I'd only heard him but had never seen him. I didn't realize that the jacket/tie combo I saw a short while ago was actually rather tame. A Google search just informed me that he is a consistently frightening dresser and that you, ila, are not alone among people who tune in just to see what he is wearing.

I'm glad I can touch type. I can watch the game without ever looking at the keyboard!

It is quite an action packed game. It looks like we're going to have do shadows job today and keep the site updatedon the game.

smc, did you see Don Cherry when he used to coach Boston? I'm sure he dressed more conservatively back in those days.

I also saw that Don Cherry is predicting that Canada will win today's game 5 -3

GOAL!!!

Team Canada 1
USA 0

Update. 1 - 0 for Canada. Goal scored by Jonathon Toews (of the Blackhawks) with 7:10 left in the third period.

Yes, I meant I hadn't seen him as a broadcaster in Canada. When he was here he was a little bit crazy, but nothing like the jacket I just saw on Google: white with maple leafs all over it.

I think his prediction is off. It's tough to imagine 8 goals being scored in this game. The defensemen on both sides are setting up textbook-style.

Why are there Americans rooting for Team Canada?

I see Michael J. Fox is in the crowd at the arena and he's wearing a Team Canada hat.

I don't see how the USA has a chance after the perfect execution of that goal just now.

Canada 2-0!!!

Maybe that prank caller ought to be put in at goal for Team USA (see my post from last night).

That was an excellent goal. There's still 1 1/2 periods to go so nothing is wrapped up yet.

True that. It's now 2-1. I should have been more specific. I meant that if Team Canada continued to play as they were, and if the USA couldn't do anything better than 1-and-done shots on goal during their power plays.

Trying to watch and "blog" at the same time has its limitations.

I missed the goal as I had to leave, but I did hear the noise on tv as I was leaving the room. Now Canada better get down to business if they don't want to lose this game.

Luongo is starting to look a bit tentative goal, and Ryan Miller seems to be shaking off whatever nervousness he had earlier in the game and is showing the form of the past games in these Olympics. The momentum has, I am sorry to say, shifted to Team USA. The second intermission could not have come at a better time.

Now the game goes to overtime!

Gold for Team Canada!!
 

That game was really intense. The third period and overtime were nailbiters all the way. It was a gold medal game worthy of the name.

Yeah, I couldn't believe the US tied the game with less than 30 seconds left on the clock. Canada then commenced to outshoot the US in overtime.

I think Canada woke up during the break between the third period and overtime. Overtime was really good, fast, hard hockey. They played the way hockey should be played; skate, pass, and shoot. Crosby's goal was really nice. Miller didn't have much of a chance to stop the puck.

I don't know about the rest of you, but that was just exhausting. I feel like I just competed in a cross-country skiing event! Off to make some dinner.

You'd better have a cold beer to go with that dinner.

I don't really pay that much attention to ice hockey normally, but I thoroughly enjoyed that game. If it's all as good as that I shall have to take more notice in future.

Not all games are that close, nor do they usually have so much at stake. That was an exceptionally good game. But then again, as long as the score of a hockey game is within a point or two, anything can happen, and the game can remain exciting. About the only time I snooze through a hockey game is when one team has a runaway lead like 4-0...It's hard for me to stay interested in matches like that. Hockey is a great sport...Easily my second favorite, second only to American Football.

Thanks, ila, for the suggestion. In fact, I celebrated with a Trois Pistoles, from Unibroue in Montreal. I am a bona fide beer geek, but if someone put a gun to my head and said that I could only drink one beer for the rest of my life, that would be the one. And it went down very well with the lingering Sid the Kid goal replaying in my head.

I heard Al Michaels call Crosby the "Gretzky of the 21st century" a short while ago. Thoughts?

I think it's premature to start making a prediction like that.

