February 24, 2012

Vancouver-2
New Jersey-1

NY Rangers-3
NY Islanders-4, won in shootout

Montreal-1
Washington-4

Colorado-5, Semyon Varlamov gets shutout
Columbus-0

Boston-1
Buffalo-2, decided in shootout

Minnesota-1
Dallas-4

February 11, 2012

Nashville-3
Boston-4, won in shootout

Florida-3
New Jersey-1

LA-1
NY Islanders-2, finished in overtime

NY Rangers-5
Philadelphia-2

Winnipeg-5
Pittsburgh-8

Edmonton-4, decided in overtime
Ottawa-3

Tampa Bay-2
Buffalo-1

Montreal-5, Carey Price gets shutout
Toronto-0

Colorado-2
St. Louis-3, won in overtime

Columbus-3
Minnesota-1

Chicago-0
Phoenix-3, Mike Smith gets shutout

Vancouver-2
Calgary-3, finished in shootout

Slapshot of the Day

Evgeni Malkin played in his 400th career game and had a five point game tonight against the Winnipeg Jets.

February 10, 2012

Dallas-2
Buffalo-3, won in shootout

Anaheim-1
Detroit-2, decided in shootout

Carolina-3
Colorado-4, finished in overtime

Chicago-3
San Jose-5

Slapshot of the Day

The first afternoon hockey was played by the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings on March 19, 1933. The Red Wings won four to three.

February 8, 2012

Boston-0
Buffalo-6, Ryan Miller gets shutout

Edmonton-2
Detroit-4

Carolina-2
Anaheim-3, won in overtime

Calgary-4
San Jose-3

Slapshot of the Day

It is a tradition with the Tampa Bay Lightning to rub shaving cream in a player's face when it is their birthday.

February 7, 2012

New Jersey-1, Martin Broudeur gets shutout
NY Rangers-0

NY Islanders-1, won in a shootout, Evgeni Nabokov gets shutout
Philadelphia-0

Florida-0
Washington-4, Tomas Vokoun gets shutout

Pittsburgh-2
Montreal-3, won in shootout

Minnesota-1
Columbus-3

St. Louis-3
Ottawa-1

LA-3
Tampa Bay-1

Vancouver-4, decided in shootout
Nashville-3

Toronto-1
Winnipeg-2

Phoenix-4
Dallas-1

Chicago-2
Colorado-5

Slaphot of the Daty

In 1992 Lanny McDolnald became the first player that the Calgary Flames had that was inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame.  

February 6, 2012

Only six teams total played last night the Toronto Maple Leafs played the Edmonton Oilers, the Detroit Red Wings played the Phoenix Coyotes, and the Calgary Flames played the Anaheim Ducks. The Maple leafs and the Oilers faced off for the third time this year and for the third time this year Toronto came out with a win. The oilers scored six times topping the Maple Leafs three. Phoenix beat Detroit with help from Boyd Gordon, and Martin Hanzal twice. Johan Frazan was the only Red Wing to make a difference on the score board. Calgary held out until the shootout but was beat by the Ducks. The score was two, two going into overtime, and the shootout. With an eight round shootout the game finally ended with a goal from Anaheim's Niklas Hagman.

Slapshot of the Day

Disney's movie The Mighty Ducks debuted in 1992 and earned $51 million, becoming the inspiration for the NHL team tthe Anaheim Ducks.

Video of the Week

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UMMYOqUOw8

February 5, 2012

Last night only eight teams played in the NHL, the Boston Bruins played the Washington Capitals, Pittsburgh played New Jersey, the Flyers played the Rangers, and the Winnipeg Jets played the Montreal Canadians. The Boston, Washington game was a physical and high scoring affair. The Bruins came out on top, beating the Caps four to one. Tim Thomas the Bruins goalie came up big stopping thirty-five out of thirty-six shots on goal. Milan Lucic, Brad Marchand, Tyler Seguin, and Rich Peverley scored for the Bruins. Marcus Johansson scored the only goal for the Capitals. New Jersey beat the Penguins in a five, two victory.  Ilya Kovalchuk, Anton Volchenkov, Dainius Zubrus, Zack Parise, and David Clarkson scored for the Devils, while only Matt Niskanen  , and Evgeni Malkin scored for the Pens. The Rangers beat the Flyers with an identical score to the one of the Penguins, Devils game. Artem Anisimov, Marian Gaborik, Michael Del Zotto, Brandon Dubinsky, and Ruslan Fedotenko scord for the Rangers. Wayne Simmonds and Brayden Schenn scored the two goals for the Flyers. Like any good rivalry game there was twenty penalties handed out in the game, and four fights, (two in the first period). Montreal took home a victory against the Jets beating them three to nothing. Max Pacioretty, Alexi Emelin, and Tomas Plekanec scored for the Canadians. Carey Price had a 1.000 save percentage, letting in no goals winning the game for Montreal.

Slapshot of the Day

Wayne Gretzky had a younger brother that played twelve games in the NHL. His career paled in comparison to his older brothers.

