Glad the Flyers won :D But bummed that Tampa won
:yes: Jerseygirl Jen

Due to it being a shootout victory, right?;):p

No i just hate Tampa be it the BUCS,RAYS,LIGHTING i just hate Tampabay sports teams and anyway no NHL team should be in the south to start with


:no: Jerseygirl Jen

Jen you are so right on everything.

NHL teams shouldn't be allowed where snow doesn't lay on the ground for at least a couple months of the year. Hockey is a game that is played in cold climates.

I was wondering, shadows, has Harold Ballard come back to life and taken ownership of the Leafs again? He really hated to see the Leafs win and managed to destroy a great team.

I don't blame anyone telling the Sharks: "We won't worry about you until the playoffs". For sure they deserve to hear that 1000 times. :-)

Nevertheless, we've retained or added to the offensive firepower from last year. We've also added grittiness, toughness, and intensity.

It rubs both directions. Our top lines are acting more gritty; fewer shots, but more checking and grinding. Our third and fourth line start trying to score. All four lines can score against anyone now.

On top of our game, we're hands down the best in the league. There's still occasional bonehead mistakes, and this magical dust that seems to come and go (as in all sports).

If the Sharks spend the rest of the regular season, not winning games, but learning how to be consistent, it's our year!

:respect:

One more for the Flyers.
 

Nice to see a busy thread about what is unfortunately a minority sport in the UK.

Flyers fan since the '97-'98 season, the first season that channel Five (in UK) started showing live hockey. They pulled their coverage at the end of last season.:( But with no ESPN I've lost my hockey, even if it's on in the early hours of the morning.

Q:Why the Flyers? A: Eric Lindros and all the hype.
A student from Montreal moved into the flat next door to me about 15 years ago. He played hockey and always moaned that he couldn't watch NHL in the UK. He also said he'd played with Eric Lindros when he was younger - at the time Lindros was just about the only player apart from Wayne Gretzky I knew.
Eric Lindros was the big Philadelphia story I couldn't avoid when I was there in 1992. When it was eventually confirmed that he'd joined the Flyers, the Philadelphia media made it sound like the Flyers had signed 'the new Gretzky'. I suppose I now realise their joy in beating the Rangers to his signature.
When Five started showing hockey I picked the Flyers to catch Lindros. Was Lindros worth all the fuss? Clearly the Avalanche benefitted from the trade. Did it cost the Flyers a Cup? Oh, the ifs and maybes of sport.:)

ILA! Bite your tongue! Friday the 13th is over, and it is no time for tales of horror(of course, if anyone could rise from the dead and strike fear in hearts of hockey fans everywhere, it would be Ballard.:eek:)!;):lol:

In all seriousness, I wonder sometimes.:frown:

As much as it hurts for me to say it(as I do not have any respect for Heatley for what he did to Ottawa, and I'm not even an Ottawa fan!), but Heatley has changed that team for the better. He gives a huge offensive boost to an already offensively-heavy roster. One thing I wonder about is whether the layoff for the Olympics will slow down any of the hot teams?

And how about Dan Boyle? 22 points for a D-man!:cool: I'm glad I've got him in my pool. I think he will be able to keep up the pace all year and win the Norris(if he can keep his +/- respectable).:)

Hello Tbone! Nice to see another face in the Hockey thread(well, other sports too, so if you have another sport you want to talk about, feel free!:)).:)

*invites Jen and Ila over for a pint so we can drown our sorrows*:(

*dauls can also come over but since his team actually won, he has to buy the booze*:p

Okay, here are the scores from last night. I won't post as much, as my relief ended up being late and I was at work 13 1/2 hours!:eek:

1. Rangers sqeaked by Ottawa 2-1 in the shootout. Not an auspicious start(due to the shootout) to my hockey report.

2. Calgary beat Toronto 5-2. I still think that Toskala spiked The Monster's Gatorate with Ex-Lax.:frown:

3. New Jersey beat Washington 5-2(after being down 2-0). Dauls, I like Rickard's Red so please bring over some when you come by.

4. Buffalo beat Philadelphia 3-2. Jen, I feel your pain. Dauls needs to know what kind of booze you would like.

5. Florida beat the Islanders 5-4 in the shootout. Meh.

6. Detroit kicked Anaheim's ass 7-4. Zetterberg got 3 goals and 2 assists! They are on fire right now, but Osgood(who is rarely "good") has not played in net for a while. Hence, the winning streak.

7. Pittsburgh beat Boston 6-5 in overtime. Malkin got 3 assists. No big surprise that the Pens missed him.

8. LA beat Tampa Bay 2-1 in the shootout. Well, Jen may be happy and sad about this one. On one hand Tampa Bay lost, but on the other it was in a shootout!

9. San Jose beat St. Louis 3-1. San Jose did not get a lot of shots on net, but they made them count.

10. Ila, Dauls needs to know your brand of booze as well. Montreal lost 2-0. They only managed 20 shots on net, but Price was amazing! He made 53 saves and he was the only reason it was even a close game.

11. Phoenix beat Dallas 3-2. Good. I have Bryzgalov in my pool!

12. Vancouver crushed Colorado 8-2! Henrik Sedin had 3 goals in that one. Wow. I was surprised by that score for sure!

Well, another report done. I hope everyone has as much fun reading it as I had writing it. Have a nice day everyone!:)

Yea, Price is amazing. Unfortunately it takes more than a goalie to win the game. The forwards have to do their job too and they just weren't doing it last night.

As for my drink of choice, I need an Erdinger Dunkeles Weissbier and in a half litre size none of this wimpy North American 1/3 litre bottles. Failing that I'll settle for a Canadian or a Kokanee.