The 4-on-4 rule had something to do with the exciting hockey we saw during overtime. Maybe 4-on-4 is the future of the NHL.:eek:

All the expectation on Crosby's shoulders, I suppose it was obvious that he'd score the winner and become a national hero. But he needs at least another 5 years in the NHL and a couple more Stanley Cups before anyone should even start to compare him with Gretzky.

I was out earlier today and had to record the game (set the timer to overrun by 90 minutes to make sure I caught any OT or a shootout). The curse of the dreaded 2-0 lead almost struck again. What is it about not hanging onto 2-0 leads? And finally 2-2 with only twenty-four seconds left, it's more like a Hollywood movie than an Olympic final, though in the movie the USA would've scored the OT goal.

Thankfully today was the first Canada match when my 'favourite' commentator didn't use his "Nash, Crosby but no Stills" joke.:no::frown:

Of course it is! But you know some Americans: they believe that all they have to do is say it, and it will be so. Arrogance knows no bounds!

I like the 4-on-4 rule, too. It made for an amazing OT.

dauls, you left something out of the Hollywood movie. There would have been some invented connection between Team Canada and either Russian spies or Al-Quaeda. Otherwise, simply beating the team from the north (which, after all, many stupid Americans think is just a very cold part of the USA) wouldn't have been very interesting.

As for the "Nash, Crosby, but no Stills" guy, he needs to spend some time in a jail cell with David Crosby. That would shut him up fast.

Heartbreak
 

I'm proud of the effort today. No shame on the USA for the effort or the result. Tournament MVP. Youngest team. Well disciplined. The USA will be back to win it in 4 years.

Congratulations to Canada. The best team won. :respect: Skill beat will (although they had plenty of will too).

The silver lining is that four Sharks will come back energized and ready to win Lord Stanley's Cup.

If they are not completely worn out, because there is no rest for the wicked. One game tonight and a full schedule of games tomorrow. Hope you are right about the sharks, but I don't feel near as confident as before the OLympics. The key to the cup is goal tending. Everyone said the sharks choked last year, but the main reason the ducks beat them last year was goaltending. The shark's out shot the ducks in all but one game, but Nabby was not real sharp. I didn't think he played nearly as well all season as he had previously. This year he has been stellar, but the biggest game for him this year against Canada and he is pulled. Makes you wonder if he mentally tough enough. He has had a few bad games this year and has bounced back each time, will see when the real season starts.

I love goooooold!

I could have sworn I posted that I thought that Canada would win 3-2(I know that I told a fellow guard it would be that score, while he said that it would be 6-1 US...he said that to jinx them even though he has Ryan Miller in his NHL Hockey Pool).

Or perhaps I said that to one of my friends here via PM.

Either way, great game! Both teams played their hearts out and the game could not have been any more exciting! Congratulations to both teams for giving us fans(and our respective countries) a game that was nerve-wracking right to the end.:respect:

I will admit that I only watched the third period and overtime(I woke up late...darned midnights!), but it was still worth watching. I cringed when Kane knocked the puck off Crosby's stick during the breakaway(I think that Crosby would have scored if Kane hadn't done that) as I had a gut feeling that the US would tie it up. Darn gut feeling! You cannot fault Luongo on either of the goals(the first was a deflection, and the second had 3 US players in front of him...where the heck was the defense?). They both played well in this game.

I think that Luongo proved that he can be a big-game goaltender after his performance in the Olympics.

One thing I must talk about. I, among many other Canadian fans, have bashed the play of Chris Pronger for this entire Olympics. I will admit that. I will also admit that I admired Pronger during the playing of the Canadian National Anthem after the medals were handed out. Most players sang the anthem, a couple you could tell were nervous about it(they probably are like me, and do not like singing in public), but Chris Pronger was the loudest of them all! You could tell he was proud to be Canadian, and that put a smile on my face. Good on ya, Chris!:respect:

I heard it today on the subway, and then again at lunch in a pub, and then from a student at school, and then again on the subway home, and then from a sportscaster on a Boston TV station:

"The Canadians won because they are NHL players."

