Penguins
-"You can't just sit on the bench and look up at the banner all night. You've got to get going and play some hockey." - Bill Guerin on last night's festivities.
-Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game.
-Newsday's recap. It might be hard to imagine this, but Rangers coach John Tortorella was mad after the game.
-The New York TImes' recap. The Penguins only had two new players in the lineup. The Rangers had nine.
-The Associated Press' recap. The Penguins are now 14-0-2 against the Rangers in their past 16 home games.
-NHL.com's recap. "We make mistakes sometimes and that's what your goalie is there to do, bail you out." - Sidney Crosby on Marc-Andre Fleury's second period save on Vaclav Prospal.
-The pregame video presentation narrated by Pittsburgh native Dennis Miller:
-The player introductions:
-Your 2008-09 Stanley Cup champions courtesy of EN commenter GhostWalker40:
-Eric Godard versus Donald Brashear:
-That wasn't the first time Godard and Brashear danced:
-Some more shots from last night. Sergei Gonchar, Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby just chilling:
-Looking down:
-The "cube" screen:
-The celebration following Tyler Kennedy's goal. Jordan Staal and Alex Goligoski are making the goofiest faces ever while Matt Cook looks like he's about to read commencement at Oxford:
-Here's the replica banner that was given away last night:
-The Penguins put their media guide in a .pdf format on their Web site.
-Taylor Swift. Penguins fan.
-The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins will have a totally different look when they open their season tonight.
-Former Penguins forward Tomas Surovy joined Skelleftea in Sweden.
Atlantic Division
-So far so good for the Ray Emery experiment in Philadelphia. He made 28 saves and led the Flyers to a 2-0 shutout of the Hurricanes.
-Emery joined Jeff Hackett, Bernie Parent and John Vanbiesbrouck to record a season-opening shutout for the Flyers.
-Assuming he plays tonight, Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur (right) will appear in his 1,000th career game. Hall-of-famer Patrick Roy is the only goaltender in NHL history to have reached that milestone.
-The Rangers' one-year, $600,000 contract with Alexei Semenov was nixed when Semenov's wife essentially killed the deal.
Northeast Division
-Canadiens defenseman Andrei Markov will be sidelined four months due to a lacerated tendon in his left ankle.
-The Senators named forward Mike Fisher as an alternate captain.
Southeast Division
-Shootout goals by Steven Reinprecht and Ville Koistinen gave the Panthers a 4-3 win against the Blackhawks in Helsinki. Florida's Michael Frolik and Chicago's Patrick Kane each had a goal and an assist in regulation. Tomas Vokoun made an insane 52 saves for the win.
-The Panthers officially named Randy Sexton general manager. Sexton had been serving as the acting general manager since June 1 when Jacques Martin took the head coaching job in Montreal.
-The Thrashers claimed defenseman Christoph Schubert off waivers from the Senators and put former Penguins forward Colby Armstrong (right) on injured reserve due to a groin injury.
-The Lightning hired former Blues forward Adam Oates as an assistant coach. He had been in training camp working with the team's power play as a consultant.
-Tampa Bay signed rookie forward Carter Ashton, a first-round pick in this summer's draft, to a three-year entry-level contract.
Central Division
-Two goals from Paul Kariya had two goals and led the Blues to a 4-3 comeback win against the Red Wings in Stockholm. Teammate Jay McClement added a goal and two assists. Detroit got a goal and an assist from Kirk Maltby. Chris Mason made 31 saves for the Blues.
-As you might imagine, Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom (right) is a big deal in Sweden.
-Predators forwards Jordin Tootoo and Joel Ward will each miss their season-opener due to groin injuries.
Northwest Division
-Wild general manager Chuck Fletcher and coach Todd Richards are BFFs.
-Oilers captain Ethan Moreau is dealing with an ankle injury.
Pacific Division
-The Stars signed forward Loui Erikson to a six-year contract extension worth $25.5 million.
-Dallas forward Jere Lehtinen (right) is dealing with hip and groin injuries.
-Former Penguins forward Paul Bissonnette is excited over his chance with the Coyotes.
-Is Ducks forward Ryan Getzlaf a legit MVP candidate?
-If the Kings make the playoffs, defenseman Drew Doughty is going to be big part of it.
-Los Angeles is teaming former Penguins defenseman Rob Scuderi with Jack Johnson on the blue line.
-The Sharks demoted forward Frazer McLaren to Worcester of the AHL and demoted forward Jamie McGinn.
Patrick Division
-Despite not being on DirecTV, Versus claims it pulled in record ratings with its season-opening doubleheader Thursday.
(Photos: Banner and Gonchar, Malkin and Crosby-Peter Diana/Post-Gazette; Banner from roof-Gregory Shamus/NHLI via Getty Images; "Cube" screen-Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press; Brodeur-Jim McIsaac/Getty Images; Tom Hanson-Canadian Press; Lidstrom-Jamie Squire/Getty Images; Lehtinen-Phillip MacCallum/Getty Images)
Posted
Oct 03 2009, 05:52 AM
by
Seth Rorabaugh