And to think we lost a damn good up and coming player at the rime Peter Frosberg for Lindros :rolleyes: But on the plus side he packed em in at the home games and the team racked up hugh jersey sales in the end i wouldn't say they got burned as he had a some what decent career but he'c no hall of famer
:no: Jerseygirl Jen

At least it wasn't a total bummer as Tampa lost also, As for my drink of choice well i'm not much of a drinker so it'll depend on where we meet for the drink, If it's my neck of the woods i'll have a BUD ICE if it's up in yours then i'll try a LABATS i thubk thats the beers label i know i messed that spelling up sorry


:yes: Jerseygirl Jen

No matter if you aren't much of a drinker, Jennifer. It is the company of friends that is more important than the drinks. We could also have a wide variety of sodas and fruit punches available as well.:cool:

And don't worry too much about the spelling of Labatt. None of us are perfect, after all.:)

I will say, in all seriousness, that it would be cool to someday meet the bunch of you(Jen, Ila, dauls, rockabilly and anyone else for that matter) for a Meetup.

I actually had a Meetup last year with a group of people from another forum that I frequent. It was pretty cool. Out of the four of us, three of us were from Ontario(Canada) and the other was from New York(he is actually the owner of said site). He was a really nice host and he paid for all of our meals regardless of our protestations(and he totally blew the New York stereotype out of the water! He was a really nice guy.:cool:)

I've also had a couple of other meetups from the now-defunct forum Spacecast.com(a forum from the Canadian television station called Space: The Imagination Station). We all attended a Convention called TorontoTrek(but is now called Polaris) and usually went out for supper to chat. Lots of fun, but can be expensive after getting all the autographed pictures and whatnot(personal favourite was a photo taken with Christopher Judge aka Teal'c from SG1 where he wrote "Jaffa Kree!" on it. One of the nicest guys I have ever met. Totally humble and a great sense of humour. Not your typical celebrity at all!:respect:

It is something that rarely happens(since the online world offers so much anonymity), but it is nice when it happens.:)

Anyhoo, sorry for the MASSIVE derailment of the topic fellow sports fans!:eek:

Okay. Now on to the roundup of last night's games. One HUGE surprise, and one suprise of the smaller variety. Here we go!:)

1. Carolina beat Minnesota 5-4 in the shootout. This definitely counts as a huge surprise as they had a 14 game losing streak!:eek:

2. Atlanta beat Edmonton 3-2. Kovalchuk has been on a torrid point streak since coming back from injury. Edmonton has been playing quite poorly after that hot start to the season they had.

3. In a mild surprise(since San Jose has been so good this year) Chicago beat San Jose 4-3 in overtime. Chicago now has won 4 in a row.

Well, tonight is the big game! New Jersey VS Philadelphia. Who will win? Jerseygirl Jen and dauls have a lot riding on this game! Bragging rights for the night(and following day!), so the stakes will be high! One fan will go home happy and the other one will take solace in a Happy Meal! Who...will...it...be?(it certainly won't be ME since my team sucks so bad:eek:)

I have a feeling that Philly is gonna pull this one out. 2-1 Philly win.;)

The only live NHL game that I can find listed for tonight is Edmonton at Columbus on Sports Net West. But then I don't get the NHL pay channels and I haven't checked to see what they are showing.

I just checked and it looks like the Flyers/Devils game will be on TSN2. Unfortunately I just have regular TSN. I believe TSN2 is part of a package and I just have basic cable(good enough for me as I rarely watch television, I just use it to watch DVDs). A shame, as I think that would be a good game to watch.

Just to add, TSN has the NFL game Cleveland Browns vs Baltimore Ravens. Wow. With the Cleveland Browns being such a crappy team this year(and thus, the ratings will probably be horrible) do you think they wish they could have a do-over(or mulligan)? LOL! ;)

I was just rechecking the listings and I found the Flyers/Devils game listed on TSN2. I get that channel. I'm not going to watch the game, but I will check on it periodically.

All of the games are now finals except Tampa/Phoenix.

1. The Islanders beat Boston 4-1. I would have considered it an upset in the beginning of the season, but Boston has played poorly this year and the Islanders have shown to be quite competitive in a lot of their games.

2. Philadelphia beat New Jersey 3-2. Close game! I am sure it didn't help the Devil's to have all that extra pressure to tie the record for most road wins in a row to start a season.

3. Columbus beat Edmonton 3-2 in the shootout. Oh, how Edmonton has fallen since the start of the season. And Mason wasn't even in net for Columbus!

4. Pittsburgh beat Anaheim 5-2. Malkin didn't get a point, but the Pens got 5 goals(11 goals in 2 games now!). You can tell how important he is to this team since they got shut out 2 games in a row while he was out.

5. LA beat Florida 4-3 in the shootout. Meh, I say. Meh.

Tampa Bay leads Phoenix 3-1 after 2 periods of play.

Any thoughts on tonight's games?

All i can say is HAPPY DANCE oh yeah
:yes: Jerserygirl Jen

You'll have to show us, Jen.;):D

Is it anything like when Snoopy gets all happy and does the Snoopy dance?:)

Flyers win.
 

Great win for the Flyers last night. Game wasn't on TV in the UK last night, they never show the ones I want to see.