In almost every case, I pointed out that the entire roster of both teams were NHL players, but for Americans, they have to find an excuse. So out with the logic, and in with the rationalizations. Even completely illogical rationalizations.

One guy said, "Yeah, that's true, but I don't think they should let the NHLers play."

Had Team USA won, I know he would not have had the same opinion.

For the few of you who asked why I (an American) rooted for Canada, this is part of the explanation. Americans! Ugh!

Speaking of sour grapes...:rolleyes:

From Slam Sports on Canoe.ca.

Pravda questions Canada
Accuse Olympic hosts of cheating


When the Olympic flag was passed on to Russian officials at the conclusion of Vancouver?s spectacular Olympic closing ceremonies, maybe someone should have handed over a few crying towels as well.

Given all the whining coming out of Russia, the host country for the 2014 Winter Games, they probably could have used some.

Having watched its Olympic team underachieve the past two weeks, the lead column Monday in the Russian-based publication Pravda ripped the 2010 Games, even pondering the unsubstantiated accusation that the gold-medal Canadian men's hockey team might have been using performance-enhancing substances.

Said Pravda: "Doesn't it feel great to slam the door behind you as you walk out, stick up the middle finger using the palm of the left hand on the upper right forearm for extra leverage and blow a giant raspberry? That is exactly how it feels as Russia leaves Vancouver after disappointing Games with a question: was the Canadian ice hockey team on drugs?"

Where did that come from? Do the Russians know something that the IOC's drug testers don't? Was there tomfoolery going on while potential Team Canada players were peeing in bottles in the months leading up to arguably the greatest hockey tournament we have ever seen? A little switching of the specimen bottles, perhaps?



If that's the case, we have a question for Pravda: Where?s the evidence to back up those allegations?

Continued Pravda: "The middle finger and the giant raspberry go to the Canadian ice hockey team. Were they on drugs the day they beat Russia so overwhelmingly? These days, and since the USSR's 8-1 thrashing of Canada in the early 80s, Canada-Russia ice hockey games are always very closely fought events and there has not been such a monumental difference between the two sides. Very strange, the more so since the same Team Canada (whatever the hell that is supposed to mean) put in an extremely lacklustre performance against lowly Slovakia and was lucky to reach Sunday's final. And for anyone who is about to be shocked by the question, one supposes it is OK to make cheap and gratuitous references to Russians and doping, but when the ball rolls back home it hurts. Right?"

In the end, it sounds like a lot of sour grapes -- or, in Russian, "????? ????????."

Unless proof of Canadian cheating is provided, we'll stick with the premise that Team Canada crushed Russia 7-3 in the quarterfinal because the Russians were outscored, outhit, outskated, outclassed and outworked.

The stage had been set for Alexander Ovechkin to prove to Canada and the rest of the hockey world that he was the best. Didn't happen. In fact, on the day the gold medal hockey game was held, the only sweat produced by The Great Eight came from participating in the closing ceremonies.

And, by the way, how do you think Alexander The Great feels after watching his rival Sidney Crosby a) beat him in the Stanley Cup playoffs; b) win a Stanley Cup; and b) score an Olympic golden goal on home soil, igniting a coast-to-coast celebration?

All in the span of 10 months.

According to the Pravda column, the entire Russian contingent may have been the target of some fiendish scheme aimed at curtailing their medal count.

"We will never know, will we?" asked Pravda about the potential of the Canadians being on drugs. "We will never know, because the officials at Vancouver predictably did not mete out to the Canadians the shockingly humiliating treatment given to the Russian skier Natalya Korosteleva, asked to produce a urine sample during the break between the quarter-and semi-finals of her event. Had she complied, she would not have had time to enter the semis. And such was the hounding of the Russian athletes that there are rumours many refused to eat for fear their food would be laced with steroids."

Lacing their chow with drugs? Quite the conspiracy theory.

