Friday, January 28, 2011

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.