Its the result I wanted but not the one I expected, the Devils' 8 game win streak was looking a formidable, who knew the Flyers would turn in such a good performance.:);):)

It sounds like you and dauls are from the same neck of the woods. Though it sounds like you are both on opposite spectrums with regards to who you root for in the NHL.;):D

Ummnn i did

:yes: Flyers fan Jen

Yeah kinda


:innocent: Flyers fan Jen

That would be a wonderful sight to behold!:cool:

And I see you are at 999 posts. Waiting for a particular topic for the big 1000?;):D

Afew days ago someone brought up how back in 92 all the buzz in Phillie was a certain player the Flyers put all there hopes in one ERIC LINDROS who never lived up to the hype nor got the Flyers a STANLEY CUP but i did dig up his 92 topps hockey card
:eek: Flyers fan Jen

JEN:

His play was head-on, and he changed his style after one of his latter concussions. It was a good plan, like AI for the 76ers, and McNabb for The Iggles. They all got to the final game or series, while The Phillies got there twice in a row, won one, and there was no one marquee player. It's a plan with most plans not finishing first, which would be 4 teams out of 122 teams or a 3.3% chance.


TAL

Here are the scores for the November 18th games.

1. Florida smoked Buffalo 6-2. I will admit that I am quite surprised at this score. Normally Buffalo is a good defensive team, and to give up 6 goals to Florida is a shocker.

2. Dallas beat Detroit 3-1. It looks like Detroit got dragged back down to reality after their recent hot streak.

3. Phoenix beat Minnesota 3-2. Good. Bryzgalov is in my pool! Yay!

4. Edmonton beat Colorado 6-4. Colorado has been really shaky that past few games. Is this a sign of things to come? It also looks like they've lost Ryan Smyth for a month due to injury. Not a good thing for them.

(And saving the best for last! Well, for this night anyhow.;))

5. Philadelphia beat LA 3-2. Good game, and they had their backup in. Emery has logged a lot of time this year, and he deserved a break. Also, congratulations on 1000 posts Jennifer!:yes::cool:

Holy Hockeytown, Batman!

A "Sunbelt" team beat an "Original Six" team and in their own barn, no less!

Dallas wins at the Joe, 3-1!

A big Dallas fan, are you?:)

I keep an eye on them.

Good enough for me. Welcome to the Hockey thread.;):)

That someone was me. Funny to see the early hockey card, but why do they always choose the "look who we've just signed" picture? They look daft wearing a shirt and tie under the team jersey.

I suppose it's a step up from a mugshot photo being used. Has a mugshot ever been used on a sports card? That would have to make it a collectable.

Back in the late 80s and early 90s rookie cards was the big thing and all the card companies were trying to be the first to release the first card so most of the time they used photos from draft day as preseason was months away, On a side note the 92 topps hockey card set was supposed to be 528 cards and the Lindros card is number 529 and was not orinigaly part of the set and was a last minute addtion to the set and back in 92 it was a $25 card at card shows in the NEW JERSEY/SOUTH PHILLIE area
Flyers fan Jen

And today your Eric Lindros 1992 topps hockey card (mint condition I expect) is worth?;)

What card is your prized possession?

Today i dout it goes for a dollar, As for prized card well i haven't collected hockey cards since around 94 or 95
:no: Flyerfan Jen

I've got an Upper Deck John Olerud rookie card. He was a Blue Jays first baseman(baseball for anyone that doesn't follow the sport).:)

Here are the scores from last night's games.

1. Carolina beat Toronto 6-5 in the shootout. Heck, it was the shootout so I knew they were going to lose. Toronto had a 3-0 lead at one point and they couldn't hold it? Arghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

2. Boston beat Atlanta 4-3 in the shootout. Another shootout. Bleh!

3. Ottawa beat Pittsburgh 6-2. Pittsburgh has been giving up a lot of goals lately!

4. St. Louis beat Phoenix 3-2. Darn it! I need points!

5. Nashville beat New Jersey 3-2 in the shootout. I was surprised about that! Nashville has been playing well lately, so I guess I shouldn't have been too surprised. The shootout still sucks, though.

6. Columbus beat Dallas 4-1. Lots of PP goals in that one. Purplehead didn't like that final too much I would imagine.

7. Chicago kicked Calgary's ass 7-1! What more needs to be said?:eek:

8. Anaheim beat Tampa Bay 4-3. With Philadelphia not playing last night, this at least gave Jennifer something to cheer about(well, that and her Twiki score!:cool:).

Sharks v. Philly
 

Because of the Anaheim playoff loss last season (on top of the bad blood), the Sharks love to beat Pronger. Philly hasn't beaten San Jose since 2000! We don't play them much of course, but ouch. That's a tough stat.

Tonight was a pretty tight game. Momentum back and forth. Some ugly stuff, but some really beautiful goals. If you can see the two Thornton to Heatley goals, you should. He waits FOREVER to pass it. Everyone is screaming SHOOT, and Jumbo waits it out, threading an insane needle to Heater. Bang.

Thornton 4 assists to resume leadership in the assist race in the league.
Heatley scores short-handed, even, and on the power play to go atop goal scorers in the league. He also leads in power plays.
Sharks get 60pct faceoffs.
ME Vlasic gets his first fighting major. A real accomplishment.


Perhaps a controversial statement, but I see a lot of strength in the west this year. The east has some streaky teams, but noone really stands out to me as threatening. There's not a huge difference of course, and you're not getting a night off against anyone, but after game after game against them, I'd rather play the eastern teams than Chicago or Detroit....

*tiptoes around so as not to anger Jen due to Philly losing last night*

Here are the scores from last night's games.

1. Montreal beat Washington 3-2. Two people will be particularly happy about that score. Ila for Montreal winning and Jennifer for Washington losing.;)

2. Boston beat Buffalo 2-1 in overtime. Rask was in net(didn't he used to belong to the Leafs? Too bad we don't have him still as he is pretty good) for the third straight game. It looks like Thomas may be nursing an injury.