February 3, 2012

Last night four teams played, the Columbus Blue Jackets faced off against the Anaheim Ducks, the Chicago Blackhawks played the Calgary Flames, the LA Kings played the St. Louis Blues, the Winnipeg Jets played the Florida Panthers, and the NY Islanders played the Ottawa Senators. The Blue Jackets scored a total of three goals to top the Ducks two. The Flames scored three goals by Ollie Jokinen, Jay Bouwmeester, and Jarome Iginla. Brent Seabrook was the only one that scored for the Blackhawks. The final score was one, to three. St. Louis scored the lone goal in the Kings, Blues game. Jaroslav Halak got a shutout to win the game for the Blues. Florida topped Winnipeg in a two, one end score. Kris Versteeg and Sean Bergenheim scored for the Panthers. In overtime the Islanders got a goal from Mark Eaton to push New York past the Senators. 

Slapshot of the Day

The oldest rookie to play in the NHL was Commie Madigan. He played for the St. Louis Blues inn twenty games, he was thirty-eight. He later on was one of the main characters in the movie "Slap Shot".

February 2, 2012

Carolina-3, Cam Ward gets shutout
Bsoton-0

Montreal-3
New Jersey-5

Nashville-1
Philadelphia-4

Winnipeg-2, won in overtime
Tampa Bay-1

Minnesota-1, Niklas Backstrom gets shutout
Colorado-0

Chicago-4
Edmonton-8, Sam Gagner had an eight point night, four goals and four assists

Detroit-4, ended in shootout
Vancouver-3

Dallas-2
San Jose-5

Slapshot of the Day

In 1995 Jaromir Jager became the first European born player to lead NHL in points.

February 1, 2012

Last night the New York Rangers played the Buffalo Sabers, the Pittsburgh Penguins played the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Washington Capitals played the Florida Panthers, the Dallas Stars faced off with the Anaheim Ducks, and the Columbus Blue Jackets played the Los Angeles Kings. The Rangers, Sabers game went through sixty-five minutes stayed zero, zero and went into a shootout. During the shootout Marian Gaborik and Ryan Callahan scored for New York. Jason Pominville scored the lone goal for losing effort from the Sabers. The Pittsburgh, Toronto game was also decided by one goal. The maple Leafs scored in late in the third period with a goal from Clarke MacArthur. The game ended one, zero in favor of the Maple Leafs. Florida doubled Washington in a score of four, two. Dallas blew out Anaheim in a six, two victory with goals from Eric Nystrom, Vernon Fiddler, Jamie Benn, Stephane Robidas, Sheldon Souray, and Michael Ryder. Los Angeles squeaked out a win against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Justin Williams, Dustin Penner, and Drew Doughty scored for the Kings. Derek Dorsett and Colton Gillies scored the two goals for the Blue Jackets. The second game back from the All-Star break helped some teams get out of the vacation funk. 

Slapshot of the Day

When Guy Lafleur was young he would sleep in his hockey gear so he was already set to go the next morning for his game.

January 31, 2012

Columbus-0
San Jose-6, Annti Niemi gets shutout

Chicago-2
Vancouver-3, won in overtime

Colorado-2
Edmonton-3

Anaheim-4
Phoenix-1

Detroit-3
Calgary-1

Nashville-5
Minnesota-4

Washington-3
Tampa Bay-4, finished in voertime

Buffalo-3
Montreal-1

NY Islanders-5
Carolina-2

Toronto-4
Pittsburgh-5, ended in shootout

Winnipeg-2, decided in shooutout
Philadelphia-1

NY Rangers-3
New Jersey-4, won in shooutout

Ottawa-3
Boston-4

Slapshot of the Day

In 1993 the Edmonton Oilers missed the playoffs for the first time in team history.

NHL Headlines

Sidney Crosby, while in California seeing a spine and nerve specialist, found out that he had a neck injury in addition to his concussion. Sidney's rep proceeded to add that the neck injury was fully healed. The Pittsburgh Penguins are taking this as good news, as I would too. This neck injury will explain some of the pains they had before contributed to his concussion. Crosby was out on the ice before his team practiced earlier today. The last time he participated in a full practice was December 7th.

The Carolina Hurricanes ended trade rumors about their Alternate Captain, Tim Gleason yesterday by signing him to a new four-year, 16 million dollar contract extension. The Canes now have three players that are in the trade conversation. Joni Pitkanen, now hurt, is a good solid defenseman that can play an average of twenty-three minutes in a game. Tuomo Ruutu is a good finishing; gritty center that also has a great personality in the locker room. Bryan Allen the Canes biggest defenseman is also in the trade conversation with his contract ending at the end of this season. With the trade deadline coming up at the end of February most teams should expect a change.

Video of the Week

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMSHf79zlUk

Slapshot of the Day

Every day before a home game Nicklas Lindstrom eats at the same restaurant, at the same table, an orders the same thing.                                                                      

Slapshot of the Day

Patrick Roy has won the playoff MVP three times. More than any other player.

Slapshot of the Day

The first player to be inducted into the National Hockey League Hall of Fame was Dan Bain in 1945.The Hockey Hall of Fame is in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Slapshot of the Day

Today, January 26, is Wayne Gretzky's fifty-first birthday. Wayne Gretzky is widely known for being one, if not the best, hockey player of all time.

January 25, 2012

Last night only one game was played in the NHL with that last active day before the All-Star break. The number one Detroit Red Wings played the twenty-sixth ranked Montreal Canadians. In the first period of the game Rene Bourque, Alexei Emelin, David Desharnais, and Tomas Plekanec all scored for the Canadians. In the second period Max Pacioretty and David Desharnais scored for Montreal to make the score going into the third period six to zero. In the last period of the game Detroit scored twice both goals by Jiri Hudler to make the score six, two. With around two minutes left in the game the Canadians top pointed getter, Erik Cole, scored to make the final score seven, two Montreal.

