ALL-STAR WEEKEND.

Jeff Skinner of the Carolina Hurricanes, youngest player to ever be chosen to play in the All-Star Game flickr.com

January 28, 2011

 So a lot has happened this week in hockey NHL world, there haven’t been that, many games this week because of the All-Star game this weekend, the draft is later on tonight, the game itself is tomorrow, and the skills competition is on Sunday. The skills competition is open to players and rookies alike, where as first time NHL players cannot play in the All-Star game in most circumstances. The can participate in the Skills Competition which is supposed to be a fun relaxed competition… just look at Ovi’s hat.  Several players that were originally chosen to play in the All-Star game will not be able to participate due to injuries or for personal reasons. Jeff Skinner is a rookie for the Carolina Hurricanes who originally was only supposed to play in the Super Skills competition but because of recently openings in the team line-ups he has become eligible to play in the games. Eric Staal is “willing to do whatever to takes to get him on his team.” He wants to keep it all in the family, Jeff Skinner is also the youngest player to ever play in the All-Star game.  I will update later on the final roster for the All Star games after Lidstrom and Staal pick their teams.

We have a lot of scoring to get caught up on…so let us begin.

Monday January 24, 2011

§  New York Rangers: 2

o   Washington Capitals: 1

§  GOALS: NEW YORK: Marian Gaborik

§  GOALS: WASHINGTON: Matt Hendricks

·      SHOOTOUT GOALS: NEW YORK: Wojtek Wolski, Mats Zuccarello, Artem Anisimov (winning goal)

·      SHOOTOUT GOALS: WASHINGTON: Matt Hendricks, Nicklas Backstrom

§  Toronto Maple Leafs: 4

o   Carolina Hurricanes: 6

§  GOALS: TORONTO: Tim Brent, Tim Brent, Mike Brown, Tomas Kaberle

§  GOALS: CAROLINA: Joe Corvo, Jamie McBain, Brandon Sutter, Brandon Sutter, Jeff Skinner, Erik Cole

§  Nashville Predators: 1

o   Calgary Flames: 3

§  GOALS: NASHVILLE: David Legwand

§  GOALS: CALGARY: Curtis Glencross, Jarome Iginla, Brendan Morrison

§  St. Louis Blues: 3

o   Colorado Avalanche: 4

§  GOALS: ST. LOUIS: Jay McClement, Eric Brewer, David Backes

§  GOALS: COLORADO: Brandon Yip, Brandon Yip, Kevin Shattenkirk, Ryan Stoa

§  Dallas Stars: 1

o   Vancouver Canucks: 7

§  GOALS: DALLAS: Brad Richards,

§  GOALS: VANCOUVER: Alexandre Burrows, Ryan Kesler, Christian Ehrhoff, Mikael Samuelsson, Henrik Sedin, Mason Raymond, Dan Hamhuis

§  Boston Bruins: 0

o   Los Angeles Kings: 2

§  GOALS: BOSTON:

§  GOALS: LOS ANGELES: Ryan Smyth, Andrei Loktionov

Tuesday January 25, 2011

§  Florida Panthers: 4

o   New York Rangers: 3

§  GOALS: FLORIDA: Rostislav Olesz, Keaton Ellerby, Mike Santorelli, Mike Weaver

§  GOALS: NEW YORK: Derek Stepan, Brandon Prust, Brandon Boyle

§  New York Islanders: 0

o   Pittsburgh Penguins: 1

§  GOALS: NEW YORK: -

§  GOALS: PITTSBURGH: Craig Adams

§  Anaheim Ducks: 3

o   Columbus Blue Jackets: 2

§  GOALS: ANAHEIM: Teemu Selanne, Cam Fowler, Jason Blake

§  GOALS: COLUMBUS: Rick Nash, Derick Brassard

§  Montreal Canadiens: 2

o   Philadelphia Flyers: 5

§  GOALS: MONTREAL: David Desharnais, Mathieu Darche

§  GOALS: PHILADELPHIA: Jeff Carter, Kimmo Timonen, Dan Carcillo, Claude Giroux, Danny Briere

§  Buffalo Sabres: 3

o   Ottawa Senators: 2

§  GOALS: BUFFALO: Paul Byron, Jochen Hecht

§  GOALS: OTTAWA: Chris Kelly, Sergei Gonchar

·      OT GOAL: BUFFALO: Shaone Morrison

§  Toronto Maple Leafs: 0

o   Tampa Bay Lightning: 2

§  GOALS: TORONTO:-

§  GOALS: TAMPA BAY: Simon Gagne, Teddy Purcell

§  Minnesota Wild: 4

o   Chicago Blackhawks: 2

§  GOALS: MINNESOTA: Martin Havlat, Chuck Kobasew, Antti Miettinen, Pierre-Marc Bouchard