3. Florida beat Detroit 2-1 in (you guessed it) overtime. After the mini-streak that Detroit had where they were scoring goals like mad, they are now struggling to score goals(of course, having goals that should have counted get taken away doesn't help;)).

4. Minnesota beat the Islanders 3-2. Havlat did not play due to a "lower body injury". Wow. Big surprise there. NOT!

5. Vancouver beat Colorado 5-2. Colorado had a 2-0 lead after the first period, but they could not hold on. They are not playing well right now.

6. *whispers vewy, vewy qwuietly* Shhhhhh! I'm hunting wabbits...er, I mean San Jose beat Philadelphia 6-3. Too much firepower for Philly to handle this night, I guess. Thornton had 4 assists and Heatley had a hat-trick.

Please don't punish me for posting the bad news Going-For-My-Jugular Jen!:eek::no:

Yep, I'm happy.

It looks like Jen and I have more in common than just this result.

I really hate shootouts. I prefer Philadelphia over both New Jersey and Pittsburgh and I really don't like Washington at all. Go Philadelphia (just don't beat Montreal).

Thank you dauls.;)

Who would have guessed, looking at all the games that would be playing last night, that out of dauls, Jen, Ila, and myself that I would be the only one happy with the outcome of a game. I certainly didn't expect it.:eek:

Here are the scores! Lots of 'em, but too many shootouts!

1. Calgary beat LA 5-2. Iginla got a hat trick and Calgary looks to have bounced back from their last game where they lost 7-1.

2. *does happy dance* Toronto beat Washington 2-1 in the shootout. Two things that surprised me the most about this score. The first being "glove side" Toskala winning in the shootout, and Toronto winning a game afterregulation time was over(first time this season!). Dauls, I don't think that they will be making the playoffs, but I hope they at least don't end up giving Boston their Lottery Pick!

3. Detroit beat Montreal 3-2 in the shootout. They just had to rub it in, eh Ila? It was bad enough to lose to Detroit(those bastids!), but to do it in a shootout. I imagine your anger is fierce.:eek:

4. Ottawa beat Buffalo 5-3. Ottawa is playing well right now, but they may have lost their #1 goalie(Leclaire) to injury.

5. Florida beat the Rangers 3-2. Florida is playing quite well right now.

6. Carolina beat Tampa Bay 3-1(which will make Jen feel a little bit better I am sure). Carolina has played better recently, a sign of things to come?

7. Pittsburgh beat Atlanta 3-2. An interesting thing to note is that Atlanta scored both goals shorthanded during the same Pittsburgh PP(Kovalchuk got a HUGE penalty).

8. St. Louis beat the Islanders 4-1. Both NY teams lost.

9. Nashville beat Columbus 4-3 in the shootout. Enough with the darned shootouts already! Nashville has been playing quite well recently.

10. Dallas beat New Jersey 5-3. Dauls, at least you can take solace in the fact that it was mainly due to your backup goalie having a bad night. Purplehead should be pleased with the final score, though.

11. Phoenix beat Philadelphia 3-1. While I am glad that Bryzgalov got me 2 points for the win, I just wish that it wasn't at the expense of the Flyers. Sorry Jen!:(

12. Chicago beat Edmonton 5-2. A tale of two teams going in the opposite directions it seems.

13. San Jose beat Anaheim 3-2. Darn it, Heatley got another!

And that concludes our broadcast. Please stand by for a word from our sponsor.;)

When there was just minutes to go in the third period and the score was tied I just knew that they would end up in a shootout. @#&%:censored: shootouts

I will say though that there was some good hockey played in the second and third periods. Montreal just kept forgetting that they had to shoot the puck at Detroit's net when they got into Detroit's end.

Yes, that was a bummer seeing Montreal lose in a shootout. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see the end of the game because my spouse was being a television hog. :censored:

Ila, even though I know you are a Montreal fan and could be biased(but I don't think you are), what is your opinion on the George Larroque(sp?) hit on Kronwall that took him out for 4-8 weeks. Do you think it was deliberate or just a accident like he says? I have not seen the hit so I cannot pass judgement.

Sorry, I didn't see the hit either. In fact I didn't even see it on any sports reports on tv.

He was supposed to have a meeting with Campbell today, so I will post the outcome here when I find out.

Laraque got a 5 game suspension, Ila.

Here are the scores from last night's games(lots of 'em!:eek:)

1. Nashville beat Detroit 3-1. Again, Detroit has not been able to score goals since that two-game period where they scored a ton of them. Nashville has won 6 straight and Detroit is still struggling to score goals.

2. The Islanders beat Toronto 4-3 in overtime. I am not really too angry about this loss(except for Toskala reverting to his pylon ways in the 2nd period). The Leafs had over 60 shots for the game, and came back from down 3-0! They also got a point, which was better than nothing.

3. The Rangers smoked Columbus 7-4! Gaborik had 2 goals and 2 assists, and even Sean Avery had 2 goals! Mason looked like garbage again(he is certainly not playing like he did last year when he won the Calder trophy) and the defense was non-existent.

4. Ottawa beat Washington 4-3 in overtime. Washington lost, Ovechkin did not get a goal, so there are some positives. I am still not a fan of Ottawa though, so I would have been satisfied if they had lost also.

5. Pittsburgh beat Florida 3-2 in overtime. Fleury looked half-decent in net for a change. He's been decidedly average the last little while. Florida's first loss in a while.

6. Boston beat St. Louis 4-2. Lucic got another point tonight, so he doesn't appear to be showing any ill-effects from missing a fair amount of time due to injury. Rask started in goal again, so Thomas is definitely injured.

