The Toronto Maple Leafs have to be scratching their heads this morning and wondering what they have to do to win a game in the NHL this year. All season long, the Leafs have had their share of problems like goal-tending, which they got last night….not having Phil Kessel, who played last night….and shots on net, which they definitely had last night…..61 to be exact, which tied the team record. So how could they have lost? Bring in Rollie the goalie. Continue reading »
Nov 242009
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 »
Nov 162009
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 »
Nov 082009
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 »
Nov 062009
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 »
We knew sooner or later the Bruins would break up the lose one , win one pattern but losing two and a row wasn’t what any Boston fan was hoping for. Not only did the Bruins lose two in a row but got shut out both times. Continue reading »