By slagging the Games and the Vancouver area, the Russians are walking on thin ice. Criticize if you like. It?s called freedom of speech. But you certainly are setting the bar higher when the world congregates in Sochi, Russia in 2014.

When you rip others, you expose yourself to be equally slagged. And, after evaluating and dissecting each and every wart of the 2010 Vancouver Games -- even when there didn't seem to be any there at times -- you can bet that any hiccups will be that much more magnified in Sochi.

Especially by many of the so-called experts and observers who considered Vancouver 2010 to be one of the most popular and successful Olympics of all time.


So rather than blame the Russian team for deciding to pull a disappearing act, this "newspaper" chooses to slag the Canadian team instead. Classy!:rolleyes::no::rolleyes:

I could be mistaken, but wasn't the American team made up of all NHL players as well?:confused:

Yes, that's the point I was making. Read again, and shadows, man, GET SOME SLEEP! :yes:

Sleep not required, but paying more attention would be a good thing.:blush::lol:

Remember when the Soviet Union and the rest of the old Eastern Block (especially East Germany) were used to winning scores of medals and topping the Medals Table while pumped full of performance-enhancing drugs.

Well their logic follows that the countries who now win the most medals, must be doing today what they were doing in the 60s, 70s, 80s and possibly the 90s. Hence their accusations this week.

I've heard that some of the Canadian players were, in fact, pumped full of poutine. Have you seen what that can do to your testicles? :lol:

*looks down to see if testicles are full of poutine*:eek:

:lol::p:lol:

Hold on a sec. You mean it's not cheese curd and gravy coating those fries?

Nope.:p:lol:

Here is the score from the game played on March 1st:

1. Detroit beat Colorado 3-2. A good first game for the Wings, perhaps they are healthy enough to give another run for the playoffs this year(darn;)). With this win they bumped Calgary out of 8th and took their place.:)

I might have to rethink my opinion of poutine.

Bruins and Habs tonight. I think it will be a letdown after Olympic play!

The difference(if Thomas ends up being in net for Boston, that is) is that Thomas is rested as he never played in net for the US, while Halak played in net for Slovakia. So Thomas should theoretically be more rested for tonight's game.

Toronto has Carolina tonight. Oh boy! That should be a real humdinger.:confused:

And what's the matter, smc? Didn't you like the taste of my poutine?:eek:

(sorry for deleting so much of your quote, shadows, but I did it in the interest of brevity.)

Pravda should be renamed njet Pravda. It was always the organ of the former soviet government and never did live up to its name.

I'd like to know how steroids could be put in the food that only the Russians would get. When there are a few thousand athletes to feed how those that want to put steroids in the food know what any particular Russian would eat and at what time any particular Russian would show up to eat. How also would anyone be able to slip steroids into the food so that only a targeted athlete would get it? It's all just one big case of "penis envy" with a real nice whine to wash it down.

I saw a documentary not too long ago about the doping that used to happen to the East German women. A lot of the women who were given drugs were interviewed. The doping on them started when they were still in their early teens and were injected by their coaches, doctors, etc. They were told not to worry because everything was okay. As it turned out everything was not okay and these women are still paying the price in health problems to this very day.

No worries ila.:)

Did you hear that the President of Russia wants all the people that were in charge of the Russian contingent of athletes to either quit or they will get fired. All of them. That is why I am glad that I live in Canada. Can you imagine if our Prime Minister tried something like that?:eek:

And it would take time for the level of steroids they were discovered to have to develop. It wouldn't immediately show up from "contaminated food" like they tried to say. Bullplop!

Yes, I heard that. I had a good laugh. If anything it will probably force a review of how they can do better for the next winter Olympics, which Russia is hosting.

I have a feeling the 2014 Olympics are going to be a cluster:censored:.:eek:

(too many egos involved)

It should be interesting. The site is near a war zone. Having said that though I would like to be able to attend those games. The Caucasus is a very interesting area and the scenery I've heard is something else.

