Ditto.Quote:
Originally Posted by raikk
On a brighter note, his boys won against the Bruins. Samsonov finally scores, not one, but two :up:
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Ditto.Quote:
Originally Posted by raikk
On a brighter note, his boys won against the Bruins. Samsonov finally scores, not one, but two :up:
Preds shut out Ottawa 6-0 tonight! :D
And Steve Sullivan had a natural hat trick! :D
Seriously, Philly needs to start winning like NOW !!! :mad:
Rangers won their fifth in a row last night. Lundqvist made 43 saves. He's allowed 7 goals in the 5 wins after allowing the same number in the previous two games.
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Originally Posted by A.F.F.
well, it won't be against the Caps, as they lost 4-1. Nitty getting shelled... Zubris, Ovechkin & Co. "lightin' the lamp",... and Kolzig killing off any chances for Philly to score.
Sorry, A.F.F. ... looks like the Flyers get 'grounded' again. ;)
Oh, also... Go Caps! :D
Well, the Leafs certainly took it to the Rangers tonight. What do you guys think of running up the score 9-2 with a really late 2 man advantage? As for Darcy Tucker, hopefully his hand injury won't keep him sidelined any length of time. I think him being out could hurt more than when Sundin was out. This guy is pure energy and goals right now.
and what about Kyle Wellwood and Alexi Ponikarovsky! If that isn't domination I don't know what is! When I go to Toronto in a week I will deffinetly buy me self a Wellwood jersey :) ..Quote:
Originally Posted by canada
2 weeks till I go to ACC to watch Leafs play Ottawa and Boston!! should be great! :D
damn Theodore, ruined a three game winning streak, Colorado needs to get someone else, even their backup is better than Theodore
Yep :(Quote:
Originally Posted by veeten
Flyers and Panthers are seeing daydreams about playoffs.
God for bid Habs and Ducks are ruling :bounce: :up:
Ya! :D Koivu kicked @ss against the Penguins on Saturday :DQuote:
Originally Posted by A.F.F.
Montreal looked good on the power play :up:
Well, Raycroft was not at all sharp last night :s 7 - 3 loss to the Panthers with Belfour in nets... ouch! I can't imagine what it feels like to be a Leafs fan right now... bunch of pylons they are :p :
The Avs benched Theodore and managed a one-goal win in Deadmonton.
Meanwhile, in Buffalo, the Habs blow by the Sabres 5 -2 :D Good to have Higgins back :D :up:
Brunette got the hat trick from 3 powerplay goals :D
thank god the aves benched Theodore, he ruined a winning streak from Budaj, hes won 4 games in a row now, but they can score 7 on Edmonton, but only 1 on Chicago :s
Another road win for the Habs! :bounce: This time in Philly :up:
Lots of depth to that Habs team. 2nd and 3d lines scoring :up:
Man..I didn't know we had an NHL thread. Great to see it. First off BTCC, I did know about the British league and I would love you to put the table on here the odd time and a link to any webpages they may have. I know I would recognize a few names from that league, since the odd NHL player did go there (Theo Fleury for one) as their careers winded down. Marty McSorley also went there at one point.
As for what is going on in the NHL right now, I can honestly say the Leaf's are making me nuts, so less said about them the better.
For the Finn's that started this thread, you have much to be proud of, you have put some fantastic goalies out there and Finland is becoming known as a goalie factory the same way Quebec used to be when Patrick Roy lead the way as a number of French Canadian superstars hit the league.
Hey, since this is the NHL thread, ok..name your current and all time favourite players.
My current favourite player? Jarome Iginla and Dion Phanuef ( love both, Calgary is my other team to cheer for when the Leaf's go AWOL") and my favourite player of all time is Bobby Orr.
I have to admit I didn't see this "goalie-phenomenon" coming at all. I mean I knew all along we had a good goalie training but now we have like what, eight active NHL goalies and more to come. And not just an avarage goalies. I'm talking about goalies like Kiprusoff, Toskala, Niitymäki and Lehtonen. Also Bäckström and Norrena who are strongly taking over hte first spot in their team. :)
That leads me to another matter. The juniors are about to start their tournament in Stockholm next tuesday. Tuukka Rask will be Finnish number one goalie who I guss will be the next goalie promise to NHL :) Too bad Leafs sold his rights, right Raikk ;)
I can't name just one favourite player in NHL so I take the liberty to name three :D Teemu Selänne who is proved to be more than just a sniper. Saku Koivu, the captain of Habs, who is IMO the greatest hockey player ever been :up: And Olli Jokinen, also captain of his team.
My all time favourite player has to Peter Forsberg.
Yes its nice to see that the Habs are doing well after so many years, the Finnish goalies gets top coaching from very young age, that maybe explaine their success, all the teams here has a goalie coace, usually a former top goalie.
My current favorite player is Koivu the older one, alltime is more difficult, Bobby Orr, Börje Salming, Jari Kurri, its really difficult to choose, different times has its own stars.
Good game by Sundin, but...
Leafs lose to the Caps, 3-2.
Merry Christmas, raikk... :p :
oh, and... Go Caps! :D
my favorites are Joe Sakic :D , Milan Hedjuk, Pavel Bure (what a demon with speed), Wayne Gretzky.
also Aves beat the Blackhawks finally :bounce: its a cause for celebration. Theodore got a surprising win :mark:
I used to like the Blackhawks when I was a kid...Tony Esposito and Stan Mikita were my fav's.