7. Dallas beat Carolina 2-0. Looks like Carolina poor offense reared it's ugly head again. Are they going to be able to right the ship again, or will they start another lengthy losing streak?(The Leaf fan in me hopes they do!)

8. Colorado beat Philadelphia 5-4. That is now three losses in a row for Philly. I don't think this streak will last too much longer, but it certainly is puzzling why they are struggling so badly right now(no significant injuries except for Gagne and he wasn't producing before going on IR).

9. Edmonton beat Phoenix 4-0. A good way to start a winning streak.

10. Anaheim beat Calgary 3-2 in the shootout(only one this evening, thank goodness!). Iginla got another goal and Corey Perry is continuing with his point-a-game pace.

Another night done, another few tears shed(darn Leafs!).;)

Hi shadows. I've gone through the sports pages of the local newspapers and I've looked for clips of the the hit and out of all this all I could find was news about the five game suspension.

I asked around work and no one knew too much about it. I'm going to have to say that if it was deliberate then Laraque deserves the suspension and possibly even longer. If it wasn't a deliberate hit then he didn't deserve any suspension at all. Knee on knee hits can be career enders and I would hope that no player would deliberately hit another player in such a fashion. Knee on knee can also easily be accidental so I hope Campbell reviewed a video of the whole game before he came to a decision.

I think someone(dauls?) mentioned that there was a clip of the hit up at tsn.ca. You could check there if you wanted to.

Speaking of suspensions, it looks like Daniel Briere of Philadelphia has been suspended for two games for a late hit. Jen won't be too impressed with that I think, especially since they have lost three straight games.

Late hit my :censored: :censored: :censored: :censored: :censored:
:frown: Flyersfan Jen

I guess I was correct with my assessment on how Jen would react.;):eek:

I have not seen it, but read about it on NHL.com.

It was a bad call on the refs part had i been the ref i wouldn't have called it at all as it was part of the game a little hitting is all part of the game and should not be called unless it's a brawl or a stick gets jamned yp someone's butt
:eek: Flyersfan Jen

One game last night, so it will make my post an easy one.

Montreal beat Columbus 5-3. Columbus is reeling right now. They had the lead, but totally fell apart in the third period! Well, serves 'em right I guess. Ila will be doing the happy shuffle(he can't dance, after all:p:lol::p) now!;)

Nonsense dauls! There is no such thing as offtopic in this thread(unless it is non-sports related:D). Tennis is great, and I actually enjoy playing it during the nice weather.:cool:

Onto the scores from last night. A lot of people will be happy here, but alas, one of us will be crying into his milk(does a polar bear even drink milk?:confused:) ).:eek:

1. New Jersey beat Ottawa 3-1. It finally looks like New Jersey has righted their ship. dauls will be happy.

2. Philadelphia beat the Islanders 2-1. A closer score than I thought it would be, but at least Philly won. Their mini-losing streak is over. Jennifer will be happy.

3. Washington beat Buffalo 2-0. While Jen is probably angry that the Capitals won, she should take solace that if the NHL has any sense of fair play then Ovechkin should be suspended for his boarding penalty last night which garnered him a Game Misconduct(which tossed him from the game!).

4. Toronto beat Tampa Bay 4-3(in REGULATION TIME, BABY!!!!). Since you and I are both happy about this score, did you care to dance with me Jen. *does the happy dance*

5. Pittsburgh beat Montreal 3-1. No fault of Price's. The offense disappeared. Again. Ila will not be pleased.

6. The Rangers beat Florida 2-1 in the shootout. I was less than five minutes away from getting 7 points for a Lundqvist shutout. Why could they have not kept the tying goal out of the net!?!?!?

7. Atlanta beat Detroit 2-0. Pavelec played well again. Detroit's offense vanished for the third(fourth?) straight game.

8. Boston beat Minnesota 2-1 in the shootout. Oh joy. Another shootout.

9. St. Louis beat Dallas 4-3 in the shootout. How about that? Another shootout!

10. Nashville beat Colorado 4-3 in overtime. At least it wasn't another shootout. Nashville is HOT right now.

11. Calgary beat Phoenix 2-1. Darn it! I need the Bryzgalov points for a win! Why couldn't you win for me?

12. LA beat Edmonton 3-1. Khabibulin did not play again, so he has to be hurt. I do not know what the injury is, though.

13. Anaheim beat Carolina 3-2. Yay! We passed Carolina in the standings! Also, Eric Staal made his return to the Carolina lineup and got an assist.

14. Chicago crushed San Jose 7-2. Hossa made his return and got 2 goals. A sign of things to come for the rest of the year, or just making the most of an off night for San Jose?

That is it for the scores. It was a busy night!

Watched the Blackhawk-Sharks game. The Blackhawks played as if it was a playoff game and the Sharks played as if it was, well a playoff game. The first two periods where played entirely in the sharks end, they made soft passes that were intercepted and when they did get the puck out of their end, had to shoot the it deep for a line change. Hawks first two goals were both short handed. Nabakof (sp) actually played well for the first half of the game. Hawks were the much better team.

I also think that Chicago scored either 3 or 4 short-handed goals in a row. That is some really crappy PP'ing on San Jose's part!:eek:

Only two games last night.

1. Ottawa beat Columbus 2-1. At least Columbus didn't get blown away this time.

2. Vancouver beat LA 4-1. Vancouver exploded for 3 goals in the third period to claim victory.

It'll be a busy weekend!

playing football with a round ball :lol: now that's silly
:yes: Flyersfan Jen

Wow. It's been a while since I've updated this thread. Anyone miss the updates?:eek:;)

Since not everyone has access to live action with regards to hockey(since not everyone lives in North America), I'll even update the scores for games from last Friday to last night.