Slapshot of the Day

Gordie Howe has appeared in the most NHL All-Star games. He has played in a total of twenty-three of them in his career.

Predictions for the 2012 Fantasy Draft

For the 2012 All-Star Fantasy Draft who is picked first really has to do with who wins the coin toss. In my opinion if Zdeno Chara gets to pick first he will choose the goalie from his team, Tim Thomas. If Daniel Alfredsson gets to pick first I think he will choose one of three people. I believe that he will chose Steven Stamkos, leading league in all scoring, Evgeni Malkin, leading league in points, or Erik Karlsson. Erik Karlsson is an amazing defensemen but being on one of the captain’s team does help. MY two beats for going last are either Jason Pominville or Jamie Benn. Now if I got to be a captain in the All Star game I would choose James Neal, Pavel Datsyuk, or Evgeni Malkin. All of those guys can put up numbers in assist's and goals and that’s what the All-Star game is all about with final scores of around ten to eleven.

January 24, 2012

Edmonton-2
Vancouver-3, won in shootout

Ottawa-2
Phoenix-3

San Jose-1, Antti Niemi gets shutout
Calgary-0

Minnesota-3
Colorado-2

Anaheim-0
Dallas-1, Kari Lehtonen gets shutout

Nashville-3
Chicago-1

Pittsburgh-3, ended in a shootout
St. Louis-2

Philadelphia-3, decided in a shootout
Florida- 2

Columbus-2
Tampa Bay-4

Boston-3
Washington-5

Winnipeg-0
NY Rangers-3, Henrik Lundqvist gets shutout

Toronnto-4
NY Islanders-3

Buffalo-2, won in shootout
New Jersey-1

Slapshot of the Day

The first National Hockey League All-Star Game was in 1947. The NHL has had the most All-Star games of any sport, even though the game is not played once every four years because of the Winter Olympics.

January 23, 2012

Last night six games were played in the NHL. The New York Islanders played the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Winnipeg Jets played the Carolina Hurricanes, the St. Louis Blues played the Detroit Red Wings, the Columbus Blue Jackets played Nashville Predators, the San Jose Sharks played the Edmonton Oilers, and the Ottawa Senators played the Los Angeles Kings. The Maple Leafs shutout the Islanders in a three, zero victory. Matthew Lombardi and Phil Kessel scored for Toronto. Matthew Lombardi scored in the first period and third. Phil Kessel scored in the third period also. Carolina squeaked out a win against the Jets. Jeff Skinner and Tim Brent scored in the first period for the Hurricanes. Kyle Wellwood scored the lone goal for the Jets in the second period. The game ended two, one in favor of the 'Canes. In the first period of the Detroit, Blues game Scott Nichol scored for St. Louis. This proved to be the Blues only goal the whole game. In the second period Pavel Datsyuk scored on a power play and Johan Franzen scored. In the third period Niklas Kronwall scored for the Red Wings the game ended three, one with Detroit coming out on top. In the first period of the Nashville, Columbus game Mike Fisher scored. Rick Nash scored for the Blue Jackets and Mike Fisher scored again for the Predators. In the third period Matt Halischuk and Patrice Bergeron scored for Nashville. The only game that went into extra time was the Edmonton, San Jose game. In the first period of the there was no goals and no penalties. In the second period Jordan Eberle scored for the Oilers. In the third period Logan Couture scored on a tip-in. At the end of regulation the score was tied one, one. Nobody scored in overtime so the game went into a shootout. In the shootout Jordan Eberle shot and Thomas Greiss. Devan Dubnyk stopped Michal Handzus's shot. For the Oilers Sam Gagner scored. Devan Dubnyk saved the shot by Dan Boyle. Anton Lander's shot was saved the Sharks goalie Thomas Greiss. The next two shots went in. Joe Pavelski scored for the Sharks and Taylor Hall scored for the Oilers. Logan Couture had to score to give the Sharks the win. Devan Dubnyk came up big and made the save for the Oilers win. Los Angeles blew out Ottawa in a four, one win. In the first period Willie Mitchell scored for the Kings. In the second period Kyle Clifford, Trevor Lewis, and Jack Johnson scored for LA. Daniel Alfredsson scored the only goal for the Ottawa Senators in the third period.

Slapshot of the Day

The Red Wings defensemen Mike Commodore and Coyotes forward Ray Whitney both played on the Carolina Hurricanes when they won the Stanley Cup in 2006. When they were younger Mike's mother taught Ray Whitney in school.

Breaking News

There has been a change in the All Star roster due to three injuries. The Edmonton Oilers Jordan Eberle will replace the Minnesota Wild's forward Mikko Koivu. The Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang replaced the Winnipeg Jets Dustin Byfuglien. The rookie forward Nick Johnson will replace the breakout star Ryan Nugent-Hopkins from the Edmonton Oilers.

