On Friday night veteran winger Bill Guerin reached a lofty milestone in helping his New York Islanders end what was an ugly 11 game losing streak.
Guerin who has played for 16 seasons had two goals including his 400th career marker in what was a 4-1 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
“It means a lot,” Guerin [...]
December 27, 2008
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The Minnesota Wild received some more bad news on Monday pertaining to their star forward Marian Gaborik who apparently isn’t yet one hundred percent healthy.
Gaborik, who missed the first 27 regular season games with a wonky groin, came back to register five points in six games before management decided to scratch him because of [...]
December 25, 2008
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Fans around the National Hockey League have made it loud and clear in record numbers that they want the Pittsburgh Penguins young scoring duo of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin starting in next monthʼs All- Star game.
Crosby, who has 47 points, recently surpassed 1,020,736 votes which was formally the all -time record set by former [...]
December 25, 2008
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On the weekend a new player took resident in Edmonton Oilers coach Craig Mac Tavish’s doghouse.
A few weeks ago coach Mac Tavish didn’t hold back when he called out forward Dustin Penner for his lack of scoring and on Friday he did the same thing in targeting Robert Nilsson.
“I was expecting a lot more out [...]
December 23, 2008
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Jason Smith was the unlikely hero on Saturday night for the Ottawa Senators, who celebrated a badly needed win against the Dallas Stars.
Smith, who hasn’t scored in 104 games, looked like a sniper as he took a pass from Dany Heatley, before netting the overtime winner, in what was a 5-4 game.
“It was [...]
December 21, 2008
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Speculations are being made that Vancouver Canucks number one goalie, Roberto Luongo won’t be playing until after the All Star break.
This 29 year old veteran, who had posted a 11-5-2 record with a tidy 2.17 GAA this season, had all of Vancouver hockey fans holding their collective breath back on November 22, when he suffered [...]
December 21, 2008
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The biggest question that hockey fans were asking themselves for the past six months was finally answered on Thursday, when Mats Sundin officially joined the Vancouver Canucks.
Ever since going on the open market last summer, this former Toronto Maple Leafs’ captain, couldn’t make up his mind if he indeed had the inner drive to compete [...]
December 20, 2008
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After roughly thirty games, we take a look at all thirty teams and rate their performance until now based on our predictions of issue 17. We take a look at their star players and see how they are fairing in the season so far.
The big outdoor classic at Wrigley Field will be our next highlight [...]
December 17, 2008
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Speculation has been running wild in the hockey word, that within the next 24 to 48 hours Mats Sundin will make up his mind as to where he wants to play.
This 37 year-old veteran, who scored 74 points last season with the Toronto Maple Leafs, has spent the past month or so training rigorously in [...]
December 17, 2008
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It’s safe to say that former coach, Barry Melrose made a lasting impression on the Tampa Bay Lightning players.
Melrose, who was fired after 16 games, criticized the new ownership of the Tampa Bay Lightning, and really irked the players when he recently stated that he hopes Tampa Bay doesn’t win another game.
“It wasn’t a very [...]
December 13, 2008
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