FRIDAY NOV 27th's SCORES

1. New Jersey beat Boston 2-1 in the shootout. While it is nice that the Devils won, I am sure it would have been better had they won before regulation ended.

2. Buffalo beat Philadelphia 4-2. The main problem for Philly is that they are not able to score goals right now. I have also heard a lot of rumours that the players are tuning out their Head Coach(Stevens) and that changes may be happening on that front. If a Coach has lost the locker room, then that is usually the end of the line for the Coach.

3. The Islanders beat Pittsburgh 3-2. A bit of a shocker since Pittsburgh is so good, but the Islanders are a much better team than they were last year so it isn't a total surprise.

4. Minnesota beat Colorado 5-3. Colorado needs to wake up!

5. Anaheim beat Chicago 3-0. Getting shut out the first game after winning eight straight games is a little bit of a reality check I would say!

6. Atlanta beat Carolina 6-4. Carolina had a 4-1 lead going into the 3rd period, but fell apart in the end, giving up 5 unanswered goals. Ugly game!

7. Calgary beat Detroit 3-0. Apparently there was a goal for Detroit that was disallowed that should have counted, but as I did not see it I cannot say for certain if there is truth to this or if it just sour grapes by Detroit fans.

8. Tampa Bay beat the Rangers 5-1. The Rangers are in a tailspin right now. Their defense, goaltending, and offense(besides Gaborik and not counting the upcoming 7 goal game) is struggling. Heads will roll sooner rather than later if this keeps up.

9. Toronto beat Florida 6-4. YEAH!!!!! Kessel got two more goals. Sweet!

10. St. Louis beat Nashville 3-1. First victory for St. Louis in a while.

11. Phoenix beat Dallas 5-2. First time Phoenix has scored that many goals in quite a few games.

12. San Jose beat Edmonton 5-4 in the shootout. Edmonton has far too many injuries to really compete at their talent level and San Jose is a great team right now.

SATURDAY NOV 28th's SCORES

1. New Jersey smoked the Islanders 6-1. Even though the Devil's got bad news(losing Clarkson for 4-6 weeks due to a broken leg due to a Chara slapshot), they still played their A-game.

2. Boston beat Ottawa 4-3 in the shootout. Not a good sign for the night, shootout wise.

3. Buffalo beat Carolina 5-1. Carolina, AGAIN, had a lead going into the 3rd period but decided to fall apart again and give up 5 unanswered goals to Buffalo. Brutal team right now.

4. Washington beat Montreal 4-3 in the shootout. A double shot of bad news for Ila(but there will be some Ovechkin news in my Nov. 30th update!)

5. Atlanta beat Philadelphia 1-0. The Philly offense was shut down again, but it was due to a really hot goalie(Hedberg, returning from a long layoff due to injury). They peppered him with a lot of shots, but were unlucky to not get any past Hedberg.

6. Calgary beat Columbus 4-3 in the shootout. See? Another shootout. And there will be more in this update. *shudder*

7. Pittsburgh totally kicked the Ranger's ass 8-3. The Rangers are falling, falling, falling!

8. Detroit beat St. Louis 4-3(lots of 4-3 scores tonight!) in the, you guessed it, shootout.

9. Nashville beat Florida 4-1. Meh.

10. Dallas beat Tampa Bay 4-3. See? Another 4-3 score. Weird coincidence or something more?:eek:

11. Minnesota beat Colorado 3-2 in the shootout. Man, the shootout is like a freaking broken record tonight. Over and over and over and over....

12. Vancouver crushed Edmonton 7-3. Edmonton is floundering.

13. LA beat Chicago 2-1 in the freaking shootout! Thank freaking goodness this is the last game of the night, because I don't want to talk about another freaking shootout! ARGHHHHHHH! Well, at least Chicago didn't get shut out two games in a row...

SUNDAY NOV 29th's SCORES

1. Phoenix beat Anaheim 3-2 in overtime. At least it wasn't a shootout, thank goodness!

2. San Jose beat Vancouver 4-2. Dang. San Jose is good!

MONDAY NOV 30th's SCORES

Here we go! Finally going to get caught up! What is the big news about Ovechkin? Tune in to find out!

1. Buffalo beat Toronto 3-0. Dang it, no 3 game winning streak for my Leafs. At least they played well. Miller(Buffalo goalie) was really strong!

2. Pittsburgh beat the Rangers 5-2. The Rangers lose? Not a shock right now.

3. Washington beat Carolina 3-2. Here is the BIG NEWS. Ovechkin hit Tim Gleason knee-on-knee and left the game with an injury. While I never really want an injury bestowed upon a player, I will say that I feel perhaps he was hit with a little Karma. He has a couple of incidents where he got away with actions that would have warranted a suspension from a "non star" player. He was the one going for the hit, and he was the one who got hurt.

He also got a Game Misconduct penalty a couple of games ago, so it is not like it is his first brush with a potential meeting with Colin (no balls) Campbell.

It is unknown how much time he will miss, but we will find out soon enough I am sure.

4. Atlanta beat Florida 4-3(what, is this Saturday again with all the 4-3 scores?!?). Hedberg got the start again, which is sure to piss off Pavelec since he played so well while Hedberg was injured. Goalie controversies are never good.

