL Player Appreciation List

2006-11-14T15:59:00.000-06:00

Players in the NHL that I really like/really respect!
*italic Players- Favorites

Anahiem- Ilya Bryzgalov, JS Gigure, Scott Niedermayer, Rob Niedermayer, Ryan Getzlaf, Andy McDonald, Teemu Salanne
Atlanta- Keri Lehtonen, Johan Hedberg, Marian Hossa, Niklas Havelid, Ilya Kovalchuk, Steve McCarthy
Boston- Glen Murray, Marc Savard, Zdeno Chara, PJ Axelsson
Buffalo- Ryan Miller, Marty Biron, Teppo Numminen, Thomas Vanek, Jason Pominville, Maxim Afinogenov, Daniel Briere, Derek Roy
Calgary- Chuck Kobasew, Rhett Warrener, Dion Phaneuf, Robyn Regher
Carolina-Cam Ward, Eric Staal, Ray Whitney, Niklas Wallin, Bret Hedican
Colorado- Jose Theodore, Joe Sakic, Wojtek Wolski, Milan Hejduk, Marek Svatos, JM Liles, Tyler Arnason, Patrice Briesbios
Chicago- Nikolai Khabibulin, Martin Havlat, Brian Smolinski, Adrian Aucoin, Brandon Bochenski, Tuomo Ruutu
Columbus- Rick Nash, Sergei Federov, Nikolai Zherdev, Anson Carter
Detroit- Nicklas Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg, Mathieu Schnieder, Jason Williams, Chris Chelios
Dallas- Marty Turco, Mike Madano, Jussi Jokinen, Brendan Morrow
Edmonton- Dwayne Roloson, Petr Sykora, Jarret Stoll, Raffi Torres, Fernando Pisani
Florida- Ed Belfour, Alex Auld, Todd Bertuzzi, Bryan Allen, Joe Neuwendyk
LA- Dan Cloutier, Mattias Norstrom, Brent Sopel
Montreal- David Aebisher, Christobal Huet, Steve Begin, Saku Koivu, Criag Rivet, Sergei Samsonov, Sheldon Souray, Alex Kovalev
Minnesota- Brian Rolston
Nashville- Tomas Vokoun, Chris Mason, Scottie Upshall, JP Dumount
NYI- Rick DiPietro, Viktor Kozlov, Alexei Zhitnick
NYR- Henrik Lundqvist, Marek Malik, Jamoir Jagr, Brenden Shannahan
New Jersey- Marty Brodeur, Scott Gomez, Patrick Elias, Brian Gionta, Brian Rafalski, Zach Parise, Sergei Brylin, Jay Pandolfo, John Madden
Ottawa- Danny Alfredsson, Dany Heatley, Jason Spezza, Patrick Eaves, Wade Reddan, Mike Fisher, Andrej Maszaros
Pittsburgh- MA Fluery, Jocelyn Thibault, Evgeni Malkin, Jordan Staal
Philadelphia- Antero Nittymaki, Peter Forsberg, Simon Gagne, Kyler Calder
Phoenix- Ed Jovanovski, Shane Doan, Jeremy Roenick
San Jose- Evgeni Nabokov, Vesa Toskala, Joe Thorton, Jonathon Cheechoo, Milan Michalek, Matt Carle
St Louis- Martin Ruchinsky, Dougie Weight, Dan Hinote, Christian Backman
Tampa Bay- Vinny Lecavalier, Martin St Louis
Toronto- Andrew RayCroft, Mikeal Tellqvist, Darcy Tucker, Nik Antropov, Bryan McCabe, Alexei Ponikarovsky
Vancouver- Roberto Luongo, Markus Naslund, Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin, Mattias Ohlund, Trevor Linden, Matt Cooke, Brendan Morrison, Sami Salo, Ryan Kesler, Taylor Pyatt, Alexander Edler
Washington- Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Brain Pothier, Richard Zednik

Last night game recap

2006-11-10T15:22:00.000-06:00

So last night the canucks suffered a pretty big loss against Anahiem. Gigure played well obviously and the ducks had 5 different goal scorers in 6 goals. Vancouver fell apart basically, Sabourin didn't play his best, and no-one really knew what was going on! a little disappointing, to say the least!
Toronto took out the Bruins last night even when Raycroft got hurt. Both Nik Antropov and Alexei Ponikarovsky had a 3 point night for the leafs and Zdeno Chara pulled in 12 minutes of penatlies for Boston.
The canes beat the caps 5-0, eric cole with a Hat trick. Carolina had 39 shots on washingtons Brent Johnson, the caps only got 20 shots on Cam Ward.
Alexei Yashin(2) and Richard Park(1) were the goal scorers for the Islanders in there 3-1 victory over Philadelphia. The Flyers struggling to regain the control they had last year. Simon Gagne the lone victor for the Flyers.
Chicago was defeated 2-1 by the Devils in a shootout. Gionta sealed the deal in SO. Parise(NJ) also socred in SO. Brodeur is having a great start to the season with already 3 shutouts and a .912 Sv%.
Klesla(Columbus) has two goals in The Blue Jackets 4-2 win over St Louis. All 6 goals of the game came in the second period. Sergei Federov also got 2 assists.
Dallas defeated Phoenix yesturday at home in a battled that ended 1-0 in the Stars favor. Brenden Morrow scored the game winning goal on a power play of a Jeremy Roenick penalty. Marty Turco had 13 shots on net and CuJo had 35.
San Jose and the LA squared off but the Sharks took over the Kings to win it 7-3. The Sharks with a great effort, Cheechoo bringing in 2 assists and Marleau with the hat trick. Michalek putting up 18 on the season with 3 assists against the Kings. Toskala made 38 saves for the SJ.

First One!

2006-11-08T16:16:00.000-06:00

Hey this is my first entry...so i dont really know how to start sooo.....i'll just get right into it my favorite team in the canucks so there is probably going to be more about them then other teams but i have a lot to say about other hockey teams and players. i love hockey even though i don't play it, i play ringette but hockey is almost always on my mind i have been a hockey fan since i was about 8 or 9 and a canucks fan since i was about 11 or 12 so yeah...just making this blog because i usually have alot to say about hockey but no-one i know likes hockey as much so i just need to get it out lol. alright thats it. Thanks!