I would also have loved to be able to go, but not just for the Olympics or scenery. I have a friend that lives there, but we have lost touch. I am worried that something may have happened, but it is not like I can check and see since it is so far away(unless I get Sarah Palin to strain her peepers and check it out for me;)).

Sarah can only see Russia from her home.:)

She got an upgrade.;)

Heidi Krieger
 

The East Germans were a crafty bunch. Stasi files give details of all the athletes doped and all those that failed the secret doping tests that were performed inside East Germany. Any athlete testing positive was refused permission to travel to overseas competition, and all failed results were hidden from the IAAF and the IOC.

Because of this only one East German athlete failed a doping test in competition, Ilona Slupianek, a shot putter from the Berlin Dynamo Club, was stripped of her gold medal after testing positive for steroids at the European Cup in 1977.


Heidi Krieger:

Heidi was an East German shot putter who was invited to the prestigious Dynamo Sports Club and Boarding School in East Berlin at age thirteen in 1979. Soon after arriving the coaches started giving her bright blue pills that they told her and her parents were vitamins.

Almost immediately, her body began to change, her muscles expanded and her face, nose and hands started to enlarge. Her mood also went haywire (depression, aggression, etc.), hair sprouted across her stomach and face, her voice became deeper and her libido swung violently.

Coaches again said they were a side effects of the extra training and would be short-lived. Anyone who voiced doubts or concerns was told that they would be punished if they persisted with questioning the wisdom of their coaches.

The daily dose of pills was gradually increased and 'glucose' injections were given.

At age 20 in 1986 she won gold at the European Championships, but she was unable to cope with crippling mood swings and chronic pain. She retired in 1990.

In 1997 Heidi underwent Sex Reassignment Surgery and changed her name to Andreas.

Although Andreas Krieger's unease over his sexual identity pre-dated the doping programme, he says that the androgenic abuse left him with little choice but to have a sex-change operation. "I had no sympathy with my body, it had changed beyond all recognition," he says. "It was as though they had killed Heidi. Becoming Andreas was the next logical step."

He then hoped for justice against those who had wreaked havoc with his life. In May 2002, H?ppner and Ewald, the masterminds of the doping programme, were brought before a court in Berlin to face charges of actual bodily harm. More than 140 athletes testified. H?ppner and Ewald were found guilty but only received sentences of 22 months (suspended) and 18 months probation. Krieger was happy with the verdict, but not the lenient sentences.

At the hearing Andreas met Ute Krause (a talented female swimmer) who also testified. They have since married and they help each other cope with the depression, etc. that resulted from their doping during the 1980s.

Other East German athletes whose lives were wrecked by doping

George Sievers: Collapsed and died, aged 16, at poolside in 1973 while training. His parents were not given access to the autopsy report. Documents uncovered after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 revealed that his death was probably caused by a ruptured heart from steroid overloads.

Catherine Menschner: Had to retire early from swimming because of complications from steroid injections. She suffered permanent damage to her spine and reproductive organs.

Birgit Heukrodt: A swimming champion who was diagnosed with a liver tumour in 1993. She became a renowned surgeon.

Christiane Knacke-Sommer: The swimmer, testifying at the trial of sports doctors and coaches in 2000, pointed at the defendants, shouting: ?They destroyed my body and my mind. They even poisoned my medal.? She then threw the bronze medal she had won in the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow to the floor.

Rica Reinisch: Won three swimming gold medals at the Moscow Olympics in 1980, quit the sport in 1982 and was diagnosed with ovarian cysts because of high levels of testosterone in her system. She suffered several miscarriages.

* Excerpts pinched from a Times Online article based on an interview by Matthew Syed (journalist, commentator and two-time GB Olympic competitor).

I went to the game. Got last-minute tickets. It was Rask in the net, and he did a great job until the 3rd period. Habs 4-1.

