It’s Finally Here!
Oct 9, 2008 NHL
The ‘North American portion’ of the NHL schedule gets underway tonight, with four games. Your only 7pm option is the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Detroit Red Wings, a game which will be seen on Versus or CBC depending on where you are. The Wings are raising their Stanley Cup banner, but I doubt Versus viewers will see it, as there is a special 3 hour Sidney Crosby interview they need to get through (I kid, I kid!). The schedule is rounded out with three late games: Boston at Colorado (VS), Calgary at Vancouver (CBC) and Anaheim at San Jose (local coverage as far as I can tell). I wish all teams a good season, and may no superstars get Tom Brady’d on the opening weekend, unless it’s Sean Avery.
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Congratulations Red Wings
Jun 5, 2008 NHL
Contgratulations to the Detroit Red Wings, your Stanley Cup Champs. Pittsburgh gave up the early lead to Detroit, which seemed like the death of them in this series. Zetterberg is your Conn Smythe winner. It was contested down to the final tenth of a second as a desperate rebound shot fluttered past Osgood (but not into the net). Malkin finally looked decent, but it was too late. Go go Sabres offseason!
Tags: detroit, Hockey, malkin, NHL, osgood, penguins, pittsburgh, red wings, stanley cup, zetterberg
Fleury of Blows
Jun 3, 2008 NHL
Pittsburgh pulled Fleury and tied game 5 late in the third period, and Fleury went back in and did the rest. He made 55 saves in an incredible performance. The Penguins won halfway through the third OT despite the Red Wings looking like the better team for long stretches. The win puts Pittsburgh down three games to two, but the next game is at home Wednesday. This series could very well go the full seven games now. Wow.
Tags: detroit, fleury, Hockey, NHL, penguins, pittsburgh, red wings, stanley cup
Penguins Get On the Board
May 29, 2008 NHL
Pittsburgh took the third game of the Stanley Cup Finals last night, blowing away my previous poll by scoring 3 goals. Crosby had two and Adam Hall had the other. The Pens seemed to be the more physical team, with Brooks Orpik dominating a stretch of the game in the third period, hitting anyone that touched the puck. Glad they decided to make a game of it.
Tags: crosby, detroit, hall, orpik, penguins, pittsburgh, red wings, stanley cup
Ratings Surprise for SCF Game 1
May 26, 2008 NHL
I was actually surprised to read the ratings for game one of the Stanley Cup Finals.
The Red Wings’ 4-0 win on Saturday night had a 1.8 national rating—drawing over 2.3 million viewers. The rating was the highest for an NHL game on Versus
It may be a factor of having 2 US teams in the Finals, but it’s still nice to hear numbers like that.
Tags: detroit, Hockey, NHL, penguins, pittsburgh, red wings, stanley cup, versus
SCF: It Started So Well…
May 25, 2008 NHL
…then the Red Wings woke up and totally outclassed the Pittsburgh Penguins, winning 4-0 in game one of the Stanley Cup Finals. The Pens carried the play in the first period, with the help of a Detroit goal getting called back by yet another Goaltender Interference penalty on Holmstrom (that’s a rule they might just take a look at in the off-season, considering the impact it’s had in these playoffs). It looked like Pittsburgh would be able to stand toe-to-toe with Detroit.
It all came apart in the final 40 minutes, however. No matter what they threw at Osgood, he stopped it. Not that there was much in those final two periods, as the Wings were constantly winning faceoffs, stealing the puck and generally harrassing the Penguins players. Mikael Samuelsson scored two unassisted goals, Dan Cleary netted a shorty and Zetterberg finished things with a power play goal. Game two is Monday in Detroit, and Pittsburgh must regroup and bring some better play back to the Joe.
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Raising the Cup
May 22, 2008 NHL
The NHL’s newest commercial, and a cool one at that. Via Mirtle, who got it via Wyshynski.
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