§  GOALS: CHICAGO: Patrick Sharp, Troy Brouwer

§  Edmonton Oilers: 4

o   Phoenix Coyotes: 3

§  GOALS: EDMONTON: Jean- Francois Jacques, Taylor Hall, Linus Omark, Dustin Penner

§  GOALS: PHOENIX: Scottie Upshall, Kyle Turris, Scottie Upshall

Wednesday January 26, 2011

§  Washington Capitals: 0

o   Atlanta Thrashers: 1

§  GOALS: WASHINGTON:-

§  GOALS: ATLANTA: Nik Antropov

§  Florida Panthers: 1

o   Boston Bruins: 2

§  GOALS: FLORIDA: Bryan Allen

§  GOALS: BOSTON: Brad Marchand, Milan Lucic

§  Carolina Hurricanes: 4

o   New York Islanders: 2

§  GOALS: CAROLINA: Zach Boychuk, Eric Staal, Eric Staal, Brandon Sutter

§  GOALS: NEW YORK: Michael Grabner, Andrew MacDonald

§  New Jersey Devils: 1

o   Detroit Red Wings: 3

§  GOALS: NEW JERSEY: Brian Rolston

§  GOALS: DETROIT: Darren Helm, Valtteri Filppula, John Franzen

§  Edmonton Oilers: 1

o   Dallas Stars: 3

§  GOALS: EDMONTON: Dustin Penner

§  GOALS: DALLAS: Adam Burish, Brenden Morrow, Brenden Morrow

§  Phoenix Coyotes: 5

o   Colorado Avalanche: 2

§  GOALS: PHOENIX: Scottie Upshall, Keith Yandle, Eric Belanger, Kyle Turris, Eric Belanger

§  GOALS: COLORADO: Ryan Stoa, Matt Duchene

§  St. Louis Blues: 1

o   Calgary Flames: 4

§  GOALS: ST. LOUIS: Philip McRae

§  GOALS: CALGARY: David Moss, David Moss, Jarmone Iginla, Adam Pardy

§  Nashville Predators: 1

o   Vancouver Canucks: 2

§  GOALS: NASHVILLE: Shea Weber

§  GOALS: VANCOUVER: Alexandre Burrows, Lee Sweatt

§  San Jose Sharks: 2

o   Los Angeles Kings: 3

§  GOALS: SAN JOSE: Ryane Clowe, Devin Setoguchi

§  GOALS: LOS ANGELES: Ryan Smyth, Alexei Ponikarovsky

·      SHOOTOUT GOALS: LOS ANGELES: Jarret Stoll

Jeff Skinner #53 of the Carolina Hurricanes ( just picked by Eric Staal for the All- Star games) prosportsdaily.com

THE BROTHER'S STAAL

Jared Staal #12 of the Carolina Hurricanes alongside big brother Marc Staal #18 for the New York Rangers.
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January 24, 2011

            The Brothers Staal, met Marc, Jordan, Eric and Jared a powerhouse clan of brothers that are all currently playing professionally in the NHL. The four brothers like four horsemen hit you all at once and they hit you hard, and may have a pretty intense hangover in the morning. Born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, Eric, 25 is currently playing for the Carolina Hurricanes (if that name sounds familiar GOOD! it should he was named as a Captain for the All-Star event this upcoming weekend), he was drafted in early 2003, and has played 6 seasons as #12 for the Hurricanes, Eric also has the fun experience of playing with his youngest brother Jared, 20. Jared played for the San Antonio Rampage in the 09 season (Rampage is the AHL affiliate team for the Phoenix Coyotes, remember AHL is kind of like the “JV” teams for the NHL teams.) Jared was traded in May of 2010 to the Carolina Hurricanes and plays as number #27, along side his big brother Eric. Middle brother Marc, 23 plays for the New York Rangers, and was drafted with the Rangers first round pick in 2005, he has had three NHL seasons as #18.  And last, but certainly not least is Jordan 22, who we all got an up-close look at during HBO’s Winter Class 24/7 special, Jordan has played 4 NHL seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins as #11, he won the Stanley Cup with the Penguins in ’08-’09. (thanks wiki).  Even though the teams they play for, as always whenever New York, or Pittsburgh are involved, are sworn enemies, the brothers never fail to bring a fast and furious game. 