January 22, 2012

Last night only three games were played in a not so busy night in the National Hockey League. The Washington Capitals played the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Boston Bruins played the Philadelphia Flyers, and the Colorado Avalanche played the Anaheim Ducks. The Washington, Pittsburgh game was going to be an intense rivalry game. The game lived up to everyone’s expectations as the game went into overtime. In regulation time Kris Letang, and James Neal, (twice) scored for the Penguins. Brooks Laich, Alexander Semin, and Alexander Ovechkin scored for Washington. The game ended in a three, three tie. In overtime Evgeni Malkin scored to win the game for the Pens. The Boston, Philadelphia game also promised to be an exciting one. It was a battle between the Broad street bullies and the big bad bruins. In the first period alone there were twelve penalties and four of them were five minute fighting majors. Also in the first period four people scored, Patrice Bergeron, Tyler Seguin, and Milan Lucic scored for the Bruins and Max Talbot scored for the Flyers. In the there was only one fight in the second period but still plenty of scoring, all from one person. Scott Hartnell scored not once, not twice, but three time in twenty minutes clenching a natural hat trick in just one period. The score after forty was three, four in favor of the Flyers. In the third period there was loads more of scoring from David Krejci, and Gregory Campbell from Boston, and Max Talbot again for the Flyers. At the end of regulation the score was five, five. In overtime there was no scoring so the game went into a shootout. Matt Read went first for the Flyers and missed. Then David Krejci went for the Bruins and scored. Claude Giroux went second for Philadelphia and scored. Tyler Seguin went second for Boston and scored, putting Wayne Simmonds of the Flyers in a must score position. Tim Thomas saved the shot from Wayne Simmonds winning the game for the Boston Bruins six, five over the Flyers. The last game of the night the Ducks faced off with the Avalanche. That game was another close one ended two, three with the Ducks coming out on top. Bobby Ryan scored the lone goal in the first period for the Ducks. Nobody scored in the second’s period. In the third Ryan Getzlaf and Bobby Ryan scored for the Ducks and Ryan O'Reilly and Milan Hejduk scored for the Avalanche.

NHL top Headlines

Evgeni Malkin has taken the responsibility of stepping up to the plate with Sidney Crosby being out with a concussion most of the year very well. Especially of late Malkin has been playing amazing and has been putting up the stats to go with it. Right now he leads the league in points.

Andrew Ference was suspended for three games for a hit in Ryan McDonagh on Saturday’s game. To see explanation http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=613098

On Friday the Carolina Hurricanes traded forward Alexei Ponikarovsky for defensemen Joseph Sova and a fourth round draft pick in the 2012 entry draft. In the first game that Alexei poinkarovsky played wearing a Devils uniform scored the only goal for New Jersey. Joseph Sova will play in the Hurricanes AHL team the Charlotte Checkers.

For the 2012 All Star game to alternate captains to assist Zdeno Chara and Daniel Alfredsson. Henrik Lundqvist was chosen to assist Daniel Alfredsson, and Joffery Lupul was chosen to be an alternate captain to Chara.  

Video of the Week

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eRJ5DIt4Wc

Slapshot of the Day

The original Stanley Cup was only seven inches in height. Over the years with teams names etched into it, it now stands over thirty-five inches.

January 21, 2012

Rangers-3, won in overtime
Boston-2

Philadelphia-4
New Jersey-1

San Jose-3
Vancouver-4

Ottawa-1
Anaheim-2

Montreal-3
Toronto-1

Carolina-1
Islanders-2, ended in overtime

Columbus-2
Detroit-3, decided in shootout

Florida-4, won in shootout
Winnipeg-3

Buffalo-2
St. Louis-4

Chicago-2
Nashville-5

Tampa Bay-4
Phoenix-3

Dallas-2
Minnesota-5

Calgary-6
Edmonton-2

Colorado-3
Los Angeles-1

Slapshot of the Day

The first team to win the Stanley Cup was the Ottawa Senators. They won it in the 1926-1927 season.

January, 20, 2012

Last night four games were played in the NHL the Montreal Canadian played the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Washington Capitals played the Carolina Hurricanes, the Florida Panthers played the Chicago Blackhawks, and the Tampa Bay Lightning played the Dallas Stars. The Montreal, Pittsburgh game was a high scoring game through sixty minutes. The score was tied four, four at the end of regulation. The game went on to overtime and then a shootout. In the shootout only one person scored and the rest were either off target or saved by Marc-Andre Fluery or Peter Bugaj. Evgeni Malkin scored to lead the Penguins to a win. In the Washington, Carolina game in every period the Canes scored and the Caps never answered. The game ended three, zero Carolina. Cam Ward got a shutout and Jussi Jokinen, (scored two) and Jiri Tlusty scored. The Florida and Chicago played in Chicago. Jonathon Toews, Duncan Keith, and Patrick Kane scored for the Blackhawks. Jason Garrison scored in the third period for the Panthers. The game ended three, one Chicago. The Lightning and the Stars faced off in what ended in a score of two, one Dallas. Teddy Purcell scored both of the Stars goals, and Tom Wandell scored for the Lightning.

Slapshot of the Day

Hockey became an Olympic sport in 1920.

January 19, 2012

Ottawa-4
San Jose-1

Calgary-2, won in shootout
Los Angeles-1

Detroit-3, ended in shootout
Phoenix-2

Buffalo-1
Winnipeg-4

Edmonton-0
St. Louis-1, Jaroslav Halak had a 100% save percentage

Nashville-3, Pekka Rinne got shutout
Columbus-0

New York Islanders-4
Philadelphia-1

Pittsburgh-4
New York Rangers-1

Boston-4
New Jersey-1

Minnisota-1
Toronto-4

NHL Top Headlines

Kris Letang a star defenseman for the Pittsburgh Penguins will be returning to action in tonight’s game against the New York Rangers. Letang has been out for twenty-on games with a concussion. The Rangers are currently tied for first place in the league with the Chicago Blackhawks, both with sixty-two points this season. This game is very different for both teams the Rangers want to get two more points to clinch the first place spot alone and the Penguins want to just stay in a playoff position.



