5 FOR FIGHTING? MORE LIKE 50.

January 20, 2011

            Oh jeez, so last night I was working out and watching the Rangers/ Maple Leafs game ahhh ouch! I mean we are talking 7-0.

IT’S TIME TO SCORE; this one may be a little painful sorry these are last nights scores.

·      Toronto Maple Leafs: 0

o   New York Rangers: 7

§  GOALS: NEW YORK: Marian Gaborik, Brian Boyle, Marian Gaborik, Rusian Fedotenko, Marian Gaborik, Marian Gaborik, Mats Zuccarello

·      Marian Gaborik 4 goals, earning himself a Hat Trick (3 goals in one game)

·      Goalie Henrik Lundqvist earned himself a shutout, he didn’t not let in a single goal in one game

·      Columbus Blue Jackets: 3

o   Florida Panthers: 2

§  GOALS: COLUMBUS: Fedor Tyutin, Antoine Vermette

§  GOALS: FLORIDA: David Booth, Cory Stillman

·      OT GOAL: COLUMBUS: R.J. Umberger

·      Minnesota Wild: 6

o   Calgary Flames: 0

§  GOALS: MINNESOTA: Martin Havlat, Mikko Koivu, John Madden, Cal Clutterbuck, Chuck Kobasew, Martin Havlat

·      Goalie Nicklas Backstrom earned himself a shutout, not allowing the Flames to get a single goal past him

Something I noticed in the New York/ Toronto game were the penalties, there were a ton of them! It was pretty awesome towards the end I am pretty sure two players from the Maple Leafs were given 10 minutes for game misconduct, and because it was so late in the game they just walked into the locker room.

1^st Period Penalties:

Boarding

Delay of Game

Interference

Roughing

2^nd Period Penalties:

Fighting (Luke Schenn Toronto)

Fighting (Dale Weise New York)

Charging

3^rd Period Penalties (here it gets messy):

Hooking

Fighting (Dion Phaneuf Toronto)

Misconduct (Dion Phaneuf Toronto)

Misconduct (Kris Newberry New York)

Fighting (Kris Newberry New York)

Roughing (Ryan McDonagh New York)

Roughing (Colby Armstrong Toronto)

Slashing Major (Colton Orr Toronto)

Game Misconduct (Colton Orr Toronto)

            Well it seems as though someone (cough cough Toronto cough cough) got a little sassy during the 3^rd period. I am pretty sure I would to, no see if I were in the NHL I would play one game get mad and being pushed and do one of a few things:

a)    a.) Run away and cry

b)  b.)  Throw down the gloves attempt a fight then run away and cry

c)   c.)  Mouth off thrown down the gloves attempt a fight then run away and cry

d)   d.) Take my stick wait for a face off and give a SERIOUS nut jerker (and run like hell, unless its Sidney    Crosby because I am pretty sure he would lay on the ice for about 4 minutes giving me a chance to casually walk away.)

So I am pretty sure all of those options either land me in the box, I wonder how many minutes a nut tap gets? Or being a little bitch? (*Note to self: Ask Crosby) I kid, I kid Syd, there is one thing you cannot deny the 23 year old from Halifax, Nova Scotia (which is in Canada, for those of you who didn’t know, Archie) has talent. 

Sidney Crosby Captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins teengossip.com

             So as I am sure you all know by know I am a huge caps fan. I am not sure it Neuvirth is faking the injury after being switched out after last night, or if he actually is (lower-body) if he is I am wishing him a speedy recovery…kind of. With Neuvy injured we were left with Varly so the Caps pulled up Braden Holtby (Goalie for the AHL team Hersey Bear) who is an adorable mix of Daniel Radcliffe and Robert Pattinson.

Braden Holtby Washington Capitals and Hershey Bears Goalie (#70)
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So lets get to know him  (this website is AWESOME! Especially for some of my favorite AHL and rookie players: NHL Entry Draft 2008)

·      Braden was born in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan (which is a province in Canada yes I just had to look that up), on September 16, 1989 making him 21 (a little less than a month younger than me, COUGAR TIME!)

