Hockey

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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.

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.

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!

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Originally Posted by shadows

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.

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. @#&% 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.

[GRH]

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.

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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.

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Originally Posted by shadows

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.

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Originally Posted by ila

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.

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Laraque got a 5 game suspension, Ila.

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

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!).