The trading deadline for this season is approaching. Many General Managers have said to the media that their phones have been ringing with offers. Not many have been too pleased considering only two trades have been made since the Holiday Season ended. The Calgary Flames and the Montreal Canadians orchestrated a swap sending right winger Rene Bourque to the Capitals and center Mike Cammalleri to the Flames. The Carolina Hurricanes and the Florida Panthers constructed a trade involving four inexperienced,(on the NHL level) players. The Hurricanes gave up Jon Matsumuto and Mattias Lindstrom in exchange for Evgenii Dadonov and A.J. Jenks.

The Edmonton Oilers, currently in twenty-ninth place, aren’t getting any help from the Hockey Gods. The Oilers young top line consisting of Jordan Eberle, Taylor Hall, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins are all out because of injuries. The center of this line Ryan is out with a shoulder injury. The wings in this line, Jordan and Taylor, are out with a knee injury, (Jordan) and Taylor is out because of a cut to the face from a teammates skate during warm-ups before a game. Jordan and Ryan are the team’s top scores. The team is struggling without them and has lost four of their last five games.

Slapshot of the Day

From 1979 to 1990 only one team to win the Stanly Cup was not a Canadian team. The New York Rangers won four in a row from 1980 to 1983.

January 18, 2012

On the eighteenth of January only four games were played in the NHL. The Washington Capitals played the Montreal Canadians, the Buffalo Sabers played the Chicago Blackhawks, the Florida Panthers played the Colorado Avalanche, and the Phoenix Coyotes played the Anaheim Ducks. The Washington Capitals and Michal Neuvirth shutout the Montreal Canadians three to zero, with goals scored by Alexander Ovechkin, Mathieu Perreault, and Marcus Johansson. The Buffalo, Chicago game started out with Buffalo putting up the first goal of the game, but the first period ended two, one Chicago with goals scored by Andrew Shaw and Jonathon Toews. Again in the second period Buffalo scored first. Chicago answered with two goals by Marian Hossa, and Jimmy Hayes. The second period ended two, four in favor of the Blackhawks. In the third and final period of the game the Blackhawks scored another pair of goal by Dave Bolland, and Jonathon Toews. The game ended with Chicago beating Buffalo six to two. The Avalanche, Panthers game was a close one through three period in the first period Marcel Goc scored to put the Panthers up one, zero. In the second period Peter Mueller scored for Colorado and Stephan Weiss scored for the Avalanche to end the second period two, one Florida. In the Third period Peter Mueller and Paul Stastny scored for Colorado, and twenty seconds into the third period Tomas Kopecky scored for the Panthers. In the end of the third period the score was tied three, three and the game went in to sudden-death overtime. Three minutes and fifty-five second into overtime Ryan O'Reilly of the Colorado Avalanche scored for the win. Anaheim beat the Coyotes in a six, two victory. For the Ducks Nikls Hagman, Jason Blake, Matt Belesky, Corey Perry and Francios Beauchemin,(two goals) scored, and from the Coyotes Kyle Chipchura, and Daymond Langkow scored.

NHL Top Headlines

The Allstar roster has been announced. There are 24 forwards, 12 defensemen, 6 goalies, and 12 rookies attending this years Allstar game in Ottawa.

Jamie Benn(Dallas), Logan Couture(San Jose), Pavel Datsyuk(Detroit), Marian Garorik(New York Rangers), Claude Giroux(Philadelphia), Marian Hossa(Chicago), Jarome Iginla(Calgary), Patrick Kane(Chicago), Phil Kessel(Toronto), Mikko Koivu(Minnesota), Joffery Lupul(Toronto), Evgeni Malkin(Pittsburgh), Milan Michalek(Ottawa), Alex Ovechkin(Washington), Corey Perry(Anaheim), Jason Pominville(Buffalo), Daniel Sedin)Vancouver, Henrik Sedin(Vancouver), Tyler Seguin(Boston), Jason Spezza(Ottawa), Steven Stamkos(Tampa Bay), John Tavares(New York Islanders), Jonathon Toews(Chicago), and one of the Captain is Daniel Alfredsson(Ottawa)

Dustin Byfuglien(Winnipeg), Brian Capbell(Florida), Alexander Edler(Vancouver), Dan Giradi(New York Rangers), Erik Karlsson(Ottawa), Dion Phaneuf(Toronto), Ryan Suter(Nashville), Kimmo Timonen(Philadelphia), Shea Weber(Nashville), Dennis Wideman(Washington), Keith Yandle(Phoenix) and a captain is Zdeno Chara

Brian Elliott(St. Louis), Jimmy Howard(Detroit), Henrik Lundqvist(New York Rangers), Carey Price(Montreal), Jonathon Quick(Los Angles), and Tim Thomas(Boston)

Luke Adam(Buffalo), Sean Couturier(Philadelphia), Justin Faulk(Carolina), Colin Greening(Ottawa), Adam Henrique(New Jersey), Cody Hogson(Vancouver), Ryan Johansen(Columbus), Gabriel Landeskog(Colorado), Adam Larsson(New Jersey), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins(Edmonton), Matt Read(Philadelphia), and Craig Smith(Nashville)

Slapshot of the Day

The NHL franchise that has won the Stanley Cup the most times is the Montreal Canadians. They have won in total 23 cups. Saying that the last time they won the cup was in the 1992-1993 season.