·      His home is in Marshall, Saskatchewan (for all you stalkeratzzi)

·      He likes to think he patterns his game after Marc-Andre Fleury

·      He also say that if he could invited any three people to dinner he would invite Marc-Andre Fleury (Goalie for the Pittsburg Penguins), Sidney Crosby (Captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins) and Taylor Swift, he just obviously hasn’t met me yet.

·       This one is awesome im going to have to take this word for word:

o   “His most embarrassing hockey moment was his first WHL game in Red Deer – "right before the national anthem a guy yells out the goalie's name and the whole crowd yells 'sucks' after. I went out to the hash marks and tripped and fell right as the crowd was yelling it out". (NHL 2008 Entry Draft Featured Player: Braden Holtby)

§  http://www.nhlentrydraft2008.com/featuredPlayersDetails.aspx?type=np&page=profile&playerID=3004

·      If hockey didn’t work out for him he would like to be playing baseball.

·      If he could be anyone in a movie it would be Jason Bourne.

·      Holtby’s favorite team is Colorado Avalanche

·      His favorite player is no other than of course Marc-Andre Fleury, goalie of the Pittsburgh Penguins.His favorite shootout move (which is when a game is tied or no score and goes into a five minute overtime and there is still no score when the five minutes are up, the teams pick three players to go one on one with the goalie after each turn if (each team gets one shot on the opposing goalie, then the turn is over) one player scores and the other doesn’t then that team wins, if both teams score the go on to another round, they also will go onto another round if neither team scores. Essentially it goes on until one player scores when the other doesn’t.) So Holtby’s favorite shootout movie is the poke check (when a player uses the blade of his stick to push the puck off of an opponents blade)

FLEURY FLOWERS & LOGAN COUTURE

January 19,2010

            So I’m sitting at Starbucks now trying to do some more research regarding the All Star Game. I really wish the Internet wasn’t so SLOW, but I guess that’s what happens when it’s free. I’ll be honest its better than the crap I get at home.           

            First thing I see is Marc-Andre Fleury’s massive chops, and I must say even though as a CAPS fan I am a sworn enemy of the Penguins, I really do love Fleury, maybe its his teeth, maybe its his cabbage patch under his upper lip, or the fact that I thing he is an awesome goalie, with a save percentage (Sv%) of .973, meaning of the 100 shots fired on them he has blocked 97 of them.  That only took me about two years and a semester of statistics to understand, thanks KG. Fleury along with Jonas Hiller (goalie of the Anaheim Ducks) and J.P. Dumont (32-year old right wing for the Nashville Predators, who had a hat trick in last nights games vs. Phoenix Coyotes) were all named as COMPUWARE THREE STARS. Good job guys.

            Okay so this next segment is defiantly geared a little more towards my female readers actually mainly myself. I was playing on BL’s IPAD trolling the Internet, and I stumbled upon this gem:

http://www.nhlentrydraft2008.com/featuredPlayersDetails.aspx?type=np&playerID=1017

I must say I am a big fan of the hockey mullets, JC you look much better now but Varly, Semin and several other of my favorite caps are sporting them.

The website goes on to give some awesomely fantastic little blurbs on my favorite CAP. 

JOHN CARLSON :)

·      He was born in Natick, Massachusetts (a good old American J)

·      His hometown is Colonia, New Jersey (a jersey boy! Like me, except I am not a dude)

·      His favorite NHL team is the New Jersey Devils.

·      His favorite NHL player is Anaheim’s Ryan Getzlaf (who I have no idea who that is, I will defiantly have to check that out)

·      Favorite video game is NHL 08  (I am much more partial to 07 I think the music selection is much better, however I have the most experience with NHL 10 only because the only time I ever played I asked of I could put Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin on the same team, (the Washington Capitals) I have never been allowed to play since)

·      His favorite movie is Shawshank Redemption (I really wish I could say I agree, actually I wish I could say I have ever even seen that movie. It is sitting in KG’s DVD pile. Which means I obviously am going to have to watch it now.)

·      His favorite TV show is lost…I wonder what his feelings are on my GLEE and Real Housewives obsession, and I am going to say it’s a safe bet that he is defiantly not into my Little Miss Perfect obsession…ehh.