Marc, Eric, Jordan and Jared Staal. dailysportspages.com

FEROCIOUS FRANSON

January 23, 2011

            So after last night’s games I really hoped for some awesome games tonight, and I was not disappointed, Tampa Bay beat Atlanta by 6 goals! The Devils beat the Panthers, which is just adding to the team’s recent bout of wins and successes. Then last period of the Flyers/ Blackhawks game turned quit eventful with four goals alone in the last period out of only sixteen shots taken.

IT’S TIME TO SCORE:

§  Philadelphia Flyers: 4

o   Chicago Blackhawks: 1

§  GOALS: PHILADELPHIA: Jeff Carter, Nikolay Zherdev, Jeff Carter, Scott Hartnell

§  GOALS: CHICAGO: Martin Hossa

§  Florida Panthers: 2

o   New Jersey Devils: 5

§  GOALS; PANTHERS: Shawn Matthias, Marty Reasoner

§  GOALS: NEW JERSEY: Ilya Kovalchuk, Jason Arnott, Brian Rolston, Patrik Elias, Jason Arnott

§  Buffalo Sabres: 5

o   New York Islanders: 3

§  GOALS: BUFFALO: Paul Gaustad, Tyler Ennis, Nathan Gerbe, Tyler Myers, Jason Pominville

§  GOALS: NEW YORK: Matt Moulson, Matt Moulson, Jack Hillen

§  Atlanta Thrashers: 1

o   Tampa Bay Lightning: 7

§  GOALS: ATLANTA: Rich Peverley

§  GOALS: TAMPA BAY: Nate Thompson, Dana Tyrell, Steven Stamkos, Martin St. Louis, Simon Gagne, Paul Kubina, Simon Gagne

§  Nashville Predators: 3

o   Edmonton Oilers: 2

§  GOALS: NASHVILLE: Alexander Sulzer, Joe Ward

§  GOALS: EDMONTON: Andrew Cogliano, Tyler Hall

·      SHOOTOUT GOALS: NASHVILLE: Cody Franson

Cody Franson #32 of the Nashville Predators scored the game winning penalty goal their game against the Edmonton Oilers.

OVI'S VISIT FROM HIS FAIRY GOALMOTHER.

January 22, 2011

            Some absolutely awesome games tonight. Even with some big players missing from the game, teams rallied together and looked awesome. Big players who have been going through slumps have started to pull out of their slumps, and rookies are stepping up to fill the shoes of players that are not playing up to their full potential. Braden Holtby saved 36 goals tonight, and finished with a .972% save percentage (blocking 97 of the 100 shots aimed at him), Fleury finished the night with 26 blocked shots, and a .923% save percentage. Stone defiantly wants to be part of helping me teach myself (and you all!) about hockey so he took sometime and broke down the goals, assists and play times of some of the top games of the night, which is below the scores, speak of scores…

IT’S TIME TO SCORE

§  Washington Capitals: 4

o   Toronto Maple Leafs: 1

§  GOALS: WASHINGTON: Alex Ovechkin, Alex Ovechkin, Matt Hendricks, Alex Ovechkin

§  GOALS: TORONTO: Tim Brent

·      Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals earned a Hat Trick (scoring three goals in one game). This is his 10^th career hat trick.

Alexander Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals earned his 10th career hat trick in tonights game agains the Toronto Maple Leafs.

§     Columbus Blue Jackets: 4

o   St. Louis Blues: 2

§  GOALS: COLUMBUS: Antoine Vermette, Jared Boll, Andrew Murray, Rick Nash

§  GOALS: ST. LOUIS: Eric Brewer, Patrik Berglund

§  Los Angeles Kings: 4

o   Phoenix Coyotes: 3

§  GOALS: LOS ANGELES: Justin Williams, Drew Doughty, Alec Martinez, Jarret Stoll

§  GOALS: PHOENIX: Lee Stempniak, Martin Hanzal, Lee Stempniak

§  New Jersey Devils: 3

o   Philadelphia Flyers: 1

§  GOALS: NEW JERSEY: Henrik Tallinder, Patrik Elias, Patrik Elias

§  GOALS: PHILADELPHIA: James van Riemsdyk

§  Chicago Blackhawks: 4

o   Detroit Red Wings: 1

§  GOALS: CHICAGO:

§  GOALS: DETROIT: Cory Emmerton, Dave Bolland, Tomas Kopecky, Tomas Kopecky, Troy Brouwer

§  Boston Bruins: 6

o   Colorado Avalanche: 2

§  GOALS: BOSTON: Brad Marchand, Milan Lucic, Mark Recchi, Milan Lucic, Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand

§  GOALS: COLORADO: Paul Stastny, Kevin Shattenkirk

§  Anaheim Ducks: 4

o   Montreal Canadiens: 3

§  GOALS: ANAHEIM: Cam Fowler, Bobby Ryan, Corey Perry

§  GOALS: MONTREAL: Max Pacioretty, Mathieu Darche, Max Pacioretty

·      SHOTOUT GOAL: ANAHEIM: Bobby Ryan

§  Carolina Hurricanes: 2

o   Pittsburgh Penguins: 3

§  GOALS: CAROLINA: Sergei Samsonov, Eric Staal

§  GOALS: PITTSBURGH: Dustin Jeffrey, Mark Letestu, Pascal Dupuis

§  New York Rangers: 3

o   Atlanta Thrashers: 2

§  GOALS: NEW YORK: Wojtek Wolski, Brian Boyle

§  GOALS: ATLANTA: Nik Antropov, Anthony Stewart

·      SHOTOUT GOAL: NEW YORK: Mats Zuccarello

§  Calgary Flames: 4

o    Vancouver Canucks: 3

§  GOALS: CALGARY: Brendan Morrison, Curtis Glencross, Tim Jackman

§  GOALS: VANCOUVER: Alexander Edler, Alexander Edler, Ryan Kesler

·      SHOOTOUT GOALS: CALGARY: Rene Bourque, Alex Tanguay

·      SHOOTOUT GOALS: VANCOUVER: Jeff Tambellini

§  Minnesota Wild: 3

o   San Jose Sharks: 4

§  GOALS: MINNESOTA: Mikko Koivu, Mikko Koivu, Brent Burns

§  GOALS: SAN JOSE: Logan Couture, David Setoguchi, David Setoguchi, Benn Ferriero

Also so news regarding the All Star game it seems as though Sidney Crosby, and Evgeni Malkin will not be playing. Sid due to the concussion he received in the Winter Classic. Malkin will most likely be out because of a knee injury he has been nursing for most of the season. A shame that they will not be playing however, it is much better sit out and nurse an injury so they can be back to playing at full potential for playoffs. With them being out and a few others this opens the position for a few more players to be pulled up to play in the game Stones pulling for Kovalchuk.

            The Captians of the All-Star teams have also picked their Alternate Captians:

            Nicklas Lidstrom C (Detroit Redwings

                        Patrick Kane A ( Chicago Blackhawks)

                        Martin St. Louis A (Tampa Bay Lightning)

Patrick Kane #88 for the Chicago Blackhawks, chosen as an Alternate Captain for  Nicklas Lidstrom 

            Eric Staal C (Carolina Hurricanes)

                        Mike Green A (Washington Capitals)

                        Ryan Kesler A (Vancouver Canucks)

Ryan Kesler #17 of the Vancouver Canucks, chosen as an Alternate Captain for Eric Staal

I would put bets, that now especially that Sidney Crosby is sitting out on the All Star events, we are looking at either Steven Stamkos or Alexander Ovechkin being picked first for the fantasy draft. 

BRAVO BRODEUR & BRYZGALOV

Congratulations to Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils, who earned is 119th career shutout in Thursdays game vs. Pittsburgh Penguins. sports.yahoo.com

January 21, 2010

            So sorry about the delay defiantly was exhausted last night. So let me tell you there were some AWESOME games. The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins honoring Martin Brodeur with his 114^th (OMG!) regular season shut out! It is only his 4^th of the season however with the recent changes in the team the New Jersey Devils are defiantly a team to watch.  Pittsburgh played down to major players last night with Sidney Crosby still out from his minor concussion from the Winter Classic, and Evgeni Malkin out with an undisclosed injury. HB pointed out the way the Devils set up their passes and attacks around the Pittsburg net, they really looked like seasoned veterans which most of their team is composed of. It is very apparent when going back and forth between the Caps game and the Devils game the Caps are a young team with a lot of speed and hunger, where as the devils are paced and know what they need to do in order to be successful and it was really good to see them looking so much more like a Stanley Cup contending team, and a huge congrats to Marty.

IT’S TIME TO SCORE….