January 18, 2012

Ottawa-3
Toronto-2

Winnipeg-1
New Jersey-5

Minnesota-1
Philadelphia-5

Carolina-1
Pittsburgh-2, won in shootout

New York Islanders-3, Evgeni Nabokov gets shutout
Washington-0

Edmonton-2
Columus-4

Nashville-0
Rangers-3, Henrik Lundqvist gets shutout

Boston-3
Tampa Bay-5

Dertroit-3, endedd in shootout
Dallas-2

Los Angeles-3, decided in shootout
Vancouver-2

Calgary-1
San Jose-2, won in shootout

Slapshot of the Day

The first season played in the National Hockey League was played in 1917-1918. Five teams total played in that first season.

January 16, 2012

On a Monday night in the National Hockey League six games were played. The Nashville Predators played the New York Islanders, Colorado played Phoenix played, the Jets played the Senators, the Boston Bruins played the Florida Panthers, the Sabers played the Red Wings, and Dallas played St. Louis. The Nashville, New York game was pretty one sided with the Predators beating the Islanders three to one. The Phoenix Coyotes blew out the Colorado Avalanche in a six, one victory. Winnipeg beat Ottawa in a two, one win. Chris Mason got a shutout, stopping all of Ottawa's shots. The only game of the night to go into extra time was the Boston, Florida game that advanced to a shootout after a two, two tie in the first twenty minutes. Overtime went scoreless. In the shootout Boston prevailed for the win. Detroit blew Buffalo out of the park in a six, zero win for the win. Jimmy Howard got the shutout. The Dallas, St. Louis game went scoreless for the first forty minutes. In the third period the Blues scored. That proved to be all St. Louis needed. The blues won in a one, zero score at the end of the game.

Video of the Week

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cEH9N8ZDjc

Standings in League as of January 16, 2012

1. New York Rangers
2. Chicago Blackhawks
3. Vancouver Canucks
4. St. Louis Blues
5. Boston Bruins
6. Detroit Red Wings
7. Philadelphia Flyers
8. Nashville Predators
9. Ottawa Senators
10. Los Angeles Kings
11. San Jose Sharks
12. New Jersey Devils
13. Minnesota Wild
14. Washington Capitals
15. Florida Panthers
16. Pittsburgh Penguins
17. Colorado Avalanche
18. Dallas Stars
19. Toronto Maple Leafs
20. Phoenix Coyotes
21. Calgary Flames
22. Winnipeg Jets
23. Buffalo Sabers
24. Montreal Canadiens
25. Carolina Hurricanes
26. New York Islanders
27. Edmonton Oilers
28. Tampa Bay Lightning
29. Anaheim Ducks
30. Columbus Blue Jackets

Slapshot of the Day

The name "hockey" comes from the French word “hoquet”. "Hoquet" means shepherd's crook.

January 15, 2012

Six games were played in the National Hockey League. The Pittsburgh Penguins played the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Hurricanes played the Capitals, the New York Rangers played the Montreal Canadians, San Jose played Chicago, the Kings played the Oilers, and the Anaheim Ducks played the Vancouver Canucks. Pittsburgh blew out Tampa Bay in a six to one victory for the Penguins. Evegni Malkin got a hat trick, (scored three goals). Washington squeaked a win out of the game against the Hurricanes where the Canes were the better team. The Caps won two, one. The Rangers are number one in the league but fell to the Canadians in a four, one loss. The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Sharks in a three, one score after sixty minutes. The only game of the night to go into extra time was the two, one victory for the Oilers over the Kings in overtime. The Anaheim Ducks beat the Vancouver Canucks in a four, two win.

Slapshot of the Day

Only one woman has played in a National Hockey League exhibition game. Manon Rheaume played goalie for the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Boston Bruins in 1992 and 1993.

January 14, 2012

Ottawa-3, won in shootout
Montreal-2

Buffalo-2
NY Islanders-4

Boston-2
Carolina-4

San Jose-2
Columbus-1

Minnesota-2
St. Louis-3, ended in shootout

Philadelphia-2
Nashville-4

Los Angeles-4
Calgary-1

NY Rangers-3, Martin Biron gets shutout
Toronto-0

New Jersey-2
Winnepeg-1

Colorado-2
Dallas-1

Chicago-2
Detroit-3, decided in overtime

Slapshot of the Day

Most people know what a hat trick is, (scoring three goals in one game). But did you know that in hockey there is such a thing as a Gordie Howe hat trick. A Gordie Howe hat trick is when one player in one game has a goal, a fight, and an assist.

January 13, 2012

Last night five games were played in the NHL. The Lightning played the Capitals, Phoenix played Columbus, the Toronto Maple Leafs played the Buffalo Sabers, Pittsburgh played Florida, and the Ducks played the Oilers. The Tampa, Washington game was a close one, and ended with the Capitals capping the Lightning in a three to two win. The Coyotes, Blue Jackets game was another close one that was decided by one goal. The Blue Jackets beat the Coyotes in a four to three win. The struggling Penguins defeated the Panthers in a four to one victory. Anaheim creamed Edmonton in a five, zero win. Jonas Hiller led the Ducks to the win getting a shutout.