5. Columbus beat St. Louis 5-2. Has Columbus finally turned a corner to winning?

6. Colorado beat Tampa Bay 3-0. Dang it! I needed points from St. Louis, Lecavalier, and Stamkos!!!

7. Detroit beat Dallas 4-1. Wings fans can breathe a sigh of relief, as Detroit finally won a game.

8. Calgary beat Nashville 5-0. Kiprusoff's second straight shutout. That sucks for me in the pool. Ugh.

Well, that is it for this long-winded report. Sorry for the delay fellow fans, but I hope you enjoyed reading it. Thanks!:)

I couldn't believe Montreal lost to the Capitals in that Saturday night game. In the last fikteen seconds of play, Montreal had a penalty called on them, leaving it a 6 on 4 offense against the Canadiens. They slapped on in to tie the game. Then the freaking shootout. After all of the saves that Price made, he misses the last shot. Depressing.

Still, I'd rather see Montreal lose in a close match (good game) than watch them annhilate the competition where the game is not really as fun to watch.

And even though it was via the shootout(which fellow Montreal fan Ila hates with a passion!), your team got a point. Heck, that's how my Leafs got the majority of their points so far.;)

starting another losing streak so i'll be glad when baseball season starts and hopefully Holliaday from the Bluejays will go to the Phillies
:yes: Fltersfan Jen

As long as we get some good players in return. I have no illusions that he would stay past next season, so we may as well trade him and rebuild the team.

And I would not give up on your team yet, Jen! There is still a LOT of hockey left to play.:)

True but baseball is still my main sport, Believe it or not i use to be in little league i played shortstop i was a good fiejder but horrorable hitter in fact a lot of the team always said i hit like a girl :lol: i dout they knew how true they were


:yes: Flyersfan Jen

All these comments and score updates, but no mention of Tomas Vokoun getting slashed by his own teammate, Keith Ballard. I have never seen anything like it. Don't think the rules allow for giving him a slashing penalty, but he should have gotten an unsportsman like one. Wonder if he will get a suspension? Anyone have any comments?

A shortstop that was a good fielder and cannot hit? The Toronto Blue Jays would sign you to a contract for sure! Heck, they did for John McDonald and he is exactly the same. Good glove, no bat.;):D

Thankfully it looks like Vokoun will be okay. They are saying that there is no inner ear damage and besides the laceration near his ear that required stitches, he is totally fine. It has also been said that Vokoun bears no ill-will to Ballard and neither does the rest of the team. There will be no suspension from either the League or the Panthers. I think that is fine, since Ballard will be punishing himself for what he did.

I do not think that Ballard will ever be doing anything like that again.

Ila! Please don't ban me! It wasn't my fault that Toronto beat Montreal 3-0! I'm just happy that they won a game.:eek:

Ban Toskala instead. He deserves it.:yes:

shadows, maybe you won't get a ban, just a 'two game' suspension.;)

LOL! If I can, you're getting Repped for that!:lol:

ETA: Damn! I have to spread it around first. Maybe I can bribe Ila to not "suspend" me.;)

Drats! He is un-reppable to me as well! Methinks I'll be seeing the headsman's axe shortly!:eek:

Derek Jeter was Sport's Illustrated Male Athlete of the year. I disagree with that choice. While he's a good athlete, the Yankee's didn't need him to win(since they bought everyone else! LOL!). What about Usain Bolt? Roger Federer? There were lots of choices, but I feel there were better ones out there than Derek Jeter.

And if the Jays trade Halliday to the Yankees I will be severely ticked off. It sucks enough that he will probably be traded, but to trade him to a Divisional rival? And one who has an obscene payroll?:no:

NO NO NO not the Yankees he sould sign with the Phillies
:yes: Philliefan Jen

I could handle that. I don't mind the Phillies.

Here are the scores for December 1st.

1. Toronto beat Montreal 3-0. I am not going to gloat. I am just happy that they won. It looks like Gustavsson left early due to a high heart rate. They say it isn't anything serious, but I hope they are able to correct the flaw before anything horrible happens.

2. Chicago beat Columbus 4-3 in the shootout. Deja vu? 4-3? Hossa got 2 assists.

3. LA beat Anaheim 4-3. Hmmmm. Another tale of 4-3.

4. San Jose beat Ottawa 5-2. They are on a ROLL!

Small amount of games tonight, so it was a little easier to finish.:D

I laughed so hard that I couldn't I couldn't hold my mouse still enough to hit the ban button.

Montreal and Toronto shall meet again this season and Toskala will be in his usual form then. Hopefully Montreal knows enough to put the puck high and glove side.

Maybe a stern talking to will do it. :lol: After all shadows didn't gloat.

Thanks Ila.;)

I hadn't seen you post in here for a couple of days now, so I thought you may have been on a vacation or something.:D

I am not sure the day that Toskala is coming back from his injury(when his contract is over hopefully?) so I am not sure if he will be in net for their next matchup(when is the game anyhow?). Judging from the fans reactions on tsn.ca, Price did not play a very good game. However, how can he be expected to bail out the poor offense every single game? No bashing going on here, just an honest observation. The offense is horrible!

And it looks like Montreal traded their former 1st round pick(from 2004) Chipera(sp?) to Anaheim for a 4th round pick in the 2011 draft. Perhaps they are clearing some cap space for an upcoming trade?

:lol::lol::lol:

Maybe you're gonna need a bigger ban button installed ahead of the next grudge match

I'm having trouble with NHL.com, they must have a virus:confused:.
It says the Canucks beat the Devils 5-2.
Is the same bug affecting your computer?:innocent:

I think the culprits are the too many glasses of Guiness you drank to wash away the pain of the Devils losing to the Canucks.;):p:D

In all seriousness, I was shocked at the outcome. Perhaps Brodeur was still a little too excited from becoming a Dual-Citizen.;)

Here are the scores from Dec. 2nd.