Best part of the night, though, other than the drinking binge at pub after the game, was the subway ride in. At one stop, about 15 Habs fans got on. I started speaking French to them, so they thought I was a Bostonian Canadiens fan. We talked for a few minutes, I shared my support for Team Canada in the Olympics, and then I hit them with a zinger: "Your Habs will be crushed tonight." And I used Quebecois slang. You should have seen the looks on their faces. Priceless.

Too bad I was SO, SO wrong. :lol:

They were probably hoping to see you on the subway ride back, so they could laugh hardily at you.;):lol:

Thanks for the article, dauls. It shows some of the true victims in all of this.:(

Yeah, if I were lucky. Remember, they were from Montreal, and St-Laurent to boot. So they -- women first -- probably would've kicked my English-is-my-native-tongue, Bruins-loving ass!

Or offered you poutine.:innocent:

I rather think they would have bought you a beer. The French Canadians are very hospitable and when you speak Quebecois to them you will be treated like a true friend regardless of your team affiliation.

I have very many good Quebecois friends. They always appreciated my efforts to speak French even with my heavy maudit anglais accent.

BTW, smc, the more beer one has the better one gets when speaking a non-mother tongue language. At least I always thought so after having several beer with good friends.:innocent:

I echo shadows words on this, dauls. Thankyou very much.:respect:

Thanks, ila. I do pretty damn well without beer, too.

I was really joking about getting my ass kicked. I have a great time whenever I'm in Quebec, where the appreciation for my speaking French is even greater than in France (because of the whole national minority thing).

Well, my Canadiennes won on Saturday night against LA. And then I caught part of the Detroit vs. Chicago match on Sunday on NBC...A match which ended up being a pretty close game.

And they won last night against Anaheim! They were down 3-0 and ended up winning 4-3 in the shootout. They are getting hot at just the right time.

Detroit almost blew that game against Chicago! Ladd had a hat trick.

Only two games of hockey on last night.

1. Dallas beat Washington 4-3 in the shootout. Washington outshot Dallas 52-27, but could not pull away with the victory. Washington had a 2-0 lead and then Dallas scored 3 goals in a row. The Capitals tied it up late in the game to send it to overtime. Nothing was resolved in OT, and Dallas got 2-5 in the shootout to win.

2. LA beat Columbus 6-0. What a freaking ugly game! LA outshot Columbus 35-11 and it was never in doubt. Alexander Frolov had a goal and 3 assists for the Kings. Mike Blunden of Columbus got a 5 minute major for Checking From Behind and also received a Game Misconduct.

Oilers 2-0 Devils
 

Looks like the Devils are doing their best to miss the playoffs this season. The Devils have dropped 5 points behind the Penguins and are only 12 points above the 9th place Rangers.:frown:

On Sunday the Devils were shutout 2-0 by the NHL's 'worst' team, the Oilers, and that's bad enough. But Brodeur was named one of the game's three star players and the Devils were out-shot 35-22.:no:

I thought the signing of Ilya Kovalchuk was meant to strengthen the Devils' offence.:confused:

Jacques Lemaire added, "the Devils weren't focused." "We simply went through the motions against a team that doesn't win a lot of games." "The Devils didn't put in the work that is needed for a win.":no::frown:

Next up, the Devils host the Rangers on Wednesday...

dauls, your post makes me wonder: Why is there a hockey team in New Jersey? No wait, that's not exactly my question. What I really want to know is: Why is there a New Jersey?

Of course, the poor play of the Devils could be due to one of the two main features of New Jersey: air pollution and political corruption. Perhaps the players are breathing the air of all the chemical plants near Newark, or perhaps the team is being paid to lose as part of some statewide gambling ring among elected officials. Of course, I'm pretty sure they could just lose on their own.

Here are the scores from March 9th's games:

1. Toronto beat Boston 4-3 in overtime. Toronto finally won a game! In overtime! I am honestly shocked. Pleased that they finally won, but wished that it didn't happen to a team that a friend is rooting for and is fighting for a playoff spot(something the Leafs stopped doing about 20 games into the season:().