January 12, 2012

Dallas-5, decided in shootout
Los Angeles-4

Anaheim-0
Calgary-1, ended in overtime, Mikka Kiprusoff get shutout

Minnesota-2
Chicago-5

San Jose-2, Annti Niemi gets shutout
Winnipeg-0

Colorado-2
Nashville-3, ended in overtime

Vancouver-3, won in overtime
St. Louis-2

Phoenix-2
Detroit-3, decided in shootout

Carolina-5
Tampa Bay-2

Ottawa-3, Craig Anderson get shutout
NY Rangers-0

Philadelphia-3
NY Islanders-2

Montreal-1
Boston-2


 

Slapshot of the Day

The person leading the NHL's all time penalty minutes is Tiger Williams. He, in his 14 seasons of playing professional hockey recorded 3,966 minutes in the penalty box.

January 11, 2012

Out of thirty teams only four of them played last night. The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals played, and New Jersey played Edmonton. The Pittsburgh Penguins, still without their star player and captain, Sidney Crosby, fell to Washington by one goal. The game ended one, zero Caps. After sixty minutes in the Devils, Oilers game was tied one, one and went into overtime. Zach Parise scored on a power play goal in overtime to seal the win the Devils two, one victory.

January 10, 2012

Winnipeg-3
Boston-5

Buffalo-0
Toronto-2, Gustavsson gets shutout

Detroit-1
NY Islanders-5

Phoenix-1
NY Rangers-2, ended in a shootout

Ottawa-5
Pitssburgh-1

Philadelphia-2
Carolina-1

St. Louis-3, Jaroslav Halak gets shutout
Montreal-0

San Jose-4
Minnesota-5, ended in a shootout

Vancouver-5
Tampa Bay-4, ended in a shootout

Columbus-2
Chicago-5

Nashville-4
Colorado-1

New Jersey-3
Calgary-6

Dallas-2
Anaheim-5

Slapshot of the Day

When players win the Stanley Cup they have a day with it to do whatever they want. When it was Sylvania Lefebrve turn with the cup he had his first child baptized in it.

January 9, 2012

Only two games were played on a very inactive Monday night. The Vancouver Canucks played the Florida Panthers and the Washington Capitals played the Los Angeles Kings. The Panthers, Canucks game was low scoring ended with the Panthers beating the Canucks two to one, with goals in the second period by Dmitry Kulikov and Marcel Goc. The Kings topped the Capitals with a significant lead. The game ended five to two, Los Angeles. The five goals were scored by: Kyle Clifford, Anze Kopitar, Jack Johnson, (celebrated by Tebowing) Jarret Stoll, and Justin Williams. Both of the Capitals goals were scored by Marcus Johansson.

Slapshot of the Day

The first hockey pucks that were played with were square not round.

Slapshot of the Day

In the 2002-2003 season of the NHL Brian Boucher of the Phoenix Coyotes recorded the second longest shutout streak ever. The longest lasted six games and was recorded in 1927 by Alec Connell. Brian Boucher’s shutout streak lasted five games.

January 8, 2012

Last night only three games were played in the National Hockey League. The Flyers played the Senators, the Detroit Red Wings played the Chicago Blackhawks and Columbus played Anaheim. With about two minutes to go in the Philly Senators game it was tied four a piece, and looked like it was going into overtime. With to last minute goals by Ottawa the game ended with the Sens topping the Flyers four to six in regulation. The Detroit, Chicago was promised to be a good one, because both teams were at the top spot in the Central Division. After sixty minutes the game was tied at two, and went into overtime. With about two minutes left in overtime Pavel Datsyuk scored to end the game with the Wings beating the Hawks three to two. The Ducks blew out the Blue Jackets in a seven to four victory. Today the Columbus Blue Jackets fired their head coach Arniel and hired Todd Richards to take over. The Blue Jackets are currently seated in last place in the NHL.

January 7, 2012

Vancouver-4 Stanley Cup Final rematch
Boston-3

Ottawa-2, final in overtime
Philadelphia-3

Edmonton-1
Dallas-4

Columbus-1
Los Angeles-0

Winnipeg-2
Buffalo-1

Tampa Bay-1
Montreal-3

New Jersey-3
Pittsburgh-1

Colorado-0, Brian Elliot clenched shutout
St. Louis-4

Carolina-2
Nashville-5

NY Islanders-1
Phoenix-5

Minnesota-1
Calgary-3

Washington-2
San Jose-5

Video of the Week

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fS91NjrJDE Watch to learn about the superstitions in the NHL.

Slapshot of the Day

Jarome Iginla, the captain of the Calgary Flames, scored his 500th goal in his NHL career last night against the Minnesota Wild.  

January 6, 2012

Only five games were played last night in National Hockey League. Florida played New Jersey, The Rangers played the Penguins, the Colorado Avalanche played the Chicago Blackhawks, Buffalo played Carolina and the New York Islanders played the Anaheim Ducks. The New Jersey Devils blew out the struggling Florida Panthers in a five to two Jersey victory. Two top teams in the league, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the New York Rangers played in a hard fought battle by both teams. New York came out on top of a three, one victory. The Carolina Hurricanes won against the Buffalo Sabers in what felt like a war between two teams, with the end score being two, four. Colorado played the excelling Blackhawks and ended up getting a shutout win against them. The Avalanche topped their fourth win in a row with a shutout by Semyon Varlamov. The Islanders and Anaheim, two teams in the bottom of the league, played last night. The Ducks beat the Islanders in a four, two victory. Many say that a goal by Bobby Ryan in the third period of the game was the goal of the year so far. Watch now at http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?hdpid=49&id=147863.

Slapshot of the Day

The all-time leading point getter in the NHL is Wayne Gretzky. The person is second place, Mark Messier, is 970 points behind him.