1. Boston beat Tampa Bay 4-1. Boston is really rolling right now, and they have climbed back into the thick of things.

2. Vancouver beat New Jersey 5-2. Even the great goalies have an off day from time to time.:eek:

3. Florida beat Colorado 6-5 in the shootout. Not a goaltending duel until the shootout it seems!

4. Minnesota beat Nashville 5-4 in overtime. I wanted Minny to lose so that the Leafs were closer to passing them in the standings(with regards to picks at year's end).

Another light night of hockey.

Tonight the teams for Ila, Jen, and myself play. Hopefully we will all be happy with the end results of the games.:)

Vancouver calls it the good news worm.

The first world series i rember watching was the 86 REDSOXS losing to the METS the 88 wotld series with the A'S losing to the DODGERS has to be my second favrite series my dad was a hugh baseball fan so i grew up watching it plus my dad was always buying me packs of baseball cards, The only worse game ever then the 93 series was the 01 NFL playoffs when :censored: TAMPABAY beat the EAGLES
:yes: Jerseygirl Jen

Here are the scores from Dec 3rd's games.

1. Buffalo beat Montreal 6-2. The offense did not show up again, as they only managed 23 shots on net. Was Halak a little rusty from not playing in quite a while, or was it just a bad night from the defense? They need to pick up their play otherwise they will be on the outside looking in.

2. Vancouver beat Philadelphia 3-0. There are increasing rumblings that Stevens is going to be fired as head coach. This game will not help him any. I am surprised they are playing like they are! Luongo played a great game, though.

3. Washington beat Florida 6-2. No Ovechkin? No problem it seems!

4. The Islanders beat Atlanta 4-1. Tavares got his first goal in what seems like forever!

5. Toronto beat Columbus 6-3. *does happy dance* They are playing very well right now. They are only about 4-6 points out of being in the thick of things! Kessel got two more goals and now has 10 goals and 5 assists in 15 games. At least this proves that it wasn't due to Savard that he got so many goals last season.

6. Edmonton beat Detroit 4-1. A good win for Edmonton, especially against a team that always plays them tough.

7. Pittsburgh beat Colorado 4-1. Crosby got another 2 goals, which gives him 19 for the year. Looks like another great year from Sid the Kid.

8. Dallas beat Anaheim 3-1. Anaheim also lost Teemu Selanne 4-6 weeks with a broken hand(a shot hit his hand). Not good for a team that is already struggling.

9. Phoenix beat Calgary 2-1. Good. No shutout for Kiprusoff this time.

10. LA beat Ottawa 6-3. Will Kovalev or Spezza ever free themselves from the floating issues they seem to have? Doesn't look like it. I'll bet that Ila is happy that Kovalev no longer plays for Montreal.

11. St. Louis beat San Jose 3-2 in the shootout. St. Louis beat a very good team. Tough to do lately for them it seems. This was also the ONLY game to go beyond regulation time! That doesn't happen very often.

There's a lot of FLYERS fans already with the tar and feathers and a rail
:lol: Flyersfan Jen

It's a rebuilding year, don't you know?:lol:

I thought that was my team.:eek:;):D

Jen! Are those feathers and some tar that I see you carrying?;)

Quickly take foot and shove bucket of tar and feathers behind me Who me?
:innocent: Flyersfan Jen

Just four games on Friday, but only two of them were thread-important.

Devils bounce back from the disaster against the Canucks with a 3-2 win over Tampa, the final goal scored with less than 40 seconds to go.:cool:

And Montreal 5-1 over Boston... and 4 goals in the 2nd period!!!:eek:

Two great NHL games and ESPN-UK showed Cavaliers-Bulls tonight.:censored:

I never worried that you would do that.;):innocent:

I should add that John Stevens did end up getting turfed.

Oi! It looks like I have been replaced...:eek::(:no:

:p:lol::lol::lol:

Here are the scores from Dec. 4th's games(included are the ones that dauls mentioned).

1. New Jersey beat Tampa Bay 3-2. It was a really close game! Tampa tied it up with 3 minutes left in the third, but New Jersey scored with less than a minute to go. Good game.

2. Montreal beat Boston 5-1. Price was in net again and the results were there. He played well again. Poor guy lost his shutout again. He hasn't picked one up yet this season but he's due! Thomas did not play well, and Montreal took advantage. They need to keep up this kind of scoring to show that they have gotten out of their funk.

3. Minnesota beat Anaheim 5-4 in the shootout. Anaheim is playing poorly right now, which is good for my Leafs so they can leapfrog them in the standings(with regards to the lottery pick;)).

4. Nashville beat Chicago 4-1. Not really as much of a surprise as you would think as Nashville is playing well this year.

A lot more games on tap for today!

That's it shadows, stop dauls from stealing your round-up role :lol:, he even left out two games, thats bad form.

Frustrating Friday night, no hockey on ESPN over here, I'm not working today so I could've watched a full game.:frown:

But it was nice to see the Devils back to winning ways after that poor result earlier in the week.

*does happy dance*

Does it bother anyone besides me that there are NHL teams in places where the weather doesn't produce ice for skating? Just sayin' ...

Two UK Devils fans? Pretty cool.:cool:

Thanks for being in my corner! That dauls is trying to steal my thunder, he is!:lol: Thanks for the Rep as well.;):cool:

A game that is complete today(I'll have a complete report when I get home from work at 7am) is a complete shocker. Carolina beat Vancouver 5-3! Carolina! I guess I shouldn't be too surprised. It was Raycrap in net for Vancouver after all.;)

It's nice to be able to do that again, isn't it?;):cool: