Thanksgiving has come and gone and here is another issue of my weekly round up. I will have to admit with the holiday weekend, I have slipped a bit but here we go with some things that you have may of missed as you turned to football for the weekend or just simply slept your turkey dinner away.
Who is in, who is out?
Out for the next two games would be the Penguins Matt Cooke. Once again we see a cheap shot and the NHL has responded properly by issuing Cooke a 2 game suspension for a high hit to the head on the Rangers Artem Anisimov. Cooke threw an elbow to Anisimov’s head and dislodged his helmet which to me was a total cheap shot as it was no where near the puck at the time.Continue reading »
The NHL has finished the first quarter of the season. The theme so far this season seems to be injuries, swine flu and hits from behind to name a few. Credit to the NHL as they have clamped down on the vicious hits to a degree. The latest injury goes to the Red Wing’s Niklas Kronwall as he was the recipient of a leg check from Montreal’s Georges Laraque on Saturday night. Although the trip was called by the officials, the Red Wings are calling it a dirty hit. The NHL agreed with Detroit and suspended Laraque early Monday evening for 5 games.Continue reading »
Another week in the NHL and just like every week, I am here to give you the highlights and the things you may have missed over the last week. Look for this segment at Stick to Hockey every week as I recap the weeks stories all in one article.
Streaks
The New Jersey Devils extended their road win record to 9-0 on Thursday night by beating the slumping Penguins 4-1. The Penguins had a streak of their own, losing 5 straight before Christmas coming early on Saturday night as Tim Thomas and the Bruins hand them a gift in OT.Continue reading »
The Carolina Hurricanes have announced they signed veteran goaltender Manny Legace to a one year deal. President and GM, Jim Rutherford said Legace will be paid $500,000 to play in the NHL in addition to the $105,000 he is currently making for the Chicago Wolves in the AHL. The way the Canes have been playing, they should of negotiated with Lagace’s teammate Chris Chelios as well…couldn’t hurt.Continue reading »
Every week I do this column to help you stay up do date with what’s happening in the NHL. This week we had streaks broken, players injured, trade rumors and some goaltender controversy. In case you missed anything, let me get you caught up.
Warm weather not good for the Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins went into the week with a 7-0 record on the road and the LA Kings took care of that Thursday night by scoring 4 unanswered goals in the third period as they went on to a 5-2 Victory. The Stanley Cup champs then went into San Jose Saturday night to a place they haven’t won at since October 22,1997. Evgeni Nabokov made sure that San Jose kept that choke hold on the Pens by stopping all 27 shots and shutting them out 5-0. Sidney Crosby has been held point-less in the last 4 games.Continue reading »
Last night the LA Kings ended the Pittsburgh Penguins 7 game winning streak away from the Mellon Center leaving only the New Jersey Devils who do not have a loss on the road this season. The Devils currently riding a 7-0 record on the road will try to extend that streak Saturday night at Ottawa, riding a 3 game winning streak the Devils will host the New York Islanders tonight and long awaited Patrik Elias will make his 2009-10 debut tonight for the Devils. Elias, the all time points leader for New Jersey hasn’t played a game in almost a year after having surgery on hip and groin.Continue reading »
Thanksgiving has come and gone and here is another issue of my weekly round up. I will have to admit with the holiday weekend, I have slipped a bit but here we go with some things that you have may of missed as you turned to football for the weekend or just simply slept your turkey dinner away.
The Carolina Hurricanes have announced they signed veteran goaltender Manny Legace to a one year deal. President and GM, Jim Rutherford said Legace will be paid $500,000 to play in the NHL in addition to the $105,000 he is currently making for the Chicago Wolves in the AHL. The way the Canes have been playing, they should of negotiated with Lagace’s teammate Chris Chelios as well…couldn’t hurt.
Last night the LA Kings ended the Pittsburgh Penguins 7 game winning streak away from the Mellon Center leaving only the New Jersey Devils who do not have a loss on the road this season. The Devils currently riding a 7-0 record on the road will try to extend that streak Saturday night at Ottawa, riding a 3 game winning streak the Devils will host the New York Islanders tonight and long awaited Patrik Elias will make his 2009-10 debut tonight for the Devils. Elias, the all time points leader for New Jersey hasn’t played a game in almost a year after having surgery on hip and groin.