·      Washington Capitals: 2

o   New York Islanders: 1

§  GOALS: WASHINGTON: Jason Chimera, Nicklas Backstrom

§  GOALS: NEW YORK: Michael Grabner

·      Anaheim Ducks: 2

o   Toronto Maple Leafs: 5

§  GOALS: ANAHEIM: Dan Sexton, Brandon McMillan

§  GOALS: TORONTO: Clark MacArthur, Cal Gunnarsson, Tyler Bozak, Mikhail Grabovski, Mikhail Grabovski

·      Ottawa Senators: 2

o   Philadelphia Flyers: 5

§  GOALS: OTTAWA: Milan Michalek, Nick Foligno

§  GOALS: PHILADELPHIA: Danny Briere, Mike Richards, Mike Richards, Scott Hartnell, James van Riemsdyk, Andrej Meszaros

·      New York Rangers: 1

o   Carolina Hurricanes: 4

§  GOALS: NEW YORK: Brandon Prust

§  GOALS: CAROLINA:  Chard LaRose, Jussi Jokinen, Brandon Sutter, Jeff Skinner

·      Buffalo Sabres: 4

o   Boston Bruins: 2

§  GOALS: BUFFALO: Cody McCormick, Nathan Gerbe, Thomas Vanek, Jason Pominville

§  GOALS: BOSTON: Dennis Seidenberg, Gregory Campbell

·      Tampa Bay Lightning: 3

o   Atlanta Thrashers: 2

§  GOALS: TAMPA BAY: Steven Stamkos, Steven Stamkos

§  GOALS: ATLANTA: Niclas Bergfors, Anthony Stewart

·      OT SHOOTOUT GOALS: TAMPA BAY: Adam Hall, Dominic Moore

·      OT SHOOTOUT GOALS: ATLANTA:  Bryan Little

·      Pittsburgh Penguins: 0

o   New Jersey Devils: 2

§  GOALS: PITTSBURGH: -

§  GOALS: NEW JERSEY: Brian Rolston, Nick Palmieri

·      New Jersey Devils Goalie Martin Brodeur earns himself his 114^th career shutout.

·      Detroit Red Wings: 4

o   St. Louis Blues: 3

§  GOALS: DETROIT: Patrick Eaves, Todd Bertuzzi, Jakub Kindl

§  GOALS: ST. LOUIS: T.J. Oshie, Patrik Berglund, David Backes

·      OT GOAL: DETROIT: Darren Helm

·      Dallas Stars: 4

o   Edmonton Oilers: 2

§  GOALS: DALLAS:  Jamie Benn, Mike Ribeiro, James Neal, Adam Burish

§  GOALS: EDMONTON: Ryan Jones, Jeff Petry

·      Nashville Predators: 5

o   Colorado Avalanche: 1

§  GOALS: NASHVILLE: Sergei Kostitsyn, Cody Franson, Matt Halischuk. David Legwand, Colin Wilson

§  GOALS: COLORADO: Matt Duchene

·      San Jose Sharks: 2

o   Vancouver Canucks: 1

§  GOALS: SAN JOSE: Logan Couture

§  GOALS: VANCOUVER: Henrik Sedin

·      OT GOAL: SAN JOSE: Joe Pavelski

·      Phoenix Coyotes: 2

o   Los Angeles Kings: 0

§  GOALS: PHOENIX: Martin Hanzal, Lee Stempniak

·      Phoenix Coyotes goalie Ilya Bryzgalov ends the game with a SHUTOUT (he allowed no goals during his entire game), with his 19^th career shutout.

Ilya Bryzgalov Goalie for the Phoeniz Coyotes earned is 19th carrer shutout in the games against the L.A. Kings on Thursday. sportsillustrated.cnn.com

January 21, 2011

 IT’S TIME TO SCORE:

§  Montreal Canadians: 7

o   Ottawa Senators: 1

§  GOALS: MONTREAL: Benoit Pouliot, Tomas Plekanec, Brian Gionta, Max Pacioretty, Tomas Plekanec, Andrei Kostitsyn, P.K. Subban

§  GOALS: OTTAWA: Chris Kelly

§  Tampa Bay Lightning: 2

o   Florida Panthers: 1

§  GOALS: TAMPA BAY: Steven Downie

§  GOALS: FLORIDA: Cory Stillman

·      SHOOTOUT GOALS: TAMPA BAY: Dominic Moore

§  New York Islanders:5

o   Buffalo Sabres: 2

§  GOALS: NEW YORK: Michael Grabner, Matt Moulson, P.A. Parenteau, Jack Hillen, Michael Grabner

§  GOALS: BUFFALO: Nathan Gerbe, Nathan Gerbe

§  Dallas Stars: 4

o   Calgary Flames: 7

§  GOALS: DALLAS: Brenden Morrow, Brad Richards, Nicklas Grossman, James Neal

§  GOALS: CALGARY: Alex Tanguay, Olli Jokinen, Mikael Backlund, David Moss, Brendan Morrison, Jarome Iginla, David Moss