The first month of the 2009-2010 season is in the books, another week has gone by in the NHL and of course I will get you caught up of the important things in case you missed anything.
Boo-Hoo, the ref’s hate me
One of my favorite stories of the week has to be from the City of Anaheim where according to Duck fans, the officials gave Toronto their first win with phantom calls. I wrote a whole piece on that earlier this week and you can read the article here. The irony is the day after I posted that article, I had one less follower on Twitter…coincidence? Nah….poor sport. Just for the record, I think the site is cute, the Rally was stupid. Continue reading »
Big Joe and company had a tough task at hand if they wanted to go into Washington and beat the Caps in the building they only lost 9 games all of last season. San Jose though they caught a break in the first period when Jose Theodore left the game with an undisclosed injury leaving rookie Semyon Varlamov a huge task at hand, taming the high flying Sharks.
The Rookie goalie came to play stopping all 15 shots he faced and got help from Alex Ovechkin scored 2 goals in less than 30 seconds early in the second period leading him to a 4-1 victory over the Sharks. San Jose could not “capitalize” on 5 power play opportunities in the first period as they only mustered 13 shots, four less than the Caps.
Theodore is listed day to day with back spasms. Dan Rosen of NHL.com is reporting that Jose’s injury could of happened while diving for a loose puck half way through the first period. Theodore did finish the first period before Varlamov relieved him at the start of the second period.