2. Nashville beat Atlanta 2-1. I don't think I could care any less about this game than I already do.

3. Calgary beat Detroit 4-2. This is Calgary's third win in a row, and with the victory they leap over Detroit and take back 8th place(and kick Detroit into ninth).

4. Philadelphia beat the Islanders 3-2. The Flyers came back from a 2-0 deficit and got the much needed 2 points.

5. Montreal beat Tampa Bay 5-3. Montreal is playing some good hockey right now and Scott Gomez is continuing his stellar play of late. He had a goal and two assists in the contest. Steve Stamkos scored his 41st goal of the season(not bad for this being only his second season in the NHL).

6. Florida beat Minnesota 3-2 in a shootout. I thought I could not care any less about a game than I did with the Nashville/Atlanta game, but it looks like I was mistaken.;)

7. Vancouver beat Colorado 6-4. Vancouver stormed back in this one! They were down 4-1 at one point(and I thought that Luongo was going to get pulled again) but they never looked back. They scored the next 5 goals! Samuelsson had a hat-trick on Vancouver's first 3 goals scored, Daniel Sedin had a goal and 2 assists and Henrik Sedin had 3 assists.

8. Ottawa beat Edmonton 4-1. It was close for a while with the two teams being knotted at one goal apiece, but the wheels fell off in the third for the Oilers.

9. Columbus beat Anaheim 5-2. Columbus bounced back from their horrible game the night before against LA. Rick Nash did not play in this game, and is listed as having a "lower body" injury.

Did anyone watch the Gold Medal Game in Canada?
 

If you watched the game, what did you do between periods?

Check this link out


http://www.patspapers.com/blog/item/...l_hockey_game/

Thanks, friend, for the sentiment, and I'm glad to see your sorry team win for a change. But let's not get a head of ourselves. The Bruins may be stumbling, accidentally, into a playoff spot, but "fighting"? I mean, really, "fighting"? :no::(:frown::eek:

The Olympics break was good for Montreal. They again have the desire to win. Now hopefully they will keep on winning and return Lord Stanley's cup to its proper home.

I assume you mean Canada, but to be precise wouldn't the "proper home" for Lord Stanley's Cup be Ottawa?

There will be some fighting going on during March 18th's game. I imagine that Cooke will be getting some teeth knocked out by either Chara or Lucic since Colin Campbell certainly showed his lack of balls again by not giving Cooke a suspension for his blindside hit on Savard. For crying out loud, even Lecavalier and St. Louis thought he should have been suspended! If your peers are disgusted by it, why the hell isn't the person in charge of discipline? Enjoy your smile Cooke, as it won't be the same after that game!:censored:

Blasphemy!:eek:

I think you may be right about Cooke, but who says you can't smile without teeth?

Losing his chicklets will be the least of his concerns.;)

Geee it's been so long that i have gotten how to do the happy dance
:yes: Jerseygirl Jen

The Flyers are actually doing quite well lately. They can even get home-ice advantage if they continue to play well.;)

I dout the Flyers get past the first round
:no: Jerseygirl Jen

Hey, don't be so cynical. I doubt my Bruins even make it into the first round! :(

To me getting bounced in the first round is the same as not making it in
:eek: Jerseygirl Jen

Hockey fan here
 

SJ Sharks baby! They disappoint every year in the playoffs, but I love em anyway :yes:

Nope, I meant that the break was good for Montreal. They are playing better now than before the Olympics.

The proper home for the Stanley Cup is Montreal. It's been there more often than anywhere else and has stayed in Montreal for longer at any one time than anywhere else.;)

At least your team wasn't eliminated immediately after pre-season....darned Leafs.:no::(

Here are the scores from March 10th's games:

1. Buffalo beat Dallas 5-3. Both goalies looked shaky early on, but Dallas just couldn't put any more pressure on Miller. Dallas only ended up with 20 shots on net while the Sabres had 43. Tomas Vanek scored his 20th goal of the season in this game. It is hard to believe he had so many last season yet only has 20(so far) this year. Talk about a dive in production!