January 5, 2012

Boston-9, Tukka Rask gets shutout
Calgary-0 

Toronto-4, Jonas Gustavsson get shutout
Winnipeg- 0

Blackhawks-4
Philadelphia-5

Tampa Bay-1
Ottawa-4

Oilers-3
Blues-4

Dallas-4
Nashville-1

Coyotes-0
Kings-1, won in overtime

Columbus-1
San Jose-2

Slapshot of the Day

Troy Brouwer, Brent Seabrook, Andrew Ladd, and Colin Fraser all played together in a summer hockey team when they were ten. They all played together again in Chicago and won the Stanley Cup together.

January 4, 2012

Last night the Jets played the Canadians, the Boston Bruins played the New Jersey Devils, San Jose played Anaheim, and the Minnesota Wild played Vancouver, for a total of four games. The Montreal Canadians blew out the Jets, in a seven to three victory. The Bruins also played a blowout game against the Devils and captured a six to one victory. Roberto Luongo snagged his second shutout for the year in a three; zero Canuck victory over the Wild. The last game of the night was a Sharks victory over the Ducks, in a three, one game.

Slapshot of the Day

The youngest player currently playing in the National Hockey League is Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. He was born in 1993.

January 3, 2012

Six games went on in the NHL last night. The Edmonton Oilers played the Buffalo Sabers, the Lightning played the Maple Leafs, the Flames played the Capitals, the New York Islanders played Carolina, the Coyotes played the Blues, and the Detroit Red Wings played the Dallas Stars. The Oilers and the Sabers game ended in a four, three score with the Sabers out on top. Tampa Bay and Toronto ended in a high scoring seven to three score. The Maple Leafs won with each one of their goals scored by a different player. The Washington Capitals and the Calgary Flames score ended with the Capitals up on top of a three to one score. The score of the Canes and the Islanders game was tied three, three at the end of sixty minutes and went into overtime and went scoreless. The game went into a shootout and the Islanders ended up winning. After sixty minutes the game between the Blues and the Coyotes, the Blues had more goals then the Coyotes in a four to one victory. The Red Wings and the Stars game was close and ended in a five, four score with the Red Wings on top.

Slapshot of the Day

The reason the Hurricanes mascot is a hog is because when the Hurricanes organization first started the owner wanted to name the team the Ice Hogs. The rest of the organization didn't think that that would be "sellable" so they named the team the Carolina Hurricanes, but kept the mascot as a hog.

Slapshot of the Day

Brain Boyle who plays for the New York Rangers has twelve sibilings. There are a total of thirteen kids in his family.

January 2, 2012

Besides the Winter Classic there were four games going on in the NHL. New Jersey played Ottawa, the Sharks played the Canucks, the Edmonton Oilers played the Chicago Blackhawks, and Colorado played the Kings. Three out of the four games went into either overtime or a shootout. The Devils and the Senators ended up with a tie of two after sixty minutes, but Daniel Alfredsson scored in overtime and won the game for the Senators. The Sharks and Canucks settled their game in a shootout. San Jose came out on top with a three, two victory. In the Avalanche, Kings game the score was tied one, one after sixty minutes. The Avalanche beat the Kings in a shootout. The only game that did not go into extra time was the Oilers, Blackhawks game; the score ended four, three, with the Oilers beating the number one team in the league, (in sixty minutes).

Winter Classic

January 2, 2012 the Rangers and the Flyers took the game of hockey outside for the 2012 Winter Calssic. The game was promised to be a good one. The New York Rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers are division rivals, and fighting for the top spot in the Atlantic Division. The game was held in the Philadelphia Phillies baseball stadium. The first period started and ended in a zero, zero tie. In the second period, within two minutes of each other, Brayden Schenn, Claude Giroux, and Mike Rupp scored to change the zeroes on the board. Going into the third period the score was 2-1, favoring the Flyers. Two minutes into the final period Mike Rupp scored his second of the game to tie the score at two. Brad Richards scored three minutes later to put the rangers up 3-2. The rest of the period was scoreless, even though there was a penalty shot given to the Flyers with twenty seconds left. The Rangers won, beating their division rivals while climbing to the top of the Atlantic Division.

January 1, 2012

On the first night of 2012 there was only one hockey game on. It was between the Calgary Flames and the Nashville Predators. In the first period Jarome Iginla, Kevin Klein, and Sergei Kostitsyn scored to put the Preds up two to one after twenty minutes. In the second period Matt Halichuk, and Sergei Kostitsyn scored to farther Nashville's lead to four to one. In the final period Rene Bourque, and Brendan Morrison scored to make the score four to three, Preds. With thirty seconds left in the game Kevin Klein shot the puck down to the Flames empty net, but just before the puck went in the net Sergei Kostitsyn tapped it in and netted his third goal of the night, giving him a hatrick. The game ended five to three favoring the Nashville Predators.

Slapshot of the Day

All the NHL players whose last name starts with "U" play as a left wingers.

Bobrovsky or Bryzgalov

Earlier today Ilya Bryzgalov announced to the media that he would not be starting in the Winter Classic game on January 2, 2012. "Not to forget my thermos with some nice tea and enjoy the bench" was Bryzgalov's reply when repoter asked him what was his mindset going into tomorrow. http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=146422

Slapshot of the Day

Sidney Crosby was born on August seventh 1987, 8/7/87. That is why his number is eighty-seven.