Now my fav's are Jordin Tootoo, Ryan Suter & Paul Kariya. Also, I like Brian Rolston & Pavol Demitra from the Wild too.
All Hail to Philly :bounce: They've finally won :eek:
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AFF, my friend you are a good man and you love hockey, but Saku isn't the GREATEST ever Finnish player much less all time everywhere. Greatest Finn ever on skates is Jari Kurri IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by A.F.F.
As for the Leafs losing Rask, no it wasn't that big a loss, since they have Raycroft now for Rask, which helps them in the now, and they still have Justin Pogge, who was the best goalie by far in last years Junior World Championship.
Rask didn't look too good when Belarus beat you guys either. Iam just glad to see someone in Europe actually pays attention to the world junior championship. It is a Christmas ritual here on TV and we love it but by the empty seats in European venues for this event, I am always shocked....
By all means Mark :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
Jari Kurri has made a huge influence in Finnish hockey and I wouldn't be surprised at all if he was Saku's biggest idol. But like you said, IMO, I still think Saku is the greatest. Not necessarily skillwise but the whole package, the attitude, fairplay, leadership which probably the biggest reason.
Btw. did you know that when the strike occured and many players played in Europe, Saku returned to his home team TPS, in the first games not only the audience honored him but also opposite team players AND the coach :eek: That was worth to see.
About junior hockey. That is a shame, really, if people don't pay attention to it. It's where the next Jagrs, Crosbys, Haseks etc come from :mark: Basicly it might be the first international break for youngsters.
Phoenix opened up a can of whoop-ass on San Jose 8-0. :eek:
Roenick even got a hat-trick :beer:
AFF, Junior hockey to Canadians is like football (American style) is to the people in Texas. It is a religion, and when the world Junior tourney starts every year, TSN up here gets massive ratings for every game Canada plays, and very good ratings for all the other games that get aired. Household names have been made by some of the players in this tourney who then never have made the NHL but Iam sure have had a lot of beer bought for them for their heroics in the World Juniors.
Saku is a great leader, I wont dispute that. I was just impressed by his coming back from Cancer and having a career again, and his comeback from his eye injury. That said, Saku plays for the Canadiens, and for me to cheer for the Canadiens just wont happen. Us Leaf fans have to have some standards!!!!
Well, maybe you can secretly cheer for Saku and the Habs after the playoffs start since Leafs won't probably make it ;) :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
OK then current Elite League StandingsQuote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
Belfast Giants 45
Coventry Blaze 37
Nottingham Panthers 32
Cardiff Devils 30
Basingstoke Bison 29
Manchester Phoenix 28
Sheffield Steelers 28
Hull Stingrays 27
Newcastle Vipers 23
Edinburgh Capitals 23
Newcastle are finally off bottom and the only way is up for us now.
http://www.eliteleague.co.uk/ is the leagues website.
What sort of crowds do you get in NHL, obviously you will get more than we do over here as the Vipers average about 900. But do you fill your arenas.
As you can see from these pictures we barely get enough people to fill the front couple of rows. http://www.newcastlevipers.com/galle...er.php?id=2688
And here are some match highlights of a game vs Hull Stingrays. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVgIj47wZrs
end of the 2nd period,... Washington 4, Montreal 1.
Go Caps! :D
Well, in the hockey mecca :D of Tampa, FL, this season we rank 3rd in the NHL with an average attendance of 19,828.Quote:
Originally Posted by BTCC2
NHL attendance stats
the final, Washington-5, Montreal-1.
you know what they say about paybacks, eh schmenke?... ;) :D
(one week ago, Montreal-4, Washington-1)
Didn't see the game but I watched some of the highlights. Huet didn't look too sharp whereas Kolzig made some awesome stops. Pretty lame penalty call on Koivu though :hmph: . Changed the course of the game :p :
Leafs score 10 goals against the Bruins! :s hock: Who woulda thunk that that team is capable of scoring that many :p :
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Originally Posted by schmenke
The Leafs lit up the Rangers 3 weeks ago for 9, and they scored in bunches against Ottawa earlier this year as well. They have their nights where they score, and then they get killed other nights. IN short, the Leaf's are a .500 team and are playing like one. Great one night, sucking the next.
BTCC, for your interest, NHL teams in Canada pretty much always sell out with crowds of 18000 to 20000 and in most cities, tickets are hard to get. Most American markets you can get into a game relatively easy, although in places like Detroit or Philadelphia, you might have a hard time.
2 -1 USA over Sweden in the Bronze game at the World Junior Tournament as I type this. Only an hour or so away before Canada plays Russia for the Gold. I guess I wont get nothing constructive done this afternoon!!!
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Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
Schmenke, the best part of Christmas and New Year's is the world juniors, is it not??
GO CANADA GO!!!
Just a note to all you Non-Canadians reading this. Canada is an anal retentive country when it comes to Hockey. IF we lose this thing, we will all be catatonic for days, whining about how our hockey programs are not producing star's and quality teams. We will need to lie down on the couch and bare our souls. Yet in almost every other sport this country plays, if we win we like it, if we lose, oh well but that is sport. It is only hockey that makes us this crazy!! Bear with us...it too shall pass....
Followed by a full government inquiry! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
Schmenke, it don't look like that will happen, Canada is up 4 - 0 in the second!!!!
Gotta love another good pasting of the Russians. They had Ovechikin two years ago, we knocked him out of the game. Last year, they had Malkin crying. This year, well the Russians have a good all around team, but the result is looking simliar. They just cant take 60 minutes of aggressive forechecking and ill temper from our boys.