2. New Jersey beat the Rangers 6-3. This was a see-saw battle at the start(leads kept on being given up) and the game was tied 3-3 at one point. Then the wheels fell off for the Rangers. The Rangers managed 3 goals off 19 shots, so it looks like Brodeur wasn't sharp either.
I am not sure how true this is, but Travis Zajac(a Centre on the Devil's) said "I think our top three lines are the best in the league. I'd put us up against anyone." Considering the play of the Devils in the past month or two, I wouldn't necessarily believe what he says. What do Devils fans think about his comment?

3. Washington beat Carolina 4-3 in overtime. Another game where no lead was safe.

4. Chicago beat LA 3-2 in overtime. Patrick Sharp got his 20th and 21st goals of the season. There are a lot of good young players on both teams. I feel that this would be a really fun playoff series to watch! I wonder if they will end up meeting each other this year? I hope so.

5. Phoenix beat Vancouver 4-3 in the shootout. Both teams scored 3 times in the shootout, but Bryzgalov prevented the shootout from going another round by deflecting Mason Raymond's shot up and over the net.

I was being sarcastic. After all, didn't Lord Stanley ultimately reside in Ottawa?

Perhaps I am just in a surly mood this evening after drinking too much and staying up too late, but I would just like to reiterate that there should not be NHL teams in places like Phoenix or Carolina or Washington or Dallas (to name only those in shadows' post). And let me add San Jose, for good measure. And anywhere else ice doesn't form naturally outside and stay long enough for 2 days of hockey!

Washington got plenty of snow this year.:p

I amend my rant: places where the weather is consistent for hockey.

Thanks smc, it looks like your Devils slight, goaded them into playing a fairly decent game for once.

A 6-3 win may have been good, but some of the post match comments were a bit over the top. OK the three lines worked for one game, a game in which the Devils had six different players scoring their six goals. But how will the Devils do against better opponents?

Maybe this new system is one they've been trying since signing Ilya Kovalchuk five weeks ago and on Wednesday it clicked for the first time.

We'll have to see if Wednesday's post match optimism remains after tonight's game against Divisional rivals and the Penguins.

I know that you were being sarcastic and I took it that way. Lord St anley used to live in Ottawa, although he was only a temporary resident.

I was being facetious when I said that the proper home for the Stanley Cup is in Montreal. I also had to get a dig in at Toronto which hasn't won nearly as many cups as Montreal.

I couldn't agree with you more. :respect:

Don't Forget to add Vancouver. There is not a single month where the ave low is below freezing

Vancouver gets cold enough every winter to have ice for more than 2 days in a row. Vancouver is also in Canada and in Canada hockey is almost a religion.

I'm with ila. It doesn't even matter about the weather in Canada; hockey in Canada is "automatic." I was talking about the United States. There should be no hockey below the Mason-Dixon Line. If the NHL feels the need to have so many teams, I propose professional hockey for Charlottetown, Halifax, Saint John, Regina, Saskatoon ...

Hell, let's let New Brunswick have teams in Fredericton and Moncton, too. And how about one in Thunder Bay.

I could list plenty of northern U.S. cities, too.

Hey, shadows, I heard a good one today:

Why is the Hockey Hall Of Fame in Toronto?

It's the only way Leafs fans can get to see the Stanley Cup!

I would get upset, but it's the truth.:no::lol:

Toronto fans can always make the five hour trip to Montreal to look at the cup. As soon as Hamilton gets a team then they can make the one hour drive to Hamilton to see the cup.

Or Guelph, or Mississauga, or Kitchener, or St Catherines, or Vaughan, or ... :lol:

Damn it! I missed the 1000th post of the thread by one!:broken:

;)