·      Favorite actor is Bruce Willis. ( I loved his daughter in House Bunny J )

·      Favorite Artist is. …Kenny Chesney (is he the one with tear drops on his guitar…maybe JC would be down to jamming out to some “Dancing Queen” instead which he admits is the most embarrassing thing on his IPOD)

·      His favorite website is NHL.com (mine is the Google image results for John Carlson…no I am kidding, maybe.)

·      Book is The Great Gatsby ( I saw the house where the movie was filmed when I was looking at Salve Regina, its obviously fate)

·      His favorite pump up song is “Bleed it out” by Linkin Park

·      His favorite food to cook is spaghetti (oh my gawd! I’m Italian I can cook him all the pasta in the world, just cawl me giatta what ever the heck her name is) (and yes I am ignoring that it said spaghetti is his favorite food to cook I am attempting to make something out of nothing…)

·      His favorite sport other than hockey is of course lacrosse (which Stone has been playing since he was in 4^th grade, I smell fate)

·      His favorite activity away from the rink is Golf (awesome I played Field Hockey in high school, and got kicked out of gym class for swinging the puck, iron, paddle whatever the golf stick is called… yes I am serious)

·      His favorite toy growing up was a mini hockey stick (I hope his toys have grown since he was little, that was vile sorry mom)

·      His favorite place to shop is Polo (I wonder if he has ever checked out Rugby in Georgetown, we can go together)

·      His favorite place to visit is Florida (awesome KG has a place in Fl. JC you can come stay whenever you want)

See now wasn’t that fun, these are the kinds of questions I would like to be asking the players, one day when I am famous. These are the kinds of hard hitting questions I want to ask, I mean mainly these are things I just want to know the answer to, and I know I have a few friends who want to know this kind of stuff as well.  So thus far, daily were looking at STATS from the days games, questions, big news in the NHL, and of course some player breakdowns.

            So the NHL All- Star fantasy draft picks are not until January 28. So from what I’ve gathered it seems as though it goes according to the players, the players themselves will determine the team rosters. Each captain will choose 3 goalies, six defensemen and twelve forwards. Whom they can choose in any order, the players top choices from (the all stars) will be chosen by fan balloting (which began Nov. 15) the remaining 36 players will be chosen by NHL Hockey Operators, for a total of 32 all stars. The players from that group (chosen by fans and the NHL) will then vote amongst themselves for the two captains (which have already been chosen: Staal and Lidstrom)

Thus far players who I know have been chosen are:

·      Eric Staal – Carolina Hurricanes F

·      Patrik Elias – New Jersey Devils F

·      Alexander Ovechkin- Washington Capitals F

·      Corey Perry – Anaheim Ducks F

·      Jarome Iginia – Calgary Flames F

·      Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks F

·      Patrick Sharp – Chicago Blackhawks F

·      Jonathan Toews – Chicago Blackhawks F

·      Matt Duchene -  Colorado Avalance F

·      Rich Nash -  Columbus Blue Jackets F

·      Loui Eriksson - Dallas Stars F

·      Brad Richards – Dallas Stars F

·      Ales Hemsky – Edmonton Oilers F

·      Anze Kopitar - Los Angeles Kings F

·      Claude Giroux – Philadelphia Flyers F

·      Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins F

·      Evgeni Malkin – Pittsburg Penguins F

·      David Backes – St. Louis Blues F

·      Steven Stamkos - Tampa Bay Lightning F

·      Martin St. Louis – Tampa Bay Lightning

·      Phil Kessel – Toronto Maple Leafs

·      Ryan Kesser – Toronto Maple Leafs

·      Henrik Sedin – Vancouver Canucks

·      Daniel Sedin -  Vancouver Canucks

·      Mike Green – Washington Capitals D

·      Dustin Byfuglien - Atlanta Thrashers D

·      Tobias Enstrom – Atlanta Thrashers D

·      Zdeno Chara – Boston Bruins D

·      Duncan Keith – Chicago Blackhawks D

·      Niklas Lidstrom – Detroit Redwings D

·      Brent Burns – Minnesota Wild D

·      Shea Weber – Nashville Predators D

·      Marc Staal – New York Rangers D

·      Erik Karlsson – Ottawa Senators D

·      Kris Letang - Pittsburg Penguins D

·      Dan Boyle – San Jose Sharks D

·      Jonas Hiller – Anaheim Ducks G

·      Tim Thomas – Boston Bruins G

·      Cam Ward – Carolina Hurricanes G

·      Carey Price – Montreal Canadiens G

·      Henrik Lundqvist – New York Rangers G

·      Marc-Andre Fleury – Pittsburg Penguins G

ROOKIES:

·      Cam Fowler – Anaheim Ducks

·      Tyler Seguin – Boston Bruins

·      Tyler Ennis – Buffalo Sabres

·      Jeff Skinner – Carolina Hurricanes

·      Kevin Shattenkirk – Colorado Avalanche

·      Jordan Eberle – Edmonton Oilers

·      Taylor Hall – Edmonton Oilers

·      Evgeny Dadonov – Florida Panthers

·      Michael Grabber - New York Islanders

·      Derek Stepan – New York Rangers

·      Oliver Ekman-Larsson – Phoenix Coyotes

·      Logan Couture – San Jose Sharks

All right with a name like Logan Couture, I had to look him up sooo here’s the 411, or 39 in his case (he shares #39 with David Steckle of the Washington Capitals). He was drafted to the San Jose Sharks in 2007; he was a first round draft pick 9^th overall. He plays center (which is a forward, meaning he is an offensive position). I am guessing he is pretty damn good, Nicklas Backstrom drafted in 2006 was picked during the first round draft pick( 4^th overall). I defiantly need to start watching more of Couture’s game. He is first in the League for game winning goals (6), meaning game winners, game ties etc.  He was a Sharks player of the month for December (2010).

More to come.

So Stone just showed me something AWESOME.

It’s a breakdown of player equipment, from Center Ice, the Devils Magazine:

·      Forwards and Defenseman:

·      Helmet

·      Face Shield (not all players wear)

·      Shoulder & Arm Pads (under jersey)

·      Elbow Pads (under jersey)

·      Stick (…duh)

·      Gloves (padded, and re-padded (reinforced))

·      Hockey Pants (built-in pads for thighs and kidneys)

·      I am assuming a cup somewhere (we all saw Crosby’s cup from 1902 in 24/7

·      Shin Guards (worn under stockings)

·      Hockey Stockings (Most players tape their stockings above their shin guards to prevent sliding (They like them nice and tight.)

·      And of course their skates!

o   Goalies

§  Mask/Helmet

§  Shoulder & Arm Pads (under jersey)

§  Chest Protector (under jersey)

§  Goalie Pants

§  Catching Glove

§  Leg Pads

§  Stick

§  Goalie Skates

o   Some questions:

§  Do goalies have different sticks than the other players…why?

§  Do they have pads in their pants?

§  Why do they wear different skates than the players?

·      From Center Ice, The Official Magazine of the New Jersey Devils: New Jersey Devils vs. Washington Capitals Friday, February 29, 2008

o   Thanks Stone

Logan Couture #39 of the San Jose Sharks
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John Carlson #74 and Matt Hendricks #26 of the Washington Capitals at a morning skate at Kettler.

J.P. Dumont's full of tricks...

January 18, 2011

            Its almost 1:00 am  and I am still stuck on which website to use to launch this whatever its going to be, so tonight I watched the CAPS vs. FLYERS, awesome fight right off of the bat between D.J. King (CAPS) and Jody Shelley (FLYERS) it was definitely an awesome, “Here I am” for those of us who have been waiting for DJ to comeback. The CAPS lost in OT about 1:06 seconds into it Andrej Meszaros shot it right past Varlamov. Neuvirth started in goal however, was replaced by Varlamov from the 2^nd period on…rough :/. I wonder how many times that actually happens in the NHL, I have never seen that in the 100 or so games I’ve watched, same for BL she was shocked!!

            The Captains for the All-Star game have also been chosen, Eric Staal of the Carolina Hurricanes and Nicklas Lidstrom of the Detroit Red Wings. I was pulling for Ovi but seeing how he really hasn’t rallied together as a captain, lets see how this goes. Depending on where Green and Ovechkin go I will have to see what team I am rooting for but, I do like Eric Staal so that may be a deciding factor.

·      Do players have to play in the All-Star game do they have the option to not play? (David Steckle)  How are they chosen, who chooses the teams and the Captains?

Eric Staal and Nicklas Lidstrom Captains of the 2011 All Star Game
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IT’S TIME TO SCORE!

·      Washington Capitals: 2

o   Philadelphia Flyers: 3

§  GOALS: WASHINGTON: Mike Knuble, Alex Ovechkin

§  GOALS: PHILADELPHIA: Jeff Carter, Claude Giroux

·      OT GOAL:  PHILADELPHIA: Andrej Meszaros

·      Detroit Redwings: 1

o   Pittsburg Penguins: 4

§  GOALS: DETROIT: Johan Franzen

§  GOALS: PITTSBURG: Jordan Staal, Chris Conner, Chris Kunitz, Matt Cooke

·      Boston Bruins: 3

o   Carolina Hurricanes: 2

§  GOALS: BOSTON: Johnny Boychuk, Brad Marchand, Milan Lucic

§  GOALS: CAROLINA: Jussi Jokinen, Chad LaRose

·      Montreal Canadiens: 1

o   Buffalo Sabers: 2

§  GOALS: MONTREAL: David Desharnais

§  GOALS: BUFFALO: Tyler Ennis

·      OT GOAL: BUFFALO: Jason Pominville

·      Anaheim Ducks: 2

o   Ottawa Senators: 1

§  GOALS: ANAHEIM: Corey Perry

§  GOALS: OTTAWA: Mike Fisher

·      SHOOTOUTGOAL: ANAHEIM: Bobby Ryan

·      Columbus Blue Jackets: 2

o   Tampa Bay: Lightning: 3

§  GOALS: COLUMBUS: R.J. Umberger, Derick Brassard

§  GOALS: TAMPA BAY: Steven Stamkos, Steven Stamkos

·      SHOOTOUT GOAL: TAMPA BAY: Ryan Malone

·      Los Angeles Kings: 1

o   St. Louis Blues: 2

§  GOALS: LOS ANGELES: Kyle Clifford

§  GOALS: ST. LOUIS: Patrik Berglund, Erik Johnson

·      Nashville Predators: 5

o   Phoenix Coyotes: 2

§  GOALS: NASHVILLE: J.P. Dumont, Patric Hornqvist, J.P. Dumont, J.P. Dumont, Patric Hornqvist

§  GOALS: PHOENIX: Radim Vrbata, Lee Stempniak

·      J.P. Dumont: Hat Trick (remember a Hat Trick is when a player scores three goals in one game)

·      Vancouver Canucks: 3

o   Colorado Avalanche: 4

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

§  GOALS: COLORADO: John-Michael Liles, David Jones, Milan Hejdik

·      OT GOAL: COLORADO: David Jones

·      Minnesota Wild: 4

o   Edmonton Oilers: 1

§  GOALS: MINNESOTA: Matt Cullen, Brent Burns, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Andrew Brunette

§  GOALS: EDMONTON: Magnus Paajarvis

I also realized there is another term you should probably know that I don’t think I have explained yet and that’s a SHUTOUT, which is when a goalie doesn’t let in a single goal during the entire game. The Boston Bruins goalie, Tim Thomas did not let in a single goal when the played the Carolina Hurricanes, making this Tim Thomas’s 24^th shutout. Congrats Tim!

Shout Outs To:

DJ KING (welcome back to the game)

J.P. Dumont (congrats on the HAT TRICK)

Tim Thomas (congrats on the SHUTOUT)

Eric Staal and Nicklas Lidstrom (Captains of the All-Star Game)

D.J. King #17 for the Washington Capitals and Jay Beagle #83 photo courtesy of BL

D.J. King #17 for the Washington Capitals and Jay Beagle #83, both photos taken at Kettler morning skates. 

Boston Bruins Goalie Tim Thomas, who just got his 24th shutout in the game vs. Carolina Hurricanes.
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